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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-03

SALT, is AN AlMOit~l ANOCN ~
wide enough TO protect an army from
men that have only spears 10 fight with.
The deryish has ammunition now anu
rifles but In the excess OF warfare ne
throws away his gun. His bloody pas
s!onate soul cannot restrain Itself Win
in the bounds of gun practice. HAND 10
hand and spear 10 spear he wants 10 meet
his enemy Any dervish can nght Yen
white men single handed, and with guns
ievelled against him. he can crawl aio oI9
the ground, entirely covered by his sheld'
until within striking distance Of his
enemy .u
Septernber Last week an attack walked
Them. 1t was only a handful of der
wishes. But the Union Jack had 10 can
ali its troops out TO meet them. Sir Her
cules Robinson asks for 10000 10 be sent
north, while with the other 10000 he
marches up the Nile TO meet them.
What will be the outcome OF this strug-
gle for gold? How many .stalwart souls
will, like Henry of Battenberg. have the
privilege, not OF dying for England" but
for the gold that is the root OF all EVIL
in the world, but especially In South At
RIGA? HARVEY LINCOLN.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-03
Drr.wApr ,vsrrp NOE. COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA.

F TII CNaTIoN AND DELAWARE
VIRGINIA. IN PURSUANCE
l.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-03

President-Txttnan Paufdtug.
Observation-Disclosures H. farhah'
Secretary-Henry
business
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-03
I. CAPITAL.

I.
hole amount OF ontaocK Oh qua
Loans ao more than one eng me nrs Leg On No.
interest thereon.
mogaged exclusive buildings and perish
Value OF buildings mortgaged for s5oo col
Of s2+3Jo
ACCOUNT or BONDS UNIFIED STATES. THIS
iNcoKPoRATfD CITIES IN THIS STATE AND ALL OTHER
bonds STOCKS, THE COM
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-03

r ONION ASSURANCE CORPORATION OF LONDON ,
ENDING pEcEMns ~ coz.
oRGANlzED
VIRGINIA, IN PURSUANCE W. 800
- 81
SS sag George So W Cam{Psl L. Case
in Jned -
/. organized or incoFporatea-A ~ i'N'' N ,
Wv. X
l..
Amour
Of II
IL
being the m liens on the ies 1900
interest Is ou'''''''
ACCOUNT OF BONDS UNITED AND OF THIS
o BONlS
CITIES IN THIS sTArF AND OF Ali Ott,S
STOCKS. OWNED ABSOLUTELY ~ HE N0"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-03
orga W. Campbell.

In Unit L. Case
Statcs-44 Pine street
Incorporated-A l7O; commenced pue A. ~ "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
limo to Call a Halt.

The vital statistics clerk felt rather
than heard his visitor enter the office.
He looked up from the desk and beheld
q cadaverous and woebegone individual,
in whose eyes was the feverish glitter
of one to whose lids sleep cometh not.
Poor commission three doors to the
right, said the official glibly.
Il don't want the poor commission.
l want to see you," said the intruder,
with something very like defiance in
his voice and yet with that undertone
of despair that aroused the sympathy of
the clerk.
"And what can do for you?" asked
the latter.
'It isn't what You can do for me, but
what l can do for you." responded the
visitor. I've been trying to do alto
gether too much, and I've got to have q
rest. 1 don't belong to no union, and
I'm willin to work overtime when it's
necessary, but I'll be blamed if you
amt trottin me q heat that 'ud dis
lance anybody but me. I've got to have
shorter hours and a day of once in
awhile, an if don't get 'em, I'll quit,
see?"
But my dear sir, I never saw you
before. l never employed you. Who are
you, anyway"
Me: Oh, amt anybody but Heart
Failure. That's who I be, an l mean
what I say. Detroit News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
A vs,usbse Prpscrsrssoa,

Editor Morrison. Of the Worthing.
ton, Ind. Sun. writes: lyon have n
valuable prescription in Electric
Bitters, and I can cheerfully recon-
mend il for constipation and sick
headache, and as n general system
tonic It has no equal" Mrs. Annie
Stehle, 2625 Cottage Grove avenue.
Chicago. was all run down, could
not eat nor digest food. had q back
ache which never left her and felt
tired and weary, but six bottles OF
Electric Bitters restored her health
and renewed her strength. Price Sc
cents and 81. Get o bottle st Hartz
& Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
Tennyson and M. yyifc.

