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sorE pRospER0Us F4RMDRs.

Probably the farmers Of the West are poor enough, but they may not be as poor as the calamity howlers say they are. The result os an investiga- ton which has been made by the presi- dent of the New England Loan and
 Trust company indicates that they are in better shape than they have been said to be in. This trust company has 0 large amount of money invested in western farm lands. In the last twenty years the company has advanced about $S,0O0,0 GOO on Iowa farps. In view of
 the free coinage agitation and the threatened assault upon our monetary system the company has deemed it ad-
 visable to ascertain as accurately as possible the facts with reference to the present condition Of western farmers,
 doubtless with the intention of using the information for the better protec-
 tion of it's securities.
 IL WdS AOuHA tIldL lLG ldIUleTS Ol
 Iowa and other states are much more
 prosperous and thrifty than the free silver repudiationists would have us be-
 lieve. On June 30, 1890, the amount of
 deposits in the savings banks of Iowa, | according to the State auditors report,
 was $16,336, 7S7.6S. On June 30 1896, these deposits amounted to $2S, ,227, ,S41. .5S,
 showing a gain of s11, ,S91 053. 90, or near
 ly s2,O0O,O0O per annum. These deposits
 represent the savings of the farmers of Iowa and of those who are in business
 closely related to agriculture. It is es- timated that Iowa farms have increas-
 ed in selling price from 25 per cent. to
 50 per cent. during period in which al
 most every other kind of property has
 depreciated from 25 to 100 per cent. Equally encouraging conditions prevail l in illinois and Missouri, although land
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values have not advanced so rapidly as they have in Iowa, The delinquent mortgages on $2,5Oo,OOO of farm mort gages held by this trust company in Missouri January l, 1896, was less than one-flfth of per cent,
 This doesn't indicate that all the western farmers are on the verge of bankruptcy and ruin And it does ind!- cate that western farmers have large interest in having the value of their dollars maintained.
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The city council at Topeka, Kansas, has passed an ordinance requiring that children under IS years shall not ap- pear on the streets without parents or guardians after o'clock p. m. in sum- mer and 8 o'clock in winter. A bell will ring at and all of the youngsters are expected to scamper for home or go to the lookup.
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saved the embarrassment of entertain ing. The ideal five o'clock tea finds mi-lndy herself behind the urn. Her trailing dress making part of the pret- ty picture, and she does not do more than smile and speak little greeting when the guests drop in.
 The women who are stocked with for nal gowns will do we'll to insist on the informality of the "tea," for it will soon be their only chance of dressing in dainty housewife garb. Even their morning gowns of the neglige order are made so elaborately that the wearer is hedged about with dignity that is quite foreign to negiige purport. But the beauty of such rigs is it's excuse, and morning dress like that the artist puts here Is pretty sure to thoroughly disarm the critic. This was of white lawn and figured pongee made with a loose front of the former seWed to a yoke of the latter. The lawn was adorned with a wide Hamburg edging and a couple of tucks. Added to the fronts were long pongee tabs that started from the yoke, and sides aud Watteau- -pleated back were Of the same stuff The garniture consisted of wide Scotch plaid ribbon, with batiste ruffies for the sleeves. The dress could be made even more ornate by having the lawn handsomely embroidered.
 FLORETTE.
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would sooner attempt to climb lad der with an armrul of eels and get to the top with all of them than to try to fuse anything with the Populists.
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More gold. News comes from Mon tana that a wonderful gold strike has been made at Cedar Hollow, in the vii cinity of Gaylord, on the western slope of the Tobacco Root Range in Madison county, and hundreds of prospectors are rushing to the new district. The strike is the richest ever made in the State. The surface ore, of which sev- eraI carloads have been shipped, has yielded from S400 to $500 per ton, and the returns from twelve carloads close 1y approach $100,000 Another carload of select rock which is about ready for shipment is expected to net not less than $25,000
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The city council of Atlanta, Georgia, had before it the other night an ordi nance, by Alderman Colvin, petitioning congress to rem owe the seat of the gen. eral government from Washington to Atlanta, and requesting that congress have the act or joint resolution. or whatever might be necessary. ready "for approval by President Bryan as his first official act upon his inaugura- tton on the 4th of March next.'' The matter was referred to the relief com mittee. The Savannah News suggests that Alderman Colvin should next in- troduce ordinances for the removal of the Atlantic ocean and the Rocky Mountains to Atlanta.
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Ii Hung Chang's horror of progress sive European journalism cannot be ex- pressed in feeble words. Tn Berlin he classed the German army as 'tthe first and finest in the world,' and was dis mayed to find the remarks quoted side by side in the German papers with his remark to the French that theirs was the "oldest and most civilized nation in Europe" It was worse in an interview with Bismarck. Ii practically asked how to deal with recalctrant en- peror and was struck dumb at finding this delicate question telegraphed from one end of the continent to- the other for publication.
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This is how Sam Jones. the Georgia evangelist, views the political situa- ton: I believe the crowd running with Mckinley have the money, the experi- ence and largely the brains of the coun- try CD their side. while Bryan and his hosts have oratory and theories and debts and dissatisfaction on their side. No living man can predict with any certaintyrthe result of the November elections. It seems that fusion with the Populists is Bryan's only chance. The outlook is not first-class for fusion. T believe the Populist party is the most irhomogeneous, unmixable, anti-stick- together crowd in the universe.
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voice, picture the actual facts and leave no room for doubt or argument Philadelphia Times.
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Maine papers are telling of joke on 8 Rockland woman who severely conn mented on the extravaganza Of the younger generation, taking as her text the fact that young relative had pur- chased party dress at twenty five cent a yard. She boasted of going calico. Some one thought to ask how much calico cost in those times and it turned out that the old lady's dress cost at the rate of sixty cents a yard.
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there's only the ace of spades leftn-- Cornhill Magazine.
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Advertising Rates,

