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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
Last AL snrained NAV left hin

Last fall l sprained my left hip
while handling some heavy boxes.
The doctor L called on said
at first it was Il slight strain and
would soon be well, but it grew worse
and the doctor then said had rheu-
matism- 1t continued TO grow worse
and l could hardly get around to work
l went to the drug store and the drug
gist recommended me to try Cham ber-
lain's Pain Balm. / tried it and one
half of n 5o-cent bottle cured me en-
tirely. l now recommend il to all my
\. Babcock, Erie, Pa. 1t
is for sale by all iirst-class druggists.
Subscribe for The ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
Cured when Others Failed.

S 4. Ingalls,, Crown Point, n. Y.
writes: My wife suffered from kidney
trouble for years. She consulted
several physicians and tried a number
of kidney cures without getting re-
lief. She was induced to try Foley s
Kidney Cure and in less than a week
after she began using it, she was
greatly improved and three bottles
cured her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
Volcanic Eruptions

Are grand, but skin eruptions rob
life of Joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cures them; also old running and
fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons,
corns, warts. cuts, bruises, burns,
scalds, chapped hands, chilblains.
Best pile cure on earth. Drives out
pains and aches. Only 25 cents
a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by
HART & Ullemeyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
BANNER TOURNAMENT
Largest Handicap Match in His
tory of Arsenal Golf Club
is Played Saturday.
TY-sEVEN ENTER THE CONTEST.

Result a Tie Between A. L. Moore and C
K. stephens-severaI Forthcoming Inter
estIng Events-Ladies Have Their Third
| Meeting Thursday-SpecIaI for the
/ Fourth.
| The largest handicap tournament
| in the history of the Rock Island Ar
senal Golf club was held last Satur-
day. In fact it is doubtful if any golf
club in the country has larger or
more enjoyable or more closely con-
tested mem bers' handicaps than has
the golf club of the tri-cities.
Saturdays game was the third of
the preliminary tournaments for the
mems handicap cup, and so keen has
the rivalry for the possession of this
trophy become that no fewer than A
members entered the contest and
made the rounds of the course. The
result was tie between Messrs. a. l..
Moore and c. r. Stephens, so that
these gentlemen will have to play
again before the final decision as to
the winner of the match can be made.
In the near future several interest
ing tournaments are scheduled by the
golf club. Next Thursday, June 20.
the ladies of the club will play their
third match for the women's handi-
cap cup, while on the following
Thursday, July 6, they will have a
special handicap tournament, for
which the club has provided beauti-
full silver basket as a prize.
Special Handicap the Fourth.
July will be gwen over to the
men for a special handicap. Inas-
much as many of the mem bers will
have other engagements for that day,
it has been decided to permit the
players TO make their scores in this
competition at such time after
o'clock n. m. as best suits the con-
venience of the PLAYER.
An event of Importance in the golf
ing world is the tournament for the
amateur golf championship of the
United States. which will be held at
the Onwentsia club, Lake Forest, Ill.,,
beginning July 8. The Arsenal club
has selected as its representatives at
this national meet Messrs. G.. A. Bar
nard. j. ID. Cady and u. w. Burr.
These gentlemen will attend and COM
pete, and their friends confidently eX-
pect that one of the three will return
home the champion golfer of the
United States.
The summary of Saturdays game
follows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
Bi.marck's Iron Nerve

Was the result of his splendid
health. Indomitable will and tire
mendous energy are not found where
stomach. kidneys and bowels are out
of order. IL you want these qualities
and the success they bring, use Dr.
Kings New Life Pills. They develop
every power of brain and body. Only
% cents at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
Would Not Suffer So A gain for Fifty Times
Its Price.

awoke last night with severe pains
in my stomach. / never felt so badly
in all my life. When 1 came down to
work this morning l felt so weak l
could hardly work. l went to Miller
* McCurdy's drug store and they
recommended Cham berlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. 1t
worked like magic and one dose fixed
me all right 1t certainly is the finest
thing 1 ever used for stomach trouble.
| shall not be without it in my home
hereafter. for | should not care to en-
dure the sufferings of last night again
for fifty times its price,. III. Will
son, Liveryman, Burgettstown, Wash
ington county, Pa. This remedy is
for sale by all irst-class druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
WIPED OUT BY FIRE,
ArgilIo Works At Carbon Cliff
Destroyed Yester-
day.
LOSS Is $4,000

