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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
They Liked Victoria.

As an indication of the popularity at
tanned very early in her life by Princess
Victoria it is interesting ID heur that
great indignation was expressed all ever
England when it was Known that the
child had not been present at her un-
cle's coronation in 1881. Some said that
the Duchess of Kent was ip fault. 9TH
ers blamed the prime minister. and
some asserted that Queen Adelaide was
responsible for the omission. Letters
and articles were published in. Ill the
newspapers. and the sensation did not
subside until the Duchess Of Kent ex-
planned that, owing to a weakness of
the ankles from which the little Victe-
ria was then suffering, it had been
thought wiser not to expose her to the
long standing which attendance at the
ceremony would have necessitated.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
Ksnsas Looms Up Asais

The state OF Kansas is going to
make q desperate effort to redeem
herself this year on the strength Of
the crop showing. Fifty million
bushels 10 the size of the Kansas
wheat yield. Sumner county leads
with 1900, 900 bushels. The price is
all right. Kansas wheat will.bring at
least $50, 100000 into the state. In
some parts Of the state II is now SELL
ing as high Is 20 cents a bushel.
The crop is the largest the state ever
had except 1891 and 1892. Unques-
tionably Kansas farmers have a good
thing in this years wheat crop.
Corn, in most Of the corn-growing
counties, will be fair. crop. and in
some IL will be q really good one.
Some OF the northern counties are
favored with full crops Of both wheat
and corn. In other parts Of the
state the wheat and corn compensate
each otner-where one IL short the
other is abundant. There Is also left
over Of old corn about eighty-seven
million bushels. There Is an inn
mense potato crop in Kansas and it
sells ct high figures. Oats promise
. good yield. over twenty-five mil.
lion bushels. 1857 to the acre. Re-
ports Of nearly every other crop are
glowing. The Kansas farmer has q
splendid prospect before him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
rhs ar.ndsss Rem.dy.

Mr.. r. B. Greeve, merchant. o
Chilhowie, Va, certifies that he had
consumption. was given up to die,
sought all medical treatment that
money could procure, tried all cough
remedies that he could hear of. but
got no relief; spent many nights sit
ting up in . chair; was induced to
try DR.. Kings New Discovery, and
was cured by the use Of two bottles.
For past three years has been at
tending to business. and says DR.
Kings New Discovery is the grand
est remedy ever made. as it has done
30 much for him and also for others
in his community. DR.. Kings New
Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds and Consumption. It don't
fail. Trial bottles free at Hartz &
Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
or the Malay Coast.

Sailing up the coast in native craft,
you may almost fancy yourself one of
the early explorers skirting the lovely
shores of some undiscovered country.
As you sprawl on the bamboo decking
under the shadow Of the immense palm
leaf sail-which is so ingeniously rig
ged that. il taken aback, the boat must
turn turtle, unless. by the blessing Of
the gods. the mast parts asunder-you
look out through half closed eyelids at
. very beautiful coast. The waves
dance and glimmer and shine in the
sunlight. the long stretch of sand is as
yellow as q buttercup. and the fringes
Of graceful casuarina trees culver like
aspens in the breeze and simmer in
the heat haze. The wash Of the waves
against the boat 9 side and the ripple Of
the bow make music in your drowsy
ears. and as you glide through cluster
after cluster Of thickly wooded islands
you lie in that delightful eomatose state
in which you have all the pleasure of
existence, with none of the labor Of
living. Court and Kampong. -
by Hugh Clifford.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
JOHN SHERMAN kindly stepped on

JOHN SHERMAN kindly stepped out
OF the senate to be out of Mr.. Han
mas way, but he does not seem in
clined to give up the state portfolio
to accommodate anybody. And why
should hep People talk about lapses
Of memory on his part. and few ex-
press the opinion that he is on men
tai decline; but he knows enough to
make . great deal Of trouble for the
people while he is in an official posi-
tion. When his career is wound up.
suggests and eastern exchange. he
will be chiefly written" as the man
who knew that silver was being de.
monetized-that a long-standing op.
preston Of the people was about to
be inaugurated = and didn't tell.
Anybody who wants to say anything
fncomplimentary Of M. Sherman
should keep harping on that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
ZULU JlNRIkLSHA MEN.

