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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

Much prejudice is often manifested against
Intercollegiate contests, as 1t is claimed that
they are detrimental to good scholarship. In
order to discover the real state of the case,
a thorough examination was recently made
at Cornell university of the records Of all the
men who had engaged in intercollegiate
contests since the opening of the institution.
The result showed that the average scholar
ship for the year of each man who had rowed
on the crews was 20 per cent, that Of the
ball players 70, and that Of the track ath-
letes rs, a standing Of 20 per cent. being nee
essary for graduation. Fifty-four per cent.
of all these men graduated, which is z
DER cent above the university rate Of gradu-
alton The baseball and track athletes grad
usted "a per cent. of their number, with
an honorable standing $50 per cent, which
Is about In the same proportion as the uni
versity rate. Very few of the crew men,
however, graduated with honors ~
In physical development the reverse order
was found to hold, the crew men coming
first, the baseball players next and the track
athletes last. The total average was consid-
erably above that of the university. The re-
sults would seem to show that intercollegiate
contests, when kept within reasonable limits,
do not interfere with the general scholarship
of educational institutions, and this is the at
titude which the presidents OF Cornell have
always held toward the subjecs.-New York
Tribune. 4s
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
Why We Have Bright's Disease.

An Albany physician says Americans
suffer more generally from Brght's disease
and nervous complaints than any other
people, because they st down so persistently
at their work When Englishmen, Germans
and Frenchmen walk and exercise, an Amer
lean business man will go to his office, take
his seat in his chair, and sit there all day
without giving any relief to the tension OF
the muscles of the back. The result is that
these muscles surrounding the kidneys be-
come soft and fabby. THY lose their vital
ity. The kidneys themselves become weak
and debilitated. If business men would walk
more and sand instead of sitting at their
desks their health would be much improved
Chicago Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

Agent Holmes. of the c., NJ & St. p,
has received notice that the c.. NJ & St.
P will sell tickets at the rate of one fare
for the round trip to all points in Mime
sofa. Dakota. Nebraska, Kansas. Mon
tans and Eastern Colorado for the har-
vest excursions. leaving on August 81,
September II and 25. and October 8 and
%.
For the national cncsmpment of the
Grand Army of the Republic at Column
bus, Ohio, September 10 to IA, the Mil.
waukee fixed rate of 50 90-or one
cent per mile round trip. Tickets are to
be sold September to 0 inclusive and
good to return September 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
Making Designs for Advertisements.

4A@Nihb DeoiSh ioE
Some six months ago an artist of my ac-
quaintance complained TO me in bitter terms
about the difficulty he had in making both
ends meet. He was a painter Of decided
ability, whose works should certainly have
sold upon their merit, but he was unknown
outside of artistic circles, and even in the
auctions to which he occasionally sent them
when driven TO desperation, his canvases
brought no remunerative prices. Last week
encountered my artist friend again He
was doing the swell on Fifth avenue, with
the most stylish of summer suits and gen
eral air of atfluence. He informed me- that
he had just come to town from Atlantic
City, and was going to take run down to
Newport for a couple of weeks. l asked
him if he had come into a fortune, and he
laughed
Not exactly" said he THE fact is, 1t is
soap. When got so deucedly hard up that
l could not have been any worse off, an &C
quaintance of mine, who is one of the edi-
| tors of big magazine, sent for me to design
a soap advertisement for that periodical |
was well paid for it. Since then l have
been kept busy making designs for adver-
| tisements in the newspapers and magazines
| II pays cash, and more cash in proportion to
the labor than painting pictures, and there is
more of it than l care to do. have fire.
| gently to decline orders in order to find time
| tocontinue my painting
1t is fact that few of the public are
aware Of l suppose, that many of the adver-
tisernent designs which appear in the various
| publications of the day are executed by the
| most prominent artists in the country. II
they were signed by the designers names
they would be recognized as the productions
Of men whose pictures receive high praise
at the regular art exhibitions and whose
regulations are high in the roll of American
artists What with designing advertise
ments and making Illustrations for books
and magazines, it is a very poor artist who
nowadays cannot earn a good living. For 8
long time many of our painters held out
against the seductions of the commercial
community on the ground that it was be
meath their dignity TO sacrifice their art Il
business, but it is a rare case at present wheI
such a commission is refused Alfred Trum
BILE in New York News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

