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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT IRONToN, Mo.
Frhrnarv 10 ISn6.

ICDTUaTY I9. IO4U,
Notice is hereby gwen that the following
named settler has fled notice OF his Intention
to make fual proof in support of his claim,
and dat said proo( will be made before the
clerk the County court at Marble Hill, Mo-,
on Saturday. April 4, 1896 viz:
Isaac n. Kirk, homestead eptry No. TO-
10, for the east half IF the southwest quar-
Ter section 8 and northeast quarter northwest
quarter and northwest quarter northeast quar-
ter sec II, tp 20, nrSe.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz: Join J. Wiggips, John c.
Wagner and James Gil'and. I'll of Buchan-
an. Mo, and Lucas Vance OF Glen Allen,
Mo. JAMES II. CLARK, Register,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05

AT st. Louis, the other day, State
Auditor Seibert shook hands with
Dave Francis and forthwith the
Post.Dispatch got up sensational
article accusing Seibert Of desert
ing 70 the "sound money" crowd
aada number of papers in south
east Missouri are echoipg the
~. We saw nothingin the Post
tspatci, article that would lead
. acquainted with Col. Jones'
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05

NOMINATE free coinage men for
delegates to congressional, state
and national conventions this sum
mer. Make every candidate declare
himself in advance. Don't vote for
any man whose financial principles
are in hiding. Let each precinct at,
tend 10 this matter, and the result
will extend up from the precinct
through the country, congressional
and state conventions to TIE national
convention and the grand resultwilI
he victory for the people and democ-
rgar-
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05

SENATOR QUAY is perhaps the
only man in American history who
ever experienced any difficulty III
making the public believe that he
would like to be president.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05

methods to believe that Mr. Seibort
has changed his views on the fnan-
cial or any other question and we
propose to hear from him before
helping to read him out Of the BIZ
metallist ranks.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05
le keeps on practicing.


WHEN big, strong man spends
his time scheming for the improve
ment of mankind and the emanci-
patton Of the world-that ultim&te
1twinplrpose running hand in hand
with Tie theory Of tapping every
Body in sight for contributions-it
is a pretty safe bet that the first
person who will be emancipated
and improved will be the big, strong
man as aforesaid.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05

II occurs to the public as one
gratifying feature Of the coming
campaign that the republican party
Will not care to talk much about
the performances Of the present
congress.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05
ST. L. |. NJ. q S. TINS TABLE.

john SHERMAN has officially taken
the gold standard democrats to his
broad and manly bosom,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05

JOSIAH PATTERSON has been in
New England killing the "silyer
craze" in that section. This is a
plain case of Jack the Giant Killer
climbing the bean stalk, Josiah
will be a great statesman some day
If he keeps on practicing.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05

IRIS enc thing to read senator
cout of his party and another and
more difficult one to stop his peo-
pie from voting for him.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-03-05

jngt0n,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12

Tho registry Of the Bastille contains
tho entry: con Thursday, Sept. IS,
1859, at , O'Clock in the afternoon, NJ.
de Saint Mars, governor Of the castle
OF the Bastille, arrived to take ND his
duties, coming from his post at the lies
Salntc Marguerite, and having brought
with him in his litter former prisoner,
whom he had i'll his custody at Pignerol.
The latter he keeps invariably masked,
and his name is never mentioned" NJ.
do Saint-Mars, i'll the years in question,
had only five prisoners in his charge at
PiGneroL The fate of four has been
clearly traced. The fifth must be Mat
toll. The prisoner died in 1903, and
was buried on Nov 30 in the cemetery
Of St. Paul. NJ. Bertrand Of the French
foreign Office has examined the registry
Of burials and finds the name Mattioli
under that date. Louis XIV told Nine
Pompadour that tho prisoner was an
Italian minister.
Louis XVI assured Marie Antoinette,
on the authority of Maurepas, that the
man was = dangerous intriguer, a SUBJ
Ject of the Duke of Mantua, who had
been arrested at the frontier and impris-
oned first ut Pignerol and then in the
Bastille. The evidence seems conclusive,
and puts an end to all other theories,
including Noltaire' S bold invention that
the man III the iron mask was supposed
brother of Louis XVI, which Dumas has
taken up and immortalized in his
Three Guardsmen" romances. Matti-
oils crime was giving information to
Austria, Spain, Savoy and Venice Of
negotiations into which Louis XVI had
entered with him to induce him to sell
tie important fortress Of Casale to the
French. Historique
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
Ravaces of Locusts In Cyprus.

