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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
Canary Birds.

At moderate estimate 400, 900
change hands every year i'll the United
Kingdom alone, the value of them be-
ing about 600, 900. OF the total num-
Der Of canaries sold by British dealers
100, 600 at least are "made in Ger
many for it would seem that the very
air Of England is so enamored Of free
dom that, while its native wild birds
are the finest singers i'll the world, Ger
man canaries far outmatch English Ca
naries for beauty and persistency of
song. / have often heard German cana
ries continue single trill for a minute
and quarter, and L have been told of
one whose trill lasted for two minutes
and had at least 20 changes of note in
ii. This bird was sold for 9l0. Chiefly
bred i'll the Tyrol, round the Hartz
mountains and in Thuringia, by weav-
ers and shoemakers. the German birds
are collected i'll August and September
by the dealers and begin to arrive in
England i'll October.
But few of the very best birds come
to England, ana when they do it is gen
orally as birds of passage In the earlier
part of the season the usual retail price
is from to 10 shillings per bird, ac-
cordinS to the quality of the song, these
prices rising 80 per cent by the end of
the year. 1t is seldom that the finest
songstor is thought to be worth more
than 30 shillinGs by the commercial
Englishman. Consequently the very
fine birds are either bought by German
birdleepers or sent to the United States,
where they readily bring from $40 TO
$40 each. The average price for the
birds i'll Germany is shilfings per
pair.-Good Words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
DOWN EAST CURIOSITY.
One Instance In Witch 1t Was Net
Satisfied.

Satisfied.
It takes down east man to ask Ques-
tions, but once in awhile one of them
finds his match. Jonathan overlook Il
gentleman who was travelling on horse
back, Notwithstanding the fact that he
bad lost one leg. His curiosity was
awakened. as he rode alongside of him.
to know how he CHANGED to meet with
such misfortune.
Been in the army, l Guess2'' was
the anxious inquiry
Never was i'll the army in my life.
the travaleT returned.
''Fit Il duel, p'haps?''
Never fought duel, sir. -
"Horse throwed You off. l guess. or
something of that sort p
''No, sir, nothing of the kind"
Jonathan tried various lodges. but
all To no effect. AT last, almost out Of
patience, he determined on direct in
quiry as to the nature of the accident
~ which the gentleman had come to
lose his leg.
81 will tell you, said the traveller
con condition that you will promise
not to ask me another question.
agreed, agreed" exclaimed the
eager listener joyfuiiy.
well, sir. remarked the gentle
man, lit was bit off,
Bit off, cried Jonathan. "Waal, 1
declare; L d just like to know, powerful
well. what ON arth bit it ofPl''-Chris
tan Endeavor World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
Which Was the Het,er yyaxe

They had both been refused by her.
The first ran home and, rushing to his
room. took pistol from his dressing
case and stood before the mirror. How
pale his face, and what a drawn look
about tho mouth! 1t startled him.
As he placed the pistol against his
temple his eyes fell upon her photo
graph. He paused.
Don't" he cried. "don't look at
me, dear!" He turned her face to tho
wall and again pressing the pistol to
his head pulled the trigger.
The second walked home slowly. He
was more dazed than he at first fully
realized. He had hoped for so much
and-now-- He reached his room. Her
face smiled tantalizingly at him from
the table. He took his pistol out and
held it III his hand moment. Then he
reached for the mocking picture. He
looked at it and then down the barrel
of the weapon.
mo, confound it, won tp' he cried.
81 may be fool, but I'm not a cowardl
Come herei'' he said, roughly taking
the photograph III the left hand. With
elaboration he placed the muzzle against
the face and fred.-Pearson' S Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
Modern Surgery.

