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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
long Boards.

Perhaps the best known beard in tho
United States is that of ex-senator PEI
fer of Kansas, which was said to meas
ure three feet long. but there arc many
which exceed that in size. The muse
ums frequently contain men 8 feet
and over whose boards sweep the floor
when they stand up, but perhaps the
longest of all is that Of Legrand Larow
of Lamar, Mo, which is said to exceed
any other in the world. It is seven
feet in length and has measured Z -
feet. Mr.. LarOw was born in Tompkins
county, New York, in 1852. and his rel
atives are noted for heavy boards. but
not extraordinary length. He is 6 feet
III height and weighs 175 pounds. When
standing with his beard down, it ex-
tends two feet upon the floor. He has
not shaved for over 20 years. In the
year 1877 Mr.. Larow went west and
was farmer and stock raiser for many
years He wears his beard braided ard
wound around his body or else wrapped
and lodged inside his yest.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
COUNTY TEMPLE.
Transfers.

June sc. NJ. Wahlberg to Elmer
Simpson. tract by metes and bounds,
swl s. Il. Nv, SS05.50.
9-Lucy B. Addition to S. a. Dur
bin, tracts by metes and bounds NV
90, 20, 2e, and mel so, 20, 2e, $1,000.
Otto Brimberg to Axel Brimberg ct
al, lots and 8, Alday's Second add,
East Rock Island in Moline. $500.
E. c. Livingston to Maria S Larson,
lot 8, block 3, S. w. Wheelock's add.
Moline, $675.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
Licensed TO Wed.
Bucklen's Arnica saIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chilblains, corns and sll skin erup-
tons, 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 d Whenever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

There is time for all things. The
time to take DeWitt's Little Early
Risers is when you are suffering from
constipation, biliousness, siekhead-
ache, Indigestion or other stomach or
liver troubles. They never grippe.
For sale by L. II. Thomas, A. j. Reiss
and III. Z. Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
An Odd &Zn.

Nearly everybody has heard of the
"catch sign" of the dyer. to the effect
that he "dyes to live and lives TO dye. "
There are probably half "a dozen or moro
dyers in this city who have that sign
conspicuously displayed at their estab-
lishments There has been a sudden re-
vival in the use of catchy signs, partio-
ularly rhymed ones, among bootblacks
and small sidewalk merchants. These
signs are now springing up everywhere,
and couple of young newsboys with
some facility for making doggerel are
picking up many a half dollar for work
of this kind among their fellows. The
fever has even reached Frankfort, and
an odd old character there has this pla-
card outside his humble establishments:
Moses Jones,
Dealer In Bones;
Also In Bags
And All Kinds of Rags
Can Laugh at Ny Foes,
For I'm Still Old Nose.
Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

GERMANY is now contem plating the
purchase from Spain of the island of
Fernando Pc, on the west coast of
Africa. The island contains $50
square miles. and has been used by
Spain as a penal colony.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

City from all parts of the jurisdiction.
The Woodmen and citizens generally
of Maj. Halves home city may well
honor him and rejoice in him as they
propose to tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

ADVERTISING is to business what
electricity is to the electric motor-it
makes it 90. The merchants who
would move ahead must keep the
power on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
TIE brewery trust is the latest.

THE recent series of gratuitious
grandmotherly lectures on the part
o. the Union to the council seems to
have come to an end.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
any Old Sore.

Cut. bruise or sprain quickly heal
ed with Banner Salye, the greatest
healing remedy in the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
Homes for Sale.

