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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
GOldbugs.

The most remarkable go1dbugs in the
world are found in Central America.
They belong to the genus Plusiotis,
and one might easily imagine a speci-
men to be the work of some clever artif-
icer in metal. The head and wing cases
are brilliantly polished, with q luster
as of gold itself. To sight and touch
they have all the seeming of metal, and
it is hard to realize that the creature is
a mere animal. Oddly enough, there
is another species of Plusiotis from the
same region, which has the appearance
of being wrought in solid silver, freshly
FURNISHED. These gold and silver beetles
have a market value. They are worth
from $25 to $50 each. The finest collec-
ton of them in existence today is owned
by Walter Rothschild of the English
banking firm. Though a young man,
only 25 years of age, he has already
spent $500, 900 on beetles. Every year
he sends two men to Central America
to gather beetles. One of the most beau.
tiful bugs in the world is q small beetle
known to science as the blue Hoplia.
Its back is an exquisite iridescent sky
blue, and the under part of its body is
Of bright silver hue. The notion that
it contains silver is widely entertained,
and attempts have frequently been made
to extract silver from it.-Buffalo Com.
mercial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

the Young England party was formed
He was on terms Of close friendship
with its leading members, who were
young men of the highest rank and dis
tinction. 1t was at their wish, not less
than in pursuance Of his own impulse,
that Distraeli gave literary expression
to their common views and aspirations
in the trilogy of political romances, of
which, though "Tancred" is said to
have been the most highly esteemed by
the author, the teaching of "Coningsby"
and "Sybil" is by far the more direct
and impressive. Its purport has already
been indicated. It was to recall the
English aristocracy to q realization Of
the true splendor Of their position and
the immensely Of their responsibilities.
It was to Undue them with q passion Of
pity for the wretchedness and degrade
ton in which multitudes of their fellow
couEtrymen were plunged and to con-
vince them that their power, as the
natural leaders Of the people, to discover
and apply remedies for the prevailing
evils had not been lost, had not indeed
been essentially impaired, either by
the reform bill or by the circumstances
of its ultimate passage into law.
1t would be quite inaccurate to say
that these books sketched out o policy.
They endeavored to create, or rather to
revive, a temper. And they conveyed
the confident belief that if that temper
were revived and took worthy manifes-
tations in the lives of the aristocracy it
would awaken grateful recognition and
secure all needful forms of practical
support on the part of the masses of the
people. -Quarterly Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
SPOILED . Sale.

A friend of mine was in one of the
emporiums the other day and there ran
across very swell acquaintance sit
ting in the shoe department, where she
was buying SO shoes for her daughters.
The naughty one seemed quite flus-
tered when she saw my acquaintance
and stammered cut:
IL just came down to get some
shoes for my servants.
Then, as she saw that the intruder
was greeting one of her daughters, who
was just in the act Of trying on the
aforesaid plebeian shoes, she hastily
added:
"Addie is trying them on for her. as
she has the same sized foot as Bridget !"
But this struck Addie az a little too
ridiculous, and, as she was plain. ev-
eryday American girl. without frills,
she laughed aloud, much to her silly
mothers discontinue.
''Oh. don't mind MAJ" she said.
"That's just one of her jokes. These
shoes are for me, and l wear twos.
Bridget wears skies, 1 guess"
"The shoes are very good here" said
my acquaintance. land very much
cheaper than on Broadway"
But the silly mother would have none
of it.
She was furious with her plain spoken
daughter and handed back the shoes te
the amused and amazed shopwoman.
''I'll send our servants down." she
said shortly. "That will be. better.
Come, girls Hope to see you again,
Mr.. -"
And she swept ont. with her nose il
the air, followed by her giggling daugh
ters.
lyon spoiled a sale," said the shop
girl as my acquaintance sat down, "bu
she'l cone hack again. She's q regular
customer. Polly Pry in New Yorl
Recorder,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
Linen Department.