1.-The average man would be greatly
rarprised to know how far the surgical
world has moved in the last quarter of
q century" said prominent New Or
leans practitioner. Its hard to realize,
even for one in the profession. We do
things as a matter of course at present
that only few years ago would have
been locked upon as downright murder.
81 remember back in the seventies l
was called to attend a man who was
shot through the intestines with buck
shot, making a number of perforations.
| promptly opened the abdominal cav
ity and sewed up the wounds, which at
that time was regarded as a wildly dar-
ing operation. The man died from I'M
avoidable complications, and his friends
were determined to prosecute me for
killing him. In fact, L had Il close
squeak from unpleasant consequences,
for great many other surgeons con-
iemned my procedure in the severest
terms.
Just think of it Today things are
exactly reversed. and a surgeon who
failed to open the abdomen in such
case would undoubtedly he punished for
malpractice. This is one instance ont of
many. Ii is no exagSeration to say that
the modern surgeon saves thousands of
lives that his earlier brothers would
have abandoned without an effort.
Necessarily fatal would have been the
verdict and the sufferer assisted into
the valley of the shadow by merciful
opiate. New Orleans Times Demo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
Raleigh Finger Marks.

1t Is now 800 years since Sir Walter
Raleigh lived i'll Ireland, but, according
to Sir John Pope of Hennessy many
traces of his residence there can still be
seen. The richly perfumed yellow wall
flowers that he brought to Ireland from
the Azores and the Affane cherry are
still found where he first planted them,
by the Blackwater
Some cedars he brought TO Cork are
to this day growing at place called
Tiyio. The four venerable yew trees, the
branches of which have twined and in
termingled into sort of summer house
thatch, are pointed out as having shell
tered Raleigh when ne first smoked to-
bacco in his Youghal garden. In that
garden he also planted tobacco. 4 few
steps farther On, where the town wall
Of the thirteenth century surrounds the
garden OF the warden 5 house, is the ia
nous spot where the first Irish potato
was planted by him.-Chicago Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
cinEalese Children.

The Cingalese children are said to
be more beautiful than those of any
other race On the four continents, and
some Of the little girls, even &C the very
lowest caste, are irresistibly pretty as
they run before you in the streets to
beg. They cry out in the sweetest and
most plaintive of voices, touching the
stomach to signify hunger in way that
would be awkward and vulgar IN any
other being, but in them it Is so win
some that before yen know il you sacri
fee rupee TO the bad cause Of eneour-
aging them IN egging-knowing quite
well that all they want is q good oppor-
tunity to pick your pocket for more
Outing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
Mrs. Col. Richardson
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AT last Inflammation of the womb
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fession. musician and piano player),
was confined to my bed and life became
a terrible cross. My husband sum-
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believe l should have contracted the
morphine habit under their care, If my
common sense had not interviewed
One day my husband noticed the adj
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the pain in my ovaries was gone j am
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
LIVING IN CITIES.
The Apartment House Is breaking Up
American Homes


American Homes
I have no mind to harrow up the
minds Of my readers with any explica-
lion Of the miseries and mysteries that
confront the average househeeper in the
daily maintenance Of simple but COM
Portable existence for her family. As for
herself, an existence at all seems a
struggle which at times she would glad
~ give over. One might define hero
inc as the average American woman
who does her own housekeeping. But
some hint OF the unnatural and unhappy
state Of affairs existing at present may
be deduced from the consideration of
two economic facts.
First, woman is by nature a home
founder and a homemaker. This is not
intended as an assertion Of personal be-
lief, but as statement of scientific fact.
It was goman-nut man-who opened
the industrial world. 1t was woman
who made the first rude dwellings and
dressed skins and wove textiles for
clothing. IL was woman and not man
who made the first fire and the first
utensils for cooking and the first rude
tools for industrial ends. All her activi-
ties clustered about the hearth and min
lSttItQ To IiS NOME II IEt Wolilili anu
the " ork had not reacted upon each 9TH
er so that today women should be by
nature homemakers and home lovers,
there are still depths for the scientists
80 sound i'll the working of heredity and
Of natural selection.
And yet-here is my second fact-the
enormous piles of stone and brick rapid
" filling the choice plots of ground in
our large cities and shutting out the
light of heaven with their gabled tops
are mute if not magnificent witnesses to
the fact that the investment of capital
is all against the perpetuatiOn of the
separate home. The shrewd modern in
weston is willing TO put hundreds Of
thousands against hundreds of dollars
that for his lifetime at leas) women
are going to prefer the ease of the apart
ment hotel to the separate house with
its privacy, its own table, and-alas-
its own service. - Helen Watterson
Moody III Scribner's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
S3,OOO,O 900 IN A FLASH.
s. hIondikc Telegraph Limo Wrecked by !
the Atlantic Cable.

