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The Van Buren press., 1894-09-22
HOW 1T WORKED.
Good Experience with the General stock
Law In Georgia.

Good Experience with the General Stock
Law In Georgia.
When the rail timber in the state of
Georgia, and other states, gave out the
people said we will not spend three
million Of dollars to fence the stock out
of the farms into herbless, grassless
and waterless lanes; but with united
voice, showing their strength and wis
dom. they asked their legislature to
give each and every county the right
to pass general stock law, and it was
done. They said we have enough old
rails on hand to inclose pastures on
every farm for every horse, COW and
hog in the state to last ten years,
without buying a single spool of
barbed wire. Then, everv man
went to work and located him a
pasture, and with the old rails taken
from around his field inclosed an area
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-22

Tho Conductor Was Glad to Stop Then.
A young woman who boarded q
crowded cable car the other afternoon
evidently was . believer in woman's
rights. When the car was nearing her
destination she began to make frantic
efforts to attract the attention of the
conductor, who was then busily en-
gagged in hunting change. As her at
tempt to get the conductor to stop the
car proved unsuccessful, she jumped
from her seat and pulled the first bell
cord within her reach. When the con-
ductor heard the bell he took in the
situation at glance and Immediately
stopped the car to let the woman off
She had rung up a fare for Hmm. Y.
Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-22
Good Roads.

The dirt roads have undergone great
improvement in the last five years. Agi.
tation OF the question has done great
good. The agitation should be kept
up. Every county in this and other
states, no doubt, would be glad to have
first-class rock roads, but as there is no
probability of such thing, all reasona-
BILE efforts should be put forth to make
the dirt road as good as possible.
Owe know Of no surer and quicker way
OF getting nice, well-graded and we'll
drained roads all through the country
than by the adoption of the plan urged
by the Journal for the past two or three
years. That is, for every farmer or
home owner to see that the roads along
side of his land are put in first-class
condition by himself and hands and
teams, If the public money for that
purpose is not sufficient to do it. We
know of miles of finely-graded roads
in different parts of the country that
have been made SO by this method.
The farmer who does extra work on
the roads along his farm will, of course,
do work that will benefit other people;
but the unselfish man is willing to aid
in making the journey of life more
pleasant for his fellow men. And even
if other people do travel the roads
graded by his hard labor, he will get
more good out of them than anybody
else. for in addition to having the use
OF them for travel, his home will be
made more beautiful and more pleas.
ant, and, therefore, more valuable.
Try this plan. Your neighbors will
initiate your good example, and it will
result in general improvement of the
highways.-St. Louis journal of Agri-
culture.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-22
Fllial Gratitude.

Harold, my boy" exclaimed tho
proud. indulgent father, I'm glad to
see you! How you have grown!"
The blood mounted TO the pale, in
tellectual brow of the young naA who
had just returned from college, and his
voice trembled.
Father" he said, with deep feeling,
your handshake is twenty-five years
behind the style!"-Chicago Tribune.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-22
THE LABOR WORLD.

NEW ZEALAND has few tramps.
CHICAGO has many BARRIERS.
THERE is wild animal trust.
Iowa runs free labor bureau.
DETROIT has sixty union teamsters
DETROIT is to have daily labor
paper. $50 ..s
LONDON printing trades will amalga-
mate.
DETROIT painters talk of organizing
. state union.
CHICAGO BARRIERS have syganized for
Sunday closing.
The Van Buren press., 1894-09-22
Spread Of Geographical Knowledge.

Johnny-Paw, what is the north
pole good for, anyhow?
His Father-To fasten the meridian
lines TO, suppose. Iwish you wouldn't
bother me when you see I'm busy
Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
A Million fr1Ords

A friend in need is friend indeed,
and not less than one million people
have found just such friend in Dr.
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds. If you have
never used this great cough medi-
cine, one trial will convince You that
it has wonderful curative powers in
all diseases of throat, chest and
lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to
do all that is claimed or money will
he refunded. Trial bottles at Hartz
& Ullemeyer's drug store. Large
bottles soc and 81.
DESERVING PRAISE.
We desire to say to our citizens
that for wears we have been selling
DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, DR.. Kings New Life pills.
Bucklin's Arnica salve, and Electric
bitters, and have never handled rem
edies that sell as we'll. or that have
given such universal satisfaction.
We do not hesitate to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchasers price. if salts
factory results do not follow their
use. These remedies have won their
great popularity on their merits.
hartz & Ullemeyer, druggists.
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA sALvE.
The best salve in the world fol-
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores. letter, chapped
hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures
piles or no pay required. 1t is guar.
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, OF
money refunded. Price Is cents pei
box. For sale by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
Homeseeke Excursion.