One reads Of plaques Of locusts, bu:
1t is difficult 70 realize what a terrible
lnfliction an invasion of these ravenous
pests can be. Nj. >. Z. Mavrocordato
of the civil service. Cyprus, has made
the subject of how best to destroy, or at
least to decrease, their numbers, spe-
cial study, and the very graphic &C
count Of bis experiences as related a.
the Colonial institute is full Of interest.
Cyprus i'll past years has suffered sorely
from the ravages Of locusts, and the in
hahitaEts have at times been reduced to
famine. The locust, one of the grass.
hopper family, is about two inches in
length and increases at the ratio of
about 30 to 1 annually. When the eggs
are Matched, the breeding ground is GOV
cred with densoly packed mass Of in
sects, not much larger than an ordinary
ant. This mass eventually marches for
ward, consuming every green blade on
its route. This goes on till, arriving ut
their full size, the creatures take to their
wings, and wherever they settle devas-
tation is complete. -Westminster Ga
zpfYp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
A Forest Of Microbes,

Cheese. the supposed to be edible
milk curd Of commerce, is the best soil
in the world for microbes and bacteria,
and on its surface flourish millions up
on millions Of infinitesimal parasitic
plant growth. A microscopic examiDa-
ton Of u single gram of fresh cheese,
such as is usually sold at the grocer's,
proved that it contained not less than
10000 separate and distinct specimens
OF bacteria. After seven days this same
section Of cheese was examined and
found to contain 10000 separate and
individual bacteria. Professor de Kahn
says that a cheese, properly sliced and
exposed, will within week bc implant-
ed with bacterial growth containing
more separate specimens than there are
trees upon the whole Of the earth's sur
face. Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
FISHERMEN'S NETS.
most Of Them Made BY AGaehiae Nov,.
days-Their Many TseS

days-Their Many Uses.
Most fishermen's nets nowadays arc
made by machinery, excepting the small
round crab nets and dip nets, ard bait
nets that sportsmen use. These are made
by hand, for the machines Garnet make
anything but straight fiat web. MANY
larger circular nets, however, are con.
structed from machine made netting.
cut up.
Machines have been used generally in
ne'making for about 80 years. Before
that nets were knitted in the families of
the fishermen. Some fishermen ON the
Atlantic coast still make their own nets.
and On one part of the Pacific coast
there is close union Of fishermen using
nets made by hand. but factory made
nets have displaced most nets of do
nestle make.
There arc six netting factories in the
United States, all on the Atlantic coast.
Carload lots of nets are not uncommon
shipments from this coast TO the Pacific.
and the same is true of netting Irvine.
Nets are made Of various sizes Of
thread or Irvine, in any size mesh de-
sired, and they can be made Of any
length, but nets of certain kinds are
made commonly in certain lengths, and
then joined together if greater length be
desired. In this way nets have been set
In the great lakes in one straight string
Of II miles. Nets three or four miles
long are not unusual there. Such nets
are fishod with steamboats,.
a pound net, 100 feet in depth, has
Been set i'll Lake Superior 1t was neccs-
sary to splice the poles for it. The aver
age depth of pound nets ON the lakes is
10 feet. On the Atlantic coast the aver
age depth Of pound nets is 80 feet. Lead
ers are made - to 20 rods in length.
In the sounds Of North Carolina yery
long hauling seines are used, some Of
them about Il mile long. They are oper.
ated by steamboats,. Formerly, hauling
seines We're used generally. Within the
last II years the use Of pound nets has
increased rapidly. Purse scines are made
200 to $50 fathoms long and perhaps 100
feet dcep.
A pound me-. complete, costs 5000 to
$1,000; a purse net, 800 to $500; n
lake gill net outfit, So, 900 to $1,000,
although il might not all I've used at one
time; ii shore seine, from $40 to $500.
There arc other kinds of nets and seincs.
The life of II net depends ON the water
1t Is used i'll and circumstances. A heavy
pound net might get thrashed ont in q
season. Some nets and seines last three
or four years or longer.
Nets are made for various uses other
than for fishing. They arc made for use
on horses, i'll laundries to hold collars
and cuffs, for decorative purposes, for
lawn tennis, and all sorts of backstops,
for banners and for hammocks, for poul-
try yards and for fruit trees and straw
berry beds. Some bird traps are made
with nets. There arc steamboat nets,
which, however, are not knotted, hut
sized.-New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
Everybody Ready to DECKER.

