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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25
AbsurdIY StnDId

To allow prejudice or ignorance to get
the better of good Judgment. Ithas been
concluslvely proven that constipation,
bad breath, dyspepsia, kidney affections,
and all diseases of the liver, stomach and
bowels have been cured by simply taking
Simmons Liver Regulator. 1t is harms
less, not unpleasant and easily procured,
so there is no reason to be ignorant of
this remedy we especially commend to
your notice for trial.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
city clerks Office until O'Clock p m Of
Monday, Aug 6. 1885 for construction
of sewer along Twenty third street from
the south side of Third avenue to the
north side of Second avenue. Also for
construction of Fifth avenue sewer from
the present eastern terminus to Nine
teenth street sewer. Separate bids re-
qulred for each sewer Specifications for
both may be seen al the city clerks office
The city reserves the right to reject any
ami all bids. Bonds required in double
the amount of sum bid when contract Is
awarded. BY order of the city council.
Rock Island, ILL.,, July II. 1888.
ROBERT kOEHLER,
17>6 City Clerk
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25
Syrup Of Figs

Is natures own true laxative. 1t is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to cleanse the system
when bilious or costive; to dispel head
aches. colds and fevers; to cure habitual
constipation, Indigestion, piles, etc.
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
Hartz & Bahnsen, agents, Rock Island,
III
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25
New Advertisements.

rHlCAGu MUSICAL SEMINARY, Q. Looms
tSt, established 1870, tue larees and most CON
nlete music school in the northwest. furnace htsf
ana 2ras throughout the entire building music
and sill the line art. By their new and easy
method Of musical instruction, pupil, yannE or
olh are taught to perform on piano BANJO harp
or guitar in 10 lessons what requires YEAR by tbs
old method; pupils wishing to attend rom dis
tance VIII dnd all The comfort Of i home NJ the
seminary. room win board reasonable, send for
new catalogue. j. Ii. NAtbuNALbr
June % dSm FFe-ldeHI.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25

The hest on earth can truly be said OF
Grlgg's Glycerine Salve, which is sure.
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds burns wounds and all other sores,
VIII positively cure piles, letter and all
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Only 25 cents Sold bv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25

yourself in life insurance You will find
the renewable term policy of the Provi-
dent Savings Life Assurance society of
New York to be the best, the cheapest
and the fairest. Avoids the unnecessa-
rily high cost of level premiums and the
uncertainty and Insecurity of assessment
insurance. Net cost for $40, 600 for year
1887. Age %, $1,000 age IS. 1921 80
age 40, $4,000; age 50. Sl99 50.
LIEBERKNECHT d O!MsTEAD,
Local Agents,
No. 1712 Second ave. Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25
A DMINIsTRATOR's NOTICE.

Estate of Fphraim " Adams deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed admin
istTatrx Of the estate Of Ephraim W. Adams, late
OF the county of Rock Island state of Illinois de
ceased, hereby gives notice that she Will appear
before the county court of Rock Island cour ty at
the office of the CLERK of said court in the city of
Rock island, at the August .1fm on the first Mon
day in August next, at which time all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate are notified and re-
quested to attend for the purpose of having the
same adjusted All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of May A. D. 1885
ANN d. ADAMS Administrators
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25

Owns and operates nearly $500 miles OF thor
enghly equipped road in Illinois, Wisconsin
Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Dakota.
1t is theBest Direct Route between all
principal points in the Northwe-t, South.
west and Fai West
For maps, time tables, rates OF passage and
freight, etc. apply to the ussrest station sgent
Of the Chicago Milwaukee Il st Paul Railway OF
10 any railroad agent anywhere in the World
IL. MILLER A.V. H CARPENTER
General Manager, Gen. Pass. & Tiki Az
]. ?. TUCKSR, GEO. Il. HEAFFORD,
Asst GEM Manager. Asst Gen. Pass Az
MINIATURE, WISCONSIN.
TT For information in reference to lands and
towns owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee & 81.
Pxnl Railway Company. write TO Il. q. HsueAh-
Land Commissioner Milwaukee. v iscOnsln-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25