The B., c. K. & n. railway will run
homeseekers' excursions Sept. IL.
Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. Tickets on sale
to points in northwestern Iowa.
southwestern Minnesota and South
Dakota, at a rate one fare. plus &
for the round trip. Good 20 days
from date of sale.
Tickets at the above rate will also
be sold TO points in Kansas. Nebras-
ka, Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah, Montana, New Mexico, Mani.
toba, Tennessee, Mississippi. Ala
bama. Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian
Territory, Oklahoma and Texas.
Full particulars will be furnished
by ticket agents. j. MORTON,
Gen. Tiki. and Pass. Agt.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
Webster's Portrait.

Daniel Webster once sat for his por-
trait to the late G. P. Healy. and the
senator's remark when he surveyed the
completed picture became one Of the
artists favorite anecdotes in after years
Il think. said Webster as he looked
at his counterfeit presentment, that is
a face l have often shaved" Healy
found Andrew Jackson a disagreeable
and unwilling Subject, and he COM
pensated himself by painting Old Hick-
DRY with absolute fidelity to nature. not
Guessing single defect. The portrait
gives jackson an ugly. savage and pal.
lid face. Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
a FAT MANS DEED.
Story Of . Tragic Scene on Brooklyn rusa,
ley Car Which Might He True.

Story Of . Tragic Scene on . Brooklyn rpsa.
ley Car Which Might He True.
A very stout old Brooklyn gentleman
squeezed himself past two women on .
Putnam avenue car and wedged in be-
tween one of them and man at the
other end of the seat The fit was such
o tight one that the women held their
breaths and assumed pancake appear
ance. At the corner where the car turns
into Putnam avenue the fat man turned
like big turret and put up chubby
finger. The car stopped.
Putnam avenue; Grand avenue and
Fulton street, shouted the conductor.
The fat man settled back and resum.
ed reading a newspaper. which he had
dropped in his lap.
want to get ont here?" asked the
conductor, with his hand on the bell
rope.
The fat man shook his head. There
was an angry twang Of the cord, and
the trolley began to whiz.
At Nostrand avenue the chubby fin
ger went up again. The car stopped.
Nobody moved. Then the man who rings
MP the fares got angry.
"See here" he exclaimed after he
had climbed along the step ON the side
of the car until he was opposite the
fat man, what do you mean by telling
me to stop for when you don't want to
get OFF,
why" responded the mountain of
flesh as coolly as such mass of adipose
could be cool, 1.-The car jolts SO that l
couldn't read this paragraph, which is
slightly blurred. l merely wanted to
have the car stand still until had fin
ished it. That's all. Now, if you can
go along slowly without jolting, will
be able to get along very nicely, but il
l come across another bad line or two
I'll put my hand back of my head, and
you stop. It's too much trouble for me
to turn around"
The conductors eyes twittered in the
orbits. He placed his hand to his head
and uttered shrek after shrek. Reason
was shattered. He had become cross
eyed and insane.-New York Mail and
Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
Cutting Acquaintances.

There are some acquaintance we would be
glad TO cut. They do US credit and draw TOO
lar ely upon our kindness and our cast. Other
acquaintance there are that drain cur life's
blood and sap our vitality. Dyspepsia and its
evils. impure blood. mental de-
preston, Nightmares. fear and nervousness are
acqnain.a 'ces TO be di,posed of with all celebrity.
Heed this, ye sufferers! Take DR.. Pierce's Col
den Medical Discovery and your imp easant &C
quaintances will soon be gone, for this sovereign
remedy drives out ali the impurities from the
eystem. The only blood purifier so Ger ain in
curative action that il can be sold on trial. See
guarantee OF cure with bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04

