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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
He Had m Efectiye Emil

MAsCoUTAH, Ills, Feb 3-John l..
Appel, recently appointed postmaster at
Summerfleld, is the first Democratic post
master at that place since President Buch.
anan's administration. Ex-Representa-
tive Forman is credited with securing the
change at Symmetrical. The wonderful
official tenacity of the outgoing postmas
ter is attributed TO his personal friendship
with Senator Cullom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
Official Figures on Income and Outso.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The official fig.
urcs on the expenditures for the last
month, an estimate of which was given in
these dispatches Saturday are as follows:
The expenditures for January, s3a, 529, $40,
against $34. 523, All during january, 1895;
excess of expenditures for the month over
the receipts, 1891, $40, and for the seven
months OF the present fiscal year the deficit
was SIS, 6S6 377
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
Resolution Censurins Bayard.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-The important
features of the weeks proceedings in the
house will be in connection with the reso-
luton to censure Ambassador Bayard,
adopted by the foreign affairs committee,
and the senate free coinage substitute for
the house bond bill. The resolution cen.
surfing Bayard will probably precipitate
an exciting contest on the floor. The
opinion is that the silver bill will die in
conference committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
Fifteen thousand Ont of Work

SHAMOKIN, Pa, Feb. 3.-Fifteen thou.
sand men and boys in the western an
thracite coal fields have received orders
not to report for duty ut the mines until
further notice, as the Reading collieries
have been shut down for an indefinite
period.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03

CHICAGO. Feb. ain an interview in
this city Senator Culloin said when ones.
toned about his mooted candidacy for the
presidency: II came out to Illinois with
no expectation Of meeting the enthusiastic
welcome which have received, and the
apparent manifestation in my behalf as a
Mt and proper man to be president Of the
United States Is gratifying. In regard tn
my becoming candidate can only sav
that the Office Of president should not h
sought after BY any man simply with a
feeling Of ambition to secure the Highest
ofhce In the gift Of the American peonle |"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03

Railway matter. Huntington said tho
Central Pacific was in better condition
than was generally supposed; that its
road bed and bridges were in good order;
that it had no floating debt and that it
had paid some of its mortgages. I'VE
want" hs said, ito pay 100 cents on the
dollar o; tAts government debt, and mean
to do SO. We also want to pay as much
as we can from time to time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
Second Class Mail Matter.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The house com.
mittce on postoffices and post roads has
agreed to report favorably Chairman
LIQUIDS bill relating to the transmission
OF second class matter. Its principal Pro-
vision is that which excludes from the
second class rate books and reprints Of
books such as novels which are now trans
mitted at the rate Of cent per pound and
puts them in the fourth class at cents a
pound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03

OTTUMwA, Feb 3--P. Il. L. Coombs, q
lawyer of national reputation, the lead
ing attorney in the Davis will case, died
ut Eldon Of dropsy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
THE TRAVELLERS, GUIDE.

HicAao, ROCK ISLAND . PACIFIC
Rsilvay-Tcke;s can he purchased or bag
gage checked at 4 r Twentieth street DEPOT
or a depot corner Fffsh avenue Ard
Tiny -arrt street Frank n. Plnmmer. Aren't.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
The Local Markets.
0nArH RRN

GRAIN, DrO.
Com-New, &c.
Oate-New. 11cGt30c.
Hay-Tmo:hy. S120e13: upland. I'll; wild, 8
0S9; slough, s70es; baled. S8OS1a
PnODUCB,
Butter-Fair to choiee, l6c0lSc; fresh cream
cry. 21c.
Eggs-Ffeeh, $50.
Poultry-Chickons, Sc.
Turkeye-6c.
Geeee-7c.
Ducks-6c.
LIVE STOCK.
Caftle-Butehens pay for corn fed steers
3xca4c; cows and hetfers, 8kc03xe; ealvef.
3Hc604ke'
HOgs-i;5c.
Sheep-3c03ke.
Spring lamb, 3He pound.
Coal-Soff. Toe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
A WOman'S Youth.
Health and Happiness too often
vanish with girlhOOd,
unless

When does the blight Gomez Too often
when the boon of motherhood should en-
nance LIES happiness. when baby came
health departed" * many a woman's cxper-
iencc- But thousands who have believed that
the vigor. energy and joy of health were gone
forever, have been rcioiccd rs this one For
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03

