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Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
Yawring Fishes.

1t is not generally known that fish
yawn. The writer saw % turto. yawn
twice and a cod once, the latter being
one Of the widest yawns accomplished
by any animal of its size. The yawn Of
turbot, being something not common.
ly seen, deserves particular description.
A turbot's mouth is twisted ON one
side, rather rs il il had belonged 10 q
round fish which some one had accident
ally trod ON and squashed half fat. The
yawn begins at the lips, which opens as
if to suck i'm water. Then the Jaws be.
come distended, aud il is sccn t;iat this
is going to be a real. genuine sabma-
rine fish IS yawn. But the :.a.n s,es ON,
works through the back II as Le.sd, dis
tending the plates Of ths sxril and
comes out at the gills, which cpsI. show
the red inside, are inflated for a mo.
ment, and then. with kind of stretch
ing shiver Of its back, the fish iiattens
out again, until, if unusually borcd, il
relieves itself by another yawn.-Pear.
sons Weekly.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
Plants That Eat Insects.

Francis Darwin, q son Of the great
naturalist, has been investigating the
effect on insectivorous plants Of supply
ing them with and withholding from
them animal food. He grew ten Of these
carnivoroUs plants under similar condi-
tions. One plant of the lot he fed with
roast meat, one-fiftieth of grain being
placed on the secreting glands of the
plant each hour, while from all the
others all such food was carefully ex-
cluded. The results of this experiment
were very marked in several particulars,
the greatest being in the nulc ter, weight
and vitality Of its seeds. The number
of seeds produced by the plant that was
given its regular rations Of animal mat
ter was 240 to each 100 produced by
plants which were unfed, while the to-
tai weight Of the seeds was as $50 to
100. In other words, the plants which,
were restricted to a diet wholly vege-
table were invalids compared with the
plants that were furnished with animal
food. The increased heaviness of the
seeds is another item to te noted, as it
certainly implies increased vitality. AT
least it is so with wheat, rs any farmer
will tell yen, it being tie rule that the
heavier the grain the greater its fertili-
ty.-St. Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
No Mule Aboard.

A correspondent asks, ''To decide q
bet will you please state in the river
column whether there was q mule on
the ark or not?'
No, sir. Nary a mule. When Captain
Noah built the ark rs q high water
packet in the Ararat trade and he went
into the menagerie business, he found
that he was a"mule ont" just as he got
ready to leave on his maiden trip. He
went ashore. and after locking around
found mule and would have made his
animal show complete if he had been
able to get him aboard the boat. No.
being able to find negro who would
twist his tail and make him get aboard
by walking the gangplank. and after
trying to get his deck crew to coax,
shove, lead or carry the mule aboard, he
got mad, ruDg the bell, backed out and
lit cut for Ararat, leaving the mule a
lonely, friendless beast until be was dis
covered by q negro. The two have been
fast friends ever since. - Louisville
Courier r-Journal.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04

Il is asserted that repeated expert.
ments have proved, in the transmission
OF power. that ropes and belts. when
well arranged. absorb almost the same
amount Of power. Some French trials in
this line. as reported in Engineering
Mechanics. were made. it appears. with
200 horsepower engine fitted with
rope and belt fywbeels lax feet in di-
amefer. The steam engine had o fly.
wheel for the belt and one for the ropes
Tho dynamo was driven direct on the
fiywheel. without q counter shaft, and
was provided with two pulieys. ono for
the belt and one for the ropes The dy.
namo was driven direct on the Gywheei,
being mounted On adjusting screws. 90
that the tension of the belt or ropes
could be regulated as will A cotton
belt. leather belt, and q homogeneous
leather belt and ropes were Of standard
quality. Experiments Of a comparative
nature were made alternately with the
ropes ana belts. several tests each day.
the results being M above indicated.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
A DEADLY OCCUPATION.
Bringing Out Borax From the Riffs II
Death Valley.

