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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23

IHE bloody shirt has apparently
LOST its potency in the eyes of the re-
publican statesmen, as John K. Tan
ner announces that the tariff will be
the leading issue in Illinois next
wear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23

CHICAGO is not to be without a
new democratic paper. A million
dollars is already at the disposal of
the chief enterprise to provide it, and
il isproposed to call it the Enquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23

Rudy's Pile Suppository is guar.
anteed to cure piles and constipa
ton. or money refunded. Fifty cents
per box. Send stamp for circular
and free sample to Martin Rudy.
Lancaster. Pa. For sale by T. H
Thomas and Hartz & Bahnsen. drug
gists, Rock Island. Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23

PEORIA HERALD:-Nine out of ten
of the democratic papers that come
to this Office are opposed to the June
democratic convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23
All Free.

Those who have used DR.. Kings
New Discovery know its value, and
those who have not, have now the
opportunity to try it free. Call on
the advertised druggist and get a
trial bottle, free. Send your name
and address to ii. F.. Bucklin & Co..
Chicago, and get sample box of DIR.
Kings New Life, Pills free, as well
as copy of Guide to Health and
Household Instructor. free. All of
which is guaranteed to do you good
and cost you nothing. Hartz & Ulle-
meyers drug store.
FREE PILLS.
Send your address to ii. f. Buck
lin & Co., Chicago, and get a free
sample box of DIR. Kings New Life
Pills. A trial will convince you of
their merits. These pills are easy in
action and are particularly effective
in the cure of constipation and sick
headache. For malaria and liver
troubles they have been proved in
valuable. They are guaranteed to be
perfectly free from every deleterious
substance and to be purely vegetable.
They do not weaken by their action
but by giving tone to stomach and
bowels greatly invigorate the sys-
tenn. Regular size % cents per box.
Sold by Hartz & Ullemeyer, drug
gists.
BUCKLEN'S AREICA SALvE.
The best salve in the world for
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. or
money refunded. Price 25 cents pei
box. For sale by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23

AN Alabama man is accused of
having 16 living wives. He is prob
ably firm believer in a ratio of 16
to l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23

When she was . Child. she cred for Csaor:A
vhen she became Mh~kI she ching TO C.sfosA.
WA - bad Children, she szvetaem Cassuln
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23

THROUGH CAR SERVICE
ROCK ISLAND TO ST. LOUIS.
Train leaving Rock Island at 500
a. m. carries through coach to st.
Louis. passing through Pekin, Hav-
ana. Springfield and Litchfeld.
Lines east of Peoria carry through
coaches and sleeping cars on night
trains to principle cities.
r. STOCKHOUSE.
Gen. Ticket Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

{HICAGO, ROCK ISLAND q PACIFIC
Railray-Depot corner Fifth avenue and
rhirty-nrst et:eet. Frank Il. Plummcr. Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-23

sDally. bosl.y except sunday. ftIolng north.
tGoing South and east. No. Is runs between
CcGar iapids and West Liberty.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Not Conducive to Harmony.

A man who has just returned from
Alaska gives an account of peculiar
effect the atmosphere there has upon
those who are not used to it. Whether
it is the intense cold, the semi-darkness
Or the character of the food, or all COM
bined, is not known, but Americans who
go there are usually afflicted with a form
of mania that causes them, to imagine all
of their companions to be enemies. This
is true, especially about the Forty-mile
creek district, and, according to this au-
thority, the partnerships that. usually
exist in all mining camps arc very rare
there; nor does the good fellowship pre-
vail that is found in the West. Two
brothers, who had always been very
closely attached to each other, staked 8
claim and went to work. Every night
they divided the result of the days labor
and for few weeks everything was sat
isfactory, but they began to fear each
other. Soon they occupied separate
cabins, then partitioned the claim be-
tween them, and one night each started
with the suspicion that the other was
going to rob him, and met half way be-
tween the cabins. Two rifle shots and
both fell dead. There is less drinking
and gambling than prevailed in the early
days of California. but more murders are
committed .-PhiladelDhia Times.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
BIBLE TEACHING BY SIGNS.
Missionary Conv arting Indians by Trans
lating Scripture Into Pictures.