Long ago-in 1S63-4-thcre was no
cable between Europe and America.
Transatlantic news-even during the
exciting episodes of the civil war-was
always about Il fortnight old. The at
tempt to make cable connection had
ended disastrously, and in this junction
of affairs was organized Il gigantic en-
terprise looking to the connection OF
the United States with Europe via Klon-
dixie and Boring sea. Most electricians
and Geographic experts had made up
their minds that 40 miles-which was
the distance across the strait-represent-
ed the longest a submarine cable could
be successfully worked.
y company was formed, and what
was known in those days as Russian
Extension stock went off at premium
of 90 per cent. In 1865 the line between
New Westminster and the Yukon river
was surveyed, found to be practicable
and travorsed completely the present
Klondike region.
The line was expected TO be finished
in 1867. Even the tariff for messages
was fixed at 60 ($25) peg message. The
receipts We're estimated to yield about
50, COO, 900 per annum. The line was
actually constructed from New West
minister along the present route OF the
Canadian Pacific railway to Ashcroft,
where it was continued north toward
Bering sea to Fort Stager, 300 or 400
miles beyond Quesnelle. This line is at
the present moment i'll operation i'll a
portion of the Caribou country.
Then, in the midst Of the whole bust
ness, after three years Of hard work,
came like a thundcrclap the news that
the Atlantic cable was n success. Three
million dollars had been expended, yet
the next day Russian Extension stock
was not worth the printers ink on its
surface. London Mail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06

One of the great Chicago department
stores keeps a female hairdresser con-
stantly at work on a dummy head that
is adorned with flowing and most beau
tifuI golden tresses. She is watched in
cessantIy by large and interested
crowds
Yes" said one woman absently the
other day 10 her companion. ''blond
hair is very beautiful-thati is. the real
blond hair. F."
And at least half a dozen women
flashed looks of indignation at the speak
er. Why?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
THE CARE FREE vIENNEsE.
They Rarely Take Life Seriously Unless at


They Rarely Take Life Seriously Unless at
Funeral.
1.-The native Niennese is a jolly, good
natured, shiftless creature, ?" writes Ed
ward A. Steiner, discussing Austria
and Her Troubles in The Woman S
Home Companion.
mo people On the earth are so jolly
or so easily and so much amused. Go to
the Prater, the largest public park in
Europe, and from 100 different beer
gardens comes the noise of footing brass
bands and stamping feet and beating
drums. Merry so rounds swing old and
young, and dime museums and music
halls are as full of people as they are
empty of decgncy Go to the theaters on
any night and You will find them
crowded by an enthusiastic audience,
the galleries filled by noisy students and
working girls The court theaters,
which present only legitimate dramas
and operas, have also their numerous
devotees. Go to the coffee houses, of
which there is one on every corner. and
you VIII find them full, especially i'll
the afternoon, with merchants with
their noses in the newspapers and clerks
slipping their Mocha and officers sIaok-
ing their cigars and cue pushing and
card shutting youths. At night these
coffee houses become the rendezvous of
the lower clement. l have never seen
the Niennese serious, unless 1T be at a
funeral, and 1 suppose that even out of
that he manages to get some fun. Yet
he is easily excited, and although loyal
and law abiding his good nature may
quickly turn into fiery passion, and a
Viennese riot is serious matter for the
police -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
Hetbesda-American, water.

At Waukesha, Wis. is the ceie-
brated Bethesda Mineral Springs.
Thousands of invalids suffering with
Bright's disease, or other kidney
trouble. have found there perma-
nent cure. This justly celebrated
healing water is put up in sealed hal Il
gallon bottles and shipped in car load
BOTS to all parts of the world. 1t is
within the reach of ALI and should be
used for all kidney diseases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
Bucklen's Arnica save.