When you come upon your cobra, make
him rear up and expand his hood. He gen
orally does this quickly enough, but should
he delay, whistle to him, initiating the snake
charmers. He Will then certainly raise his
head. Then, with a small cane or stick, or
the ramrod of gun, gently press his head
to the ground The snake will not object;
he seems rather to ike it. When you press
his head lightly to the ground with tho stick
in your left hand, You should seize the snake
with your right, close behind the head, hold
ing his neck rather tightly; then let 60 the
stick and catch hold of the tail The snake
is powerless, and you can do what you like
with it-Popular Science Monthly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
E.xECUTRIX's NOTICE.

Estate Of William s. McClanshan, Deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed Ex-
ecuirix Of the last will and testament Of William
S. McClanahsn. late Of the county Of Rock Island,
state Of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that she will appear before the county court OF
Rock Island county, at the office of the clerk Of
said court, in the city OF Rock Island, at the No
vember term, Oh the First Monday in November
next, at which time all persons having claims
against said estate notified and requested to at
tend for the purpose OF having the same adj ust-
ed. All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the un-
dersiRned. s
Dated this 18th day of August. A. D., 1888.
JENNIE P. MoCLANAHAN, Executrix.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
A system of Brigandase.

1t is noted by many papers that the system
of brigandage known as tipping" has been
worse than ever at the resorts this summer.
In many hotels a bell boy doesn't expect to
move for less than 10 cents, and as you are
likely to employ different boy every time,
you soon begin to dread asking for anything.
The head waiter of q summer hotel was re-
Gently asked by guest why the walters
were so slovenly and insolent -'Oh, well,
was the reply, Il expect if you would lay
down So bill by your plate every Sunday
morning, as the other gentlemen do, you
would find them all right. understand you
have only been giving 80 cents a week. -
New York Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
In a Safe Christian Home,

where they will be surrounded by good influences
while they receive the instruction and discipline
of experienced teachers
Reference is also made by permission to the ed.
tor OF this paper and past and present patrons OF
the school in nearly every city in the west. Tes-
timonials are given in the Annual Register, q
copy Of which will be sent on applicationto
Rev. c. W. LEFFINGwELL, DID, Rector,
Knoxville. Knox county, H.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

"Phat's thimf said Mulcahey, pointing to
the life preservers en- deck. Those are life
preservers, said the officer "Oh, life pre-
saryers, are theyi Thin why don't yez send
thin TO Their hospitals, where there's pInty
dying an dying all the tonne, bedadf'-
0oaau
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

For rich and poor who wish to enjoy
good health, and who do not wish to re-
sort to bitter. nauseous liver medicines
and cathsrtics, is the concentrated Cali
fornis liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Hartz & Bahnsen agents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

There were two opposing barristers. The
lawyer for the defense was so severe upon
the prosecutor that the latter rose and asked:
Does the learned counsel think me foolF'
The retort was prompt my friend wishes
to know if | consider him fool, and in re-
ply to his question can only say that / am
not prepared to deny it "-Chambers' Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

Pure water is being reached by artesian
borings 800 feet beneath the salt water of
New York bay, 100 feet from shore. A dock
company is sinking twelve inch well
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

Three hundred years ago the council of
Trent denounced the "detestable practice of
duelincn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

One of the saws in a North Carolina mill
was knocked galley west by a lot of grape
shot imbedded in a log that had evidently
grown upon some field of battle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

The best on earth can truly be said OF
Griggs Glycerine Salve. which is q sure'
safe and speedy cure for cuts. bruises,
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores
WIZ positively cure piles letter and all
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Only Is cents Sold bv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

