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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06

The natives call the island "Eye-te. "
Nearly every one l have met who can
speak English at all drops the III and
picks it up after the manner of the
London costermonger and his cousins,
the coci,neys and AIRY boys. Apples
in Eve-te are happles. 1t Is great
chicken country, the variety of poultry
depending entirely ON the color of the
complexion of the incoming president.
If he be- yellow. the waller legged
Dominique Is permitted 10 thrive alone
in his glory. Every black legged chick
en- Is killed, and any person caught
harboring one Is bound To suffer. On
the other hand. if the president be black
only black legged poultry is in the fash
ion. The waller legs are destroyed.
Similar conditions prevail in Santo Do
mingo. Victor Smith in New York
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
HOW TO STOP WORRYING.
There - Sure Way if Iou VIII Only
Make Your-elf Think So.

THE usual way people set about
stopping worry Is II wrong one. writes
Mary Boardman Page in The Ladies'
unsuccessful IF IL doctor tells "a patient
he must stop worrying. the patient Is
likely t. say ilnpatiently: oh, doctor.
don I | wish that ! could But | can t.
If | could have stopped worrying a year
ago. | would not he i'll now All Of
which Is probably perfectly true And
the doctor does not always know how
tn help him. because both doctor and
patient have an idea that it is posi- BILE
the will. This is mistake. 1t is not
possible to rcprcss worry. You have got
to replace it with something else.
Let me illustrate this by "a figure
Suppose you were iC go into u com
pletely dark room. wishing it. to be
light. How would you set about the
work Would you try to scoop the
darkness mp III buckets and carry it out
at the door, Not at all Gon would
Just open the windows and shutters
and let in the blessed sunlight You
would replace the darkness with light
So il is with worry. The only possible
way to get rid of it Is to replace the
worry attitude of mind with the non
worry attitude And this can always
he done when the person is sincere and
patient in his desire to bring il about.
All he has To do is TO be passive and let
nature have her cwn perfect way with
him. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
OutyVitIel the I.unatic.


While residing at Rome paid visit
to the lunatic asylum there, and among
the more remarkable patients one was
pointed oUt to me who had been saved
with much difficulty from infiicting
death npon himself by voluntary star
walton in bed. under the impression that
he was dcfunct, declaring that dead
people never eat. 1t was soon obvious
to all that the issue must be fatal, when
the humane doctor bethought of the
following stratagem: Half dozen of
the attendants, dressed in white shrouds
and their faces and hands covered with
chalk, We're marched in single file with
dead silence into Il room adjoining that
of the patient, where he observed them
through door purposely left open sit
down To a hearty meal
''Hello!" said the would be corpse to
an attendant. ''Who be they 7"
Dead men, ." was the reply.
What, " rcioined the defunct, edo
dead men eatE''
To be sure they do, as You see,
answered the attendant.
If that's the case, exclaimed the
dead man, IN join them. for I'm
famished. Lancet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
HOW A BULLET TRAVELS.
Lessons The soldier Il Taught In
Learning How 10 shoot.

The solder Is Taught that the bullet
travels through the air in Il curved line
called the trajectory aud that three
forces act upon it-fir-t. the exploded
charge, tending t. drive il forward in
u straight line along the line of fire;
second, tbs force OF gravity. and, third,
the air resistance. At 200 yards, owing
to these forces. the bullet, travelling at
the rate of 200 feet a second, will
have fallen about two feet. In the ex
element of firing at close quarters the
aim viii invariably be too high.
1t has been calculated that when the
enemy approaches within $50 yards the
soldiers will instinctiyely fire as much
as two feet or three feet above their
heads Now. 1t has been found by ex
pertinent that the fact Of fixing bay
onets will cause the bullet To drop
distance Of about 2is feet in $50 yards,
and therefore when about this distance
from the enemy soldiers are instructed
to fix bayonctS. in order To counterfeit
the excessive elevation of their aim.
The recruit learns that the mean ex-
IRENE range of the bullet Is 3, 800 yards
and that the longest shot ever observed
was ,, go yards He Is taught the pene-
trating power Of his weapon, subject
full of interest. To take one or two ex-
amples, rammed earth gives less pro-
lection than loose; bullets easily find
their way through joints of walls, while
a concentrated fire of about 80 rounds
at POO yards VIII breach a nine inch
brick wall
Only experience can teach n soldier
how much he must aim to the right or
left Of his mark to counteract the force
Of the wind. y side wind has more
effect on the flight of the bullet than a
wind blowing directly toward the firer.
The soldier must learn the habits of his
rifle. since some shoot higher or lower
than others. Every rife. like every
marksman. has its OWE individuality.
Pearson Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
Kate Fields Love Letter.

