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PYGMIES.
Some Information About These Strange
 Mites of Humanity.


 Mites of Humanity.
 The Greek word pygmy means a meas ure from the elbow to the hand. The pygmies were fabulous race of dwarfs about whom many interesting stories have been told. According to Homer, they were so very small that they were attacked every year by the cranes on the coast of Oceanus and were unable to defend themselves.
 Writers of later date locate the pyg mics at the mouth of the Nile. We also read of northern pygmies inhabiting the region of Thule, and of others that lived in subterranean dwellings on the eastern side of the Ganges. It is said that once when Hercules visited the country inhabited by these little crea- lures two whole pygmy armies attacked him while he was asleep. One army fell upon his right and the other upon his left, but the hero easily and quickly rolled them up in his lions skin.
 They Were not, it seems, at all afraid of Hercules. for by the aid of ladder they climbed up his drinking cup and helped themselves to it's contents.
 Aristotle says: The pygmies were probably some diminutiye race in Upper Egypt who rode very small horses and lived in caves ? He did not believe that the stories told about them were altogether fabulous
 It has often been declared that there arc pygmy races of human beings in the heart of Africa. Indeed Du Chaillu some time ago discovered pygmy race i'll the mountainous country on the east of the southern great branch of the Ogobai. They are about 416 feet in height and are called Orbongos. They live in the midst of negro tribes of or dinary size, says Du Chaillu, land there is nothing remarkable about them except their diminutive size. n-Balti- more American.
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THE exPResslve HuMAN HANo.
Strength of thu Fingers Is an Index ts
 Mental Balance.


 Mental Balance.
 Much has been written about the hand. Artists have depicted it's perfec- tion, physiognomists have interpreted it's shape and expression, chirologists and the gypsy queens have tried to prophecy from it's markings But study of its peculiarities by the induc- tive method takes one into entirely new fields and shows that to interpret the significance of the hand one must start on quite new lines There is something perhaps in tke fact that the artistic hand has somewhat tapcring fingers, but beyond this one deals with unceT- tainties, and recollect an idiot youth whose extremities had the contour of genius or a Trilby.
 If one examines the hands of large number of persons with nervous en- dowment, he will find curious defects in the length and relative proportions ef the fingers The length of the finger is determined by that of the middle one. If the index and medins are closed upon the palm, tho ring and little finger be-
 
 will reach close to the place where the so called life line runs down, between the ball of the thumb and that of the little finger. twill touch the palm just below the highest part of tho ball of the thumb The middle finger is taken as the standard of length by which to gauge that of others. Ina normal hand 4Lo fr..aH ,..xa,. 1aa alsc ss.ct 4e 4La rcot 5,f the middle finger, the ring finger is lon ger and should reach nearly to tho mid dle of the nail of the medius, while the little finger should reach to tho last joint of the third finger. Now, in in ebriates, epileptics. naurotics and the degenerativeg generally these proportions arc often not observed. The most com mon defect is shortness, especially of the third and little fingers, though some times disproportionate length occurs Sometimes these fingers are unnatural ly slender, or the little finger is slightly bent. Tho most common abnormality Of the thumb is excessive shortness, with defective mobility. These peculiarities. well aecentuated, from what we may call the "deeadent hand"-the hand that writes our sensnous novels, the Hauptmann drama, paints symbolic pic lures and exploits pure atheism. Such hands may be well formed to the ordi- nary eye an may be attached to slender and graceful limbs, but this kind of beautiful hand and arm is found quite as often among the children of alcohol ics and among those highly cultivated families which have become degenerated by yioios vices and vicious crossing. - Medical Record.
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Mckinley act, not belonging to eur rent expense Four millions more are for naval construction and re- pairs, postal extension and needed public buildings. And so on.
 Altogether the sum total is S45, o00,000 less than was appropriated by the Fifty-first, and some s37, , GOO, 0O0 less that the Fifty.second Congress. Besides the country is growing and the public service cor respondingIy increasing The last Congress saved S1o,0Oo, O0O on pen sions without withholding a cent justly due It knocked out g, 900, 000 of deficiencies, and squelehed no end or robbery, from the millionaire railway pooling job down to Ma hones little public printing-lot steal.
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AN effort is now being made to form a trust among the millers to control the wheat crop and put ap the price of four With Q four trust a leather trust, coal oil trust a cotton seed trust and an hundred other kinds of trusts, it does seem that the American people are des- tined to be crushed under the wheels of plntocracy.
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What n Blessing Is Educationt

