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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1899.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
Shooting Dreams.

a writer speaks of the persistent pc
culiarity in his dreams of not being
able, after game was sighted, TO fire the
gun, and has often wondered if this
happens with other dreamers. My own
experience comedies with his, and /
think may be too general to be peculiar.
An Older brother, however, once had
n different experience. The gun Of our
earlier boyhood days was an old flint
lock queen S arm that had the power TO
shoot off tree top and an almost equal
reverse force. 1t was the idol as we'll
as the terror OF our young lives, and
was carried over the New Hampshire
bills with heroic feelings.
One night, in the stiffness of the later
hours, there was tremendous jar in
our sleeping room, as if a heavy body
had been violently thrown down. Pater-
familias, aroused by the shock, came
rushing in just as my brother, in a
semisomnolent condition, was slowly
gathering himself up from the floor to
regain his place in bed, from which he
had dropped = moment before. Father
exclaimed, "Bill, what l. the natter"
to which Bill drowsily replied, Il
dreamed fired the old gun and it kicked
me out of bed 1t was emphatic
enough to him to lie peculiar.-Forest
and Stream.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
The ChcctuI.

Tie axis, or cheetul, deer of the Indi-
an jungle can claim to be the most or
namental Of all the SO races of deer 10
be seen gathered together at Woburn.
IN the early summer, when all the 9th
er deer except the wapiti are either
shedding their horns or ''in the velvet, "
the axis are in perfection, both of color
and antlers. The large herd of this spe-
cies looks as if carved out of ivory and
red gold in the sunshine and verdure of
English scenery. Their horns are almost
white, their eyes and muzzles of jet
black, their threats white and their
backs and sides brilliant golden tan,
spotted with round dots of purest white.
1t is worth q pilgrimage 70 Woburn TO
Eee these deer alone. They breed con-
stantly, sometimes producing two fawns
in the twelyemCath-- Spectat0r.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
His Reason

Some of the best of Dean Pigon' sto-
ries come from Halifax (not ShefiieId).
One Of these concerns his verger, one
Sagar. Imagine him, Il venerable figure
with gray hair, skullcap, gown and
verger's staff. In ignorance they had
married IA man to his deceased wife's
sister.
Sugar, whose business it was to set
tie the matter about the banns. was at
once cross examined. 'Oh, yes, vicar, !"
said he, Il knowed right WE'LL | know
ed parties. But why did you not
tell me-" L should have forbidden
them. y Well, vicar, it was just this
way, do yOu zee. One of the parties
was 81 and t'other So. L says to myself:
Lord, 1t can't last long. Let 'em wed,
and bother the Iawsr ''--London News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25

\ gentleman N a rural district drew
down upon his head i storm Of adverse
criticism by marrying u second wife
shortly after the demise of his first
Two of those good ladies who look gen
orally upon the surface of things and
who are ever ready with condemnation
were discussing the disgraceful affair.
Why, my dear, there's his poor wife
hardly cold in her grave. and he goes
and marries anotbcrr' Dreadful" de-
clared the other. II never heard of
such a thing - Il should think not
indeed, went on No. l angrily. Mar
rying wife after wife like that-why,
the man S a regular pclygot !'-Cornbill
Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
HiadenIrnM wood Bo-.

j. n. Gore, writing IN ST. Nicholas
ON Hiding Places In WaItimes, -
| tells Of house ia Virginia that was on
debatable ground, where every pre-
caution had go be taken against soldier
raids.
In such an exposed place a company
OF scouts. CT even a regiment. could ap-
pear so unexpectedly that it was neCes-
sary to keep everything out Of sight.
Even the provisions for the next meal
had to be put away, or before the meal
could he prepared party OF marauders
might drop IN and carry off the entire
supply. In the kitchen a wood box of
large size stood 10y the stove. 1t had Il
false bottom In the upper part We're
wood dirt, " a plentiful supply of
chips and so much stove wood that the
impression would be conveyed that at
least there was a good stock of fuel al
ways on hand. The box was made Of
tonG1ed and grooved boards. ard one of
these III the front could lie slipped out.
thus forming Il door. Into this box all
the food and silverware Were put. No
little Ingenuity was needed i'll making
this contrivance. The nails that We're
drawn ont 20 let this board slip back
. and forth left tell tail nail holes, but
these were ;ilIed up with heads of nails,
so that all the boards looked Just alike.
/ remember once soldier was sitting
on this box while mother was cooking
for him what seemed TO he the last slice
of bacon in the house. She was so
afraid that ne would drum on the box
with his heels. as boys frequently do,
and find that the box was hollow that
she continually asked him to get up
while she took piece of wood for the
fire. 1t was necessary to disturb him
number of times before he found it adj
visGbIe to take the proffered chair, and
in the meantime hotter fire had been
made than the small piece of meat re-
CURED.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
The Last of the Patches.

