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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18
River RIpl0t0.

The Verne Swain was in and out Of
port.
The water was 3:45 and falling at
the bridge this morning.
The temperature fell 26 degrees
from 6 to IL .. m. today at tho
bridge.
The river is stationary at 81. Paul.
La Crosse, Des Moines Rapids and
Keokuk, is falling at North McGreg-
or, Dubuque and Rock Island, and Is
rising at other points.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18
sup.r.titions About the weather.

Popular superstititions about the
weather linger long, and in spite of the
teachings Of science people persist in be-
lieving that seaweed hung up in back
yard will become damp at the approach
of rain, or that similar indication is
to be found in the fact that a pig is seen
chewing straw. Mr.. Richard Inwards,
the president Of the Meteorological soci-
ETY., it is needless to say, has no belief
whatever in such methods Of prophesy-
ing the weather. What belief could he
more firmly rooted in many people than
the belief that if it rains on st. Swith-
his day it will rain for 40 days? IAN
unadulterated fallacy," such is what
Mr.. Inwards calls it, yet in spite Of the
evidence accumulated upon the subject
by the Meteorological Office, people &c
on putting faith in it as though there
were no such thing as experience. Then.
again, it is said that full moon will
clear away clouds, and that a change Of
moon en- Saturday or Sunday is an
indication of floods, although not lit.
tie evidence in favor of either belief
has ever been adduced.- News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18
Article You Buy

Not on one item here and another there. No
hunting forbargains necessary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18

The Australian sword found in use
among the aborigines when that country
was first discovered by Europeans was
modelled after the sword grass which
grows wild in that continent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18
COUNTY BUILDING.

16-John E. Wray to Emeliue
Spi'zuagle, nw4 nw4 50. l6. So,
t6l5.
H. H. Pitch to Jacob Spitzuagle,
part swl nwt So, 16 5w, IS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18

Dr.. Kay's Renovatof 10 perfectly
safe. mild and yet certain IN effect.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18
An Advantage.

"What advantage do spiritualists
have over other men?"
Their first wives always advise
them to marry again. Chicago Rec
ord.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18
Used to Them.

Henpeck-Have you Mrs. Caudle's
Curtain Lectures" or some other book of
that sort?
Bookseller-I'll see, sir.
Il wish you would, for want to get
good nights rest"
What has that to do with it,"
Everything. My wife died a few
days ago, and think if I read few
pages Of Mrs. Candle I won't miss
her. "-Philadelphia Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18

We oner one hundred dollars reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured BY Halls
Catsrrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY CO., Props. Toledo. Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known r. J. Che
ney for the last IS years, and believe him per
ectly honorable in all business transactions, ard
hnsncially able TO carry ont any obligations made
BY their firm.
wssf TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDISs, KINSAN Z MARVIN, Y holesale Drug
Girts, Toledo, o.
Halls catafrh Cure is taken internally, sctine
directly upon the blood and mucous rurfaces O,
| the system. Price, sc per bottle. sold by Al
druggists. Testimonials free
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
HUMOROUS

Her sister-I never thought you
and Harry would fight He's a very
indulgont husband.
Shelf you will buy that gold
watch for me / will set back the hands
two hours on club nights.
A doctor may be able to speak but
one language, but he is supposed TO
have a knowledge OF all tongues.
Miss De Plain--D Doctor, what is the
secret Of beauty? Family Physician
Ieonhdentially)-Be born pretty.
"What an attractive figure that
young Miss Millions hasl" eyes.
think there are six ciphers to it.
Mother-Do you think that he will
propose? Daughter-Oh I'm sure he
wili-he's already making compliment
tary remarks about you.
Il refuse him regularly each month.
He proposed last night for the twen-
tieth time. 'Oh, we'll, he is con-
WINGED now that it is safe. :"
II wonder why that deaf mute al
ways walks with his hands behind him. I"
"Guess he must be trying to quit the
habit of talking to himself"
The artist exhibiting sketch)-It is
The best thing l ever did. The critic
(sympathetically) = Oh, well, you
mustn't let that discourage you.
Miss New woman-No don't want
any. Peddler- But, madame, this
article that am selling is something
that no gentleman can afford to be
without.
Landlady-WOuldn't you like a cup
of coffee, Mr.. Snoberly? It's nice and
fresh. Mr.. Snoberly-Yes, madame,
when I'm through with my steak.
Business first, you know.
Passenger-Say, captain, how far
are we still from land? Captain
About two nautical miles. Passenger
But we cannot see land anywhere,
In what direction does it lie9 Captain
Straight below us
"What is your idea of an intellect
ual woman, Mrs. Outskirts?" "Well,
she is one who never gets out the
hammock and hangs it up until after
her husband makes all the garden
beds she has mapped out
II am afraid, ",said the young man
who is candidly critical ''that there j.
some foreign substance in this coffee.
Certainly" replied Mrs. Hashen
THAT remark shows that you have the
palate of a connoisseur. The coffee
is imported.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

