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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-24

The blood is strained and purified
by the kidneys. No hope Of health
while the kidneys are wrong. FoIey's
Kidney Cure will make healthy kid
neys and pure blood Nothing else
"just as good" For sale by ali drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-24

Any advertised dealer is authorized
to guarantee Banner Salve for letter.
e .zema, piles, sprains. cuts. scalds.
burns, ulcers, AID any open or old
sore. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-24

II you are sick all over. and don't
know Just what ais you. it's 10 to
your kidneys are out of order.
Foley's Kidney Cure will bring health
and energy. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-24
MCCABE'S.
Wilson Bros. $3.50 Neg.
Hgee Shirts 07C.

Monday morning we place on sale a
very special purchase of Wilson
Bros fine custom made negligee
shirts at SSs per cent under the reg
ular selling price, made of Scotch
madras absolutely fast colors, sep
arate cuffs, gotten up for the
finest retail trade and of the cele-
brated Wilson Bros. make.
An offer that will not be m
duplicated this season. uIP
regular retail price $3.50, JlO
no mistake about this,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-24
Midsummer Sale of Notions.

Supply your wants at these low
prices:
Hump hooks and eyes. . dozen &c
Stockinet dress shields. pair. -. sc
Pearl bdttons. dozen for. Ic
Wire hair pins, u packages for =. SC
Best brass pins, 400 in paper fer. Sc
Common pins, per paper. ...... lie
Curling irons for. .............. Sc
Fine black dressing combs. 800. Sc
Roll tape, all sizes up to S... 1c
Best oval elastic, yard ..... 1c
Special lot tooth brushes SC. Sc and 1c
Belongs sewing silk, ? spools for 1c
Drug SundrieS.
Talcum powder. per can. -. 49,. sc
Celebrated blue rose toilet soap,
four big cakes for 25c. 25c
fellows face powder .... Sc
Tooth wash like Rubifoam 12c
Camphor, large box. ...... 15c
Freckle lotion, 25c size. .15c
81 size Listerine. ....... 57c
At O'Clock each day this week we
will sell the best s5c triple extract
perfumes, per ounce 10c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-24
Notice.

Don't you believe .he stories that
l have or am going to sell out. but
come to my studio and get the finest
grade of photo work in the tri-cities
for the money. Everyone says so.
Fair judges declare SO Call and see
for yourself.
Yours truly,
G. f. SMITH, Photographer,
Opp. Harper House. Second Ave.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-04-07
These Are the Ideas of a Man who
Knows, Too.

These Are the ideas of a Man Who
Knows, Too.
81 have a record of over 700 hotels
where | have stopped" volunteered a
well-known and popular minstrel per-
former to a Washington Star reporter,
which are scattered all over our glo-
rious country, from Maine to the Rio
Grande, and it is to be presumed hat
l know something of hotel life after
living in them and in hotels alone
nine months out of every year for the
past twenty-five years. Besides the
700 and over l have a record Of, I
have stopped at some hotels where |
did not make a record. At many Of
the ZOO | have stopped from ten to
twenty times, generally from one to
six days each time. Now, what l am
getting at is that those who complain
most Of hotel life in this country are
those who know the least about it.
| During three months Of each year |
live at my own home. ! come in con-
tact with wanderers, travelling people
like myself, and associates, by the
I JAOuSa0Q, anu L ut tt WHAT lDty nave
to say about hotels and hotel life. The
professional traveller has no kick like
the amateur or occasional traveller;
he knows enough to know that he is
as a rule better fed at even the second
grade hotels than in the ordinary pri-
vate house; that is, he has more to
eat If he desires and a larger selec-
ton to choose from. AS far as the
room is concerned, the travelling man
only has it to sleep in, and, provided
the bed is good, he does not care a
rap about the other furniture, or
whether the room Is papered or white
washed or not, so that it is clean. In
the minstrel business a ballad singer
Is generally the hardest man to please,
and if we find that ne likes a place,
it suits all the rest of the company.
NY opinion hat the hotels feed well
goes with them all, north, south, east
and wegt. Now and her some are
/. specially good. The difficulty with the
go-called poor hotels is that the eaters
are bad-it is not the food. A poor
sleeper likewise makes a very poor
bed. The ballad singers say this, and
what they say goes for all it is worth"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-04-07
CHAPTER XIX.
The Cubano Unmasked.