Missionary Converting Indians by Trans
: lating Scripture Into Pictures.
Among the less enlightened tribes of
the Indian territory unique campaign
Of education is being conducted by Lewis
+. Hadley, Il missionary who has spent
the greater part Of his fifty years among
the wild tribes of American Indians
Mr.. Hadley is teaching the Indians the
Scriptures through the medium of sign
language which he discovered while
studying the Indian dialects, of which
he transcribed nine for the Smithsonian
institute. 1t took him several years to
acquire this sign language and when he
had mastered it he set himself to work
to devise a system of sign printing based
upon it,, -
The idea is to present to them a picture
of sign that they will at once recog-
nize. and underneath the sign is printed
it's meaning in English. The Indians
learn to read by the use of this system
much more readily than by any other
plan ever employed. Mr.. Hadley uses
Scripture texts almost altogether, and
exerts a strong influence for good over
the Indians among whom he labors. He
converses in Il great many Indian dia-
lpctS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
- = -.4fEE9- -. 1919 9.t51.g. 2 Z.
HER FIRST APPEARANCE.

Mary Anderson Tells of Her Debut on
- Z: the Stage. &>ss%2 IL s ~ m
Mary Anderson de Navarro, in her
stage career memoirs, which will be
published in the Ladies' Home Journal
lthe opening chapters in the December
ISSUED, gives the public most Interest,"
ing and entertaining view Of the trials
and hardships she successfully combatedl
in following out her conviction that the
stage presented to her the opportunity
for splendid career. She exultantly
refers to her debut in Louisville. Ky,
on Saturday evening, November -, 1875,
upon which occasion the tall. shy and
awkward, girl Of 1e interpreted Shakes
peare's love-lorn Juliet" The per:
notice--time for but a single rehearsal
and the aspiring Kentucky girl was
jubilant when the theater and stock
company was offered her, upon condition
that she play without pay. Her happi-
ness; however, was not unclouded, for
of the event she writes with touching
pathos: "fhat Thursday the day that
one of the happiest days of ali my life,
filled as it was with the brightest hope
and anticipation. Only one black cloud
hung over it: the thought of Monte and
my grandparents, who were all very dear
to me. Had known then that would
never see the face OF the former. that
he would die. my mother and r far away
from him. and that almost until death
he would refuse to forgive or see me un-
less l abandoned the stage-life which
he thought so injurious-nay, sinful
| would even then have renowned what
was within MY grasp. This estrange-
ment saddened many years of my life
and has cast shadow over all the other
wise bright and happy memories of him
who was the father, friend and playmate
of our schoolhood days"
Mrs. de Navarro evidently did not
suffer from stage fright, the crushing
terror of ,lebutantes. for she writes that
she stood impaticntly waiting for her
cue to so on. At last it came. 'Then,
i'll Il flash. | was on the stage, conscious
only of a wall of yellow light before me,
and burst of prolonged applause" The
performance was filled with rather de-
pressing incidents: one of the players for
got his lines and had to be prompted by
the youthful star; Romeo neglected to
bring his dagger. and Juliet had to per-
form her dispatch with a hairpin. while
the lamp that hung in Juliet's tomb
fell and badly burned her hands and
arms. I'm spite of these" she writes,
the night was a success, and I knew
that my stage career had begun in ear
mast -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
WOMAN'S WIT.
TOLD BY A SOCIETY GIRL.
Something About Morphine, Sulphur,
Mo1asses and Other Thugs.
Ia