The returns just published by the
Pasteur Institute in the French me-
tropolis, furnish ground for consider
able speculation aud discussion. For
the remarkable fact that the number
OF patients presenting themselves to
be treated there as bitten by mad dogs
should now show / decline of more
than fifty percent from what it was
ten years ago, would lead to the infer
ence, suggests the New York Tribune,
either that people are losing faith in
the system of incubation, or else, what
appears more probable, that the ter.
ror of hydrophobia, malady in
which Imagination plays an impor-
tant role, is no longer as universal
and as intense as it used to be.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

A London newspaper is authority
for the statement that since William
E. Gladstone's words Of appreciation
served to make several recent English
novels famous he has been in receipt
OF nearly every new work OF fiction
published in the English language.
Every day his mail contains novels
forwarded to him by publishers il
England and America. II he read
them all he would have no time Ia
sleep or eat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
Soldiers Attacked by Hornets.

On August %, 1864, our command,
the Ninth Virginia Cavalry, Richmond
Light Infantry Blues Brigade, Will
liam II F. Lees division, General Wade
Hampton in command, moved out of
camp in front of Major Malone's resi-
dence, and crossed Rowanty Greek,
toward the Petersburg and Weldon
Railroad. In a field abutting on the
railroad we we're ordered to dismount
and advance on foot as infantry. just
as the head of the column came near
the field, where o fence had been
pulled down by the videttes, the cap
tain of my company pulled off his hat
aud rode as rapidly across the field as
his horse could carry him. He was
observed striking himself and horse
with his hat, and the head of the col
umn stopped.
General Beale, seeing this, rode in
advance of us, but all at once, he, too,
left us in the same abrupt manner.
Generals Hampton and Lee, observing
this with establishment, rode to the
front, asking what was the matter and
why the column did not advance.
They soon found out, as their horses
began to kick and plunge about, and
then they rapidly joined our captain
and General BeOle. This was the first
time the bloody Ninth had ever seen
their brave leaders behave in such q
manner. We thought they must have
struck hornets nest, which proved
to be a fact, The videttes, in pulling
down the fence, had upset a nest, auc
the little fends defended the road
so we'll that we had to countermarcl
to enter the field. Richmond Dis
patch.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

In Che country there's d - wasto Of
bloom,
All the ireIghtod air % Weighted With per-
fume
Every bud aud every bee
Has word for you and me,
oigume.
God Is speaking ln TIE flowers Tie has
made,
lie q speaking In tho beauty there dis
played
Oh lt pays % wander iar.
Where the rarcr blossoms are,
Lest In shade.
We shall larger De and nobler for stroll
by the wonders that the meadows now un-
roll
Not lowor greets the eye
but viii blossom by and by
In che soul.
And the laughter Of the waters that we
meet,
Waters wearing crystal slippers on their
feet,
twill sometime laugh again
In our lie. and doubly then
Twill be sweet
Then let us 60 and garner while we may,
For all the bloom and beauty viii away
Not the poorest 10 the land
But has riches o. his hand
For today.
I'D p. Bell In Indianapolis Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
what One Elephant Ate.