SubHIO ohiiidohGu.
AS we kept the coast Of South Africa
we'll aboard, a few days after we saw
Cape San Rogue. or, as it is sometimes
called, Point Pelinga, the northeast
ern extremity Of Brazil, rising from
the blue water like a purple cloud.
But it diminished TO a low black streak
on u weather quarter when the sun
set, and we found ourselves p~loughing
the waves of the South Atlantic.
There fell a calm for a whole day
after this, and while the Eugene
rolled lazily on the long CLASSY swells.
with her topsails tapping, and her
courses hauled up, the sole amusement
Of the crew consisted in catching al
batrosses, or in killing them, unde-
tered by the old superstition that it
was a bird of good omen,' or by the
story of the Ancient Mariner of
which they were probably ignorant.
A flock of these gigantic sea-birds
congregated under our stern, where
they gobbled up everything hat was
thrown Eel to them; SO Hislop and |
proceeded methodically to fish them
on board.
We procured strong lines, baited the
hooks with pieces Of pork, lashing
thereto a buoy formed of a COMMON
cork, and lowered four of them over
the stern.
They had scarcely touched the
water, when amid a furious Tapping
Of heavy pinions, they were eagerly
swallowed; the hooks and lines began
to bear taughtly, and we soon had four
gigantic albatrosses splashing the
water into froth in their Intellectual
efforts to escape.
We towed them in, hand owe hand,
and after measurement found the
smallest to be eleven feet from the tip
of one wing to the tip of the other.
Though rank and fishy in flavor, the
flesh of these birds was made into
s~ea-pies. on which the crew were re-
gated for two days after. and they par
took of it with great apparent relish
But Jack is not very particular, es-
pecially when at sea.
Though none of the crew shared the
superstition connected with the de.
s.ruction Of an albatross, and probably
none, save Hislop and myself, knew
the splendid ballad written by Coler.
idge, it would seem as If our misfor.
tunes commenced with that days wan
ton sport,
The huge sea birds became shy ant
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Thirty Cents.

Colloquial phrases OF popular use
are like p~oets-born, not made-and
any inquiry into their origin results
invariably in the discovery that, like
Topsy, they just growed up. So soon
as one expression has become trite in
New York 1t is replaced by another
which seems to rise almost automat-
ically to fiji q want long felt. Just now
the most popular phrase in colloquial
use as a designation Of inferioTity i9
go cents" There are variations of it
several. A man looks like 80 cents;
a detected and dlscOnsolate individual
feels like 80 cents; a promising ven
ture amounts to nc more than &C
cents, and the idle talk of an unim-
portant person sounds like 80 cents. II
each case the essential fact is just the
same, for the distinguishing mark OF
the expression is 80 cents. Some eff
forts have been made to explain the
Specification of this expression, but
so far unsuccessfully. Thirty cents,
it is true, is not a large amount when
compared with the standard OF value
81, in the United States, but it Is more
than the standard Of Germany, which
is the mark, % cents; the franc OF
France or Italy, which is 20 cents (oI
nearly 2O); the crown of Austria, the
rupee of India, the drachma of Greece
or the peseta Of Spain, worth about 2(
cents each. Thirty cents reduced to its
practical purchasing power and with
the existing system of transfers In
transportation in New York will taks
the traveller a considerable distance
If it will not keep him on the move al!
day. II will more than buy a quar-.
ter lunch" and will allow for a 5.
cent tip as well, and by some persons
it is believed that the g~enealogy of the
expression is to be traced to this, a 80.
cent meal, ~patronized by those who
had previously been able to pay more
Whatever its origin, "30 cents is nov
frequently heard.-New York Sun.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
We Cross the Line.