Head Decorations That Are as Grotesque
as They Are Ingenious.
The Zulu jinrikisha men arc COM
PEELED by the English authorities to
wear uniform-a white linen tunic
and loose white trousers cut off above
the knee. They were like children play
ing at horse in the nursery, and they
uttered continuous native glrglings,
partly like turtledoves and partly like
the halleluliah CALCULATIONS at one of our
African Methodist camp meetings. They
all appeared very happy during this
performance, which continued SO long
that calculated the amount of energy
expended to represent about ten miles
of unpaid travel. Though the body
dress was uniform, there was magnifi-
cent diversity regarding head decora-
ton. One would wear common straw
hat hung around the brim with tassels
suggestive Of pagoda, and the chief
delight Of the wearer was in shaking
his head for the pleasure Of making the
tassels dance. Another had fastened q
pair OF COW horns on either side of his
head Immediately above the ears, and
AV AAuAC0 dO "O GU -CA uS1tcly tudb i
concluded he must have taken great
pains with the construction of this
hideous headpiece. The kinky top of a
third had been interlaced with an amor
nous profusion of long strings of wool,
to which small fluffy balls were at
tached at short intervals.
The bead Of negro SO decorated
looked like huge black mop or one
of these Skye terrier dogs about whom
one is never safe in saying which is the
other end. In repose it is uncanny, bu,
when your jinrikisha Zulu springs
about in the shafts and throws his head
up and down like a colt impatient Of
the bit the effect upon the newly ar.
rived is akin to what once experienced
when long black log Of wood upon
which proposed to rest myself turned
out to be huge black snake resting
from his gastronomic exercises. -Poult
ney Bigelow in Harper's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
THE wooDpEckER.
-Four Characteristics Of the Little DFun.
mer Of che Weeds.

-Four Characteristics Of the Little DFun.
mef Of che Woods.
There 10 an article ~ Frank n.
Chapman in st. Nicholas ON 1.-The
Little Drummer Of the Woods" giving
much curious information concerning
the woodpecker. Mr.. Chapman says:
II we had woodpecker in our hands,
we should see in the beginning that its
bill is not slightly hooked, with the
upper mandible turned down at its end
and overlapping the under mandible, as
in the crow and other birds that ''pick
up living" but that both mandibles
are Of equal length and cut squarely
of at the tip. 1t is. Therefore, like .
wedge or chisel IF A
Perhaps the tip of the bird'b tongue
will be seen appearing throughits near
ly closed mandibles, and our attention
Is at once attracted by its peculiar
shape. We discover that it is remark
ably long, and when fully extended
reaches almost if not quite an inch be-
yond the point of the bill. It is not
fat, like the crows. but round and
fleshv. and has a sharp, horny point,
which, by looking at it very closely, We
see has a series of barbs ON both Sides
In the meantime our hands have
doubtless been pricked by the bird e
tail feathers, each feather being stiff,
bristly and pointed at the end Some
Of the larger woodpeckers-thep ileated
and iyorybill, for instance-have this
singular kind Of tail feather highly de
veloped. The main stem or shaft of the
feather is much larger than usual, and
each barb growing from this shaft is
curved downward and inward and i.
strong and pointed. Comparing thi:
feather with the fiat tail feather of g
crow, we see at once how different it j.
in form.
The wings do not impress as as il
any way unusual. They are neithe,
very long nor very short, but the ar
rangemcnt of the toes is SO peculiar
that they were at once commented upo1
by blind girl, to whom had handed
a specimen Of one of these birds. In
stead Of the disposition common to mos
birds, three tees directed forward ant
one backward, we discover two from
toes and two hind ones, and we viii
note also that each toe is armed with ,
strong curved nail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