MADRID. Feb. a.-Martinez Campos the
retiring captain general of Cubs. has ar.
rived as Corunna, where he ~ eocorded
favorable reception.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Mrs. Matilda
Gresham, widow Of the late secretary Of
state, will probably be given a pension Of
81, 40 year. The senate. committee on
pensions will make n report this week on
the bill offered early in December by
voorhees, providing pension of s., 400 q
year. 1t was referred by the committee
to Palmer, whose report will recommend
q pension of 800 a month
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
Proceedings Of Congress Bricfed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-The senate put
in the whole day on the free silver substi-
tute for the bond bill, and defeating all
amendments passed it as reported by a
vote of 42 to 35-MIlls, who had voted
free silver on all test votes going on
record at the last against the bill. At tho
executive session the nomination of
Colonel J. J. Coppinger, the late James
G. Blaine's son-in-law, to be a brigadier
general was confirmed. The A. p. A. had
made fight against this nomination.
Adjourned to tomorrow.
The house did no business of general
Importance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03
Condition Of the Public Debt.

WASHINGTON, Feb. a-The monthly
statement Of the public debt shows that
the debt on Jan. 81, 1896, less cash in the
treasury, was se53, O46. a37, an increase over
last month Of IS, az, 915, which is account
cd for by decrease during the month Of
%, l3s, 400 in the cish in the treasury. The
total debt is q, l2l, 63s, Ola. of which $74S,
s62, $50 Is DEMONSTRATING.
Wants to Pay 100 Cents On the Dollar.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The senate com.
mittee on Pacific railroads gave a hearing
to C. P. Huntington. Of the Central Pa
e,ao And othess interested in the Paeifs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03

fifteen years I've
been afflicted with
inflammation ulcer
alton and enlarge
mcnt of the uterus.
Eight physicians
have failed to re-
lieve. Last May n
specialist said I was
a total wrcck-no
help formc. LEARN
cd of Wild Olive and
Myrtle Tonic. Two
packages have CUR
ED ME-" MRS. I'll.
wOOLEDGE. Gen
eva, n. Y. This is
but one of the thou-
sands that have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03

liz Thirty-scventhst St., Twelfth ave. Rock,I.l.nd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-02-03

been cured by these remedies. Wild Olive is
n local treatment 1t will alone cure n ma
Jority OF these cases. Myrtle Tonic rapidly
builds up the general health and strengthens
euieS are the most common sense treatment
made Cures are quicker than by any other
method-and permanent. Physicians treat
ment is expensive. disaprccablc. usually incf-
ectunl: Cure yourself quickly ut home. The
remedies are 81. each. Samples and hclpful
trcatise. FREE. VICTOR MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, South Bend, Indiana.
Mrs. NJ. J. SARGENT, Agent,
liz Thirty seventh St., Twelfth ave, RockII.land
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TRAINS,
WRIST.

nALnvai. fDeparture. sDaiiy, exccp; SUNDAY.
Al others daily. Telephone iOoS
sunday evenings n Pullman siecpcr viii he ,s
the dtrot ifier 10 30 which will leave for t,hica
go ut 2:s5 n. m. Moaday.
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Where Cork Comes From.
From st. Nicholas.

Since you asked about cork have been
looking up the subject and have found
some very interesting facts That trav-
elled bird of yours who said it came from
kind of oak tree was right; it is an ever
green oak that botanists call Qnercas mJe,.
The tree is only about thirty feet high,
and is principally cultivated in Spain, al
though it also grows in Africa and in
other parts of southern Europe. When
it is fifteen or twenty years old the first
stripping of bark is made; only the outer
layer is taken, the workers being very
careful to leave the inner bark uninjured
This first layer is rough and woody, of no
use save in tanning; but ten years later
another has been formed of finer quality,
and the quality continues to improve after
each stripping.
The bark is taken in midsummer; two
cuts are made around the trunk, one near
the ground, the other Just under the
branches; then, after making three or four
long Sits down the tree, the layer of cork
is loosened by a wedge-shaped instrument
and taken off in strips These are scraped
and cleaned on the outside and then heated
and pressed fiat
Until quite recently great difficulty was
found in cutting out the corks, as most of
the work was done by hand, and the knives
were so quickly dulled; but now machine
is in use which saves great deal of that
trouble
If any of your congregation will look at
the rough bark of some of our native oaks,
and try to cut in through the tough outer
layer of corky wood, sometimes nearly two
inches think, it will be easy enough for
them to understand how another tree of
the same genus can produce the thickest
coating cork of commerce.
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colorado's Delightful Climate.
Fpom scribner's Magazine.

