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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
DON'T BE PENNY WISE
And Pound Foolish-An Ounce OF Proven
ton is Worth Pound of Cure.

ton is Worth Pound of Cure.
Don't let that backache run on I'M
til it ends in some serious kidney
trouble Do you know what the good
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are doing here
in this city for backache? Have you
noticed the statements of home peo-
pie that have been published in the
city papers? We don't have to go
out of this city to have people say
that Kid-ne-oids cured them of back
ache, nervousness and sleeplessness.
They are right here and are very
grateful people. though we do give
you the evidence of some outside peo-
Pile to show you how much they, too,
value Morrow's Kid-ne-oids. They
praise Kid-ne-oids all over the land.
DO you suppose that people living
here for 10 or ID years would tell you
that Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are beyond
doubt the best remedy to be found for
kidney complaint if it were not sol?
They have said this, too, after they
have used kidney pills and kidney
cures. There is nothing like Nor
rows Kid-ne-oids: the ingredients are
the best the market can afford. They
are prepared in yellow tablets in the
most scientific manner; they are easy
to take and quick to act. Women at
critical stage of life will find Kid-ne-
oids very valuable in quieting the
nerves and producing sleep. kid-ne-
oids are not nerve dullers, either; no,
indeed; they simply restore the sys-
tenn to its normal condition and this
condition brings on natural results.
For children with weak kidneys
and who are often scolded and
whipped for things they cannot help,
like peevishness, bed wetting and lack
of energy, Kid-ne-oids will be found
most valuable.
Kid-ne-oids are for sale by all first
class druggists for so cents box, or
mailed by the manufacturers on re-
ceipt of price. John Morrow & Co.,
chemists, Springfield, Ohio.
For sale by NJ. +. Bahnsen, druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
"FILLED" eEDCLOTHES.
They Are Icistu-e Attractors, and
Death Turks In Them.


Science thy name is adulteratiOn
Another terror has been added to exist
ence by the revelations made by trade
paper of the processes by which certain
manufacturers "fll" the sheets and
blankets with which they food the mar
ket
We are told that after a piece of
waste Eheeting has been woven the cloth
is passed over trough containing Il so
luton of zinc, sulphate of naSn asia
commonly known as epson salts and
water This is called sprinkler. 4 re
volving brush plays q spray of these
noxious ingredients upon the cloth.
with the result that so pound piece
after the operation weighs Z . pounds
more than when it left the loom. As
the goods are sold by the pound, the OBJ
ject is evident.
But what about the purchaser? A
piece cuts up into ten pairs of sheets
Each pair therefore contains three-Cuar-
tiers of pound of moisture attracting
material The results are appalling
AS soon as a wet day comes the sheets
become damp and the lucllless wight
who sleeps between them is apt to con
tract chill that may send him to the
bourn whence no traveller returns.
Even if his suspicious are aroused and
ne boldly casts aside the sheets and
wraps himself in the blankets it may
avail him nothing, for the blanket
makers have learned the trick, and the
same i'll results may ensue.
Next we shall hear that the counter
pane makers are equally astute, and
the tiIuid Eleeper NAV he driveu m 1,ro-
vide himself with the wooden sleeping
bags that suggest travels in the farthest
north. The only advantage of these
"flled" or heavily "sized" sheets and
blankets is that they are death to in
sects, but if they kill the sleeper as
well as the pulex irritans-to say moth
ing Of the cimex lectGlarius-w what
boots it?-London Telegraph
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
Christening Rnttleshfps.

1t is not believed that the origin of
christening the warship was due to an
act of irreverence as mock baptism,
but that its earliest inception was the
human sacrifice, then the ibations of
wine of Greece and the north, and, with
the spread of the Christian religion, the
blessing of the battleship, a custom OBJ
served today in all Roman Catholic
countries. The object was the same in
both tho pagan and Christian rites, to
make the career of the ship successful
by an appeal to the protection of I'M
known powers. Even the superstitions
of those old days come down to u.s. We
may not steal wood to make a swift
keel for our new ship in the night, on
the principle that thieves run fast in
the darkness, but ships sail out of Mar
blehead today with a broom nailed to
the mast, and 10 crew will start out on
a Friday unless under compulsion.-
Chicago TimesHerald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
\ Worm In the Peach.

