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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
The Groom's Speech.

Among the passengers who got into
the LondoJ. Train at Three Bridges the
other day were bride and bridegroom
Of the regular "hollyhock" order It
was enc Of the old fashioned third class
carriages, open from end to end, and,
although it was full Of passengers, the
pair began to squeeze hands and hug as
soon as they were seated. This Of course
attracted attention. and pretty soon ev-
erybcdy was noGding and winking, and
several persons SO far forgot themselves
as to laugh outright.
red handed groom became aware of the
fact that he was being ridiculed, and he
stretched himself to the height of feet,
looked up and down and said:
There seems to be considerable nod
ding and winking around here because
I'm huggiIg the girl who was married
to me this morning. If the rules of this
railway forbid q man from hugging his
wife after he's paid full fare, then I'm
going to get oct at the next station. But
if the rules don't, and this winking and
blinking isn't bitten short off when we
pass the next telegraph post, I'm going
to begin ON the front seats and create
o rising market for false teeth and
crhtchesr'
If there were any more winks and
blinks in that carriage, the groom did
not see them. Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
-, Long Cut Flowers Last.

The Trim stemmcd roses are the most
pcrishable Of all flowers. To this class
belong the Bridesmaid (pink). Mermet
(very delicate pink. the Bride (white)
and the Perle (yellow). Even with care
they will seldom retain their beauty
over the second day. The CUISINE deli
cate pink) and Mrs. Pierpont Morgan
roses are more enduring. and will often
keep three. and even four. days. The
American Beauty will last three and
four days. but after the second day
changes color. the rich red assuming a
purplish hue. Violets will often retain
an appearance Of freshness for four and
five days. but after the second day all
perfume is gone. Hyacinths and fuchsias
look we'll for three or four days. and
sometimes even longer. while mignonette
and carnations can. with little care.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
Wandering Needles.

In enc of the medical journals a sur.
geon recorded some years ago strange
instance Of the wanderings of needle
in a lady. The patient called upon him,
stating that the greater portion of an
ordinary sewing needle had broken in
the first. joint of her left thumb. The
surgeon could plainly feel the needle
point, but after Intellectual attempts at
the extraction Of the foreign body he
recommended that nothing further
should be done lest the attempts to re-
move it might result in greater injury
to the joint.
About year afterward, however, the
patient called upon him to inform hirs
that day. or two previously she had
felt pricking sensation of the right
forefinger, and having broken the skin
she without difficulty extracted the
portion of the lost needle from the point
Of the finger. If all these facts be cor.
rect. as reported, the needle travelled
from the left thumb along the arm,
across the chest to the right arm, and
down the latter to the finger where il
was extracted. Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
Row to Punish o Jilt.

"Doyou remember, said Mr.. Cawker
to his wife, that when the lovely Miss
Beeson Tilted young Mr.. Spudds five
years ago to marry Mr.. Dillingham; the
rejected one swore a mighty VOW to be
revcngcd On his successful rival:''
Yes" replied Mrs. Cawker, Il re-
member it well; but such threats never
amount to anything"
I'm this case they did. Spudds has
filed fat the ancient grudge he bears
Dillingham;.
He hasn't killed him. has he?''
''Oh, no. His torture is more 1inger-
ing than that, my dear"
What has he done?"
Dillingham; told me of it himself.
and must say that the scheme does
Spudds credit il his ingenious cruelty"
But tell me what it is. -
well, after the wedding Spudds
went and allied himself with fashion
able Grapery house in the city, and ever
since then he has occupied his time in
preparing the most perfectly irresistible
descriptions of bargains Of all sorts and
sending special invitations to Mrs. Dill
lingham to attend the sales. The poor
fellow tells me that he has two mort.
cages on his house now and expects tC
go into irretrievable bankruptcy imlne-
diately after the next bargains al
Spudds' emporium London Tit Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
Will Hear His Own Funeral Sermon.