We were now in the latitude OF hurn-
Ing days, of starry nights, and bright
blue seas. The winds were light. and
as usual, near the line, there was a
tremendous swell upon the ocean.
which rose in long and slowly-heaving
hills, without foam or ripple-smooth
CLASSY and without sound.
On a lovely night, when the ocean
seemed to sleep in the moonshine we
crossed the equator.
The Eugene was running with the
lee cleWs Off. e., with a flowing
sheet--when Father Neptune came on
board, and the usual unpleasant pranks
were played on those who had never
passed the girdle of the world before
Great preparations had been in
progress all day in the forecastle. and
these were perfected under cloud of
night. All the crew were on deck save
Antonio, who turned in, having prob
ably a dread of what was about to en-
sue, and knowing that he was ANYTHING
but a favorite.
Accompanied by the shouts of the
crew, and preceded by viii White.
playing Rule Britannia" on a violin.
old Father Neptune was drawn on a
species Of hurdle aft to the quarter
deck. where Weston stood ready to re-
ceiVe him, with his hat in one hand
and a c~ase-Eottle of brandy in the
other.
Under an old swab, which had beer
well dried and curled to make a wig
for the son of Saturn and Vesta. |
recognized the grotesquely tattooed
visage of my friend Tom Lambourne.
A cutlass was stuck in his girdle, and
he wore a huge paunch Of canvas
stuffed with oakum.
In a gown made by the sailmaker,
Ned Carlton oficiated as Amphritrite;
Pnd both deities were armed with har-
poems, as emblems Of their dominion
over the sea.
The attendant Tritons were got up
In the same fashion, and all wore false
noses of singular size and great bril-
lance. with low wigs and long tails.
On Neptune and his goddess receiv-
ing a dram and questioning the cap
tain about his crew, it was discovered
that Antonio and 7 were the only two
on board who had crossed the
line before; w~hereupon the Tritons
whooped and danced as they laid vio-
lent hands or me. I submitted to the
usual shaving and SO forth with .
good grace. and compounded, TO avoid
other annoyanccs, for two bottles OF
brandy, and ascending to the main
cross-trees without going through the
tubbsr's hoe. for the Cubanc
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u FORMER AMERICAN SAYS.
DOUBLED Their Cultivated Lands and
More Than Doubled Their stock.

Doubled Their Cultivated Lands and
More Than Doubled Their stock.
The following letter, written by Mr..
John Cummings of Wetasliwin, Al
berta, Canada, formerly of Washing
ton, to a friend in the United States,
is only one of a hundred similar cases,
and what was done by MIR. Cummings
can more easily be lone today by any
good, sober and industrious farmer
who chooses to make mis- home in the
dominion.
Dear Sir: You want to know how l
got along since l came into Northern
Alberta. / am happy to inform you
that l am not ashamed to tell.
We located five miles northeast of
WetaSiiwin; left Pennington, Wash,
on the 2Sth day of May, driving all the
way. we had time to build our
log house the first fall, and to make
us comfortable for the family and
stock. We then built four stables. 1Sx
20 inside, 80 that We could put every
thing inside them when the cold got
down to the fifties, and worked hard
getting up the stables, and got through
clubbing On the LIST Of December; but.
to our surprise, we had no use for the
stables only for the milk COW and two
spans of horses. The balance Of the
horses lived on the prairie all winter.
and took care Of themselves. The doors
of two stables were left open for them
to go into in a cold time, but they
would not do it. but stayed out on the
prairie the coolest might we had anu
looked as spry as crickets.
| can go ten rod bach of my house
and count ten residents. | know all
| Of their circumstances Every one of
them have doubled their cultivated
land, and doubled their animals, and
a great deal more. Ali of us are com
paratively out OF debt and an unusual
~ big crop to thTesh and prospects Of
a fair price, and | expect we are a.
we'll contented 4 lot Of people as there
is to be found from Florida to the
Klondike.
My o bought two pounds Of twine
to the acre, and when we started to
bind some barley we found that in
stead of taking two pounds to the acre,
1t was taking nearly five pounds. Then
you ought to have seen him hitch I'D o
team and make for town for 100 pounds
more. | cannot say how it will thresh.
All can say Is that it is well-headed.
and takes an enormous amount OF
Irvine.
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left us. The sun set amid saffron-coi-
ored waves. and the western sky was
all ahame, when the sails began to
I'll and collapse as the wind came in
heavy pulfs, causing the masts to sway
from side to side. and the bellying
courses to crack and flap With 2 sound
like thunder.
At last there came a steady breeze
the courses were left fall. and wltA
both sheets aft, for the wind was fair,
the Eugene once more walked through
the shining waters.
Full, round, and silvery tho moo
arose, and tipped with liquid light
every wave, that seemed to dance on.
ward with the brig, which in half an
hour had the snow-white foam flying
in sheets ove her catheads
1t was about the hour OF / IN the
morning that the horrible events
which | am about to relate occurred.
l was in the middle =5atch, relieving
Weston. who. as the tropical dews
were heavy, always ordered Billy thu
cabin boy 10 ei'e me a glass Of bran.
dy-and-water before going on deck. foi
fear of agne, and then he turned in.
The sullen Spaniard Antonio was at
the wheel. Tom L@ambourne, Ned Carl.
ton and | We're walking TO and fro.
lettering at times, and looking at the
compass t see how She headed-noN
aloft to observe how the sails drew
anon over the side, where the water
bubbled merrily past, or ahead at the
patch Of blue ana star-studded sky
which was visible under the leach OF
the fore-course, as the briggs bow filled
every now md then. and she rolled
heavily from side to side. as all yes
sells do when running before the wind.
All was very still. for, save the bub-
Bile OF the water in the wake astern.
or a gurgle as it surged up in the rud-
der case, the creaking of a block, OF
the iron slings OF the lower yards, not
a sound stole upon the first hour Of
the silent morning.
Two Of the alhatrosses we haC
caught were hanging by the legs from
the gallows-top abaft the foremost
where their great extended wing.
swung somewhat m%ournfully to ant
fro in the wind and by the motion o.
the ship.
(To be c~ontinued.)
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-04-07
Advertising Utah'a Resources.