Geo. W D. Harris has removed his
real estate and insurance office to 229
Seventeenth street, under the CONNER,
cial Hotel, where he will be glad to see
his old customers and all who wish bar
gains in real estate or first-class insur-
ance
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25

Smsl faced fgnres show arriving time at TO
lowing points when passengers leave Rock Islsnd
Al s;0o =, m. FULL FACED when leaving At 81
y. m. Arrive at Bloomington, :e p. m, 9:S2 =.
m; Dsnville, 4:05 p. H., 1926 a M; Springfield,
20 m, 4:l0 a, m; Alton, % p. m, 6:l6 9.
in Illinois. indianapolis, % p. m, $50 E m
Terre HaGte, 10 90 ?. m, 8:S5 8. m; Evansville
10 a. m, 1855 a. m in Indiana Cincinnati II 81
p. m, T:45 q. m; Springfield, I 81 .. m, 9:45
m. Columbus, q Is a, NJ Ills E. m, IN Ohio;
u. ouis, Mo 80 p. m, T:a5 q. IN. Louisville
Nv, 1925 =. m; Nashville, Tenn $50 m ,
500 p. m Connections from the shove points
are dsrect and uneQnaled. Throagh sleeping and
rcetininschair cars run between Peoria and Co
lumbns,
H. B. SUDLOW, X. STOCKH0USE,
Superntendent Gent Tiki Az
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-25
lock island 4 PRORIb
RAlLW AY.
70 THs-
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.


Accommodation trains leave Rock Island at6.N
:. m. and Z 81 p. m; arrive stsGe a. m. and 8 u
p. N.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
Oppressed Toilers of London.

The woes of the oppressed laborer get
no space at all in the columns of the
great newspapers here. But neverthe-
less, the thorough discussion in the house
of lords of the horrible sweating" sys-
tenn has been among the most important
events of the week. The peers sitting on
sumptuous couches in their gilded cham
ber have had a vivid oratorical panorama
of the misery of the millions who toll for
bread. 1t has been perfect revelation
to them. The London workingmen and
girls and women who slave from morn
till night at the needle, have no stanch
champion to let the public know what
they are suffering and to protect them
from the merciless monopolists. When
any meeting of sweaters is held in the
slums of the East End to give public
utterance to their grievances, the news
papers ignore it.
The life of the sweaters in London
is very much like the life of the tene-
ment house toilers in New York, only
worse. Sweating" dens are set up any
where by greedy contractors. The work
ing people are herded in them like cattle
in stock yards, and the government in
spection is made impossible. 1t would
require an army of inspectors to enforce
efficiently the provisions of the law, and
even if the inspectors were quadrupled,
so wretched is the condition of the work.
ers that in many cases they themselves
would aid the taskmasters in evading
| the official efforts at discovery and detec.
ton. The sweaters" are practically
slaves-glad of the opportunity to toi
seventeen hours day for mere sub
sistence. Many of them are out of worl
nine months of the year.-London Cor
New York World.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
preachins Without Notes.

1t is a mistake to think that preachers
who abjure the manuscript in the pulpit
and speak extempore, have an easy time.
All pastors of real ability who preach
without notes, first write out their SER
mons and then commit to memory the
main facts of their discourse. Some
ministers. after writing a sermon find
that it is an easy task TO commit it, and a
few repeat their discourses word for word
the moment they complete them. With
the majority, however, committing SER
mons is very hard work. If an ex-
temporaneous speaker would not first
write out his sermons he would fall into
a deep rut-always be expressing few
ideas in the same words, never improving
his use of language, and seldom giving
birth to a fresh thought. Lazy ministers
always read their sermons. The preacher
who has only to write oyt two discourses
each week and then read them on Sun
day nas an easy time.
The extemporaneous preacher is al
ways hard worker. l will venture to
say that out of every ten sermons deliv-
cred off hand in first class pulpits nine are
first carefully prepared. OF course
many country preachers have no critical
congregations, and they can preach
without notes or previous preparation
| and still hold the esteem of the people,
but it is different in city, Some Of
our very best preachers bring their man.
uscripts to the pulpit but they seldom
adhere to the written words before them.
When they become enthused with theil
subject the manuscript is pushed aside
and then the congregation listens to elo
/ 7uent and irnpressiye words. A preacher
who is literally tied to his manuscript
can never become a powerful speaker
The extempore style of preaching is thu
best, but it involves so much labor thai
few pastors adopt it.-Rev. DR.. ]. e
Godbey.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
A New Insurance Idea.