For many years L. d. Mckinney, n
prominent farmer of Madison, O., has had
a devouring desire to hear his own funeral
sermon. Eo is now IS years old, and rs
his days cannot be many more no has in
sisted on 1t SD earnestly that his family
and friends have concluded to crafty his
wishes. The services of the Rev Forest
Evans, a prominent minister OF tho Chris
tian faith, have been secured, and June
Is the time set. The approaching pro-
cedure has been given notoriety, and when
tho day comes the preacher will find one
OF the largest audiences to which he has
ever been called to preach funeral SER
mon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
ehiass and s..u,..

Mohammedan3 divide themselves into
two principal socti-Shiah and Sunni.
the Persians rcpreserting the bulk of
the former. TIE Turks Of the latter.
The chief points en- which they differ
ere the condition of the soul after death
and the succession of caiiphs. "The
Sunni belief is that there is one i'm
mortal God, whose works are witheut
beginning or end, and that he will be
visible to the souls CT the blessed, while
the Shiahs deny the Immortality Of the
soul and maintain that the coexistent
principles Of Zoruaster will forever con-
tend for the mastery" With regard to
the prophets successors. the SuAnis
claim that the lawful successor of No
harmed was Abu Belr, and after him
Omar, Osrnan and Ali, nephew and SON
in-law of Mohainmetl. The S;liahs,
however, reject the first three am hold
that Ali was the only legitimate sue
cessor.
Shiahs pray but three times day,
and enjoin pilgrimages to Nejef, Ker-
bella, KazimGin, Meshed (Persiab Sa-
mara and Kun. as we'll rs to Mecca and
Medina Sunnis make pilgrimages only
to the two latter cities, and pray five
times day. From this it can be read
lily understood that the circumstances
of the Turks being in possession of the
shrines of Nejef (Meshed Ali), Kali
main and Kerbela is most displeasing to
devout Shiahs. -Blackwood's Maya
1i.,a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
For Dosing Oneself.

A physician recommends rochelle
salts fer amateur dcctcring. He says
that it is an excellent thing to, several
times a day, take as much Of the salts az
may be put OH 3 cent piece in little
water; that they will sweeten the stom.
ach and act as very desirable spring
medicine. He also speaks highly Of
soda, having no patience with those
-timid people who have an idea that it
is dangerous dose, doing some vague
harm to the coating of the intestines.
why. everything we eat almost has
soda in it," he cries in disdain. ''It is
an admirable thing to take half rochelle
salts and half bicarbonate of soda, as
directed, several times day. / know
of few gentler and still more beneficent
general medicines Philadelphia
Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29

OF one art the Boer is masser-tho
management Of oxen in wagons. It is
an art which is little understood or is de-
spised by most white men except Dutch
men. but, for all that, it is an art, ard
the Beers practice it to perfection and
love it,
have seen a span Ct oxen hopelessly
stuck in the middle Of rapid river. the
oxen at right angles to the chain, the
wagon apparently . fixture until tine
river should come down stronger and
sweep IL away. Two Beers appeared.
and. as they usually will if civi,ly
asked. gave their help They walked up
and down the span. and changed the
places Of nearly all the oxen Such a
one was evidently q wheeler. an after
OK. Another. from his marks. was &C.
custcmed 10 pull or the other side An.
other must be pm: farther up or farther
down the span.
The span reaTanged, the Beers. with
a Almighty clap from their whips, whoops.
yuuk. Atland. Blomveldt, Jacoop-so.
norous yel,s TO the leading oxen-witl,
many backhanded wrist cut. and ther
flick in front. steering the wheelers
with the butts Of their whips. guiding
the leaders with the unerring lash.
started the span, kept it pulling straight.
and in two minutes the wagon was
standing on the other side Of the river,
the owners and the oxen equally puz.
zled 10 know how it got there Pail
Nall Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
New Use Fer Blotters.