Bringing Out Borax From the Riffs In
Death Valley.
The deadliest occupation for men OF
horses is teaming in the borax fields of
Death valley of the great American des.
ert There the longest teams in the
world are employed. Scientists declare
that the fierce heat in this narrow rent
in the cracked surface of the earth is
not equaled elsewhere in the world.
Where the Thermometer often registers
14O degrees of heat uureiieved by even
q breath of air, where men sleep at
night in hollow bitches filed with WA
ter in order to avoid dying from COL
lapse, the necessity for the longest
teams of mules and horses ever harness
ed to draw the great 5oraz laden wag-
ons is apparent.
The desert team is the longest in the
world, and the percentage of deaths
among the horses is greater than that
of domestic animals used in any other
calling. Forty to 60 horses are often
hitched to one of the umbering vehi-
cles in which the borax is slowly drag
ge6 across the sun baked alkali plains.
The average life Of even the sturdiest
horses used in this work is six months,
for in this length of time they either be-
come broken winded, oonsumptive from
inhaling the deadly dust of the desert
or are driven crazy by the frigh,ful heat.
A man there. though protected by the
wagon awnings from the SUMS rays,
cannot go an hour without water with
G1rf Af
breaks down and the water supply be-
comes depleted, the men ride en- at top
speed for the nearest source of supply,
and often when they return they find
that the remaining horses, made mad
by thirst, have broken from the harness
and dashed off only to fine dessh in the
desert.
The borax wagons weigh 5000
pounds and carry 20,o pounds at a
load. Behind each wagon is q tank con-
tanning hundreds of gallons of water.
The horses are harnessed in pairs, the
trained ones in the lead, and the next
in intelligence just ahead of the tongue,
while tie unruly and the youngsters are
hitched between. The nigh leader has
a bride w.th the strap from the left
jaw shorter than the other, and from
the bride runs a braided rome, which
the driver, perched on the wagon seat,
holds in his right hand.
The rope is called the Jerk line" and
is little longer than tie team, which
stretches out several hundred feet in
front Of the wagon. Daring the busy
season the boray Wagons mako an al
most continuous train. and the horses
alone, if placed in single file, would
make team more than 100 miles long.
Besides a little food and water the
poor animals get no care. They curry
themselves By rolling in the burning
sand. After few months of the killing
labor the poor creatures become unfit
fer service. A kindly rife ball then ends
their agony, and their emaciated car
casses are left alongside the trail TO fur
nish scant picking for the lowering vuI-
tures.-California Letter.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04

NF%o self, neglect his health and de
q vote insufficient time to eating
resting, and sleeping, that death is tbe
senpter that holds out money as a bait Tf
man will take proper care of his health he
will feel like work, and will find that he can
do all the work that be cares to do within
working hours.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovers
gets man into working shape and Eeens
him there. 1t invigorates the liver keeps
the digestion in working order. the anne.
tite hearty and keen 1t keeps the biood
pure and plentiful. 1t keeps out and dr;ves
out impurities and disease-germs II wa,ds
of nervous and wasting diseases. It cures
9S per cent. Of all cases of consumption n
is the product of the life-work of an e,n;.
nent and skiliful specialist, DIR. r. v. Pierce
for thirty years chief consulting physician
to the lnvalids' Hotel and Surgical Insfi.
tute, at Buffalo, n. Y. Druggists~ell it.
Mrs. L. F. Coates, of Blvthebourue K;ros 70
n. Y writes: Ihree years ago, was so sick i
and night. My weight reduced from re- ~
i77 pounds. The first night that slept for hours
at one time, was after had taken three doses 81
Dr. flerce Goiden Medical Discovery. The of.
iensive matter expectorated grew less every dav
aEd when had taken the whole of ono bot,Ie +
could sleep all night without coughing and ha,e
been well ever since and weigh rs pounds"
A good, practical. medical book is worth
more III home than thousand novels
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical ADVISE
is that kind of book 1t contains 7 oos
pages and over goo illustrations. new
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want paper-covered copy send Fl one-cent
stamps fthe cost of mailing onlr), to Worlds
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N y. For cloth binding, 81 stamps.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
NOT GOOD EVIDENCE.
It Is an Easy Matter to Change Photo.
graphic Pictures.