A new commercial idea consists of a
combination of insurance with the ordi-
nary commercial agency. A canvass of
the wholesale dry goods trade in New
York city was made nearly q year ago,
and the encouragement obtained was
sufficient not only to warrant the pro-
iectors of the enterprise to go ahead, but
also to start upon a second concern of
the same kind. Their plan is to insure
the payment of debts by retail merchants
throughout the country to New York
wholesalers, jobbers and manufacturers
from whom they buy goods. This seems
at first like wildly reckless undertake
ing. Nevertheless, the two companies
have been sufficiently capitalized to begin
operations on a considerable scale.-Pub
lie Opinion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22

1t would be difficult 20 say who is tho
most decorated man Of Europe. Each Of
the three emperors and the royal sover-
eigns of Europe average fifty grand
crosses, with their respective appendages.
Aside from the sovcreigns and princes,
should think the most decorated man
must be either Count Andrassy, the
former chancellor Of Austria, or the sta
ton master Of -, a well known water
ing place. The latter receives an aver
age of three minor crosses annually, de-
pending mainly on tho number OF
sovereigns and princes visiting the place;
station masters, physicians, police COM
missioners and others are in many in
stances remunerated for their services
with crosses, very much as the cato
keeper OF the castle of Chillon receives n
shilling from every visiting Englishman.
-- Ernst Won Hesse Wartegg in The Cen
tury,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
Five Thnnsand Books a Year.

What is to become of US with books
pouring out of the press at the rate Of
5000 year, besides reprints and mono
graphs and pamphlets? No man can
keep pace with literature. 1t is question
able if, on the whole, the effect is not to
demoralize popular taste in reading mat
ter. A few first rate books would be
worth more than flood of all sorts, be-
cause nov each volume gets its small
quota of readers, while no really adj
mirable v,iume can get the attention it
deserves. Globe Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
DON'T Want Our THEOLOGY.

The Pail Mall Gazette reports a con-
versation with the Persian ambassador
at London. The condition." he says,
.'of our Asiatic masses, needing SO much
that your civilization might give, is al
ways weighing on my mind. But you
make no progress with our people. Your
dogmas spoil all. The religion of human
ity, that might move our masses and
take the place of superstition, you par
alyze. We can coin dogmas like you
better than you. Remember, your refi-
gion came from the east. We know what
you mean, but we viii not have your
dogmas. We VIII have your benevolence,
your charity, your justice and truth,
your science of health. your railroads,
telegraphs and manufactures. But you
wish to force your theology on us. Why
will you not allow us to accept what we
can, and will? Win your statesmen and
missionaries never understand thisl'
This is plain talk, and it is reasonable
talk. 1t is precisely what we would our
selves say under similar circumstances
Globe Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22

Every season there are one or two COM
panies which advertise to give land away.
The query always arises, how they can
afford to give it away. They generally
proceed in this way; Securing a large
tract Of land by purchase, at cost of a
few cents an acre, they cut it up into
lots of small size. They then advertise
to give these lots away, charging So or
80 for TIE deeds, to ostensibly cover the
cost of making out and recording them.
The actual cost to the company is quite
small, leaving them handsome profit
for their land.-Boston Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22

