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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-03
CITY CHAT.
Skates at Eckhart's.
Dressed chickens at Longs.

Good news-buy Red Star polish.
See Hess Bros ad. for your Sun.
day dinner.
Drink Carse & Ohweiler's ginger
ale and be healthy.
An I'D. that induces people to think
is sure to induce some to buy.
Twin-City club dance at Roche's
hall every Saturday night-25 cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Greehy have
returned from their wedding tour.
Crockery, tinware and kitchen
supplies at the lowest prices at Eek
hsrt's.
Ask you neighhors about Cream
flour-only ~ cents q sack. Long
sells It.
William Totten has returned to
his musical studies at the New Eng
land conservatory.
John MurriD. con Of William MUIR
rim. is Hume from st. Louis visiting
relatives and friends.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the vestry Of Trinity parish occurs
Mt the rectory this evening.
The want column Of The ARGUS
furnishes successful means Of adver-
using NJ very reasonable rates.
John b. Koch and Mrs. Mary Nc
LsuyhliD were married yesterday
afternoon by Rev. c. E. Taylor.
Now man can say without par
ticular reference to slang phraseol-
ogy: Wouldn't this frost your"
The stage Of water at the Rock
Islsnd bridge at noon was 81. and
stationary; the temperature z. 70.
CITY Attorney and Mrs H.. Haas
returned last evening from their
visi, to Mr. Hra.' .is,rr At Micbiyan
CIV I'M
Trio and Rock Isa,d Masonic
lodge. nrr,pv;nv tor , cuh,ic l..
.,u In,iou 81 their utii..r..-,,c,. IN H..
h I'd shortly.
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~"r
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cP1'rhier co"paHy !sIePorSed MISS
to no hold ,h;s as.n;nm - ~,
the matter
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sa o' 'a'es mat ms retrement
om o"uees o"iy 'e"Porar!'
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s ss'. n'r. anu MRS. IL. a. Scnm,dt: OF
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"oe =" ""e''"' Neo'' yeS'e'oay'
Inc marriage OF 5: Z: Scase, OF
Ottumwa, Iowa. aud Miss Emma
herost was celebrated at the brides
nome IN Moline New Years day,
Rev y. b Little. OF the First Pres
oyterian church OF Davenport, OFF,
eating.
Commissioner Medill, of the Wes-
tern Insane hospital. expects a meet
ing at Springfield next week, when
rlans will be considered for the
pu'i"'ng ana also the ute 10 the
Wopo y se'e''ea 'or inc site near
The second term OF Miss Trips
dancing classes begins tomorrow.
the class which has heretofore met in
the morning meeting at 1:SO in the
AFTERNOON at n. +. hall. In the even
ing the new general class for begin
nefs and others W II meet.
Observer +. j. Walz' monthly
meteor ological summary shows the
mean t.mperatnre 70 have been 29:
the highest being 90 on the 10th and
II H.. Il
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
Remarkable Copvers,o,

The presence of Hon. NJ. w. Ransom,
United States minister to Mexico, at the
Metropolitan, caused a friend of his to
relate remark made by an old colored
man down in North Carolina, who was
lifelong friend and admirer of the
ex-senator. When the old man heard
the news about Gen. Ransom's appoint
ment to the Aztec court, he exclaimed:
.'And so dey has 'pinted Mars Matt
q minister, has dey? Well, is 'ston<
;shed at dat. OBJ cose de gen'ral am a
good man, and / amt got nothin' TO
say against him, but still it beats me to
think he'd turn preacher in his ole
days. But he's a powerful talker, Mars
Matt is, and I'll bet all de cotton raise
dis year dat he'll convert a wagon load
Of sinners cherry time he gifts into de
pulpit. Washington Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
A FUNNY BATTLE.
One Woman Against Company oi
Trained Soldiers.