7-room house on Twentv-second street p 500
S-roOm house on Twenty-SccOnG street.. 2,t0O
nearIynew 8 500
9 room house, brick, on First aVelUc...... $500
S-room house on Twenty-tirSt street, fur
uace. modern zee. .---......- 3 SOD
S-rcom house on Seventeenth street. new 1900
li-room house on Fifth-and-a-half avenue. 400
7-room house Forty-trSt street. two
lots. - -.vtO
7-room house and Is lots on Ninth street. ESQ
1-rOom house on Twelfth Strest........... 100
T-rOOm house on FOrty-third street. l.5OO
7-roOm house on Thirteenth avenue. 900
s-room house on Thirteenth avenue 800. 2.5o0
S-room house on Thirty-Scvcnth street,. 1850
Groom house on FOrty-t njrd streeJ-....... LEO
6-room house on I hirty-eiRhth street,. leo
room house on Ninth avenue. ........... 500
broom house on Ninth StreeL.-..-......... 500
Two Groom houses on Ninth street, each. LOO
Groom house on Thirteenth aycnue.-..... 2.5UO
- story business block on Second avenue,
lot running to First avenue 1.0CO
5-acre fruit farm in South Moline, build
Two good business lots on Fourth avenue
cheap.
Several fine lots in Black Hawk Sturgeon.
Schneu and South Park additions on reaSOna-
be terms.
Much of the property that We have can be
bought on monthly iustalImentS at low rate
OF interest. Call or write,
HULL & CO.,
G. d.; -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

yXYANTED-BY A SINGLE GENTLEMAN
~ room some where in csntrGl Fart OF CITY
ddresS l.. Il. W. care OF IHE ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

" ANTED-wORl BY THE DAY BY En-
w perienced house cleaner Address "
NJ" 4 RGCS Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

UvANTED-A GOOD TIMER. ALLEN
w Myers y Co
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

WA NTED-GIRE4 FOR HOUSEWORk AT
w Ic26 Twenty first street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

SYTANTED-LOCAL SOLICITING AGENT
w for accident Insurance: one who can de-
vote sufficient time TO the business to make it
profitable. Address Il NJ" ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

NUANTED-PUPILSw WISHING TO TAKE
w private lessons in dancing can do SO by
enquiring at 27I0 Fifth avenue. Jones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
WANTED.

yTANTED-A GIRL AT 1910 SECOND
| W avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

VIVA NTED-A MAN TO NOW GRASS.
w Apply ut ARGUS office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

"ANTED-A GIRL FOR GENER AL
w homework Call at 50l Fourth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

WANTED-TO BUY \ -FOUR OR FIVE
w room cottage apply 1T 32l Twentieth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

WTANTED-GI Il TO Ii YEARS OF
w age. as nurse. Adjr> s. II. 81 The AR
GUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

TANTED-BO ARDERS. CHOICEROOMS
w and board at 2226 Fourth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

EItOR SALE-A NEAT OFFICE CABINET
& with about 80 different slides suitable foI
ding legal blanks or any description OF papers
IN fat form 20 be kept in shape for writing.
A comprehensive index connected. Just the
thing for any ONCE with contracts, etc, 30
dle- Address Fl. l.. O., care OF TIE ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12

NOR SAIE-COAL IN ANY QUANTITY
u of 80 bushels or over at - - ger Ton, de-
livered c. O. ID. to any part of the city. Leave
orders at Commercial horSe barber shop, Rock
Island. or EcOS James Milan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

T .OST PAIR OF GOLD-RIMMEO NOSE
H glasses. Return to this once and receive
reward.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
THE OLD HARRISON Ho USE AT vINcENNEs. IND,

mel of the canary nut; but there is
wonderful ingenuity required to get at
1t, for the nut is something like a
Brazil nut, but it is ten times as hard
In fact, it requires the blow of heavy
hammer to crack it. 1t is quite smooth
and somewhat triangular in shape
The cockatoo might throw the nut
down, but it would not break, or it
might hold it in its claws like the par
rotS usually do with their food, and at
tempt to crush it; but the smoothness
of the nut would cause it to fly out of
the heak. Nature appears TO have given
the possessor of the wonderful bill
Intelligence to direct its powers, for the
cockatoo takes one of the nuts edge
wise in its bill and by carving mo-
ton of its sharp lower beak makes
small notch on it. This done, the bird
takes hold of the nut with its claws.
and, biting off a piece of leaf, retains
1t In the deep notch of the upper part
of the bill. Then the nut is seized be-
tween the upper and lower parts of
the bill and is prevented from slipping
by the peculiar texture of the leaf. A
sharp nip or two breaks off a tiny piece
OF the shell of the nut. The bird then
seizes the nut in its claws and pokes
the long sharp point of its bill into
the hole and picks out the kernel bit
by bit. The cockatoo has very long
tongue, which collects each morsel as
it is broken off by the bill. This is a
wonderful process, for it is quite clear
that without the leaf nothing could be
done, and it proves how certain struc-
lures in birds are made to destroy GER
tain parts of plants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Sweet Sympathy.