Sc inch oil boiled Turkey red table
linen. Edison Keith & Co. : price
SOC per yard. Here this week :. ZSc
Sd dozen buck towels, bordered
with fringe, Edison Keith q Co.'S
price 81 per dozen. Here this .
week, each SC
% dozen linen towels, assorted
fancy borders with fringe. also hem
stitched goods in this lot, Edson
Keith & Co 8 price t2.25 per dozen.
Here this week. your choice,
1000 yards towing. all linen, Edison
Keith & Co.'S price &c per yard
Here this week. per yard 80. 6eC
62-inch satin damask table linen,
Edison kieth & Co . price CSC
per yard. Here this week zee. &c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

AN energetic Detroit woman is
doing the saloon-keepers Of that town
very handsomely. She has notified a
lot of them not to sell liquor to her hus-
band, and every time ne comes home
loaded she starts out on her little
collection route. The saloon-keepers
would much rather compromise than
stand prosecution in the courts, and
the Detroit woman is doing a land
Office business. She taxes trade
where she can't get cash, one man
turning in 10 cords OF wood and a IS
bill in payment of her $50 claim.
Even drunken husband may have
uses,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

Turkey Red Damask table linen.
Edison Keith & Co.'S price Csc.
Here this week. per yard. 800. ITO
German damask table linen, Edison
Keith & Co.'S price S7as. m,
Here this week. per yard. ..... ZZ.c
5l-inch damask table linen. check
pattern, red border, Edison Keith &
Co.'s price 27!c. Here this week
per yard ........... .......... ISc
5s-inch bleached damssk table linen,
beautiful patterns. Edison Keith &
Co.'S price 42c per yard. Here m
this week. LSc
1,0O0y ards 2O-inch crash towing.
Edison Keith & Co.'s price 123 per
yard. Here this week, per -
yard. &c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
HoW,o Thle!

We oher one hundred dollars reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall 3
Catsrrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Prop,.. Toledo. Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
ectly honorable in all business transactions, and
financially able to carry ont any obligation. made
BY their firm.
WHsr & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDINe, KISNAx & MARvIN, v holessle Drug
ei-ts, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Price. sc per bottle. Sold By all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
BLUE PETER IN WHIST.
The Signal For Trumps First Employed
by Lord Henry Beutinck.

The Signal For Trumps First Employed
by Lord Henry Bentincl-
There is a house in London which
should be the Mecca of all whist players
who believe in the new school and the
information" game. a shrine before
which they should bow respectfully rs
the fountain head Of all that is modern
in the game. This is 81 st. James
street. and it is within sight Of MARI
borough House. Its fame rests chiefly
on the fact that it was at one time
known as Graham's club, and that
within its walls Lord Henry Bentintk
first introduced the blue peter, or
signal for trumps, which consists in
playing a higher card before lower
trick. That signal has been to the whist
players of the world like the pillar of
fire to the children of Israel For more
than 40 years it has led them up and
down in the wilderness of arbitrary con-
ventions, but it has never brought them
to the promised land of better whist.
The blue peter was the introduction
to whist of q purely arbitrary signal OF
convention, and its seed has spread like
thistle's until it has entirely overrun
the old game of calculation, observa.
ton, position and tenace," leaving in its
place long suits, American leads, plain
suit echoes, four signals and directive
discards. These seem to have choked ny
all the dash. brilliarcy and individual.
ity in cur whist players, reducing them
all to the same level, not by increasing
the abilities of the tyro, but by curtail.
ing the skill of the expert. r.. Frederic
Foster in Monthly Illustrator
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
Russian Administrative Machine.

Inc ear may possess qualities and
virtues which, under a happier system,
might bear fruit in the prosperity of his
people, but he, like his subjects, is
crushed by the administrative machine,
from which, in Russia, there is no es-
cape. a new car has as little initiative
and is as much at the mercy of perma-
nent officials as is the chief of an Eng
lish department reading in the house of
commons the elaborate evasions of his
head clerks. If he were really despot.
it might be we'll; for benevolent des-
pot is an excellent thing, but he is no
more than the irresponsible head of an
evil system which is founded ON repres.
sion, ignorance, darkness and slavery.
The chief object of the Russian bureau.
Cracy. whatever official apologists NAV
say, is to exclude the light; to hold the
people in a blind. superstitious obedi-
ence; to punish. imprison and Danish
those who would teach the miserable
anujik that he is man and not vod-
ka filled beast, that the peasant has his
rights as well as the car and an equal
claim to happiness and freedom.
This is why political discussion is
forbidden in Russia, why every book
which opens the windows of the mind,
even though of pure science and philoso-
ply, is prohibited by the censorship
and why every unorthodox dissenter
who questions the claims of the success
or Of Ivan and Paul and Catherine to
mediate with God for the people is re-
garded as disloyal and is treated as
such. A system like this would never
have been tolerated by any race of ener-
gy and intelligence, as Englishmen have
often taught both popes and kings. But
the Slav people, Of an oriental type, pa
tient, sluggish, mystic and ignorant be-
yond all imagination, bear and suffer.
and allow themselves to be driven, like
sheep to the slaughter, into the armies
OF, the car Century.
~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
The states which have never BET