It Is an Easy Matter to Change Photo.
graphic Pictures
Photographic copies OF an original, II
is claimed, are not acceptable as proof
before a court, iuasnuch as the photo.
graphs may easily he changed TO sui,
the wish. Expert picture makers can
take photograph, and by various proc.
esses secure composite containing sew.
eral features desired that did rot exist
in the original.
A celebrated photographer Of this CITY
declared that it is an easy matter to
change photographs. Pictures can bo
made to show the body Of one person
with the head Of another, or il is posi-.
bic to insert certain features desired in
a photograph. The producers Of art
photographs often use the form of one
subject and the hesd Of another in Or
der to obtain the most symmetrical re.
suits and thus form sort Of composite
picture
By the use Of nitric acid" he said,
"any part Of the silver print photo
graph, tho oEo commonly used, can be
erased. If the picture We're platinum
print, which is unlikely, the same effect
could be secured by the use of aquaregia
or liquid composed Of mixture Of
nitric AID muriatic acids, which acts Us
solvent fcr gold or platinum prints "
1t was shown that original signatures
could be erased and others pasted or
copied thereon and then photograph
taken which would seem that the result
was a perfect photograph Of an original
paper.-PhilaGelphia Call.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
a Valuable Rhysua.

James Smith. one of the authors Of
the celebrated "Rejccted Addresses, -
was better paid for o trifiing excrtiou
Of his versatile muse than any poet since
the world began. One day he met the
Late Mr.. Strschan, the kings printer.
nc a dinner party and found him suffer.
ing from gout and old age, though his
intellectual faculties remained unim.
paired. The next morning he transmit.
ted TO him the following jeu d'esprit:
Your lower limbs seemed far from stout
When last ] saw you walk.
The cause ] presently found out
When you began 60 talk.
The powcr thai props the body's length.
In due proportion sprcsd.
In you mounts upward. and the strength
All settles In the bead.
This compliment proved 10 highly 10.
ceptable TO the old gentleman that he
made an immediate codicil TO his will,
by which he bcqueathed to the writes
the sum of 5000. being at the rate a
1915 for each line.-Pexrson's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04

Certain wild animals can be trained
to act very intellirently as servants of
nan. and even TO exceed the dog in
power Of thought ard action. Le Vail.
liant, the African traveller. says that he
bad tame balloon which was not only
sentinel. but hunter and puryeyor Of
food and water. This monkey. BY sheer
force Of brains. took command Of the
dogs which protected the camp and used
and directed them Just as the older
babcons command and direct the rest Of
the tribe.
By his cries. says Lc valiant, he al.
ways warned Us OF the approach Of nm
enemy before even the dogs discovered
IL. They were SO accustomed to his voice
that they used TO go To sleep. and at
LTst / wrs vexed with them for desert
ing their duties, but wien lie had once
given the alarm they would ell stop 20
watch for his signal. and On the leas:
motion OF his eye, or the shaking of his
bead. / have seen them rush toward the
quarter where his looks were directed.
/ often carried him on my hunting
expeditions. during which he would
amuse himself by climbing trees is or.
Ger IN aid us in tic pursuit Of game.
When he was Thirsty. he used to hunt
atclt and discover scr.e s,ccrlcnt tuber
which was as efIcc;ual under the cir.
cums;anccs as watermelon. Ono might
say that he was not more clever than q
truiiie dog; hut, though the dog can find
q root. he cannot dig IL mp.
=. The bahoon did both. having the nd.
vantage CT hands. though he used these.
not to oxfrac. the rco:, but 20 adjust his
weight 50 Hs to use the leverage Of his
teeth TO the best advantage.
lie laid hold Of the tuft Of leaves
with his teeth. pressed his four paws ON
tho earth, ON all sides Of ii, aud then
drew his head slowly back. The root
generally followed.
II this plan did not succeed, nc seized
the root as low down as he could. and
then, throwing his heels over his head,
turned back somcrsaait and came up
smiling with the root i'm his month. II
was easy to teach him that il was part
Of his business 20 find these roots and
that his master must ''go shares. -
Youths Companion.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
Lonely Lishtkeepcrs In Winter.