Several pleasant faced women emerge
from an inner room, and although ap-
preaching me rather timidly at first, in a
very short time they are examining my
face, hair, hands and clothes as thor
oughly as they might examine the warp
and woof of roll of some rare new cal
leo. The ftlzz on the back of my hands
and arms appeals to their inquisitive
minds as something most extraordinary,
indeed, the average Chinese arm being
as destitute of hirsute appendage as the
palm of the hand.-Thomas Stevens 10
Outing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22

a rich man who beats his dog is no
more important in Mr.. Bergh's eyes than
the poor man who torments his neighbor'5
pet The coachman Of n millionaire Is
the prisoner. His employer has become
bondsman for him, and his attorney is
present to see that justice is dealt out to
him. And that is just what is done
just that and nothing more or less. He
was arrested for using an infamous lit,
the sides of which contained sharp tacks
which pressed cruelty into the sides Of
tho horse face, inflicting such pain that
he reared and danced. This gave him
the appearance Of great spirit. Mr..
Bergh briefly states the case to the court.
The bit is produced. Half an hour Of
argument is heard and the prisoner, in
spite Of his masters wealth and social
position. is fined &25.-Benjamin Nor
throp.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
Two Portraits of Poe.

Only two original portraits of Edgar
Allan Poe are to be found in this city.
That one of them which hangs in the gal
Iery of the Historical society is an oil
painting, and represents him as he looked
in his better days, before the knell of
'sNevermore" had entered his brain. The
other portrait, which is in water colors
and of small size, belongs to a gentleman
who last week set it on an easel amid a
group of Poe's admirers. 1t represents
him in his later years, near the end of
his life, when both body and mind were
nearly wrecked. He is seated on a
chair, over the back of which his right
arm is thrown, and his listless attitude
and vacuous expression are melancholy
reminders of the fall of the magical poet.
One of the party who saw the old por-
trait, and who had known Poe at that
period of his life, was startled by its real
ism. 1t was the work of a Philadelphia
artist named Smith. New York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
EDITED BY THE SCISSORS.

The only true refuge from doubt is the
light of ampler truth.
Every man on the Kansas CITY police
force is a church member.
Phosphates in almost unlimited GUAM
titles have been found in Florida.
Frenchmen are beginning to talk about
the forbidding Of children in circuses and
theatres.
Copies of the 'sNational Anthems of All
Nations" are to be provided for all Eng
lands regimental bands.
Baltimore boasts of having wealthy
society young man who can bake bread
and cook delicious meal.
The number of patents issued in this
country during 1887 for electrical devices
of various kinds was 1,24S.
All Europe seems impressed with the
belief that peace can best be maintained
by having everything put on war foot
ing.
The revenues of the Church of England
have declined enormously. The living of
Rochdale, that used to be worth $50, 900
| or $50, 900, is now worth only $40, ,000
Three physicians have left Paris for
Australia, taking with them germs Of
chicken cholera. The Australians are
about to adopt Pasteur's plan of destroy
ing their rabbits, in the face of very
strong opposition.
Millions of jack rabbits migrated from
Oregon to Idaho during the cold spell in
the fasf northwest. y They crossed the
frozen waters of the Snake river in hordes
and presented a wonderful spectacle to
the people who saw them.
| The Bank of New York has check
yellowed by fire which was drawn by
Aaron Burr Aug. IA, 1854, and also
another check drawn by Talleyrand and
Gulian Verplanclz. 1t is now nearly 1O4
years since the bank was established.
There are 1S different missions in the
Mexican republic. II different denomina-
tions, 1913 foreign workers, 1875 COM
municants, adherents about so, 900; there
have been SO martyrs; there are SO Or
dained native preachers and 65 unor-
dained.
The autographs belonging to the collec-
ton of the late Ben Perley Poore have
been sold at auction, and netted about
$4,000. The highest price paid for any
one autograph was 500, for letter writ
ten by Edgar Allan Poe upon the subject
of ''The Raven"
The barb wire industry is in a fair
way of being overcome. According to
The Iron Age there are forty-four manu-
facturers in this country who own 2, 191
machines. 1t is estimated that in 200
working days, running single turns, they
will make 300,0 tons of barb wire,
while the consumption ranges from $780,
900 to 100000 tons a year.
Some of the society men of Paris are
advocating the adoption Of more suit
able style of evening dress. The costume
proposed consists of buckle shoes, silk
stockings, knee breeches, velvet coat
(curtailed), lace ruffles, etc. The pro-
moters are anxious to avoid the dress
which causes, sometimes, mistaking re-
semblance between guest and waiter.
When the mercury was % degs. be-
low zero at Virginia City, New, big
black dog walked to the mouth of the
Utah shaft of the Comstock mines and
jumped down. Some asserted that he
had committed suicide. 1t is more likely
that he felt the hot air rushing up from
below and wanted more of it. He fell
$50 feet, and hadn't a whole bone left.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
Rerorm in Our rennl srsten.

