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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
SPEED OF INSECTS.
"A Common House Fly Travels . NILE In
1hirty-three Seconds.


1hirty-three Seconds.
1t is the popular belief that the f,ich,
OF the birds is much swifter than tha,
OF the insects, but a number of natural.
lists who have been making a study al
the, matter think that such is not the
case.
A common house hy, for example. is
not very rapid in its flight, but its
wings make 800 beats O second and
send it through the air 25 feet, under
ordinary circumstances, in that space Of
time. When the insect is alarmed, how.
ever, 1t has been found that it can in.
crease Its rate of speed to over I6O feet
per second. If it could continue such
rapid fight for mile in q straight line.
1t would cover that distance in exactly
SO seconds.
1t is not an uncommon thing when
travelling by rail in the summer time to
see a bee or wasp keeping up with the
train and trying to get in at one of the
windows. A swallow is considered one
of the swiftest Of flying birds, and it
was thought until recently that no in.
sect could escape it.
A naturalist tells Of an exciting chase
he saw between u swallow and a dragon
fly, which is among the swiftest Of in
scots. The insect few with incredible
speed and wheeled and lodged with
such ease that the swallow, despite its
utmost efforts. completely failed to over.
take and capture it-Science.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
The Gar,e II Draughts.

Draughts in some shape or form IL
doubtless very ancient pastime. In
deed, the safest thing to say about it is
that its origin is lost in the mists of
antiquity. Representations of persons
playing at a game resembling draughts
are frequently found OH ancient Egyp-
tian monuments ut least 3, 600 years old.
The Greeks had similar game, from
whom possibly it passed to the Romans.
At least the old Roman game of latrun-
Gull seems to have been q kind of
draughts, though it is doubtful if the
game as now played is very ancient
The game was popular and well known
Ill France and Spain in the seventeenth
century and was probably played there
and i'll England centuries before that
That it was from France the game came
into many Of the other countries is evil
dent from the fact that the French
name-jeu de dames-passed with it.
Dam or damme was once the regular
English name for one of the pieces In
Germany the game is still called dame
spiel. in Holland the board is dambord,
and in Scotland Gas will be remembered
by readers of Dean Ramsay's anecdotes)
dambrod still survives. In the United
States the less usual name Of chequers,
spelled checkers, is employed. Polish.
Spanish. Italian and Turkish draughts
are varieties Of the same game. The
Polish game, which has several pccul.
iarities, was introduced to Paris in
1928 and was at first played on a board
of 100 squares with 40 men.-Cham
bers' Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
PROBLEM OF IDENTITY
Condolences In the Lives O,
Two Remarkable Men.
BOTH WERE NAMED A. j. DAVIS.

Both Worked In the California Mines al 4
Were Men of Mysfery-Strong Personal
Rescmblance-Mrs. Smells Contest For q
Montana Millionaire's Estate.
Miss Hultla Smell of Fort TETON, Cal.
has abandoned her claim to the millions OF
the late Andrew J. Davis Of Butte, Mon.
and one of the most sensational contests OF
the west is closed For several years Mrs.
Smell has fought for the rights she believed
were hers as the widow of the millionaire
miner. Thousands of dollars have been
expended in searching cut the records OF
two strangely interesting characters Fam
lily histories, buried in the oblivion of for
gotten tombs, have been revived to prove
the truth of a claim that meant princely
fortune. But the mystery of two mems
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
Tn. yepomou. Breath q, M.,.r,.

Does no. infect the eystem o! those who use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitte;s as irccartior
against il. Nor 10 it less ustfal n rme ,
where interim tent and rcmiitcnt fever hiss faly
established itseN. in consequence of a negleo'
81 preventive MEASURES. II theob. the par
oxym- wi astonishing certainty. End erst.icI ie.
tbi. type Of disease. even 10 its no-t ihvst.rais
form. This medicine 10 sn e-peci,l boon TO the
emigrant population Of the far west. where fever'
OF mslarial type are particularly prevalent. hui
the reccgn ition Of q. merits /. far from beins
linn ted that it is known and appraised At its true
value throughout the length and breadth q
America. Travellers by land and tea. miners and
scj suruers in unhealthy looalitie-. ssteem 4
highly. and are its constant purchasers. ard IN
many a rural household, FAR and wide. II IL ns
chosen family specific.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
Then She Took II Ont.

