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The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-20
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Onychophagy.

N. Berillon, q French. doctor, who has been directing his attention for some time past to the study of nail bit ing. or, as he calls it, onychophagy, finds that habit or disease extremely common. In public school in Paris. says the London Times, out of 265 pu- pills examined during the month of April last, sixty-threc, that is to say, nearly one-fourth, were addicted to biting their finger nails. Curiously enough, results varygreatly in differ ent districts and in different schools in the same districts. Itseems that girls are more given to the habit than boys. In one girls school in the department of Vonne eleven out of twenty-one were confirmed nail bitcrs. In anoth- CT girls school the proportion was sixty-one out of 2O7 pupils, and of those sixty-one fifteen were found to be in the habit of biting the nails of both hands, and the others of biting only those of one hand. Fl. Berillon recog- nizes that nervousness has much to do with the habit. and he proposes to cure 1t by means of suggestion"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-20
ENGLISH THE WORLD SPEECH.
The Germans Favor the General Study of
 the Coming Language.

|Ine GermanS faTOr the General SCuuy oI
 the Coming Language.
 In an article On the importance of introducing into the schools the study of universal language (Weltsprache) which recently appeared in the Preus- sische Jahrbuechcr Dr. Schroer advo- cates making the study of English ob- ligatory, not necessarily to the eXclu- sion of the classical tongues, but at least in conjunction with them. This" he says, ''is not question of taste or rivalry between the 'moderns' and the 'ancicnts;' it is simply his torical necessity" The learned pro- lessor properly condemns all attempts, however scientific, to construct all artificial world speech, like Volapuk. In his opinion language which pos sesses neither literature, historical de- velopment nor linguistic relations can never serve as a medium of general communication. for the reason that nc one will take the trouble to acquire it, merely as tool of trade," until it be- comes universal; therefore it can never become universal. Such attempts, how ever, arc not only ailnleSs, because they can never obtain the general con- sent of mankind. but they arc needless, for there already exists a universal language-i. C., language which, by it's spread over the whole earth and by the ease with which it may be learned, has gained such long step in advance that neither natural nor arti- ficial means can deprive it of it's as- sured position as th> future medium of international intercourse. And this language is tue English.
 Prof. Schrocr j, careful to warn his readers not to get their aim too high, for to learn to speak and write huently and correctly a language which holds so high place in the scale of culture and refinement as the English is diff cult, but for the average man this is not necessary, for even the average Englishman has but limited com- mand of his mother tongue. and the daily intercourse of life requires but small and easily acquired vocabulary. This is true of every language, but the absence of puzZling gcnders and inflec- tions and synthical forms renders the English easy in comparison with others. 1.-The English language" con- cludes Prof. Schroer, lis the world speech, and will, to all appearance, be- come more and more so every year."
 During the present century the Eng l;sh-spealzing population of the world has increased fvefold, from possibly twenty-five million at it's beginning to at least one hundred and twenty-five million. No other language has ever been so rapidly developed, no fact in civil history is moro significant than this. In every quarter of the world English is the conquering tongue. The wide spread of the Brit ish colonial system, the marvellous growth of tho United States and the facility with which it absorbs every foreign element bear witness to this great fact, and our cousins in Germany are of too practical turn of mind to be jealous or forgetful of it.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-20
Scaling Wax Still Used in France.

In France sealing wax has by no means gone out of use as conse- quence of the introduction of gummed envelopes. There is even sort of code or language of sealing wax among fa shionable people. White sealing wax is chosen for communica- tions relating to weddings, black for obituaries. violet for expressions of sympathy, chocolate for invitations to dinner, rcd for business, ruby for en- gagged lovers letters, green for letters from lovers who live in hopes, and brown for rcfusals of offers of mar riagc, while blue denotes constancy, yellow jealousy, pale green reproaches, and pink is used by young girls and gray between friends.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-20
A DOUBLE BASS CLUB.
Scheme to Avoid LuSG'ng the Big Bull
 Fiddlcs Around.

