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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ! -
ImcaS County p

Frand j. Cheney makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
+. j. Cheney IL Co., doing business in
the city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cemb Der. 4. ID. 1856.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17
Overcome evil with good. @

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. T. H.
Thomas, A. j. Riess and NJ F. Balm
sen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17
The ENcentiOn.

"Dura you and your old grocery"
shouted a man who backed up against
the fresh paint.
Didn't you see that sign, Fresh
PAINT asked the grocer.
"Of course I did, but I've seen so
many signs hung out here announcing
something fresh that wasn't that /
didn't believe IT "-Indianapolis Jour
nal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

MAYOR ZIEGENHEIN. Of st. Louis,
ha, vetoed the curfew bill. passed by
the city council recently. The mayor
saws in his veto message: This bill
partakcs Of the character of sump-
tuarv legislation. which has been gen
orally distasteful for centuries and to
which. in common with thousands of
good citizens, I am on principle OPP
posed. II is a step backward to the
middle ages and is opposed to the
spirit and policy of our free institu-
tions. in that it attempts 10 abridge
the personal liberties Of the citizen. y"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

SAID ex-senator Edmunds. Rep.
the other day IN Philadelphia: We
told Spain and we told the world by a
solemn declaration Of our congress
when we began this war against Spain
that we rejected the idea of territor-
ial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Was that 4 lie,
a sham, 4 false Pretense? And we
stand up in the face of the world and
say: Yes. we have been lying. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17
Rheumatism Cured In a Day.

Mystic cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in to 3 days
Its action upon the system is re-
markable and mysterious. 1t removes
at once the cause and the disease
Immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits, % cents. Sold
by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second avenue,
Rock Island, and Gust Schlegel & Son
22O West Second street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

Nature has given Us two ears, two
eyes and but one tongue, to the end that
we should hear and see r--ra than we
speak.-Socrates
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17
neauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without 1t. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your D.ood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, bIackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
glsts, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

THERE are worse men than Mr..
Wanamaker, but few who are so often
politically mistaken.-St. Louis Re
public.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17
i owe nv whole life to Burdo

Il owe my whole life to Burdock
Blood Bitters. Scrofulous sores COW
cred my body. l seemed beyond
cure. b. b. b. has made me per-
fectly well woman" Mrs. Charles
Hutton. Berville, Mich. For sale by
Marshall Il Fisher
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

The Washington Post is inclined to
believe that the fact that Tom Reed
made no speeches during the late
campaign had something to do with
the result
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

Mr.. Quay will shake the plum tree
once more by having himself elected
to the United States senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17
4. W. GLEASON,
J Notary Public.

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
+. j. CHENEY IL Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 10 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

= whale of so tons weight exerts I45
horsepower III swimming u miles an
hour
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

THE actress who married Howard
Gould is said TO have been born in
Pike county, this state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take CaScarets Candy Cathartic- 10c o. &c
II c. c. c fail to cure druggists refund money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

Subscribe for TIE ARGUS,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly At 1924 Second
Avenue, Rock land, Ill Entered at the
Postonsce as Second-class maLter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-17

IN THE NAME OF j. W. POTTER.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-12-17
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madeSn Germany Toy Pianos that Play Tune
Running Trains, Jumping Monkeys Pretty Little
Trunks to put Baby's Clothes In, Tool Chests
the Boys, Xmas Cards, Etc, ETC.
sPECIAL 1TTENTIONi Is Called to the Large 1ssort-
aaent of TO VS. for Christmas Tree Decorations.
SCHOOL TEACHERS Will Do Well to Come and See Our
This
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
Endurance OSHoracA.

The Vedette, the regimental journal
of the Twenty first L,ancers, gives an
interesting account of march carried
out between Cairo and the Bitter lakes
and back-205 miles-in five days.
This was done to test the relative
merits of the three classes of horses in
use in the regiment. namely, Arabs,
Walers drought from India by the
Seventh Dragon Guards) and Hun.
garian remonnts lately supplied to the
regiment. The Arabs were six to ten
years old, the Walers fourteen years
and upward, and the Hungarians four
and five years old, 'rather young for
such trial"
The verdict was that, even allowing
for age. the Hungarian horses were
decidedly inferior in breeding and
stamina; and the Walers, though in O
more temperate climate they might be
superior to the Arabs, under the pre-.
vailing conditions of service in Egypt,
with short rations and plenty ofsaud,
long periods witholc water, and the
temperature 130 degrees in the shade"
were decidedly inferior to the Arab,
which in desert march showing it.
self we'll able to carry the British SOL
dier, with his impediments. As the
weight carried was an average OF near.
ly sixteen stone, the marches were de.
cidedly good, namely, thirty five, fifty,
fifty-eight and thirty-two miles per
dav Ono Aroh thrap Walors and
eleven Hungarians were laid up in the
sick lines after the trial. London
Sketch.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
The Ways of Childhood.