j. W. Kelley, of Batavia, N. Y.
conductor on the N. Y. c. railway,
and one Of the best known men on the
road. says Of Parks Tea: For 10 years
l have suffered from constipation.
Tried everything and found nothing
of lasting value. Having heard SO
many talking of Parks Tea, / tried it
without much hope, The first dose
moved my bowels easily and now l
am cured. 1t works like magic. Sold
by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
MARKETS ~ TELEGRAPH.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK., Oct. 8.
Money on call easy. Offered at per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 365< per cent;
sterling exchange firm strong actual business
in bankers bills 4s5Ixtts6s4 for demand and
4s5lSloss5N for sixty days; posted rates Ss6a
4s7le Commercial bills 4sairaas5
Silver certificates. s3 bid; no sales; bar sill
yer. e2k. Mexican dollars SIG.
United Sta:es bonds. SIS regular. Iia:
do SIS coupons ll9; do as regular, ll3sz0ilxl4;
do As coupons, 1ls@llli.; do s's, regular. -
bid; Pacific Is Of vi. l0l.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. Oct. a
Following were the quotations on the Board
Of Trade today: wheat-October. opened
5OsSc. closed lW,c; December. opened 53lSc.
closed Sc; May, opened jstsc. closed 5s,ac.
Corn October. opened &s'4c. closed $sl4c;
December. opened &1c. closed s1ssc: May.
opened 4alzc, closed Seaxc. Oats-October.
opened &c, closed 2sc: December opened
2sssc, closed .ssc; May. opened s,iSc. closed
S1xc. pork-october. opened 8. closed
$l2@,; January. opened si2.0Le. closed el2.ss.s.
Lard-October. opened q? closed s7.s.lt
Produce: Butter - Extra creamery. 2sc
per ID; extra dairy. Pc; packing stock. l2tfd
lsc. Eggs-l.c per doz. loss OF. Live poultry
.Chlckens .@.,sc per ID; ducks. NOS;
tatoes- Bubanks. 5ssfssc per bu: Hebrons
5Scl6ic; Rose. SGGsc: early Ohio. S,a6ic
Sweet potatoes. Illinois. sl.0alss PER Dbl.
Apples-Common TO choice. Sl.O613.O per
Dbl Cranbcrrirs-Cspe Cod. choice. esOG
$50 per bi.; S25,G30 per l-bu boz Honey
Sni,e clover. lib sections. new stock. l5S1
I5lsc; broken comb. loal2c; dark comb. poor
pscfage< -; strained California. 5ft6c per ID.
Chicago Live stock.
CHICAGO Oct. g.
1nvc Sto,s- Prices at the Union Stock yards
today ranged follows: Estimated
receipts for the day, aaIO: sales ranged 1t
$20sa4.6 pigs. Ss.0d540 light, s4.na4.a5
rough packing, s4.sS6i.5 mixed. and SjyO0I
5.e5 heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cattle-Receipts for the dav. ls.OD: quota
tons ranged at S5.0.06i5 choice TO extra
shipping steers. S&.ad5.p good 70 choice do
$500 40 fair TO good $3.&5d4.lj common 70
medium do s3.l5d3s5 butchers steers. SIS
ass s;ockers, S2.soi3&0 feeders. sl.25c2 -
cows, S2.s0st3.2o heifers. si.0f3.5O bulls
s20I3l0 Texas steers. 81 .5Gi&s0 western
rangers, and S2md-5.J0 veal calves.
Sheep and l.amb.-Receip's for the day,
l4.0W; prices ranged at Sl.50d3l0 western.
sl.J0Gts.so Texans. sL75G3p natives. and si.i0
| GA.W lambs
Closing Quotations.
CHICAGO, OF. 4-wheat higher cash SAC,
| Dec. sac Corn IN her, cash. 50sic. May ; &C.
t. CHER. cash. 2sas-. Pork lower. t-h. ga Sc
Lard lower. cash, $50. Ribs lower. cash,
| $6S2L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
She Was Blind.

She Was Blind.
"a poor, sick man, who has q blind
wife, solicits n triflev'
But where is your wife,
''She is standing at the door looking
out for the policeman. "-Zeitungs-Le se-
buch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
"Royal Ruby" Rye Whisky