Fiddlcs Around.
 A gold-laced person got on a crowded Brooklyn trolley ear and hung bass drum over the brallc-handlc, says the New York WorEl. The car lurched and the man next to him stepped on the gold-laced persons toes, and, being thus introduced, began conversation about the drum.
 ''IIeap of bother carrying a drum around, isn't it?"
 '.Yes, but not so much as double bass, ono of these big bass fddles, you know--bull fidllcs.'
 Are they much trouble?"
 "Well. they are this much trouble, that they won't let you get on car in Brooklyn with one. Tn New York you have to get permit to carry one, just the Ganc as if it was a concealed weapon. Once, here in Brooklyn, I'd have to take carriage for it. But now belong to a double bass club.''
 ''IIave pretty good times, l suppose? You get together and smoke and have some beer and play solos on your double basses.:'
 The gold-laced man looked down and laughed silently. Well, it is kind of funny to think of a lot of men sit ting around and playing solos about two octave3 below the singing voice. Voomf! Voomf!
 "No," said he after bit. "All the fellows that play the double bass be- long to this club and pay two dollars a year dues. They have lot of instru- ments and every place they have to go to play there is a closet containing bass, to which only members of the clubs have keys. There is book in the closet, and every time fellow uses the bass he marks down his name. They have them in all the halls and theaters. and in the summer time on all the bargcs and excursion steamers. The two dollars from each member goes for repairs"
 So that's the reason why you can't remember having seen double bass on the street cars, no matter how hard you try.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-20
Telerhones in Sweden.

In no other country of the world is the telephone in so general use as in Sweden, and in no other is the service so cheap and at the same time so per feet. It is under government cont-ol and the rates are fixed by the govern ment 4 few weeks ago a new line was opened between Stockholm and Chr1stiania by King Oscar, who took occasion to express the hope in the first message to the Norwegians that the line would tend to draw the two coun- tries into closer union and aid in over coming the desire of the Norwegian radicals to break up the existing rela- tions. It is now proposed, by means of submarine cable, to connect the Nor wegiap and Swedish capitals with Co., penhagen.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-20
A BEARS REVENGE.
An old Grizzly Les in Wait for the Pos
 sibie TransgreSSOr.


 Mir. Theodore Roosevelt, writing of grizzly bears in his book, "Thc Wilder ness Hunter" relates story told him by Dr. Merrill, of the United States army. "A remarkable incident" Mir. Roosevelt calls it. Dr. Merrill, in company with an old hunter, was fol- lowing an elk trail in deep, narrow canyon.
 On turning a corner of the canyon, the two men were charged on by an old she grizzly, so close that it was only by good luck that one of their hurried shots disabled her and sent her tunbling over bank, where she was easily finished.
 They found that she had been lying directly across the game trail on smooth, well-beaten patch of bare earth, which looked as if it had been dug up. rcilled, and trampled down. Examining this patch curiously, they saw bit of hide only partially cov- cred ct one end, and on digging they found the body of a well-grown grizzly cub. Its skull had been crushed and the brains licked out, and there were signs of other injuries.
 The hunters pondered long over this strange discovery, and hazarded many guesscs as to it's meaning. At last they decided that probably the cub had been killed and it's brains eaten, either by some old grizzly or by q cougar; that the mother had returned and driven away the murderer, and that she had then buried the body and lain above it, waiting to wreak her ven- geancc on the first passer-by.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-20
MOURNING FOR SNAKES.
New England RersiIes Must Be Taking
 Their Vacation.