was born III 1897, and have per
sonal recollections of a lady in the early
forties using them. The curate Of -
lodged in a farmhouse contiguous TO
my fathers place. His wife was a tall.
fine, handsome woman, dressed in black
when l FIST saw her, and had patches
beauty spots" they Were called-on
her forehead, cheek (left, think and
chin. l told my mother on returning
home, and she replied they were beau
~ spots" and in the fashion. Ihave
a most vivid recollection Of seeing her
and her husband on the occasion. 4
handsomer couple you would rarely
mee.--Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25

tic. The vital spark of life toward the
last days kept Pickering in a way so ex-
traordinary that the doctor declared ne
had never met such tenacity of life and
vitality in the whole course Of his varied
London and other experience. Dear
uncle, the good, true and noble old man
that he was, really suffered little in the
way of pain for some weeks before his
death, which was itself little more than
gentle fiickering sleep, ending in a
scarcely heard last sigh of sound.
While lying in comatose or uncon-
scious state his mind seemed to wander
back to old Annandale memories of his
ever loved ones and their surroundings;
his mother holding her supreme seat,
surrounded by a trooping throng of once
familiar faces not very greatly less dear
to him. He died full Of years, with all
his weary task of worlds work we'll
and nobly done, and leaves no mortal
behind him who does not love and rev.
erence his life and memory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
BLIND MANS BUFF.
The OriLin of This FaVOrite Sport of
Childhood and Youth

childhood and Youth.
This favorite sport of childhood and
youth Is Of French origin and very high
antiquity, having been introduced into
England i'll the train of the Norman
conquerors. Its French name, Colin
Maillard, - was that of q brave warrior,
the memory of whose exploits still lives
in the chronicles OF the middle ages.
In the year 999 Liego reciloned among
its valiant chiefs one Jean Colin. He
acquired the name MaiIlard from his
chosen weapon being "a mallet, where
with in fight he used literally TO crush
his opponents. In one of the feuds
which Were of perpetual recurrence in
those times he encountered the Count
de LOurain III - pitched battle, and, so
rms the story, III the first onset Colin
Maillard lost both his eyes. He ordered
his esquire to take him into the thickest
of the fight. and, furiousIy brandt shing
his mallet, did such fearful execution
that victory soon declared itself for him.
When Robert of France heard of these
faats at arms, he lavished favor and
aonOrs upon Colin, and so great was
the fame of the exploit that ii was com
memorated III the pantomimic repre-
sensations that formed part of the rude
dramatic performances of the age. By
degrees the children learned TO act it
for themselves, and it took the form of
a familiar sport.
The blindfOlded pursuer, as, with
bandaged eyes and extended hands, he
gropes for victim to pounce upon,
seems III some degree 10 repeat the &C
ton of Colin Maillard, the tradition of
which Is also tTacaable in the name,
blind mans utf-PhiIadelphia Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
The CONGREGATION Smiled.

Two country clergymen had agreed
TO exchange pulpits on certain date
One of them made the following solemn
announcement TO his congregation on
the Sabbath previous to the event:
My dear brethren and sisters, L have
the pleasure of stating that on next
Sunday morning the Rev. Zachariah b.
Day will preach for you. Let Us now
sing two verses of hymn No. 4S9, That
Awful Day VIII Surely Gomez
And it took him some time to discov-
er why the congregation smiled.-Syra-
cuse Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
Another Tight Squeeze.

"John," said Mrs. Younglove, edo
you know that you forgot something
when you went away this morning.
Mr.. YoungIove thought for a mo-
N mt, and then replied:
No, didn't know thas had. What
was it?'
She put her handkerchief to her eyes
and sobbed. Finally, when she could
trust herself to speak, she answered:
'You-you kissed the baby before
you started, bu-but you did-didn't kiss
anybb body else. -
"Oh-ho, " he laughed. $50 you did
notice it, eh:''
A glad light came into her eyes, and,
throwing her arms around him, she
said:
And did you do it Just to try me:'
Eyes, he answered, and then
felt SO good over his cleverness that he
had to go ont and buy himself quar-
ter's worth of cigars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
STUCK I'M TIE SNOW.
Dangers of Travelling by SIedEe In
Siberia Ia Winter.