The cable interrupted the Thanks
giving festivities last week. SAYS the
New York World, with the news that
the American line has ordered four
big passenger steamers and two huge
freighters for the Belgian-American
trade-from two English shipbuilding
firms.
Here i canker in one of the most
beautiful of the fruits of victory
And 1t Is put there by corporation
that positively haunts the American
flag.
Can it be possible that in spite of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

HAD Spain sPurned the $50, 900, 900
proffcred by this county for the loss
of her colonies as the prize and price of
war, her plea of being Obliged to yield
to the superior force of the victor,
and so Welding under protest with
the sole purpose of preventing furth-
er eifusion of blood, might possibly
have aroused some degree of symPa-
thy As it is, the much Haunted
Spanish honor has become a very
cheap sample of purchasable COM
modify.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

l. not 100000 a pretty large
sum to pay for the Philippines, 10, 1000
miles away, when we. take in con-
sideration that we paid only $15, OOO,-
600 for the peaceful acquisition of the
Louisiana territory. which contained
the western basin of the Mississippi
Missouri river system, and out of
which We have made II great states
Minnesota. Iowa. North Dakota, South
Dakota. Kansas. Nebraska, Missouri,
Arkansas. Louisiana, Wyoming, Col
orado and Montana Freeport Bulle-
tin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

Overcome evil with good. Over
come your coughs and colds with One
Minute Cough Cure. 1t is good. Chill
dren cry for it. 1t cures Group, bron-
chitis, pneumonia, grippe and all
throat and lung diseases. I. II.
Thomas, a. j. Riess and NJ T. Balm
sen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
Suited Him.

Irate Father-I'm getting tired of
this nonsense. You've been engaged to
that young man for six months. Does
he ever intend to marry you?
Daughter-You must have patience,
papa. Remember, he's an actor.
Father-What's that got to do with
it?
Daughter-He's fond Of long engage
nents. London Fun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

A DOOR must be either open or
shut, Mr.. Mckinley. If the Philip
pines are annexed the scum of Asia"
Will be free to settle in the United
States.-New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
Had His Troubles.

Seedy Northumberland you give a
dime to a poor, homeless wanderer?
Well Dressed IndividuaI-No home?
WHY. man, you re in luckl I've got
bill in my pocket for 5000 taxes on
mine six mouths overdue that l can't
pay.-Somerville (Mass-) Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

ALEXANDER MCDONALD, of Cincin-
natl, has given $50, 600 to the Young
Mems Christian association of that
city, in addition to his gift of S., 600
some time ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means p Gloom skin. No
beauty without 1t. Case 81. :dy Cathar'
tic clean your o.oOd ana Aeeg Il clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has yielded
to the pressure of thousands of Office
seekers. and will throw 5000 places,
heretofore classified, open to spoils-
men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

SOMETHING like one thousand tur-
keys were eaten by the men of Gen.
Lees corps Thanksgiving day at
Savannah.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

Mrs. THEODORE ROOSEVELT is one
of the few wives of political notabili-
ties who shares her husbands enjoy
ment of cartoons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

The Oldest London theaters are Drury
Lane theater, opened 1868; Sadler's
Wells. started as an orchestral assembly
room in 1853; Haymarket, 1870; Co
vent Garden, 1892, and Lyceum, 1875.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
COUNTY TEMPLE.

Nov. 2S-JosePh A. Denning to An
drew Kadel, lot 4, swl nwi II, 10, 3w,
$500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

The West Virginia legislature is
considering bill providing for half
holiday Saturdays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
Household Gods.

The ancient Greek believed that the
Pcnates were the gods who attended
to the welfare and prosperity of the
family. They were worshipped as
household gods in every home. The
household god of today is DR.. King $
New Discovery. For consumption,
coughs, colds and for all affections of
throat, chest and lungs it is invalua-
BILE. 1t has been tried for quar-
ter of a century and is guaran-
teed to cure, or money returned. No
household should be without this
good angel. 1t is pleasant to take
and safe and sure remedy for old
and Young. Free trial bottles at
Hartz & Ullmeyer's drug store. Reg
ular size 30 cents and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
A couch is not like a fever.