She was a new nurse at the hospital.
and she had been told to use the water
at 105 degrees.
The doctor, watching, saw the patient
vince "That water is too hot" he
said, testing it. Il said los degrees,
not lis degrees"
The nurse turned with dignified pro-
test. Il tested the water two minutes
ago." she said. Il put the thermometer
in and left it until it touched los de-
-rccs. New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15
Cream mi Balm CAIARRH

Is quickly absorbed.
Cleanses The Nasal
Passages. Allays
Pain and lnfiamma-
ton. Heals all the
Sores. Protects the
Membrane from Ad-
ditiOnal Cold. Ec-
stores the Senses of
Taste and Smell.
Gives relief at once
aud il will cure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-15

wanderiugs began, and with his wife he
went to Texas. In Il few months they were
back again in Missouri, but in n few
months more they We're in Arkansas.
They remained there until after the close
of the civil war, when they returned "a
Missouri. Davis engaged in several mn.
dcrtakings. and in 1865 he died. His first
wife the woman whom he had deserted
took up her home near his, and two years
ago was buried beside him in the little
cemetery OF Clinton
In collecting tine remarkable and 70.
mantle facts in the life Of this man of ,nys.
terry Detective Stilwell DESTROYED wh,,eye,
hope there may have been for Mrs. Hulda
Smell TO win the millions of the Montana
miner. Abraham John Davis. her hus.
band was not Andrew Jackson Davis. the
money maker Of Butte.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
DULUTH MARKET.
A LESSON FROM NATURE.

A farmer in Rush, Texas, has dis
covered method by which he pro-
duces phenomenal growth of pota-
toes. and a crop every four to six
weeks. He wrote an account of his
experiments to the Scientific Ameri-
can. his letter appeared Jan. %. Since
then he says he has been besieged by
letters Of inquiry from all over the
United States. For years this farmer
philosopher has observed, what thous-
andS before him have noted, that DO
tatoes left in cellar, where the tenn
perature was 70 deg. or 80 deg, would
Sprout.
Sprouting potatoes in the cellar
have been viewed as source OF an
noyance, il not aggravation, by both
hOuse-keeperS and farmers, but Farm
er Ford Of Texas concluded that
sprOuting potatoes we're lessons from
nature that mankind might profit by,
lie constructed cellar. put in a
stove. raised the tempe a ture to so
degrees, stored a few barrels of pota-
toes in the "sprouting ROOM" and
when the potatoes commenced to
grow, throwing off sprouts from near
ly every eye. he cut the potatoes with
IclCIcuCc W Utlc sprouts, dVOlQlnp the
separation of the young pota toes from
the mother potatoes, and planted the
sprouts as potatoes are ordinarily
planted. In the course Of four to six
weeks he raised crop Of full-grown
tubers, and twenty to thirty tons to
the acre, the ground having been
thoroughly fertilized. In Utah two or
three crops can be grown in a season.
ii Farmer Ford has figured correctly.
New potatoes could be sent to mar
ket month earlier than at present.
and as new potatoes command good
price. IL may be an inducement for
number OF farmers in this section to
make the experiment.
The advancement of the growth of
the vegetable by means of a sprouting
room is the utilization. of the same
idea which induced the ESTABLISHING Mt
OF the hot houses for flowers, that the
winter home might tie embellished by
the dainty cOlOrs they afford. while
outdoor nature is robed in snow and
barren of these reminders OF spring
and summertime.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08

STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Hennepin. ss.-The State of Minnesota, to
hereby summoned to be and appear before
the undersigned. one of the justices of
the Peace in and for said County on the
in the forenoon of said day at my office
IN the city of Minneapolis, in said County,
TO answer to the complaint of H. W. Brad
the plaintiff claims the sum of thirty-seven
and 6O-1OO CS37. 6O dollars. with interest there
on since the 3rd day of March. 1896 at the
rate or seven per cent per annum Should
you rail- to appear at the time and place
aforesaid. judgment will be rendered against
you upon the evidence adduced by said
pla1ntit for such sum as he shall show he
is entitled to. "
Given under my hand and dated this ootb
day of March, A. D. 1896
CHAS. f. BOND,
Ooz-lob) Justice of the Peace
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is blood or constitutional
disease. and in order to cure it Won
must take internal remedies, Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one Of the best physicians in this
country for years, and is regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed of the best
tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucus surfaces. The perfect comb
nation Of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials
free.
F. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
| WORD WITH THE DOCTOR.