Great are the tribulations of moth
erhood. A member of the Mothers
Congress was asked by her good little
six-year-old to lend him her large scis.
sors. They weren't convenient at the
time, and, against his protest that he
couldn't use the little things, she gave
him her small embroidery scissors.
The next day when she wanted them
she asked for them, and he, turning
very red, left the room. In ten min
utes he returned and gave her four or
five fragments of the original article.
He said in explanation: ~ told you I
couldn't use the little ones, that I
wanted the big ones, but you wouldn't
listen to me. We were playing bank
robbers and was the robber."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
An Oriental Love Test,

This talo is told in the Orient: A
lady one day found q man following
her and she asked him why he did so.
His reply was:
"You are very beautiful and I am in
love with you"
"Oh, you think me beautiful, do
you? There is my sister over there.
You will find her much more beauti.
full than lam. Go and make love to
her."
On hearing this tho man went to
see the sister, but found she was very
ugly, so he came back in an angry
mood and asked the lady why she had
told him falsehood. She then an
swered:
"Why did you tell me falsehood?"
The man was surprised at this ac-
cusation and asked when he had done
so. He answer was:
''You said you loved me. If that
had been true you would not have
gone to make love to another woman" I"
Short Skits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
JOHN SHERMAN'S SUCCESSOR
Judge Day Promptly Confirmed
Other Nominations Referred.

Washington. April G.-During the TIVE
hours session of the senate yesterday
the conference report on the army ie-
organization bill was agreed to, and the
measure engrossed and signed. The
remainder of the session was devoted to
the passage of "a private pension bills
and numerous measures from the gen
eral calendar.
There was no delay in confirming the
nomination of Judge Day to be secretary
of state. His nomination was favor
ably reported from the committee on
foreign relations without the formality
of meeting, the members expressing
their concurrence through poll made
on the floor by Senator Davis. When
the executive session was called Mr.
Davis reported the action of the com
mittee. and the nomination was taken
up and confirmed without comment oi
delay. Senator White suggested the
propriety Of similar action in the case
Of Professor Moore, nominated for as
sistant secretary. but Senator Davis said
the committee preferred to have the
nomination referred to 1t. The reference
was accordingly made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
RECRUITING OFFICERS NAMED
Patriotism of Citizen SOldiery a,
High Water Mark.

Washington, April 27.-The war de-
partment officials have prepared a list
of officers who will be sent to the several
states to muster men into the service
of the United States. When this is ac-
romplished the volunteers will be under
direct control Of the government and
subject to the discipline and require
ments of actual military life. The tele-
grams from the governors of the states
in reply to Secretary Alger's telegram
Indicate that the patriotism of the citi-
zen soldiery is at it's height. The officials
decline to make public the text of these
kilograms at this time. as they contain
information bearing on the requirements
of the militia as respects equipments,
ammunition. arms, blankets. tents, ETC.
and it is suggested that the best interests
ot the country would not he subserved
by making them public. Some opposi-
ton has risen on the part of several of
the states to the location of the iende-
Nouzing points as made by Secretary
Alger. Where the representations of
state officials present good reasons, the
rendezvous will be changed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
MUCH OPIUM IS IMPORTED.
1t Is Taxed Heavily, lint Its Victims Must
Have 1t ut Any Price.


The extent to which opium smok.
ing is practised by the Chinese in this
country may be judged from the fact
that the importations of smoking
opium at San Francisco last year ag-
gregated 12l lOl pounds. The duty.
at Sc Il pound. amounted to 1928, 406.
The drug was in the form prepared.
exclusively for smoking. and not
available for any other uses. 1t
comes in rectangular tin boxes. not
unlike those in which pepper and
spices are put up, each containing
about half II ponnd. SO prepared,
opium is semi-huid, dark brown,
sticky substance, resembling New Or
leans molasses in appearance.
Chauncey NJ. st. John, Deputy Sur.
veyor of the Port, says that on the i'm
ports of this sort of opium at San
Francisco since January last to date
duty has been paid to the amount of
Sl46, BAL. This would represent a.
800 pounds of the drug. BY the
steamship Gaelic, arriving from China
on February l3, the opium imports
amounted to 1888 pounds, on which
the duty paid was $4,000. Not in
Guiding this large quantity, the smok-
ing opium now in bonded warehouses
here, on which the duty of 1921 800
has not been collected, amounts to 2O,-
3l5 pounds.
1t is believed that opium smoking
has greatly decreased since the duty
was reduced from 81, the former rate,
to the present rate of IS pound.
Formerly large quantities of smoking
opium Of an inferior quality We're made
in Victoria, b. c., and thence SNUG
gled into the United States. The re-
duction of duty, while greatly lessen
ing the profits of smuggling, left the
risk of seizure undiminished, and this
tended to discourage the Victorian in
dustry, which has practically been
abandoned.
Very little smoking opium reaches
the United States save that which
comeato San Francisco from China.
1t is all made in that country. The
drug for medicinal purposes comes, in
its crude form, from Turkey. A little
of this raw opium is occasionally i'm
ported by San Francisco dealers by
way of New York, reaching San Fran
cisco by rail.
The manufacture of smoking opium
in the United States has been greatly
checked. if not well-nigh destroyed,
by the imposition of an internal rev.
enue tax of $40 pound. The tax, in
fact, was laid for the express purpose
of discouraging the business.
In some way a report has gained
currency that an attempt has been
made to smuggle a large quantity of
opium into this country in the guise
of 'nut oil" by the ship New York,
which went ashore at Halfmoon Bay.
The customs officials say there is no
foundation for the story, so far as
they are informed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
WONDERS OF WELBEcK.
Remarkable Underground Ballroom and
Tunnels.

