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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

1t has been stated that three persons
out Of every five in this country who
have attained the age Of 40 years are
more or less deaf in one or both ears.
4 large proportion Of this deafness is
caused by oltaIrl, and medical treat
ne.t for difficulty Of hearing is usually
directed to the catarrhal source. In Eu-
rope much Of the deafness Is hereditary.
DR.. James Kerr Love Of Glasgow re-
gently read a paper on deafness before
the Royal society Of Edinburgh, from
which il appears that congenital deaf
mess may be either hereditary in the di-
rect line or in collateral b-aEc.os, and
that it depcnds on not one, but many
anatomical defects. Intermarriage Of
deaf persons perpstuates but does not
accentuate the tendency Of deafness.
The hearing brothers and sisters Of deaf
nutes arc rs likely to have deaf mute
offspring as ifthsy'had been deaf mutes
themselves. Censanguinity Of parents
emphasizes family defects, and in this
way many cases of congenital deafness
occur. One Of the most singular points
Of DIR. Loves paper was the assertion
that the state had the right to control
the marriage Of persons belonging to
families badly ;1'nted with deafness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

The wife Of friend of mine is the
possessor Of a thin gold watch chain.
1t is something after the pattern of q
cable. Each link is finely finished, and
the workmanship is that Of an artist.
In examining it closely one would even
think that the person who made it was
in love with his work. It is mechan-
ical masterpiece. My friend made it a
gift to his wife about 10 years ago, and
it is not only highly priced by her on
that account, but also because of its de-
sign and finish. A week or two ago one
of tho links broke.
II will get that fixed for you all
right" said my friend II know just
the man to take it to. He is not a Jew.
eler, but q machinist by trade, and I
would rather give job like this to him
than to jeweler. He has q mechanical
genius which runs to work OF this
kind"
My friend took the chain to the gem
ius. He has small, mean looking
shop in an ancient, dilapidated building
in an unlikely street down town. He
examined the chain carefully and ap.
peared to become reflective over it. Then
his face lit up with a smile az he said:
II remember this chain very we'll. ]
made it Is years ago. - Brooklyn
Eagle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
JENNIE STEPHENS.

carousipg In Murphy's saloon. A general
eight took place, during which Deputy
Marshals Lope Shndley, Tom Houston and
Dick Speed and two citizens of the town
were killed. One outlaw, Arkansas
Tom," was wounded and arrested. The
remainder of the band escaped. This raid
was not a successful one. Three brave
men were killed to get one outlaw. After
that Marshals Bill Tighlman, Heck
Thomas, Frank Canton and other officers
led raids, but with little success. Thou
sands Of dollars were offered for the arrest
Of Bill Doolan, Bill Dalton, Bill Cook,
Bill Raider, Dynamite Dick" Zip Wyatt
and other leaders Of the gang. Tho secret
hiding places of tho outlaws could not be
found by the officers, and hence but little
Roadway was made.
Man alone did not occupy the whole field
of outlawry. The new and advanced wom-
an had reached Oklahoma, and following
In the steps Of the male lawbreakers were
half dozen noted women outlaws, who
actually engaged with the Daltons in rob-
bling banks, stealing horses. selling whisky
to Indians and doing every kind of crime
known. Among the women were Belle
Sharp, Nellie kneeland, or "Buckskin
Nell;" Jennie Stephens, a 14-year-old girl;
Annie McDoolet, and others. Belle Sharp
is dead, "Buckskin Nell'' has left the coun-
try, and the officers arrested Jennie
Stephens and Annie McDoolet, both under
II years. Two years ago they were sent to
the Boston Reform school. Both were re-
leased more than year ago. Coming
back to Oklahoma, they announced that
they were about to avenge the killing OF
Bill Dalton and Bill Deolan.
Dr.
time Bill Doolan was killed band of re-
vivalists had entered into this bad land
and begun q religious crusade against sin,
so that six months ago the whole town of
ingalls, was converted. The saloons were
turned into Sunday schools and religious
meeting houses. Former saloon keepers
have been elected Sunday school superin.
tendents A brother-in-la law of Bill Doolan,
who was really the most noted Of all the
highwaymen, was converted and has been
elected superintendent of a union Sunday
school and will enter the ministry, and
among the converted are Jennie Stephens
and Annie McDoolet, who have given up
all thought Of murder and have abandoned
their malehighwayman attire.
MessrS Tulls and johnson for six
months have been holding protracted
meetings In ingalls,, Lawson and Jennings,
and now they arc conducting an old fish
Toned camp meeting on He'll Roaring
creek. Thousands of people meet in the
groves and hear these preachers. Hun
dreds are being converted. Harry Coons,
Q well known Pawnee Indian. is assisting
the Messrs Tulls and johnson in their
work of saving the Triangle outlaws.
Among the converts are number Of Osage,
psWuee and Greek Indians. The Triangle,
which q few years ago was given up to ev.
cry shade Of vice, is now the home Of q
God fearing people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
The Passing Of the Cayuse.