Mr.. L. H. Craig writes, affirming that ami
mals often have premonitions of death. In
proof of this assertion he offers certain an
ecdotes. ~Here isone of them: Years ago."
he says, 'Iwas staying at a farm house where
it was the custom every evening to drive a
small herd of cows from the pasture to a lot
near the barn. 1t was decided one day to
kill one of the number, yearling, whose
mother also belonged to the herd. The calf
was accordingly left in the lot, while the rest
were driven as usual to the pasture. No
sooner had the butcher slain his victim than
there could be distinctly heard from the pas
ture half a mile away the mournful lowing
of the mother, the other cows occasionally
joining in what could be described only as a
wall. The circumstance interested me very
much, and walked over to the pasture.
Through thirty years that pathetic picture
of maternal grief has remained with me. 1t
seemed to me that there was the actual sob
bling of bursting heart, and to my childish
eyes there were tears moistening the face OF
the poor, gentle, sorrowful creature before
me."-North American Review.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06

A Connecticut firm is making ink out Of
green apples We suppose. Of course, it will
make a mans writing look cramped. -Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
Perfect Ventilation and
Drainage.

tits believed that st. Mary's is unsurpassed in
its refining Influences in the high standing OF its
pupils and patrons, in the beauty and comfort Of
its appointments, in the thoroughness and variety
of its instruction in the spirit OF order and indus
try that pervades it. st Msry's school is recon-
mended to parents who wish 10 place their dsugh-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
IuIArAAt

Johann Most says that there are 10000
Socialists in the United States
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
New Advertisements.
ST, JOHNS COLLEGE s Essp VAN

This college enjoys the powers of a University
and is conducted by the Jesuit Fathers, II lis sit
uated in very beautiful part Of New York conn
" between the Harlem X. q l.. J. Sound. Every
facility is given for the best Classical, Scientific
and Commercial education. Board and tuition
per year $500. Studies reopen Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 5th 1888.
ST. JOHNS HALL, Preparatory school for
boys from 10 to 10, is under the same direction.
For further particulars apply to
REV. JO4 ScULLY, s. j., Pres.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
The Highest Advantages are
offered.

French and German are spoken; special atten-
ton is given to literary studies. Every pupil is
cared for az daughter in the family, a. TO her
health, manners, conversation and character. All
sleeping apartments are
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
INTELLIGENCE COLUMN.
FOR SALE "A HOUSE AND LOT
L in Il very desirable location; apply to
NJ. N. CORBETT. ATTY a. Law.

INFANT ED-MAN-To take the agency Of our
w safes size IS SKIS inches; weight 500 lbs:
retail price SIS; other sizes in proportion. rare
chance and permanent business. These safes meet
. demand never before supplied by other safe
companies, as we are not governed by the safe
Pool. ALPINE SAFE Co, Cincinnati Ohio.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
The Location is Perfectly
Healthy.

II is also easy of access from all parts of the
country; on the c.. B. 4 q. railroad, at Knoxville,
Illinois, between Galesburg and Peoria. The es-
adjustment is first class throughout, the result Of
twenty years experience and an expenditure OF
saOOo0O. An extensive course OF study is provi
ded, and
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-06
TWENTY-FlRST YEAR,

Pounded 1868; enlarged, 1872 and 1880; COM
pleted and newly furnished throughout, 1888.
The Rector, Vice Principal and Matron who
founded the school, continue in chsrge, The on
GERS and teachers reside with the Rector and his
family in the school.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07


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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07
PROPOSALS FOR STREET PAVING,