EsS4h stih'hIt 'tahsAAiAts
The summers one can count upon.
They begin about the first of June, while
yet it is pretty cool BY that time the
native cottonwood tree has put on its
coarse hut effective foliage, and flowers
have begun to appear conspieuously in the
fields. As the month wears on the weather
becomes as fine as possibe-hot in the sun
in the middle Of the day, but always cool
in the shade and at night. Farther in
the mountains, of course, it is cool all the
time, for the convenient mountain places
are at greater altitude than resorts on
the plateau Toward the middle of July,
and during August, in Colorado at least,
one expects thunder shower at noon
daily, and is rarely disappointed. Both
the thunder and the lightning are en-
phatic Autumn weather and a great part
of the winter are as perfect and satisfac
tory as the best golden days of October in
the Fast; fires night and morning, and
open doors at midday. 1t gets very cold
at night, occasionally, in January and
February. Some years ago it was cloudy
for seventeen consecutive days in January
at Colorado Springs, and the discomfort
was great; but such periods are exception
al My informant was clergyman.
Windstorms are often violent, and have
grip enough to pick up gravel from the
roads and dash it in ones face With dis
agreeable force 1t blew so hard one night
that it blew the cover off my bed, and in
the spring, from the last of March until
the middle of May, one seldom can de-
scribe the weather as agreeable 1t is
often pretty bad then, SO far as my per-
sonal experience goes, but there are places
in the south where it is warm and agree
able, and April or the last of March is the
best time to travel toward them, or it will
be when towns in New Mexico cater to
inyalids, and are provided with more com
Portable hotels and better markets
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People Who Eat Hair.

1t is difficult to imagine people eating
hair, but there are many, especially girls
and young women, who do so, as expe-
rience proves Doctors conducting post
mortem examinations have been surprised
to find large quantity of hair in the sto-
mach of the deceased persons.
Not long ago an English medical man
found as much as four pounds of hair in
the stomach of woman about 30 years
old, and similar cases have been officially
reported from various parts of the world.
DIR, Swain lately performed an opera
ton for tumor, when, to bis astonishment,
the cause of complaint was mass of hair
weighing between four and FIVE pounds.
In this case the patient confessed that
she had contracted habit of biting off the
ends of her hair, inst as some bite their
finger nails
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Afiictsd With La Grippe.

Backward, turn backward, o, Time,
in your fight, give me the nose | breathed
through last night Bring back the
smeller that, two days ago, knew not the
torment of continual blow Wipe from
my lips the moisture ofsneeze, put wooden
splints on my poor weakened knees Rub
my red nose. as you have oft before, with
tallow, dear mother, o, 1t is so sore.
Backward, flow backward, o, tide Of the
nose ! am so tired from my head to my
toes--tlrod out with mopping and cough
ing and sueezing--weary from handkerchief
constantly seizing, | have grown weary Of
sniffie and snuff, of wipe my bugle until it
Is rough. Stick my poor head in big
pillow slip, and sew it, mother, for I have
the Ia grippe. =
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Head of the Family.

A writer who has knowledge of the
duties of the head Of family, says 1t
is divine privilege to be head of a
family, and man has no right to abuse
that privilege. He has no right to illuse
or neglect the woman who took him for
''better or worse He has no right TO
seold or terrify his children. He has no
right to quarrel with his daily bread He
has no right to expect a game dinner diet
from kidney stew allowance. He has
no right to give his wife S2 a week pin
money and expect her to pay the gas bill
and keep herself and the children well
dressed, He has no right to save his good
manners and good humor for company
He has no right to come home with
hatchet cast of countenance and murder
the innocent pleasures Of the little unfor
tunates who call him father He has
right to remember that he owes his family
everything, and that to deserve the respect
and love of his boys and girls and the con-
sideration and loyalty of his wife is glory
enough for any man.
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Had no Bad Habits.