Fogs, trying as they are to visitors,
are little minded by the lightkeepers.
One Of them, in fact. reported, with
evident pride. that his steam fog horn
had been in uninterrupted operation for
27 days, and declared that he dreaded
the silence which would come with
clear weather. The fcg is as nothing
when compared with the wild storms
of winter that cut of their communi.
cations with the mainland. Then, in.
deed, the dreary monotony If the light.
keepers life on one of the outlying
Maine islands becomes well nigh un-
bearAble. For weeks at a time he is con-
fined to his isolated rock OF tiny islet az
absolutely as prisoner to his cell
Kirk Munroe in Scribner's
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
WINGED SEEDS.
The Wind Plays an Important Part In
the Spreading % P.a-ts.

tEe SpFNI12.iB L.31SSs
The usual way for seeds to be carried
is By fEe wind. Sometimes they arc so
small and ligh' ss 10 be easily waited
By the brcezes This is the case with
the seed of tho noccasin flowers and
meadow pinks and the other beautiful
plants Of our woods and bogs called
orchids. And the tiny bodies, like atoms
Of dust, termed spores. that answer
to seed in ferns and mcsses and toad
stools, are borne away by the lightest
breath Of air. But most seeds are them
selves too heavy for this. So they are
of,times provided with thin, bread
wings that carry them before the wind
as sail carries beat. The pairs of
"keys" that hang in clusters from the
maple trees in spring are such winged
fruits. Wien ripe, they float slowly 10
the ground, or if a high wind is blow
ing they arc carried farther from the
tree. The esh has thick punches Of
winged fruits much like theso, but sim
gle. The elm has thin, papcry border
all around its small seeds, which makes
them quite conspicuous ns they hang on
the branchlets before the leaves have
come out.
Numbers of plants have about the
seeds delicate hairs or bristies that take
the place of wings. A dandclion
"clock," or head of thistle dow u, is a
bunch of seeds, each with circle Of
fine bristies On the summit. When tie
seeds ere ripe, along comes q breeze,
and, puff, away so tine seeds, hanging
from tkeir tufts Of bristles as the bas-
ket hangs from a balloon. The lunches
Of long silky hairs that come from a
bursting pod Of milkwecd and fill the
a.r around have each their precious
cargo in the shape of q small brown
seed. The seeds that ripen in heads ON
the clematis after the handsome purple
flower leaves have fallen have long
feathered tails, like slender bird llumes,
that do the same work that is given to
the silk Of milSc,ed. The cotton"
around the seeds of the willows n. the
riverside ard of tie poplars along city
streets serves the same useful purpose.
Cotton itself is only bunch Of fine
white hair around the seed. ages before
men thought of spinning it and weav-
ing it Into cloth il WAS making itself
useful to the cotton plant by helping
to scatter its seeds. - How Plants
Spread" by Thomas Il. kearrcy, Jr.,
in St. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
Adding Insult Co Isjury.