To relieve asthma soak blotting or
ter. Then dry it and let it burn t
night in the bedroom.
If one is troubled with sourness of
stomach much more agreeable
remedy than charcoal may be used.
This is cold boiled rice which has
been charred over the fire. A morsel
Of soda dissolved in water is also ex-
cellent for the nausea caused by this
complaint.
Tincture of iron is one of the most
indispensab BILE household remedies and
should always be kept at hand. 1t
will drive away ring-wOrm, and, used
in moderation, will cure that painful
ailment. a soft corn.
Onions are an excellent remedy for
catarrhs and coughs. For this pur-
pose they are chosen very large, cut
in four and stewcd in a covered pot
with sugar candy; they should be left
to stew slowly and for long time;
strain and bottle the juice, cork the
bottles tightly and keep them in a
temperate and dry room. A teaspoon
full Of the juice every two hours will
be found very efficacious for bad
colds.
BOrax should be on every wOman'S
toilet table. 1t is better to soften wa
ter than ammonia and makes the skin
smooth and white. Glycerine and
cOcoa-Oil may be mixed 18th warm wa
ter to soften the skin. A wine-glass-
full of alcohol must be dropped in the
rinsing water. Vinegar answers the
same purpose.
AS an inhalation, turpentine has
proved of great service in bronchitis,
pneumonia, pleurisy, and other throat
and lung affections. If you have a
cough sprinkle little on handker-
chief, and hold it to your mouth and
nose for few minutes, breathing the
vapor and note the relief.
An excellent rem edy for whooping.
cough is to pour LOiling water on flax
seed, steep it some time, strain, and
to every pint OF tea add enough gran
ulated sugar or honey to make a thick
syrup; after boiling them together a
few minutes put in the juice Of two
lemons. A few SpOOnfulS taken often
at regular intervals will soon relieve
the cough.
10 garg!e soar throat, take of
PAANS5OAAO OhN ONdoPJOhA Va "a 'yCClluC
two poonfuls OF lime water one
ia blespoonful. TO relieve tickling in
the throat take the same prescrip-
ton, without the lime water, but
merely sip the mixture, SO as to make
it hold out long time. A garglc of
hot boiled milk is also good. So is one
of clear, hot tea, without either milk
or sugar.
The woman who suffers from Sleep
lcssnesS may try various simple rene
dies with more Or less success, unless
her insomnia is due to such a deranged
condition Of nerves as requires doc
tors care. Warmth is an admirable
aid to drowsiness, and glass of boil
ing milk or OF hot lemonade or cocoa
is an excellent bedtime drink.
Stimulants should, of course, be avoid
ed, as they arouse and excite one in
stead of merely dulling. A few crack
ers may be taken with the lemonade
or milk.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
THE MINNEAPOLIS MARKET
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS

FLOUR-There has now been two full
weeks of almost uninterrupted advances
IN wheat prices, and yet the demand for
Hour is no better than it was three weeks
ago.
BRAN AND SEORTS-There is still a
sharp demand for prompt delivery, and
mlllers and buyers find little Or no diff
Guilty in getting together so far as prices
are concerned
FEED AND MEAL-Millers are unable
10 get corn and oats for less money than
they nave been obliged to pay all along
ana while trade is very light and could not
De enlarged by the Offering of concessions
there is no tendency on the part of manu-
facturers to reduce their margins for prof
lts. Corn meal and cracked corn are still
quOted at $9.5O@9.75 per ton; mixed feed,
S3.toWlO.25 according to grade. These
quotations are for standard qualities.
HAY-This morning buyers were look
ing around and appeared willing to pay an
advance of about SOC for all qualities Re-
celpts are light and dealers do not expect
them to increase materially.
BARLEY-Trade continues of small cal
foer The few cars coming sell to specu-
lators at low prices. Quoted nominally at
2o@24c according to quality.
FLAX-Business is light. Offerings
practically nothing. Quoted at &c under
Chicago price.
CORN--There was a sharp demand for
corn of all kinds, all grades, and either to
arrive or spot. Millers are in need Of
stock and receipts are showing no i'm
provement. No. 8 yellow corn is very
firm at 26c, but the offerings are light even
at that price. No. 3 by sample sells read
lily, if good. at 25c.
OATS-Offerngs of oats are not large
and with good demand prices were high
er and firm at the advance. No. 3 white
oats quoted at 17Mc. Seed oats bring
more. No. by sample quoted at 17@171sc
according to condition. Prices for all
grades are irregular owing to the call for
seed oats which takes all heavy clean stock
at premium
RYE-The receipts were very small and
what little was in was either shipped or
applied on sales. The market was nomin-
ally quoted at about 31c for No. 2 stock.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
SINGLE-HANDED.