A boy, rather bright looking, almost
pert in fact, was before Main street mer-
chant He was there in response to an
advertisement that called for "bright,
reliable boy, with no bad habits. He
looked all right, but the merchant con-
cluded to quiz the yOungster, partly for
amusement and partly to get some idea of
his aptitude.
''Do you ever smoke cigarettes, young
man p
''NO sir.
go to Sunday school every Sunday p
Eyes, sir; some Sundays.
Ever swear when you re mad p
Sometimes I say dern it /"
.sYou never sass your father, hope"
lyon bet | don't He's bigger
me.
Il hope you always keep yourself tidy
and clean
Yes, sir, in summer time, always
Right here the merchant stopped to get
a good one ready, and the boy concluded
to say few words
Say, mister didn't you advertise for
a boy?
"Yesi why n
aWhy | kinder thought maybe you
was lookin' for an angel, and dunno
where you can git one. :
The interview ended and the merchant
didn't get chance to hire the boy.
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aoetrpp.
SWEETHEARTs ALWAYS.

By Daniel 0Cannel.
II sweethearts were sweethearts always,
Whether as maid or wife
Not a drop would be half as pleasant
In the mingle daught of life
But the sweethearts has smiles and blnshes
When the wife has frowns and sighs,
And the wife's have wrathful glitter
For the glow of sweetheart's eyes
floyers were lovers always,
The same to sweetheart and wife,
Who would change for a future of Eden
The joys of this checkered life?
But husbands grow grave and silent,
And care on the anxious brow
on replaces the sunshine that perished
With the words Of the marriage VOW
Happy is he whose sweetheart
Is wife and sweetheart still:
Whose voice, as of old, can charm him;
Whose kiss, of old, can thrill
Who has plucked the rose to find ever
Its beauty and fragrance increase,
As the flush of passion is mellowed
In loves unmeasured peace:
Who sees in the step lightness;
Who finds in the form grace;
Who reads an unaltered brightness
In the witchery of the face.
Undimmed and unchanged. All, happy
Is he crowned with such life
Who drinks the wife pledging the sweetheart
And toasts in the sweetheart the wife!
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sword belt and threw open his cloak of fur,
the rain beating against his breast and fore
head His head dropped lower, and with
the point of his scabbard he slowly traced
woman's face upon the sands, while still
the raindrops blurred the lines. Darkness
came over the ford; the early evening
gloomed and deepened into night
Next morning when some fishers passed
that way, they paused and marveled great
ly that so strong man should lie there
dead with never wound upon his body.
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struggled with the thought. A wild and
anxious hope had filled his mind Against
this his duty to Thorolf rose clear and
strong Yet after all why should he drag
his brother from his happiness? Surely
he could not love Thorlinda, nor would she
love him if she knew. And he lifted his
head and answered, my brother has
chosen his own way"
Now all things about the ship were
ready for sailing. The crew pushed her
out through the low wash of the sea, and
clambering over the sides settled them
selves at their thwarts. Even as they did
so Thorolf came through the thicket and
walked slowly down the beach. The men
lay on their oars watching him. Seeing
that they paused, he, too, stood still, and
with his heel crushed delicate seashell
into the sand
Pull, men 7 said Gudmund and COW
cred his eyes with his hand.
The oars rumbled in the rowlocks, but
with the first stroke Thorolf threw his arms
above his head, strobe forward and shouted ::
Stop =
As he ran down the beach dark
skinned girl burst wildly from the thicket,
shrieked and plunged back into the shade,
then leaped forth again, grasping bow,
with brightly feathered arrow drawn to
the head. The seamen stood upright and
shouted. Gudmund waved his arms, and
Thorolf paused and turned, only to see his
death, for at that moment the arrow
whistled and sank deep into his side As
he fell Gudmund leaped into the water and
4 moment after knelt beside him. The
dying man frowned fixedly at him.
Thorolf right hand had gripped the
arrow Just above the wound and broken it
short The blood dripped steadily between
his fingers, blackening the white sand.
Thus the two gazed at each other, nor
could all the strength of natural grief keep
back from Gudmund' $ eyes a sparkle Of
hope and joy. Thorolf mouth twitched.
His shuddering breath broke into a great
sob that sent blood gush from the wound.
''You have Thorlinda | hate you p
he moaned, then turned upon his face,
gasped once and never stirred again.
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MORTGAGES SALE
1N1 OF VALUABLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
q
In Sykesville, Carroll county, Nd.

