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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25

with pcpsin gum and pcpsin tablets, and
the high ivcr has bottle Of rers,n always
ready, so that nc may take dose aftef
every hearty eating. He viii take pops,n
three times a day and feel perfectly conf
dent that his food will he promptly digest
cd without any .Dconvsnicncet to him.
Tho druggist said that the general usc
Of persin had led many pcrsoDs 90 lelieve
that they need not restrain their appct,tes
or deny themselves any luxury.
But IL Is Ia the bottled department that
the "fiends' are most active.
why, I know men who have been TAX
ing the SHINE patent medicines right along
for go years" said the druggist. There's
one man who takes a certain Kind Of BIT
ters.' 1t contains fair Percentage OF nl-
cohcl and Is doctored up with vegetable
extracts SO that IL tastes all right. and he
finds out that It's the only thing In the
world that helps him. It is n tonic that
gives him an appetite IL he takes a small
glass Of II just before every meal. and, o!
course, when he doesn't use 1t ho has no
appetite at I'll. TheIi Ahere are the vari-
Gus medicines containing opiGfcs. a man
will catch cold and will try certain
cough euro. 1t may cure his cold. Then
he will stop the remedy and discover TINT
no ooSsh icSi eo Ntbh hr bc tlu Ntiic &c
was under treatment. so he will take
soino Of the medicine again. and IL viii
mako him feel better, and he will discover
that It is the only thing that helps him
any. SO he will keep Oh taking IT,"
"For how longf'
"Oh, for years maybe. II you told that
man he was victim Of an opiatc, he
would foil hurt and indignant He feels
that'he 70 taking this medicine because IL
Is the only thing he can get TINT will help
him. Why, I know N man who has been
taking u cholera cure winter and sum-
mer for five years. It's the only thing he
can ind that Will touch his case, and 1t
isn't case If cholera. either. know an
other man who drinks Jamaica ginger,
and he thinks 1t would be wrong TO take a
drink Of whisky. This isn't "A wise thing
for me to shy, from "a business standpoint,
List people tribe too much with drugs
nowadays. They buy and try all kinds OF
new preparations, and often they form
strange habits and become 'fcnds.' In
less they use morphine or cocaine they
don't pretend 10 conceal their habits, be-
Gauge they do not feel TINT they are VIC
tins. But when they try 20 give up their
antipyrlne and their digestion tablets they
End out"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25

PI!ITCuETT, THE HORSE TRADER.
with the woman he married when she WAS
only 10 years OF age. Afterward he went
back and caInped near her fathers planta-
tion and succeeded IN trading mules with
the old Inan, getting s25 to boot.
His wife took to the life he was leading
and Travelled about with him in O large
wagon. They had two children, boys,
who nre now with them. The boys also
like the wild life, and are never 80 happy
as when they are riding through the coun-
try In the wagon.
Pritchett has two wagons now and a
tent. Sometimes io has as many as 90
head Of stock, and he ties them together
end leads them behind his wagons. He
drives one Of the wagons and his wife the
other.
Mrs. Pritcbett passes off as q gypsy
woman and tells fortunes. She purchases
hot Of novelties ana peddles them in the
country towns, stating that she is a gypsy
and made tho goods herself
Talking to an Atlanta Constitution re-
porter, Pritchett said
Sometimes l mako as much as 5000 a
month trading horses. Iwon't1give any
man odds when am on horse trade.
can beat any man swapping horses In this
country. You see, never keep q horse
more than few days at a time, and ir
this way don't pay out much for horse
feed. usually stop at q crossroad and get
all the farmers round about to come to my
camp. 1t doesn't take me long to get I'D
trade The country people kinder. like
to trade horses. They will swap every
time you give them an opportunity. There
Is one thing won't do, and that is tell
man a horse Is sound. II I did, would
soon have them coming down on me. I
always say, Try the horse yourself, and II
you like HIM we will trade Why, I have
known horse to give out In two OF three
hours. That Is when they have been stalled
and fattened to be palmed of on some
body. That Is the reason won't recon-
mend one.
I'm the spring of the year, when the
farmers arc wanting stock, can go around
the country and make q small fortune in
q few months Oh, can make money
fast enough. but can't keep 1t on account
of the way my wife does About twice
year she takes u notion to run away from
me. and then spend all the money have
trying to get her to como back to me. I
hate to fuss with my wife. 1t makes things
SO unpleasant on the road when there are
only herself and Ine. 1t Is all right to fuss
with outsiders. but 1t is no good to quarrel
with somebody whom you have to live
with oil the time. tell my wife this, but
che has got the all fredest temper you ever
saw In u human being. When she gets
mad, everything about her has got to stand
around"
He was asked about how many horses
he had ever traded, and he replied:
well, that would be hard to say. I
guess II YOU would put 1t down at 5000,
you wouldn't he missing it much. am
always open 20 "A trade. Sometimes, mind
You, sometimes, I give a little boot, but
most OF the time get boot myself. can
tell what there is in horse Just by look
ing t<him, and know Just how can
trade him off,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25

