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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

tempts to be humorous in its sup-
gestion that the .'Liberty bell Be
kept a-moving."
These continued complaints in the
Philadelphia papers about the re-
moval Of the historic old bell to At
lanta raise the question whether the
rest Of the nation has any rights.
Sentimentally. at least. the Liberty
bell belongs to the people of the
United States. Four policemen are
employed to guard it in Philadel.
phia. but IS. 600. 900 people are pre-
pared to defend it.
1t was fitting that the bell should
be taken to the greatest exposition
given In the south, and the alleged
humor about pumpkin shows" aud
excepting up the circus" comes with
very bad grace from . city which
should be first in the effort to arouse
the patriotism Of the whole people.
1t may be true that as q nation We
are lacking in sentiment, but . SEN
timent which seeks to circumscribe
patriotism is anything but whole
some. There is more jingoism of
locality than anything else about the
present Philadelphia performance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
a Glpep sson.


J. Henniker Heatnn tells an interest
ing sequel to the most famous Austria
Jian ghost story. which came to his
knowledge as one of the proprietors Of
the leading New South Wales weekly,
The Town and Country Journal. One
Of the most famous murder cases in
Australia was discovered by the ghost
of the murdered man sitting ON the rail
Of dam (Australian for horse pond
into which his body had been thrown.
Numberless. people saw it, and tie
crime was duly brought home.
Years after dying man making his
confession said that he invented the
ghost. He witnessed the crime, but was
threatened with death if he divulged it,
as he wished to, and the only way he
saw out Of the impasse was to affect to
see the ghost where the body would be
found. As soon as he started the story,
such is the power Of nervousness that
numerous other people began to see it
until its fame reached such dimensions
that q search was made and tho body
found and the murderers brought to
Justice. Literary World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
TAKE CARE OF Yovaseis.

A farmer dropped two grains oe corn
In the cold, dark earth one April morn.
Together they sank in their cherries bel!
And the earth fell lightly overhead.
"Oh, cruel fAtei" cried one in fear.
"What evil chance has brought mo herel r
1t Is not meet that such as
Lie in the earth to waste and die.
Within this stone nice dry shelf
Invites me to take care Of myself"
The warm sun shone, and the soft rain fen,
The grain in the earth began to swell
The wise one cried from its snug retreat:
"How prudent am !! No rain nor heat
Can reach me here. I'm fair as at first,
While You, poor thing! look ready to burst
You owe . duty to yourself
There's room for two ON this dry shelf.
Come out Of the earth 30 close and wet,
Perhaps you may save yourself even yet"
"Nay." answered the other one from tn
earth, |
"Only from pain and death comes birth.
OF such n We spake the Holy One.
Except 1t die it abideth alone,
But il seed Of common grain
Die In the earth, its death Ii gain
30 let me yield in patient trust
To the hand that laid me in the dust"
september's fields stand brown and sere.
Now comes the ''full corn in the ear"
The grain that died in the darksome mold
Has yielded more than hundredfold.
While that which cared for itself 30 wen
Lies alone in the earth. an empty she'll
Eva n. Wesley in Sunday School Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Ivory Dust.

Ivory dust for jelly is sold in London
at sixpence per pound. It is the waste
which results from the manufacture oil
ivory into various articles, and a work.
chop will accumulate, according t.
amount Of output, from five to six
pounds Of dust in q week. The proper.
tions are one pound Of dust to q quart
Of water. boiled for eight or ten hours.
The product is clear jelly, which il
strained and favored to taste or diluted
for the purpose of soup.
But the stock of elephant ivory is dy.
ing out; substitutes are used largely in
place Of it. There is vegetable ivory,
the seed Of low growing palm in
South America. each seed about the size
Of hens egg. and various artificial
ivories, a compound Of caoutchouc. sui
phur and some white substance, pipe
clay, gypsum or oxide Of zinc, or. more
simple still, a mixture Of skimmilh
and borax, which, compressed, forms in.
to o cream colored block. and may be
used in place Of native African ivory.
which it closely resembles
Thus even when the elephant becomes
as extinct as the dodo, ivory jelly may
still keep mp. il not add to. its reputa-
tion.-London Letter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