The best salve in the VIC rid for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapPed hands,
chilblains, corns and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles. or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed TO
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Hartz ~ Uliemover
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06

Mothers lose their dread for that
terrible second summer when they
have DIR. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawberry in the house Natures
specific for bowel complaints of every
sort For sale by Marshall * Fisher,
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06

Benjamin Franklin sleeps in Phila-
delphia, remarked the reverent tour
ist.
well. answered the New York
salesman with the plaid clothes 'what
else is there for man to do in Phila-
delphia 2''-Washington Star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06
The ImpossibIe In society.

''They are impossible personsi''
''YesZ'
Eyes, they have no ancestry what
eTeIi'-Detroit Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-06

& n - II g zT t..
Bearz the ri Tie Kind Yaa i.als i,says Bought
''s. ss NNzzzezM
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-21
John J. ingalls, Views.

obviously matters cannot go on
indefinitely as they are at present.
''Diseontent may become exaspera-
ton. It is no longer ignorant. It is
armed with the resources of modern
science. 100 desperate men with dy-
nimIte, nitro-glyeerine and electricity
could in an hour cut off the water
supply Of New York and leave the
city in darkness. Paris in the days
of the commune was not worse than
Cleveland during the street car strike
and if these passions are not appeased
they will grow by that on which they
feed.
1T is bad omen, too, that the last
appeal to military force is made only
to suppress outrages committed by
the laborers and the employed. IF
they do not desist they are to be shot.
But did it ever occur to Governor
Bushnell to call out the militia to
suppress the trusts which have for so
long insolently defed the laws of
Ohio, successfully resistsd the man
date of It's courts and inflicted ire
parable Injuries upon multitudes of
It's citizsns?
IF the poor devil of striking la
borer resists the laws, call out the
militia by ali means and kill him.
But If swollen corporation brlhes
courts, laughs at justice, Expresses
the weak and robs the helpless, let us
put plank against for contribution
to the slush fund.
we applaud Governor Mount for
having his troops ready to shoot the
rioters at the coal mines, but what
about the window glass trust that
took the bread from the mouths of
5000 innocent victims and doubled
the price of sunlight in the poor mans
cabin, that it might pay dividends
upon $30,OOO.000 of fictitious capital?
How would it do to call out the
militia to enforce the laws in the case
of Captain Oberlin NJ. Garter. thief
convicted by a court martial of steal
ing 81, 100000. and sentenced to dis
missal, to tine of 5000 and a term
IN the penItentiary He resists the
president, secretary of war, the attor-
ney general and court marital till his
bondsmen and the contractors are
safe, and still draws his pay and dimes
at his club."-John J. Ingalls, in N.
Z. Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-21
$3.50 IN ADVANCE
Some Facts About Pensions.


The annual report of Commissioner
of Pensions II. Clay Evans gives
some interesting facts about the stat
as of our pc nsion roll.
The pension roll is made up of 753-
451 surviving soldiers, and ga, AIS
widows or dependent relatives and
653 army nurses To them last year
was paid $131, GIT. 961, being S649, 1876
more than ever before.
The average of each class of PEN
sioners is also higher.
The cost of bureaus, attorney g fees,
etc, brought the total expenditure up
to $158, 555,O5 being 81, 644. 948 less
than the appropriation.
The payment of pensions 60 vet
Grams of the Spanish war were $685.
6O6.
Fees paid to attorneys were $476,-
969, against $4,000 in 1893.
Total number of claims filed during
the year 1876; allowed, 37,O77; re-
stored, 1914; total allowances, includ-
ing increases, 89,054
Total claims pending June 80, 1898
635, 059; June 80, 1899, AT, 2S9.
The total disbursements to PEN
sloners since 1866 were 81, 389, 91O, 974.
During the same period SIS, 400. 996
went to examining sur geons, $12, 092.-
178 to pension agencies, and $52, 237,-
228 for salaries and other expenses of
the Pension bureau.
The number Of pensioners residing
in foreign countries is 1905 to whom
Is paid 1888, 300. OF this number
2,139 reside in Canada, 415 in Ire
land, 605 In Germany and 311 in
England.
There are four surviving widows
and seven surviving daughters of the
revolutionary war on the rolls.
Hiram Oronk of northwestern New
York is the only surviving pensioned
soldier of the war Of 1872 He is SO
years of age.
The number of pensioned widows
of the war of 1872 is /, 998.
On account of the Indian wars
1,658 soldiers and $3.50 widows are
pensioned.
For SO vice in the Mexican war
there are enrolled 9,204 soldiers and
8,179 widows.
June 30, 1899 the total number of
pensioners was 991, 519. being 2.195
less than on the same date IN 1898.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-21