These are some answers to examina- tion questions given in an eighth grade school not thousand miles from Chi cago:
 Liberia was established in 1899 as a colony for aspiratod negroes. '
 Nine tenths of all tho plants not found in any other part of tho world aro found in Australia. '
 Salem Witcheraft was neither sol dicr nor q sailor. but ho discovered some citi A '--Groat Divide.
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Personal attention given 10 the hosting m and distribution Of advertising matter af ar' up cry knd; including samples, etc. Charges Teasonapie. Office at A. J, S,ewarts. II. D D li4 East BarraQue street 2 '' r''
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IT is announced that Nellie Grant Sartoris, daughter of Gen. U s Grant, is to be married in a few days to Gen Kyd Douglas, of Maryland, who was Confederate soldier and is now the Adiutant General of the State of Maryland Thus can the North and the South again be said to be reunited.
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ANinteresting discovery has been made in the case of Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois. For some time the Gov ernor has been a strong advocate of free silver and his letters of denunci- ation of President Cleveland have been severe and bitter 1t now de- velops that Gov Altgeld in practice is one of the most arrant gold bugs in the country. Like Senator Stew art, while clamorous for free sl- yer, he is grasping for gold. in his lease and rent notes for the Unity building in Chicago, Gov Altgeld has it specially stipulated that all rents are payable in gold If we had free silver in this country gold would soon go to q premium, and Gov Altgeld's rents and profits would be doubled The Governor of Illinois has long been suspected also of entertaining anarehistic tenden- cies, but if he believes that which he teaches he should set the example by distributing his immense fortune among the poor and starting out anew Altgeld is rora auis and quite different in private life to what he is in public
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The value of information lies more in the receiver than the giver. The value to you of being told of the Wonlerlnl properties of Ramon's Tonic Liver Pills all depends upon whether You eyer have sick -head- aches, indigestion or sour stomach. If yondn, this little bit nf infnrma- tion is worth all the world to you, for it points you to the best remedy i'll this country at the present time for biliousncss and all liver troubles. Ask Anderson-Meyer.your druggists, about it. D cents-saniple free.
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Hoods Pills arc hand made. and perfect tn proportion and appearance 25C. 8 box
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REL1TYTE EXPENDITURES.

An attempt is being made for par tisan purposes to show that tho cost of the last Congress exceeded thas of the celebrated Billion Dollar Con- gress. This claim purports to be made from the official figures of the appropriation committees of both Houses, but omits thefact that very large sums were necessarily appro- priated to meet expenditures or dered by the Fifty-6rst Congress. Included is the 5000, GOO to sugar growers under. the repeal of the
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LlRtEST DAILY cIIf CIRCULATION.

GustavE Freitag, the greatGelman novelist and author of Debit and Credit, is dead. This work is said to have been the origin of Jew. bait ing in Germany. and it's writer, while squaring his account with his Maker, will hardly be able to strike bal opaa
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THERE is some talk of the war be-
 tween China and Japan being re- newed Russia has entered pro test against the cedino of Chinese territory to Japan, and it is prob a6ie that China will refuse to ratify the peace treaty In the meantime the Japs are in sore financial straits and not well prepared to continue the war. There have been two is sues of war bonds reaching 250 GOO,
 900 yen, and besides this Japan had 30, 1000, ,000 yen on hand at the begin
 ming of the war In view Of this fact it has been intimated that Japan would be willing to accept a larger indemnity and less territory
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TRAMPs walked into Hammond, Ind, last Friday and took possession of the town. The citizens were powerless and laughed to scorn by the vagrants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
Every Young Man