THE LOBSTER TANK,

A Aqaarium Exhfbit That kany vieW
with Lively Interest.
There are few tanks at the aquarium
more interesting than that containing
the Holsters. The Holsters there now are
not great, like some of the monsters
that have been exhibited, but they are
lively and In good condition, and the
display of their characteristics as they
move about or pause to eat is almost
startling to one unfamiliar with the
lobster in life.
Whoever has picked up live lobster
in market and found the big claws
dropping, as they will if the lobster
hasn't much life left in him. is sure to
be interested when he sees the lobster
here walking of briskly ON his slender
legs, carrying his big claws in front Of
him clear of the ground and his heavy
tail clear likewise. His ordinary man.
ner of progression is forward, and when
he turns he swings his heavily weighted
projecting ends with facility, but if he
meets an obstruction or an enemy his
usual way is to dart backward and per-
haps diagonally upward through the
water, which the lobster can do with
great suddenness.
The Holsters feeding apparatus ID
wonderful. About the mouth there are
lots Of little attachments, all the time
in motion when the lobster is feeding,
which slice the food off in little shreds
az the lobster holds it up to his mouth.
II another lobster should come up, this
lobster would know it, ever though the
other came up behind or at the side. and
would turn to defend himself or to fight
or to flee or to warn the other away.
The Holsters long feelers be can pro.
ject one in one direction and the othe,
in another, and with these. as he moves
forward, back or sidewise, he guard:
against danger.
There are perhaps dozen Holsters in
the tank. In the center of the tank there
is little rock. There is likely to bt
seen upon this rock little lobster, MOI
dull, old lobster lying down, but al
alert young lobster standing up and sup
porting easily his big claws and hi
powerful tail-a young lobster ready Il
eat to fight or to run away.-New Yorl
Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
Rhsunatism Cured in - Hours.

T. j. Blackmore, of Halter &
Blackmore, Pittsburg, Pa, says: "a
short time since I procured q bottle
Of Mystic Cure. It got me out Of
the house In "a hours. took to my
bed with rheumatism nine months
ago and the Mystic Cure is the only
medicine that did me any good. I
had five Of the best physicians in the
city, but / received very little relief
from them" Sold by Otto Grotjan,
1901 Second avenue, druggist, Rock
Island; Gust Schlegel & Son, 220
West Second street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

Those Who Heed 1t Not
Have Much to
Fear.

A note of warning.
At hrst the faintest echo.
1t strikes the back.
A peculiar warning not heard, but
felt.
1t increases day by day.
The back cries out-rebels.
The aches, pains and lsmeness
Make life Q misery-become I'M
bearAble.
Do you understand the warnings
Do you realize It's kidney talk?
The kidneys are ON . strike;
They have been overworked.
Nature intends You to know this.
And has only one way to warn you.
The kidneys are located near the
small Of the back.
They are composed of delicate
6bres that filter the blood.
Stooping positions, . strain or cold
often clog the filters.
This is serious when you don't
know what to do.
Backache is the beginning; lame
and weak back follows.
The filters fail to do their work,
Kidney disease develops.
The urine is too frequent.
The calls of nature wake you ND
at night.
A k-colored deposit shows the
trace of failing kidneys.
The uric tcid is going the wrong
way.
1t is passing through the blood.
Poisoning the whole system.
Rheumatic pains and many aches
appear.
All this from q small beginning.
So easy to cure. too. when you
know how.
Get at the cause
Break up the kidney blockade.
Doan's Kidney Pills do this.
That's their specialty-for the kid
neys only.
One thing at a time is why they
succeed.
Doau's Kidney Pills are not q cure
all. but kidney cure.
Doan's Kidney Pills are sold for so
cents per box by all dealers. OF
mailed on receipt of price BY Foster.
Milburn company, Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no substitute,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
An opportunity You Now Have

An Opp0KtunIty You Nov HoV0
Of testing the curative effects of
ElyS Cream Balm, the most positive
cure for catarrh known. Ask your
druggist for 10-cent trial size, or
send 10 cents, We will mail it. Full
size so cents. ELY BROS,
Sc Warren Street N. Y. City.
My son was afflicted with catarrh.
I induced him to try Ely's Cream
Balm and the disagreeable catarrhal
smell all left him. He appears a.
we'll ~ snyone.-J. c. Olmstead.
Arcola, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

THs Galesburg Republican. Regis.
ter says IL Is understood there that
9. M. Dawes, Of Chicago, one Of the
c., b. & q. solicitors, will succeed
the late o. F. Price, Of Gslesburg, az
solicitor OF the Illinois lines OF that
company. and will transact the bust.
moss from the Chicago office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

WITH wheat at 84I cents and gold
being discovered in limitless quanti-
ties on our borders, who says the re.
publican party has not been over
taken by pure unadulterated, unaf-
fected good luck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the
most wonderful medical discovery OF
the age, pleasant and refreshing to
the taste, act gently and positively
on the bowels. cleansing the entire
system. dispel colds, cure headache.
fever. habitual constipation and bill
teusness. Please buy and try . box
Of Q. c. G. today; 10. IS, 80 cents.
Sold and guaranteed TO cure By Ill
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

