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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
JOSLIN

JosLIN, May 10.
The F. nj. B. A of Joslin now num-
bers twenty-five.
The musical click of the corn planter is
again heard in tbeland
The freeze on Monday night cut down
tomatoes, beans and potatoes.
This is cold weather for the 7th of
May. Can Mr.. Mansill do anything for
us2
Mr.. Leslie Hannah, our supervisor, has
a peculiar smile upon his countenance.
1t is boy, and the fourth one at that.
Mrs. Wake, 0he old LADY, is said to be
seriously i'll. She is somewhere between
80 and 80 years of age. She has not been
we'll since she had the La Grippe.
Mr.. Kitson Conley has been at William
Whitesides for several weeks. He is on
the sick list and is troub ed with neural.
gia or rheumatic affections and is at this
writing unable to move.
Mr.. Toner is plastering the building
which is intended for the office of DR..
| Morgan. Messrs Wainwright and
Walker are putting up the barn The
doctor hes large practice and is Obliged
| to keep five horses.
Mr.. Tint, who was first taken with the
La Grippe and then with a gathering in
his head, and whom DR.. Morgan
thought would get better, from the fact
that both ears had commenced to dis
| charge matter, died on Friday afternoon
last and was inferred at Moline on Mon
day. William Mold. Charles Rathburn.
Fred Beder and Mr.. Young acted as pail
bearers. Mr. Tint leave family of nine
children the oldest II years. the young
est sixteen weeks.
1t is said that the wire-worms cut,
worms and potato bug are likely to
give the the farmers of this locality a
good deal of trouble. It would seem as
If the farmers had sufficient number OF
foes to contend against in order to raise
a crop without being swindled by rich
combines, "big fours" or the trust bugs
of the country. The Fourth of July is
gradually drawing near when the farmers
will have another opportunity to sling
their hats in the air and cheer vocifer-
ously for freedom. liberty. equal rights
and tariff f.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

Now what do you suppose stumbled on 70
so upset my preconceived theoryi Nothing
less than very small, very old man who
makes ils living by unearthing grandpapas
and grandmamInas for ambitious Americans
at so much per head My illusions took to
their heels, and / felt my rampant democra-
cy shrivel before the proofs of American
shoddiness contained in his ten thousand
records
He was such an old, tiny man, and his gaze
was so terribly retrospective it almost seemed
as il he had known Adam intimately. He sat
in a maze of cobwebs and old clocks, ghoul
among his dog cared tones, a bright eyed
specter, with fingers hooked from much turn
ing Of leaves, and lips dry and shrunken, as if
nothing more substantial than book dust had
ever crossed them.
Records smelling of age were piled around
him or packed in chests over three hundred
years old; he sat ON a stool covered with fad
ed tapestry from which the figures had long
been blurred, and his antiquated hat and coat
were hanging on one of the branches of a
candelabrum, which looked as il it might have
held candles during Washington's toddling
days. Altogether he was a queer old man,
living in q very queer shop, a character
round whom Dickens could have woven an
admirable charm of mystery and romance.
The services of this genealogical scout are
constantly required by Mr.. and Mrs Newly
Rich. Say that these good people, having
garnered in dollars by the ton, having bought
a house on Madison square, engaged an Eng
lish funky, French maid, and sent their
son to Yale, are anxious to usher their daugh-
ter into the cream OF metropolitan society
No 'arf and arr" splendor will suit them.
Their longing eyes are unalteringly fixed on
fbat " tfnip irbr xx-ba
the golden edged 400 stand in a state Of peren-
NAL condescension to the masses stumbling
and clambering as best they may far, far
below.
But McAllister is proof against the seduc-
tive chink of their silver dollars.
WHO was your grandfatherl' he asks with
an uncompromising stare through his mono
Gle. "Did he have anything to do with sign
ing the Declaration of Independence Was
no one of that small body known as the Pill
grim Fathers, whose reputed numbers keep
increasing yearlyl Perhaps some distant
relative took Lady Washington down to din
ner at some time or another, or some little
thing like thatl Almost anything viii do.
Sou KNOW. e-aI.~~
1frIer this suggestion Mr.. and Mrs Newly
Rich go forth in search of an ancestor and
sooner or later they find themselves III the
dusty little shop where my illusions came
toppling about my ears.
Given the names of the families on both
sides and as uiuch of their history as possible,
the old man proceeds to trace his patrons
family backward. If necessary he is sent to
England or France, as the case may be- to
continue the search there, and woe TO their
ambitious hopes il he comes back without
tidings Of one progenitor worth speaking of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
county Buildings.