An Elephant that escaped from a
circus in London suburb one night
recently invaded baker shop and ate
every thing in sight, including two
bags of -four, weighing $50 pounds,
twenty pounds Of currants, fourteen
cans OF raspberry jam, including the cans
fourteen pounds OF raw almonds and
seven pounds of lemon peel. New
York Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

But Adams waspoasesaed ofimmenso
streng,h,and aroyo to choke iho saw
age animal, while be tried yainly 20
free himself from tho embrace that no
iolt must soon prove fatal
MIRA Adams was filling the toakotllo
for breakfast when Artie burst into the
house, painting and breathleaa
"oh, mothers be KILN pap cried
the boy. Hurry"
The room whirled before her cyoa
Killing her husband / What did Il
mean ? What could she, o slight lit
tie woman, do y
Then sho saw tho fowling.piece,
which her husband had neglected 10
take with him. hanging in the hooks
over the door.
Whether it was loaded or not she
did not know. She had never fred a
gun in her life, but she snatched II
down and dashed out Of doors, a wild
fear tugging at her heart Her hus-
bands life was in jeopardy. She few
rather than ran, some instinct seem
ing 10 guide her footsteps.
The claws Of the lynx had dug
deeply into the shoulder and breast Of
the PROSTATE man, and drops OF agony
stood upon bis forehead.
II was hard to die thus-torn to
pieces by despised lucifee; but BIZ
death seemed inevitable.
But the barrel OF a gun protruded
through the fence, point blank in tn,
face of the struggling animal, tn,
hammer went back With O click, and
nervous finger was pressed upon tn,
trigger, while q woman, with bated
breath aud wildly beating heart
prayed that o report might follow.
FIRE and smoke streamed from the
muzzle Of the weapon, and the ami
nal sprang upward and fell beside it
almost exhausted victim, who gainel
his feet with difficulty, to find the
brave little woman in a dead faint on
the opposite side of the fence.
"Well," said George Adams, as b.
dressed his wounds, with the help o
| his resuscitated wife, "the next tim,
hunt lucifees I'll take gun
whether they're trapped or running
loose in the woods.
And whenever he looks upon a luci
fee skin, he seem again to feel tn
cruel claws rending his hesh.-Satur
day Night
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

says the Springfield, Mass, Repub
lican: 1t is interesting to 9ote that
professor Woodrow Wilson, who has
been delivering a series Of lectures on
municipal problems at the Johns Hop.
kins university, contends that Ameri.
can city governments are inefficient
because they copy too closely the
structure Of federal government. with
Its two chambers and executive. IL
his opinion the system of checks and
balances and division of power is no
suited to municipal needs.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

o. summon night. to clear and bright
Far billie 10 purple shadows digit
And meadows hnthed h allgefy light
q. SUMMER night ~ long ago,
Again See tho old hedgerow.
And hear iho brooklota mumuring Gov.
o, summer night, 30 fraught with paini
We meet no moro on earth again,
Dear eyes that smiled their sweet dlsdain.
@. summer night. che far leaguod sea
Rolls now between rs a6bbiugly,
Between my long lost love aud me.
o. summer night the moon doth wano,
From yonder ancient lyied fame.
The chimes ring out the matin strain.
CAROLINE WETH' nELLin Boston Courier.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

According to the estimates of cen
sus experts, as reported by Mr.. Car
roll d. Wright, commissioner of
labor, in charge of the eleventh CEN
sus, the population of greater New
York on January l, 1898, will be about
3,48O, 900. "Ihese figures, says the
Philadelphia Record, assuming that
they shall be verified by results-and
the latter may exceed rather than fall
short Of the would make
New York easily the second city in
the world, and SO far in advance Of
Chicago, and even of Paris, that neither
could ever hope by natural growth to
overtake her.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

The tradespeople throughout tine
United Kingdom who can boast OF
warrants as purveyors to the queen
have formed themselves into the In
corporated Society of Her Majesty
Warrant Holders, of which Mr.. Tom
Simpson Jay OF Regent street is presi-
dent, for the purpose Of suppressing q
practice on the part of some unscru-
pulous tradesmen of exhibiting over
their shop fronts and on their
billheads, etc, the royal arms, a privi-
lege which is conferred only by q
royal warrant,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
HON Snnp Punished the Gal.

venture to send you the following
story of an Irish terrier which be-
longed to my late father,a well-known
Cambridge man. One day at lunch,
while Snaps attention was for
moment diverted from his plate, our
favorite cat managed to purloin some
of his choicest chicken bones. On
discovering what had happened the
dog at once 'made for" puss; but my
father said: "Snap, remember you are
not to hurt pussy, and all was peace
again, Later in the afternoon, however
the sound Of vehement cat language
proceeding from the lawn called us to
the window, and we beheld Snap
holding puss fast with his
paws in spite of her struggles, while
he deliberately and evidently
with the greatest satisfaction, licked
her fur the wrong way. Spectator.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