IT Is to be hoped that the striking
miners will not resort to violence.
Their action so far has enlisted the
sympathy Of the public, and as the
case stands today they are morally
strong. II they break the law they
will give their opponents moral ad.
vantage they do not now possess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

The release of DR.. Zertucha, the
betrayer Of Gen. Maceo, by Gen.
Weyler, looks as II his imprisonment
had been more for protection than
for punishment. II Zertucha Is wise
he will strike for Spain the first
chance he gets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13
A Plain Direction.

Canon Knox-Little told o good stery
once at church congress. He said he
remembered Itch gate in front of a
beautiful church, which had been re-
stored and made very nice. There was
painted over the door, "This is the gate
of heaven" and underneath was the
large notice. "Go round the other way"
Household Words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

LAST year Europe wanted our
gold; today they must have our
wheat and we are calling for their
gold and keeping what we mine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

- The Boer does just as little work y
will help keep himself and his family
alive. and most of that he gets done by
Eaffir servants, who, in the more out Of
the way districts, at any rate. are prac
tisally slaves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

In some Of the cities Of Europe the
cost Of putting ont a fire is made q
charge upon the property Of the person
fc whose benefit the Ore department d
called out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

You ought to know that when suf-
fering from any kidney trouble that
. safe. sure remedy Is Foley's Kidney
Cure. Guaranteed or money refunded.
Sold BY n. F. Bahnsen and T. II.
Thomas. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

NOTWITHSTANDING the big crops
and general revival Of business, suf-
fering among base ball umpires this
season has been unprecedented.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

TIE Chicago Dispatch says they
are taking whisky out TO Klondike in
pints and finding gold there in
quartz.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

"He." sobbed the vegdant bride,
"does not love me any more"
"You are lucky said the seasoned
matron. "if he does not love you any
less. "-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

When bilious or costivs eat Q Cas-
eares. candy cathaftic. cure guaran-
0eods 10 cents, 3 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-13

''SPEECH is free under the Dingley
tariff" says the Boston Globe. So
are injunctions free.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-14

or PRICES Crearl Eakirg Powder
SrorId's Fair liszhest award.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-14
SURPRISED THE
SUGAR KING
Claus Spreckels' Daughter Sc
cretly..Wedded to an English
Widower.

San Francisco, Jan. S.-The
secret marriage Of Miss Emma
Spreckles, only daughter OF
Clus Spreckles. the millionaire,
to Thomas Watson, last Wed
.nesday, has caused sensation
here. Mr.. Watson is an Eng
Iishman and a widower, about
So years old. HIS wife is about
%. Mrs. Watson has always
been the favorite child of Claus
=Spreckels, the sugar king and
has already come into posses
sion of about 100000 worth
of properth, settled upon her
by her father.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-14
COREAN AFFAIRS.
Russia Obtaining a Firm Foot
hold in the Peninsula.

San Francisco, Jan. Io.-A
correspondent OF the North
China Daily News says:
Russia is gradually securing
a firm foothold in the PENN
sula of Corea. A few weeks
ago a number of Russian mill
tary officers arrived to drill
the Corean army. Among
those were ten non commits
stoned officers (the number to
be increased in future), who
occupy quarters within the en-
closure of the new palace.
These are to act as a sort OF
body guard to the king, who
will doubtless soon leave the
Russian legation and occupy
the newly built palace in the
foreign settlement of the CAPT
tai. Russians have also re
cefved several concessions,
one of which is the cutting Of
timber in the north and on
Dalget island, off the east
coast of COrea.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-14