From the Boston Journal: pretty
story is told at Vienna about Arch
duchess Valerie, youngest daughter OF
the emperor. 1t seems that when trav-
cling the other day from Linz to vi
emma she had noticed on the platform
at Linz a 14-year-old schoolboy cry
ing bitterly. She had the conductor
bring the lad to her compartment and
finding that he was proceeding to vi
emma to attend his fathers funeral, she
insisted on his travelling with her, pay
ing the difference in his fare, as he had
only a third-class ticket During the
trip she devoted herself to the task OF
comforting him, telling the boy, among
other things, that she, too, had suffered
much from the loss of fondly loved
parent, who had died suddenly in a
foreign land. 1t was only when the
boy reached Vienna and was leaving
the train that he discovered that the
kind lady was Archduchess Valerie.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
GOSsin.

Lincoln Qll) Courier: In neigh
boring place is newspaper of fearless
ness and independence which has felt
the need of a general Punishment of a
vile class of people, many of whom in
fest Lincoln. The class the exchange
refers to is known as gossipers, and OF
them the newspaper says: Gossip has
made hell on earth Gossip has part
ed many husbands and wives. Gossip
has parted lovers and who would have
been happy had 1t not been for it. One
little misstep or one little indiscretion
will cause gossip TO raise with new
strength and start on her mission. We
have male gossipens, and, as rule,
they are ten times as venomous as a fe-
male. A good healthy gossiper is about
as low and mean and dangerous as the
meanest thing on earth"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Emerrency Notes.

In asphyxiat.on from gas, battle the
face and chest with vinegar, and hold
some to the nose. Give strong coffee.
and apply cold water to the head and
warm water to the feet In drowning,
if the heart seems to have ceased
beating. place patient on the abdomen,
one arm under the forehead: raise the
body to empty the stomach and air
passages of water and mueus. Remove
all clothing from chest; lay patient on
his back, place a bundle Of clothing
"a mans body will dol under his back,
to raise the stomach and lower the
head. Pull tongue forward, and secure
it by tying string over it and under
the jaw Stand astride or kneel at pa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
ATTACKED BY A PET CAT.
It's Mistress Is Suffering Terribly from
the Nervous Shock.

the Nervous Shock.
Women in future must beware of
stepping upon the tails of their pet
lest they meet the fate of Miss Susan
Barker of Philadelphia, says the New
York Mail and Express. The cat in
question was an unusually large fell
low, of ebon hue, that was a prime
favorite in the house and had never
shown any signs Of temper. On We'd
nesday Miss Barker,in passing through
a room where the cat was asleep, acct
dentally trod on its TAIL With ter
mble howl, and every hair of its body
standing on end, the cat sprang straight
at her throat, panther fashion, biting
and clawing her arms and chest with
great ferocity. Tearing it off and
throwing it from her with all the force
she could command, Miss Barker
dashed through a door back of her and
slammed it to. Her screams brought
her sister to her assistance, and as soon
as an ambulance could be called she
was taken to the German hospital and
her wounds treated. The girl is suf-
fering terribly from nervous shock, but
1t IS thought will recover The cat
disappeared and has not returned to its
home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Rare Snan for Hoboes.

New York Correspondent Pittsburg
Dispatch: Heaven knows where the
crowd of hoboes came from so quickly
when a barrel of whisky rolled off a
wagon and split open on the cobble-
stones down in Church street this
afternoon. But there they were. The
truckman swore vigorously as he saw
that the barrel was hopeless wreck,
while the tattered men who pushed and
scrambled with each other, knelt down
for their unexpected carousal. Some
of them had tin cans, others only their
two hands, with which they labeled up
the liquor, while three old stagers, with
noses redder than the rest, lay fiat on
their stomachs and imbibed the stuff
from the gutter. A great deal of it
went down the sewer drop at the cor
ner, but much of it was saved for i'm
mediate consumption by an ancient
tatterdemalion who damned the
stream with a large newspaper
wrapped parcel of broken victuals that
he had begged somewhere.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
The Most Interesting House Northwest Of the Ohio
to Be Restored to Its Former Glory.