Tennyson was devoted 60 his wife.
but, like man Of true taste, he wrote
very little atout his feeling for her.
That beautiful dedication beginning.
Dear. near and true" Is that Bit of
his writing which will be most often
associated with her name. She was a
shrcwd critic OF her husbands work.
Tennyson has been accused Of inability
TO fuse the different portions Of long
poem. and the difference in style be-
tween ''The Coming # Arthur and
''The Passing Of Arthur" and the other
"1dylls Of the King" has been cited In
illustration. Concerning this difference
Lady Tennyson said 20 her son only
two days before her death. He saiti
The Coming Of Arthur and The Pass.
ing Of Arthur are purposcly simpler in
style than the other idylls ~ dealing
with the awfulncss 81 birth and death. -
and she wished this statement Of the
poet 60 be put ON record In her sons
biography Of his fathcr.-Ncw York
Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
Enelish Drinking sonx.,

The best Of the English drinking songs
were written by the dramatists of the
seventeenth century, men who trolled
out their vigorous sentiments, linked
sweetly together in flowing verse, with
out the smallest thought or fear OF
shocking anybody. Frankly INDIGENOUS.
they invite the whole wide world to
drink with them. to empty the brim-
ming tankard passed from hand to hand
and to reel home through the frosty
streets, where the Waterman grins at
their unsteady steps, and quiet sleepers,
awakened from dull dreams, echo with
drowsy sympathy the last swelling CO.
derce of their uproarious song. Where
there is no public sentiment to defy
even bacchanalian rioters and baccha-
nalian verses cease to be defiant. What
admirable good temper and sincerity IN
Fletcher's generous importunityl
Drink today and drown all sorrow;
You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow.
Best, while you have it. use your breath;
There is no drinking after death.
Then let us swiil, boys for our health.
Who drinks well loves the commonwealth,
And he that will to bed go sober
Falls with the leaf, still in October.
Upon this song successive changes
have been sung, until now its variations
are bewildering, and to it we owe the
ever popular and utterly indefensibie
glee roared out fer generations by many
lusty tavern chorus:
He who goes to led and goes to bed sober
Falls as the leaves do and dies in October
But he who goes to bed and goes to bed mellow
Lives as he ought to do and dies an honest
fellow.
Agnes Repplier in Atlantic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

Many funny stories are told about
the famous maestro, Signor Arditti,
and his efforts at expression in the not
too familiar English tongue. The best,
perhaps, relates his impromptu speech
soE-e years ago at the promenade con-
cert, when Mile. de Lido had been de-
tanned by railway breakdown, and,
having no time to put on evening ar.
tire. she sat for the moment in q private
box while the conductor begged the in
diligence of the audience. who naturally
would have been astonished to see her
in travelling costume. Signor Ardi;ti
boldly took the plunge. Ladies and
gentlemen" he said, "Mlle dc Lido is
undressed in box But she will sing il
you weesh.' And the wicked promo.
naders laughingly shouted an immediate
Affirmative Ti:-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
SOlidified Petroleum.

The claim some time ago set forth by
Paul d'Humy, French naval officer,
of having originated a process for the
successful qualification of petroleum
for commercial and industrial purposes
has been further explained by him.
From this account, summarized in The
Progressive Age, it appears that heavy
common oil has been converted by this
inventor into solid block, rs hard as
the hardest coal, burning slowly, Civ
ing of an intense heat and showing
not the slightest sign of melting, a ton
of such fuel representing as many as 80
tons of coal, and the space occupied By
one ton OF it being about three cubic
feet, as against the large space required
for the coal. At q recent gathering of
experts, NJ. d'Humy exhibited samples
of the article and experimental with
them. On the table were several cakes
of the solidifed petroleum and of low
grade oils of various sizes and shapes,
and III addition to the cakes there were
samples Of the same fuel in dry powder
and paste, the petroleum powder and
paste mixed together and pressed form
ing homogeneous mass, with a great
specific gravity, hard almost as stone,
and, when burning, giving off a flame
300 times its own volume and q heat
we'll nigh as great as oxygen. Tests to
determine the production of smoke @,
smell failed to indicate the emanation
Of either of these.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