Is q frye a. is . Rye" naturally ripened and
rec from all foreign flavor and adulterants. guar
anteed pare sad over eleven years Of age, recon-
mended to the connoisseur a. Q meritorious arti-
Gle worthy Of the confidence Of invsids, convs
lceccnts and the aged. See that our name is
blown in bottle. 500 per quart bottle.
''ROYAL RUBY" PORT WINE
pure. old and mellow, therefore best adapted for
invallds, convalescents and the aged. 1t restores
lost vitality creates strength and appetite, builds
M the weak and debilitated. QUARTS. d. Pints,
60 cents. Put up on honor and guaranteed bv
ROYAL WINE. CO., CHICAGO.
For sale At Harper House Pharmacy. and by
William Clendenin, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04

n 'Th0"" IN rsoou II rsenu huoccu
A friend advised me to try Ely's
Cream Balm, and after using it six
weeks / believe myself cured of ca
tarrh. 1t is a most valuable remedy.
Joseph Stewart, 624 Grand avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
My son was afflicted with catarrh,
/ induced him to try Ely's Cream
Balm, and the disagreeable catarrhal
smell all left him. He appears as
well as any one.-J. e. Olmstead,
Arcola, Ill.
Price of Cream Balm is so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
tightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure LIQUID
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from,
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it IS man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
70. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
Home seekers, Excureson.

The c., M. & St. p. railway will
run their home seekers excursions
on the following dates: Sept. IL and
%. and Oct. 9. Rate one first-class
fare plus 81. Tickets good to return
20 days from date of sale.
Z. ID. w. HOLMES, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
The Local Marietta,
GRAIN. ETC.

GRAIN, ETC.
Whest-A0c
Corn Sc655c.
Oate- 3OG32c.
BAy-TmoIny, e1a1S1s: upland SlOQ IL !:
~ild, IS 1S9; sloash. $685.; baled. 80.
PRODUCE.
Butter-FaiF Tn choice, sOc creamery. sc.
HgRe-Freeh. 1axc-
Poultry-Sprine chickens, large, q s51&2 50
PRrrr AND VEGETABLE.
PotAtoee-65c.
Onious-5Oc per bu.
Blueberr;es- f2 q case.
Grapes-2c per ID.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Butchefe pay for corn fed etecrs
4n4xe; COVE and heifefo, 2x0yA. cslN, Q
3la05c.
dogs-skc
Sheep-c05c
Spring lamb - 5n0s5 head.
Coal-Scft. DC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-04
Chicago Live stock.

CHICAGO. OF. 4-wheat higher, cash 5,a.,
Dec. sac Corn IN her, cash. 50sic. May 5 =.
o t. b CHER, cash. ?sa-. Pork lower. c t-h. ga =
$6S2I.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-02-03
LITERARY NOTE.


Especial interest attaches to the Feb
ruary number of Romance from the
fact that its leading feature is ghost
story written expressly for 1t by Miss
Mary Z. wilkins, and the nrst Of the
kind that she has ever given to the
public. It will be found unique and
fascinating. and alone worth more than
the price Of the magazine This year
opens the fourth year of this popular
monthly, and Is the first Df series
which will contain, besides many other
special attractions. illustrations Of the
chief types Of short stor." in groups
Of three. A group of Society Tales ap-
pears this month. one American Oby
Nora Perry, one French. and the other
English; a. valentine story a remark
able psychological tale by Erclmann.
chatrian; and other narratives in great
variety by such authors as Guy dc
Maupassant. William o. stoddard. and
Fanny Forester make Up strong
and weli-balancod number. This mag
azine IS issued by Romance PUBLISHING
Company Clinton Hall. Assor Ilace
New York, at $3.50 a yearl and sam
pie copy Of a recent issue can be OBJ
tanned by sending 10 cents.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-02-03
ANNIVERSARY ENTERTAINMENT.
Astoria Lodge, No. so, A. o. U. w.
Has Celebration.

Seldom has Odd Fellows Hall held q
more numerous audience than that of
last evening, at the anniversary enter
tainment of Astoria Lodge No. so, A.
o. U. W. There was not vacant seat
in the large hall when the time for
the beginning Of the program arrived
The entertainment opened with q Sc
lection by the Astoria Mandolin Club
which won well-earned applause
The vocal selection by Messrs. Ko.
zer, Belcher, and Garner, was well rem
dered, and brought forth a warm out,
burst of applause. They were twice
recalled.
Miss Alma Heilborn's vocal solo was
enthusiastically received, and the reci-
tation of Miss Polly Mexican met with
like reception.
Mrs, H. T. Crosby. in her rendition
Of vocal solo, strengthened the good
impression she created upon the occa-
sions of her former appearance here.
G. l. Davey made very able address,
in the course of which he showed the
growth of the order of late years, and
held the undivided attention OF his au-
diencc during his remarks.
Mrs. C. j. Trenchard and Mrs. 3. Van
Dusen We're encored for their very
charming rendition of a vocal duet, and
Miss Alice Woods was warmly ap-
plauded for her vocal solo.
The program concluded with a vocal
quartet, the singers being Messrs. Grif-
fin, Barker, Smith, and short. They
were recalled and responded.
Immediately after the close of the
literary and musical exercises, the floor
was cleared, and dancing was INDUCED
in for couple of hours.
AT the meeting of the lodge, prior to
the entertainment six new members
were initiated.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-02-03
DISPATCH FROM WILLIS
Submitted by Cleveland to
Congress.
EXTRACTS FROM DoLE's LETTER
Little Information Conveyed, but
Something of Interest for
an Early Date.
EXTRACTS FROM DoLE's LETTER
Associated Press.