Something About Morphine, Sulphur,
Mo1asses and Other Thugs.
From the Evening Neps, Ne,oark, NJ
Among the popular society leaders in
East Orange, N. j., Emma l.. Stoll, a
charming young maiden, stands in the
foremost rank. She is of lovable dispo-
sition and the light of the social set in
has been a sick girl from internal trou-
bles peculiar to women, and having re-
Gently recovered, has given our reporter
the following interesting account:
Instead of improving under the care Of
my physician l became worse. For five
weeks was unable to get out of bed and
about six o'clock each morning l suffered
horribly. My lips were sore and lacerated
from the marks Of my teeth, for in my
efforts to keep from screaming sunk my
teeth deep into my lips. At such times
rolled and tossed until the bed shook like
an aspen leaf and 1t finally got 50 serious
that the doctor-I won't tell you his name
gave me some morphine pills to take.
The very thought of them makes me
shiver. These morphine pills simply put
me to sleep for a while, and when l be-
newed.
"The pain in my stomach and back was
more than 1 could stand. your blood is
poor said the doctor, take sulphur and
moasses.' and did until it was a great
wonder that was not molasses cake.
It was time wasted in taking it because
was not benefited in the least; my suffer-
ing continued, but by mighty effort after
being in bed so long, got up. Oh, but
was sad sight then. From 112 pounds
had fallen to ninety; my cheeks were
pale and sunken and l linped; yes, &C.
tually hobbled from the extreme pain in
my side. Then I read of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and the testi-
monial in the News inspired me with hope.
I got the pills and took them. Before
many days began to improve and before
l had finished one box felt as if l could
go out and walk for miles. soon stopped
limping and through the Pink Pills soon
bid good bye to my headaches, while the
pain in my stomach and back slowly but
surely succumbed to the influence of these
pills that seem to be able to persuade all
pain to leave ones body. Now l am al
1 used to be; we'll and strong, light-heart-
ed and merry, but never without the pills.
See, l have got some Of them now" and
from nearby desk she handed out one of
the boxes. 49,, -
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in u
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life, and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. Pink
Pills are sold in boxes (never III loose
bulk) at so cents box. or Nix boxes for
$3.50, and may. be had of all druggists,
pr direct BY mail from DR.. Williams Med.
kline Company Schenectady, n. y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
"A UNIQUE Bed Quilt.

For the last three years Mrs. Joshua
Biles Of Southington, Conn. has been
making a unique bedquilt. The material
is'twjled cotton and it is made in forty
one squares, seven inches each way
except the inner square. which takes Up
the space of nine of the ordinary ones.
On this are inscribed i'll blue stitching,
which is readily deciphered, the names
of all the soldiers who went to the Civil
war from Southington, together with Il
picture of the soldiers monument On
the other squares are the pictures of
places and persons of local note, such as
tho pastors of the churches, the post
masters Of the three villages, the as
SCISSORS. the contractors and builders.
merchants. etc. the names of the vari-
GUS manufacturing firms. with the lists
of officers, pictures of various historic
buildings and names of secret societies
represented in the town in 1892. Mrs.
Biles has been untiring in her efforts
to finish this remarkable work and it is
now StrCffhal 11nOn q frnnn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
An Electric Animal Tran.

a Washington inventor is working on
new trap that would seem to be Il
success. In places where there is an
electric plant of any kind wires are run
to different parts Of the building Bait
is placed against them and then power
is turned OH. If an animal or insect
touches one of these live wires it is in
stantly killed.
For buildings not supplied with cleo
tricity Il small dynamo constitutes the
trap. The inventor claims that the prin-
ciple can be supplied at small expense
for all kinds of traps, and that fur
way injuring the fur or eat-Waslling-
ton Star.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Cutting Fodder by Hand.

Not many farmers nowadays use hand
power for cutting fodder for their stock
It is well that this is so. Many boy
has become disgusted with farming be-
cause obliged to turn a crank to do what
could be much more cheaply done with
steam power. Up to recent times the
farmer took less advantage of labor-sav-
in any other kind Of business. We look
for the time when either horse or steam
power will do most of the hardest man
ual work, leaving TO the farmer simply
the duty of experimenting and direct
ing it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Lime Exrerm,nates Rats.

cred new rat exterminator a few
days ago he found several dead rodents
around a pan Of water that had been left
near some unslacked lime. He inyesti-
gated by placing cheese sprinkled liber-
ally with the lime near the water. He
was rewarded by finding some more
dead rats. They had eaten the lime.
drank the water it Stacked the lime and
killed them. AS he doesn't care to go
into the rat exterminator business he let
the fact be known to his friends.-Wash-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Clearing Land by Grubbing.