Remarkable Underground Ballroom and
Tunnels.
Everybody has heard of the under
ground ballroom at Welbeck Abbey,
where the Price and Princess of Wales
have just been the guests of the Duke
aud Duchess Of Portland; but COM
paratively few know the real extent Of
the buried splendors of Welbeck.
These wonders Of Welbeck were the
work OF the present Dukes father,
who in the latter years Of his life
avoided completely the society Of his
fellow creatures, with the exception of
few trusted personal attendants. His
first step, says correspondent of the
Chicago News, was to take exception
to the public right of way across his
park, and to counteract this his grace
had paths sunk six feet below the sur
face, covering them with an nrched
roof Of alternate turf and glass and
having them lighted where necessary
with gas. There were two miles of
these tunnels made from the Dukes
own designs. After this his grace be-
gan the remarkable series of subter-
ranean structures which cost him, it
is said, nearly $40, 200, 900, and kept
1900 wo,kmen employed for nearly
eighteen years. So enamored was the
Duke of this subterranean idea that he
had all the buildings of his thirty-fve
park lodges constructed in the same
fashion and lighted with bullseyes
from the top. They cost nearly $4,000
each to build. But everything at We'll
beck is on colossal scale. There is
wonderful old oak tree in the park
which has an arch cut through its
trunk through which a coach and four
could be driven, and its grapevines are
SO magnificent that some years ago one
huge bunch of Syrian grapes was found
to weigh nearly twenty pounds and
was carried by two undergraduates on
a pole to Wentworth House, Rother.
ham, as present to the late Lord
Fitzwilliam. The kitchens at Wei.
beck are marvellous both in dimensions
and in the perfection of their equip.
ment, and the dishes are conveyed
from there to the dining-room by means
Of miniature underground railway.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
e. A. SPEAR,
uQDER R8FBIQ@
AND
Embalming,
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT.
A FEW NEWS ITEMS.
What the Telegraph Said On Thurs.
day.

w nat tne IeIeRfapn Saiu Gh lnurS.
day.
The Williams college student commit
tee has enrolled battalion of our COM
panies.
1t is now given out that the New
Hampshire volunteers will be TobiliZed
Saturday.
Yokohama journals urge Japan to con-
sent to Americas using Japan's two
cruisers now being built in the United
states.
Rev. Amasa -. Freeman, d. d., for
50 years pastor of the Central Fresby-
terian church at Haverstraw, n. Y,
dropped dead on the street at that place.
The men of the naval brigade signal
station in Boston harbor are very un-
comfortably situated with nothing but
Il small tent to cover them. Tha. was
blown to pieces yesterday.
Governor Tanner has sent a message
to Secretary of War Alger at Washing
ton reporting that the Illinois troops,
seven regiments of infantry and one
regiment of cavalry, are ready and
awaiting orders.
1t is now known that II people were
killed in the explosion at the Santa
Cruz. Cal, powder works. All that re-
mains to tell of the guLcotton pant are
twisted iron and IL large hole in the
ground made by metro -Glycerine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
Sawdust Suits.

Suits at law have been instituted at
Montpelier, VT, to prevent the turn
ing of sawdust into the river, on the
ground that when the river overAows
it now no longer leaves rich alluvial
deposits on the bordering lands, but
incumbers them insI,ad with sawdust.
The objection to sN dust in California
streams grows cat of the fact that il
destroys the fish in them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
Maine Societies Elect Onicers.

Waterville. Me-. April 2S.-The grand
lodge of Good Templars. in session here,
elected the following officers yesterday:
Chief teinplar. Grant Rogers: councillor.
Rev. f. V. Stevens; vice templar. Mrs.
Jennie Hodgkins: secretary. George
Bracket.
The state council of the United Order
of American Mechanics chose the fol-
lowing officers: Councillor. Frank T.
Mills Of Portland: vice councillor. George
A. Warren of Waterville; secretary, AL
fred Southbrook of Portland; treasurer
j. NJ. Cor Ion of Lewiston.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
Paris Captive Balloon.