The clerk at the drug store noticed
that the lady he was waiting upon had
had her attention attracted by some blot
tiers bearing an advertisement. So he
wrapped couple of them around the
lady IS purchase. The proprietor of the
establishment was not little surprised
about week later to receive letter
from the lady saying that she had worn
those blotters on her chest constantly,
and she was pleased to say that sore
ness i'll the lungs from which she had
suffered fer years had entirely disap-
peared. Boston Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
Perfumed the Burglar,

A man named Frank March recently
broke into doctors house in Camberwcll,
England. The doctor happened to be in.
and he at once hurled bottle containing
peppermint ut the intruder. March, who
was seeking money, got nothing but a
scent. 1t chung to him when he was taken
before the Lambeth magistrate The otor
Of the peppermint had been the clev that
led to his arrest. The circumstantial evil
dence against him is literally strong, rs
the Camberwell doctor never dilutcs his
peppermint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29

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,hc whites Tho f,rst cour, 5,yorcc ovc-
vivcn any r,cmb,r NJ the sou,hwcst ,os.,.
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co,,r, n, ri p,no s.y,r.I ,r.,h. 90 Tho
nlain,ifY was n fniI bloo,, xiov, ',,,, ,rho
charged ber husband with d..e,ti3n She
won her cnse.
Tho NOV, I,aia, .,ivorc, c.so ,v,, b.,,d
MI pnvnc, Joscnbip, Chco' Iho.W,i'To !,
blnnle, Osa,. sornyr. o.iino for a d,vorce
from her husband Joe.Ch..Ibo.W aI.Io
she saws no /. n sbiftlcss. ids. nrofliy,t,
md diss,na,c,l Indian and TINT en-. sun.
nov, NJ Tho family b,s posted, ,,ror hcr ,,n,,
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yorrc and ton Monies niimonv and tbe vny
Io,h,rio Ia. ,x,s f,,r,o,,s ,.h.,, ,h. ,,s,,.
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'eiiow Bonnet oheyenne ihaiah OF
some note, hNin4 on MS aiio'ment near
'ueH'.e, mas app'io" 10, p'inAc' uNoloc
rum TOUT wives. ichow Donnot gives
ms reasons ior sucn y sweeping divorce
'.'e no nus en,osaeeu inc Cnr,s'ian rol'
s,on' anu MS wives nave reiusca 10 oecome
christians.
was u. nrs' 'nought IL was hos ncces.
sny " ass ,ot aeNorce' rs tne laws Oh
okiahona iorDid oiySaiiy, but Few
Lawyers held That as he was married to
TOUR wives under the tribal laws. rccug-
niHeh partly ny thc government, and before
the laws OF oklahoma existed, he could
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29

A seaman on H. NJ. S. Edinburgh re-
Gently had a remarkable escape. He was
at work on q ladder on tho bow Of the YES
sci as she was going into Portsmouth har-
Dor, steaming ten knots an honr, when the
ladder broke, and he was thrown into the
water directly under the keel. He came
up again in the wake Of the ship. two
ships lengths astern, unhurt, having cs-
capped the suction Of the vessel ard contact
with the propellers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
Russell Sag. Safely Guarded.

1t Is certainty that not a man alive
will ever get into Russell Sage's Office to
throw another bomb at him. His outer
room is furnitured like a bank, and the
visitors card is showed through small
hole in the high fence, just such hole as
that through which the aging teller hands
money for an honored check. Outside of
the fence. against the white plastcred wall,
stands . long bench, upon which visitors
Git
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29

be kept tor almost week. Daffcdils
have even greater staying powers and
have been known to lock fresh at the
advanced age of eight and nine days.
Gaslight and furnace heat are poisonous
TO flowers, and they should be kept as
much as possible away from the latter.
At night they should be put in a cool
not frcczing-place, with the stems in
water and the tops well covered with
wet tissue paper. Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
a Friendly Hint.

The small cigar cutters generally seen
in tobacco stores seem to exercise n
strange f:sCnation over some people. It
seems that few people can stand near
one Of these machines without playing
with II, and sometimes there is Il fling, ?
cut a dealer has clever scheme by
which to obyiate this c..ngcr. A small
sign upon TIE cutter reads, For cigar,
not fingers. "-Excha.ire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
III]E5'k|S|5|S EsIIjlfl9lj|

viii DO q used e . wa according 70 disestsons:
prevent transmission Of blood diseases, akfn Dis
eases acute and chronic ulcers. structure, nssure
OF me hsnds and feet. Bezcms, TetteF, salt Rhen-
nafisn. Inn @atioa % the Bidder, Diseasee Of
ne bones joint and muscles. syphiletic insanity.
ccrrvy. Sesufula 10 many forms. The above and
nuncFod other forms Of disease are trAeesbie
aassetIy o. indireetiy 10 Syphiific Blood Poison
- vnch Ne Dr. Jseksag's English Safety Tab
- = eWe preventative. and II . safe Germ
nlef, ren1ering eonfagtos hardly possible, hence
its WEE. II Dogieeted sseh tro1bles result fatal
y. 1atled anywhere, soased q; SIX boxes for =.
Z. nsonos IoastA avs. asAa6e4 o., noek lalanl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
Drunkenne.. and Suicide.