\ OUuSH Is lUt IIht 4 IeFtI II
does not have to run a certain course.
Cure it quickly and efTectuaIly with
One Minute Cough Cure, the best rem
edy for all ages, and for the most
severe cases. We recommend 1t be-
cause it's good. T. II. Thomas. A. j.
Riess and NJ. +. Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29
Ten thousand demons

Ten thousand demons gnawing
away at ones vitals couldn't be worse
than the fortunes OF itching piles. Yet
there's a cure Doan's Ointment
never fails. For sale by Marshall &
Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

Il suffered for months from sore
throat. Ecectric Oil cured me in ~
hours NJ. ). Gist, Hawesville, XIV.
For sale by Marshall & Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-29

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 1Oc or sc
II c C C. fail to cure. druggists refund money
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-09

methods adopted for ascertaining these
differences, the rules adopted by which
the intra-State earnings were determ-
med as wei as the proportlonate part
oof expenditures, charged to local or
intra-Statc account. all Of which showed
that their figures were merely approx
mated. based ON what the witness term
cd were. ''such close estimates as to
make them reliable and accurate"
Pending the cross examination of Mr..
Hill, the board adjourned to meet again
this morning at . o'clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-09

ness man or a useful citizen; a man had
better be dead and done with it than TO be
life long invalid, a nuisance to everybody
and especially TO the woman whom he has
vowed to love, honor and protect.
The trouble with the average man is that
he has not the least conception of the
causes of illhealth or the right way to go
about renedying them. A little indigestion
or blliousness in themselves are not serious
complaints, but if neglected they may de
velop into almost any disease in the medt
cal books DR. Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery cures many serious diseases by
promptly removing the causes II braces
up the weak and impaired stomach and
restores the appetite It invigorates the
liver and all the secretory glands. IT taci1
tates the flow Of digestive juices 1t makes
the assimilat' n of the life-g giving elements
of the food absolutely perfect and thus
enriches the blood Disease germs are
scavengers, and will not enter healthy blood
or tissue. They must have the inert tbs
sues of disease upon which to feed. The
Golden Me zeal Discovery, " by enrichcn
ing the blood, tears down old and inert
tissues and builds up new and healthy
ones. 1t wards off consumption and cures
bronchial ard throat affections which, II
neglected, lead up to consumption. All
medicine dealers sell the " Discovery"
Eight years ago nv husband coughed all the
time" writes Mrs. NJ J. Tedder, OF Ellington.
Reynolds Co. Mo. " Just as soon as he had I'm
ished meal he would throw up He was get
ting very weak. He took half dozen bottles
of DR. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery aud
the Pleasant Pellets sud says he feels better
and stronger than eyer before ana weighs more
Everyone said he had consumption.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-09
A FORMER RALElGHITE WEEDS.

At the Methodist church in Mont
gomcry, Ala. yesterday afternoon, Mr..
Edward j. Thomson, formerly Of Raj
cigh, was united in marriage to Miss
Thula o. Robinson daughter of DR.. Il.
IL. Robinson. of Birmingham, Ala. Mr..
James p. Ferrall, an old Raleigh boy,
was best man.
Mr.. Thomson is pleasantly remember
ed by a large number Of friends i'll Raj
eigh, who wish him long life of marital
bliss He is now connected with Mr..
James p Ferrall. as bookkeeper and
accountant in the cotton shipping and
exporting business, The bride is one of
the popular young bellies of Montgomery.
When Il mother tells bachelor Of a
cute thing her baby did, he never says
just what he thinks.
The record-union., 1898-05-04

sea is 5000 a year, on shore 5000,
and While on leave or waiting orders
$1,000. But the Chaplains are liable,
in amounts according to rank, for ex-
penses of mess and for entertainment.
The mess bill will run from So to $50
per month, according as the ships Off :
GERS live, and the entertainment con-
tingent may be very heavy if the ship
is at the opening of a German ship
canal or if anchored where some high
dignitaries are likely to come often to
pay visits.
1t is the judgment of one of the old
est Chaplains in the navy that the per-
Sonnel Of the men is growing better.
He says there is far less drinking than
twenty years ago, fewer crimes, and
better grade of men in all branches
of the service. He thinks the improve
ment especially marked among the able
seamen, and that when there is greater
religious progress made it will be for
ward. he says the officers may fol-
low; they VIII never lead The influ
ence of naval Chaplains among the men
is growing, in part because better men
are able better to appreciate noble
thlngs, and IN part because there are
Chaplains better fitted for their pecu-
liar and difficult tasks. The number
of naval Chaplains is likely to be in
creased in order that all our ships may
be Supplied.-NeW York Times.
The record-union., 1898-05-04
SHE WAS FROM CHICAGO.
And the Way She Could Sling
Slang Was a. Caution.