Eugene V. Debs is carrying on single
handed one of the most effective cru
sades for the cause of industrial and So
cial improvement ever made by an indi-
vidual in this country. Wherever he
goes his audiences are large and hosts of
new friends for true progress are won.
He has been in the South the past three
weeks AMID Is cordially received by the
people everywhere.-Coming Nation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
A SPLENDID Red River VALLEY Farm

FOR SALE CHEAP
On easy terms. Crop payments. Six
miles from Fort AbercrOmbie; $40
acres-Sec. q, town. 135. range Al, Will
kin county, Mimi. Milwaukee and
Great Northern Railway near this
farm. For particulars write to J. S.
MacEwen, 602 Boston block, Minneapo-
lie
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08

IN writing to advertisers In this
paper our patrons will confer q favor
by saying that they saw the adver.
ttsement In the Representative.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08

N. B.-Parties desiring to buy cheap
Railroad Land, will be supplied with
maps and pamphlets upon applica-
tion to above. The Great Northern
Railway has 100000 acres of the
Richest Farming Lands in Minnesota
for sale at low prices. Terms of pay.
ment reasonable; six per cent interest.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
HARRY HAYWARD's HISTORY,

n0kT RilR-1t's not necessary to
wv rub white clothes in
washing ii Acme Washing Compound
is used. 1t saves time and labor: saves
the clothes by removing dirt without
rubbing and without injury to any
Kind OF goods. Agents wanted; ex-
elusive territory given. Write for our
liberal terms. Sample sent on receipt
or tWo-ccnt stamp. ACME COM
POUND CO.. Minneapolis, MINI. l54
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08

THE MINNEAPOLIS MARKET


The market was strong and active today
during the entire session, the news was
puHlSh from the start, and the advance
which started in at the opening kept up
until the close, tomorrow being a holiday
IN chicago on account of the elections the
shorts were all the more anxious to cover,
and this, combined with the fact that a
year ago last Easter Monday the advance
started which eliminated in zoe advance
makes the sellers very cautious. May
wheat opened at go 3-Sc, sold up to 60Ac.
back to 60 3-Sc and then advanced steadily
with only fractional decline to 62Mc,
broke back to 61A @617sc and advanced
just before the close to 621sc, closing at
that price sellers.
The visible supply decreased 720. 900 bu.
making the total visible supply 312, 400, 900
blu less than last year. Local stocks in
creased 3, $50 bu and Duluth increased 49,
O00 bu Most OF the other points showed
decrease. The clearances were fair, ST.
Az bu of wheat and flour from the four
Atlantic ports. This is a good decrease
as the stocks in New York are only 1874
o)o bu, against nearly IL, 1000, 900 bu at this
s I'm eo iast year. The primary receipts We're
33:'o0o bu against 235.90O bu last year.
minneapolis and Duluth received o64. 200
bu Of today's total
The worlds shipments for the week are
reported at 4.650,0O0 bu. This is very
small, and the amount may be corrected
creased 100000 blu.
Inc state crop reports are beginning to
come in and are all bullish The Missou-
RI state report in today makes the percent
age u, which is considered as very bull
ish
Local receipts were 243 cars, against 1928
cars for the same day last year No.
northern sold readily at &c over the Nav
option, and there were only a few cars
for sale at that price. Off grades were in
better demand and where the wheat con-
tanned no frost sold up we'll.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08