The Messageries Garitimes mail
steamer Himalaya lies in the harbol
gorgeous in white paint and gold.
Scrapipg by it comes q coal barge. help.
ing itself along by holding ON to the
white hull.
Voice From the Himalaya-Get out
of that! Sheer Of at oncei
From the Coal Barge-who the -
are you?
From the Himalaya-Tbe third oface1
Of this ship. Sheer oil
From tie Coal Barge-Tben go and
talk to your - equals. I'm the -
skipper Of this. Messenger.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04

The dandelion IL an old world flower,
not native In America, save far 90 the
north and On some Of the highest of
our western mountains. Dot somehow
it was brought here. perhaps from Eng
land, in old colonial times Now we see
it's golden heads and feafhery balls nc
every grassy r>sdsidc, the clocks the
boys and girls low 90 tell the hour. A
fcw years ago farmers in the northwest
found n new weed, vile. prickly weed,
in their wbcaffieids. In a very short
time this weed. the Russian thistle. has
spread over wide acres of the best farm
land in that part Of the country and has
done grcaf injury 90 the crops.
How do these planfe spread no fast
and 30 fart They are not carried about
and planted. No one would be 30 fool.
ish as 60 SOW Russian thistles. The
mother plant must have ways of her
own for sending her offspring abroad in.
60 the world Plants propagate them
selves I'm two ways. from seed or from
buds Sometimes these buds are borne
ON slender runners. A strawbt Try plant,
after IL has blussomod. begins 60 send
out such runners. with buds, unfolding
tufts of leaves. along them. These tufts
are at first connected with the parent
plant. but later the runners between
break away, and each fuft becomes q
rcw plant. Many grasses, like Bermuda
grass and the troublesome quick or couch
grass. have creeping stems. each joint
sending out bunch Of roots below and
bud on the upper side. II you try TO hoe
mp such grasses. you only make matters
worse. for each joint when cut OF IL
ready 20 fern an independent plant.
Such grasses spread very fast and soon
take possession Of the land they get
into.-Tbomas II. Kcarncy. Jr.. in st.
Niciolas.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
A oousTeuL MAIDS souuoouv.

To ride or not 20 ride. that is the quc<tsuu-
whether 'twere better 90 cast aide ali pride
And don the bloomerx. Appearing thus with
nan
Ir public thoro1ehfarc. his equal now.
And boldly self Esscrsivc. chslicne. ali who
pass
To criticisc the msnaish sport. tho loss Of sira.
ish grace.
Or to cling 90 pcstscoafs ind stay as horne.
ro- of n surety there are Joyous parties formed
40 go a-rleasurtns IN which bear no part.
But. then. to ride. TO fall. perchance
To break ones wheoi-aye. there's rs,e rub
Or to encounter wicked brewery a..4.
Bent on the destruction Of the highway n
plague.
] fear. tr.mble. lis srcwsomc but to think
on 10.
Still. what Is there icf; TO do since all girls
rider
III do st. I'll be brave. Twas but ycs.cr c'cn
saw.
Glnncinr from my window. who but Tom
Riding with ;hnt smifhcrs giri. forgetting me-
Hush, softly now. III steal away nnd take n
Lesson.
II all gees well. another week viii sec me by
his side.
Farewell TO ancient prctud.ccs- We need them
not
And thus I say farewell
New York sun.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
Likened 60 the Lion.

Alep Arsian was called the Valiant
Lien, from his daring in bs tile. Arioch
Of Assyria appears ON the N onuments Of
that country rs the Lion King. Gus.
tavus Adolphus was known as the Lion
of the North; Louis VIII OF France was
the Lion King; Richard I of England
was the Lion Hearted, and William Of
Scotland was so called not from any
particular exploits, but ON account Of
the fact that ON his helmet he bore q
lion rampant.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
FuplcaIlon Notice.
STATE vf ILLINOIS. &.
r boK IstAEy CoJgfn.