from city hall of Brownsville, sil l.
ated on Resaca la Guerra, and
horseshoe affiuent of such resaca
on mail road, suitable for fruit or
chards, 80 acres now in irrigation
with pecan, walnut, chestnuts
plum, peach. pear, apricot, cherry
Japanese persimmOn, fig grape and
ribbon cane. Can be sub-divided
INTO or 10 acre lots, giving each
ABUNDANT water supply, there being
depth of 5 to Is feet of water all
seasons of the year. Price so to
$50 per acre. according to location.
Will sell in body at special rates.
I'd. 80 pieces adjoining, one of
200 and the other of 100 acres, stu
ated on Resaca Rancho Viejo, five
miles from city hall on mail road.
Both pieces almost surrounded by
water Of 10 to Is feet in depth. 40
acres under irrigation. This land
is eedal to if not superior to the
Mississippi bottom lands, and can
be made a paying investment for a
fruit orchard or truck gardening.
Can be sub~divided into 5 to 10
acre lots Price so to S25 per
acre; whole tract on special terms.
Sd. 100 acre tract two miles
from the city of brownsville, on
resaca, with good water supply.
Ebony, Mesquite, Ash. blackberry
and other timbers. Alluvial soil.
Go one who desires to sub divide in
small tracts, this is a paying in
vestment. Sold in bulk only. Price
so per acre.
4th. $4,000 acres in one body,
having a frontage of about SIX
miles on the Rio Grande Railroad
pm the south, and the Arroyo Col
orado on the north. Well timber
ed along the streams and lakes; bar
lance prairie. Includes within It's
limits the famous battle fields OF
Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma
Arabic and pasture. Price 50, pei
acre.
9Th. A tract adjoining No. 4
which together with that tract will
include 100000 acres in one body
very desirable. Special terms tC
colonizist.
9th 10000 acre tract about
three miles, from the Arroyo Pos
Office. This land Is well timbereG
and watered, soil alluvlal, adapted
to fruits, cotton, corn, cane, etc
Special terms to any one buying
tract, obligating to colOnize.
| 9TH. 1900 acre tract, fronting OF
the Rio GraDde. about twenty miles
from Brownsville and 8 miles from
Santa Maria, 300 acoes under culti'
walton on low. lands on river front
All good arabic land. Price SO pc
acre.
9Th. 725 acres. triangular form
fronting on Rio Crande, Is mile
above Brownsville. good land. Vel
watered. Price $4,000
9th. Numerous tracts of psstur,
lands from 1000 to 5000 acres eacI
. in different parts of the county.
10th. This is very desirable
place for a small fruit or trnok farm
containing 1OI acres, with a peV
brick dwelling of 6 rooms, frame sta
bic and other ont houses. and lerg,
underground cistern: three miles from
, Brownsville on Resaca de la Palm
on the county road.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-14
BIG SUN SPOT.
An Unusual Disturbance
Seems to be Agitating
Old Sol.

Geneva, N. Y, Jan. 10
Prof. Brooks announces OBJ
servations Of an enormous sun
spot on the suns face and
visible to the naked eye
through a smoked glass. 1t is
a remarkable solar disturbance
coming at the minimum period
of sun spots.
Proof Brooks is photho
graphing the phenomenon
with a large telescope.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-14
FASTER THAN
THE COLUMBIA
Great Britain Has Fastest
Cruiser Ahoat.

London, Jan. Io.-H. M. S.
Terrible, the irst-class cruiser,
had her trials over a twenty
three mile course off the Cor
nish coast on Saturday. The
speed developed showed an
average CT twenty-three and a
halt knots an hour, beating, it
is claimed, the record of every
war vessel ahoat. The Terrible
was launched at Glasgow in
1895 and she is equipped with
forty-eight boilers OF the Belle
vile water tube type. This
great ship is built of sheathed
steel and is of IA 200 tons dis
placement. Her length is 500
feet and her beam seventy-6ne
feet, while the maximum draft
is twenty-seven feet. She has
twin screw propellers and is
provided with an indicated
horse power of $4,000. She
is rated as a protected cruiser,
the armored decks extending
over the whole length of the
ship. In its thickest part it is
four inches and tapers to three
inches at the end. The coal
capacity is 5000 tons, the ar
mored deck deing associated
with infinitely subdivided coal
bunkerS. The complement Of
officers and men provided is
$40. The twin screws are each
three blade, nineteen feet SIX
inches in diameter. Both screws
rotate inward, which is the re
verse Of the ordinary practice
The engines are of the vertical
three stage compound type
with four cranks, there being
two low pressure cylinders
The stoke is four feet. Hel
armament consists of sixteen
twelve Founders, twelve three
Founders, nine machine guns
two light guns for boats anc
five torpedo tubes. The speed
of the United States cruiser
Columbia on her trial trip wa:
22 2-Io knots an hour.