Siberia In Winter.
Travelling by sledge in Siberia in
winter has its perils as the experience
of Mr.. Robert l.. Jefferson and his
friends goes 10 illustrate. The incident
is told III ''Roughing 1t In Siberia:''
We had chartered six sorry looking
horses to drag Us on TO the next stage.
1t was night when we started The driv-
or, naudlin drunk. had to be helped
70 his seat. and W. set off along the
narrow roa.s.7ay at the usual gallop,
which. however. snon dwintileG into q
mere shuttle through the Stow. We had
gone to sleep, and some hours after our
departure Gaskell woke ME and said he
thought something was wrong
The sledEe was at n standstIil, and
our shouts TO the yemshik brought no
response. Black darkness prevailed. l
bundled out of the sledge, so benumbed
that 1 could scarcely move. L felt along
the sledGe, sinking to my knees III the
SNOW.
The drivers perch was empty. and
just then l stumbled over one of the
horses, which was lying buried up 10
its neck. 1t was clear that the driver
had fallen from his seat, and that the
1ltESSs AsAu NdHueIeu ruin tHS
The poor beasts were stuck fast, and a
closer inspection showed one of them
to be dead, literally frozen TO death. If
we would save ourselves from the same
fate, prompt action was necessary.
The other horses were nearly sue
cumbing. They lay fiat on their stom-
achs and nibbled at the snow. We cut
the dead animal adrift, and, using the
spare rope as whips, we stood on either
side Of the living and dashed them till
our arms ached- At length they moved.
and by pushing and pulling we got the
sledge turned. Then, step by step, with
much Laundering and many falls, we
began TO Tetrace our way.
All this in pitch darkness in raw,
cold wind and III momentary expecta-
ton of one or all of the horses dropping
dead.
1t was Il terrible experience, but we
regained the road and finally reached
the village.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
AMERICAN HUMOR.
An English Comedian Compares II
With the British Article.

| George Grossmith, comparing Ameri-
can humor with English, says: "A
| New York gentleman was once chatting
me about my pronunciation Of certain
words, and l was very much amused at
it. So / said to him: It's our language,
yon know. We invented it before you
were discovered He was bit abashed
at first. Then he said: That S so. Well,
l think it's about time you learned to
speak it
cit is very difficult to score off an
American, and you can't play a prac-
teal joke on one at all. I've often
gone, when I've lad q friend with me,
into some old city bank, like the Bank
of England, for example-staid old
place, you know. We've marched up to
the counter, and I've said quite calmly
20 the old gentleman behind it, Can
l have brandy and soda and some
sandwiches They've always been most
polite and taken it seriously, saying,
We don't keep brandy and soda and
sandwiches here. But you have them
ordered IN from outside. Yes, bat
that of course is for ourselves, and 80
on, all quite gravely and without the
suspicion of "a smile or the slightest
culver of the muscles of the counte-
nance to indicate sense that u prGc-
teal joke was fooling around.
And in America you would have
Jared differently
Rather l went once TO the state
house in Hartford. There was a man
standing at the entrance, an official
with band around his hat, SO 1 step
ped up TO him and said, Can you tell
me if this hotel is conducted on the Eu
ropean plan?' He simply looked at me,
and calmly said, Any more:' Then
there was a moments awkward pause,
and had 20 walk out. y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
The Ambition 10 Be Literary"

The reading club on the whole has
been a blessing as an educational infiu-
ence, but there are cases where light
drafts from the literary spring have not
been beneficial. 1t must be owned that
an ambition TO become literary. when
aroused III a shallow mind, often has
the effect of uniting it for probabiIi-
ties of achievement, while failing TO
reft it for possibilities. To the super
fetal woman whose desire is 10 get into
the trend of the fashion the paper of
the literary club becomes delusion and
a snare. 1t tempts to mental masquerad-
ing and plagiarism and in many cases
has robbad women of needed rest and of
a naturalness that IS part of their charm.
Having no very original thoughts of a
given subject and no well defined idea
of its proper treatment. she takes the
reference books, not as suggestive helps,
but in the way Of completion, and so
unconsciously often becomes a cheat and
subjects herself TO intellectual democrat
ization. Mary r. Baldwin i'll Woman's
Home Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
QuietinE Her Doubts.