do not answer advertisements and send
away for painless cures" but there 10
spruce gum habit, and there are dozens
OF these minor habits of which the drug
gist can tell you.
The manufacture and sale of small pack
ages Of patent preparations and the ipven-
ton OF new compounds for the soda foun-
tain are largely responsible for the in
creased number Of victims to these habits.
The. soda fountain of today must bare an
elaborate eide line Of phosphates, nerve
tonics, fluid extracts and headache cures.
The customer ends that q certain drink
has a soothing or nm enlivening effect on
him, as tho case may be, and every time
during the day that he feels out of sorts he
goes TO the drug store and gets a speady
cure for cents. Before he realizes the
fact he is going to the drug store reeular.
~ and Is one Of the "1cnds" This does
not mem that he is to die in the asylum.
1t simply illustrates the force Of habit.
There arc men who take headache cures
two or three times u day whether they
have headache or not, and some Of them
soon learn to buy bromo mixtures BY the
bottle and take two or three doses day.
Since many kinds Of medicine began 10
be put into tablet form 1t is much easier to
fall into the habit Of giving yourself con.
tinuous treatment phe soda mint habit "A
the most common OF all. You will find
men nowadays who buy their tablets in
quantities and crave them as the cigarette
smoker Graves o smoke. The strong pep
permint tablet Is hlso in great demand
Then there are cloves and sharp, singing
breath eteners"-alf intended 10 calm
disordered stomach.
The druggist told mo Of one customer
m nj n o. hot 10
pepsta were It not for tho constant use of
peppermint chewing gum, writes George
AIDE, IN the Chicago Record. Others will
have nothing but the spruce gum and the
old fashioned rubber" gum.
Men ind women who would not take al
alcoholic stinulant under any circum.
stances keep their small pockets stuffed
with roots and herbs The oalamus root
or the "swoet flag" Is the fayorite nibbie
with the herb victims, although the loyape
root Is more stimulating.
There Is gsntian habit and ginseng
habit. 1t often happens that some astrin-
gent root or herb Ia used az a substitute
for tobacco, with the result that the tobac.
CO habit Is cured, but 10 succeeded By q
craving for the cure.
IL is said that women in particular arc
given to habits Of inhalina. Tho most
| common Of these is the chloroform habit.
A woman finds that o few drops Of Ghloro-
form put on handkerchief and held I'M.
DER the nose have sedative effect and
calm her nerves" So she never ventures
20 feet away from home without he1 littis
flask of chloroform.
The use Of smelling salts can easily be-
eotne q fixed habit, SO that the poor woman
| is positively miserable II she cannot shock
herself every few minutes with powerful
Whit.
The druggist told Of man who used q
menthol inhaler to cure q cold. He liked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25