May 10 -Conservstorship of Mary J.
Remtr. Jury empanelled and sworn.
Hearing; verdict, insane. and that cons
servator should be appointed. James F.
Robinson appointed conservator. Bond
in $1,000 required. etc.
Estate of Peter Knutson Report of
administrator filed and approved. estate
closed and administrator discharged.
Estate of Carl F. Anderson. Petition
to sell real estate TO pay debts filed.
Estate of Mary Murray. Administra-
tors account filed and approved, estate
closed and administrator discharged.
Estate of Sarah Good. Administrator
account current filed and approved.
Estate OF Christen WIgers. Just and
true account of personal estate and debts
filed and approved.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

Must be carefully considered by the
great majority of people in buying even
necessities of life. Hoods Sarsaparilla
commends itself with special force to the
great middle classes. because it combines
positive economy with great medicinal
power. II is the only medicine of which
can truly be said 100 doses one dollar, !"
and bottle taken according to directions
will average to last q month.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

ALvARY IN THE HANDS OF HIS ADMIRERS
This sometimes happens, and it becomes his
painful duty to make the fact known. What
long forgotten skeletons his palsied fingers
drag from their cupboardsl How he rattles
the bones before the Mortified eyes of the
would be aristocrat before RELOCATING them
again to the cobwebs of the pastl What
stories Of hate, disappointment and crime
start out bristling with ali their early horror
from his worm eaten tomesl
Young Mr.. Money Bags wanted to sink
into his patent leathets.w when he found that
his earliest known progenitor had languished
in Newgate for helping himself from another
mans till And Miss Croesus, who put on
great airs because her profile was said to re-
semble the Princess of Wales, had sudden re-
course to her vinaigrette when told beyond a
doubt that an ancestor of hers had been
hanged In uertfordshire for the combined Of
lenses of forse stealing and wife beating In
the early part of the Eighteenth century.
But isn't this all very shoddy7" 1 asked,
with a comprehensive glance, which took In
the cobwebs, old clocks and the gayly illumi-
mated heraldic documents scattered every
where.
mot at all, J" whined the old man; ''I can
show you Scripture for it, Every record I
send out bears this verse: Numbers, chapter
II, verse q Every man of the children of
israel shall pitch By his own standard, with
the ensign of their fathers house: far Off
about the tabernacle of the congregation
shall they pitch.'n
he seemed to think this argument conclu-
sive. To me it was trifle vague, but prob
ably to Mrs. NewlyRich, happy in the pos
session of brand new grandfather, it would
read like direct message from heaven.
why, wonder, do so many girls under 90
I.Eali IN love with our handsome actorsa 1t is
problem for psychologist to solve. Per-
kps It's the luster Of the footlights, or the
pes which another mans brain puts in their
mouths, or the romance, the color, light, the
poses, the fictitious, attractive environment.
q ~ may be any one of these or all together.
It Is always the actor, however, who makes
the impression, and never tho man--the be-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
The ersas-Amsrlcan Chorus.

Sneezing, snuffiing and coughing This
is the music all over the land just now
I've got such an awful cold in my head >
Cure it with Ely's Cream Balm or it may
end in the toughest form of catarrh.
Maybe you have catarrh now. Nothing
is more nauseous and dreadful. This
remedy masters it as no other ever did
Not snuff nor liquid. Pleasant, GER
tain. radical.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

a. want n seat in the front row of the or
chestra for pext Saturdays matinee" said
she of the bounding heart and blonde tresseS.
Gan gone. VIII three rows back dog"
mo. I'll take it fora week from Satur-
day."
''All gone, too
1.-TWO weeks them
Gone
Three weeks" came promptly, and the
light of battle was in her eye. She'd see her
Nanki-Poo from front row seat, or know
the reason why.
"Those tickets are not printed yet You
can have one reserved if you like to take so
much trouble
She did like and flashed calcium light
glance of indignation on him.
''Will you be sure,n she asked with i'm
pressive esrnestness, ito save me one right
next the stagei'
The ticket seller looked grave and sad
"rm sorry said he, that the musicians
have to come first. l don't believe this could
be altered, but perhaps if you saw the man
agern-
She did not wait to hear the rest of the
sentence, and diabolical CLEAN of satiSfac-
ton overspread the ticket sellers face
That's one on herl" said he terseI- before
he subsidized into his normal stats of petrifac-
ton.
Well, the long licked for matinee arrived,
and so did tnis young woman, having first
sent .lote to the fascinating tenor that she'd
be 'Jnere with an enormous bunch of yiolets
OH her left shoulder. She also made the
modest request that in singing The Flowers
That Bloom in the Spring he would lay his
hand upon his heart as sign to show that he
apDreciatal her admiration
Oh, what burning humiliation was crowd
ed into tine hours that followed One after
the other as the players appeared their amused
chances sought out the young woman with
the violets on the front row. Courtice peeped
at her behind his fan, but so did Ko-Ko, the
chorus and the man who played the
big violin. Courtice laid his hand on
his heart with the rhythmical regularity OF a
mechanical toy, but so did Ko-ko and so did
the chorus, while the man with the big violin
hid his head behind it in a CONFUSION of
laughter Ridiculous asides were put into
the original text solely for her benefit. The
whole company ogled her from the wings,
and Poo-Bah went so far as to wink at her.
Perhdy! She had been betrayed.
Her cheeks famed hotter and hotter. She
was so close to the footlights their radiance
was full upon her face and her suffering was
plainly visible to her tormentors Hard
American grit" made her sit the play out
without even removing the violets, but one
ipcipient footlight romance died and was
buried that day under front row orchestra
| chair. EVELYN
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