The commendable enterprise of the
Rio Grande Western Railway in adver-
Using Utah has again been made evil
dent in the publication of an attractive
pamphlet giving a list and description
of prominent and inviting summer re-
sorts in the state. The revenue derived
from the passenger department is regu-
larly devoted to the dissemination of
Information regarding the resources
and attractions OF Utah. and inviting
immigration by showing up the many
advantages Utah possesses over other
states.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-04-07
AVOID DANGER.
The Danger of Catarrh Ointmeats That
Contain Msrcury.

GV VI NdCAETH OlntTHSh'o
Contain Msrcary.
This journal, although more particu-
larly devoted to all hat interests
finance, commerce and manufacture
ing, is nevertheless always awake to
the need and wants Of it's readers, let
the subject be what it may. We were
asked to Investigate and report upon
the merits Of the various catarrh rene
dies on the market. The production
of preparations of injurious compost
ton cannot, unfortunately, be stopped
or restricted at present, or until
state legislatures can be induced to
pass such suitable and stringent laws
as will effectually prevent their APP
pearance on the market. In the mean
time, the people must look out for
themselves. In this matter, we hare
made a most careful and ~painstakins
investigation, realizing the confidence
that would be placed in our reply. Our
medical staff employed to make such
Investigations were most ~favorably
impressed with the preparation known
as Halls catarrh cure, manufactured
by F. ]. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio,
and agreed that this peerless remedy
deserves III highest Endorsement.
Many of the catarrh remedies on the
market contain mercury, which de-
stroys the sense of smell and derange3
the whole system when entering
through the mucous surfaces. From
analysis we found that Halls catarrh
cure contains no mercury. 1t is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn. We have no interest whatever
in this matter beyond faithfully serv-
ing our readers, and as our indorse-
ment is extended without reward of
any kind, and is wholly unsolicited by
this company, and will be received
with the full credence that all our
statements have met with for the past
eighteen years.-Soathern Review of
Commerce.
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CHAPTER XVII.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XVII.-(Continued.)
Soon after this, when evening came
on we heard a noise IN the ~fOrecastle,
and the voice Of Hislop eXclaiming:
stand ~clear-sheer OF. Antonio! If
you ZONE athwaTt me, I'll knock you
down with a h%andspike! What! you
grip your knife. do you? Well, just
do it again, and I'll chuck you over
board like q bit Of old junk"
what Is the matter now?" said I,
Fastening forward.
ooh, this rascally Spanish creole has
been swearing at the men again, and
threatening old Roberts"
He vows, sir, he will burn the
ship" said Roberts, who seemed con-
siderably excited.
Burn the ship" reiterated Weston.
Il have a great mind 10 put him in
the bilboes for the remainder of the
voyage"
"'Twere best for all concerned, sir"
said Tom Lambourne, touching his
forelock with his right hand, and Civ
ing the deck a scrape with his left
foot; cor set him adrift with some
provisions in the jolly-boat."
Come, come, Antonio" said Yves
ton, with greater severity than I had
hitherto seen expressed in his open
and honest countenance, you must
haul your wind-for some time you
have been going too far. l cam spare
my jolly-boat, and, thank heaven! the
days of NARROWING are past among
British sailors, but b. Nare you, ship
mate, or the bilboes it shall be, and
we have a pretty heavy pair below.
And as for you, Marc Hislop," he
added, in a low voice, when VIZ walked
aft, take car of yourself, for these
Spanish creoles are as slippery and
~treacherous as serpents."
I'll keep my weather eye OPEN
said Hislop,
you will require to do so, l think
"You do?" exclaimed the Scotsman,
with growing anger. IF he proceeds
thus, I'll break either his heart or his
neck"
Next morning, Roberts, the old man
o'-War's man, who had always been
Antonio's chief accuser concerning his
dreams, was nowhere to be found on
board!
All the hands were turned up; the
whole brig was searched, the fore
castle berths, the cable-tier, and every
place below from the fore to the after
peak, but there was no trace of Rob
erts, save his old tarpaulin hat lying
crushed and torn in the lee scuppers
He was last seen when turned III
to take the middle watch, which ex.
tends from IL to 4 o'clock a. M. apL
Antonio was then in his hammock.
Roberts was entered in the log as
having fallen overheard in the
night" but his loss cast a terrible
gloom over all the ship. Suspicion
grew apace, and seemed to become con
firmed, as open war was soon declared
between the crew and Antonio.
Every man was ready to take hi.
trick" at the wheel, rather than trus
the Eugene to his steering in thu
night, lest he might let her breach to
and lose her spars, or do some othel
mischief; and no man, if he coull
avoid it, would lay out on the yart
beyond him. No man would walk OF
the same side of the deck with him
or exchange a word, or a light for ;
pipe, or use the same cup or plate. 81
he was generally to be seen, leanin,
moodily and alone, against the wind
lass bits, with his black eyes fxe,
on the horizon, as if he expected
sail or something else to heave il
sight.
We shall 500 see how all this ended
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-04-07