Smith was put on the starving list, his
daily allowance being three hard biscuits,
q pint Of tea and one-quarter pound Of
salt horse" This was because he did not
know his duty. The other seamen helped
him out with food whenever possible, but
he had to subsist mainly on the ''slush"
used to grease the masts. "Slush" Is the
lat SKINNED of the water In which the
salt horse" Is boiled. When Smith was
ordered to grease the masts, most Of the
contents of the can went into his mouth.
On the vessel reaching Kings Ferry, near
Cardiff, Wales, Smith left her, and, mak-
Ing his way to Liverpool, reported his oass
to the American consul, with the result
that nothing was done. He shipped on an
other vessel and Is now an A No I seaman.
more recent case Is that Of the Clip
per ship ". F. Babcock, whose captain,
Robert Graham, was arrested about Q year
ago for beating Thomas Graves, a seaman,
over the head with a pair Of handcufYs.
Tho Rabcock wns from Honolulu for New
York, and at San Francisco some of the
men wanted to leave the vessel. The cap
tain objected and had Graves, the boat
SWANS mate and another man placed in
irons and Jailed. When the vessel was
ready to sail, the men were taken on board
and Kept in the lazaretto In irons for 81
hours. Then, as the story is told, Graves
was oalled to the cabin. where the captain
asked him If he was going to turn to- His
reply was that he supposed he'd have to-"
The captain unlocked the handouts,
and, as Graves charge states, choked him
with one hand and beat him over the head
with the cuffs until he fell unconscious.
HIS hearing was almost entirely destroyed.
Two weeks before they entered the harbor
Graves was sewing sail when the mate
came along ond, with q heavy piece of
wood In his hand, struck him over the
eye. knocking him senselesa When he
came to, the captain asked what tho trou-
Die was and Graves replied. "Working too
fast"
The mate went ashore as soon as tho
vessel dropped anchor, and the captain is
alleged TO have said there were no laws IN
New York OF the United States to hold
him responsible for what the mate had
DONE The mate left for California at once.
Captain Graham was arrested and placed
under bonds, but sailed nway with his shin.
Early this year tho Babcock was lyina at
Brooklyn dock, and the first time no
came to New York Captain Graham was
arrested. His bail was reduced to $500,
and after leaving q deposition the captain
sailed away. His case will soon come up
for trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25

When tho other men reached the deck
they were ordered 20 throw the body Of
their companion overheard, which they
did. Then the work of shortening sail
was resumed. As the vessel neared San
Francisco the captain offered the men $500
apiece 10 say nothing Of the shooting ind
killing. When port was reached, one Of
the men hung an old blue flannel shirt IN
the rigging and soon the harbor police had
the i've accused men In custody At the
trial all We're found guilty except the
steward and sentenced to long terms Of
imprisonment, which they are now sery-
ing In the state penitertiary Of California.
Another case of brutality was on the
ship Tillie Starbuck, about four years ago.
when Arthur c. Smith, young man, was
shipped by sharks at Portland, Or, as
an able seaman. Smith informed the cap.
tain that he had never been 10 sea before
but the latter said they would "put him
through q course of sprouts before they
got through with him. Then he became
frightened. and, jumping overheard, tried
to swim to shore. The boatswain jumped
into boat and soon had Smith back on
the ship, where he got his first taste of sea
discipline, and vas locked in the forecastle
until the vessel was ready for sea-
After sail had been set Smith was
brought up and placed at the wheel, al
though he did not know one end of the
ship from another. HIS ignorance soon
became apparent, and he was kiched and
beaten and driven aloft to loosen the sky
sails AS the ship was rolling heavily he
became frightened after Le had gotten a
little way up and clambered back to the
deck. Then his.real troubles began. The
captain started in by making him get on
the main hatch and crow Ike rooster for
an hour, When he failed to crow TO please
the captain, the bcatswain would remind
him with ropes end.
After the growing, a sling would be
AthrQso over the midship capsal, and
Smith would have t. heave it In three
inches forehead for one hour and then back
again for another hour. His next job
would be to walk around the capsal and
sing "Capsal Shanties.'' II he did not
sing to suit the captain. he would get
licked and have &c start all over again.
Then be was made to ran around the
deck, the captain accelera.ing his move
ments with a long riding whip. Once,
when he jumped to avoid the whip across
his legs. the captain had him stripped to
the waist and gave him "a lashes iacross
the back. This concluded one days work
for Smith.
When the vessel was two weeks ont,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
Suddenly ore gives tongue. The other.

Suddenly cre gives tongue. The others
may be far, away, but directly they start
for the common point, rushing pellmell
after the dog that has found the trail.
II 10 should happen that the trail Is bot,
the dogs can tell whether the fugitive has
passed up or down stream and thereby
save much time.
As the trail grows warmer the speed apd
enthusiasm Of the dogs increase. They
will outstrIp the pursuers and rush on
quickly to the victim. Usually the fugi-
tive climbs q tree or sits on the top Of q
fence IL there is one, but this ia not nec-
essary. II he will remain perfectly still,
no harm will come to him, but the spec
tacls Of half a dozen frothing, red eyed
bloodhounds, with banging jaws, rushing
toward q fugitive whNe they give voice is
likely TO make him desperate. and If he
fights he will suffer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25

