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Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
BRIEF MENTION.
lew books for old at Taylor's.

New books for old at Taylor's.
Mrs. w. B. Barker's concert this
evening.
Icsn and will save you money on
books. Taylor.
Mrs. ". b. Barker's concert occurs
this evening at the First NJ. f.
church.
j. Y. Postlewaite and family have
returned after two weeks stay at
Colfax Springs and visit among
relatives.
Don't miss the electric fountain
display at the Tower Sunday, Wednes-
day and Friday evenings. Every
body is talking about it.
c. P. johnson, OF Springfield, state
president of the American Protective
association, was here yesterday con-
fering with his brethren relative to
an insurance feature which the order
eontemplates embodying.
Augustana college offers the very
best opportunities To all who NAV
wish to acquire collegiate, normal.
business or shorthand education. Do
not fail to enrsll at the opening OF
the term next Wednesday forenoon.
Mrs. n. c. Hamilton, rs a member
of the school board, yesterday after
noon gave garden party at her
home on Twenty-tirst street and
Ninth avenue to Supt. Ament and
wife and the principals of the various
buildings.
A train of 50 car loads of.wagons
manufactured by the Balm Wagon
company of Kenosha. Wis. and
| shipped to Kingman Il Co., OF Kansa $
City, will arrive n the Rock Island
depot at $50 this evening and re-
main until o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
BY virtue of the consolidation of
the Chicago Fraterual Mutual and the
Sun Accident Insurance companies of
this city, Gen. w. u. Schmitt. mana
ger and secretary Of the latter, re-
moves his family to Chicago, where
he becomes diuster for the joint COM
pany.
In Moline Sunday morning al the
! residence of the brides parents. MIR.
and Mrs. Hayes Wright. 2l09 Fifth
avenue, was solemniZed the marriage
of Frank Armstrong and Miss Mar
gsret Wright, Rev. W. S. Marquis.
of this city. officiating. The couple
are well known to Rock Islanders,
the groom having recently accepted
the chief clerhship OF the c., B. Il q.
Offices. while the bride was for sew
eral years identified with Jackson &
Hurst as stenographer. Mr.. and
Mrs. Armstrong will reside here.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
Licensed to Wed.

Sept. 3-Peter A. Anderson, Miss
Matilda johnson, Cambridge.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
One Good Deed,

Mrs. De Ruffe-If you ever did any
good III this wide world, I'd like to
know what it is.
Mr.. De Rufile-Well, for one thing,
l saved you from dying an old maid
London Culver
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
In Your Bi Od

Is the cause of that tired, languid
feeling which afflicts YOU at this sea-
son. The blood is impure and has
become thin and poor. That is why
you have no strength. no appetite,
cannot sleep. Purify your blood
with Hoodl Sarsaparilla. which will
give You ah appetite. tone your stom-
ach. and invigorate your nerves.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03

TIE ARGUS, only I0c q week.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
FULLERTON'S
Consumption Cure.
HYPOOERMIC.

CURE
At last scientific remedy and mode of administering
introduced directly
anipa at
a ao5
sulat tiUl
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
Found

at NJ. f. Bahnsen's drug store mar
velous cure for all kidney complaints,
nervous exhaustion and female
weakness. 1t is the Clinic Kidney
Cure.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
To the Davenport Fair.

Sept. to inclusive, the c., r. /.
& p. railway will run special train
from Twentieth street depot direct
to fair grounds. This train will
leave Twentieth street at 1:20 p. N.
and ESQ p. m. daily. Returning.
train will leave fair grounds at $50
p. m. and last train at night after
fireworks display will run through
to Twentieth street depot.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03

T5eh Bahy vas SICK. ~e gave her Cas,or,a
whcn che -as Child, she cred for Ca.sneia.
VIM she t.--ape Miss. shs cIuny tn Cas:1rsA
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
RlTH llluS

Baths OF all kinds, includinp
Turkish, plain, shampoo, cleo
tric, electro-thermal, etc, may
be obtained at the Sanitarium
Bath Rooms, on the first floor Of
the Harper House.
ROOMS OPEN.
For Ladies-From 3. NJ. to
IL n. on week days For Gen.
tlemen-From 2 p. N. to 10 pm.
on week days Or Sundays the
rooms will be open from I q. nj.
to III q. N. for Gentlemen only.
Electric and Electro-thermal
baths may be obtained at any
time during business hours.
Gymnasium connected with bath
rooms.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03

Hoods pills are easy to take. easy
in action and sure in effect-25 cents
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
COUNTY BUILDING.
fr-.v.-E...