The old Harrison home, which cost
ex-President William Henry Harrison,
grandfather of Benjamin, $4,000, at
Vincennes, Ind, has passed into the
hands of E. S. Shepard for $4,000. Mr..
Shepard seems to p.reciate the his
toric worth of the most interesting
residence northwest of the Ohio river,
and Is already restoring 1t to its old
time grace. This old home remained
in the hands of the Harrison family
until 1910, when it passed to William
Pigeon, who handed it down with his
estate to Flayius Pigeon, who in turn
was forced to sell it just before he
terminated his wild career in delirium
tremens. Since it passed out of the
hands of the Harrisons it has served a
multitude of purposes, ranging from
a hotel kept by one Cactus, to fold
for sheep in the winter.
Around this building, erected in 1904.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

dow panes are preserved. 1t is claimed
they were taken from the windows of
an old building at Trenton, N. j., and
through them no doubt the old colo
nists looked upon Hessians and the
colonial forces. In this large chamber
all of the territorial representatives
gathered, discussed and passed laws
which fell within their prescribed
rights. In the room right across the
corridor, Nancy Polk, niece of Presi-
dent Polk, and great favorite in
Washington during his administration,
taught school for two or three years,
making the building seat of learning
as well as of administration. Recently
one of her pupils came back to look at
the room. The guest dining-room was
located just behind the council cham
Der. and here William Henry Harrison
did honors on state occasions. Be-
sides the living quarters on the third
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
cor A COMPLIMENTARY PASS.
But the Seeker for Free Transportation
Was Not Pleased.


The manager of one of the street
railway lines in this city found in his
morning mail the other day commu-
nication from an individual who had
been indefatigable in his efforts to get
on the complimentary list of the COM
pany. The man had money, stocks and
bonds and houses and lots in plenty
but they offered him little considera-
ton. The canker at his heart was
his inability to get passbook. Every
time he paid nickel for a ride 1t left
him dispirited for an hour He would
have lost lawsuit any day rather
than have failed ultimately to wheedle
book out OF the street railway COM
pany. His opportunity appeared to
have come at last, for he rendered
some slight personal favor to the COM
pany. Ipstanter he dictated letter
impressing the fact upon the general
managers mind and beseeching him
for "a pass" The manager smiled
grimly when he read the request.
Twenty-four hours later the prominent
citizen was delighted to note that his
mail contained an envelope bearing the
mark of the street railway company.
He eagerly tore it open and read a re-
ply composed something as follows:
my Dear Sir: Your inestimable
services to the company which have
the honor to represent in an official
capacity have not escaped notice. In
fact. we have been embarrassed In
some degree to discover form of rec
ignition proportionate to their value.
Your letter suggested payment we are
glad to adopt, and l take great pleas
ure therefore in inclosing the pass
you request. 1t is good when presented
on all our lines. We have given all
our conductors orders to accept 1t at
all hours of the day or night, without
requiring Identification of the bearer
Ordinarily our transportation is nom
transferable, but an exception has
been made in your case. 1t is good
when rendered by yourself, or any
member of your family or any of your
friends or acquaintance. Again thank
ing you for your unselfish interest in
our success, beg leave to remain,
etc."
The prominent citizen found the
pass" in the letter all right enough,
but it was not of the variety he was
seeking. 1t was nothing more or less
than common, ordinary, everyday s.
cent piece, somewhat worn and sadly
in need of cleaning. He has almost de-
cided that his chances for free trans
portation are nil.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
CHINA GAVE US THE MASSAGE.
1t Is Contended That the Treatment
Came from the FIowery Kingdom.