Many years ago, in central Maine, q
man started out TO sell oiicloth table
covers throughout the country at so
cents a cover. After travelling all day
without selling one a happy thought
struck him. He would charge a dollar
and take half the pay in cast of shoes.
The result was that people imagined
they were getting some return from
tier old shoes, and there was a general
ransacking Of attics, and table covers
went like hot cakes. But the old shoes:
Well. wherever he found a convenient
hole beside the road, out of sight. he
pulled ur his cart and dumped the lot
Lewiston (Me. Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12

The subjoined record extracted from
the archives of old Paris possesses suffi-
Gent interest to warrant its publication.
Our readers will see from it what ter
rible thing the capital penalty was in
former days, and at the same time learn
that the gentlemen who acted as exccu-
TONERS, with their assistants and tor
turers, did not labor for glory alone:
AN EXECUTIONER's PRICE LIST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
ABOUT METALS AND MINERALS
eomethjng About Their Dinerenoes-Rust,
of the Former,

Professor Skidmorc Of PHILADELPHIA.
Ia a course Of laboratory lessons to SUI
pe,vising principals and teachers Of the
Philadelphia public schools, took up the
subject Of metals recently. In the course
Of his lecture ne made some interesting
remarks in regard to the distinction be-
tween minerals and metals. 1t is net
possible, he observed, to define exactly
what a metal is, yet there is little liza
bility Of mistake in distinguishing q
metal from q nonmetal. The metallic
properties Of lUster, toughness, fusibili-
ty, opaqueness, conductiyity and rust
may be possessed separately by nonmet-
ais, but they are not associated as they
are with metals. Most metals NAV be
bent, twisted, drawn and hammered to
an extent far beyond what any mineral
not metal could endure.
Taking up the matter of the rusts of
different metals, he showed by a series
of interesting experiments that sodium,
potassium. lithium and, i'll lesser de-
gree, calcium, strontiUm and bariurn
rust instantly when exposed to moist
air, their white rnsts quickly dissolv-
ing in water and forming alkalies. 9th
or experiments demonstrated the fact
that another group of metals, in which
are zinc, lead, magnesium and antimo-
ny, have white rUsts which are not sol
ubic i'll water. These rusts form thin
adheront coating, which only half con-
ceals the metal and gives to it dull,
furnished appearance. 1t was shown
that ut higher temperatures than the
ordinary, and especially if the metals
are finely divided, tho chemical energy
Of rusting is so great that the metals
burn with vivid light and emit a
dense white smoke. The pernanency of
these rusts and their protective charac-
ter are utilized i'll white paints.
Professor Skidmorc then directed at
tcntion to third group Of metals,
which includes those which have dark
or colorCd rusts, as with corner, iron
and silver. \ series Of experiments fol-
lowed To show how these rusts were
formed, and the changes which iron un-
dergues in appearance in the temporing
process were carefully noted. Attention
was directed finally to the fourth group
OF metals, which never rust. These are
gold and platinum, and it was noted
that they are also the metals which ale
found as metals in the earth, and not
AS ores from which the metal must be
manufactured. in the case of the other
metals, 1t Is an advantage that they are
found III the rust or ore condition, as
they can be manufactured much more
easily than they could be cut from
lodges Of tho pure metal.-Iron Age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
a. LINCOLN,
Attorney and Chancellor ut Law
Surjrcfiell. Ill.

Attorney and Chancellor ut Law,
Springfield, III.
To Whom 1t May Concern:-
Ally old customers and others are no Goubt
aware Of the terrible time I have had in cross
inG the stream and will he glad to know that
will be back on tho same side from which /
started on or before tho 4th of March next.
when viii be ready to swap horses, dispense
law, make jokes, split rails and perform other
matters IN a small! way.
y card printed in April of tho same
year is entitled Tho End Of JEFF
Davis" and depicts tho Confederate
leader as just disappearing up tunnel.
supposed to represent the underground
railroad"
Still another shows the public bell
man and advertiscs as lost 1.-THE old
codger, Democracy, who is described
IN the text rs wearing cotton suit of
southern manufacture and soft hat
twined about with copperhead snake
An adoption of n comic English print
porsonifies the south rs Il bclatcd trav-
eler who lost his way il the rain, and
after tramping through mud and slusll
encounters signpOst pointed in tho
direction from which he had come
NHiNH p'us tlc hS'nu- 10 Union;
upon which he cxcl;.irus, Lord a
mercy! I'm going wrong and got to
walk way back again.
More singing Is tho sign in which
the north and south are depicted as lion
and JackaSS, and labeled, lone of US
must conquer. TO this class belongs
the designs in which the gallows Figures
Us the end Of the Confedcrates and
those III which the devil is shown as
inspiring the southern gentry. Rather "a
witty conceit is the motto applied to the
Union flag, These colors won't run. &"
Us well rs that III which the coils Of a
fcpe form a Deaths head. which is la
bclcd, The end of secession. ''-Phila.
delphia Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
Observance Of the Sabbath.