Fossil collections gathered in old lake
beds of eastern Oregon demonstrate that
the broad plains between the Rocky and
Cascade mountains were the original
habitat Of the prehistoric horse, fleet
little animal no larger than fox which
in the long ago scampered over the
lonely land. After the lapse of ages the
modern horse is now to degenerate upon
the stamping ground Of his ancestors.
The cayuse has become SO valueless by
the invasion Of the electric car and the
bicycle and the disappearance Of the
stagecoach and the wagon train that
the halter has been taken from his neck
and he has been turned loose to struggle
with nature for his own subsistence.
Over this section many thousand head
of wild horses now roam as untram-
meled as in prehistoric days, and during
the past winter these persisted in large
numbers.
1t is case Of the survival Of the fit
test. The cayuse, like the red man, may
read his doom in the setting sun, but
the well bred horse can still look civil
lization in the face and demand shelter
and oats in abundance. - Spokane
Spokesman-Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
Influence.

No human being can come into the
world without increasing or diminish
ing the sum total Of human happiness,
not only of the present, but of every
subsequent age Of humanity. No one
can detach himself from this connec.
ton. There is no sequestered spot in
the universe, no dark niche along the
disk of nOnexistenoe to which he can
retreat from his relations to others.
where he can withdraw the influence Of
his existence upon the moral destiny of
the world. Everywhere he will have
companions who will be better or worse
for his influence. York Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
IN OKLAHOMA
Camp Meeting Scenes on Hell
Roaring Greek.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN SALOONS.

Former Saloon Keepers Elected Sunday
School superintendcnts and Women Dat
laws Point the Pathway to Better Thines.
A Tough Tale From the Triangle.
The great religious wave which has besn
sweeping over the Triangle, or Flat Iron
country, is still going on, writes an Oklo-
homa correspondent of the New York
Herald. In fact, a great camp meeting Is
In session on He'll Roaring creek. and
hundreds are being converted by the Rev.
J. c. Tulls and j. Z. johnson. The Tri-
angle is 40 or so miles wide and lies be-
tween tho Arkansas and Cimarron rivers
Half dozen small towns are scattered
over the tract. Running through the CEN
ter Of this triangle is He'll Roaring creek.
which gets its name from the vicious acts
OF the lawless people who once lived along
It's banks.
In the old days it was impossible to find
out anything concerning the lawless bands
from the people, and it WAS unsafe for Off
GERS to traverse the land, for the inhabit-
ants kept the despcradoes' secrets. United
States mails were robbed almost weekly.
This was tho state of affairs when Edward
d. Nix was appointed United States mar
shall in 1898 by President Cleveland. Mar
shall Nix Immediately devised plans to run
the highwaymen from the territory or cap
ture them. Several raids were planned
and made into this bad land, but without
effect. Killings occurred in this country
almost daily, and it was not a safe place
for travellers.
The first famous raid into this bad land
occurred Sept. l, 1893. Ten deputy mar
shals, led by John Hijon, attacked the
town of Ingalls,. The officers were secreted
in prairie schooner, large, four horse,
covered wagon. 4 man dressed as a rough
old farmer drove the wagon and stopped in
the center of Ingalls,. Tho marshals
jumped out from under tho wagon cover
and had hardly hit the ground before they
were fred on by dozen outlaws who were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
A $40, ooo, 900 FRAUD.