If that charming woman, the late
Kate Field. did not marry. it was as
sUredly not because she did not have
many an admirer. a Washington lady
has in her possession a little old bit of
yellow paper upon which is penciled n
boyish scrawl. 1t was preserved 10y Miss
Field from her little girl days. The
scrawl runs thus:
won't yuc mete me down bye The
Gate after school Nue MOVIE i Luv
yue.
On the other side Of the bit of paper
is the address, thus:
Miss Kate Field. Esq, last Seat mex
to the Door goin ont.
1t must have been like a breath of
the forgotten perfume of yesteryears
when the clever. kindly woman hap
pened upon this little old piece of yell
lowed paper on rainy afternoon of
rummaglug
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
May n Woman Tell Her Lover

II Is true it Is unconventional fer a
woman to tell a man that she loves him
unless the man has persuaded her 10
make such confession. But is there any
good reason why a woman should not
take the initiativef Is she any less a
woman for doing 50? a shy and tiInid
man may not know how to tell wom-
an that he loves her. Should the wom-
an. who is of firrner faith and stronger
mind. stand halting and waiting for 4
confession that may never Gomez Why
should she suffer in silence BY so do
ing may she not lose the man who loves
her and also the happiness of lifetime
as we'll New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
The origin of Massage.

China claims TO have originated mas
sage treatment According to long time
Chinese ideas. life Is entirely dependent
on air currents, - which are designat
ed a the primary aura of the organism.
So long, then. as the body Is permeated
by the air current it Is proof against
disease, and the object OF physical ex-
ercise is To circulate the air current.
To effect this the Chinese system Is di-
vided into three periods. each period
occupying a hundred days, the first
period commencing at the time of the
new moon.
The patient must rise at 1 O clock in
the morning and walk outside his house,
taking seven deep inspirations, and i'm
mediately after this two youths who
have been specially trained commence
d gentle friction ali over the body,
starting over the cardiac area. At the
time of full moon a further set of in
spiratory exercises are taken. Later on.
in the second period, the various parts
of the body are rubbed with wooden
planks until the muscles are hardened,
and it Is not until the hardening takes
place that the real physical exercises
are taken. Between the fifth and sixth
month is the period of greatest activity,
the European dumbbell being replaced
by large sacks filled with stones. 1t is
in the third period that the back mus
cles are chiefly exercised. Chicago
ChrOnicle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
Fatal LO1uacity.

In New England village rich in
quaint and amusing characters John
Bates WAS renowned tor his ability to
hold his tongue. The gift approached
genius but John was keenly alive to
what he considered its Incompetence
although of couIse he said nothing
about it
He rnads mattresses for a living. and
one day native of the village came
into his shop and said:
John, what's the best kind of a
mattressr"
"Husks. said John and said no
more
Twenty years later so the tradition
runs. the same man came again to the
shop and asked what, in Bates opinion,
WAS the hest kind Of a mattress.
STRAW said John.
Straw You told me husks was the
bestr"
John gave y despairrng sigh. eve
always ruined myself by talkiD. " said
he. Youth Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
Smelling a RniiNNnN.

Do You know that Il railway track
has an odor: The fact was learned from
a blind man who was walking with a
friend amid strange surroundings in
Westminster county last week.
lis a train coming he asked
Why do you ask his friend in
quired, for. though there was a rail
way track a few hundred feet ahead Of
them there was not the slightest sound
to indicate its presence.
Il smell the rails, he answered.
He did smell them. and though his
friend nose was not nearly so sensi-
tive. he could with his head within an
inch of the rails detect AN odor like that
from slightly heated iron filings.-New
York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06

Many clocks with weights and wheels
were in use in England during Chau-
GERS time, and most Of the monasteries
OF the fourteenth century possessed
clocks. though these were used to show
the astronomical movements, as well as
the passage of hours Throughout the
fifteenth century clocks were made
mostly by armOrers and blacksmiths. az
they were constructed Of iron and steel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
A FlENOlSH WEAPON.
II Would Kill and Leave No Mark to
Tell the Tale.