Situations, Wants Rents aId other small advertisements, One Cont Word each in sertion. Five cents word for a full week lseven tlYnes.)
 Display Advertisements-Per inch, one in- scrtion, $l.2o; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, S32c; one month, Sl0; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, in psose or verse, h cents per line. Notices of births, Marriages, Doaths aud Funerals, 50 cents each. Local notices, 15 cenIs per line.
 Yearly advertisers arc limited to their own immedite business (an matter to be unob- ject!onable], and their contracts do not in- clude Wants, T0 i4et, For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or moro one month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches
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It is time to wake up. Governor Stone. of Missouri, in addressing the free silver hosts of the West, solemnly assures them that "a foul and poison ous snake has laid corroding hand" upon the interests of the people.
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Six women with more than the usual amount of pluck have gone to the Alas kan gold region. Not that they expect to get precious metal by mining, but rather by performing tasks appropriate to women and without the perform ance of which men cannot be comforta- ble. Three of them took sewing ma chimes with them. ahd all expect to make high wages in a country where white women are scarce They will probably do well and marry money"
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 OFFICE 4OO STATE STREET.

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Ds F. M. BROWN & COMPANY.
A Giant Effort

to be made this week to rid this business of every article which October's frosts will outlaw. The advantage is all yours, prohtwise. We can af- ford to let our
 Ladies' and Children's Bathing
 Suits,
 Mems and Boys Bathing Suits, Ladies' Skirt Waists,
 Ladies' Linen and Duck Skirts, Summer Millinery,
 Boys Clothing, etc., go for a trihe in order to better the Fall storekeep- ing.
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REPUBLICAN,
NOMINATIONS.

FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GARRETT A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08
Where Iverybody p,ouee>.

In Japan IL isquirc a recognized ihir-
that a woma should make up hrr :arr
with powder and paints. and viil~ q;
doing so she would mo- more think lrr.
self ht TO appear M public than 70
should u We failed tn perform cur mon
ing nbluiions The PROFESS ~ making
mp Is somewhat complicated. To trm
with. the fair lady smears n ,hi-k lnvor
of white chalk with "a sofr brush on hr,
fare. neck and shoulders. a,tus ats,
hands. Then. having dipped hrr fore
finger into rcd paint, she c~arcfuliv -pl.
ors her cheeks. temples. and ii,-n o,ri
the eyes Her middle finger Is u-sa aas
the black pigment. with which -.
touches up her eyebrows suniess .hc hr.
had them shaved Off and blackcns "a
der the eyes 10 improve the expression
With her little finger she gives i!.c I'm.
ishing touches 90 her artistic .frcr,.
adding to her lips some brilliant rsr
mine and a little bit If gold 10 .c; ~
the charms Of the lower lip.-Pbhaaci.
phia Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08