One Woman Against n Company of
Trained Soldiers.
NJ. Paul DeroLlede, French poet
who has rocently achieved success, was
captain of a company in the service of
the Versailles &c, ernment of national
defense, in 1871. At one time he had to
lead his company against a street bar
ricade in Ferris, raised by communists.
Some signs of resistance had been
observed behind. AS Deroulede
marched his men on, woman sprang
TO the top of the barrieade. aimed a
Chassepot rifle at the leader, and fired.
The soldiers ducked their heads, but
no one was hit. They marched on.
Deroulede ii advance. lie smiled. eying
calmly the woman. who levelled her
gun at him and fired again. Once more
no ono was hit. On went the soldiers
steadily. their captain smiling, the
woman on the barricade continuing to
charge Der piece and to FIRE each time
as nearly a. she could at Dcroulede.
Presently. however. the soldiers were
On the barrieade. The woman threw
away her gun and stood with folded
aFlhS- cht vas one VI INK feuoiVuScs-
the famous fighting women of the COM
munc. Deroulede looked behind the
barriCade To see who else was defending
il. No one was there; the woman was
alone.
Then the captain took OFF his cap.
bowed low TO the woman. and said very
politely: Madame. | regret exceed
ingly that l am unable to congratulate
you; but really. in view of your marks
manship. l cannoti'-Nouth's Com
panion
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05

being of rare delicacy and weighing
from six to ten pounds. There are also
skate, sole, place. haddock, COD, fioun-
ders, smells and Spanish mscaelel in
great abundance. The stres ms pro-
duce shrimps and prawns of enormous
size, some of them weighing fully
pound, and all of them of excellent
flavor. Wherever the shores are rocky
Holsters are found. Upon the desert
coast are found the iguana. large liz
ard, and many smaller varieties; and
also there abound foxes, hares, rabbits,
and along the water courses deer and
wild hogs dwell in great numbers. All
of the domestic animals of the world
are found in Peru. Game birds are
plentiful, and singing birds are numer-
Gus and of beautiful plumage, among
them superb orioles and nightingales.
Once IL seven years there comes a
marvellous change along the desert
coast. A shower, sometimes three or
four showers, come from the surcharged
trade winds, ard Immediately the des-
ert hills bloom and blossom, so that a
wealth of beauty leaps from the arid
hills undec the wand of nature. From
the lifeless earth grasses and Towering
PLANTS spring up, growing taller than
horse and man, so that the traveller
cannot see his way through them. The
brilliant life lasts a week OF ten DAYS
and then droops, dies and disappears
The dying particles of the desert roll
against the granite mountain sides,
and in the early morning mournful
cadence Of minor music is he ard. Count
less mIllions OF classy atoms are beaten
by the wind against the rugged sur
faces, making minor signing tones,
like soughing winds through forest
trees. But hCre there are no trees.
The simple Feruvians say that it is
the music of the departed meas chant
ing solemn diIges over the lost children
of the sun.
Wfsn Pizarro brought inc religion
of love into Peru, and converted the
honest people with the sword and
worse than Armenian butchery. the
Peruvians were enjoying profound
peace. They were too gentle to be am
bilious, too dcciie to be vicious. They
had attained the highest civilization Of
which aboriginal Americans were ca
pable, AMI their religion Was perfect
communism. Atahualpa, the inca, led
his people TO welcome the strange Wis
itors. The unarmed followers of Alta
hualpa were slaughtered. Atahualpa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
PERU A RICH COUNTRY.
Valuable Extracts from a Recent
Official Document
All Climates on the Pace Of the Earth
Are Illustrated In the Climates OF
the Interesting South Aneri-
can Republic.
Especial Washington letter.

Especial Washington letter.
Under authority of the department
CT state. an official bulletin has recent
~ been issued by the bure;u of Ameri-
can republics concerning the geog-
raphy. history, financial condition,
agricultural products, minerals, poll
tics and commerce of Peru. IL is a
small pamphlet and contains very much
Of interest to the people of our own
country.
Although the distance from New
York TO Lima is 1920 miles, the Peru
Wan capital is only $50 miles west of
the American metropolis of the coast.
IT, ocean trip is described as a
straight run south TO the east end of
Cuba, where the ship passes so close
to land that passengers can gee the
lighthouse keeper. his wife and chill
dren watching the ships that pass. On
clear day, at this point, the peaks OF
Haiti can easily be seen, although they
are 80 miles away. From Cuba 10
Colon is regarded as an exceedingly
uncomfortable trip. The lazy winds
blow from the north, but SO slowly
that they barely keep up with the ship;
AID there is no breeze felt for fully COO
miles.
After u railroad ride of so miles,
crossing the Isthmus of Panama, the
traveller to Peru must take ship in
the South Pacific ocean and sail over
the exact course pursued by Pizarro in
1881 to the Peruvian ports which are
due south of Panama. All along the
coast of Peru there is iona SEGA or
dry zone, which is singularly sterile,
because il adjoins land of almost
houndless fertility. AS the ship steams
along the bleak and forbiddrng coast
occasional valleys open up TO view; and
there can be seen the immense planta-
tions of sugar cane, bright fields of
maize and alfalfa; verdure all the
more brilliant by reason of its contrast
with the arid sterile coast.
The republic of Peru is about 100
miles wide at ITS southern extremity,
but it is 700 miles wide from Cape
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
fHE LAND oE IHE LONG AGO.