81 have handled good many out
laudisiI weapons, said New Orleans
curio dealer, bat here is d little in
strument that for pure diabolism beats
anything ! ever saw in my life. L
bought it the other day from a Norwe-
gian sailor. who tells me it was given
to him by Jap a [ Yokohama-a story
that YOU may take for what il IS
worth 80
As he spoke he opened show case
and took out what seemed to be an or
dinarv Chinese marking brush of rather
large size. The handle was some ten
inches long and the diameter of IL lead
pencil By giving it sharp twist il
separated about hand 5 breadth from
the end. after the manner of a sword
cane, and attached TO the smaller piece
was slender glass rod with Il needle
point The rod was not mnCh bigger
than n knitting needle. and with the
handle it had Me effect of a. very small
and delicate stiletto.
Il should think that would break if
it We're used to stab with. remarked "A
visitor after examining the contrivance.
Certainly II would. replied the
dealer. and that is where the fendish
ness OF the thing comes III. Look close
ly at the glass rod and yOu will see Il
tiny groove filed abound 1T about two
inches from the hilt. Suppose that 1t
was driven into the body of a man, it
would be certain to break at the groove
aid would leave at least three inches of
glass buried III his vitals. The puncture
would be - small that it would close
when the stump was drawn out, and l
doubt exceedingly whether a single
drop of blood would follow. In other
words. the victim could receive his
deathblOw without knowing exactly
what had happened to him. He would
feel shock and a pang. but find no
wound, and meanwhile the assassin
would stick his brush together and 60
about his business. New Orleans
Times Dem crat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
AN INCIDENT IN HAITI.
Illustrating the Peculiar Treating
Custom In Vogue There.


OF course there is in Haiti Il small
circle "f native born crcoles. who are
naturally born ladies and gentlemen,
exquisite IN their cnurtly manners and
most desirable as friends. Then the
white men who are living there, as
have already mentioned. are characte rs.
Ii they take q liking TO You, all they
have or can capture i yours. The fol
lowing Will illustrate this character
istic:
Mine host and a friend were walking
through the leading thoroughfare of
one of the towns when the friend sud
denly came To standstill and, placing
his long nervous index finger on mine
host breast. remarked:
My dear boy, in here they make the
best cocktails in Haiti. l have spent
three fortunes in assuring myself of the
truth of this. Let = go in and try one. -
There was Il prompt adjournment
from the pathwalk to the interior of
the buildinS. a few minutes of delight
full, expectant silence as the ingredients
were shaken together mutual bow,
followed by disappearance OF the liz
uids.
Friend-How do Won like that?
Mine HOst-D"liciOus.
Friend Let us have another.
Mine HOst-Certainly only this sec
ond one is on me.
Friend Make no mistake, my boy;
they are both on you. I've no money.
1t il the unexpected that happens,
especially in Haiti the unknown
Henry Sandman in Harper Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
The DEVELOPMENT of the skin.

BY almost constant OyercOverlng day
and night for successive generations the
SKIN has by degeneration adapted itself
to its reduced requirements. From birth
to senile death we are much overcOv-
cred That Il full and vigorously de-
veloped skin is a desideratum will be
generally conceded. The tendency is for
ours TO degenerate to a tissue paper
consistency. The exquisite structure of
the skin at once indicates its impor-
tauce as one of the organs of the body.
a homely showing of that functional
power which can be developed in the
skin is indicated by the story of the In
dian. Being almost naked and yet APP
parently quite comfortable in Indictment
weather he was asked why he did not
seem to suffer and be made i'll by the
exposure, he replied: White man.
face no pain no sick. Indian all face. "
BY this excessive covering our periph-
eral nerves are too intensely impressed
by caloric changes, our capillary blood
system too fcebly and incompletely de-
veloped to battle most successfully with
heat disease and traumatic impressions.
Its muscular fat and connective tissue
substance are all too deficient and de
fective for our greatest comfort and
welfare All its functional powers have
been reduced. Yet seldom is heard a
cry to develop the skin. -Philadelphia
Medical journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
Mulnnl Aid.