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
= ut the office OF the Board OF Public Works,
until u o'clock, noon, OF Thursday, April II,
1883, for paving the streets aud alleys herein
mentioned, with the materials named below.
Proposals IN DC made for all the work to be done,
and for each street separately. Proposals to be
made ~ the sQUaye yard, and 70 Include all
necessary eNcavgt.ng OF filling, sand, pitch,
gravel, rolling, &c
The successful bidder will be required TO give
a bond In the penal sum OF $1,000 for each sepa'
rate street, or 5000 for the whole work, tT the
faithful per ormanCe OF the contract.
Each proposal must be accompanied by the
names OftwO s1rcticS 10 be offered on said bond
StrcetStO be paved with ha d burned fire bIicE
or hard burned rcd brick, viz:
Market street from the { eek To Tenth street,
and Tenth street from Market to Main street.
Tenth street 10 be hard burned red brick ouly.D
Twenty-third street from Market TO Chapline
street.
jacob street from Thirty.ninth to Forty,Hfth
street.
Wood stree, from sixteenth to Eighteenth
street.
Main street from Twelfth street to north side
Of Alley s.
Alley Q from Chapline street 10 FofF street.
Alley is from Main TO Water street.
Main street from Twenty. fourth TO Twenty,
seventh street..
Ibe Board rese,ves. the right to reject any or
all bid
specifications may be seen u: the Office Of the
Board.
Proposals should be addressed to
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
J. H. LANCASTER, Clerk. apps
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07
Burning OIL At Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, April AT an early hour
this morning a large one-otory storage
warehouse on HoOper's wharf was discov-
cred to be on fire, and the iremen respond
ed quickly.
It's contents were coal oil and phos-
pilates, belonging to Griffith & Co, and
were destroyed. The burning oil ran I'M
der the adjoining warehouse, containing
600 barrels of coal oil, which, with on
tents, was destroyed. The damage is esti-
mated at $40, 600.
The burning oil ran over the wharf 10
the water in The harbor, which for a time
was a sheet of Il !me. A number of small
vessels we're lying near, all Of which
escaped serious injury, except a small
slCop, which was caught, and her sails and
rigging destroyed. A change of the wind,
which blew the flames back toward the
wharf, materially aided in saving the sail
ing craft.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07

last nail in its coffin. The politicians can
not dam up public sentiment without the
certainty Of being swept away by the aug
meuted tide when the dam shall break.
The people are the sovereigus OF this nation
aud like most soyereigus they viii not
brock opposition. They will have their
way aud the more their wishes are opposed
the more they will demand and the more
they must have. The majority of the peo-
pie are satisfied with the MILLS bill
TosTe is no good reason why the protected
manufacturers should not also be satisfied.
In fact we feel safe in saying that those
manufacturers who are not dabbling in
party politics or are not blinded by greed
are satisfied With toe measure. They can
not help seeing what It's rejection must 10
the natural course Of events lead to, name
ly, radical tariff reduction, in the future
That this is so may be seen from an article
reproduced on another page from the Rs
publican Pittsburg Dispatch. 1t tells Of
the organization Of a Free Trade club
in that former hot bed of high protection,
BraddCck, Pa. The town is composed Of
wOsknen employed in the Edgar ThOmp-
son Steel Works which a. all know is g
highly protected industry. Two hundred
and forty Of these highly-prOtected work
men enrolled themselves as members Of
the Free Trade Club in a body.
What is the meaning Of thiS2
There is also fair prospects Of the or.
ganization OF = Republican Free Trade
Club in P~ittsburg, one gentleman guar
ant, eng to find 600 names for the purpose
within t~venty-four hours.
What does it meab2
In this connection also We recall the
great mass meeting Of business men in
Philadelphia recently; also, several Others
in other Eastern aud Western cities, all
demanding tax reduction.
Il is plata IS MONDAY what this means
IL is the handwriting on the wall which
the politicians must heed 10 time or be run
over, crc he'd and Obhterated By this on
coming Juggerpaut Of public sentiment on
which is Inscribed: REDUCE TAXATION.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07

THE BULLET WENT HOME.

A Husband Tries to Kill His Wife, but Re-
ceIyes the shot Himself.
FERGUS FALLS, MINI, April 5.-Albert
Dodge told his wife that they ought to 60
to heaven at once. She at once ran out Of
the house and met q neighbor named
JENNIE, when Dodge went into the yard
and coaxed them both TO come in. He
then locked the doors and put down tie
curtains and began talking religion.
Meantime word had been sent TO the po-
lice station and three policemen arrived.
They tried every ruse to have Dodge open
the door, but he refused, and as he had the
keys in his pocket, his wife and JENNIE
ware poWerlsss. On the table was sdouble-
barrelsd shotgun loaded and cooked, with
cartridges and ammunition lying around,
aud in his pocket a revolver and a huge
knife.
Matters remained in this shape until
last night, when the police broke in q win
dow aud entered. Dodge ran into another
rcom and raised his revolver to kill hi1
wife. She grasped his wrist and turned it
as he fired, and the bullet entered his own
brain. Dodge had been breeding over re-
ligicus matters for some time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07
DIED.