4 lady selecting a hat at miIIi-
ner's ask ed cautiously, lis there any
thing about these feathers that might
bring me into trouble with the Audi
bon society,""
"Oh, no, madam, " said the milIiner,
who was from London. These feath-
ers, madam, are the feathers of a howl,
and the howl, you know, madam, is
more of cat than a bird. Boston
Transcrint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
BuckIen's Arnica saIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum'
fever sores, letter, chapped hapds
chiiblains, corns and all skin erup
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25

First Judge (at cat show)-This is
the finest one in its class. There can
hardly be two opinions about that
Second Judge with tears)-It was
that cat, or one exactly like it, that ate
my pet pigeon last week. You will
never get prize by my vote, you mean,
nasty animal Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
The Bicycle In Law.

That the bicycle is not u tool or
apparatus" that belongs TO the trade"
or profession" of an architect and
building superintendent is decided in
Smith verses Horton TEX Civ. APP,
46 s. w, 400, although it is teemed
a Useful and convenient mode of loco
uotion.-Case and Comment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25
rh.neath of CarIrIe.

Uncle had not been considered seri-
ously i'll more than about fortnight or
So before the end, writes Carlyle's
nent1ew, John c. Aitken. in The Allan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25

Give me liver regulator and
can regulate the world, " said genius.
The druggist handed him 4 bottle OF
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little pills. For sale by T. ii.
Thomas, A. j. Reiss and NJ. +. Balm
sen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25

A cold. Neglected. Pneumonia.
Grief. Had Foiey's Honey and Tan
been used this story would have had
happier ending.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-25

Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOc, 5e. II c. G. C. fail, druggists refund money.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27
THE NEW NAVY.
New Vessels, All of Which Now
Course of o o


ished and the new Maine per cent, The
Wisconsin stands at 7S per cent. the Ohio
at IL per cent and the sheathed cruiser Al
beny which is being built In England al
so per cent. The monitors are set down
nj from TO - per cent, and the torpedo
boats vary from % per cent. in the case
OF the Dahlgren to almost no per cent.
! The training ship Chesapeake is placed at
rs per cent and the submarine boat
| Plunger at So per cent.
Except among naval men who have besn
watching the progress of this new navy
with great interest, there are few persons
who realize that there are forty eight war
ships now under construction for the
United States. for which the aggregate cost
for hull and machinery alone is not less
than So, 1916. GOO. When equipped and ready
for service these vessels will represent
an expenditure of not less and probably
much more than $50, 900 900. Eight of
these new vessels are frst-class battle
ships, fully as good MS any ailoat in any
navy in the world; sixteen are torpedo boat
deslroyers, with an average speed of TWEEN
ty-nine knots; eighteen are torpedo boats.
one is a sister cruiser to the New Orleans.
and four are heavy harbor defense mont
tors.
To the experienced naval man all this
is very encouraging except in one particu-
lar. for almost without exception there is
u ieelinH OF regret ~ the fact that we are
to have more ships of the obsoleteN and
thoroughly disoredited type known as the
monitor, These ships which are TO be
known as the Connecticut, the Florida. the
Arkansas and the Wyoming. are nothing
nut monitors. At the time when naval
constructors were feeling their way to-
wards the realization OF their Ideal battle
vessel this type might have been regarded
a. modern.
Today they are valuable only as curiosi-
ties. and the four vessels that aaS now be.
ing constructed We're ordered by congress.
sitting upon its own judgment and in de-
hance of the opinions and advice of the
men who had made sea fighting their life
study. The worst feature of the monitor
u that they roll so quickly that accurate
shooting with their guns is an impossi-
bility. After the engagement at San Juan
they We're condemned by Admiral Samp-
son IN his report TO the secretary of the
navy, and there Is not a naval official OF
the modern school who will not admit that
their guns are out of sight in the trough
OF the waves more than half the time.
Under such conditions II is not unreasona-
bic to condemn congress- for it's absurd
action In this respect
The greatest indications OF the advance
ment that has been made in the construc-
ton OF lighting ships may be seen in the
Maine. the Ohio and the Missouri In these.l
remarkably fine vessels the constructors
VIII take advantake OF the experience oh
tained during the late war and some of |
the good features that have heretofore |
been restricted to foreign warships will be |
embodied In them. These Announcements