The winters woolcns are handsome
and varied. Iridcsccnt effects. rich
heather mixtures and bouclc effects arc
numerous. having. for example. n mcdi.
um or dark wooden ground vafieyatei
by contrasting threads of silk. or the
foundation il blue or deep rcd. for in
stance. with q very shaggy raised de-
sign of glossy black wool ON the sur.
face. These materials will be much
worn, with the small addition, per.
haps. Of q corded silk vest 60 match the
silk intcrmixiure or else the back.
ground. Very little decoration IL needed
for these snowy textiles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

numbered, threw the body OF the dead
combatant from him with gesture that
was almost human.
The clinch did not follow so quickly
this time. The gray spider succeeded in
getting in and away. clipping of an
other yellow and black leg as he did 60,
but in the second rush he was caught,
and the tiger spiders jaws were locked
in his throat.
So ended the fight.
The tiger spider held on to his second
corpse so long and quietly that thought
him dead also, until stirred him with
my pen. when he staggered furiously
against it, opened his jaws and rolled
over. a corpse.-Cincinnati Commercial
TYihune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
DEAF AND DUMB.
What 1t Means 10 BE Gu. on From speech
aud Hearing.

What 1t Means 20 BE Cut on From Speech
aud Hearing.
To be deaf is to be unable TO hear,
and to be dumb is to be unable to talk
The lack Of hearing is remedicd by
teaching the child TO use bis eyes and
understand either signs or the motions
of the lips, and the lack of speech is
remedied by teaching the child to use
his vocal organs or his hands TO make
others understand, and. behold. the task
is accomplished, and he is lust like
other folks" Not one thought is given
to language, to the wonderful medium
Of exchange by means Of which the bust
ness of life is carried ON, that is sup
posed to come by nature, or instinct, or
miracle, but never by teaching.
A cultured lady. literary woman,
said to mo once, after seeing some deaf
children and hearing them go through
certain vocal exercises which included
every elementary sound in the English
language: Now, if these children can
make all these sounds correctly, why
don't they go right on and talk? What
binders them?" She was a bright wom-
an, and when q very short explanation
had been given her the reason flashed
upon her, and she said: "Why, what o
fool am! ! see! They've got something
to say, and the mechanical ability to
say it, but no language to say it in. "
And in'that one sentence she expressed
the reason for being of all the institu-
tions and schools for the deaf in the
country.
mo language to say it in" that ex-
presses the condition of q deaf child's
mind before he is Taught very well. but
perhaps land no language to think il
in" should be added. Let the reader
try for himself and see how much con-
secutive thought he can accomplish
without words. and Il with his mind
trained by years Of intelligent thinking
he can do little until the words come,
let him imagine. if he can, the state Of
o mind cut off from language. -Mabel
E Adams in Popular Science Monthly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
FROM JosLIN.

8sof ouoooOoe SoWo OF Curpeoe boooreoe
Freo the Upper Enc.
JosLIx, Nov. 25-John c. Swank
has insured his tenant house In the
Gee and yuma Mutual.
Quite . number Of our farmers are
through corn picking. They have
had remarkably fine weather. The
crop 10 . good one.
Kerry Stephenson. now . resident
OF Moline, who owns o farm near
Joslin, was up to his place Saturday
last and eturned with load Of corn.
JAMES Hare, who has been John
Joelin's tenant for couple of years.
is moving away to Henry county.
He has rented the Hobo Hanpah
farm.
Not only hogs, but poultry. have
taken drop Has the crop Of con-
fidence, which should have brought
us Unlimited prosperity, already be-
come exhausted?
Miss Liphardt, Of near Hillsdale,
teacher Of music, had an entertain
men By her pupils at Erie. Willie
Whiteside, Of Joslin. gave . recita-
ton and took part in . duet.
Judge Sesrle, Of Rock Island,
came to JosIin by trein Friday
last, and visited C. NJ. Hubbart and
family. and Saturday he went on to
Rock Falls ard 9th er bust
ness.
The drop in hogs caught j. c.
Swank with q load which he had
bought near Barstow, for which be
paid So per hundred. He is holding
Them over, and offered to give $40 to
any person who would take them of
his hands. Another instance OF mis-
placed confidence.
Oliver Eckstrom. who has been
the renter upon Mr.. McMurpby's
farm. will have q sale OF cattle,
sboats, hay and farming utensils
the Ssh of December. He has bought
a small farm iu the southern part Of
Kentucky. John Noah is the auc-
tioneer.
w. G. Sheppard has decided to re-
tire from farm work. He will rent
his land, bat will still reside upon
his fern. He would have built o
residence in JOE lin could he have
purchased q lot for that purpose
His son Is to 60 to school. Mr. Shep-
pard has sale on the 2i,h of No
| vemter.
L. was reported upon our streets
that one Of our prominent young
men had been married on the sly
On being charged with the mild Of
tense, be denied it emphatically
However, his friends declared the,
could charivari him upon the
strength OF the report. bu: they fin
allv ce;ided the evidence was not
sufficient.
1t has always seemed strange 60
ne that the success OF all business
interests being so ultimately inter.
woven with the success 81 agricui-
ture. that the farmers and business
men did not unite politically for thei'
own interests AM at the same q M
for the interests OF the whole PEG.
pie. The farm is the foundation
upon which all the superstructure.
built by man. find their reason for
being. II the farm suffers. every.
thing else 81 mpathizes with it. 4
the farm is prosperous, then prosper
lily rings from cottage to palace
Verify
| God made the >uptry
| And u an made the town.
MULruM IN PARyo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
SLAUGHTER OF DEER.