Glass houses OF very substantial
kind can now be built. Silesian glass
makers are turning out glass bricks
for all sorts Of building purposes,
claiming for them such advantages as
variety Of shape, free transmission Of
light, strength, cheapness, and general
adaptability. Where complete diffu-
sion Of light is needed, as in factories,
conservatories, courtyards, ETC., they
are specially suitable. Trenton (N.
j. American.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

In Germany the view obtains that
the execution of criminals should be
by some means more certain even
than the electric chair. DR.. E. Cub
mann, a celebrated chemist, suggests
the use of carbolic acid. According
to his plan, the criminal would be
carried to a cell which can be filed
noiselessly with carbolic acid in gas
eous form, from floor to ceiling.
When the gas reaches the delinquent's
mouth and nose, it causes instant
paralysis Of the lungs and unconscious.
ness, and life departs without previous
pain.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

A native Of theEast Indies lie said tC
have invented rain-making appara.
tus that will 60. The principle is the
sending up rockets charged with ether
or ammonia, whose liberation vii.
cool the air 70 point that will in
duce the precipitation Of whatever
moisture the air contains
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

Ballingiou Booth Is going TO mo
his Volunteers" on bicycles that they
may be able 10 overiake the fleeing
sinners, announces the New Orleans
Picayune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

Or Brewer IN the Journal Tor Hy.
giene recommends consumptiyoa to In
hale vinegar and eat peanuts Som,
cannot digest peanuts, but those who
can viii find them quite as effective "a
producers as cod liver oil, and much
more agreeable
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
A Tu8sle With a Lucifee.
BY J. W. DAVIDSON.

Hadn't you better bring in tho
bossy from the field behind the barn
before you go, George?" said little
Mrs. Adams, to her broad-shouldered
husband, as he made ready to start
for the village one afternoon just nf-
ter haying.
"Why, what ails the eqlf2 Amt it
all right? l hitched it down near the
woods, where the cloyer's CROWN up
rank
And the stout young farmer turned
toward his wife, who laughed, as she
answered.:
eyes, it's oil right; but Artie here, "
and she motioned toward a little boy,
the prototype of bis father, says
there is something down in the woods,
and he is afraid it will carry off his
pet"
"Why, pa, heard him growlin' and
smashin' in the woods when I was
playin' with bossy just now, and Fido
run like anything"
And the boys face grew earnest, and
his eyes dilated, while little yellow
dog crept as closely as possible to his
seven-year-old master, as though for
protection.
81 haven't time now, answered the
father of the boy, climbing into his
rough wagon. Its after one o'clock,
and I've got to get some work done at
the blacksmith's You watch over
bossy till get back.
And he started the horses over the
rough road on his way to the little
hamlet, six miles away, a portion OF
the distance being through thick, pri-
meval woods, for it was in the border
of New England, near the Canada
line that George Adams was making
for himself home in the wilderness.
cts only lucifee or bob cat, =
he said, as the wagon iolted over the
uneven ground, though most
wished I'd taken the calf in, cause the
little chap thinks so much of it"
And then the team entered the
woods, and the woman and little boy
standing by the isolated cabin heard
the wheels rattle and a clear, shril
whistle echoing through the forest.
But Artie Adams was i'll at ease, ant
while the cheerful housewife tended t,
her domestic duties and minded tn
growing baby, he, with his faithful, i
not courageous canine companion
went over the brow of the hill anC
looked across the stumpy field towarC
the edge Of tie woods that stretche,
for miles away to the north.
The spotted calf was tethered to
stump, and was peacefully croppin
the aftermath which had grown u
since haying, now and then casting
longing eye toward q patch of oat
which was ripening in the late Jul
sun.
The boy stood and listened intentl
while Fido bristled up and growle(
and then from away down among til
trees came snarling sound thu
caused the boy to draw back, and Il
less valiant dog to retreat with vel
of terror.
Artie ran to the house and begge
his mother to go aud bring the calf
the barn, and she to re-assure hin
went with the baby in her arms to 81
that the precious animal was safe.
As they came over the hill tht
heard the calf bleat piteouslY. al
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24
Easy For Him.

