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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-05-19

France has kept 2JotOO ,ons o.
coal stored at Tml"m since Sg1 to
he ready ia case var slioIld Lreak
out.
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Gtll CretS. y V. ] al. Is. 1879
Elko-Tu .carUra Ne-canti!e Co.
III -. N..v.
Gentlemen: Last season I rur
eli useL fro II ynur iirm an IleaI RDl-
Ter nj b al Bear ny Mower and gave
it a thorough tri u. | car LAY that 1t
la prove tn lie tie tiue,t marl in- |
ha &c eve used. The mechanism Of
lie NJ " e Is simp"c.t. itself. | was
not ont - tents FOR extras thus sea.
sol One NJ ITS prin ip :. prints is III
the GEAR -hiiter. A. We uae great
many unbU en iIorses III his couE-
try, 'he driver ha' perfect ."ntro IL
hi1 ten II. rs he eau thro y the marhinc
ont 10y Il movement nf his 10 II iu-
stead ~ using his hand.
Your truly,
4. II ARrIS
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EDRO .ALTCBE.


Monnd Valley. Elko Co. New.
80, Jan ID. 1879
hIko.Tuscarura Mercantile Co..
hlEu. Nov
Dear !Sirs:-ln reply to yours %:
lio IitiI,ln Wanting ~ upiGiun VI Inc
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f.. iIallccx, Sew, J IN -, 1879.
tlko Tu.ca-ura Mercantile Co,
FL o, Nrv.
GenttemeH:-In reply to !"mr favor
Il re- .eni date, | will st lie 'iiaI while
M! preference In ii ways been Tor
lie - Mower. I bon .hi ~ ,"!r
last seas I'll an Ideal Roller and
BAH bearing D"crng VI aver. and
ave 1t It trial. lfnnd II the best
marhine | heve ever uscI. | run ~.
you hat your machine Is all lat
ynn CLAIM for il. ,on-i Ter IL first.
Class III every respect. Yours truly.
ARCHY DoRsEY.
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Fort Hall OK. Jan. -. 1899.

Fort Hall OK. Jan. -. 1899.
Elku Tu<caro "a Mercantile 90.
II %. y
Gcniiem"R:-I am in receipt ~
,nur favor Of recent date regarding
'he Ideal L Her and Bal Bearing
Deer NJ Mover. Will state hat ~
Ill the mach rs I have ever u>cd |
consider the Ideal the best. II runs
very li-hf. and whe in n;S,ra non one
"a hardly heir it 1t nd uG - trrt
aNay. II do ~ IL wor be ter than
n ma IL ne | Ia &c "ver u-ei. 1t
an L asses he - hat | have hrcH
u ng in every respect. You IRE at
liberty. &c ~irleu'au, Io pTit tins, az |
rnmuot say Ia" much ar the machine.
Yours truly,
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Fort iinllrck. Jan. I5.. 1899.
Ei.i"-Tuscnr"ra Merra, tile Co.
Elku. .'.cv.
Sirs: The Ideal " wer rI,at [
brnghr Of you la1t Sc rspn ~ the he It
Mower ] have ever sen. Ia al K u IL
III grass it will 10 tine work with
lighter draft than ANY other machine.
Yours pee fully.
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$AA&