The states which have never been
awarded cabinet portfolio. are Cali
form q. Florida, Kansas. Idaho, Mon
Jana, Nevada, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming and Texas. Wisconsin
has been given secretary of the in
terror. secretary of agriculture and
a postmaster general. New York
takes the lead. having been favored
with four presidents, seven vice.
presidents and 26 cabinet positions.
Massachusetts has been given two
presidents and % cabinet positions,
Illinois two presidents and seven
cabinet portfolios and Virginia has
contributed five presidents and 81
members of the cabinet Three pres
ldents and II members of the cabinet
have come from Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

If one is to judge by the success
OF the Venezuelan affair, it is not
men and ships Uncle Sam needs SO
much as fair quality of backbone
exhibited at the proper time.-Peo-
ria journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

CAPT. TANNER will step in and
Judge Altgeld will step out of the
governorship Jan. II, 1897. The
general assembly will meet at noon
the Wednesday next after the first
Monday in January, which is five
days before Tanner takes his office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

MONMOUTH township. Warren
county, is the first in the United
States to pave country road with
brick. Five miles of hard roads
have been constructed in the past
four years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

THE New YORK World puts it none
too strongly when it says: IF the
trust law or any other law of the
United States is not greater than the
greatest and wealthiest com bination
Of the greatest and wealthiest men
in the country. then We have govern
ment not by law. but by combina-
lions against law"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
Rheamatisn Cured In q D>y.

Mystic Cure" for rheumatism
and neuralgia cures in l to s davs.
Its action upon the system is re-
markable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause, and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
arst dose greatly relieves. IS cents.
Sold BY Otto Grotjan, druggist. Rock
Island, and Gust Schlegel & Son, 22O
West Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

NEW YORK people are agitatipg
the passage Of u Curfew ordinance.
1t is intended to place a check upon
the development Of vice and crime
among children of a certain age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
THERE are II newspaper men in
the next congress.

EVIDENTLY the Yale students neg
lected football practice in their prep
aration for that disgraceiul affair in
which they indalged on the occasion
of Bryan's visit to New Haven.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie, and
u the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-Five cents Q bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
Hosiery, Gloves, Hoods.

Ladies' black cashmere gloves. Ed
son Keith & Co.'S price $3.50 per
dozen; here this week. per
pair. ...........u &c
1000 pair ladies' black cashmere
hose. Edison Keith Il Co.'S price
&. 25 per dozen; here this week
per pair. ................I4C
Wool fascinstors in black, pink.
cream and light blue. Edison Keith
& Co.'S price $3.50 per dozen;..
here this week. each .... ..Z0C
Ladies' black equestrian tig'.s.
Edson Keith & Co.'S price ga
per dozen; here this week.,
each .......... 20
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

80 dozen gents wool feeced lined
underwear. Edison Keith q Co. q
price sl0.50 per dozen; here.
this week, each 0OC
Gents black bow ties. Edison Keith
& Co.'S price ~ per dozen; here
this week, each. 800. &c
BOYS and youths suspenders. Ed
son Keith 4 Co.'S price el.25 per
dozsn; here this week. per-.
pair ................. .0C
No. 40 black satin double faced
ribbons. Edison Keith x Co.'S price
S5c per yard; here this week,
per yard. ...............I1aC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

The Young England Party.
: Largely under Digraeli's insnifation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
PUTT IN THIS COLUMN.