The captive balloon which the
French expect to employ at the
Worlds Fair of 1900 will be 144 feet
in diameter and is to ascend to an
elevation of 1850 feet. This is twice
as high as the Eifel Tower. The
balloon is to be managed by wire
cable and will probably be capable
Of taking up 1C0 passengers at once
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30

The Lewiston Journal, Congressman
Dingley's paper, says: "NOw Is the
time to begin bird study II you wish TO
engage in that pleasing work this year."
The bird, 1t is perhaps needless to add,
should be studied hot, with cold bot
tie on the side.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30

The heir apparent to the Belgian
throne is unmarried. AS his name is
Albert Leopold Clement Marie Meinrad
d'Luny, perhaps it may not be amiss to
state, for the benefit Of marriagea ble
American heiresses, that there Is only
one of him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
Seven Men Were Killed.

Santa Cruz. Cal, April 27.-Seven per-
sons are known to be dead and four hurt
seriously as result of the explosion Of
the works Of the California Powder COM
pany Tuesday afternoon. 1t was caused
py the igniting OF the cotton plant.
though some people say that the disas-
Ter was produced by Spanish hireling.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
Husba nd and Wife Commit Suicide.

Mobile, Ala. April 27.-Mollie Plum
mer, wife Of II. NJ. Plummer. cashier OF
the Scranton, Miss. state bank. took
morphine early yesterday morning.
The husband afterwards shot himself
through the head and died instantly
The wife will not live. Domestic troubles
are given as the cause. The banks af-
fairs were found to be in good condition.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets. Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin today to
hani,h pimrles. boila. blotches. blackheads,
and that si.kly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarrts - beauty for ten cents. All drug
sists salisfac ion guaranteed, ,lOc. Csc, SOC.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30

To manufacture a cheap kalsomine stuck
on the wall with glue. claiming it to be the
'same thing or Just as good rs the dura-
bic Alabastinc or to huy and sell such goods
on such representations would seem cheap
trick. Some resort To it. To he safe, buy
Alaha'tine only in packages and properly
labeled.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30

Another sadder, but wiser, man
is suing a New York matrimonial bu-
reau for having failed to secure for
him a $40, 900 wife after he had put
up the requisite fee for the purpose.
Perhaps the most solemn feature d
the case is his offer to produce fifty
persons who have been similarly bam-
boozled by this same agency. What
fools these mortals be
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30

ST. vITUS' DANCE. SPASMS and all nerv
Ous diseases permanently cured by the use o.
DIR. Klnc's Great Nerve RCstOrcr. end for
FREE sl.W trial hottie and treatise to DR..
r. II. Kline, Ltd. gl Arch Street, Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
Observation-Disclosures
The Regeneration OF Judy.
a ~y ITUATED in n wild

.TUATED in a wild
glen, t Ii L o IL G Ii
which the Crazy
river flows and
from which the
mountains ascend
abruptly, ran ge on
range, to the far
thest heights ofthe
Holy Trinity, is the
Wachapi In dian
reservation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30
THE HEART OF THE WOOD.

As II to soothe and bless:
The little brooks where lilies lave
Shall Groom in tenderness;
While in some gentle wood lie,
And list the wild birds lullaby.
Pcrchance the perfume Of the flowers,
Anoat across my dream,
May then bring back the vanished hours
With hope and Joy agleam,
And shall see, as oft OF yore,
Dear eyes that smile on earth no moro.
Samuel Minturn Peck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30

When grief Is vast and mid its ache
long for sympathy,
The world of men | will not take
To bear my pain with me,
Toteach my soul how to endure,
And probe the wound 1t cannot cure.
When Sorrow comes, rem ote from men
To Natures heart my sighs
I'll breathe alone by hill and glen
Unvexed by curious eyes,
And listen to the sweet "Alasn'
OF plying winds amid the grass.
The Coconino sun., 1898-11-12
To Horse Owners

The undersigned will leave Flagstaff on or about November 9 for the sit River valley and is desirous of taking horses to the valley for keeping during The winter, returning them next spring Those wishing to place horses in mN care should apply at once.
 CLARK HIrT.
The Coconino sun., 1898-11-12
DAVID'S TOMB.
Emperor William the First Christian to See
 It in 900 Years.

The Berlin papers assert that David's tomb on Mount Zion. to which Emperor William was admitted by the Sultan's express order, had never been seen by u christian since llS7. it being a Mo- hammedan shrine of the most sacred character.
 The Iman who conducted his majesty to the tomb mentioned this fact to him and added that 70 the German emperor, the sultan's friend. all Mohammedan institutions were open.