Mountain City. y v.Jn II. 1899.
FL ~ TIs,arura Mer .auti e Cp.
f.lko New.
GcHtiemsH:-i"nr vur at hand.
Ia reg ,ri Iu lie | lie. Roller and
Bah !i-Ir.n ms Mower will state ,liai it
Is TN Z ell.I D. any ma hins II mas
ma Ir az eat man tnrn Is III this
~ C "u nf Sic counir!. this beng its
!irst season. ] iIavs tIrlrI a great
mary state that Nheuever ;hey are i'll
tn, marx I the Ideal Is their prefer
ence. Your, truly.
,IoE PNI'IISA
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"
:" my satisfaction | iinI Thai rir
Ideal T. II r and Ball Bearing DEER
nag MOwer rI els them all. cui
) o. tons ~ alfalfa III 1898 md | got
two new mowers. ~ ~ ohiCh WAS
.he -. No. 1 Mr.. O'Ncil 81 yuur
irm came down aud asked me To ir.
It Pail Bearing Deerng II said.
Jones. i it Ices no hut:ut and run
-:Gsler On .our tedm-. ship II inc'i Il"
you a cent ", II. the result Mas
hai | said. -Send me one un trial.
So | got 1t and irirI II IN .ue ali a.
and thea III tile rye .raSs. aud then ~
The rel top aud native hays. and it
ia easier than all the named moY
rrs, and you never have /" STOP and
b ak " a tie Paradise ranch we
Gu - U toIs ~ wi hay. nmI u-rri :,
seven loot Ideal l:o..er and Bal
B..rmg Deer ~ Mover. Mr.. Me.,.
cham Il cOrrUbJrItr me. aud will
say the Idsil Is the best IA we 'IIaI
e.er Teut into the hay ririi, and |
viii -ay the lie Il ~ els all Diner
macn.ues 81 nee II It.lLIo or wi | na,.
Ihe I.'pro.e neIts a e ju / TIE ia ng
Yours truly.
Z AELEs \. JONES.
u. mag VI The IiumUJ 1T l. .ud md
Cattle Co.
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SPECIAL TO HAY:2AIsERs.
I,Isto Your Int-r-s, for You to Road
This Column.