DR.. Prinzing Of Ulm, Germany, has
now come forward with a remarkable
showing Of the evils which intemperanco
u working In the kaiser's realm. He has
shown that more than 80 per cent Of all
suicides committed by men in the prime
Of LIE are due 70 drunkenness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29

Grape treaders in Portugal, who tread
out the juice with their bare feet, get
so cents q day. high rate, as they
claim the juice is apt to make the feet
sore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29

Be careful il lighting gas stove to
see that all tie burners are lit; other
wise you viii suffer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
A Modern Political Boom.

"You rnust have good deal to worry
you just now." said the presidential
candidates friend II suppose you are
bothered a good deal by interviewers
for opinions!"
"Oh. no. My press agent attends to
that"
But the expense Of the campaign is
something pretty heavy"
My financial hacker attends to the
expenses.
bat yen have lots Of little details to
think about-like getting the brass
bands to play Hail to the Chief at just
the proper point in the proceedings and
having the American flag hung where
you can point to it at an effective juno.
ture."
'No. The stage manager and prop
erty man attend TO those things"
''Well-excuse me-but would you
mind telling me where you come inl''
"I-oh. just do the running fol
office "-Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29
Pawuinx Their Posterity.

General Booth discovered in India
that unborn babies are sometimes used
as security for debt. When the father of
family is obliged to borrow money to
defr.,y the expenses Of his daughters
wedding he sometimes pledges her first.
born son rs collateral General Booth
doubted the existence Of such custom
until one of his officers in the Madras
Salvation Army informed him that
among his cadets were young men who
had been mortgaged by their GRANDPA
theirs in payment for the festivities at
their mothers weddings.
General Booth found upon investiga.
ton tina, India is a great pawnshop.
The people put IN pledge their lands,
oxen. jewelry, themselves. their chill
dren and their grandchildren Their
ideas CT finance are crude. and they seem
10 think that he is the cleverest man
who finds the largest number Of ways
by which to borrow money. New York
World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-29

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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-11
may be broad sailors, opening in a de-
cided V in front.-The Latest.
ConceziisE the Fireplace.

For the lamp shade nothing is better
for the purpose, nor more economical.
than the charming crinkled paper but
how to I'LL up in an artistic manner
the yawning cavity left by the vanished
fire and yet keep the fire ready laid for
the chilly days that will inevitably ar
rive is always vexatious difficulty.
lovely little screen will solve the
difficulty to perfection. It is one that
Is quite novel in pattern. yet most
easily made by any carpenter. of plain
deal, to be enameled afterward. A lit
tie curtain serves the purpose of hid
ing the crate, shelves form a pretty
resting place for vases holding flowers.
and the whole arrangement is so easily
portable that it can be moved al will
and fulhlls its decorative function in
any part OF the room. A still simpler
method is to hang a curtain of Gre
tonne or silk on a wooden blind pole
cut to fit the fireplace and wedge the
bar behind the projecting part of the
CRATE above the bars. This is an easily
removable ornament also. The screen
too, might be less elaborate IL the ton
part were simply straight instead O,
IN an arabesque design.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-11
The Hot-w.a,her Cure for paraiy.,.