There was the minister Of Twecds-
muir, who on certain Sabbath found
salmon stranded in shallow water,
and who, being unable conscientiously
to take it out on such day, built a
hedge Of stones around il, and. return
ing On the nlorrow, claimed his prize.
There was the old farmer, who could
not go to the kirk because he had neg
lected to shave On tho Saturday night,
and he would not profane the day BY
the use of any edged tooL-Macmillan
Magazine,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
COiOna Sand
Stone QuarrieS
Sawed building stone,
Ash!ar and trimmings
a speciality.

Pot choapncss. durability mud
beauty o,collcd 10y mono. This
stone docs not wash or color the
wall with alkali. etc. Plans sent
u, for estimates will receive
careful attention and be returned
promptly NJ our expense.
ouarrics ~ miles from Rock
Island on the e., u. IL q. X. Il.
Trains Nos. . and 10 will stop
and lot visitors oil ana on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12
She Seemed Familiar.

An English paper tells a story Of the
late Earl Of Portarlington, who was al
ways forgetting the names Of people
whom he had met. Once, on receiving
y gracious nod from Queen Victoria at
I: Marlborough House garden party, ac-
{ npanicd by few words Of kindly ill.,
& ..ry after his health. he replied: You
ale very kind, madam. Your face seems
strangely familiar TO me, but for the
life Of me ] cannot remember your
name"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12

Upon Fenelon telling Ricbelieu that
he had seen the portrait Of his emineDoe
at the palace, the cardinal sneeringly
asked, Did you asl; it for subscrip-
ton fer some poor friend Of yOurs:'
mo. The picture was too much like
you "-EIchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12

A great lie is like a great fish On dry
land; il may FIRE. and fling and make
frightful bother, bet il canuot hurt you.
You have only TO keep still, and it will
die Of itself. -Crabbe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-12

MD YOU EVER suffer from rcal rcr-
n vuusucs-; Whc. every nerve seemed
o. quiyc= with 3. peculiar, creepy
feeling. first ~ o:ic place, aGd thor aao;nrr
and all seemed finally % Concentrate IN .
wr'th!nr jumbo IN the brain. and yOa be-
come irri'al!c, frrifgi aut pcCvisA; to &c
followed ~ an iArntgr' weakened cordi-
tiDn of the nerve ccHtcr. fiH.:.H- tn the
ears. aHd SIC. plcs5, ,li. = ,lc ri=h.a:
DR.. Mics H., Laseno searle5'
Nervine hart, lad, say: 'Ncr-
Restores me nearly in i, ,', and ID
Tyn,r4L ur"-.r.aus were unable
'i~0AIiA.'s.'' TO hC4u Iac. Iymcnury
was aluo.t rrr~ AMI every little thing
worried rH un..l ! VIC almost distracted.
! really '..r.i vas uur1-liu. q maniac. !
lima -'ucd all -or;8 q evil things ANA would
cry uyc- nothing. cntua.curcd taxing IL.
Milo la .jura'isc ScrsIuo aud four bottles
80 TIL wonderful remedy con plct.ly cured
ulc. ruu AN A. well now as / ever was"
nr Mics Ncryino is sold on guarantee.
Ia hottie Will benefit or money refunded.
The morning times., 1896-10-19
GENTRY'S COMING TRIAL
PAGER Will Try for the Two-Mlnute
Mark.
belmont To BE Put in Perfect Shape
for the Great Pncer's
Effort.