There's a dear old home In the Far Away.
A soft. snug nest where the children play
A realm Of rest where the old folks stay.
In the Land Of the Long Ago
-rhere's a dear old home where the roses
Irvine.
And the fruit hangs ripe on the tree and
vine:
v here the Fates were good to me and mine
In the Land Of the Long Ago.
on, never a map shall point that place,
Nor ever the drift Of time erase,
But the hungering heart the lines shall
trace
OF the Land Of the Long Ago.
And ever the tide OF my lifes swift stream
Polls back to the hay OF a bIissful dream.
and live and laugh in the CLINT and CLEAN
OF the Land OF the Long Ago
ON the north and south are the joy and rest
OF q sisters smile and a mothers breast:
And fathers love 20 the cast and west
OF the Land Of the Long Ago.
We shall all come back from the desert.
Sigh"
We shall all come home to the Souls Re
ply
We shall all return in the BY and By"
To the Land of the Long Ago.
Nixon Waterman, in l. A W Bulletin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
GEN. HANCocK'S WAY.
How He stopped the Noise OF n Conviv
Railroad Party.

How He stopped the Noise OF n Convivial
Railroad Party.
The following story is told of the
late Gen. Hancock, says Life's Calen-
dar:
Gen. ". S. Hancock was in command
OF the train which brought Gen.
Grants remains from Mount Gregor to
New York. He and the staff were in
the coach next to the last. In the rear
car was a party OF Pennsylvania mil
tia officers, who were popping an oc-
cnsional bottle OF champagne and
smoking quite sociably. Gen. Han
cacll saw from his car what was going
oc in the car. IL did not coMport with
his idea OF so solemn an occasion, and
calling the conductor he said: "Nill
you present ray mpliments to those
gentlemen with the request that they
cease smoking and drinking?"
In few minutes the conductor re-
turned with the announcement that
the convivial officers returned their
compliments with a peremptory deoIi-
nation to relinquish their cigars or
wine.
Where is the next switch?" asked
Hancock
about five miles below" replied the
conductor
when you reach IL, II the smoking
and driu King in that car have not
ceased, switch IL on side track and
leave 1t. You may tell the gentlemen
what 4 have said"
In two minutes the cigars and wine
were not to be seen in the rear coach.
Its occupants knew Hancock meant
iust what he said.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
BICYCLE SADDLE NEEDED.
Physical Complaints Which the Present
style Infict Upon Riders.


A well-known physician. who has
given some attention to the bicycle and
has learned how to ride one, although
not yet q regular rider, says, accord
ing to the New York Tribune: Il don't
mean to buy bicycle until I am able
to get correct saddle. To get that
l believe shall have to invent one, and
I am seriously thinking of setting
about It as soon as get the time. This
il a matter to which / have been COM
PEELED to pay attention, because many
of my patients are bicycle riders. The
wonder in my mind is that more injury
is not caused by the use of improper
saddles. Most saddles are constructed
On a radically wrong principle and
throw the weight of the body just
where it ought not TO be. There is
one saddle quite widely used for which
the claim is made that IL is constructed
on correct physiological principles. but
that is true to only n limited extent.
Still. il is start in the right direction.
4 bicycle saddle should be cut out in
the middle and provision should be
made for the weight to rest on the
eides. / am not sure but that some
contrivance whereby the two sides of
the saddle might move up and down
with the motion of the legs will not
pro e to be the correct solution of the
prohler,.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
4 HOUSEWIVES TRIALS.
Mrs. Marshall Tells How She Suf-
fered.
Had Several Attacks of Rheumatism
Doctors Failed to Relieve Her
How the Disease Was Cor
uaered.
From q. press, Appleton, Miqn.