This Column.
You are siru unled hy great
L on ! al wi neSsts and everyone ~
IA. Sc me- are our ueighbIrs they
~ uoi i've d thnu-and miies away
fnrm you. Ih' IT experience Of last
war hIrVc.; Ought To be IL inter-
Isl "a You. The! used ava l.i-aI r Il
ar ami B"n Brarnrr Dreiin ing Move
Ia last years harv, ST NJ and below
.nu will ti"d their verdict and tile ir
b, st"iticr AL | ISIS
y 1t wee Yen maN Expect I" see
the pria : OF IL. Sc macbiues adver-
rI-.d III this u ami the pIrc-
viii ba So low that yuu will be rs
tonished.
Il ,um boy q ma .hiue 81 anyone
else before e"nE u mach ne ana
. u'rs. !ou will -impl. be On: none!
mai il ,"u haven'I money t" throw at
ir bird gu hat better wait uuti!
rc1i week ard &c; our figures
We have a large -upply Of sirnG
wagons, iH.m Wagons bu:sirs. head
sr-gelrS, carts. hLckh ards and
r.rer. Thing on wheels which will all
he sold Oh the same y sis.
You : truly,
ELHo rUscAR RA MERCANTILE Co.
&&<&
Baowawe. y ". Jan. ~. 1899.
Elku-Tuscarura MerraI tile Co,
Elkn. New.
Gentlemen: In rel ~ ." yuurs III
rle hiIh INST , | will sly that in tlI-
p;sr II years II my experience with
moving machines here ilIdt l have
tried all K nds 81 mowers. viz: -
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Fort Hall OK. New, Jan IL. 1893.
ElHo. Iu-caro5a Mcr Hutil. Co,
Exc. Ncv.
Gentlemen: Lust &c usnu pur-
chasrd frum y"u IN Ideal Roller and
Ball Is airing Drerng Mnwer aud
gave it i test. VI, III, adpN is a very
TO oh H., Int | f"unu it gocs right
throu-h thick md thin grass dixie. |
cnusi Ter It the ii Iest Mower ave
".er seen operated and the be Il III
the market. Ymr- truly.
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I leal M"uer. it serm- very irhi AMI
makes very little nois- while running
Tie Pitnnuu conn.c-i"ps cant I've
beat al. think Tar start W fron u
dead stand 'till. IN any kind IL Lrassis
ask M tor much ~ IN. machine. I,
:; ats up i'll nns kin uf grass easier
tn ia AN, '.iher Mower | have ever
isiel, and ] never have run IA Mower
hat gave me Is .od satisfaction rs
ia. | ieal Mower. The loot lever Is
= uOHl thing.
a tell ynu more abou; the Ideal
MoXer. .f;er I run il iur two ur three
yea . In'w il ,riH wear.
Your inust a.. lie citull
En-. tARvILLE.
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Tuscarora. New Jun. 81, 1899
ElGu.TusnHrOra Mercantile Co..
Elku. Nv.
GeHtiemen:-ln nnswe to ,uur M
OUR, reg 'r'tnir the WORT ~ ~ the
licn TELLER and 3aIl Is nr ~ Deer.
my Mover, urE Ia state Iinl we hive
~ yer! large ranch and cut man, hun.
dren tons Vt hay annually. w hs.r
used almost every KIND Of machine
'Iin' las been patented and put rn
HE market. Never In machine
give the -atisiac iuU TINT the Drcrmg
ives. 1t il liyht rIni NJ. no scIess.
hud IL lie uuy ina Ia ~ mt We In e
''or hmdlcd tlIat could To sitrtc I
rom " stop wltIIont hacking. Can
cli"cfi"lly rcaoutmeII IL Nv beng the
test machine we nave ever ira ON
unr much. Yours truly,
PEpRo ALTuBe.
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\ pTnr' ssi"u will he f." med liter
the cvcrciscr IN the hal and proceed
I" the cemetery Il" decorate :Ip graves
az tho dead. ~ nc nrdlrce with ilie
ceremonies adopted by the SovoTctan
CIR nj l. dye.
All visiting or s'j,urnirg Drol, ~.
all soc ctics rml tho public gcnsn iy
are uvitcd to IN WITH ~ IN the
proper al" tynnre 81 the day.
By Order Of the Committee.
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Vnighr. N,v.J ~. -, 1879
EIk". Tus .arord Mercantile o..
iIlkO. N"v.
Dear Sirs:- 10 anyone dr,uing to
prir ia 49, ~ .,ichi Roller md all
Bar ~ Drrrung Move will -,y ',ruI
consiler it iirsr.c.a q ~ Il rcspuc's.
Yours irmly.
T.. II. LLvDICK
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Drcth, Jan II, 1899.
i>lSO.Tuscaru'u Mercantile , %
Eiku, New.
DfdT SirS:-iours of the I.th rust.
- haud. Womb ray that [ lind tlIr
Ideal Roller and Tall Is ur ny .,rer.
ny Move. I" give good Satisfaction
IA ever! respect. | have uscn it one
season and have not be III uur ur,y-
thing 'or repairs 1t Is Il very light
rInuing machine. | lind the bell.
crank lifting spring and lie ,ug L..
yer loot III. 1t great improvement OH
II mnch.mc us il cnn he b md.rd by
nry mall boy. | lmve nc .cr uaI ~ Y
crop TINT the ldcil YumiL not start
l "m q stop without hocimg. |
lin | It Ia lie & very smno,h running
ma In ., not ma tInp much noise.
Yours respectfully.
I'm Sntt,
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EUrex O., New. Jan. -, l5yJ.
EIkO-Tuscaro.a Mercantile Co,
Exc, New.
GeHiIemeM:-In reply Ia !unr f,v
or VIII state rlIaI ! purchased tiruu-h
your tirn last season AN ldeLI
Roller ana ball EedrIng Deer. ug
Mower. having had II highly recon-
Dieuded to me b! ~! iri :LtIs. ! gave
II ii tn a AMI fuunu it - Ur iIrst class
~ ever! re peci. and that NOu
ciaIm. lot II. Iirs beng the rirst
seas III for the Mower ~ thus SUCTION
al the cUungr!, il ha- Won many
friends. umi ! I'm ~sdtisti II dia: III
the srGso Of 1893 the Drerng Will
take line place i'll the trout RAM
~ here II belongs. Il II Tar ahead
vi an oilr machine | have ever
eel or seen used | think the Pit.
man Is { ELECTION itself.
Yours lr ,.ly,
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Tnei'. RI. cnre lirer Us: non-trtirsiin- aud
onITc tfNTTie g AK ~iih nodt. S,rapartllA
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NOT Il FOFt, NV, Jan. II, 1917.
Elkp Tuscarora Mercantile Co.
Elk, Nrv.
Gentlemen: In rcsppnT tU ynur
III luirtrs Si,I -! that iic Ideal Deer
INK Mower. purchased FRO ynn iaH
scnann. Ia givD perfect satis lection.
IL ~ very light running, and the tell
crank hftup ep,irg and the long lev
or loot lift make Il specially easy ~
manipulation.
| nm rccO nmen ! Iliis Mo o ns
lo M lar SUPER " ~ auI uiir have
over uscl. R"spcc fully,
JAS T.. IIoLLAsu.
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Drcth, New Jan Il, 1899.