A process has hccn brought forward
in Sweden, by Ohm and infiraud. f"i
extracting gold or bismufh f-um .nrs hy
means al melted lead. Tho rrcc.Ss can
BE- applied e. mineral mixtures Contain.
ing. for example. ircn ~ hm-sto,-.
bismuth, native gold. quartz uT slli.
Gates. and even when the mixiurs are
50 poor IN gold and bi~muih that il
woald otherwise H. unpro;i,sbl. g. work
them. Tho method now brought forward
CONSISTS In placing the or> IN - i.sih a.
melted lead. keeping % rs free a. posi-.
BILE from any contact with tine air. To
gold ores which contain little or no bis.
nuth enough at the latter substance -
added to reduce the melting poini "f ~.
alloy rs far rs possible, in this way Pre-.
venting oxidation of the alley and los
Of metal which would otherwise fc.aig.
The bath made ~. of fer tli. pur1rs.
Is filtered through n cylinder. 'hc ioa-
tom CT which consists of n ~Icrfura;ra
sheet cf metal covered with n lsyrr q!
asbestus, pieces If iron wire ard ccal
dust.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08

Tho ~rri ''ai-yly" .. usod cousiant-
is. and y~t few kps~r 81. quaint story
e. its --1=in. IN tho TIM uf william
ihr NnsIla,s. Roisrt d'oylry Was one
81 his Followers. aud Valnahl. lands al
lI'"S Merton. an oxfsadshif1, wsrp
Crau;sd linn uprn q curiuus oonait5op.
THE Lnassion Am.rirsn ssrs that cseh
year. ~ tho feast at 81 Miehaal. be Vas
"a make tender of a lipcn tablocloth
wnfih :; English shilling" Ne ibry
went To- ruyalfy. tho ladi-s of The D'Oy-
~ family took rroat pride ib .fnhsuid.
"ring the ''quiireut cluihs." as thy
woT" termed. and. In -unseqn'pcr. An
at ur-diowurk c~oilr-fium -d grsat
hs-sriv was accumulated iy fhrsr annual
TihairE Tls-y DID ss'rNbrr foe STATE or.
rssiui's IA William ih~ NrrnAn's hus-e.
ibid. sal. very raiursilt. rrs- rallsa
ibc "DuyLy lin-n. -uxiuni Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08
lseusd Wsses.

We are tnld by tbo~c who have made
sucn matter. n liz. study that sound -
the .ir'ct produced ppun ilsc drum of
the ear hy any sh'-k or ,mpulse ~hi-h
causes Vibration of the AIR. THIS i~inr
the rsffr. IL - plain that the .uund iro-
durEd - a thousand e-scr. uuuld nui
" i.i"rc a~liisnnast 60 inr fpunding thar
"iir single impulsiyc ycll brransr each
would 1T its own waves Go Vibrating.
I" further illusirstc this paint we
Will tax. tells a. an example. Offsn Ia
tho city a DOZEN church bells arc hrin-
run- az ua- time. Eithrr 10 ~ fhrs.
We will s.y. ran he hoard Mt n d~isinisr.
"i = miles. This NC will admit needs
no rfoni. hut who ia insane .poush Go
arRn. that tho ~ bells can b. heard ~
Times a. far as the ono bciis II they
ruild - ~ heard. the caambined sound
e ilic - could br heard ai a aistanoe of
GO miios' Vet ~ 10 Just ~ rcasonAIle
iha; TIN sound nf n dozrn co n Thousand
balls vuuld "mis" and ''rcsd tbc irlna.
mrni" ~ unc gigantic whole ss ID D.
60 bel'rvr that n ti,-usand tnen rsuld
::iye srni 10 "a yril that rrnld b. beard
81 "a Ergai.r distance than a single sen.
irsian srfrarr.
Ton iAulsand mrn might CROWN the
tpUni .. q bill CT n - rasn Nh. sle as far
a. ikrir ifnfroiiIic vicinity Ne COP.
rrtns-l. -rt tho hill GO whistle zscnld Dc
heard isr brrond vhcr. no sound q
yu.ggs cuald pen.tra,e.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08
They Got Separafed.