GOCKE-On Friday April 6. 1855, at ~ o clock
noon, JOHN A. COOKE, aged % years.
Funeral MOTIFS hereafter.
RIPLEY-AL Pomona, California, "Wednesday,
March Is, 1888, GEORGE d. RIPLEY, in the Sta
year OF his age.
The funeral will take place nom the residence
o. wm. Hastings, No. III Thirty FIRST street, Sun
day afternoon ut go O'Clock, Friends Of the
family are invited to attend IntermenE at Pen
insuls cemetery.
BURHE-Friday, April 8, 1855, At 40 p m,
JoHS RuRRE. aged G. years
Funcrsl rom the residence Of John Monshsn,
No. 6 Thirty third street, Sunday afternoon at
2o'elcck. increment at 1t Calvary cemetery.
MULOOON-Thursday, April 5, 1888. at five
O'Clock m, THOMAS MuLDooN, aged 81 years
Funeral from his late residence, northeast cor
ner OF Malu and Twentieth streets, Saturday
morning at $50 O'Clock. Requiem mass at the
Cathedral 10 O'Clock a. m. Iaternent at Mt
Calvary cemetery. Friends are invited to at
tend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07
LIFTS Fascination Over Women.

HterrieT With one Of His Pupils
WAS he really so fascinating to wO-
men?' I asked.
''Yes, though the stories of his amours
have been terribly exaggerated. OF course,
tho Vicheustein affair was we'll known, but
q great deal Of the rest has been idle Cos
sip. Lszt had q very caressing way with
He used to kiss his favorite pu-
pills on the bangs, and" running her fin.
gers through her fluffy fringe, Il can tell
you l used to keep mine well perfumed.
But a kiss on the brow from Liszt meant
no more than a hand shake from many
men. As to kissing him-why you
couldn't find a place for the lovely big
warts all over his face. This vas his pet"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07
Arrestea for Forgery.

CHICAGO, April 5.-Gerson Coblens,
President of the Chicago Bank Note Com
pany, is under arrest on a charge of forgery
preferred by John Setback, Secretary Of
the company. 1t is alleged that cobleus
raised a check payable to his v order
from 81 to S10l. This is the only speciuc
charge made, but an expert bOokkeeper is
going over the accounts. The Chicago
Bank Note Company is IN Otf-shOOt from
the firm of ShOber, Cargueville and Co
and was reorganized about six weeks ago
with Coblens as President. COblens
claims he has been guilty OF no wrong do
ing and that the trouble grows out OF a
personal dispute.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-07
THE GIRL
And he white Horse Joke-she Turns q
TahlsR

And the White Horse Joke-she Turns the
Tables.
New YORK, April 5.-Miss Germina
Bressant, a l2.year-Old young lady, has in
yOked the aid of the law to put a stop to
the persecution Of red-headed girls. Miss
Germina has an abundant crop Of beautiful
hair Of q glowing auburn hue, and she says
it is the one annoyance Of her young lie.
She lives at SO Sullivan street. Yesterday
Jacob Hornig, an Is year-Old ~neighbor,
yelled across the street at her: where's
the white horse?" Germinn says It was
about the millionth time she had heard the
question, and she regarded it as an otfens-
i've chestnut and o pablo nrisante. 80 she
went 10 Judge Patterson and got a warrant
for young HOrnig. The villain was arrest
ed, and was arraigued in the Police Court
this morning. The case wa renauded ana
Hornig is still locked up. All the red
haired girls in the city are going TO chip IN
to hire o lawyer. They will also present
Germina with some sort Of q testimonial
A slight cold. IL neglected, often ATTACKS
the lungs. BRowEts BRONCHIAL TRocHEs give
SIRE and Immediate relief. Sod only In oores.
Price % cents.