Blaze Originates In the Home of Fore
man William Mitten, and Makes Quick
Work of the Plant. which is Owned by
j. +. Robinson and Fred TitterinEton.
of Rock IsIand-wn be Rebuilt.
Fire Yesterday destroyed the Argillo
works. at Carbon Cliff. entailing loss
of $40, 900, which is but half covered
by insurance. The plant was owned
by j. +. Robinson and eX-County
Treasurer Fred Titterington, of this
city, by whom it was purchased last
March.
The fire originated in the home of
William Mitten, foreman of the works,
spreading from stove, and rapidly
travelling to the dryroom of the fac
tory, which was located about ten feet
from the house.
In very few moments the entire
plant was enveloped in flames, and as
the only agency with which to fight
flames in Carbon Cliff is the bucket it
was useless task to attempt to stay
the progress of the blaze.
Only the KiIns Standing.
All that is left standing is the kilns,
the stock being wiped out and the
machinery so badly damaged that it is
feared it can not be used again.
The Argillo works was one of the
thriving institutions of the upper end of
the county, having been in existence
for upward of thirty years, its tile
products having become known
throughout the west.
Mr.. Robinson said today that the
plant would be rebuilt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Allen g
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. 1t makes tight or new
shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to
corns and bunions. It's the greatest
swollen feet, blister and callous spots.
Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
ingrowing nails, sweating, hot, ach-
ing feet At all druggiststs and shoe
stores, % cents. Trial package free
by mail. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
lie Roy, n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26

There is time for all things. The
time to take DeWitt's Little Early
Risers is when you are suffering from
biliousness, sickhead-
ache, Indigestion or other stomach or
liver troubles They never grippe.
For sale by T. Ii. Thomas, A. j. Reiss
and NJ. T. Bahnsen. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-26
Any Old Sore.

Cut. bruise or sprain quickly heal
ed with Banner Salye, the greatest
healing remedy in the world
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-25
Money in Oranges.

G. p. Lowell, of Orange Bend, near
Leesburg, has just received returns
for his orange crop, which Show that
this favorite Florida fruit is still, on
top in the markets of the country,
and that it commands the best prices.
Mr.. Lowell sold 1884 boxes, about three
quarters russets, in Boston, through
the commission firm of York & Whit
ney, which was sold for the handsome
sum of $1,7O7.25. Deducting freight
and commissions, the fruit melted Mr..
Lowell $3.50 per box on board the cars
at his shipping station.
This section was one of the richest
orange-producing localities in florida
before the great freeze of four years
ago. yielding $4,000 boxes each year
About 5000 boxes have been shipped
from There this season, and The pros
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-25

is to wet the seed, spread it out on a
plate of glass, and hold the plate up
to the light. The empty chaff will
appear translucent, While the good
seed will be Opaque.
Keeping a Record.-Although for
the results usually desired in home
seed testing it is not absolutely nee
essary to keep a record, yet such a
record, if we'll made, will be found to
contain much valuable information
y few items Will always need to be re-
corded, in any event, such as the date
of beginning of the test, the name of
the variety, the number of seeds, and
the number of terminated seeds re-
moved from day to day. 1t is danger
Gus to- trust anything to memory.
Mistakes may occur, and the test will
then be useless.-A. j. Peters, in De-
partment of Agriculture Year Book.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-25

poets are good that next seasons yield
will be three times this amount. The
growers there are very much encour-
agd by the outlook, and are spending
money and effort to restore their
groves to their former productiveness.
Times Union and Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-25
TOO GOOD A BARGAIN TO BE

TIUU UUUU a BAhdAIN To BE
MISSED.
Dear me, George, why don't You
smoker"
81 thought [ promised you L never
would?"
"'You did, but L saw some of the
cutest little boxes in down town
window today, anyl they were marked
only 40 CENTS for 25 real cigars."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-25

