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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15

To Cure . Cold In Ose Day.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lsts- An druggists refund the
money II ft fails to cure. 25 cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15
Lived To he IOi and Froze To Death.

Decatur. Mich, Feb. 15.-Mrs. James
Nuby. 10. years old, was found frozen
to death at Der home In Arlington
township, where she had lived alone for
nearly fifty years. She was supposed to
be the oldest person in southwestern
Michigan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15

Mason City. Ia. Feb. 15.-Mr. and Mrs.
J. c. Long have been indicted by the
grand jury Of Franklin county for the
murder Of their daughter Leah. AGED
1& Judge Bridsan place the BAN At S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15
TUCKER AND SHELBY DEAD.

Two Men Who Took an Active Part IN
American Rebellion.
Lexington. Va. Feb. 15.-John RAN
dOlph Tucker died at his home here Sat-
urday night. He was conscious up to 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon, when he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15
MCCARTHY MUST HANG NEXT FRIDAY.
Gov. Tanner Refuses To He aGercifal - .
Wife Slayer.


Springfield. Ills. Feb. 15.-Governor
Tanner has refused to commute the SEN
tence of Daniel Mccarthy. convicted Of
wife murder in Chicago. from the death
sentence to imprisonment for life. At
torney w. S. Elliott. Of Chicago. spent
a greater portion of day in presenting
the matter to Governor Tanner in be-
half of the condemned man. The facts
in the case as presented to Governor
Tanner were that last July Mccarthy
shot and fatally wounded his wife. They
had some trouble previous to the shoot
ing and she left hfs home and went to
live with her mother. He worked at his
trade in a printing Office every day for
q week prior to the murder and then
went to the house where his wife was
stopping and killed her. On his way
to the house he drank considerable
whisky.
Before the evidence had been heard
an agreement was made with the states
attorney that Mccarthy would plead
guilty providing the, states attorney
would recommend q sentence Of thirty
years The judge refused to recognise
the agreement and told the prisoner he
could withdraw his plea and stand trial.
This the prisoner refused to do. and
the judge sentenced him to hang. On
hearing the facts in the case Governor
Tanner said that he could see no ex-
tenuating circumstance. Mccarthy Is
to hang next FridAya This is the first
appeal that has been made to Governor
Tanner for executive clemency.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15

Niles, Mich. Feb. Is BY the death
OF his brother-in-law named Sarbore, In
Valencia. Spain. E. H. Power, engaged
in the plumbing bushes here. has fallen
heir to $1S2, 400.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15
Hank Faiiure at west Superior.

West Superior. Wis. Feb. 15.-Homer
T. Fowler. who 1t is alleged was forced
out Of the presidency of the Northwest
ern National bank. Of this city, and
whose private bank, the State Trust.
went into the hands Of a receiver Sat
urday, has resigned from the directorate
Of the first named Institution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15
LA LUCIA INTERVIEWS wEYLER.
Who Gives His Opinion Of the Situation 1,
Snnta Clara.

VINO OlveS MS Opinion Of the Situation In
Snnta Clara.
Havana, Feb. 15.-The war corre-
spondent Of La Lucha, Senior Canarte
and the union civil governor of the pro-
vince Of Santa Clara, Senior l(ontero
Vidal, arrived Saturday from Placetas
During the trip to the interior they met
Captain General Weyler, who was stop
ping at the house Of Lieutenant Colonel
Palanca. The civil governor and Gener-
al Sclano had breakfast with CAPTAIN
General Weyler, Senior Canarte Joining
the party. During the course of the
breakfast Captain General Weyler was
interviewed. He said that from the rail-
road lines of Cienfuegoes and Saeua
columns and brigades were reconnoiter-
ing continuously up to the edges of the
Rivers Saga and Yaguajay.
General Weyler asked Senior Canarte
about the situation in Pinar del Rio
province, a part Of the island in which
Senor Canarte had been travelling re-
Gently. Senor Canarte detailed the Cd.
erations there and the work accom-
plished by the division Of General Mel
guizo. and both agreed that there was
only work for local guerillias. Captain
General Weyler said that in the province
of Santa Clara the revolution was still in
a primative state: but he added that with
concentration the Spanish would soon
obtain a positive advantage, and an in
crease in the number Of towns held bv
the government forces would soon be
noted.
General weyler said that General
Maximo Gomez had intended to invade
the provinces of Matanzas and Havana,
but that he had been obliged to retreat,
owing to the tenacious prosecution Of
the war by the Spanish and the activity
of the government columns. He said
that the so-cailed insurgent government
which came with Gomez had returned
to Najasi. fearing the rapid advance of
the Spanish troops. Being asked where
he was going. Captain General weyler
said that he did not know, but that he
would no1feturn until he had complete
ly organued the plan of campaign in
the province Of Santa Clara.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15
sENAToR-ELEoT MASON FAlNTs.
He Receivers, However, and Starts at Ones
for the South.