That h Whist the Bridal Paekage In the
Government Treasury Il Declared to He.
Il hate to shatter pet delnsion by
giving the facts in the CASE" said q
former clerk in the treasury department
ut Washington, 'but fraud ought to be
exposed regardless Of consequences, and
the greatest fraud I know Of is the IA
NOUS bridal package Of the treasury
vaults.
81 say famous, but it isn't famous in
. general sense. 1t is famous only
among bridal couples. I don't know
how it is. but every bridal couple that
90 to Washington a. their wedding
tour-and it seems to me that about
nine-tenths Of the bridal couples of the
country go to Neutrality-suspicious. all
about that package, anu the bride can't
rest until she goes through the regular
routine connected with it. No visit to
Washington by stranger is complete
without an inspection of the treasury
vaults, but if his or her visit is q non-
bridal ono the fraud of the package
isn't played.
81 don't know who il was in the de.
partment that first imposed it on a bri-
dial pair, but it went, and it grows in
popularity every year. When the couple
enter the vault, the man in charge, aft
er few preliminary and perfunctory
remarks, reaches up on q shelf, takes
down a package Of notes. and tells the
bride to take it in her hand, if she
hasn't asked for it the very first thing.
He then tells her that the package con-
tains $50, 600, 900 in treasury notes, all
in denomination Of $40, 900 each. The
bride is delighted, of course. and when
she goes back home she talks for weeks
about having held $40, 600. 900 in her
hand all at one time. The bridegroom
can't resist enjoying that same pleas
ure, and he fondles the package awhile,
and the pair go away blissful over the
experience, while the treasury vault
man losses the package back ON the
shelf and chuckies.
'Now this is all simply o gigantic
fraud on the young people. The treas
ury at Washington does not hold that
amount Of money. The bulk of the gov
eminent money is at the subtreasury in
this city. That bridal package is q
gay deceiver. It does contain notes to
the amount of $40, 900, 600, of the de-
nomination Of $4,000 each, but they re
not money, because they're not signed.
So instead Of having held in their hands
$40, coo, coo the happy couple have
fondled simply package that repre-
sented no more value than the price of
the paper and the printing OH it. II
may be cruel to shatter this pretty delu-
sion, but my conscience forbids me to
carry the burden Of its concealment any
longer; hence these facts. New York
Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
HANGING A GUERRILLA.
He Accepted Hts Fate without . Word
or . Tear.

He Accepted Hts Fate without . Word
or . Tear.
A shot had been fired at us as we rode
along the highway in column Of feurs,
and trooper reeled and pitched from
his sadd!e, shot through the heart. The
shot wns fired by guerrilla hidden in
a cornfield, and we got the order to
throw down the fence and ride through
the field. He was captured at the far
end of it, just as he was about to gain
the woods. He was man 90 years old,
grim and grizzly, and with eyes Of def
ance.
"Waal, what is it?'' he quietly ask
ed of his captors.
do You live about here?'
"In the cabin down thar"
Scot family?''
"Yes."
"Want to bid 'em goodby?''
81 reckon"
"Come along.'
The cabin was reached in Eve min
utes. A gray haired woman and q girl
Of 15-wife and daughter-stood in the
open door.
"What is it, Jim?" asked the wife as
the man stood before her.
"Gwine to kill me, reckon" he 10.
piled.
"Wlat fur?''
"Fur KILN one Of them"
"Hu! Goodby. Jimr'
"Geodby. daddyr' from the girl.
"Goodby!"
No handshakes, no tears, no senti-
ment, no pleading. Ten rods below tho
house was a large shade tree. Two or
three haltsrs were knotted together, the
rope thrown over a limb, q moose slip
ped over the mans head, and next mo-
ment no was dangling clear of the
ground. He had no excuses, made no
plea, asked no mercy. He went to his
death with the stoicism of an Indian.
Wife and daughter stood in the doorway
and saw all, but there were no tears,
no outburst. As we were ready to ride
away the woman camo slowly down the
spot, looked at the body for half q mo-
ment, and then turned to ask:
''Is Jim dead?''
Eyes" answered the captain.
"Hu!' And she walked slowly back
to the house and entered it, and shut
the door, and We rode ON and left the
corpse hansing.-Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
TEARS WERE FORBIDDEN.
a xsse 70 Quit MG.nt That the Typewriter
was 10 Co.