should be possessed Of certain information. with
out which millions contract pernicicus and most
destructive habts-habits which make young men
p.ematu-ely aged, pale, haggard, ,istless, devoid
of ambition, easily tired. languid, forgeiful and
incapable; fill mad-houses and swell the lists Of
suicides; separate husbands and wives; bring un-
told ruffering to millions, unto the third end
fourth generations. Parents, guardians and phi J.
anth opsts can do no better service to the rising
g neraion, than to place in their hands the nfor-
nation and warnings contained In little book
carefully prepared by an ASSOCIATION Of medical
men who have had vast experience in dealing with
the grave maladies here limited at, ard who feel
that they owe it to humanity to warn the young Of
the land against certain destructive hsbits which
are IA. more prevalent than any layman can i'm
agine, and which II persisted in gradually under
mine the constitution and health and destroy the
future happ nees Of the victim. Cut out this no.
tce and enclose it with 10 cents in stamps Ito pay
pos.age) to Worlds Dispensary Medical Associar-
ton. Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buff
fao, n. Y. and the book will be sent, secure rom
obs: rvation 10 plain sesle1 envelope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
INco.a TAX COLLECTION.
The Constitution Exempts All Of th
UDitea States Judg =

The Constitution ExeAp.s All Of shs
Usitea States Judg =
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-A question
of some interest is likely to arise in con-
nection with the collection Of income
taxes from judges Of United States
courts. Some days ago Judge Hughes Of
the eastern judicial district Of Virginia
came 70 Washington, and in discussing
the income tax with friends said that he
had already made his return, but it was
exceedingly brief He had stated simply
that he had no income other than his sal
airy as United States JUICE. Which IN
der the constitution WAS exs!n,, ir.,.n the
tax. The sections of the co:i STATION to
which Judge Hughes referred provide
that the president Of the United States
and the judges Of United States courts
shall receive for their services a c1npen-
sation which shall not be diminished dur
ing their continuance in Office
The supreme court has held in several
cases that the imposition of tax upon
the Office of the president Of the United
States end the judges OF the supreme
court and inferior courts Of the United
States Is q diminutiOn of salary within
the meaning of the constitution If the act
levyiug the tax was enacted during the
official term of the president or OF the
judges affected thereby. II these deci-
sions remain undisturbe1 all United
States Judges, of which there are about
100. will be exempt from paying the in
come tax.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
LEROY G. WEAVER.
Another Type of the Old School Gentleman
Called to Rest.

Another Type Of the Old School Gentleman
Called to Rest.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 23.-Col.
onel Leroy G. Weaver is dead after an ILL.,
ness Of four months. He was the son Of
Philip Weaver. the founder Of Selma,
Ala. Colonel Weaver ut one time was
worth nearly &, 00O, 90. but died q poor
man. At the beginning of the war he en-
tered the Confederate service and was Sc
lected for many important diplomatic
missions. After the war he became Re-
publican and in 1873 was appointed gov
ernor Of New Mexico by President Grant.
He came to this city from Selma, Ala,
in 1878. Since his residence here he had
taken no part in the affairs of even this
community, but shut himself out from
the world. He was a type Of the old
school gentleman and was widely known
throughout the SOUTH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
Confederate Flowers for Chicago

ATLANTA, GA. March 23-Ex-Lieuten-
ant Governor John c. Underwood, OF
Kentucky. has arrived here for the pur-
pose Of arranging for floral tributes to be
sent TO Chicago on the occasion of the
dedication Of the Confederate monument
to be unveiled in Chicago on the 30th Of
May. The fund for the building OF this
monument was raised chiefly through the
instrumentality Of Colonel Underwood, .
prominent ex-Confedcratc soldier Of Ken
lucky. A car load of flowers will be sent
from Savannah, and Atlanta, New Or
leans and other southern cities will make
contributions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23