From the time that the mother binds
the child's head till the moment when
some kind assistant wipes the damp
from the brow of the dying we cannot
exist without mutual aid All. there
fore, that need aid have a right TO ask
it from their fellow moTtals. None who
hold the power of granting aid can re-
fuse 1t without guilt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
Blew Him Good.

ArkauSan-It's an i'll wind blows no
body some good.
EasterneU-IIow about cyclone:
ArEanSan-Samet thing applies. Last
one went through here brought me a
horse and wagon. Il COW stable and
good, steady farm hand, things I've
needed for two years.-Ohio State
InurQaI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
To Stop NorehIccd.

To stop nosebleed cut some blot
ting paper about an inch square. roll it
about the size OF 4 lead pencil and put
il up the nostril that Is bleeding. The
hollow in it will NIL the space between
the tube and the nose and Will very
soon coaguIate and thereby stop the
low of blood.-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06

"Gur -ruls are niver satisfied. unused
the janitor philosopher. ''Whin they
are in short skirts. they are crying fer
long vans. an whin they git long vans
they have 70 hold thin up. Chicago
News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
TRAINS.
EBsf.

sArrfvai. +Depsrturc. +Ds;iy, sLcsDt Sunday
phone 1853
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
TIE TRAVELLERS GUIDE

<<HTCLGC. ROCK Island & PACIFIC RAIL
~ wsy-Tickets car De purchased or SsRgaGt
checked e. h & Twentieth Street depot, o.
CRIS depot, corner P1tth avenue and T'hi--y
FRS st-sGt, Frank Il Pldmmsr. Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06
TRAINS.

Psssengor trains leave c Il q p Moline
nyenae) depot I've 81 minutes earlier tha1 tine
given. Trains marked daily, ali other trGini
daily except sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-06

BURLINGTON ROUTE o 10 Rail
ID waJ-Dcpct Eirst avssas ant s,EtaaTt'
street, n Young, Azer.-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-09
CREATED A RIOT.
Turbulent Demonstration Attends
Departure of VI. Rochefort
from Paris.

Marseilles, Feb. 6.-The departure
Saturday of Henri Rochefort, editor of
the Intransigeant, the radical organ,
for Algeria, was the occasion Of a re-
markable demonstration. The Rue de
Ia Cannebier was black with people
and was guarded by a large force of
police. When Rochefort's carriage APP
peared it was quickly hemmed in by
bowling mob of friends and enemies,
intermingling cries of "Niye Roche
fort" and give farmee," with boots
and invectives, while the air was filled
with flowers, stones and oranges hurled
unfortunately at the carriage. Fight
ing ensued and many persons were in
jured, including two town councillors.
When Rochefort boarded the steamer
which was 10 take him across the Med
iterranean the mob redoubled its up
roar and many people jumped into
boats and surrounded the vessel.
Algiers, Feb. 6.-The arrival here
Sunday of NJ Henri Rochefort, editor
of the Intransigeant, from MarseilIes,
caused great excitement. Mobs of Drey-
fusites met him at the quay and cheered
or cursed him according to their sym
pathes. There were several collisions
between the rival factions, but they
were eventually dispersed by the gend-
armes, who arrested several of the ring
lenders
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-09
DOINGS OF A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
EIFTY-FIrTH CONGRESS.