Elk"-Tu-cnrora M~crcantilc Co..
ElRU. Nrv.
Sis: w" have sold sever Il IT Your
Idle Il ROLLER md ljnli Bearing liccr.
my M"N ers, and have been using me
mysc nn cheerful recommend
it I" the public M imrnr u first .rInss
machine III every respec', and that il
cuts clean and mukcs les nois , and
n "f II lighter draft nmd MOI eaaIly
h mdicd than amy other mach 10 I
have ever seen or used. Yours rc.
spectIully,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
Saved Life and Name.

Tho French author Martainville,
who began his career toward the close
of the last century, is said to have owed
the preservation of his life to a witty
piece of audacity. He was royalist
and did not hesitate to attack the
French revolution and its authorities.
Presently, of course, he was summoned
to appear before the revolutionary tribu-
nal. The revolutionary tribunals at
that time did not hesitate to send every
body to the guillotine who had ventured
to attack them.
Martainviile expected to go with the
rest of the victims. "What is your
name?" asked the judge. "Martain-
vile, )" said the young author. Mar
tainvillel" exclaimed the judge. lyon
are deceiving us and trying to hide your
rank. You are an aristocrat, and your
name is De Martainville. " Citizen
president, exclaimed the young man,
II am here to be shortened, not to be
heightened! Leave me my namer' A
true Frenchman loves witticism above
all things, and the tribunal was SO
pleased by. Martainville's grim response
that it spared his life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
Continuous steel Pine.

The West Australian government has
taken contract to lay nearly $50 miles
of water pipe of novel character. This
pipe is to be made of steel spirals pack
ed in concrete. Sheet metal is cut into
strips of the required width. These are
fed into n machine and welded into one
continuous strip. As the strip is fed ir
TO the machine rivet holes are punched;
then the edges of the laps are brought
together by machinery and held during
the process of riveting, which is all
done by compression. The lap is thrown
on the outside of the pipe, rendering the
inner surface sooth and even throughout
its length. a tenacious hydraulic CO.
ment is packed around the laps, making
the pipe absolutely water tight.-New
York Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
AN EFFECTIVE PARABLE.
General Joubert's story Saved the
Lives of the jameson Raiders.

General Joubert's story Saved the
Lives of the Jameson Raiders.
a most interesting account of this
manner in which the lives of Jameson
and his men were spared, after the sur
render TO the Beers, is told by the
Nieuws Van den Dag of Amsterdam:
The stern old Beers, when they had
Jameson and his fellow officers in their
hands, determined to execute the lead
ers of the band at daybreak. The meet
ing took place in President Ringers
house, 20 being present, of whom the
great majority, wild with indignation
at the sudden inroad into their terri
tory, were for shooting the British Off
GERS at once.
President Kruger opposed this sum
mary plan and used all his eloquence
and all his influence on behalf of the
prisoners For a long time his efforts
We're vain. 1t was + o'clock in the
morning, and the presidents opponents
were still for execution. The lives of
the foreigners hung by thread.
At length General Joubert, one of the
few who agreed with the president, had
recourse to the old time Boer method of
convincing his hearers. He made use of
q parable.
Friends, he said, twill you not
listen to my voice once more? Suppose
that close to my farm lives bad neigh
Dor who keeps fierce hounds in his
house, worrying my sheep exceedingly
and also killing some. What, then,
would you have me to do? Should L kill
the hounds to be free of this worry?
Truly my neighbor would say unto me:
Thou hast killed my hounds, yet their
value is greater than the value of your
sheep. Pay thou mel Is it not better
that should take the hounds and 60
ing into my neighbor's house say,
These are thine; now pay me for the
harm they have done my fiock?' -
There was silence, and the general
continued: "We have caught the pack.
Is it not better to send them to the
British government with demands for
PREPARATION, lest the British send more
hounds to worry us anew"
The old form of argument proved
successful. The wisdom of moderation
became apparent, and the council of
war accepted the advice of their chiefs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
The Gamblers Capper.