ION Sunday afternoon last l went Tor
a walk on Connecticut avenue with my
wife and one of her school friends, a
pretty young married woman from Chi
cago, who is visiting u.s. said a citizen
to a star" man. Our visitor wore
swell costume-an English walking
dress, / believe it's called-with lot
of braid and things on it. 1t was really
a stunning dress, and unique, too, for
| take notice of women's clothes since
got married, and l certainly hadn't
seen any frock quite SO swagger as this
black dress that our Chicago visitor ar
rayed herself in for the promenade.
We'll, the dress certainly attracted
attention. Women coming the other
way would begin to inspect the cut OF
the dress when they We're half a block
off. and they just riveted their gaze on
it as they passed by our party. Our
guest from Chicago enjoyed their in
spection of the costume hugely. She
expressed her enjoyment over the SEN
sation she was creating in characters
tic Chicagoese. Three young women
more than craned their necks to size
up the furbelows on the dress.
"'Now. will you get next to those
girls a-rubber- -necking at this blanket
of mine?' she broke out, laughingly, as
the girls passed by; and, say, do you
know. it didn't sound half so bad as it
does when | say it?''-WashingtOn Star.
The record-union., 1898-05-04
AN INVOLVEMENT BIRD.
A Housewives Experience With a
Famished Guest,

In the days before the war" fam
lily of hard working people lived in a
border county of Mississippi. Their
home was situated upon the big road, :"
which led from Alabama northward
into Mississippi They did not keep a
tavern, but they often fed the way
farer.
One Saturday the housewife roasted
large turkey. baked a batch of bread
and made a number of pies. She was
ready for her Sunday dinner, and ex-
pected to go to church the next day;
the services were held a number of
miles away.
After o'clock that Saturday after
noon a single horseman appeared. He
asked for his dinner and fed his horse
in the ample stable of the farmer. The
housekeeper was busy and the man in
haste, so she set the turkey before him,
thinking that he would not make much
of an impression upon it.
The stranger sat down in front of
the turkey and set to work. He cut
into the breast on one side and ate it
all. His appetite was only whetted. He
demolished the wing and then cut off
the leg. The drumstick disappeared
and the upper joint was stripped. The
woman stood aghast. She pattered out
to the back porch where her pies were
cooling, and, selecting a tempting ap-
pie pie. set it before her guest. He put
it to one side and turned the untouch-
ed side of the turkey toward him. He
cut off the wing and the leg. The wO-
man saw her Sunday dinner disappear
before her eyes.
At length, having exposed all the
bones of the large fowl, he attacked the
pie and left not a crumb.
The woman sank in a chair near by.
She was too much overcome for a mo-
ment to speak. Then she said:
You seem to have enjoyed the tur-
key There is not so much left as I
expected"
She could say no more. She felt that
words We're inadequate to the occa-
sion.
The man pushed back his chair, took
out his quill toothpick, crossed his
knees and sighed with satisfaction
Then he spoke:
We'll, madam" said he, "a turkey is
a very inconvenient bird"
He fell to Illuminating. His counte-
nance expressed the benevolence which
good dinner is apt to produce in a
man.
The woman waited for him to explain,
but he was silent Then she said:
why is the turkey inconvenient?"
We'll, madam, it is a little too much
for one and not quite enough for two
replied her guest.
The woman fainted.-St. Louis Re-
pnbljc
The record-union., 1898-05-04