for the South.
Chicago, Feb. Is. - United States
Senator-elect William f. Mason was
suddenly stricken at his residence Sat-
urday afternoon with a severe faint
ing spell brought on by nervous strain
and overwork. 1t had been the inten-
ton Of Mason to leave for the south
TO secure much-needed rest. and as
soon as he was conscious he decided to
start Immediately. Accordingly he made
hurried arrangements and left on the
o'clock train for New Orleans Within
two hours after he had left the city
the rumor was curre.i. that he had been
taken i'll a second time and died on the
train.
At Centralia, Ills, the senator de-
clared that he never felt better in his
life and that the slight faintinC spell
was caused by exhaustion and no bad
effects had followed. He was sitting up
at II q. m. Saturday jollying his COM
panions in the smoking room Of the
sleeper and appeared in coed health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-15
Britis., Won the Chess Match.

New York, Feb 15.-After two days
play the International team chess match
between the Kingdom of Great Britain
and the United States of America, ended
in a win for Great Britain shortly before
$3.50 p. m. Saturday. The British won
five and the Americans won four games
and there were two drawn. This sends
the chess trophy back to England, the
Americans having won it last year.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Tea at $175 a Pound.

Tea at $175 a pound! If grocer
should ask the average housewife that
kind of price she would be likely to
drop dead. Yet there is such tea, and
G. n. Merriweather. tea merchant
of Cincinnati. has some of it. A little
Of this goes a long way and five ounces
Of it constitutes his stock.
Very little of this tea is ever brought
to this country. Indeed, little of it is
marketed anywhere, as it is extremely
rare, and millionaires, even, if the price
was no object, would have difficulty in
getting hold of it,
This $1Io-a-pOund tea is known as
the Ceylon golden bud 1t is the pick
ings of the first tips of the blossoms
The greatest care must be taken in the
picking, and nothing but the bright
golden-hued tip taken off the blossoms
All the picking of this grade is care
fully done by hand. The process of
drying these tips is as delicate as the
picking. The annual output is esti-
mated at $1,000 pounds, valued at
S2,1OO,OOO.
But five pounds of this tea has ever
been known to have reached the United
States, excepting a few pounds placed
on exhibition at the Worlds Fair. \
rich lady residing at New York wrote
to Mr. Mari, the agent of the Ceylon
tea-growers for America, at Chicago.
and asked him to try to procure for her
if possible five pounds of this remark
able and expensive tea. Mr.. Mari was
successful in securing six pounds of the
precious article. The New York lady
gave check for 81, 900 for her five
pounds. Mr.. Merriweather, who is a
personal friend of Mr. Mari, received
five ounces of the extra pound pro-
cured.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Was Man an Emphibian =?

Man was said to have descended from
a good many types, by different in
1uiries into ancient history, some go
ing for monkeys or apes, and others
for various species of animal life; but
some curious cases of hereditary web
bed hands and feet in human beings
seem to show that our ancestors may
have been amphibian.
An instance Of this kind of heredit-
ary popularity has been reported by
Doctors w. r. Smith and J. S. Nor
well, in the case of a family, nearly
all the members of which were affected
by malformation of hands and feet.
In the subjects examined by those
gentlemen, the second and third fingers
were webbed to the tip, and the bones
were disposed in an extraordinary
manner.
Each foot had six toes, all more or
less webbed, except the fourth, which
was comparatively free.
These peculiarities have persisted
through several generations, and it was
found that twenty-one persons out of
twenty-eight had been malformed in
this way, and in all cases in both hands
and feet.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Fascination of Years.