"Many Of the phases of life in the
Tenderloin are Kaleidoscope in their
changes, said hotel detective, "but
there is one little group of men in this
precinct that is much the same now that
it was dozen years ago. l mean the
outside men of the gambling houses.
They are well known to all sporting
men, and 1 could name four or five who
have done little else all their ilives. 1t
is their business to know the regular
patrons of faro banks, and if the man
who employs them has been forced to
close up his old place and open a new
one it is their duty to circulate the tip.
"a good outside man spends his time
around hotels and in all night restau-
rants and picks up acquaintance wher
ever he can. After working up to the
subject Of gambling he invites his new
friend to go around to little place that
is run honestly and safely. One of the
best dressed 1oungers on Broadway,
whose face has long been familiar to
paraders on that street, is puller in
for gambling house. He was bar
keeper a few years ago and there made
lot of acquaintances who are his stock
in trade. He spends money as freely as
a wine agent, and have no doubt that
he brings many thousands of dollars to
the man who runs the gambling house. "
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
Corruptfng an Echo.

At Killarney every visitor hears some
laughable stories Here is one-new and
fresh, think-which picked up dur
ing my last visit to the glorious lakes
A number of boatmen who We're quar-
reling about the division of tips" in
dulged at the top of their voices in a
good deal of profane language, which
the marvellous echo repeated verbatim.
"Arrah, look at that, now, for scan
dal,'' said one of the party who was of
a pious turn. "T'achin the poor harm
less echo to curse and sware. Spec
tator. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
Queer Medicines.

The peasant pharmacopoeia of France
is wonderful-most wonderful. Wine
is an ingredient of every prescription.
In fever cases it is always the predomi-
nant one. The French PEASANTS faith
i'll fermented grape juice is truly beau
tiful. If his children are stricken with
the measles, he gives them beakers of
wine, well sweetened with honey and
highly spiced with pepper. For severe
cold he administers quart of red wine
and melted tallow candle mixed. For
scarlet or brain fever he gives eggs,
white wine and SCOT well beaten to-
gether. Not all their superstitions are
curious. Some are pathetic. A mother,
for instance, often buries her dead child
with its favorite toy or her own beauti-
full hair in the coffin, "that it may not
feel quite alone. Paris Correspond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
Charged 50 For "sass.,

A story is told of Fanny KembIo
whose favorite summer resort was Len
OK, that ON her first season there she
employed a self respecting villager, who
had comfortable turnout, TO drive her
about. He, feeling it to be his duty TO
make the drive as entertaining as posi-
BILE, began to call her attention TO the
beauty of the scenery-which she
wished to enjoy undistur bed-and TO
tell her who lived in certain houses as
they passed along, until finally Mrs.
Kemble, being unable to stand it any
longer, said in the high tragedy manner
somewhat peculiar to her, II have en-
gagged you to drive for me, sir, and not
TO talk.
The driver ceased talking, pursed up
his lips, and in all their subsequent
drives his only remarks were such as he
found necessary to address to his horses.
At the end of the season he handed in
his bill for the summer services. Run
ming her eye down its awkward columns,
she paused at an item that she didn't
understand. "What is this, sir? I cam
not comprehend it. p"
With equal gravity he replied, ''Sass,
So. don't often take it, but when I do
1 charge"
She paid the bill without comment
and continued TO employ the same driver
during many summers she spent there.
Boston Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
She Loves Birds.

The dowager empress of China is de-
voted to birds of all kinds, and innu-
merable bird pets are kept about the
palace. She is reported to have wept
copiously about the death of favorite
nightingale not along ago. Upon being
told of a Chinese girl who had COM
planned bitterly of the dreariness of life
this exalted lady remarked sagely that
a woman oughtto take so much pride
in her home that it could be heaven
TO her, adding, There are always birds
and flowers > She is a clever artist and
delights in painting from nature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
MAKING WOOD ALCOHOL.
Tho Deadly Substance That THIRSTY
Topers Sometimes Drink.