CHICAGO, March 23.-Members of the
Northwestern Associated Press met at the
Grand Pacific hotel for the transaction of
routine business of the organization.
There were present at the meeting edit
ors, proprietors and publishers of many of
the most prominent papers in Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota. President Richard
son, Of Wisconsin, opened the convention
with a brief address Of welcome. Later he
resigned as president, but not as director.
Secretary H. w. Glendenning. of the
Springfield Register, resigned as sec.
rotary and treasurer. This direc.
tory vacancy was filled by the cleo
ton of w. o. Davis, of the Blooming
ton Paragraph. NJ. NJ. Ham, of the Du.
buque Herald. resigned from the board
and his son, c. d. Ham, was elected to
the vacancy. W. T. Southwell, of the
Burlington Hawkeye, was elected men,
Der of the board.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, March 23-In the
house bills were introduced: To amend
the civil service bill in conformity with
the recommendation of Governor Alt
geld that limits be put on the salaries Of
the officials created, etc; limiting rail-
road fare within incorporated cities to
cents between all stations; to levy a tax
on bachelors; providing tax OF 10 per
cent. on the gross earnings Of racing as
sociations. and limiting racing to thirty
days each year. Many other bills were
introduced, it being the last day for in
PRODUCTION. Both houses adjourned to
Monday afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
Surprise for Election Reformers.

ST. Louis, March 23.-The election re-
formers of st. Louis were given a great
surprise by the appointment of some Of
their most prominent supporters and
members Of their reform association as
judge OF election in the spring election
next month Among those appointed are
ex-Secrctary Of the Interior John w.
Noble. ex-Secretary OF Agriculture Nor
man j. Coleman, President Thomas w.
Booth Of the Merchants exchange, Jacob
Furth, president Of the Wholesale Gro
GERS association, and nearly q hundred
others Of almost equal prominence. As
the appointing power has absolute au-
thority. the gentlemen named will have
to serve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
Hoods SarsapariI|a

The statements In the testimonial below
are familiar facts to the immediate friends
Of Mr.. Geo. A. Zirkle, school teacher, Of
Mt. Horeb, Tenn, very well known
throughout the county, where he was
born and hes always lived. It illustrates
the wonderful power Of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla over all diseases of the blood. Read it.:
az believe in Hoods Sarsaparilla. Iwin
tell you why. I have suffered from in
herited scrofula from childhood. When 81
years of age my eyes became
Strangely Affected.
I could not read after sunset, and when !
would close my eyes could not open
them; but on whichever side lay on that
eide could open my eye. This condition
continued about two years, and was sue
ceeded by an intolerable itching all over
my body and limbs had to have my
little boys take shoe brushes and scratch
me. It was dreadful. It continued Q
month and was followed Immediately by Q
tumor in the right side of my neck - large
q Q small egg. I took physicians pre-
scriptions till lost hope. In the mean
time the tumor changed its place to the
immediate front Of my neck, suppurated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
Spring Medicine

So easy to take and readily assmiated the puri-
ying vitalzng and enriching elements Of Hoods sar.
saparila-combined from natures own storehouse Of
vegetable remedies for human is pass into the stomach
and then silently but certainly taken up by the blood
and sent to every organ and tissue Of the body.
The effect is often magical.
The weakness is soon driven OF, that tired feeling
disappears the built up, the stomach resumes
its tasks grcedy, the appetite becomes sharp
Is MILESTONE, and the whole man feel made anew"
The wonderful cures Of Scrofula, Salt Rheum and
other dreadful diseases prove tho great curative blood
purifying powers Of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
You undoubtedly need . good Spring Medicine.
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla the great blood purifier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