New England ReL.iIes Must Be Taking
 Their Vacation.
 Whenever you say: ''This-is splen- did season to the Boston Journals snake editor, he shakes his head sor- rowfullv and remarks: Not bit of it. It's the worst season on record"
 "Why. didn't you see the other day that rattlesnakes had appeared at Exeter, N. Il. ?'' he was asked by an in- quirer.
 What of that?" was the reply. Would you consider that that was worth being compared with the story from the west-about the man who went down into an abandoned mine and killed one hundred and thirty three rattlesnakes, drank Q quart of whisky and earned one hundred dollars in less than an hour?"
 And the snake editors eyes fairly glistened at the thought of the ad- venture.
 Don't you remember the eight-foot snake found out ct the Back Bay?"
 What is an eight-foot snake in Bos- ton to be compared with the big ser pcnt stories coming from other parts of the country. There was the boa con- strictor who escaped from a cage and hid in a sewer"
 ''0h, that was old"
 No; that happened in Washington, and is vouched for. Then there was the duel between two jealous boa con- strictors in Brazilian forest, and the two different stories about men barely escaping being swallowed by pythons, and the educated black snake which mill1ed cow, and the man who caught eight ground hogs and was attacked by black snakes and had to throw the ami mals away to appease the reptiles"
 This was a long sentence and the snake editor had to pause for breath, but before the questioner could get in a query, he resumed the catalogue.
 Then there was the reappearance of the sea serpent in the Pacific ocean, and the man who eats rattlesnakes in preference to spring chickens, and the snake charmer who was being photo graphed with his pets, when they went on a strike and demolished the estab- lishment. l had almost forgotten the two cases of people on the California coast who were seized by-shall 1 say ocotpuges CT octopi?-and almost killed. No, this has been a splendid season for snake stories in every section of the country but New England, and it is enough to drive an enterprising snake editor west, where there is something to do. New England isn't in it.'
 And with that the disheartened snake editor mournfully wended his way to- ward place where he could go in training for seeing snakes as much as he liked.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-12-20
LoNe-LIvED RUSSIANS.
Some of Them Reach the Age Of Si,
 Score and Five.

Some of Them Reach the Age of Six
 Score and Five.
 1t has long been a well-establi fact that abnormal longevity is more common among the Russians than among any other of the European na- tions, says the London News. From an official report collated from we'll authenticated local registers, it now appears that the government of Kief takes the first place of all Russian provinces in this respect. During last year, it is officially stated, there were fourteen centenarian deaths registered in that government. In the city of Kieff one man died aged no years, while within the suburban circle two women died aged respectively 102 and 104 years.
 In Berditcheff two men reached the respective ages of 101 and If years. In VasSilIoff another patriarch died in his 115th year. In the same district there died Jewess aged 105; in Svenigorod- ka, a man of no years; in Tarastcsha, another of 105; in Uman, two men aged respectively 1O6 and 102 years; in Rado- mytzel, Jew agad 107 and a Christian aged 103; and lastly, man of 105 years died at Tcherkassy.
 Here are fourteen persons, dying within the same year and within the limits of one district, whose united ages amount to 1,4S9 years. According to the Saratoff journals there is still living in that government an ancient veteran of the First Napoleon army, formerly Lieut.. Savin, and since 18l2 known as Nicolai Alexandrovitch Savin, who has celebrated 126 birthdays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-17
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Its excellence is due to its presenting
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dispelling Gods, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction &c millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
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Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-17
Babcock's addition. Passed by unan-