Senator Spooner (Wis.) made a nota-
bic speech in the United States senate
on the I'd in favor of the peace treaty,
and in executive session the status of
the Filipinos with reference to citizen
ship was discussed. In the house the
river and harbor bill, carrying slightly
more than $30,00OO 900, was passed by a
vote of 100 TO 7. A resolution was intro
duced providing that on February Is of
each year the United States flag on all
government buildings be displayed at
half mast in commemoration OF the de-
struction of the battleship Maine and
the loss OF 266 lives in the harbor of
Havana. a bill was introduced to re-
peal the law which prevents an eX-con-
federate soldier from sitting on fed
eral or petit jury.
For more than five hours on the 3D.
the United States senate listened to ar
guments in opposition to expansion and
in opposition to the ratification of the
treaty of peace. The speakers were Mr..
Money (Miss.) and Mr.. Daniel (Va.).
A joint resolution was passed appro-
priating $4,000 for monument in the
Colon cemetery in Havana for the sail
ors and marines who lost their lives by
the explosion of the Maine. Most of the
time of the house was consumed in
filibustering against relief bills on the
private calendar. The conference re-
port on the diplomatic appropriation
bill was adopted. The committee on
judiciary has decided that Messrs.
Wheeler, Robbins, Colson and Camp
bell, the members of the house who ac-
cepted commissions in the army, va
Gated their seats.
In the United States senate on the 4th
Senator Chiffon (Tex.) spoke against
expansion and Senator Wolcott (Col.)
in favor Of it. In the house the military
academy appropriation bill, carrying
about $500, 900, was passed and the Bh!
providing for corps of army nurses
was favorably reported, as was also the
senate bill pensioning Gen. John NJ
Palmer, of Illinois, the amount being
reduced from 500 to $50 per month. A
joint resolution was introduced au-
thorizing the secretary of war TO pay
the different states the amounts eX-
pended by them in equipping and main
tanning soldiers on account of the late
war with Spain
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-09
FROM WASHINGTON.

The president received the record of
tho court-martial in the case of Gen.
Eagan for final review.
Republican members of the house of
representatives met in caucus and de-
cided that it would be futile to attempt
financial legislation at this late day in
the present session
The president sent message to Gen.
Gomez thanking him for his coopera-
tion in the pacifcationof Cuba.
During January the total coinage at
the mintsa of the United States amount
ed to $40, 705, $50, as follows: Gold, S18,
032, 600; silver, 81, GAP 900; minor coins
$31, $50
The death of Col James 4. Sexton,
of Chicago, commander-in-chief of the
&. \. r., eX-postmaster of Chicago, and
member of President McKinley's war
investigating committee, occurred in
Washington, aged 50 years.
1t was decided at a meeting of the
cabinet to send instructions to Maj.
Gen. Otis to follow up his victory over
the insurgents and to crush the power
of Aguinaldo in the Philippines.
The representative in Washington of
the Filipinos, Agoncillo, has fed from
the United States and is probably by
this time in Canada.
A petition was sent to the senate by
"a Leading citizens of the United States,
including Grover Cleveland, eX-presi-
dent; William Wilson, eX postm aster
general; Carl Schurz and John q. Car
Isle, ex-secretary of the treasury, sug-
costing that the peace treaty be not
adopted unless the annexation of the
Philippines and Porto Rico be left to
the citizens of those countries to decide.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-09
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
Many Bills Are Passed, Some of Inn
portnnce-ApproDria for
Public Buildings.

Washington, Feb. Monday was
suspension day in the house and quite
a number Of bills were passed, several
of them of Importance. The census bill
prepared by the house committee went
through by a vote of 147 to AZ.
A bill was passed to extend the anti
contract labor laws over the Hawaiian
islands. Mr.. Grow (rep., Pa.) offered a
resolution for a constitutional amend
ment providing that peace treaties shall
be ratified by majority of the senate.
With the simple statement that it was
very singular that a majority of the
two houses could make war while two
thirds of the senate were required 10
make peace, he asked that the resolu-
tion be referred to the committee on
judiciary. 1t was so referred.
Washington, Feb. Z. = The sundry
civil appropriation bill completed Mon
day noon by the house committee on
appropriations carries $4,000, 900 "to
carry out the obligations of the treaty
between the United States and SPAIN
Outside of this the bill appropriated
$42, 927, 301.
The provision for the payment of $2o,-
000,0 900 is as follows:
For the purpose of carrying out the OBJ
legations of the treaty between the United
States and Spain, concluded al Paris on the
10th OF December, 1898, to become imme-
diately available on the exchange of rati-
ficatioRs of said treaty, $4,000 900"
Washington, Feb. IA large num-
Der of favorable reports on public
buildings throughout the country were
made Monday by the house committee