Full many gem of purest ray serene
The dark, unfathomed caves OF ocean bear =
Full many bargains bound to go unseen
When want ad readers never see 1t there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

"ANTED-A CAPABLE CHILD NURSE
w with references Enquire at ARGUS
ONCE.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-10
Notice Of Sale Under Decree Of
Foreclosure and Sale.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Judicial Circuit, Republic of Hawaii.
In Eouity.-S. NJ. DIAMOND. H. FISHER
and h. E. WAITY, Copartners under the
firm name of Bishop and Company, plain
lifts, VS.. CECIL BROWN, Administrator
with the will annexed of the Estate OF
Walter Murray Gibson, and Trustee of the
Estate of said Walter Murray Gibson, de-
ceased, under said. will, and JANE
WALKER, Execntrix under the will of
j. s. Walker, deceased, and H. E McIN-
TYRE, in his own behalf, and as Executor
under the will of said ] S. Walker; Ia
LULA LUCY HA YSELDEN, and FRED
ERICK H. HAYSELDEN, her husband;
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY, a
corporation; WALTER X. HAYSELDEN,
LUCY T. HAYSELDEN, FREDERICK
H. HAYSELDEN, Junior. a minor
DAVID KALAKAUA HAYSELDEN, a
minor; and RACHEL n. HAYSELDEN,
a minor, Observation-Disclosures Proceed
ings.
Pursuant to decree OF foreclosure and
sale, made in the above entitled suit and
Court, May 18th, A. D. 1891, notice is
hereby given that the property hereunder
described will be sold at public auction at
the Court House (Aliiolani II aleD in Homo
lulu. Island of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, on
" EDNESDAY, August Goth, at II O'Clock
Noon, said sale to be confirmed by said
ClTcuit COnrt
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-10
MAY PLANT COFFEE.
Proposition to Utilize Land in Beau
tiful Bpue ManOa.
Land Withdrawn From Sale Yester.
day-Company to be Formed to
Plant Coffee and Fruits.

The extensively advertised sale OF
lots in Manoa Valley, which was to
have taken place yesterday, was with
drawn when the auction was announc-
ed. 1t is reported that a company will
be formed to take over the tract and
utilize the land as a coffee and fruit
plantation. Only the higher land will
be planted in coffee; the low land will
be used for bananas and pineapples.
If the scheme is success the road to
the plantation will be widened and i'm
proved generally, so that there will be
no difficulty in getting the product and
material in and out of town.
In conversation with a gentleman
who was instrumental in having the
property withdrawn from sale it was
learned that the organization of the
Makaha Coffee Company was really the
main incentive TO the development of
lands nearer the port of shipment. He
said to a reporter for this paper:
THE coffee industry has not been
tried to any great extent on Oahu, and
there is no reason why it should not be
even more profitable here than in Kona
or Oalaa, as there is no transshipment
of the product. The land in Manoa has
all the shelter necessary to raising good
coffee, and besides, our men can be
used on the fruit plantation when not
engaged in coffee, so that the cost of
producing would be at the minimum.
Another thing. We believe that a
large market can be made for canned
and preserved Hawaiian fruits, not
necessarily with the United States, but
with Australia, and perhaps China and
Japan. When our first crop of fruit is
ripe we will judge from the character,
both as to size and flavor, what can be
done with it. If it is what we have
every reason to expect it will be, we will
then erect factory and prepare the
product"
Like other institutions of a similar
kind, the scheme is not, in the opinion
OF the gentleman, ripe enough to per-
NIT of the publication of the names of
the incorporators or detailed plan of
the prospectus.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-10

water if he finds any use for it. Just
now he contemplates dividing up his
coffee lands and leasing them. In this
case he will have use for a great deal
of the water, and the plantation would
be short. A proposition has been made
Mr.. Parker by persons interested IN
plantations at Kukuehaele and Homo
kaa to supply them with water for fun
ing and irrigating. If the plan can be
carried out it will add considerably to
the output of Honakaa, as the trouble
in the past has been lack of water.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-10
MORE BRIGHT LIGHTS.
A Box of japanese Fire Flies Az
riyes by the S. S. Doric.
Goro Martha Brings a Number From
Toxic and Presents Them to
the japanese Consul.