By virtue of the power and authority con-
tained in mortgage from Glencoe W. Leist,
to Asa Hepner, bearing date November Both,
1885, and duly recorded among the Chattel
and Bond. Records of Carroll county, in
hber B. +. c., No. II, folio 65, etc., the
Undersigned mortgage, will sell to the high
est bidders at his store in Sykesville, ON
SATURDAY, the 14th of MARCH, 1896,
at l o'clock, p. m., the following personal
property to wit: Three horses, l "a
stallion, . colts, Us months and 16 G.
oldi) milk cows hogs, farm 1HCsAs.
wagon, farm cart. seed drill, hay rake,
Mccormick mower, Stick wagon, set OF
6reeehing, l set of lead harness, set of
double driving harness, set of single driving
harness, seed plows, shovel plows, 2 cul-
tlvators, springtooth harrow, &c.
The horses are good workers, two of them
being mares and the stallion is fine driver.
The wagons, cart, and farming implements
are nearly new. The breeching and driving
harness were made by Harris last summer
and are in COED condition.
Terms.-Cash on day of sale.
ASA HEPNER, Mortgagee
Gny W. Steele, Solicitor.
feb22 is Joseph W. Berret Auct.
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NOTICE.

n i
The Stockholders OF THE WESTERN
MARYLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY
OF CARROLL COUNTY are hereby mott
fed TO meet at the Office of the Company, on
Court street, in the city Of Westminster.
Marland. on Saturday, the 2tst day Of
March, 1896, from 10 to II a. M, being the
time fixed by the bylaws for the animal meet.
ing of stockholders, to determine at said
meeting whether or not the capital stock OF
THOTSAND DOLLARS TO TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS; and also for the
purpose electing FIVE directors to serve during
The enusing year.
CHARLES E. FINK,
CHARLES II. VANDERFORD,
G. r. Markell,
JNO. MILTON REIFSNIDER,
A. Fl. HUBER,
I. c. THOMAS, sec'y. Directors.
Dated January s, 1896. feblo 4t
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EX-PARTE.

in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, as
Court of Equity.
NO. 3418 EQUITY.
In the Matter of the Trust Estate of Hezekiah
b. ZONES and wife, George W. Zepp,
Trustee.
ordered upon the foregoing petition, this
tlh day of February, in the year eighteen
hundred and ninety-six, that the Circuit Court
i ief Carroll County, as a Court of Equity, take
Iqnsdietion in the trust estate of Hezekiah H.
Zones, and that said Trustee settle said Trust
Estafe under the supervision and control of
Sid Circuit Court for Carroll County, as n
soart of Equity; and it is further ordered
unai George W. Zepp, the Trustee in the above
emitted cause, give notice to all persons hav-
lng claims against the said Hezekiah H. Jones
. ME their said claims, properly authenti-
SGaled, with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Sarroh County, on or before the 1lth day of
aPfii, 1896, by causing a copy of this order
!" = S Ce inserted in some newspaper published
u carroll county, once week for four sue
eesSlye weeks before the l4th day of March,
next CHARLES B. ROBERTS.
True Copy,-Test:
iebS st Benz. F. GROUSE, Clerk.
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There IS a species of dwarf cattle in
Ceylon which never exceed 80 inches in
height and possess great strength and en-
duranee. The Marquis Of Canterbury Of
England has one which was sent to him in
1891, It is but % inches high and
weighs 100 pounds, though it is 10 years
old. The Cinglaese use these animals on
the road. They travel on a constant trot,
and have been known to go 100 miles
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D. 81 INSOLVENTS

~ .ne matter of the Petition of Charles L.
smith for the benefit of the Insolvent Laws
oi The State of Maryland
ordered this 9th day of january, in the
Wgar eighteen hundred and ninety that
y ,IlOnday, the 9th day of March, next, be and
Me same is hereby fixed for Charles L. Smith,
pss,ltioner for the benefit of the insolvent laws
~ .ae State of Maryland, in the above entitled
;aase 10 appear in said Court and answer such
.a'ssrrogatories or allegations as his creditors,
snuorsers or sureties may propose or allege
asal5st him, and that said Petitioner, or John
No.: ~ ROBERTS, his permanent trustee, shall give
sn" Suuee thereof to the creditors, endorsers and
eans ca,e.es OF the said Insolvent Petitioner, by
;a'sing copy of this order to be published
~ ~ s some newspaper published in Carroll conn
'or nve successive weeks before the said 9th
aay Of March, next.
pin, BENZ. F. GROUSE, Clerk.
SollSAed at the request of John NJ Roberts,
Smith. - '''e s'''u e"''''ss =
True eopy,-Test:
leoi Ct Benz. F. CRousE, Clerk.