STATE vf ILLINOIS. T.
xIsiAso OouErY. ias
In TIE Circuit court. September tsrm. A. D
1896.
N. 4 strrg ON vs. Patrick Gregg Bogsess, n
chanTery.
affi iavit o. the rou-residence Of Patrick
Gregg tog2eFs, the above defendant, that his
place Of residence is Unknown and that n . on due
ard dig iif inquiry not be aecertained, having
been ed In the clerks Office Of The circuit
cur ~ said County, notice = therefore here
by 9 ven 20 tie -Si'i n 'n-resiCeIt defendant,
that the complainant FLED b;s bill Of com
plant IN the said court on the chance:y sihe
thereof on the IS h day Of August, a. D. 1898,
and thit sy;4Gons Vas issued thereon out Of
sai1 c1ur. wherein said suit IL now pending.
ret tIInaJie on the fret Msndsy in the month If
January next. ~ ir by law required.
Now, u1l g. you. the raid nonresident de
feit aut above named, Pai.ica Gregg Bog
pess, shall personally be and appear before
the sad circuit court the Grst day OF the
TcZ' r1l thereof, 20 be holden at Rock Island,
in and for aid county, on the fret Mond.y in
Jaona.y hex, and plead, answer Gemur
the sair ccDpla!nSnt's bill ofcompIainf, the
aUl" and the matters therein charged and stated
vi be taken "a confessed and decree entered
gsins. you according 70 the prayer OF said bill.
GEORGE ". GAMBLE. Clerk.
Rock Island, H., Sept. 2s, 1903.
STURGEON 4 MARSHALL, Coulpla!nant's Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
LEGAL.
Publication Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. l..
Rock IaLANp COUNT. oo

In the circuit coart, JalusIy term, 1891
Msry Kooda's vs. Ale1ai der Hoodale, in chan
cery
Aff.davi; Of non-res.dence OF Alexander Hood
als. the above defendant. having been fled in the
(lerk's Oice of the circuit courI Of said county, n
,ice is stherefoe hereby given to The sad non resi-
cent defendsnt ths; the complainant fled ner bill
tf complaint IN "a cour, on the chancery side
he eof. on the 18th day OF November, 1895
ind tnat thereupon sur nors issued out Of sli
court, Wherein said suit IL now snding, reiurn-
able the fret Nondap In the month O!
J.nu.ry nfxt- rs by law Icqured. Vow
unles- y1u. the said nop-resident de!enL-
ant above named shsll persoDaliy b. hnd
appear before said circuit court, on The fret day
CT the next term thereof, TO be holden III
ltnst island m ana for the saii county. on the
first Nor day In Jan7sr, next. ard plead, answer
or demur to the said com plainabt's pil Of cor =
plant the same ami the matters ard thing g
therein cbarget and stated will be taken sa ccn-
fessej. and a decree entered against you accord
ng To the pra, ,er OF esid hill.
GEoRGE ". GAMBLE Clerk.
j. IL. BEAEDsLKY. Comp isirGnt's SOhcfof.
TO q is;an", H., Nov, IS, 1895.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
Daaauasues Asusa. unaSs

The best salve in the world fog
outs. bruises, sores. ulcers, salt
Theum, fever sores. tsstee, chopped
hands. ehilblaias. ocrns end al skin
sIuptions. and positively cures
P.ls: ps...S 3, y no E.y s:as,s:a = e se.r
money rsfandsd. Psise . sssss peg
boz. For sale bv Hesss Z Ui,smsyss
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
How Ie Got There.

A young man took his watch to q
Jeweler and asked the reason Of it stop
ping. WELL" said the jeweler, there
Is a bedbug in it." "Why, how could .
bedbug get in q watch?" Easily
enough" said the jeweler, cit went in
between the ticks "-Hennessy Prcm-
Democrat
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04
ssiIl . Good RIA.

Even IL life insurance agent should
oveYhear a young man who il one Of
his risks telling o young woman that
no would die for her he wouldn't feel Q
hit alarmed. d.-Somerville journal.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04

To nail ON . Thousand feet Of cover.
ing boards demands the use a %
bounds a eishtpeuny naila
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-04

The first white child born On United
States soil was the granddaughter Of
White, the governor Of Roanoke island.
She was christened BY the name Of vir.
ginia Dare. and her birthday was On
Aug. IS, 1857.