The following story is vouched for nv
a Yale professor: Several years ago "a
young colored student was admitted
was assigned in the classrooms "a scat
mex to the son Of n prominent New
York business man. whom we may call
for convenience Smith. Now. Young
Smith did not relish the idea of sitting
by a "ni2gcr, as he put II, so h. wIoie
to his father, complaining of the indig
nifty. Mr.. Smith. tine elder. taking the
same view. at once wrote an angry epis.
tie to the faculty. demanding that his
son be relieved Immediately from such
close association with n Of an inferior
race. The professors were puzzled. but
n of them, with long experience IN
classwork. undertook to answer the let
ter satisfactorily. He informed Mr..
Smith NEST politely that no present in.
reference was possible, but hat in "a
few weeks. when the classes were rear.
ranged and graded. he could assure him
that the desired change would certainly
he made. Mr.. Smith was satisfied with
this assurancc, young Smith WAS ap-
peased, and the farseeing professor had
no difficulty whatever in keeping his
word, for, BY the time the class was
graded. the young negro had proved
himself So superior a student that he
was among the leaders Of the frs, SEC.
ton. whiie Smith was an insignificant
unit in the third The joke was too
good to keep. and the whole college
laughed over it. except Smith. who
naturally did not see much fun IN the
situation. But his father wrote no more
letters to the faculty at any rate New
York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08
Cause Of Nose BLEED.

In weak persons bleeding at the nos.
is frequently hurfiul ard shculd ~
stopped without delay. - can't .ut.t,
hcuiorrhage may prove fatal IL n~-yic-;o,L.
Those who suffer from rrusurss q
blood. or snemia. ard are som,iias,s
SEIZED with violent nee Llr.linr.
should avoid. ~ far - possible. nv
thing which may end TO bring II On.
Gentle exercise only sioald d. taken. ..
violent bodily movements may provoke
. repetition of the hemorrha-c. Even
running down stairs hastily should ie
avoded.
Bleeding ut the nose Is usually q sirn
that something - wrong with il.c s,s.
ten. The u should. IL r~nssible. h.
discovered and STEPS taken to 4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08

time she staid and celebrated her victory
by plying her Iuirt to the buckinS pony
with n vengeance. The grit and perseyer-
ance which marked this little episode have
been characteristic of the Young lady ever
since. From that time she las been al
most constantly i'm the saddle and can now
ride as well as any cowboy on the range.
About n year g al incident occurred
which proved that her frontier education
had not been in vain. She was one day
driving a bunch of cattle past the ranch.
riding her fathers horse and using his
saddle, when her little sister Jennie
t~houghtlessly ran out to meet her. \
long horned. buckskin coiored Texas steer,
which was G~istingujshable from the re-
mainder of the herd by the numerous
western hicrogly pixies which lad been
burned and otherwise placed on its sides.
gave n loud below and rushed with low
cred head toward tine little child. MYRTLE
shouted to the little one tn run and urged
her horse to its toprnost speed il the hope
of intercepting the maddcned brute. Lit
tie Jennie did run faster than she had ever
run before, Il the animal was ginning on
her mt every jump. Myrtie's pony was
fully 80 feet in the rear. when suddenly
the cowgirlS lariat whizzed through the
air, the moose dropping neatly down over
the steers horns. At the same instant she
gave the rope two quick turns around the
saddle hcrn and the well trained cow horse
stopped short. planted its front feet firmly
far ahead and bracod himself for the shock.
The rope became taut with "a jerk that
almost parted it. The steer turned n COM
plete somersault, lay upon the ground for
a ONE as IL stunned. then jumped tn
his feet and gazed wildly around. Jennie
had by this time reached the shelter of the
house. SO the brave girl d~isengaged the
rope from the animals horns and with a
blow of her heavy stock whip sent him
scurrying away toward the hills. Now she
throws and brands cattle and breaks
bronchos In a way which makes her famous
throughout the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08
GRANT RAIDED THE PARTY.
How the General Once Broke Up m In
teresting Poker Game.