Moisture is as important as tenn
peratu1e. Before a seed can sprOut
it must absorb water and swell
Though the swelling of seed is a
necessary preliminary, it is not al
ways followed by termination, for the
absorption OF water is a purely me-
chanical process and does not imply
vitality in the seed. The entrance Of
water into the seed is dependent up
on the structure of the seed coats.
When these are hard and impervious,
as is often the case in legumino US
seeds and in nuts, water gains admis-
sion slowly and termination is retard-
ed. In cereals and in most garden
seeds the seed coats are easily pene-
trated by water, the seeds swell rap
idly, and termination is prompt. En-
periments have proved that seeus viii
absorb moisture and swell in a damp
atmosphere, but that for termination,
contact with water is necessary. An
atmosphere saturated with water va
por is not sufficient to induce germin-
alton. F.aXSeed kept in a saturated
atmosphere for nine days, and seed
Of kohl-rabi kept under the same
condition for % days, did not ger
inmate (Nobbe, Handbuch der Sam
enkunde). Too much water is equal Y
injurious. AS general rule, seeds
will not terminate well when i'm
mersed with water. 1t is necessary to
have the seeds in contact with some
medium from which they can obtain
an abundant supply without allowing
water to stand around them.
Light eXerts harmful influence up
Oh termination. Experiments have
shown that seeds placed under color
ed glass; did not terminate as rapidly
as those which were in complete dark
ness. Even more important than the
exclusion Of light is the free access of
air and the escape of the nOXious gas
es generated by terminating seeds.
When termination has commenced,
carbonic acid gas is given off, which
must be allowed to escape, or growth
will be checked.
Selecting ples.-Selecting the
sample to be tested is a matter of
great Importance. 1t must be a fair
sample, including both good and bad
seeds. If the quantity to be tested
is considera BILE, small. amounts should
be taken from different parts Of the
mass. These small samples, thorough
ly mixed, form. the larger sample out
Of which the proper number of seeds
is to be counted. In case the GUAM
tity of seed is small, say one-half
pound of clover seed, pour the seed
from the package into a pan, taking
a small spoonful occasionally from
the stream. From the quantity Thus
secured a sample for testing is taken.
The number of seeds used in testing
depends upon the size of the seed and
the quantity at disposal.
If the sample is large enough, 100
seeds of the larger kinds and 200 to
400 of the smaller seeds are taken
The increased number is a check upon
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

We are glad to see our old
friend Esq, James Null ou>
again, after a sickness of two
weeks.
Mr.. NJ. l.. Plonk, of Kino~
Mountain, was here the frs,
of the week, the guest of Mr.
r. f. Goodson.
Cards have been received
in Morganton announcing the
marriage, on Dec. Goth. Of
Miss Mollie F. Debnam, Of
Greensboro, the well-known
travelling representative of
the Oxford Orphans Friend.
to Mr.. Geo. Forrant, of WASH
ington, D.. G. The marriage
will take place at the home of
the bride-elect.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
Patton School Entertainment.

A big crowd attended the
Patton School entertainment
at the Town Hall last night and
all who attended speak of it in
tie highest praise. We are
sorry that time and space for
bid our giving a detailed ac-
count of the exercises. The
performance throughout
showed marked talent and
displayed the excellent training
received at Patton School. The
music by Messrs. Brown,
Bridgers. McRary and Misses
Hemphill and Patton, was ex-
cellent and would have done
credit to an orchestra making
more pretensions. The receipts
at the door no doubt amounted
to a good round sum.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

Professor Dean c.. Worces-
ter of the United States Phil
ippine commission sees in
the Philippines a splendid
field for the growth of cotton,
climate and soil being declared
especially advantageous for
the crop. How will the South
like this new rival in a field
that it has held practically ex-
elusive for years? There has
been too much of this benevo-
lent assimilation business; it
looks more like belligerent
determination.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
Notice..