THE HEAD OF a BLOODHOUND.
an armed and desperate man. Directly
the crime Ia discovered tho nearest pack Of
hounds - sont for. "A sheriff or his deputy
or other officer becomes the master Of the
hunt, so TO speak. Three or four Others,
or possibly dozen, may accompany HIM
on horseback. although In mountainous
regions they may be compelled to abandon
their horses ct any moment.
In each pack Of hounds there Is one wise
old dog. who Is tho leader. Sometimes his
scent Is not tho kccncst but his sagacity
exceeds that Of the others.
II the pursued has loft anything behind,
chat is given to the dogs. and the tracks
arc pointed out rs well. Directly they
strike tho tfau they give tongue The bay
OF bark Of tho bloodhound Is deeper, moro
Musical, moro significant than that Of the
foxhound. There Is something porten.
tous nbou. Il
Sometimes the dogs circle about for
unny minutes before they are of in full
CYL then. swiftly or slowly, as the trail Is
warm or cold, they gallop along, their
noses close to the ground, giving tongue
a. thcy run TO show that thcy are full Of
confidence.
Tho dogs do not run so fast that 1t Is
difficult for man on horseback to keep
mp with them, and II the trail Is cold one
on foot can Keep their pace.
Tho mon can $40 no sign Of the fugitive
They cannoe even see the tracks that re-
tain q fnint odor that leads the dogs. As
they follow they wonder when they shall
rcach q strcam and II .the hounds will be
nj fault.
Men Who know that they will be chased
with dogs always make for water, because
they know that 10 will throw them of the
trail u succeeds more often with a beagle,
or fo1hound, than IL does with q blood.
hound.
Directly . stream Is reached the dogs
stop. Then the leader seems to direct the
movements Of the pack. Some cross. to
tho other side. They run up and down
the banks Of the stream like shuttle,
gradually increasing the distance covered.
Others mako wide circles. The interest Of
the dogs Is intense. They seem to feel
that 1t will bc disgrace to lose the trail.
They whine querulously and show their
Nnnr ~ timB.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
OUElS AND SUICIDES.
Both Have Been Epidemic In Paris Vhis
Summer.

Summer.
While the young women of Paris have
Teen organizing ''suicide parties" with the
same. enthusiasm young women of other
countries manifest for social parties the
men have devoted their attention to duel
ing.
Vhese two amusements are now quite
Ia mode IN the gay French capital,
and neither shows signs Of waning in pop.
ularity. The appalling number OF young
women who have voluntarily ended their
existence in Paris this summer has terror
lied the French public, which Is not sur
prising, for suicide has become, one iniaht
say, disease in Paris, an epidemic for
which as yet there seems no remedy.
AS for dueling, it is as much Of q pas
time in France as legitimate sports In
other countries, and Frenchmen appear to
take to 1t us American men take 70 golf
or bicycling, SO much SO that the mum Der
OF duels fought daily would be laughable
were they less dangerous. Men now send
their seconds to each other upon the slight
est pretext. They readily expose their
lives for fancied insults, and that, too,
with the fnii connivance CT the police, who
make no attempt 10 stop the various en-
counters which form the chief topic of
conversation in lie monde.
Three classes of men are most liable to
duel chndlenges-pol!ticians writer's and
army officers In all three professions to
feel safe one must be an expert swords.
man, or else one must be content to live
without opinions, or at least not to give
utterance to them.
There is no code in French, law prohibit
Ing duels, although 1t Is forbidden to Kill
man. However, when death ensues the
offender Is invariably acquitted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
HoH to Keen Awake.

The American in England affords
matter for much pcrplexity and aston
ishment to his English kinsrmen.
"A typical Yankee was icing shown
over an old church wherein hundreds Of
people were buried.
"A great many people sleep between
these walls. said the guide. indicating
the inscription covered floor with .
sweep of his hand
"6o!" said tho American. Same
way over In our country. Why don't
you get amore interesting proacherS''-
London Fun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
ON ACRlMINAL'S TRAIL
Hunting a Fugitive With Dogs
Is Exciting Work.
THE MUCH MALIGNED BLOODHOUND
Never Injuries His Victim Unless Attack
ed-wonderfui sagncity Of the Pack
When on the Traii-NIan Hunts Mere
Common Than In Slavery Days.