Topers Sometimes Drink.
1t is necessary first to convert wood
into liquid. The strongest hydraulic
pressure would not squeeze one-half of
per cent of the moisture from dry
wood, but by putting the same material
into az iron retort and converting it
into charcoal by means of heat the gases
and smoke, TO the extent of fully Go per
cent of the weight of the wood, may be
condensed into pyroligneous acid, from
which are obtained wood alcohol, acetate
of lime and wood tars. a cord of wood
weighing 4, Geo pounds produces about
$3.50 pounds of pyroligneous acid and
200 pounds of charcoal. The pyroligne-
Gus acid from one cord of wood pro-
duces 9 gallons of So per cent crude
wood alcohol, 200 pounds of acetate of
lime and about % gallons of tar, besides
50 bushels of charcoal After the pyro
ligneous acid is neutralized with lime
the wood alcohol is distilled off, the
lime holding the acetic acid in solution.
After the separation of the wood spirit
the remaining liquid is boiled down in
pans to a sugar, which is dried, and be-
comes the acetate of lime of commerce.
Acetate of lime is used for making acetic
acid.
Fully three fifths of all the wood al
cohol and acetate of lime produced in
the world are made in the United States.
Over 10, 900 acres of forest per year arc
cleared in the United States Wood al
cohol affords perfect substitute for
grain alcohol for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, and at less than
one third the cost. 1t is used principally
as solvent in the making of shellac
varnish and i'll making celluloid and
Photographic paper. 1t makes beautiful
dye tints, is antiseptic and is used for
liniments and for skin rubbing in bath
houses. and Spirit Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
SERVANTS EXCUSES.
One Woman Who Was Clever Enough
to Circumyent Them.

One Woman Who Was Clever Enough
to Circumvent Them.
We have heard the story of the Cana
dian mistress who. with seven servants
in her house, was obliged to go to the
garden and pick berries for the table.
Each of the servants declined the task
with the stereotyped excuse, 1T amt
my place to pick berries'' Ord, i'll his
History of Cleveland" relates an au-
ecdote of Margaret Wharton, who,
while accepting her servants excuse,
yet made them do her will.
In one of her visits to Scarborough
Mrs. Wharton, with her usual economy,
had a family pie for dinner, which she
directed the footman to convey to the
bakehouse. This the man declined to
do as not belonging to his place, or
rather, dsrogatory to his conse-
quence. The Lady then moved the ques-
ton to the coachman, but found still
stronger objection.
To save the pride of both Mrs
Wharton resolved to take the pie to the
shop herself. She ordered one man to
harness and bring out the horses and
the other to mount and ride behind, and
thus the errand was done with all honor
and ceremony. Then in due time the
coachman was ordered to put to a Sec
ond time and the footman TO mount be-
hind, and Mrs. Wharton brought back
the pie in the same dignified state.
Now" said the lady to the coach
man, ''you have kept your place, which
is to drive, and You yours, D." to the foot
man, (which is to wait, and 1 mine,
which is to have my pie for dinner"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
Can't Hold America Down.

why, sir. - said the geologist, "the
ground you walk on was once under
water"
WELL" replied the friend. who is
nothing if not patriotic, cit simply goes
to show you can't hold America down. {"
Washington Star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
Big Similarity.

1.-THE minister and tie policeman,
said the young and cynical boarder,
''are inseparable adjuncts of civiliza-
ton"
They are very much alike" said
the cheerful idiot. Zone is pairer, and
the other is a peeIer. '-Indianapolis
Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25

1t is estimated that in Paris one in IS
OF the population, or 80, 900, live on
charity, with tendency toward crime
In London this class is one in 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25

\ southern man says that the differ
ence between yellow fever and dengue
fever Is that when one has the former
he Is afraid he Will die and when the
latter attacks him he is fearful that he
will not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25

Each figure in first class waxwork
exhibition has to be remade every four
Or five years The wax loses its color
and becomes soft and spongy after that
time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25

According to the latest statistics, the
population of Greece Is increasing moro
rapidly than that Of any other country
namely, ar the rate of 1.s7 per cent
Per annum.