Having qualified as executors Of he
last will and testament of ". T.. Brit
tain. deceased. this is to notify all per
having claims against the estate
OF the deceased to present them TO the
undersigned on or before the 18th day
OF November. 1900. or this notice wlll
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estat: VII!
please make immediate payment
This 18th day of Nov. 1900.
]. E. RAMSEY.
J. W. BRITAIN,
Executors.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

We are panied to note the
serious illness of Esq. w. Nj.
Winters. at his home near
Morganton. His host of
friends trust that he NAV take
4 turn for the better and soon
be out again.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

Death of Mr.. E. N. Lane.
After being confined to his
bed for two weeks with severe
illness, Mr.. Ephraim NJ. Lane
died at his home, near the
Hospital, early Tuesday
morning, in his Goth year. He
had been in failing health for
two years, and although every
thing possible was done to
restore him to health again,
all failed.
The funeral was held from
deceased's residence on
Wednesday at II a. m. The
services at the house were
conducted by Rev. S. J. Por-
ter, pastor of the Morganton
Baptist church, and concluded
at the grave by Rev. w. K.
Houk. The interment was
at the town cemetery.
Mr.. Lane had been in the
employ of the Hospital as car
penter for twenty years, hav-
ing assisted in the first work
on the building. This speaks
Volumes as to his industry
and faithfulness in the dis
charge of his duties to his
employers.
A wife and four children
survive him. There are three
sons-Messrs. S. S., Johnand
William Lane, and a daughter
Mrs. E. A. Greene, all of
Morganton.
Deceased was a devoted
member of the Baptistchurch
and left every evidence be-
hind that he has gone to a
happy reward.
The family ask us to return
their sincere thanks to the
friends who were so kind dur
ing Mr.. Lanes sickness and
at his death, and wish espe-
cially to thank DR.. Murphy
and others at the Hospital for
extreme kindnesses shown.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

church tower which is actually
situated three-quarters OF a mile
from the church to which it be-
longs. This curious fact onceen-
abled a Yorkshireman to score
heavily off a verger of st. Paul's,
who rightly considered his be-
loved cathedral to be one of the
largest churches in the kingdom.
The Yorkshireman, having heard
all that the garrulous verger had
got to say, paralyzed that
worthy official by calmly telling
him that there was a church at
Doncaster which was hundreds
of feet longer from one end to the
other than the great cathedral.
The verger, recovering from his
temporary stupefaction, became
sceptical, and paid a flying visit
to Warmsworth to see this won
derful edifce. When he beheld
the distance between the church
and it's tower he candidly con-
fessed himself beaten, and re-
turned to London a wiser man.
Round-towered churches are
common enough it this country,
but All Saints, Maldon, is prob
ably the only church which can
boast of Il three-sided tower.
This curious structdie is capped
by a hexagonal spire. The tower
%prOtrudes into the nave of the
church, and tends to spoil the
beauty of the interior, although,
of course, the parishioners are
quite content to put up with the
eyesore on account of the unique
construction of their tower.
In former times chapels were
frequently built on bridges at
the entrance to towns and vii
lagos, but the custom has long
since fallen into disuse, and very
few examples remain. One of the
best now existing may be seen at
Ro jherham, on the bridge cross
ing the Don. This was built in
1883, and it has had numerous
vicisitudes during the stormy
years which have passed over it
since that time. After long use
as Il church, it became a town
jail, and Is now used as dwell
ing-hOuse and a tobacconist's
~shop.-HOusehOM Words.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
JUST Y HIS LIFE.

1t was a thrilling escape that Charlie
Davis of Bowerston, o., lately had
from a trightful death. For two years
a severe lung trouble constantly grew
worse until it seemed he must die Ct
Consumption. Then he began to use
DR.. Kings New Discovery and lately
wrote lit gave instant relief and Ell
fected a permanent cure" Such won
derful cures have for % years, proven
it's power to cure all Throat. Ches,
and Lung troubles. Price SOC and
s1.O0. Every bottle guaranteed.
Trial bottles free at John Tull's druy
store.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
Some Curious Churches in England.