Many woman over twenty hesitates
to meet the great and inquisitive Ii
Hung Chang. She doesn't care to ac-
knowledge the burden of her years
which, just possibly, the viceroy, being
a student Of history, lays to the credit
of her fascinations. Helen of Troy
was over forty when she was a party
to the most famous elopement on rec
ord. Cleopatra was over thirty when
Antony first loved her, and ten years
later her destinations were in the as
cendant. At thirty-six Aspasia was
welded to Pericies, and thirty years
afterward she welded undisputed in
fiuence over men. Anne Of Austria was
quite thirty-eight when she was de-
scribed as the handsomest queen in Eu-
rope; Louis XIV. welded Mime de
Maintenon when she was forty-three
years of age; Mile. Mars, the celebrated
French tragedienne, only attained the
zenith of her power and influence at
forty-five, and Ninon de rEnclos is pro-
verbal for her wonderful attractions
at seyenty-three.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco

her husband, man royal in body and
soul. Hearing the door open, he raised
his head. "Ah, here comes the little
mistress of the foundry, he said, smil.
ing. "Take seat. The money is ready
for you to pay off the men. I suppose
that you will never relinquish the pleas
ure of putting money into the men S
hands. No wonder you are so popular
with them"
When she came to Dick Flanaghan's s
bench and he had counted mis- pay, he
nodded and said, "All right, missis. !"
Then, taking his clay pipe from his
mouth, he continued, "And have ye
heard the news about Luke, ma'am?'
mo, indeed What is it?" eagerly
inquired Mrs. Sterns.
"Well, Luke went down to Pennsyl-
vania to work in a coal mine His
name was Hugh Briefly down there.
Luke he thought there was going to be
strike among the miners, and he niver
could kape out of strike nohow,
missis. Luke was boss in the riots there
last spring, and he carried OH wild. He
wouldn't let the trains move, and so
the governor sent down the meleeshy to
smash tho miners. Luke and gang of
men behind him met the train that was
fetchin the sojers and pitched rocks
down the bank and ditched the train.
Then them sojers just chased after the
strikers and shot lot Of them. Luke
got a ball through his heart.
Poor Luke" said Mrs. Sterns, with
unaffected sorrow Poor, misguided
Luken
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
hllEM8zRz1gs sss,

Opie Reads new story, "My Young
Master" is announced for immediate
publication.
Henry ID. Lloyd, of Chicago, is to be
the United States correspondent of the
new London magazine called the Pro
gressive Review, to be edited by j. A.
Hobson and William Clarke.
The Scribners' collected edition of
Kipling is to be sold only by subscrip-
ton. Limited editions on Japan paper,
both of Kipling's and of Barrie's works,
will appeal to wealthy book lovers.
If we may trust the unanimous YER
dict of the London reviewers, Mrs. Man
nington Caffyn's Qota's) new novel, "a
Quaker Grandmother" is a delightful
surprise of genuine cleverness, with no
trace of the yellow Aster'' in 1t.
The camera is assuming a large place
in the field of modern Illustration. Cliff
ton Johnson has taken his camera to
Thrums and produced the seventy
charming illustrations that distinguish
a new edition of Barrie's "a Window
in Thrums.'
Richard lie Gallienne promises book
entitled "The Quest Of the Golden Girl"
Gabriel Setoun is putting forth a col
lection called ''The Child World" Vol
umes of poems are about due from A
G. Benson and John Davidson.
'The Political Situation is the title
Of the book on Africa and the Jane
son raid that has just appeared in Lon
don from the pens of Olive Schreiner
and her husband G. S. Cronwright
Schreiner. 1t is said to be an unusual
ly able and dignified Indictment of Cecil
Rhodes and his monopolistic company.
James Lane Aliens forthcoming nov
el, 'The Choir Invisible" is by far his
most pretentiOus work in scope, length
and general construction. The plot is
laid in the pioneer Kentucky days when
the fiery English-Virginians began
their epOch-making movement across
the AlleghenieS Under Mr.. Aliens
exquisite literary workmanship this
new material cannot fail to be produc-
tive Of a novel Of supreme interest
Marie Corelli is preparing to run
amuck again-this time against society.
She will do it in a story for the new
London magazine about to be started
under the name of the Lady's Realm.
By the way, Miss Corellrs last novel,
''The Murder Of Delicia," has already
exhausted it's first edition of $4,000
copies, and a new edition Of 10000 cop
les Is in preparation. Though she de-
spises the bicycle she is certainly both
a record breaker and scorcher
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
GalyauiZino Bolts.