When the Count Motsu party arriv-
ed by the o. & o. S. S. Doric on Sun
day, July 5th, they brought with them
box of fre-fiies-unpromising looking
insects in the daytime, but most beau
tiful at night when they fit in and
among the bushes and shrubs emitting
soft yellow light and adding charm to
the darkness of the night.
Mr.. Martha, former secretary of the
Japanese legation in this city, who ac-
companied Count Motsu, brought
about two hundred of the insects from
Toxic where there are millions OF
them. 1t was his intention to allow
them TO go free and spread all over the
islands, knowing of course from thei1
habits that they would be of no harm
but rather. that they would prove be.
neficial.
Unfortunately the firefies were moi
put on ice SO as to keep them in g
dormant state until arrival here. bui
they were left on deck where many o.
them died and dried up. When the
Doric arrived in Honolulu there wer,
but fifty or sixty left.
wi. Noiild lOOh TIE T6IudlQlQS IN
sects up TO the japanese legation anC
made a present of them to Consul Shi
manure who turned them loose in hi
yard on Monday. BY this time the,
have probably spread about over quit
a large space so that people returnin,
home late at night need not attribut
the sudden apparition of ball of fir
before their eyes to some supernatural
cause. 1t will only be harmless fire
fly.
Something of the habits of the in
teresting insect was learned from Pro
fessor Koebele last night
1t is entirely harmless and, in fac
is really beneficial. Its larvae are de
posted on dry leaves or decayin
vegetable matter The matured in
sect remains inactive during the da!
but when night comes it seeks its foo
among the shrubs and bushes, and VIC
be unto the plant-lice or other form
of life of the kind which happen [
come within the searching light Of il
lantern" 1t does absolutely no harl
TO the bushes and shrubs, and on TIL
account will not be objected to by til
people.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-10

Last summer one of our graudchil-
dren was sick with a severe bowel
trouble. Our doctors remedies had
failed, then we tried Chamberlain s
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which gave very speedy relief. We
regard it as the very best medicine
ever put on the market for bowel
comprehensive. E. G. Gregory, Fred
erickstown, Mo. This certainly is the
best medicine ever put on the market
for dysentery, summer complaint, collie
and cholera infantum in children. II
never fails to give prompt relief when
used in reasonable time and the plain
printed directions are followed. Many
mothers have expressed their sincere
gratitude for the cures it has effected
For sale by all druggists and dealers
Benson, Smith & Co., Agents for H. I.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-10
PLANTATION WATER.
Scheme to Supply Honokaa Plan.
tation With Water.

Samuel Parker, monarch of Mana,
has about two thousand acres of excel
lent coffee land on Hawaii under lease
hold and fee simple. He likewise has a
water supply that is a positive luxury
to the man who has land. The sugar
land at Kukuehaele is irrigated by this
supply, but the terms of the lease are
such that Mr.. Parker can stop the
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-10

First.-Lease No. 167 from the Hawaiian
Government of Paomai containing 907s
acres, and of Kamoku. containing s2gl
acres. expiring January l, 1916, annual
rental $500, payable semi-annually in ad
vance.
Second.-Lease No. 16S OF Kealia Au
runi, Pawili and Kamao, containing S36
acres, expiring June %, 1908, annual renta
$50, payable semi-annually in advance.
Third.-Lease No. 220 Mahana, contain
The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-10
OTHER PROPERTY.

First.-M ortgage from Kia Nahaolelus
to said W. NJ. Gibson, dated March Is
1887, of record in Liber los. folios 55-57, tC
secure the sum of $1,000, and also the note
and debt secured thereby.
Second.-Mortgage from KalO and kala-
ina to Mrs. B. Borres. dated August 20
1878, of record in Liber So, folios 1902, to
secure the sum of $780, and also the note
and debt secured thereby assigned to w.
NJ. Gibson by assignment of record in Lib@
l05, folio 1S9.
TERMS OF SALE, ETC.
The property comprising the Lanai
Ranch will be sold as q whole after the
Maui and Honolulu properties.
The land of Kalulu on the Island of
Lanai, now held by the estate of w. NJ
Gibson as tenant-at-will, will be turned
over to the purchaser of the Lanai prop
erty without charge.
ALI purchases at the above sale to be
cash in U. s. Gold Coin. Deeds at the ex-
pense of the purchasers
Maps OF the property to be sold can be
seen at the Hawaiian safe Deposit and In
vestment Company, 40S Fort street, Homo
lulu, and for further information apply to
the undersigned,
P. C. JONES, Receiver.
Office with the Hawaiian Safe Deposit and
investment Company.
Dated Hon zulu, May %, 1896.