khe was dainty little thing, and the
old gentleman appeared to be prspos-
ssessd In her favor right from the start,
but there was evidently something that
made him psuse.
"Look here" he said in his blunt
fashion. II like yos and your references
aSe all right. You run the typewriter as
~ yeu knew all there is TO know about
10. and you dsn't lock like girl who
wculd b sick avery third day and
want to get away an hour OF two early
ell the rest of the tiae, but before en-
gage you want 10 have q clear under
standing with Jon On one subject"
"Yes, SIR" she replied, looking at
hin i1quiringly.
cot COURSE" he explained, 81 expect
yen will be perssetly satisfactory, but
81 you are not there must be no doubt
about my right 70 discharge you"
Certainly not"
"f want you to 90, I'll just have
enc Of the clerks put note ON your desk
OF leave itwith the cashier for you, and
ysu're to take chat IS final"
Naturally" dis said, looking at
him ia some surprise.
"You're not to sirer any protest or
Gle any objections." he persisted, "and
most Of all you're not to weep"
"Wby, suppose I can ask You
why
"You can't ask me a thing" he
broke in. eff you get a note asking
yea 70 quit, you're jast to put on your
things and walk o1t without within.
pen or question OF any kind. Is that I'm
dsswoodi"
at is" she replied.
"Mavo I your premise to live up to
that agreement
"You have. But it is such an extraor-
binary request that H.
Young wonan," said the old gen.
tleman impressiyely, GIVE been in bust.
ness here for so years, and up to the
tino woman gee good foothold in the
business world WAS In the habit of en-.
Qaging and disohngipg clerks rs seemed
70 Inc best from tho standpoint Of my
business. In an uDsuarded moment,
howevof, was Induced to hire young
we.san 10 run typewriter for me. and
aaor 1 found that shs wasn't satisfac-
terry to me 10 took me Over eight weeks
70 discharge her. I left note on her
desk and she prenTtly camo in and
wept ON mine. turned the job over to
various subordinatss, but each time she
came into my private office TO do her
weeping, aud rssido of week she had
ths whole force wrought MP to a poin,
xhess business was being neglected, and
ale was sill drawing salary Just the
same. Woman in business may be all
right, bus when y comes TO getting heI
cut a. business setnebody else can have
The job. However, if you'll make q
solemn promise to go without single
weep if you don't suit I'll try you. -
Chicago Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
QUEER LIBRARY FREAKS.
Funny Requisite For Books That Amuss
ond Amaze EMPLOYEES.

Funny Requests For Books That Amuss
aad Amaze Employees.
Once in awhile the clerks in the pub
lilo library get hold q q good joke
through the ignorance Of people wbe
come there to take out books. II was
not long ago that woman who was
anxious to Join the Daughters Of the
American Revolution came there 10
look up her family history and get her
facts and claims ready to submit to the
committee on membership. She went
about it in rather qneer way. After
looking about aimlessly through the m
dex for time she discovered "Lossingie
Family History of the United State"
She wrote her request for the books on
one of the cards provided for that pur-
pose and was quite indignant with the
clerk who handed it to her because II
did not contain what she wanted.
It was not long after this incident
that another woman, who, from her
dress and appearance, the clerks thought.
might be literary, wrote ON one Of the
cards q request for "The Autoerat of
the Breakfast Table,
''Holmes' 'Autocrat, do you want"
politely asked the clerk.
"Oh, / don't care whose IL IN" was
the reply. II only want to find out II Il
Is proper to use toothpieks 1t the break
fast table" ~ -+-.-s
Another request for . magazine which
the applicant said was called Brain
kept one Of the clerks busy hunting half
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
WAGES IN CHINA.
In Spite q Their Lowness the Cslestials
Wax Fat.