John r, Gentry, the worlds champion
pacing stallion, has been secured after
long pendng negotiations TO give shree
trials of speed over the Belmont course
on Wednesday, October ~. MIR. Euwar1
S,mpson, son Of the millionaire, William
Al Sampson, OF the Empire Stud, New
York, owner of Gentry, closed the bargain
with Mr. frank Bower, who acted as
agent Tor Belnunt's lessee AT Lexington,
KY, few days ago, in preference TO ex-
mbiting at Cleveland, o., where double the
amount was offered, on account OF Bel
mont's proximity TO New York city. MT.
SIMPSON is anxious to have his New York
friends witness Gentry's marvellous speed
prior to being retired to the stud
special train VIII bring over the New York
contingent on the occasion.
William Andrews, trainer and Cover
of Gentry, and who drove him To his
record OF 2:uO 1-2, writes Lessee Odeli:
Put Belmont track IN good condition,
and III show Philadelphians the three
fastest miles ever paced, and well worth
gong across the continent to witness.
Two years ago Andrews Sad the En-
pire SJuu cumpa igners III training at BEL
mont. His knowledge OF the track is
perfect and II anyone can drive Gentry
TO the two-minute mark over the course
Andrews is the man. He claims the horse
to be siX SECONDS better than when he
paced with Joe Patchen and set the track
record at zoe Ia.
Comment at Belmont is in favor of the
peerless PAGER. Ed O'Dell has set the
time for the three miles in better than
2:O4; Albert De Cernea thinks 2:01 1-2
" ill be the best time; Thomas Grady says
win Andrews up the three heaGs sliuuid
average better than 2:04, Joshua Evans
offers $1,000 if minutes is broken.
John Condor, w. II. IL. Achuff and Others
expect phenome nal time. While James
Reamy, who raised, broke, and drove
| John X. Geutry, says he is the greatest
horse in the world. and will beat 2
minutes.
Gentry will be sent for all he is worth
on October 20, at the Terre Haute tack,
| Indiana. Over this track Gentry set
! the stallion record of 2:o3 3-4 in 1895,
| and on the same course lowered the mark
| to 2:03 1 4 this season. Terre Haute
| course is considered the fastest in the
| world, bar none, and every effort will be
made on Tuesday next to set the worlds
record at minutes.
| Managers of Star Pointer, who has
sprung into prominence this year, are
anxious to make a deal to race Gentry
on the day set Tor his advent at BELMONT
or they propose to go against the time
made by Gentry on the same day, spill
| heats, or any future date. Other at
| fractions are being considered. and " her
consummated, October % will be q red
letter day in the history of BELMONT.
The morning times., 1896-10-19
LOCAL SPORTING NOTES.

Spider" Kelly and Kid Hogan, or
Philadelphia, the bantams who nave sishea
articles for twcnty-round bout, would
ike To have their mach serve as q curtain
raiser for the Daley-Wilson fight.
There will he Interesting skating matches
among the local experts This winter. Nearly
all the wellknown skaters will race under
the '"lors OF the prominent athletic Or
ganiZations.
The formation Of Junior basketball
League finds favor in the local athletic
clubs, and it. is very likely thai the puthc
will see Some good matches between the
little fellows during the coming season.
a bicycle drill by ladies and gentlemen
will b. a popular feature or the meet
for the benefit of The Eugene Field monu-
ment fund, which comes off October 81.
A large number of juvenile football teams
are being organized, and hot contests are
waged Saturday mornings on lots and
commons about the city.
The postponed polo game between Fort
Myer and WarreDton teams Will probably
be played Some time next week.
The morning times., 1896-10-19
FROST WARNINGS SENT OUT
Weather Prophet Says the District
Will Catch 1t.
Warm Weather, Though, is Now on
Its Way and May Reach
Here by Noon.

Frost warnings Were sent out yeslerdaS
morning to various points along lhc
Auaptic coast ana to a territory extending
from UheCoasJas FAR wesJ as Eastern eiihes-
see Frosus Were predicted Tor the interior
of NaryIand ana IBe seCuons around tbe
District OF Columbia.
That there was solid basis for this pre-
ticiion of the Weather Bureau was felt III
the air Of Washington yesterday morning,
ull day, and last night. AT = o'clock yes
terday morning the mercury was at oo, the
tcnperature having risen at 10 u. m, elght
hours. thereafter, only to SO. AT p. IN.
IL was uacK again at 30, an at 10 p m
IT had fallen To 43. All OF these figures
were from Ien to twelve degrees lower than
the normal temperatures Tor this season
of the year.
Yet 1t is not a cold wave; and more
remarkable, ; the fact that the warL.lhe
process is row on the way from the west
and Northwest, the cradle of SHOWS, Ice
and bliZzards. This warm wave Is faS'
approaching from the West, and probably
by toda V at noon the cool conditions VII
have disappeared and the normal resume
its rule.
The frost warnings Will save great
deal of legel8uoh LAT might nave bech
without them, stolen upon like thlei
In the night, and especially in Southern
Georgia and Florida, There is very little
In tue TieiuS in the northern part OF the
country that can now be affected By
frost.