29-Henry Woltman to John
Woltman. W 20 feet 40 feet lot 5.
block l. Original Town Of Rock Is
land, 81.
Marietta Wagner to Ernest l..
Cox, lot Z, block 6, Candee Grove,
$500.
David Robinson ct al to Alice a.
and +. j. Robinson, und! sci nei. 1,
IL, iw, 81.
Alice A Robinson and L. j. Robin
son TO Simeon +. Roberts, und J sci
mel !, l6. 4w, $500.
30-Johan Peterson to Chris
Christopher, part lot z. Waterman
Place, and part lot 5, block 3.
Smiths add, Moline, 81, 900.
Chris Christopher to Clara ".
Peterson, lot 6. Waterman Place, and
part lot 5, block ,, Smiths add,
Moline, 81.
Cyrus I. Foster to A. II. Foster.
lots "a and 90, block 1, South Park
add. Rock Island, $500.
Eliza McCulloch to David Hamil-
ton, WI lots , and 5, block 81, Chi
cago OK Lower add, Rock Island
$1,000.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-03
Probate,

29-Estatc of Jacob Wait. Relin-
Guishment OF Cordelia &. Wait and
nomination of Robert =. Wait filed q.
Petition for letters OF administration
to said Robert p. Wait filed.
3l-Estatc of Christian Ehericke.
Administrative final report filed.
Estate of Jacob Wait. Bond of
Robert p. Wait filed and approved and
letters OF administration issued to
him. William ii. Wheaton. j. Is.
Mcdonnell and e. Z. Bahringer APP
pointed appraisers.
Estate of John A. Boyer. Report
of executors filed and approved.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.

The average of ships and sailors III
the port of London every day is 1000
ships and 1000 men.
Fairmont, Kansas, has the largest
annie orchard in the world. 1t covers
1887 acres. ......
Crime is more common in single life
than in married. In the former 53 in
every 100000 are guilty, while only IL
married men of the same number have
prayely broken the law.
A rough estimate places the amount
OF fruit shipped from southern Califor-
MIA this season at 5000 car loads. For
the transportation of this the growers
have paid the railroads about $780,
900.
Besides the coal yet to be brought to
the surface in Europe and America IL
is estimated that there are In Japan
workable seams containing 700,ooO,OOO
tons. equal in commercial value to Aus
traian coal.
Ohio has more farms than any other
state. II has PSI ,430 farms, compris'
ing 24.352. .4os acres; Illinois is second
with 24O.6s1 farms, and 3O,49s,277 acres;
Missouri is third, with 23s,o43 farms
and 90,7s0,29o acres
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lMPERSONAL NOTES.

A connoisseur in cats, living in West
field Mass. has 22 cats In his house,
One he values at $1,000.
Two candidates for positions on the
New York police force were found to
have increased their height by artificial
means. One with blow with a club,
has raised a half-inch bump on his head,
and the other wore wig an inch thick.
A woman drummer for cigar fac
tory appeared in Yaldosta, Ca, few
days ago, and surprised the merchants.
She further surprised them later by
proving that she was an expert in hand.
ling cigars and understood her bust
ness thoroughly.
A brave New York woman, whose
name is not related, remained all night
alone in a camp in the Ripogenus re-
gion, away above Moosehead, in the
Maine forest, recently while her hus-
band carried the sick guide out to civili-
cation.
A mad dog pursued little girl in
Harrison, n. j., and she took refuge In
an insurance Office. The dog was close
at her heels, and as the girl hastily
closed the door she squeezed the animal
between the door and the frame, and
there held it until a young man knocked
the brute lifeless with club.
Sosnitza, in Upper silesia, has sleep
ing girl who, in her waking intervals,
divulges communications which she
processes to have received directly from
the Virgin. Thousands of people flock
to see the miracle, and the police au-
thorities also have her under observa-
ton. t.
a Partisan had the remains of his
brother cremated. The ashes were put
in leather bag, and sent by rail to the
brothers home. The bag was mislaid,
and suit has been instituted by the
brother against the railroad company
for the value of the dead mans ashes.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
PERSONAL PlCkINGS.