j. T. B. Liliiard tells the following
Wave:
General Grant nee interfered in y
most nnwarrantcd and arbitrary man.
ner with q poker game that was paying
me a big profit" said Andrew Danner.
1t was shortly after the battle Of Shiloh,
anu we Confeds Were feeling pretty had
~ down III the mouth. Twas ON the adj
vanced picket line one bright moonlight
night. and the Ianks had a pest only q
Few hundred yards away. We shot at
each other until we got tired If the
sport, then we snapped newspapers,
corfee II tobacco. A daredevil yuury
Yankee corporal walked right into cur
post, sat down on a log rs unccr;cerned
as you please and asked us if we knew
how to play draw poker. Did we: We
rather thought we did. Had we any
greenbacks: y few. Then he pulled ont
q deck of cards, and we sat down TO play.
Pretty soon another Yank came over.
h another, until there were six of
them, and we all joined in and PLAYED
a WIDE open game, forgetting that the
cruel war was not over.
Luck came my way. and / soon had
everybody but the Yankee corporal
broke. The rest were squatted round,
oiue u gray. watching the game, when
there came that ugly 'c-l-l-ick lex 50
familiar TO the soldiers ear. We looked
up, and there stood Il Yankee serycant
with four men, their muskets cooked.
Members of the FCrty-ninth, consider
yourselves under arrest said the scr
geant. Oh, come now, sergeant the
corporal began, when :. horscman reincd
up behind the guard, and he concluded,
General Grant. by hokey.' The blue
coats got up looking like - lot Of whip
ped ~schoolboys and saluted their com
mander, who eyed them as sternly rs a
sphinx. They flied in front Of the guard
and started for camp. When their backs
were turned on him, Grant removed
the cigar from his mouth, and. with a
cynical smile, asked the Confederate
nearest him, Who's ahead:' ON, we
are, replied the defender Of the stars
and bars. Those chumps You've
brought down here can't play poker =
little bit. But they can fight. general
] remarked. Have to sometimes sajd
Grant dryly and rode away"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08
HOW PEOPLE REST.
Some Races ST and Lie Down. " hiic oth-
ers Crouch and hncei-

9In lI0oCn 8oo HhnCst
There is wide iii. rrcu IN .tc r,ctr,
followed hy the varicrs races Of tho
world i'm taking their nest. IL -ccms To-
the American that 10y far the most TAT
isfactory way to do IL - either 90 sit g.
lie down, bu, there are millions of hu-
man beings that ret quite 81 well u.
quitc . different way.
The most barbaroas races crouch AID
kneel when resting aud dc j; 81 ccns-
furtably that they sleep IN ibuse PCS
turcs n easily Ne an Amci lean does IN
led. The lower classes amcrg tine Hin
docs and soSuc of the south Anrric:n
races sleep thus. the men usually crouch
ing ind the women kneciinr.
In the next higher grades If civilisa-
tion those positions give WAY tn sitting
with crossed legs. This u the sitting
posture Of the Mussulman and the Pa
ciic island races. rs is well known In
some Persian houses. however. % is not
unusual to see the inhabitants and
guests ranged about a room knccling
against the wall.
Another step upward on the liddcr Cf
civilization brings rs to Chairs Of vari-
Gus forms. A primitive chair consisting
of q simple wooden support a few irch-
Is high is found in some parts Il
Africa Then comes the same supper;
with a round crosspicCc. which IL Seen la
Guinea. and then n fat cros<,iiccc with
two legs. which is used in the nrpcr
Nile country. Finally comes the three
and four legged stools ana chairs. Sotnc
times i'm simple form and ON. iu.-s
handsomely carved. which ac found
among the civilized races all ever the
world.
In Egypt the fellahs rr;ain the for,
Pastures of their ancestors. the knCciinc.
the sitting. the cross legged and the sit
ting upon the ground with legs jo'rcd.
All four date from the eighteenth
Gynasfr.-Exchancc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-08
Social Relations In Perssa.

Persia being "A Mohammedan country,
iolygamy IS practiccd. but women have
lar more liberty than IN Turkey. Usu-
ally among the lower and middle classes
a man has but one wife; a in the case
Of those with childlcss spouscs monoy-
amy is the rule. The mother Of "A fam
lily is treated with the utmost respect
by her husband and children and IS in
variably an autocra: III her own home,
and there are nan strong minded and
ambitious women who take an active
part in politics. In no case il the Per-
sian woman the mere toy of the vo!up-
tuary. She has her rights. her duties
and her pleasures and at times INDUCES
In amusing vagaries.
One of the great ladies Of ShiTaz was
requested by an aged and i'll favored
mollah tn give him n of her waiting
maids as n wife. The Old man vas nj.
ready married tn a t~crmagani. who hap.
pened to lie a friend Of the great lady
In question, who novv saw the oppor-
tunity for 4 joke. Il viii give you NV
maid as wife. . moilah." she sand,
land. more than that. ! Will pay all the
expenses Of the wedding. and ] will 500
that there Is a suitable entertainment -
A few days afterward the old priest was
actually married to a vciled bride at the
house of the great lady. All the elite rf
the women of Shiraz were invited To the
wedding. but when after the banquet
the priest attempted to unveil his ina
morata the hidcous face Of amalc profess
sional buffoon or jester was disclosed /, q
his astonished gaze and the Lo,hario
was chased out of the house. amid the
laughter of the great lady's guests.
among whom was the old mans wife,
FortnightIy Review.