The prevalence of lower jaw rigidly
among our men of all callings and de.
grees Of culture is amazing. The follow.
ing report Of conversation in street
car between two prominent, we'll edu-
Gated business men does them no injus-
tice:
"Wyeh. (How are you?)
"Whaheh. (How are youO
zine del" Zine day.
SIS, nh call ut s." (Yes, call it so.
"Wah thing genl?" (How are things
in generally
"Weh. web don ALL, tmuch, thuh; sar
kee thiz tirn these tie. well, we're
doing little, not much, though; it's
hard to keep things stirring these times.
"Suh. Bout rye. Fine suh.' (That &
60. You're about right. find it SO. y
Forum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Losine Hold ON Life.

She then and there lost her hold upon
life. She was poisoned and must die.
She was as sure of it as tho Chinaman
who has seen an eagle, and who, 1ecog.
nizing that his hour is come, calmly
lies down and breatnes his last by the
mere suspension of volition. In old
countries the lower orders, as a rule,
have but low vitality. 1t may be trucr
to say that the vital volition is weak.
Let the learned settle the definition.
The fact is easily accounted for. Dur
ing generations upon generations the
majority Of European agricultural popu.
lations live upon vegetable food, like
the majority Of eastern Asiatics, and
with the'same result Hard labor pro.
duces hard muscles. but vegetable food
yields q low vital tension, SO to say.
Soldiers know it we'll enough. The pale
faced city clerk who eats meat twice a
day will Outright and outlast and out.
starve the burly laborer whose big thewf
and sinews are most compounded of pc.
tatoes, corn and water.-"Casa Brac
cio." by Marion Crawford, in Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
THE High school girls OF Pontia

The High school girls OF Pontiac,
Mich. who recently organized a
football team, have been taken aback
by the general interest the public
has shown in their novel departure,
and have also been much hurt and
huffed by some Of the comments. and
especially the fippant remarks Of
the newspaper humorists Of that re-
gion. A few days ago they pub
lished dignified and curt statement.
saying on behalf OF the mem bers OF
the team that 1.-THE sole intention Of
their organization was not to play
or practice in public, not to play any
other team whatever, not to adopt
freakish costumes, or to create SEN
sation. and decidedly not to make
their playground q scene OF rough
and tumble pugilistic encounters;
but for the exercise and recreation
only. Any further interference or
criticism will be considered an un.
warranted impertinence."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

Travellers in Peru and countries where
cocoa grows chew the leaves Of this
plant for the purpose Of allaying the
sense Of hunger and the feeling Of ex-
haustion that accompanies it. At first
the leaves were thought to possess food
elements, but now it is known that the
cocaine they contain merely allays the
irritability Of the nerves that produce
tho sense Of hunger.
Cocaine is an alkaloid made from
the cocoa leaf, which has the effect of
completely destroying the sensibility of
nerves. The discovery Of this active
principle Of the cocoa leaf explained
fully and satisfactorily the effect pro-
duced by chewing the leaves. An infu-
sion Of the leaf might be used with
good results in allaying the gnawing
appetite that follows some forms Of f.
yer, or in cases where the sense of hunger
is due to q diseased condition Of the
stomach.
Cocaine should never be used except
on the prescription Of q Trustworthy
physician, because it is dangerous. The
cocaine habit is more readily formed
than either the morphine or the liquor
habit and is far more rapid in its work
Of Observation-Disclosures Commercial
3azafte
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST.