In Spite u Their Lowness the Celestials
Wax Fat.
How q Chinese workman manages to
support his family and remain sleek and
fat on the wages he receives is an ever
lasting mystery to the European and
American. The Chinese are q people Of
marvellous economy. They will support
a family. furnishing food, clothes. shell
ter, from q small garden which they
call farm, but which in America
would not more than furnish an Amer
lean family with early vegetables.
In cities the laboring men receive the
merest pittance. In Canton, where la
borers are better paid than in other parts
Of China, skilled workmen live on these
wages: Shoemaker, 81 per month;
blacksmith. 30 per month; fine ivory
carver, $12 per month; tailor, Is per
month; fine embroiderer, - per month;
designer, 90 per month; silversmith, @
per month. g.
The Chinese are euperstitious, and
the workmen support, in addition to
their temples and pagodas and priests,
which receive more in proportion than
the churches Of Europe and America,
idol makers, geomancers. fortune tell
ers, physiognomists. soothsayers, astrol-
Ogers and interpreters Of dreams, who
exist by thousands and coin all the mon
ey they want. Another thing which
makes money for certain class is the
Chinese custom Of burning great guam
titles of Esprit money!" imitation
COINS which are supposed to be legal
tender for dead relatives. One city
alone employs 100, 900 people in making
this cash for ghosts.
Peculiar superstitions embarrass the
workman. For instance, carpenters and
builders have TO exercise great care in
selecting a ridgepole for . house. It
must have neither cracks nor knots, and
in it a small hole must be made and
filled with gold leaf and the whole
beam painted red. This ipsures good
luck for the owner Of tho house.
The tea trade employs thousands Of
persons. The laboreEs receive from o.
to $40 per month, according to their
grade Of work.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

Cascarets Candy Csthartic. the
most wonderful medical discovery Of
the age, pleasant and refreshing to
the taste, oct gently aad positively
on the bowels. cleansing the entire
system. dispsl colds, cure headache,
fever, habitaAl constipation and bill
iousness. Please buy and try . box
Of C. c. G. todsy; 10. IS, so cents.
Sold and guarantssd 70 cure By Ill
Druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

An Alabama editor, being asked to
give definition Of poetry" replied:
Poetry is nothing more than words
thrown together with q jingle at the
end Of each line like the music Of tin
can at the end of q dogs tail"
Not to be outdone by the above, .
Georgia editor adds this opinion:
"Poetry is the foolishest thing in the
world, but it has return stamps ON one
end that help an editor to get his mail
Oh. Atlanta Constitution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
Buoklsn,s Arnios seive.

The best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores. letter, Chappsd
Hands. Chilblains. Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Files, or no pay required. It is guar.
snteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price IS cents Pc,
box. For sale by Hartz & Ullemeyer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
Co.vsse e.arded BY Young women.

Two young women called upon Govern
or Mount at indianapolis and asked that
he parole Joseph Russell. convict in the
Northern prison. for IS days, that he
might visit his dying father, and offered
10 b responsible for Russell's return to
pflson ct the expiration Of his parola The
lelr was issued apa BQa1ln Wsat hema
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
A velsabIs Prsseripesoa.

Editor Morrison. of the Worthing-
ton. Ind, Sun, writes: "You have .
valuable prescription in Electric
Bittere, and l can cheerfully recon-
mend it for constipation and sick
headsche, and ~ . general system
tonic 1t has no equal" Mrs. Annie
Stehle, 1926 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 so
cents and u. Get . bottle ct Harris
+ Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
AadIs,o. 70 . Wei Knew. rr.v.rs.

remember to have been told By q
late brother officer, who was a well read
man, that this proverb was of Portu-
guese origin and that it ran, "Hell is
paved with good intentions and rooted
with lost opportunities Notes and
QueFieA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

There is no other remedy on earth
go simple. % e6ectusl. 20 natural, in
the eprs Of summer complaint Ia al
tts forms - d.. toWler'G Extract Of
VIA 9tsaWbeIsy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31

''Honors of war" is the privilege al
LEVIED to the enemy, on capitalization, Of
being permitted to retain their arms.
This is the highest honor a victor can
lay q vNnquished fee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
CkTARRH

Opens and cleaners The Nash Passages
Aliays fnflanmatien, heals and protects the
membgnnet restores the eenses Of taste and
smell No oesoina, 10 msrsury, no injur-
l0us drug. Yuu siss SOC; triaI Size lOc, ut
draGlslS o. b. mail
ELI BRorKBRA % Warren Street. New Yorh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-31
JOYS OF MATERNITY.
Vigorous Mothers and Sturdy
Children Are Always Admired.


Reproduction is law of nature, and
no picture Of JOY and happiness en-
equal that Of the vigorous mother and