From th. Press, appleton, Miga.
or all the ordinary diseases to which hui
manity is heir, there is, perhaps, none more
general or more painful than rheumatism.
The Press having learned that Mrs. Mary A.
Marshall, a wellknown lady of Appleton.
MINI, this city, had for some time past
been a sufferer from this complaint, and
that she had found remedy which not only
gave almost immediate relief. but which
effected a complete cure. and believing that
the dissemination of few facts regarding
it would perhaps be Of interest and benefit
to many of our readers. interviewed the
lady upon the matter. The reporter found
Mrs. Marshall at her pleasant home busily
engaged in performing Ter household du-
ties in a manner which did not in the least
indicate rheumatism, and secured from her
the following statement:
sit is about a year and half ago that
first experienced these attacks of rheuma-
tism. As they became more frequent they
became more painful, and while | used the
prescriptions of several doctors failed to
lind relief. About year ago noticed in
paper testimonial as to the effectiveness of
DR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. and
was so impressed by the statements made
therein that determined TO try them. My
husband accordingly sent for supply OF
six boxes, and am free 10 say that beforel
nslQ OSeQ Two boxes OF the llIl4S totdiuC
aware of a change for the better. Icontinued
to improve until to-day. lam as free from all
traces Of rheumatism as | was before these
attacks ] can also truthfully say thataside
from speedily and eifectually curing the
rheumatism the pills have done me great
deal of good in generally renovating the
system, purifying The blood and relieving
those numerous little ailments to which
women are most commonly addicted"
MIR. Marshall was present during the in
terview and was sincere in his praise of
what the pills had done for his wife, belicv-
ing them to have been the sole and direct
cause of her relief.
Dir. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are considered an unfailing specific for
such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis. st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neu-
ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after effects of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart pale and sallow compilations, that
tired feeling resulting from nervous pros
tration; all diseases resulting from vitiated
humors in the blood, such as scrofula,
chronic erysipelas, etc. They are also g
specific for troubles peculiar To females.
such as suppressions, Irregularities and all
forms of weakness. In men they effect a
radical cure in all cases arising from men,
tai worry, oyerwork, or excuses of what
sver nature. DIR. Williams Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid
on receipt of price, 80 cents box, or six
boxes for $3.50 (they are never sold in bulk
or by the 1907, by addressing DIR. Williams
Medicine Co, Schenectady, n. y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
BURNING THE WHITE COG.
A superstit ious Indian Ceremony still
Practiced In New York.

A Superstitious Indian Ceremony still
Practiced In New York.
The stranger to the Onondaga In
dian reservation would have been mys-
titled one night recently could he have
seen the strange spectacle of weird
lights tliclcring about the hillsides of
the red men and heard the odd incanta-
tions of half dozen big bucks, who
made the echoes repeat themselves. All
these strange events were accom-
plished ly the sounds of the tom-tom.
TO the person up to date in Indian
customs ii was known that the medi-
serving the annual ceremony of chasing
out the WITCHES and devils. All the
hullabalo3 was with that in prospect.
Most of tho ceremonies were performed
with the medicine men in full panoply
of the tribes they cp. -ented. In olden
times this was he ceremony to which
so much objection was taken, as il was
said to be accompanied by the widest
revelries and practices of the most OBJ
scene nature. So strenuous has been
this opposition that the pagans have
been obliged to abridge their former
habits and customs.
To this day the Bears, the Beavers,
the Wolves, the Snipes and the half a
dozen other clans of the Iroquois ma
ton gather at the council house, where
the annual ceremony of burning the
white dog is held. 1t is followed by
big jollification pow-wow. The GUS
4. u.
favor. and the council house is scarcely
big enough to hold those who wish to
take part. In former times the dog was
burned alive, but now the dog is killed
10y one of the sachems and highly dec
Grated with daubs of red paint and rib
bons. He is put in hiding in a nearby
house, and at the proper time all the
clans gather and proceed to the house,
where the sacrifcial dog lays. Pipes
and tobacco are strewn about him, and
the Indians dance and sing strange
songs. The medicine man makes brief
speech, and then the procession, headed
by two brawny bucks carrying the dog
depending from "a long pole moves to
the council house, where there are fur
Their ceremonies, and the white dog il
thrust into modern box stove and in
Generated amid the yelling, dancing,
singing and quaint music of these rude
people. On another stove in another
end of the council house are big seeth-
ing kettles of maize, peas, pork and
beans. After the dancing is over each
member of the party is given pail
of the strange mixture and this is taken
to their homes, to be eaten at their
leisure. This is their annual feast. or
white dog meat. In former times the
cog was eaten, bur that custom fell
into disuse long ago.
IT seems that there must be second
effort to Danish the witches and devils,
and ten nights hence the same cere-
mony is gone through with, in even
greater detail. A house-to-house visit
iG made, and the medicine men crawl
about the floor under the beds and in
every conceivable out-of-the-way place
in their efforts to chase out witches and
devils. When this is done another big
iollification dance is held, and then the
witches and devils are supposed to be
banished for the year.-Syracuse Her
sld.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
ROBBERS RUN GREAT RISKS.
How a Diamond Thief Periled His Life to
Secure Rich Booty.