Rev. Mr.. Slick of Atwood, is said to
be one of the most smooth-tongued
preachers In Kansas.
Mrs. Mary Hovey Hooper, Of East
Franklin, Me-, died last week, within
two weeks after celebrating her Tooth
birthday.
Prof Prothero, besides superintend-
ing the preparation for the press of
Prof Seeley's posthumous work, Is
writing memoir of the author.
Six bouncing boys are sons Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harmon Coleman, of Finesta,
Pa. One is six feet in height, another Is
six feet two inches, two are six feet
three inches, and two others six feet
five inches.
ORC of Senator Germans peculiarl-
ties Is that he neither drinks nor
smokes, and if he can help 1t he will
not allow anyone TO do so in his pres
ence Even on night Of general
election II anyone comes into his room
smoking cigar he will ask him To lay
il aside.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
Emergency Chest.

Take six Of the two -by-three-inch
slide boxes that druggists use to put
prescription powders in, and paste
these boxes one on top of the other,
making them two abreast and three
deep. Tie string firmly about them
and set away to dry. Slip out the six
sliding boxes. and cover the sides and
ends of them with pieces of inch wide
ribbon ten inches long, being careful
to have the joined edges come on side
instead of an end of the miniature
drawer. Sew on end of drawer No. 1,
to stimulate handles, large safety
pin; on No 2 a small safety pin; on
No. two glove buttons; on No. A
plain agate button or shoe button, and
on one of the two lower ones hook
ard eye, and on the other roll of
court plaster. About the tiny chest,
fastening on top in a big stiff bow, tie
yard of wide ribbon the width OF the
chest, which will probably be three
and a quarter inches. This little chest
is extremely useful, and will not ex-
ceed fisty cents in cost-N. Y. Tribune.
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ODDS AND FINDS.
Some Stylish Adjunets to Feminine Co.'S
TUNES.

tunes
A new garniture is made of side
plating. Bands about eight inches
wide are hemmed at either edge, close
ly plated and stitched down about an
inch and q half from either hem. This
band Is then set on the waist from col
lar TO belt, also down the seams next
the front of the skirt. Narrow trim
mings of the same sort are used as a
standing collar, epaulets and bands
from the shoulders down the outside
of the sleeves to the cuffs. This is APP
propriate only for lightweight ma
terials.
Cord passementerie makes very
handsome waist garniture. A new
suit has narrow V from the collar
to the waist-line at the back. wide
shoulder sections with lappets over
the tops of the sleeves, and an Eton-
jacket-shaped front This is worn on
a dress of navy-blue cloth, the garni-
ture being made in eeru and white.
A fur collar and vest is q novelty.
The collar is high and wide and slight
ly flaring. The vest extends to the
waist line, and n ribbon tied around
the waist holds it in place. The cape
or cloak is put on over this, and, with
the lapels turned back, makes pret-
ty finish.
A handsome jacket of velvet is lined
with ermine The sleeves are in leg
o-mutton shape, and the fur extends
just below the material to give finish
at the wrists. An edging OF the fur is
placed all around the garment, and
the pocket-lids are lined with the same.
A -brmmed hat of felt has a
trimming of wide ribbon in Alsatian-
bow fashion. There is no other finish,
except jeweled ornament \.
Ledger.
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Won in a swingin Trot.

You maybe mought not believe it,
and can't much blame you, cause |
never would if hadn't of seen it with
my own eyes, but Andy's lead mule,
Dollie, win that race in a swingin trot
The horses all got off several jumps
ahead, but when Andy turned Dollie
loose in the race she went away like a
storm on wings, with no weights to
cumber or break her speed-neither
man. nor saddle, nor blanket, nor
bride. BY the time the horses covered
the three-quarter mark Dollie had run
through the bunch like she was shot
out Of a cannon, and some City yards
before she got to the judges she broke
into a long, swingin trot, coverin forty
feet at stride, and come in anywheres
from ten to fifteen lengths in the lead,
head and tail up.
Well, now, that was about the most
siclsest and sorriest looking crowd that
had ever saw horse race in all the re-
gions around Rocky Creek.
'Money hit do talk, says Andy as be
called for the stakes and put the win
nins in the left hand pocket Of his old
leans breeches Then he throwed th'
rear on his lead mule, Dollie, and
drove off towards home.
'sThem fellers thought they had
caught me both drunk and crazy say'
ANDY. talkin TO himself "but if they
amt cooked done as cracElin, and
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
done accordin to the Queens taste, my