Cane Killed In Ncussna by sporssmes
Ssss For the Fun os the Thisg.
". II. Wright tells in Recreation
where much Of Montana's game has
gone. He says:
81 have known two self called sports
men to leave Spokane for two days. ard
ON returning tell Of having killed ss
deer, Q story the ranchmen &C whose
home they put up corrobora.cd. That
was years ago. II would take long
hunt there now to kill SO deer. once
knew q man TO 60 and make q winter
camp and kill over 100 deer. which he
hung mp He tried 70 cell them where
they hung. but failed. He went cas-,
somewhere. where he lived, and I've
never heard Of him since. He claimed
to have killed 100. but I counted $50
carcasses in sight near his camp the fol.
lowing spring.
"while going from Palmer's lake, In
Washington, TO the Salmon river I pass
ed through Toatscoulee and sfopred
overnight near small lake on which
was camped n party Of hunters II
would have been easy 90 load n four
horse wagon with the heads Of deer
alone that were piled mp in one place.
There were deer carcas-es all about the
camp.
~ could name more than 60 Of such
hunters who have killed thousands Of
deer and left them where they fell. On
~ last winter two men left Spokane
and killed 33 deer in Idaho. NO; bring.
ing out pound Of meat 10 show for IL.
81 have seen many Indian hunts. On,
Of which resulted i'm the death Of ovsi
400 deer. but not one of the deer Was
wasted. The Indians hunt and then en-,
the meat before they hunt again. They
kill to cat. bat the whites kill fer fun.
Last spring one man in the Bitter Root
valley killed seven elk without stirring
from his track. Not one was saved"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills Are Do
ing Heroic Work.

4hC SACdS mass VI ICellUjOuIdts re-
ceived in favor Of DR.. Hobbs Spara-
gus Kidney Pills must, as q matter
OF course, be held sacredly confiden.
tial. but many of the cured patients
from different sections Of the coun-
try are anxious to have their letters
published for the bspeit of others
who are suffering from kidney dis
ease as they did.
In the face Of the convincing evil
dence that has appeared in these
columns in favor of Of this harmless
but highly efficient remedy, and the
general publicity that has been given
the matter. it would appear to the
average person that any one who
was suffering from kidney disease
would by this time have taken sd-
vantage of DR.. Hobbs grand dis
covery and thoroughly proven spe-
cific.
However, for the benefit Of thos e
who NAV still doubt the curative
powers of DR.. Hobbs's Spsragus Kid
ney Pills We herewith append to this
article more convincing proof:
One Of the Best Known Men
in Michigan Endorses Or.
Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills
-.-Says They Work Like a
Charm.
A reporter called on Col. A. T. Nc
Reynolds, of 1925 Madison avenue.
Grand Rapids, and found a man 90
years of age, remarkably well pre-
served. and in reply to his question
told the following interesting ex-
perience: Il am 80 years old ~pd
have lived in the state OF Michigan
for 6S years, holding many political
| positions in that time. l suppose
am one OF the best known men in
this state today. l have not known
what it was to be sick, or have doc
tor until year ago last winter.
when l was taken with lagrippe,
which, after getting over the acute
stage. settled in my kidneys and
bladder, causing me great deal Of
pain aud trouble ever since. Ny
feet and ankles were swo len 10 twice
their normal size. Thought old ago
had great deal to do with my con.
dition, and had resigned myself te
remain q sufferer the rest of my life
But noticed where the newspaper.
were to test Dr.. Hobbs Sparagu,
Kidney Pills, aud thinking was {
good subject. / applied for a box
which they sent me. l started tax
ing them at once. aud to my surprise
as well As satisfaction, began to i'm
lprove from the very start. l am nov
using my first regular box that I go,
from my druggist after the sample
were used up. l find that the psinl
in my kidneys aud bladder have lef
me entirely, and the swelling ha
disappeared from my feet. In fact
all the weakness and bad symptom,
have gone. and ] cannot find word
to express my gratitude to tn,
Hobbs Remedy company. for bring
ling before nv notice q remedy tina
does the work in such a satisfaction
manner as DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kid
ney Pills. They work like a charm
and I take great pleasure in being
able to tell nv friends what thel
have done for me.
| Col. A. T. McReynolds,
1926 Madison avenue,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
| DR.. Hobbs Sraragus Kidne'
Pills, so cents q box or six for % SO
FOR SALE BY
T. II. THOMAS, Druggist,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
no aunsbug.