Some recent experiments. says Indus
iron is much weakened after being
pickled and galvanized. A dozen eye
bolts (all precisely alike so far as can
be perceived by external inspection,
were carefully selected; six of these
sent away to be galvanized. When the
galvanized bolts were returned the
whole twelve were put together and
tested, when it was found that the gal
vanized bolts We're the only ones to
lied ones give way.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
THE END.
New York Bows,

mister, won't yer give us er lift?"
The speaker was boy of 10, with an
expression of WEAKNESS on his face. The
one spoken to was youth of about %,
with shade of mustache. The object
referred to was bag about three feet
high, which seemed to be filled with
some heavy material.
Certainly. my boy,' replied the
youth, "I'll help you on with it.
True to his word, he grabbed the bag
around the center and proceeded to lift
1t on to the boys shoulder. Suddenly
nnearthly yells and shrieks came from
within, and the object, whatever it was
began to kick with such force that the
youth dropped the bag and proceeded to
hold his hands to his stomach as if in
great pain.
The boy and several bystanders were
shaking with laughter. A moment later
the top of the bag opened, and lad of
s scampered away as fast as he could
run.
"Fooled!' yelled all the boys at the
youth as they scampered after the
youngster.
That is what they call the "bag
game. 1t is something new, and it
originated Oh the east side, but who in
vented it no ono knows The idea sim
ply is to get ferocious youngster to en-
ter the bag and then have some unsus-
picious person lift it. The yells and
shrieks and kicks will not fail to upeet
his mental and perhaps physical equilib-
rum, and the youngsters will have
great laugh as a result-New York
Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
An African Salt Works.

Karembwe's is one of the salt max
ing villages; sandy clay is dug out of
the marshes and placed i'll grass fun
nels. Water poured on this dissolves the
salt. The solution trickles through the
green filter into trough, after which
it is boiled and strained, and fine,
large crystal salt is obtained 1t is a
great trade in this part of the world.
All villages make SALT which is put up
in loads about five inches in diameter
by four feet long. All these people, the
Waitawa, are very polite. Most of them
hail you with, "Mornin;'' they do not
seem able to manage the "good. -
"Glave In the Heart of Africa" in Cen
tury,
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
SHEEP SHEARING,
Expertness Of Professional Shearer,
in New South Wales.