Its Method Of Leaving the Seventeen-ycar.
old Shell Behind It.
Those who love to watch the opera.
tions Of nature will find much interest
in observing how the locust leaves the
case in which it has lived for IL years
in the earth. One who watched them
thus tells his story:
"Naturalists say they come out only
in the night For almost two weeks ]
watched them nightly, and they made
their appearance an hour before sun
down, increasing in numbers until
dark. Crawling by thousands through
the grass and over the bare ground in
their brown casing, which they are
about to throw of. they are often Gov.
cred with mud. Ascending weeds, posts,
fences and frame work in droves, and
particularly trees. they fix themselves
to the bark and ON the leaves. At this
timo they encounter many enemies; as
chickens, hogs. squirrels and birds are
very fond of them. Our cat was seen
every evening watching in the grass.
seeming to relish them as dainty.
"One evening secured seven on one
branch and witnessed the operation Of
their new birth by lamplight. They
were some time running up and down
selecting a position. Once fairly fixed
the back part Of the head soon becomes
smooth and glossy, as if stretched to its
utmost tension. In five minutes from
the time of settling in position o longi-
tudinal fissure appeared, showing q
threadlike white line where the split &C.
ours, on the back of the head, extending
finally from the first joint. connecting
the proboscis or forceps to the body
joint. half an inch in length. In three
minutes more the head had pressed its
way out. Gradually the fore legs were
withdrawn from their sockets-say in
one minute.
"Then the whole body swung slowly
backward, head down and feet outward,
suspended with an occasional tremor,
as if trying to extricate the hind part
and legs. When it had hung for three
minutes, it then very slowly, like an
acrobat, brought its body up to the orig.
inal position, withdrew the hind legs
and body, and in two minutes more
stood outside the pupa skin in full form,
an inch long, Of white, waxy appear.
ance, with red eyes like rubies The
wings showed only as mass of cramped
up white film. In a minute the wings
had grown to ree-quarters of an inch.
by measurement; in three minutes te
one inch and in six and half minutes
to the full size Of one and q quarter
inches in length and half an inch in
breadth. In 20 minutes the whole proc.
ess was accomplished. The yearly 10.
Gust would be as we'll worth watching. u
Mechanics Monthly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
vultures and . Dead TIGER.

The vulture is seen at its best when a
dead tiger, brought into camp to be
skinned, is exposed in the open. Over
head is q cloudless sky, and not q bird
to be seen in that great void by the hu.
man eye. The tigers body is thrown
from the pad to the ground. and before
the skin has been removed there above
one and always nearing sthe earth are
the vultures circling, posing like things
Of air. now a dozen of them, in few
minutes q score or two and then hun
dred strong. Then, when the flayed car.
cass Of the tiger is left by those who
skinned it, the vultures descend. Down
they come like feathered thunder out OF
the sky, and from east and west and
north and south, the very embodiment
Of power while they whirled aloft and
in their quick descent to earth, and now,
as they waddle around that carrion
beast, misshapen ghouls, whose only
apparent strength is that Of the raven.
ing jaws which tear and gorge the
tigers flesh, until within the hour
naught Of that splendid brute remaini
but clean picked skeleton.-Sir Ed.
ward Bradden's Thirty Years Of
Shikar."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
WHAT pious Hypocrisy is tn

WHAT pious Hypocrisy is that
characteristic Of Chauncey NJ. De-
pew. In order to square himself
with New York republication on the
excise restrictions he says he would
sooner lose out OF his life every
thing than to have taken from him
the American Sunday. Yet his train
men and other attaches Of the great
corporation Of which he is the head,
plod along as much on Sunday as
any other day. 1t is another case Of
the Sunday for the favored against
the cause Of common humanity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

The iron furnaces OF the United
States are now turning out so. 900
tons . week more than their output
last October. In view Of such facts
1t is easy to understand Why the re-.
publican organs are dissatisfied with
the conditions OF the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