done accordin to the Queens taste, my
namo amt Andy Lucas
A few days after that a stranger cont
rdin through the settlement huntiI
for the place where man by the namt
of Andy Lucas lived. 1t seems like tbs
stranger was the man which Andy hae
got that famous lead mule, Dollie
from, and he had come to rue the trade
Andy rued back with him and give
out that he got twenty dollars to boot
but accordin to my fguration, the
stranger had went in kersnooks with
Andy and got his full share of the
money that Dollie had win in the horse
race over at the Cross Roads that Sat
urdaY evenin. 1t mought be that Andy
and the stranger had worked of little
cut and dried trick to land three hun.
dred dollars in their own fianks, and II
mought be that they didn't The sur,
roundins always had that general ap.
pearment to old Mart and the boys, but
they couldn't prove nothin on Andy.
But at any rates, that is the reason
why old Mart Mayo would ruther fling
dirt at Andy Lucas than to eat when he
Is hengry, RuF0s SANDERS.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
NOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Sweet Wafersi Six eggs. one pint
OF flour, two ounces of melted butter
one cup of milk, one and ene-half cups
sugar; vanilla or lemon extract can be
used for seasoning If desired. Bake in
wafer iron. Detroit Free Press.
Dreaded Sansages: Wipe the sau-
sages dry. Dip them in beaten egg and
bread crumbs. Put them in the frying
basket and plunge into boiling fat.
Cook ten minutes. Serve with gar
nish of toasted bread and parsley.
Farm and Home.
Raspberry Fritters, Make bat
ter of pink of milk. one egg, little
salt, and enough flour to make mix
ture that will drop from a spoon. Add
a cup of fine raspberries, with table,
spoonful of granulated sugar mixed
with them. Fry In hot lard and dash
with po wdered sugar. Farmers Voice.
Virginia Corn Bread: Boil one pint
of fine hominy; while hot mix In large
spoonful of butter and three eggs beat
en- very light. Add one pint of milk
and lastly add one pint of eornmeal.
This batter should be Of the consistency
OF boiled custard If too thick add
more milk Bake in hot oven, but
not too hot, and when done serve i'm
mediately y.-Western Rural.
Plain Cake: Three whislxed eggs.
one-fourth cup pulverized sugar one
third cup sweet, fresh butter, two
thirds cup sweet milk, two cups sifted
flour, one large teaspoon baking pow
der. Cream the sugar and butter; add
the milk; beat the mixture well after
adding each ingredient To insure fine
ness of grain, Sift the baking powder
in the flour. Line the cake pan with
creased paper and bake the cake
steadily until light pressure proves
the loaf firm. If used as layer cake,
omit the flavoring Mrs. DR.. J. Ii.
Ballou, in Housekeeper.
Compete of Apples: Make sirup
with one cup of sugar, one cup of
water, and n square inch of stick cins
namon. Boil slowly for ten minutes,
slsimming we'll Core and pare eight
or ten sharp apples and cook till
nearly done in the sirup. Then drain
and cook for u few minutes in the
oven. Boil the sirup till almost like
u jelly. Arrange the apples on dish
for serving, and fill the core-cavities
with jelly or marmalade. Pour the
sirup over them, and put whipped
cream round the base with garnish-
ing of jelly.-Home
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
EARLY ERAS.


The Ezra of Emperors," commonly
adopted by the Romans after the firm
establishment of imperial rule, began
b. C. 81 with the accession of Augustus.
The "Christian Era" began with jan
uary /, of the year 4714, of the Julian
period, though different chronologists
make variation of a year or two in this
date.
The ERA of Martyrs" famous era
in use in the early church, commemo-
rates the tenth and last great persecu-
ton, by Diocletian, beginning February
rs, 284 A. D.
The ERA of Antioch was devised by
Panodorus of Antioch, who lived in the
fifth century. He assumed that the
world was created September 1, B.
c. 1902
The "Tyrian Era" which prevailed
extensively in Syria for many ages, be-
gan October 10, b. G. 1875. 1t commem-
GRATED the independence of Tyre from
the yoke of the Syrian kings.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
LITTLE FACTS.