Pratt and Frank Strain, of the Phil
lipsburg G. A. r. made addresses.
A noticeable feature of the reunion
was the splendid music furnished by
the Phillipsburg orchestra compris-
ing Miss Mildred DrIggs. Miss Dora
Dunn playing first violin, Theo. Close
second violin. Oscar Strain cornet.
Il. q. Blckford trombone, I. 81. Rog-
ers, bass, and Mrs. I. Fl. Rogers,
pianist.
The Nilsson quartette of Phillips
burg was another drawing card, and
frequently encored, The members
of this club are Mrs. A. D. Rafington.
Mrs. G. E. Nelson, Mrs I. II. Rogers
and Mrs. r. F. Stinson.
The reunion was notable success
in the large number of veterans pres
ent, aud the great turnout of visitors.
The people of Agra justly deserve the
praise they will get for the hospitality
extended the soldiers. Phlllipsburg
was selected the next place for the
reunion of 1900-Topeka State Jour
nal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-21
NO wHIsKEY OR BEER
Sold at the Soldiers Reunion at Agra
and Yet it Was Success.

Agrs, Sept. 16.-The reunion of
the old soldiers of Phillips county,
which closed Friday, was one of the
largest and most successfully con-
Quoted ever held in the county.
There was less gambling fakirs and
if any of the visitors had been bitten
by rattlesnake it would have been
an impossibllity to get a glass of beer
or whiskey to counterfeit the poison
of the snake. In the absence of any.
speakers advertised on the program.
Rev. L NJ. Gibson, of Nebraska, was
detailed to ill IN both morning, after
noon and night.
Phillipsburg day at the reunion
was great success, most of her PEG
pie bong present n Camp hanss.
Her cornet band and compan
the Second regiment K. N. q. with
Captain @ q. Tucker, and the Phil.
iipsburg g A. r. post and Woman S
Relief Corps turning out largely.
The Odd Fellows band of Agra were
slso conspicuous Ex-Judge N. a.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-21
Speaking of the reunion at Ayr,

Speaking of the reunion at Agra
the Kirwln Independent says:
''PhIliipsburg's day (Thursday Was
the leader. Company 81, Kansas Na-
tional Guards, made very fine ap-
pearance and greatly aided in the
davis services.
One of the best parts of the eutire
''doin's" was the music furnished by
the Phillipsburg orchestra. This or
ganlzstion has a personnel that is
hard to beat, either IN a musical or
social way They never fail to en-
terrain. Miss Dora Dunn, the leader,
assisted by Miss Mildred briggs, fur
nished the lead; Theo Close marks
the back time; Oscar Strain takes ex-
ceIlent care of the cornet; Clyde Bick-
ford don't skip any notes that are
designated to the trombone; I. Fl.
Rogers hits all the low places on the
big bass, while his wife distributes
excellent harmony by the aid of the
piano. We don't believe in throwing
boquets, but if there is a man IN
northwest Kansas who can beat II
wing Rogers on the big bass, we
haven't seen him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-21
y0U CANNOT

detect the bad odor coming from your
own nose or head if you have catarrh
but your wife or friends can. DO
not disgust and lose your friends By
such horrible smell coming from
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euke Samples frsa Sold By Fisher
Ct oer1alc
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-09-21
School Report.

Report of school district No. So for
month ending September Is, 1899.
Average daily attendance 16. Pu-
pills aot absent: Bessie Boston, Viola
ElIrod. Belle Boston, Maggie Dun
Kan. Eva Frazer. Oallie Fyock, Lewis
stone. Adam Boston and Harry Fra
Pupils not tsEdy, Viola ElIrod.
ggie Dnnkan, Oellie Fyock, Ruby
rod sad Wiley Stone. PnDils not
absent or arzy. Viola ELiro0. Maggie
Duncan and Cesiie Fgosk.
GKoaGIA KLLRoD, Teacher.