in New South Wales.
Most Of our readers would probably
think that to shear, say, twenty or
thirty sheep. would be as much as the
most skillful and industrious shearer
could do in long days work. They
may, then, says Chambers Journal,
be interested to know what vastly
greater numbers are expected to pass
through the deft hands Of a capable
craftsman in the pastoral regions Of
the great sheep-keeping colony Of New
South Wales Our notes have been
collected on the spot.
The number of sheep q man can
shear in a day of eight and half hours
Is governed by several circumstances
over and above the shearer's expert
ness, depending mainly on the class of
sheep and the nature Of the country
over which the sheep have pastured
OF all the breeds of sheep merimos
are the most difficult to shear. In
the first place, they are very "throaty"
that is, the skin covering the neck
lies in large, loose folds, so that manip-
uldllOu Win tiIC SACdIS ID dI OCSL tCQI-
Gus and troublesome. Then, again,
they possess what is technically known
as the points" Of the breed-they are
wooled to the tip Of the nose and down
the legs to the hoOfs; it is these So
called "points" that take up time.
Sheep grazing over pastures where
burs, grass seeds, twigs, ETC., are nu-
merous, or over coarse, sandy coun-
try, pick up in their fleece quantities
of foreign matter that blunt the shears
during the process Of shearing. 1t will
at once be seen that this especially ap-
plies to short-legged sheep, heavily
fleeced as the merinos are to the ex-
tremities Of their limbs. The time
taken up sharpening his shears is a
serious consideration to the shearer.
Bad or careless shearers, in order
to give the sheep the appearance Of
being properly shorn, may either
"shingle" or Feather" the feeces they
cut off. By "shingling" is meant max
ing a second cut over the same part
of the body Of the sheep, the first sew
ering the staple toward the center,
and the second close to the skin; vet
the whole fleece holds together and
the damage may not be detected till
closely examined. On the contrary,
"feathering" is plainly seen as soon
as the fleece Is shaken out; here the
clip has been uneven, leaving patches
of longer wool to be severed by a sec
ond cut. This leaves a quantity Of
short wool in the inside the fleece,
which readily separates when the
fleece Is unrolled. "Shingling" is the
worst fault, as 1t quite ruins the sta
pie for combing purposes.
In the mountain districts west of
the table-land the average number of
sheep a fairly good man will shear in
a day Of eight and half hours varies
from seventy to 12O. On the northern
plains near the Queensland border the
average is 12O to ITO; and it is on rec
ord that the champion shearer Of
Queensland clipped 327 sheep in nine
hours. Such a man, in the language
Of "the seed" is termed ringer"
In the central plains on the Lachlan
River the average is eighty to 12O.
With machines the numbers are, Of
course, considerably more. The men
are paid fl per 100 sheep; and out Of
this they have to provide rations,
shears, sharpening stones, oil, etc.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Methods.

Modern demands can be met only by
modern methods. The successful dairy
man must be student of his trade,
and the best results will come from the
practice of dairy knowledge, and not
from the traditions of the fathers. The
producer Of poor butter cannot stand
against the promoters and makers of
substitute compounds. There is a call
for the best skill from breeding time TO
market daY.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
NO BAD POSTAGE STAMPS
Counterfeiters Find 1t Improbable
to Trouble Postal Authorities.

to Trouble Postal Authorities.
Counterfeiters do not find it proflta-
bly, to ply their vocation in the postal
service. According to an official of the
Postoffice Department. who has been
in the service for over twenty years,
there has been no counterfeiting OF
stamps during that period.
A few years ago the Postmaster Cen
eral ordered a reprint of an obsolete
design Of a five-cent stamped envelope.
1t was a mistake ON the part Of the de-
partment, and as soon as 1t was dis
covered all of these envelopes. about
10000 in number, were called in. A
stamp collector in New York in some
way learned that these envelopes were
soon to be called in, so he bought
1000 of them before the postmaster
had time to send them back to the de-
partment. After all the others had been
called in he had a monopoly of the
issue, and he was selling them freely
at So each to stamp cranks." He paid
but five cents apiece for them, hence
his profit was enormous.
There is another incident where
stamp collector learned that there
would be short issue of certain de-
nomination put in circulation, so he
went to the contractor and purchased
$4,000 worth of the new issue. He at
tempted to sell them at greatly ad
vanced prices, and complaint was made
to the department. An investigation
was ordered, and the result was an I'M
limited number was ordered to be
printed, and the man who had invested
in $4,000 worth was so badly stuck
that he appealed to the department to
redeem those he had not sold.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Alas. 'Tis True.

Things amt right in this world"
said Perry Patetic, bitterly.
whats eatin' you now?" asked Way
worn Watson.
Il was thinkin' of money. A mug
don't amount to nothin' without it; and
when he don't amount to nothin' he
can't git it. No show for a pore man at
ALL"
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Gludness Comes

With better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts pleasant efforts.
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families. and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. It's beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acts 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you prr-
chase, thatyou have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health.
and the system is regular then laxa-
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most sl1illful
physicians, but if ir need of laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informedev everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The Winslow mail., 1897-01-09
Machine for Weighing Tboupbt-

A thought-weighing machine has
been invented by Prof Mosso. an Ital
ian physiologist, the rush of the blood
to the head turning the scale. The ma
chine is so delicate that it can meas
ure the difference in the eXertion need
ed to read Greek from that required
for Latin