"ANJED-Me and boys to sell the great
w est money OUT; needed by every
family in the United States; you show
what II viii do and IL sells itself; no talk
ing required; deaf and dumb men can sell
Il: over 10000 sold in Minnea polls; sells for
.oc; one agent made 50 per day, people Dor
row money to buy 1T; boats everything as
q money maker; send MS &c in stamps for
two samples. Domestic Manufacturing
Company 500 North Washington ave, Min
neapoiis. Mimi. I54
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GON6Q6 OF Fins Forces
nlHnrn-DR. JOHN Il. HARRIS, OF
uHVUcnFORT PAYNE, ALA. CURED

VHHVLIuS OF CANGER: 0o1'o
n. d. johnson Al South Broad ST., Atlanta
Ga; J: S. Killen, Minden, La; Sallie Lilies
Looxohoma, Miss; w. w. Dabney, NJ D..
Lodi. Miss. Mrs. James O'Bryan, Mexico
Mo-: N. r. Phillips, tax collector, Dale Co.,
Ala s,.,,.,; Aerguta' Ma A. e Rnehart, Sum
Fla: W. A. Rutherford. Linwood, Ind; e.
T. Watkins. Forsyth, Ga. Each Of us cured
at home. Send three two-cent stamps to
DR.. Harris and get book and literature.
His home treatment cost from $40 to s35
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08

SAMPLE SALES ON CHANGE TODAY.
NO: l northern, cars, 61kc
NO. northern. 20 cars, 61Ac
NO. northern, II cars to arrive, 61Ac
NO. northern, 100 bu to arrive, 61Hc.
NO. l northern, $3.50 bu to arrive, size.
No. northern. l car to arrive, 81 S-Sc
no. northern, cars to arrive, &c
NO. northern. cars to arrive, 61%c.
No. northern, cars, 6OAc.
No northern, 10 cars 6O5sc.
No. northern, car, 601ac.
No. wheat, cars, 5SAc.
No. 3 wheat, 3 cars, 5914c.
No. wheat, / car, 60c.
No. wheat, 1 car soft. 56hc.
No. oats, 1 car, choice 1Sc.
No. oats, car on track, 17Ac.
No. barley, 1 car, 24c.
NO corn, rye or flax sales reported.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
Bargain in a Farm.

Northwest quarter, sec. %, town JIG,
range 50, Renville county. Minnesota:
as fine piece Of land as is in the
state: good improvements, worth
$500; will sell for $3.50. Terms
81 900 cash, balance easy time. Joseph
L. Hickson, Boston block, Minneapolis.
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a funded or bonded debt of S., 100 900, 900.
and floating debt of nearly $780,
100000. The gross earnings per year is
now about S1,100,0OO,OOO, leaving, after
paying operating expenses, net earnings
OF about 1925 900 900. This is divided into
interests on bonds of about $235 900. 900.
The passengers carried reach nearly 60O,-
100000 per year and the freight traffic is
nearly 70O,000,000 tons per year.
Every cent Of this enormous income
from this leading industry of the country
comes directly from the people. An ex-
animation would show that the money
honestly expended in the production of
all railroads and their equipments is but
1.-THE of the capital nominally invested
IN them, the rest is water pure and sim
pie; but 1t figures as invested capital
as vested interests" upon which the cap
1talists claim the protection of the courts
and the whole government machinery,
and always get 1t.
No better illustration of the nove,. cxer
cised by the monopolists is needed than in
the history of the West Shore enterprise
or New DIRK state. The Nanderbilts and
their cohorts up to the time the West
Shore road was started, held the mer-
chants and the agriculturists in an iron
grasp, debating rates and conditions for
the handling of traffic with absolute des-
potisn. The prospect of a competitive
line reaching from New York city to the
lakes put the New York Central peopIe on
their mettle, and from the very inception
Of the former measures, were taken to
crush it out.
After the new line had been completed
every obstacle possible was thrown in its
way, and the road finally went into banks
ruptcy, a condition which has been re-
garded as inevitable by every one who
at the time was acquainted with the tao
tics Of the Vanderbilts. When the West
Shore became hopelessly involved, the
Vanderbilts, through Mr.. J. P. Morgan.
robbed it UP at their own price.
Those who had put money into it were
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3UDD E1EEVI, 333 Honnepn Avenue,
Room 4, MINNEAPOLIS, MIN
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Leave. lAinneepol1s Unioo Os0otl Arrive.
1:so m!Wsst Superior and Duluthl en- =
1 Daily. except Sunday.