mart of the hold and completes the
naraphernalia of a floating hospital in
which no convenience has been forgot
ten.
One of the saloons on the main deck
has been made into quarters for the
ship's crew, while the officers will oc-
cI,py staterooms on the upper and sa-
loon decks. as will the surgeons and
their assistants A corps of trained
men nurses from New York will ac-
company the ship 1t has not been
learned here who the commander of the
Solace is to be- Lieutenant j. w Stew
art is to be the executive officer. and
Ensign A. A McKethan will be the
senior watch officer. Two of the mates
of the Creole that was. Mr.. Willets and
Mr.. Barrett will remain with the ship
as the other watch officers.
Following are the surgeons attached
to the Solace: Surgeon T. H. Streete,
Surgeon C. F. Stoker, Surgeon E. T.
Smith and Surgeon e. S. Borgert, Jr
She will carry q Geneva cross flag-a
red cross in a white field, and it will
float at the main.
SHE is ALMOST READY.
It is expected the Solace will be ready
to sail early next week. but it's destina
ton is not positively known Work on
the ship is being done with the same
secrecy the Government is pursuing
with regard to the work on the fighting
ships. No visitors are allowed on board,
but I was accorded special permission
to inspect it in order that the people
of the country might be informed of
the first ship of it's class designed for
war service, and permission was also
granted to take a photograph, showing
the Solace as she appears lying at her
pier in the shipyard.
Naval officers are thoroughly i'm
pressed with the great utility of the
hospital ship, and l learn that efforts
are being made to have the Govern
ment fit up another ship of the same
kind 1t is regarded as certain that
many lives will be saved by the float
ing hospital and that the horrors of
modern warfare will be lessened in no
inconsiderable degree-Newport News
correspondence New York Herald.
The record-union., 1898-05-04
KITE TELEPHONE.
Successful Tests by English Naval
Authorities.

! The English naval authorities have
just tested with great success a sug-
gested novelty in the way of COM
munication at sea which promises to
render obsolete the present method of
signaling.
Commander r. G. o. Tupper of the
Royal Navy experimental with kite
/ telephone The kite used was of the
regulation sort, except that it was
minus a tail. 1t was six feet long and
three feet wide at the broadest point.
In place of the tail the kite carried
two lines, one of which was retained
on board the Daring, the Institutional
torpedo boat destroyer from which the
experiments We're conducted With
the wind between the two lines referred
to, it was found that the kite was SO
easily managed that it was no trick
at all to drop letters or even a hawser
into another ship, and in this way es-
tablish communication
Following this experiment came one
with a wire The end of the wire which
the kite bore away from the ship was
dropped upon the deck Of H. NJ. ).
Dauntless, where it was secured by the
electrician of the ship and attached to
a telephone apparatus in waiting. The
other end, which had remained aboard
the Daring, was also attached to a
telephone, and as soon as this task was
completed the two ships We're in per
feet communication. The kite re-
manned suspended secured by two lines,
for more than four hours, during which
time communication between the Oar
ing and Dauntless was uninterrupted
The experiment that was made by
the officers of the Daring and the
Dauntless had another valuable result.
1t showed that it is possible to arrange
for a new system of signals from one
ship to another that would be greatly
superior to any flag system which
could be conceived. If the telephone
wire can be arranged in this manner
there is no reason why telegraphic
communication cannot be made in a
similar fashion In this case an op-
orator aboard the flagship could carry
on a conversation with his fellow-oper-
ator aboard one of the fleet without
difficulty.
AS a means of signaling the kite is
firmly believed not only by naval o1n-
GERS but by those of the army, to be
fraught with great Importance when
the future is considered 1t is OF
course very much easier for signal
to be seen that is elevated to con-
siderable hight than one which may
float at the top of the malnmast OF
be waved from the summit of hlll.-
New York Herald.
The record-union., 1898-05-04
81 Mind the Day"

1 mind the day I'd wish was a say-gull
flynn far.
For then Ia fly and find you in the
West.
And Ia wish 1 was a little rose as sweet
as roses are.
For then you'd maybe wear it on your
breast,
Achray,
You'd maybe take an wear it on your
breast.
I'd wish 1 could be livin' near, to love you
day an night,
To let no throuble touch you or annoy:
Id wish l could be dyin here, to rise a
spirit light.
So them above 'ud let me bring you Joy.
MaVrOne,
If them above I'D let me win YOU ioy
An now l wish no wishes, nor ever fall a
tear.
Nor take thought beyont the way Tn
led.
1 mind the day that's over-bye, an bless
the day that's here
There be to come a day when well be
dead,
Achrayi
a longer, lighter day when well be
MORA o'Neill in Blackwood's.