GIVE kept diaries for years, as reg
ularly as the days come round.
Indeed / That is most amazing"
Oh, not atall. I'm a statiorer."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-24

80 rejoicing IN the posseo-
- treasury surplus Of
- $40, O00.O 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-06
Death of a Mother Superior.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
FREDERICK, Md, May 6.-Sister Mary
Loretta Hunter, mother superior for many
years Of the Convent of the Visitation. died
there yesterday of paralysis, after a
lingering illness. She was born in Balti-
more, May 1890 and entered the convent
at Georgetown, d. c., in 1896. She was
transferred to Frederick in 1S47 and had
spent forty-nine years here. She was eight
times elected mother superior and was
noted for her executive ability and fine in
tellectual qualities. She had great capacity
for business and kept the convent school
here open during the war period. when
most of the schools in the south were
closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-06
Sugar Industry I'm Argentina.

In view of the small crop of sugar pro-
duced in Cuba last year, United States
Minister Buchanan at Buenos Ayres, in a
report to the State Department. says the
belief has gained ground there that Ar
gentine raw sugar and molasses can be
profitably exported to the United States.
To illustrate the extent of the sugar in
dustry in that country, the minister SUBJ
mits statistics showing the production by
mills and by departments. In one province
-Tucuman- thirty-one mills produced 240.-
356976 pounds of sugar during the nine
months of 1895 ended December 81, being
an increase of 5.172, 236 pounds over the
corresponding period Of 1894
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-06
The Appropriation Fell Short.

Twenty special agents Of the general land
office have been ordered suspended from
May 10 to June 80. inclusive, on account
of the Inadequate appropriation for the cur
rent fiscal year. They are as follows: John
L. Anderson Of Georgia, Marsh Atkinson,
Tennessee; Alfred Bone. Indiana; John B.
Breathitt. Missouri; Clayton g. Coleman,
New Mexico; George B. Dickinson. Florida;
Edward w. Dixon. Washington; James M
Farrell, Ohio; Albert L. Gray, Wisconsin;
Frank ]. Parke. West Virginia: William +.
Landers, West Virginia; Charles H. Ma
Ginnis, MINES William w. Miller South
Carolina; Richard w. Newton, Georgia
Richard r. Poe, Arkansas; Samuel r. Polite
vent. Louisiana; John L. Root, Mississippi;
William d. Sadler. Arkansas; John A Tur-
ley. Tennessee, and Frederick w. Worden,
Michigan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-06
DOCTOR AND PATIENT.
A Point in Professional Ethics Heard
in the Courts.
From the PhiladelDbja Ledger

A Point In Professional Ethics Heard
in the Courts.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The case of Kitson against Playfair at
uacted great deal of attention from the
English press and public. It turns on a
PHYSICIANS obligation to keep professional
secrets. DR.. Playfair was called to attend
Mrs. Kitson, who was his sister-in-law. As
result of what he discovered, or thought
he did-for there seems to have been some
Coubt on the subject-in the course of his
professional ministrations he warned his
wife not to associate with Mrs. Kitson, and
also made such representations to Sir
James Kitson. his patients father-in-law,
that he cut off her annuity of 81, 500 a year
Mrs. Kitson brought suit. DIR. Playfair, in
defense, pleaded that he had a right to
warn his family against association with
people of bad character, but the judge-the
Well-known Justice Hawkins-lectured him
severely, the jury gave Mrs. Kitson 500, 600
damages, and the London papers very gen.
orally say: Served him right" On the
other hand, number of prominent physi-
clans, including Sir John Williams, ply
stefan to the royal family, testified that it
was within the discretion of any physician,
If he deemed it his duty for the protection
Of his wife or family or the prevention
OF crime-a contention which Justice Hawk
ins, In charging the jury, characterized as
simply monstrous." Quite aside from the
legal aspect of such a question, however
common sense and due regard for his
business interests ought to teach every
physician to keep professional discoveries
as inviolably secret as the disclosures of
the confessional That is his duty to his
patient and to himself, and Dr. Playfair's
future experience will doubtless prove to be
case in point He can scarcely expect
many clients hereafter, for no patient cares
to have his case, If it is nothing more than
a bit Of indigestion, talked about by his
physician. The rule of this country has
been to keep all professional secrets invio-
late, end that will probably be the rule in
England also, after the severe lesson Dr.
Playfair has received.