throughout the length and
breadth of the British Isles are
any number of queer, quaint and
curious ecclesiastical edifices.
Time and the destroying hand Of
man seem to have dealt gently
with the churches, and the con-
sequence of this is that oddities
of construction, and relics to
which legends are attached, have
remained untouched to the pres
ent time, when they r at once
the wonder and admiration of
the tourist and traveller.
CuriOsities of construction
naturally bulk largely in any de-
scription of quaint churches.
The old builders had to cope
with difficulties and local ext
gencies of which we know moth
ing, and consequently some of
their products were decidedly
strange. Thus the church OF
Walberswick, in East Suffolk, is
remarkable for the fact that it
actually stands inside an older
and larger edifice. Walberswick
was formerly Il prosperous ham,
let, but during the latter part of
the seventeenth century it be-
came SO impoverished by reason
of the rapid diminution of it's
population that the poor parish
toner's found themselves totally
unable to undertake the repair
of their church, then fast tumb-
ling to ruin. Necessity is the
mother of invention, and in the
midst of their dilemma some
local solomon proposed that the
size of the church be reduced.
The proposal was greeted with
unanimous approval; thechancel
and lave We're unrOOfed, the
north aisle was demolished, and
the sale of four bells and the
super1uOus stone-wOrk produced
enough money to convert the
south aisle into Il small but com
Portable church, which to thisday
stands snugly amidst the
ruins of its parent fame. Another
"church within a church" may
be seen at COvehithe, a little fish
ing village some four miles north
of Southwold. This. also, COM
pletely surrounded by the ivy
clad ruins of itsformergreatness.
The tiny church at Hazeleigh,
in Essex, has been called ''the
meanest church in Essex"
Although Outwardly of solid and
substantial construction, it is
in reality built of hath and plas-
ter. The ten pews, which form
the entire seating accommodate
ton, are tilted into a variety of
undignified attitudes 10y the sub
sidence of the floor, and the
sounding-hOard hangs at a dan
gerous angle to the pulpit. AL
together this strange specimen
of pinchbeck church architecture
is probably unique-at any rate
in this country.
Hackford, in Norfolk, boasts
two churches in one churchNard,
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22
WANTED!

ONE HUNDRED TONS Of
OLD IRON Of every descrip-
ton, including Steel, Wrought
Iron and Castings-such as
pillow shares. etc.
DRY BONES of all descrip-
tons; also old RUBBER
O
pay $500 per ton for Old
Iron, $500 per ton for Dry
Bones. $1,000 per ton for old
Rubber Shoes.
| also buy FURS Of all kinds
Bear. Deer, Coon, Otter,
Rabbit and 'Possum Skins;
BEEF HIDES, green or flint.
Highest market prices.
w. w. MCGaIiard,
n. C.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

My son has been troubled for years
with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime ago
| persuaded him to take some of Cham
berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. After using two bottles Of
the 25-cent size he was cured. gi, e
this testimonial. hoping some one SIM
ilarly afflicted may read it and be
benefited. Thomas c. Bower, Glen
% O. For sale by W. A. Weslie,
druggist.
b4@ LosT.-Solid gold three
link pin. Finder will be re-
warded for its return to this
office.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

- B. S. Gather has just
received another shipment Of
Nunnally's Candy.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-12-22

FF Fresh candy can al
ways be found at Gathers
Book Store.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-03-02
Last Nights Meeting.

The esangelistic services in the
University Chapel were quite we'll
attended last night Notwithstanding
the rainy, disagreeable evening.
Evangelistic Schoolfield's sermon
was directed to unbelievers and was
an able and powerful appeal. His
preaching is all genuine gospel truth
and is making good impression up
on the hearers.
Services this evening as usual be-
ginning at 7:30. The first half hour
is given mainly to song service un-
der direction of Prof. Ellenberger.
Mr.. Scheduled begins preaching
at s. Everyone invited to the eve
ming services, and to the afternoon
services at 3 in the Baptist church.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-03-02
HOLIDAYS DEFINED.
The Legislature Designates all the legal
Holidays.

The bill fixing specific holidays as
passed at the recent session of the leg
islature defines some points of interest
particularly since the measure prohib-
iting days Of grace and specifying
when notes falling due on holidays
and Sundays shall be protested be-
came law. The bill provides for the
following legal holidays:
The first day of January, common
ly called New Years day, the 22nd
day Of February, commonly called
.Washington's birthday the 4th day
of July, commonly called sIndepen-
dence day the Both day Of May. COM
monty called Decoration day.; the
10Th day of December, commonly call
Christmas day. any national or State
election day and all days that may be
appointed or recommended by the
Governor OF this State or the Presi-
dent of the United States as days OF
Thanksgiving, or for the general cessa-
tion Of business and when either OF
said days or dates fall on Sunday,
then it shall be lawful to observe the
succeeding Monday as such holiday. =