Foley's Honey and Tar docs not
claim to perform miracles. Il does
not claim to cure all cases of con-
sumption or asthma. But it does
claim to give comfort and relief in
advanced stages Of these diseases ard
to usually cure early stages. II IL
certainly worth trying by those af-
.iicted or threatened with these
dread diseases. Sold BY NJ. r. Balm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
Couldn't say.

Mr.. Frankstown-Miss Bloomfield is
rs pretty as the day is long. Don't you
think so?
Mr.. Homework have never seen
her except at evening gatherings
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
The Man Faced Crab.

One OF the most singular looking crea-
lures that ever walked the earth or ..swarn
the waters under the Garth Is the world
famous man faced crab of Japan Its body
Is hardly an inch in length. yet the head Is
lifted with face which Is the Perfect conn.,
terpart OF that Of Chinese cooly-a veri
table missing link-with eyes, nose and
month all CLEARLY defined
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
Pssosi Pilss. Ississi

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cure blind, bleeding, liberated
and itching piles. Il absorbs the
tumors. allsys the itching ut once.
acts as q poultice. gives instant re-
relief. DR.. Williams Indian Pile
Ointment Is prepared only for piles
and itching Of the private parts. and
nothing else. Every box 10 guarsn-
teed. sold BY druggists. cent By
mail for so cents and ei per box.
WILLIAMS M's'e Co. Props, Clcve.
land. Ohio. For sale BY al drug.
gists-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
Tho Good and Beautiful,

To see the good and the beautiful and
to have no strength to live it is only to
be Noses ON the mountain Of Nebo,
with the land at your feet and no power
to enter. It would be better not to sec
it.-Olive Schreiner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

In India there is species of butterfly
in which the male has the left wing
yellow and the right one red. The col
orr Of the female are vice versa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
Not Embarrassed.

SIS &c true that Pidger is financially
embarrassed
He is awfully in debt, but IL doesn't
seem to embarrass him any. "--Chicago
Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

A newly discovered West African
butterfly spins . cocoon which resembles
Q mask made for . human face.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27
Tho Water LSly.

Several specimens of water lilies
have the very curious popularity Of
blooming all day, aud at evening clos
ing their blossoms, and, by retracting
the stem. drawing the flower entirely
under water. There is no more singular
fact in the history Of flowers than this
oddity of the water lily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

Ptolemy. king Of Macedon, was the
Thunderbolt. frun the vigor Of his mill
tary movements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

A rainbow in the afternoon Is gener-
ally An indication Of clear weather.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

The first telephone wire was stretched
between Boston and Somerville. = dis
topce Of three miles. in 1877.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

When Baov wss sch, ~ es~e ber c.acr,A
Wien sne sss cnild- sbe cnsd for o.aoriA
WIN ne bsrar,s Nh. she csuns 70 Cass0,A
whss ne bad chudrsa. - n.sts ossoss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

Some Re- all D. uggists Estimate
This Reduction as Bigh as
Thirty-three Per Cent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-27

PREDICTION COMES
TRUE.

During the Past Three Weeks
There Has Been In Rock
Island a Great Reduc.
ton in The Suffer.
ings Of Those Af-
flicted With
Kidney ALL
ments.