Washington, Feb. 1.-The president
today transmitted to congress a dis
patch received from Minister Willis
last Saturday. A letter from President
Dole was not included, for lack of time
to transcribe it after Willis received it.
Willis dispatch is dated at Honolulu
January 18th, and says: Yesterday at
$50 p. m. 1 received Hon. S. B. Dole's
answer to my letter of January lst.,
requesting him at his earliest conven-
fence to give me the specifications con-
tained in his prior letter. His answer
is about so pages Of closely written Off
cial paper, and has been delivered too
late either to copy or reply to, in time
for the steamer leaving at 2 p. m. to-
day. There is one extract, however,
to which l think your attention should
be called, wherein it is stated: This
government has been and now is sub
jected to the necessity of increased
watchfulness and a large additional ex-
pense, which, but for such attitude,
would have been Unnecessary In a
previous letter of December 9th, Min
lister Dole had stated: "The govern
ment officers have been placed, and still
continue, in a condition Of defense and
preparation for a siege. and the COM
munity has been put into a state Of
mind bordering ON terrorism Some
portions of the letters from which these
extracts are made confirm the above
statement, while others seem to mega
tive them. With this explanation
submit them for your consideration.
The next steamer leaves here February
Srd, which would place you in possess
sion of Dole's letter and my purposed
reply thereto about February 18th.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-02-03
ONLY WAY TO HELP THE POOR


The problem Of rendering help to the
unemploye without doing more harm
than good, is as serious a problem as
any that contemporaneous civilization
has to deal with Out of hundreds of
methods that have been proposed and
tried there is the smallest possible per
centage that have been successful,
There are no more conscientious or
well-lnformed students of this problem
than the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott and
Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell, of New
York. 1t is remarkable that both of
these writers, each treating the subject
independently Of the other, note the
fact that the best solution of the prob
lem of poverty, perhaps after all, the
only solution, is through the personal
work of well-to-do people directed with
discretion toward the personal help of
particular families or individuals. If
stances We're to make 1t a part of his
duty to give proper aid and personal
encouragement to some other perso'
less fortunately situated, the whole
problem of poverty would disappear
except, Of course, that portion Of II
which nothing can cure, the portion
that has It's origin In helpless break
down of character or of health, or both.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-02-03
coURrsHIp AT LONG RANGE.
Tic Alleged I,obbery Of Clarence Dunn
in San Francisco.


From recent issue Of the JACKSON
vIll, Or. Times. the following account
of the interruption in the wedding ar
rangements OF Miss Dora Pennington
and Clarence Duun is obtained;
About year ago Miss Dora l'ennlng-
ton, OF Ashland, was introduced by let
ter to Clarence Dunn, Of San Francisco.
who represented himself To- her as q
detective with a salary OF $3.50 per
month and expenses. The acquaintance
thus made ripened into warmer SEN
timent, and finally Dunn proposed mar
riage and was accepted Miss Penning-
ton left Ashland a few weeks ago to
join her lover in the Bay City. They
were to have been married last Satur-
day; but cruel ate interviewed. A day
or two before the wedding day Dunn
went to the races and sought to aug
ment his share Of worldly goods at the
expense of the bookmakers, with the
usual result. He returned to the city
penniIess and hid himself in a den in
Chinatown, having first written note
giving clue to his whereabouts. When
found he was handcuffed with his own
handouts and told a story OF having
been decoyed into the place and robbed
and bound. It has now been developed
that he is only a attache Of one Of the
snide detective agencies in the east,
one Of those things who levy blaclxmall
on married men and women who are
prone to err. Thus the course Of true
love Is again unjolnted.