How a Diamond Thief Periled His Life to
Secure Rich Booty.
The gold and diamonds of South
Africa have already attracted very
fair proportion of the thieves of the
world TO that favored region. Some
very fine hauls have been made and
others all but made. Decidedly the
most sensational attempt was one made
few years ago on the diamond train.
To reach Cape Town from Kimberly
used to take three days, or at least two
days and three nights. The diamonds
used TO be carried in a safe In a post
ofllce sorting van. Some expert thieves
found out where the safe always stood
in the van, and under that spot, beneath
the bottom of the van, rugged mp plat
form of rope and plank, whereupon
loan could lie and work with drill as
TIE train sped on its way. 1t is lonely
Journey, with hours and hours between
stations. The thief endured his uncom-
Portable position beneath the moving
train long enough to bore a circlet of
holes in the bottom of the iron safe,
having first cut piece out of the bot
plete the circle in this tedious way, so
as to remove a piece of safe bottom and
leave a hole large enough for the in
sertion of an arm, the removal of "A
bag and the capture of fortune in dia-
monds. Unfortunately for him, he was
either disturbed or got tired or he
dropped off his plank. At any rate. he
did not cut out the piece of metal, con-
scqIently he did not reap his glittering
reward. He escaped. The postoffice
people in the van heard nothing of the
drill, which was probably silent save
when there was the clatter racket of
the wheels to drown its notes. When
the platform and pieced safe were dis
covered the thief had gone and left no
clew beyond his handiwork, which
never proved sufficient for tracing him.
Hallway Review.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-03-05
PlTH AND POINT.

--wiggles Gin love)--"Why, man. her
very feet are poem" Griggs Ga cyni-
col friend)-"No s,ubt; but isn't a
poem of only two feet rather short ?"-
n. \. Tribune.
Sunday School Teacher-"What
arc we to understand by this passage:
'Y'e ask and receive not. because we ask
amissg" Precocious Boy-"Ought to
ASK widow Credit Lost.
Young Doctor" DO you have much
difficulty in making your patients do
what YOU want them to do?" Old Doe
,or-"Yes; particularly when send in
my bills Philadelphia Press.
--Bobby-"Popper. what do they
have to have man to pray for congress
for?'' Mr.. Perry-"They don't. He
takes look at congress and thin prays
for the country" - Cincinnati En-
quirer.
-Patient-"Doctor, do you think I
will recover? DIR. Sooner-"Yes; am
sure If Il. You are the 10th. One in
40 RECEIVERS from your disease, and the
50 that have treated are all dead
Texas Sitter.
laura" said the fond mother,
'what are the intentions of that Young
man you are permitting TO call on you
so often?" "Never mind that. mother"
answered the maiden; II know what
Inv intentions are."--Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Trouble Ahead.-"Is that DE Fitz
coming here again tonight, Ethel?"
"Yes, papa. and hope you'll be nice ID
him, for he's real SWELL "All right.
but If he stays as late as he did last
right he'll be bowling swell"
And the name is to be-?' asked
the suave minister, as he approached
the font with the precious armful Of
fat and flounces. Augustus Philip
Ferdinand Codrinton Chesterfield Liv-
ingstone Shocks" Dear, dearl"
(surning to the sexton): "A little
more water, Mr.. Perkins, if you please"
--Tit-Bits.
--Chattie-"I hear that old De Cash
is dead" Chinnie-"Yes, died yester-
day, and his widow has retained me to
contest his will" Chattie-"Eh? /
always understood he intended to leave
his young wife his entire fortune?"
Chinnie-'So he did; but it was on con-
dition that she should not marry
rpain."