Babcock's addition. Passed by unan-
imous vote.
Also an ordinance establishing
grades in Columbia park. Passed by
| unanimous vote.
Aid. Foss offered resolution call
ing on the city engineer to make es-
Inmates of the cost of certain side
walks in the Seventh ward. Adopted.
Aid. Roth offered a resolution au-
thorizing the waterworks committee
to arrange with the Davis company
for the laying OF water pipe on
Twenty-third street. Adopted.
The mayor reported the Jack
water fountain removed to the new
scale pavilion and that the pavilion
in which the fountain stood can adj
vantageonsly be removed to Flatiron
square. Aid. Maucker moved that
the mayor and city clerk be author
lied to enter into contract to re-
move the pavilion to Flatiron square.
Carried.
The mayor reported that Surveyor
II. G. Paddock would make an esti-
mate of Strengthening Seventh ave-
nue. at a cost not exceeding SO. The
mayor was authorized to employ Mr.
Paddock for this purpose on motion
of Aid. Nelson.
The clerk read petition from the
executor of Joseph Hardy asking that
certain property he redeemed from a
special tax lien. Referred to the
claims committee and city attorney.
The clerk read petition from l..
:. McCabc asking relief from a sewer
assessment alleged to be in error
Referred to the sewer committee to
report at next meeting.
The clerk read a petition from John
Polzin for permission to erect frame
barn. Referred to the fire and light
committee with power to act.
The clerk read a petition from II.
II. Cleaveland, to be allowed to fill a
sidewalk to grade at 4 cost not ex-
ceeding SIS. Aid. Maucker moved
the street superintendent he instruct
ed to fill this sidewalk to grade i'm
mediatelv. Carried.
The clerk read a petition for the
filling of certain alleys. by l.. Suse-
mihl and others. Referred to the
street and alley committee.
The clerk read remon strance from
George Wagner and 149 others against
any action by the city. looking to the
removal Of the c.. II. !. q 2. depot
Received ard paced on file.
The mayor nominated for police
man. Richard kearns. and asked his
confirmation. Lost to Z.
Ayes-Corken. Dauber, Maucker,
Evans, kuschmann, Foss-6.
Noes-Roth. Bladel. kinner, Schroc-
der, Kennedy, Cramer, Nelson.
Aid. Evans moved that request
OF the base ball club TO be allowed 10
occupy j. feet of Forty-third street
during the base ball season be re-
ferred TO the mayor and street and
alley committee. Carried.
Adjourned on motion OF Aid.
Maucker.
A. d. HUEsING. City Clerk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-17

SWEEP l. pleasure after pain" saws Dryden
while iouIs tells u that"a man OF plcasnr, is 4
man oil pains Possibly co. no doubt, a mar
mast sometimes fake pains If he would sccur,
pleasure But "hcn paius take the man there i.
no pleasure 10: nm. II he wants pleasure let
MN lake pains to get DR.. Picrce's Golden Modi-
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cases of the blood and skin. 1, should he tried
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hunc'es, sore eyes, ROACH skin. scrofulous sores
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-17
Excursions TO the Soutb

April 10 and "a. May s and 90, a.
one fare for the round trip. Tickets
limited to thirty $50 days from date
of issue; choice of routes offered
stop-overs permitted within certain
territory. Detail information upon
application to
h. SToCKHOUsE, G. I. A.
Depot. foot of Twentieth street
Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-17
BUCKLEN ARNICA sALvE.


fcsliEiiLG' HIS, April l1.-The Schuyler
county Democratic convention MAS held
here. Delegates to the congressional con-
ventiun were instructed to vote for :. Il.
Montgomery, OF Nashville, for represents
tive. The convention unanimously f;-
rored Generai John {. Black for United
States seuator
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-17
bstain
kplne Industry
On Tap everywhere.
Only Union labor employed.

The Rock island Brewing Company, success
as 10 George Wagner's Atlantic Brewery. |.
srhsrs City Brewery and Rable & Stencils
Bark Island Brewery, as well as Julius Junee's
poti1q Works, has one of the most complete
gr,uing Establishments including Bottling de-
rrnent in the country. The product is the
rr best Beer is bottled at the brewery and
islrersd to any part Of the tr-cities, and NAV
ss ordered direct from the head Offices on Mo-
line avenue by Telephone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-17
a Lutte Girls Exus.,src. in a L.ea,toa


MIR, and Mrs. Loren Prescott are
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Sand Beach. Mich. and are blessed
with 4 daughter, four wears old. Last
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Doctors at home and at Detroit treat
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rapidly, until she was 4 mere ..hand-
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Kings New Discovery and after the
use of two and half bottles, was
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STRENGTH AND HEALTH.
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use Electric Bitters. This remedy
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For sale by Hartz & Ullemeyer
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-30

had the good fortune to receive a small
bottle OF Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy when three members Of
my family were sick with dysentry. This
one small bottle cured them all and had
some left which gave to George w Baker.
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ton, n. C., and 1t cured him of the same
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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-30

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-30

The transition from long, lingering and
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remarkable event is treasured in the memory
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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-30

The outing season Is now at lis
height, and hundreds Of the people
from the cities are in the state 4
yeritable army Of pleasure seekers,too,
are in camp al the various lakes. IL
is estimated that city tourists will
spend more than 81 100000 in YER
mont this Season.