II have no thought whatever OF
being . candidate for the guberna-
torial nomination" said Comptroller
James H. Eckels in Chicago yester.
day. II do not think anybody is
giving much thought to the demo.
cratic nomination for governor at
present. but rs for myself my incli-
nations after the expiration Of the
term Of Office am now filing are
not in. the direction Of politics.
intend to devote myself to business,
although I expect to keep up an in.
terest In politics." Mr.. Eckels was
not prepared to say what business
arrangements he contemplstes after
his retirement from office, but
there Is o belief that his no
table management Of national
banking affairs has attracted the at
tention Of men at the head Of large
private corporations to degree that
will enable him to choose between
several good positions. IL he has not
already accepted an offer. Mr.. Eek
els brought tidings Of . continued
revival Of business throughout the
United States and . hopeful view OF
the financial situation BY the treas
ury department. 1.-The situation is
getting better right along" he said.
land the inevitable outcome 10 Q
long era Of prosperity. It is going
to come about through q series Of
spurts. Right now there is squirt.
and this will be followed by q de-
preston. Then there will be anoth.
cr squirt, and 60 on until finally
matters will get back to where
they were before the great depres-
sion started in. There 10 NO pros
pect Mt present Of any more gold
shipments, and in consequence the
treasury officials are very much
pleased. Following long period OF
depression, during which time little
manufacturing was carried ON, and
in consequence great increase in
importations Of foreign made goods,
it becomes necessary to send our
gold abroad to make up the differ.
ence in trade. but with the revival OF
manufacturing the gold shipments
have ceased. The outlook Is very
bright indeed at present and prom.
Uses to continue for some time, de.
pending somewhat, OF course, upon
speculation"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Husbands of sick,y Wives:

Don't be discouraged. There is es-
cape from doctors bills. Zoa-Phora,
Woman's Friend, has brought health
to many women. and prosperity to
many families, when other remedies
and skillful physicians have failed
Sold by T. H. Thomas and Marshall
& Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

IT 10 said Gov. Mckinley 10 now
busy examining Sherman's book to
find out why be should be nominated
as the republican candidate for pres
ident. and ex-President Harrison
should not be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

GOVERNMENT postal receipts indi-
cate . complete restoration of BUSH
ness throughout the country. They
amounted 70 over $500, 900 more the
last quarter than in the correspond
ing three months Of 1892.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
A Sure SIN.

A country minister remarked to his
wife Sunday noon:
There was q stranger in church this
morning"
"What did be look like!" asked the
wife, who was q woman first and q
minister's wife afterward.
II didn Z see him.
"Then how did you know there was
. stranger there:"
81 found o dollar bill in the contribu-
ton box. "-Zion's Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

WITH every factory in Cleveland,
Ohio. running full time. and some Of
them going day and night to catch
up on orders on which they are
months behind, the situation Is Pc
culiarly embarrassing to Mckinley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Electric Bittero.

Electric Bitters is Q medicine suit
ed for any season, but perhaps more
generally when the languid ex-
hausted feeling prevails. when the
liser is torpid and sluggish and the
need of tonic and alternative is felt.
A prompt use of this medicine has
often averted long and perhaps fatal
bilious fevers. No medicine will act
more surely in counteracting and
freeing the system from the malarial
poison. Headache, indigestion, con-
stiPation. dizziness yield to Electric
bitters. SOC and 81 per. bottle II
Hartz 4 Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

The Chicago Tribune publishes An &C.
count Of an interview with a member Of
q firm in that city whose business con.
sists chiefly in the collection Of doctors
bills. He was asked il the majority Of
patients paid their accounts and said
that they did not. From this it would
DO inferred that in Chicago over one.
half Of the patients failed to pay their
doctors fees, statement that is extraor'
binary and improbable. We believe
that in most American cities from 20 tc
80 per cent If the fees charged are paid
and collected, and probably larger per
centage would be obtained if doctors
rendered better service or managed the
business side Of their profession in q
more rational manner.-Medical Rec
ord,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29
Derivation OF Fad.

The derivation Of this word is posi-.
bly, traceable in the Welsh language. By
the law Of mutation Of initial CONGO
nants peculiar to that tongue the root
words 6edd and medd are convertible
terma Their essential meaning is pos.
session; transitive or intransitive, pos.
session Of something, or the act Of being
possessed or engrossed by some occupa.
tion or vice. Welsh medd, and Irish,
Sanskrit, and English mad, have SINH.
lar meanings and are probably kindred
words
The word mad is not common in
Teutonic idioms, so that the Angio-S Sax.
ons probably borrowed it from the
Welsh. Fad lie therefore equally deriva.
BILE from nedd. Fortunately, Of course,
it comes from the midland dialects and
ultimately from some root word com.
mon to many, members Of the Aryan
family Of speech. 1t would be strange
IL the two words, mad and fad, having
o similar meaning. should be traceable
to the same root.-Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