1t Is Contended That the Treatment
Came from the Fiowery Kingdom.
Few people while enjoying the deli
cious sensations of the massage at the
hands of an expert operator are aware
that to the Chinese we probably owe
the treatment. While the question as
to whether massage originated in Swe-
den or China has been much discussed,
the latter country is evidently a strong
claimant According to longtime
Chinese ideas, life is entirely depend
ent on "air currents" which are desig-
mated as the primary aura of the or
ganism; so long. then, as the body is
permeated by the air current it is
proof against disease, and the object of
physical exercise is to circulate the air
current. To effect this the Chinese sys-
tenn is divided into three periods, each
period occupying a hundred days, the
first period commencing at the time of
the now moon. The patient must rise
at o'clock in the morning and walk
outside his house, taking seven deep
inspirations, and, Immediately after
this, two youths who have been spe
cially trained commence gentle fric-
ton all over the body, starting over the
cardiac area. At the time of full moon
a further set of respiratory exercises
are taken. Later on, in the second pc
riod, the various parts of the body are
rubbed with wooden planks until the
muscles are hardened, and it is not un-
til the hardening takes place that the
real physical exercises are taken. Be-
tween the fifth and sixth month is the
period of greatest activity, the Euro
pean dumbbell being replaced by large
sacks filled with stones. 1t is in the
third period that the back muscles are
chiefly exercised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
An Extraordinary Forest.

The most extraordinary forest in the
world was discovered by DR.. We'll
witsch and occupies a tableland some
six miles in width. between 800 and
400 feet above the sea, near the west
coast of Africa. The popularity of the
trees of this forest is that, though the
trunks are as much as four feet in
diameter, they attain the height of on
ly one foot. No tree bears more than
two leaves, and these attain length
of six and breadth of two feet. The
flowers make gorgeous crimson clus-
ters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
TIE OLD HARRISON HOME.

tents head; grasp his arms below the
elbows and draw them outward, up
ward and backward till they meet over
the head. Keep in this position two
seconds, then carry them down to sides
of chest again till elbows nearly meet
over the stomach, and press firmly.
Repeat these maneuvers at the rate Of
sixteen per minute. Persevere in these
efforts until breathing is restored, then
promote the circulation by friction, ar
tificial heat. etc. When patient can
swallow, give some hot milk, beef tea
or coffee to drink.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
HABIT OF TIPPING SERVANTS
One Instance Illustrating Its Abuses on
the Continent Of Enrnne.

One Instance Illustrating Its Abuses on
the Continent of Europe.
A Chicago woman who recently spent
brief season in Germany speaks in
terms of condemnation of the custom,
almost universal there, of tipping SER
wants. The practice is not confined to
the hotels and inns, but guests at the
private houses of the rich are expected
to cross the palms of those who attend
to their wants. This woman, in relat-
ing her experiences, said: When my
visit came to an end / was in such a
dilemma as to what was the proper
thing to do in the way OF feeling the
servants that after some elaboration l
went to my hostess for relief: You
have such a retinue of servants said
to her. that l simply cannot fee them
all. | want you to tell me which ones
will expect a remembrance and what
amornt it ought to be- Wbereupon
she aid me that the question had come
UP SO often in this very way that she
had at last hit upon a plan which her
husband agreed was good one and
which had been in operation for long
time in their household to the entire
satisfaction of all concerned, including
the servants. She showed me locked
box in a dark nook in the hall. and
into slit in this her guests dropped
whatever amount it was their pleas
IRE to give the servants. Once in six
months the box was opened and the
contents distributed among the staff.
the gifts being proportionate to the
place held-the butler, footmen, room
maids and others who come in direct
contact with the guest receiving the
larger amount-which,I can assure you,
was the greatest kind of relief to me,
and seemed a good idea to adopt else
where"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Prescription.

Boston Traveller: DR.. Ends-There
is nothing serious the mater with
Frederic, Mrs. Blakly. | think little
soap and water will do him as much
good as anything. Mrs. Blakly-Yes,
doctor; an will give it &c him before
or after his meals?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Baiiey's Laxative Tablets Cures Constipa-

The active principle is cascars sa-
grada, plant found in California.
1t does not do the work for the bowels
but makes the bowels do their own
work. 1t gets the bowels back in the
habit of doing their own work, and
after they have been reused into a
state Of healthy activity, and the liver
and other organs also, they will con-
tinue on without medicine. They
will cure sick headache, billiousness
and liver troubles and constipation
and remove poisonous matter from
the system. Put up in 10 and % cent
packages. For sale J. L. Bennett.