Common Than In Slavery DAYS,
,Tbe bloodhound hns become the most
important member Of the police md detect
i've forco in many parts Of this country.
NAP hunts aro rnore common than they
Nerefn slavery days and the terror which
the dogs have inspired among criminals In
INC south is very great. l...a4.l
Tho very namo Of these dogs coniures
horrible pictures of relentless beasts par-
suing q victim until fatigue weights him
down and then springing ut his throat and
tearing him to pieces
It Is o very wrong impression with little
Soct upon which to base il, but It will take
gevornl decades TO remove IL. still there
Neopothipg dreadful! In tho mere thought
of,pcn being tracked by dogs.
!, Thoro arc n peculiar grandeur aud Tn
intensely sacc severity in the head OF tho
aristo6fatio, bloodhound. There Is sug-
gemion OF l4tcnt power and suppressed TO-
roclty about him. His calm dignity and
WnjSAtic. tipysbtful dir show his ancient
6Icedibg nnd loTily associations. His
wrinkled brow. his weary, mournful gaze
from deep ST, bloodshot eyes, bespeak years
and centuries OF meditation.
He Is rs noble Gnt! - ,.c.Iderful as be
looks. You cannot imagine bloodhound
ofbigh breed attacking living creature
without proyocation. And this IL true Of
him.
Tho truo bloodhound never wantonly
trucks victim he has run down. II the
mon romans perfectly quiet, tho blood
hound will ioo him alone. but u the man
attempts 70 run on there is bound to be
trouble. Even then tho bloodhound pre-
fcrs 10 frightcn rather than injuro tho OBJ
5ect Of the cilasc. Ho Will make deal of
threatening before he will bite.
Very often &c happens that tho blood
hound Is attacked By the trailod ZION, and
thon tho animal becomes savage and
dreadful. His very mcin inspires terror.
ond his slNrp :anSs, lila powerful Jaws,
and his red and angry eyes mike him mp
pear ono OF the most formidable of beasts.
A man hunt is "A very exciting thing. II
Is called sport In some places. Very often
It Is dangerous, for the criminal may be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25

movements Of the gang On the night OF
raid IL has been her habit to slip from
her home, meet her followers and then the
raids would begin.
The police nj last succeeded In capturing
this fenale.r raider. Her name Is Minnie
B-othefton. She Is IS years old and lives
In tho woods between wilton and New
Canaan. The authorities have not placed
her behind prison bars. but prefer 90 use
her as u decoy in the hope Of capturing the
remainder Of the gang, several Of whom
are known. but against whom there Is no
direct evidence. The girls word Is law
with her chosen hand, and IL Is doubtful
II the plans of the constabuiary TO force
her to betray her companions will succeed.
She is ut her parents hoI.c, but Is kept
under surveillance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
A NOVEL WCMAN'S CLUB.
Is L. Composed of Four Divorced wiyca
Of Carrot He'll Edgar.

There IL woman's club in Kansas CITY
that for originality can't bc beaten. All
OF ITS members nre widows. There nrc
four OF them, and, strange rs IL may sccin.
they nro all widows. Ivy divorce. Of tho
same man. Stranger still, the husband IL
still living and is paying ardent attention
TO ono Of his former wives. object, mat
rimony.
This nan Of the comprehensive heart 10
kansas City plumber named Garnet Bell
Edgar. Although be is only 80 years old,
he has been addicted TO the marriage and
divorce habit for Is years md has made
record calculated TO make even a Chica-
goan eDvious. The four women who bcap
his name, each Of whom has obtained a
divorce from him and who have organized
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
Morphine Habit In Fr.,c..

The injection Of morphine Is q habit
that is on the increase in Franco, especIal-
iy among the middle classes. On stats
tics Furnished by the pharmacists 1t is es-
timated that there are In Paris at least
10000 victims of the morphine habit, the
majority Of whom are women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
mo FRINGE"

An advertisement In an English PAGER
reads: Wanted, place as house rarlor
maid, 24i-good waiting and needlework:
neat; no fringe; ahstaiper" The Emo
fringe" means that tie maid Is not a
wearer Of curled bangs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
A GIRL BANDIT.
ssder q . Band OF Midnight M.rsud.

Leader q . Band OF Midnight M.rsud.
For some time pns; the farmers Of south.
western Connecticut have been insde tho
victims Of an organized hand Of thieves,
headed by girl chieftain. Small sums
OF money have been taken. bus provisions
seem to have bud n greater attraction for
tho marauders. 1t has been their habit o.
rnnsack the larder aud hold midnight ban.
quets, ut which the girl presided and was
the lending spirit In the reckless rcvels.
The girl, It Il sn!d. planned the expedi.
lions and assumed a leadership In all the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-25
No Ioveraakinu by Teachers.

A Fayette county Pa. school board has
adopted This resolution: "Teacbers mist
not make love while employed by the
board or during school hours. The VIOLA
ton Of this rule will be sufficient causs
for dismissal"