Go in for athletics and physical cul.
ture everybody, but go in sensibly.
wisely and deceptly.-Courtland Stand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

DESPITE Tanners cunning it looks
a. II Joe Fifer was still the choice
Of the great mass Of republicans Of
the state for governor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

At the storm Of Madgeburg by lilly
in 1851 this noted authority ON the art
Of war laid down the general maxim
that after q successful assault the SOL
tiiers ought to have three hours Of pill
lage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

l'hl1aoelPhoa Jineohs0.
g. Louis Republic.
The Philadelphia Inquirer At
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-29

TEE ARaus, only loc . week.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-12
FRATGRNAL CEMETERY Ass0 ia
TON.

Detailed statement of account for the
year ending December 31st, 1894:
RRCEIpTS.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-12

Total 1858 10
/ certify the above to be correct,
F. l.. VOORHEES,,
Approved: Secretary.
w. II. A. PIKE, President.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-01-12

Notice to Hunters.
l hereby notify all hunters not to
tvespass upon my premises. Those
who do not heed this notice will be
prosecuted. 7. G. Hermann
Indian tan 0lorss ii. per pair at r. II,
Covles'' ''fst e1f +
The Washington times., 1895-05-08
APOSTLES PowRE is THEIRS.
Rev. j. E. stones Statement concer

Rev. j. f. Stones Statement Concern
ing the Street Preacher.
The labors of tie third annual conven-
ton Of the Open Air Workers Association
of America came to close last evening.
The Central Union Mission Hall was well
filled by the church people of The dty 10
give the workers farewell greeting
The speaker OF the evening was Rev j.
s. Stone, D. D., OF Bedford, N Y, who
spoke earnestly on the value of open air
work.
There are millions OF people who can
only be reached on the street corners. The
word of the hour is opportunity. In these
days the spirit saith unto the churches, Be
hold, set before you an open door The
influence OF the Holy Ghost is as potent
day as when the apostles net III tue
upper room aud the spirit descended upon
them, and" continued Dr. Stone, "a
mighty work is 10 be done by those who
are able 10 win people o Jesus Christ and
get there 10y the shortest cut"
In introducing DR.. Stone Rev. DR..
Teunis Hamlin briefly spoke on the rela-
ton of The churches to street preaching.
He trusted that the members OF the Cen
IFdl Union MlSSlou hOuiO De .Dydl 10 1ue
churches ar which they were members,
and said that the mission Of the open air
workers was 10 bring into the churches
those who, OF their own accord, would
not 20 there.
An Interesting feature on the programme
was the question box presided over
by the Rev. L. Fl. Byington. af Brooklyn,
( n. Y. The plan was to receive questions
from anyone concerning open SIR preaching
which We're answered by Mr.. BylDgton
and Others OH the platform.
Among the speakers at the services
yesterday afternoon WAS Judge / g Kim
ball, who took for his topic, Legal Rights
by Open-Air Preachers" He stated thai
10 official permit was required 10 couduc
outdoor religious services. aud said liza
as long as the workers did not interfere
with tee public they were free to continue
in the methods they had adopted TO SAVE
the lost
Mr. d L. Davis of Cleveland, o, made
brief address on The Use OF Printers
/ Ink by OpcD.A Workers -
The general secretary OF the association
! Mr Frank H. MaTston, of Bruoklgyn, N
! Y. reviewed the work of the society 70
] the year ending May ]. The membership
/ had increased from 17S to 247 during
! the year. The work in esta ablishing Iheo
! logical seminaries had been very encourag
ing The lack OF funds, however, ha6
! debarred the management from making ex
/ penditures which were essential TO The
welfare and grow IN of the work 1t wa,
/ stated that not a dollar had been paid
I during the year for office rent or salaries
/ Donations are asked for the spread of lit
eratuIe and for the features OF the work.