we oner One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure,
f. J. CHENEY St co. Props, Toledo. o.
Cheney for the last 10 wears and believe him
perfectly hQQOrGble in al. business transactions
and imam MS able To carry out any obliga-
tons made ay their nun.
West s. IruaE, Wholesale DRUGGISTS. Toledo,
o; Walding, hinu1u 6 Marvin. Wh0iesais
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh ttla Us taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blood aud mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent Tree Price
zoe per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pi!is are The best.
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Mrs. Elizabeth 3. Custer, the widow
periences have been wide and varied,
contributes an article OF special inter.
est to her own sex in the February
number of L~ippincotts. 1t is called
where the Heart Is" and shows that
her heart is on the wild frontier.
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ALL THE YEAR ROUND.
Popularity Gagged by No Particular sea
son.

son.
The fact is now established that the most
successful railway route, whether you take
it in the spring, summer autumno or winter,
is the RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAIL
WAY, the only t-rans-continental line pass
ng directly through Salt Lake City, that
iquaint and picturesque city on the shores
of Americas Dead Sea. The climate Of
Utah and Colorado is temperate the year
round, which makes the travel over the
RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY,
in connection with either the Denver IL Rio
Grande or Colorado Midland railroads, an
u~nbounded success and delight. The Din
ing Car service is unparalleled. The road
operates only t~henewest OF Pullman Palace
and Ordinary Sleeping Car equipment, as
ell as Free Reclining Chair Cars.
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There is one thing" continued the
Dry Philosopher, that can be proven
by q goats head-a striking counte-
nance is not always q sign IF brain .
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We will forfeit 5000 il aay Of our pub.
hshed testlmCninls Gre proven to be not
genuine. THr.PIso Co, Warren, Pa.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-04-07

Rapid fire guns win replace many Of
the big gus on our new warships now
being built.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-04-07

The London Daily Telegraph an
nounces that General Francis Clery is
IN the way to England, invaded.
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Important 60 Mothers.

a dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Pieterlnaritzburg says that Lady
Randolph Churchill has visited Chive-
lon camp.
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HOTELS GOOD POINTS.

CTo be c%ontinued.)