We often sec recommendations for
clearing land encountered by trees or
rocks By grubbing and digging them out.
But there are very important limitations
to this policy. 1t will do very we'll
where there IRE compa rativcly few trees
or rocks on an acre whose removal will
leave the land suitable for tillugc. But
where either trees or rocks cover large
part of the surface to dig them out be-
comes much too costly to be practicable,
except near cities, where land is very
valuable and there is market for stone
for building purposes. II each tree will
require to be dug around for the distance
of three feet on eac'' side, its removal
cannot be effected for much less than
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27

make everyone ekai, as they hasn't been
since the world began nor don't want 10
be, and 'ull never be made til be by the
cleverest young gent from school as ever
step. , s.. rs s%5 o.
The Squire {sibwlylv-i mn dhlisel 10
you, Sam, and not above owning that
you've done nte even a better turn than
you%. think. YOU are iinpertinent. bf
course, but - =.SEz Il ST 5s. s,
Sam lserenely)--so your fathef aiius
said. Master Tommy. but n, %. &!
tExit the Squire, thoughtfnllv. Sam is
left placidly neutrality-suspicious. and
FWhite ~ : Al III y rs 4 -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Cut Straw for Pigs Litter.

Pigs have habit of massing straw
given to them for bedding in Il large
heap and burying themselves under it
in cold weather. This is not best for
them, for when they come out they are
too warm and take cold easily. Cutting
the straw for their bedding obviates this
difficulty. 1t is especially Important that
cut straw be used for bedding for breed
ing sows. They will be less likely to
overlie and crush their pigs. Warmth i'll
the pig pen should be secured. not by
great quantity Of bedding, but by ex-
Guiding cold winds. If the pig pen is
made tight the warmth from the hogs
will make their quarters quite as warm
as is healthful for them. j..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
IlHII1,I2,

Mr.. A. p. st. John, a citizen of
Oregon, Wisconsin, in an interview
had with D. T.. Williams, of the
Oregon Observer, on the 9th day
of May, 1895, said: For long time
! have been more or less troubled
with dyspepsia. Having considera-
bic hard work to do, if followed
the cravings of my appetite it was
sure to result in those terrible
distressing pains of the stomach.
When in thu most agony l would
endeavor to obtain partial relief
by some grandmother treatment,
which, if Of any benefit, was to
strengthen the Imagination that
the distress was a trihe less. At
times have suffered intensely.
While visiting my sister Cora | was
recommended to try Ripans
Iabules, which l soon discovered
were blessing to mankind. Sow
am never without them, and am
pleased to recommend them asa
Godsend to those troubled with
dyspepsia"
Ripans Tabules are sold By druggist CT b. mail I
The price 600 cents box Is sent TO The EiDans Chei
cal Company, No. 10 Spruce Street. New York. ssnp
vial, 10 centk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications. us they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an intiamed condition Of the mu.
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube When
sound or imperfect hearing, ana when it is
entirely closed Deafness is the result. and
unless tie inflamma ton can be taken Out
and this tube restored to its normal condi
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an infamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fol
any case Of Deafness Caused hy catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
HrSold by Druggists, 75c
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
rgon in a Spring of the Pyrenees.