A tenth of the world is still unex-
rlored.
When first taken from mines opals
nre so tender that they can be picked to
pieces with the finger nails.
\ Holsters skin when shedding splits
down the back and comes off in two
equal parts. The tail slips out of the
she'll like a finger out of a glove
The letters in the various alphabets
of the world vary from II to 202 in num-
ber. The Sandwich Islanders alpha
bet has 70, the Tartarian POP
sleeplessness is often cured by the
administration of from one-half to a
pint of warm liquid food--say soup or
milk - just before retiring. This
treatment draws the blood from the
brain to the stomach.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
To Glenn Your Trunk.

A woman who likes fresh, new
looking trunk, quite unconscious that
there are travellers who prize each
label and dent on their baggage as one
of the evidences as having seen the
world, restores hers after the sum-
mer's journey in this way: All the
labels are washed off, the torn places
in the canvas are fastened downswith
fish glue, and the whole outside is
then washed with flannel cloth dip
ped in warm water, containing little
ammonia, and the brass, corners rub
bed with polisher and metal paste.
Stout cambria, tacks and paste put the
inside in order, and if the trunk is
very shabby it gets coat of gray
paint over the gray canvas. Leather
bags are wiped inside and out, and
the outside, if tan-colored, gets thor
ough rubbing with the dressing used
for tan shoes For black leather shoe
polish is used after rubbing the bag
with vaseline. N. z Post,
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
------------F
SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS.
No insulator of magnetism is know

No insulator of magnetism is known.
Baron Larey, who is now ninety years
old, is the oldest member Of the French
Academy of Medicine.
Hydrogen boils at 1888 degrees
Fahrenheit below the freezing point of
water, according to Prof Olszewh's
experiments.
Centrifugal force is used to refine
steel ingots at the Nykroppa works in
Sweden; the pressure drives out all
gases, leaving perfectly sound ingots.
Russia is going to send astronomical
expeditions to the mouth of the Amoor
river and to Nova Zembla to observe the
total eclipse of the sun that will take
place on July 81 OF next year.
There are many reasons in favor OF
the supposition that Mars Is more like
| ly to have been inhabited In past ages
than at the present time, in spite of It's
atmosphere or wates or clouds.
The French institutes biennial prize
of 10000 francs, which is awarded this
year by the Academy Of Sciences, has
been awarded to Prof. Raoult OF
Grenoble for his chemical researches.
DR.. Andree has selected his COM
panions for the balloon expedition to
the north pole. One is the meteor
olopist Ekholm of Stockholm, the other
is Niles Strindoerg, an amanuensis in
the Stockholm university.
Careful observations of heat were
taken in a 1,65O-foot boring recently
made near Mulhausen in Alasce. AZ
the lowest depth the temperature was
1O6 degrees Fahrenheit, at no feet II
was 64Is degrees; from that point down
the increase was regular, amounting tc
/ degree Fahrenheit for every % feet
I bored.
The Van Buren press., 1895-11-30
The Lead Mule Entered,


"You fellows think you are playin a
whole lot Of thunder bettin off your
money and runnin horse races with
piney woods colts" Andy went on to
say. "If my lead mule out there-we
call her Dollie at home--couldn' beat
anything on the grounds in runnin
race / would pull off her shoes and turn
her out for buzzard bait.
"You are BLOWN too much through
your mouth this evenin, Andy, put in
old Mart Mayo. at is true that whisky
talks sometimes, but in case like this,
it takes money to tell the tale.
81 can see where you are about three
thirds right. Mr. Mayo" Andy come
back at him, "and l have got three
hundred dollars right here in the left
hand pocket OF these same old jeans
breeches which talks-talks out loud in
plain United States-and says that my
lead mule, Dollie, can run by the most
fastest horse on the grounds and put
the dirt in his face. How much waddin
have you fellows put up on the race2"
"Takin all the bets together, there is
now little over three hundred dollars
at the stake, says old Mart.
"Well, now, jest in orderment to see
whose money talks the plainest and the
loudsst" says Andy, II will bet the
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cold and stubborn facts. He couldn't
tell the naked truth with dead rest.
You have took notice already perhaps
no doubt that old Mart is forever and
eternally flingin dirt at Andy Lucas,
the great horse trader To man on.
the outside or up tree it will look
somewhat sorter queer for natural
born liar and horse trader to fall out,
but when you come to know the general
facts in the case the whole thing will
stand out as plain as a stake-and-ri
cred fence and hit painted white.