Obituary: At Boston, Mrs. Annie NJ.
Gannett, authoress and philanthropist, 80.
At Fort Wayne, Ind, Isabella Workman,
colored. aged nearly iOo years. At Wash
ington, Ia Eli Humphrey. ST At Holland,
Mich, Peter Varlee. 10. At Madison.
Wis, l. ID. Stone. G..
A Michigan Federation OF women's
Clubs has been organized with Miss Clara
Avery, Of Detroit, president
James +. Ball. a well-to-do farmer. wa S
killed near Perry, O. T. William Stovall
is in Jail charged with the shooting.
Chinese laundry employees at New York
are organizing n union and proprose to
apply for admission to the knights of La
Dor. 1t is reported that the Chinese Six
companies is forming an opposition or.
ganization To embrace laundries all over
the country.
AL Judd, q Des Moines gambler, was
shot and killed by Mrs HALEY Miller at
Denver.
The log cut in the Minnesota pine re
giOn, which Is about completed, is about
One-fourth larger than that Of last year.
Charles Broadway Rouss. the million
aire merchant of New York, is losing his
eycsight.
An unknown girl was burned, Annie
Hans had her back sprained, Jennie War.
ner her wrist broken, and Roy Tato his
leg injured at gre in the Square Match
company's plant. Chicago. in which the
| fifty employees were panic struck, and
some jumped from the sccond-story win.
dows. Money loss very light.
Mademoiselle Paulina, n native of Hob
land, appears prepared to justify her
claim To being the smallest woman on
earth. She was born eighteen years ago,
and caused much comment concerning
her smallness Her weight is something
under nine pounds.
James Tyson is the richest man in Aus
tralia- He commenced his working ,ife
as farm laborer and his wages were $50
year.
The DeKalb and Great Western Rail.
| way company has filed articles of incor
poration with the Illinois secretary Of
state. Its object is to construct a rail.
road from q point on the Chicago and
Great Western railway near Sycamore to
the city OF DeKalb. all in Dekalb coun.
ty- Capital stock, 100000.
Cruel and inhuman punishment, testi.
mony shows, has been practiced at the
Colorado State Reformatory at Buena
Vista, and crimes shocking to morality
are common. Men have been hung up by
the wrists until they became unconscious.
The whole management Of the institution
is shown as brutal and demoralizing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
THE MRS. HouTeN LvNcHING



from . Suspect.
OMAHA, Neb., March 2S-A special to
The Bee from Springview, Neb.. says:
An attempt was made at the Holten
ranch to force o confession from the man
Hunt, who is under arrest for the lynch
ing of Mrs Holten. While the prelimi-
nary hearing Of Hunt and Miller was in
progress, County Attorney Lear took
Hunt into . room, apparently for . pri-
vate conference. Just after they had en-.
tered the room there were . dozen re-
volver shots heard outside, mingled with
shouts and curses Lear jumped and
ran, locking the door of the room and
leaving Hunt alone.
In q moment Lear returned and an
nounced that the vieilantes had come and
had killed Miller, ami that they were now
hunting for Hunt to kill him. Hunt was
almost frightened to death, but the ex-
pected confession was not forthcoming.
He declared that II the vigilantes had
killed Miller they had slain an innocent
man, as Miller had nothing to do with
tho lynching of Mrs. Holten. The offers
are not satisfied that they have the right
men and are still on the hunt for the
murderers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23

For years he was prominent here, and was
one of the most eccentric men in Philadel-
phia- He was n gentleman OF the old
school, and Of striking personal appear
ance
One Of his marked peculiarities was
that he never wore an overcoat nor car
ried an umbrella, no matter what tho
state Of the weather, and he always ap-
peared on the street in patent leather
pumps. While secretary to Minister
Stevenson at the court of st. James many
years ago Mr.. Vaux was accorded the I'M
usual honor to a citizen Of a republic Of
being selected by Queen Victoria to dance
aquadrille with her. Mr.. Vaux had been
mayor of Philadelphia, recorder, an Office
now abolished, and was elected to the
Fifty-secOnd congress to fill out the unex-
pired term of Samuel J. Randall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-23
PLeuRo-pNeuMoNIA IN KANSAS.
Three Counties Declared To Re Infoctsd
With the Disease.

Three Counties Declared To Re Infectsd
with the Disease.
TOPEKA, Kas, March 21-Cnless the
judgment Of Professor W. ). Mayo, vet.
erinarian at the state agricultural col
lege. is ut fault pleuro-pneumonia has
bosn located in Kansas. The dread dis
ease Sas, it is said, made its appearance in
Geary, Waub ansce and Morris counties.
Professor Mayo reports that, in his
judgment, the district is infected with
typical pleuro-pneumonia Eight head Of
cattle afflicted with the disease, he de-
clares, have died, about fifty head are now
suffering with it, and about 2Jc bead have
been exposed
A rigid quarantine has been estab-
lished against the infected portions Of the
three counties named, and it is the hope
Of the authorities that they may stamp
out the disease without any further
spread. Governor Morrill, has notified the
authorities at Washington