The liveliest passenger on board the
steamship City of Pekin was Humphrey
Kendrick of Los Angeles. He had Just
returned from Japan, a country that he
loves because few years ago 1t COM
pletely cured him of paralysis.
When Kendrick found that he had
lost control of his limbs he determined
to spend all the money he had to get
relief. 1t was easy enough to tell what
had brought the paralysis upon him,
for the first stroke came soon after he
had a bad tumble on horseback. The
animal fell in such a way as to catch
Kendrick squarely beneath 1t, severely
wrenching and spraining his spine.
Kendrick found that he was much
better In hot weather and this led him
to 60 to the Hawaiian Islands. He was
80 much better there when Il was hot
that he concluded to 60 to still warm
or place. Somebody told him that the
south coast Of Japan In summer was
the place.
For many months during the hottest
Of hot summers Kendrick engaged In
"A most unique attempt to regain his
health. For days at a time he would
lie positively stripped to the skin In the
hot sand.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-11
A STRANGE DEATH.
Drivers Charrsd BODY Found Beneath
the Ruins Of His stage.

the Ruins OF His stage.
At Z o'clock In the evening Ethelbert
A. Whitcomb mounted the stage of the
Ukiah and Scotia line to drive to Lay
tonville, says the San Francisco Chroni-
Gle. When the stage reached a turn in
the road about four miles north OF Will
let's the driver had either fallen asleep
or become confused and the horses left
the regular road and took left-hand
road In the direction of Felton's saw
mill. whitcomb awoke shortly after
departing from the stage road and dis
covered his predicament. There was an
embankment on the left Of the road and.
not observing the decllvity, Whitcomb
endeavored to turn the horses and drive
back to the stage road. The kingbolt
Of the stage broke and wagon and driver
were thrown down the embankment. II
was evidently impossible for the driver
to extricate himself from the rubber
covers Of the seat, and he consequently
fell beneath the stages His head struck
a rock, and II is believed that death
was almost instantaneous. The dash
board OF the stage struck on Whit
combs breast, so IL he did not die at
once he was held a prisoner. In the
meantime the side lamps OF the stage
had exploded or been broken by the fall
and the oil fell directly on the body of
the injured man. The flames gradually
extended from the burning wicks to
Whitcomb's clothing, and when found
in the morning the body was burned
beyond recognition. one leg and both
arms having been burned off. A set
tier residing some distance from the
scene Of the accident saw what he had
regarded as a campfire of hunters, hut
1t was really Whitcomb's funeral pyre.
II is the custom of this stage line for
the southbound drivers to continue the
trip In case the northbound stage fails
to connect at the regular stations.
Next morning. as Whitcomb had not
arrived at the proper station. Driver
Braskett kept on south. When he
reached the scene of the accident he
was Mortified to observe the burned
stage and amid the embers the charred
body of Whitcomb. The horses were
still standing attached to the remains
Of the stage the fire at one time having
been so fierce that the hair of the ami
mails was singed. The stage carried a
heavy mail. but ii was all destroyed
and little was left of the vehicle.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-11
Lounging Gowns.

Woman is learning the beauties Of
many old-fashioned materials. which
explains, perhaps. why dimity has such
hold upon her now. That most OF her
summer underwear is made OF that
material does not seem sufficient; she
must needs have house gowns OF IL.
II not OF dimity, house gowns are
made OF organdie or batiste. This
means that they are very inexpensive
and no woman is debarred for econom-
Teal reasons from being very comforta-
BILE In her own room.
II takes about ten yards Of material
TO make house gown, and very suita-
BILE batistes and dimities may be
bought for from 10 to Is cents yard.
Or, II one prefers to buy the garment
ready made, she may do so at any price
from 80 cents to the double numbers.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-11
Inducsmsnt to Hungarian L.,.

A weeks rich feasting free: mar.
riage and honeymoon without cost
This is what the Hungarian authorities
o1er to any betrothed couple who wish
to visit Buda-Pesth and be married
during the holding OF the present mil
ennial exhibition. The marriage cere-
mony is to be civil one. A public
register Is to be kept in readiness AT
the city hall. a proper Official IN hs
supplied, and the knot is TO be TIA
without fee or reward. The rener-
osity, the inducement to speedy we'd
dings, is not to stop here. The com
mittee invites the young couple with
their friends. to participate in weeks
roasting. They are also to be FUR
nlshed with carriages and horses ana
sleeping-rooms in the most magnificent
apartments. They will be taken
through all the city and exhibition
grounds and will have an opportun,,v
Oh gaining an idea OF the customs .,
Hungarian life 1000 years ago and tho
gradual development OF the race
through succeeding generations.