1t needs no argument TO show that our
penal system is as bad as itcan be. Prob
ably one-half of those incarccratcd could
be made excellent citizens without being
disgraced. OF the other half large part,
by course Of wise discipline, could be
lifted out of the ranks of vice and crime.
At present a man once in states prison is
pretty sure to be back again soon after
his release, and his incarceration only
hardens him. The only pardoning power
now recognized as possible ID that lodged
in the hands of our governors: power
that is generally exercised with discretion
and ends in vast good. We cannot too
soon eradicate the idea of vindictivcness
from our penal system and substitute
therefor the idea Of reformation. Globe
Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
Filling o Dogs Tooth.

DR.. A. N. Roussel, a Brooklyn dentist,
has 5-year-old Laverick setter, Juno by
name, that is of excellent pedigree and
highly valued. Noticing one day that
the dog had a decayed tooth and was ap-
parently suffering from it, he placed her
in his dentist chair and proceeded to fill
it with gold exactly as he would the
tooth Of a human being. In concluding
an extended account of the novel opera
ton, The Brooklyn Eagle says: During
the entire operation the animal made nc
sign or sound of disapproval further than
to be a trife uneasy. She sat in the
dentists chair like a good child The
operation occupied over an hour. juno
is the first dog to go on record as having
a gold filed tooth, or tooth filed will
anything, for that matter. .'-ChicagC
News
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
The Earth,s Primeval Crust.

Biologists admit that the condition of
the earth's surface before the primary
strata began to be formed cannot be sat-
isfactorily determined. Although GER
tain parts of the still remaining crust are
called arch@an, it is very doubtful
whether they really representNthe pri-
meval crust. There is a much better
chance that in portions of the moon S
surface the primeval rock will still re-
main in something like its primeval con-
dition, so that we may be able to read a
portion of the past history of the earth
better in our neighbor world, the moon,
than in our own, just as we can form a
better idea of the nature of our savage
ancestry by studying the ways and man
ners of less civilized races Of today than
from any evidence that we can obtain
from the study of the records of our own
race Richard A. Proctor.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
Curious Mirage in Maine

A curious mirage has been seen at
Gray, Me-: ''The thermometer stood at
about 90 degs. below, the sun was OBJ
scured by a light cloud, slight, misty
haze. e.pervaded the lowlands, but the sky
was otherwise almost cloudless. Sud
denly along the horizon, from north to
east, the whole outline underwent o
change as if by magic. Huge pines,
never seen before, stood out against the
sky for a radius of ten miles Further
to the left appeared trees with the tops
slightly flattened and joined together,
looking like massive columns supporting
colossal bridge, the top appearing per-
fectly straight and even; in the center a
ridge of land, covered with beautiful
elms and NAPLES, was visible, and a hill
several miles beyond the natural horizon,
with strip of timber on it, and per-
spective beyond as far as the eye could
reach. ."-Brooklyn Eagle,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-22
xvhora rI,eha nIissad It,

My little boy is now 6 years old.
When about a 1-2 years of age | was
telling him one Sunday Of Elisha, the
prophet, and the naughty children who
called after him: ''Go up, thou bald
head" In the illustrations the prophet
is represented as bareheaded, usually
Arthur listened attentiveiy, then he said:
"Why didn't Elisha have his hat onf
Then they wouldn't have seen his bald
head. ."1IIoston Globe.