Argon in q Spring of the Pyrenees.
Profs. Bouchard and Troost have, our
Paris Correspondent learns. discovered
argon and helium in the sulphureted wa
tiers Of the Chiffon spring, near Caute-
rets, in the Pyrenccs. Along with these
elements they traced another unknown
substance characterized by lines in the
This discovery sheds new light on the
subject, still mysterious in several re-
spects, of mineral water and their eff
fects-Iondon Daily News
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Confinement and aard Work

Indoors, particularly in the sitting posture,
are far more prejudicial to health than ex-
cess1ve muscular exertion i'll the open air.
Hard sedentary workers are far too weary
after Office hours to take much needful ex-
ercise in the open air. They often need a
tonic. Where can they seek invigora ton
more certainly and thoroughly than from
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. a renovant
particularly adapted to recruit the exhaust
ed force of nature. Use also for dyspepsia,
kidney, liver and rheumatic ailments.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
A SCOT. Calendar Free.

The publishers of The Youths Com
panion offer to send free to every new
subscriber a handsome four-page calen-
dar, 7x10 inches, Autographed in nine
bright colors. The retail price of this
calendar is so cents.
Those who subscribe at once, sending
$1.75, will also receive the paper free
every week from the time the subscrip
ton is received to January l, 1896. Also
the Thanksgiving Christmas and New
Years double numbers free. and The
Companion full year, fifty-two weeks,
to January l, 1897. Address The
Youths Companio 1919 Columbus ave-
nue., Boston.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27

In n a foifaH NV f.11natics

Near Antwerp there is II town called
Gheel.; which is inha bted by lunatics,
gated for confinement in this way. There
are 5000 lunatics in all, and the town
of Gheel is situated in the center of
the crest. Each house is extremely COM
Portable mad contains one or two luna
ties, farm being attached to each house.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
u. A Granite Stone in Petterweii.

A. granite stone, found by accident
while a field in Petterweil was being
plowed, has this week been erected on
the village property as a historical monlI-
ment, with great pomp. The stone is in
the form of an obelisk. and on the front
are engraved the words: Herr Robert
Blum, member of the National Assem-
bly,, spoke TO the people on the Sth June,
1848. He was born at Cologne on the
10th November. 1907, and was executed
at Vienna on the 9Th November, 1S4S."
On the reverse side Of the stone stands
written: II die for freedom, for which
l fought May my people remember
mav'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27

People who purchase jcwelry rely
largely upon the word and honor of those
with whom they deal. 1t is to this fact
that O. l.. Rosenkrans 4 Thatcher Co..
dealers in diamonds, watches. clocks
jewelry and silverwarc at 100 Wisconsin
st., Milwaukee, hold so high a position
in the trade of the Northwest. They al
ways guarantee satisfaction or the mon
ey refunded. Write to them and save
money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
Wisconsin Patents.

Patents for the following Wisconsin
inventors are reported for this week by
Erwin, Wheeler & Wheeler, So and SO
Loan and Trust building. Milwaukee,
Wis. These attorneys will furnish the
Charles L. Allen, Pewaukec, stove leg;
Frank H. Beaver, Sun Prairie, potato plant
er; A. y. Mott, GAINESVILLE. gas engine: Mar
tin Payton, Madison, ladle carrier; Henry
Woodward. Sylvana. fire escape: Bernhard
Stern & Son, Milwaukee, wheat -four, trade
mark.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27

"a dollar. That would reclaim one
square yard Of land, and at 500 per
mere II would only be worth three cents,
D rom these figures it will be seen that
there Is much land covered by trees and
rocks that can never be used for any
thing but woodland, cutting out the
superflnolls trees SO us to give what IRE
left 4 better chance to grow, and Ell
courag Cling new growth by keeping stock
away as much as possible. SIC
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-12-27
THE PRINCES REBUKE.
A Tuft-Hunting Yankee Who Got VIII
H., nosa,

He Desel we'd.
Here is an amusing story from HON.
burg. 1t appears that two or three sea-
sons ago the Prince of Wales was fol-
lowed everywhere by a persistent Ameri-
can. who never failed to remove his hat
with a sweeping bow every time he con
fronted his royal highness, says lid
Bits. On certain day, at one of the
springs, he managed to get alongside
the heir apparent, hat in hand, and
opened fire with:
Il guess, sir. that you know my face?'
The prince looked at him for Il moment
and then quietly answered.:
Il certainly do seem to recognize the
top of Your head