Anxious Traveler-Boatman are per-
sons ever lost in this river?
Boatman-Oh, no, sir. My brother
WAS drowned here last week, but we
found him the next day.-Journal of
E1n1atiny,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
SHADY ANCESTORS
The Perils of Hunting Up Back
Number Family History.
A ROGUE SOMETIMES REVEALED.
Queer Discoveries Sometimes Made by an
Old Man Who Is Engaged In Preparing
Pedigrees for Rich Americans-Hand-
some Actors end the Girls Who Adore
Them.
Copyright, 1901

NEw YORK, March 20.-Do youcherish the
arcadian idea that the wealthy classes of this
glorious metropolis snap their fingers at mo-
narchical pride in blue bloodl l can fancy
you-whoever you are-saying yes" with
all the foldsof the Star Spangled Banner lut-
tering proudly in your voice. Then permit
me to shake my head pityingly and solemnly
at you, for l was of the same opinion until
one fine morning about week since, when l
strayed into little shop in forgotten cor
ner of the city On the spot wrote myself
"egregiously an ass" as Shakespeare so aptly
puts e.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

Assistant Editor-Here is Il very clean
little poem, entitled lon an Empty
Stomach" Where shall we put it?
Editor-Oh, guess we had better put
it on our inside.-Burlingto Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
Guilty.

"Smithers was arrested for running off
with Bronson's daughter"
''Eloping isn't crime"
40; but misrepresentation IS
Harper's Bazaar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
Illinois State Sunday School Association.
Jacksonville, Ill.
MAY 18TH TO 15TH

For this occasion the Rock Island &
Peoria has arranged to sell tickets at
greatly reduced rates. Trains leave Rock
Island at S:15 a. m. and 2:20 D. M; ar.
rive at Jacksonville at 2:45 and 1890 D..
m. Depot foot Of Twentieth street.
.ss. +. II. ROCKWELL, Ticket Agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
LOCAL NOTICES.

The Crown dining hall, No. 1908 Sec
Ond avenue, is now ready To furnish you
the best meal in the city for 25 cents.
$50, 900 to loan on real estate security,
in sums of 5000 and upward. at lowest
current rates of interest. without COM
mission. f. w. Hurst, Attorney at
law. Rock Island
Surety On Bonds.
Those who are required to give bonds
in positions of trust. and who desire to
avoid asking friends to become their
sureties, or who may wish to relieve
friends from further obligations as bonds
man, should apply TO the agent of the
American Surety CO., of New York
Ed. LIEBERKNECHT,
General Insurance Agent,
Rock Island. Ill
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
Illustrated.

Did you ever notice, Hokus, the
fashion men have of saying Is that SOP
after they're told anything? They all
do it."
lis that o?"-Philadelphia Times
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
An Early Bird.

Jimmy (aged sixo-Our baby's cut a
tooth
Johnny (aged seven)-fhGt's nuthin
mr. little brothers got worms Judge.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

Coal dealer: Has Higgins taken any
action on that bill of his vet? Collector:
Yes; little. lie kicked me down stairs
the last time / called, and the bill with
me-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
Beware Of 0inrmsnts for atarrn Ina, Contain
Mercury.

Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering i. through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physics ms, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive rom them. Halls
Catarrh Cure. Tanufac tured by F. j.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
1t is taken internally ard made in Toledo.
Ohio. by +. j. Cheney s. Co.
eB-Sold by druggist, price zoe per
bottle
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

The perfume OF violets. the purity of
the lily. the glow of the rose. and the flush
of Hebe combine in Pozzonl's wondrous
powder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

Watchmaker:-These works are very
rusty. Seedleigh:-Well. they ought to
be: that watch has been in soak for six
months
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
He Was n Believer.

Mrs. Omens-Do you believe in signs,
Mr.. D'Auber?
Mr.. D'Auber-Yes, indeed! / paint
'em.-Puck
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
Surety on Bonds.

In times of the late war much Of the
light of other days came from candle 10
a bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12
What II Costa

The man that has lived for himself has
the privilege of being his own mourner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

i The Maine lime industry is slack-so
they want tariff duty.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

In the pursuit OF the good things Of
his world we anticipate too much; we
eat out the heart and sweetness OF world>
ly measures By delightful forethought of
them. The results obtained from the use
of DIR. Jones Red Glover Tonic far exceed
all claims. 1t cures dyspepsia, and all
stomach, liver. kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer
blood purifier. n sure cure Cor sgue and
malsrial diseases Price. 80 cents, of
druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-05-12

The ticket seller gave a slight cough and
twitched his eyebrow as he saw her loom up
for the twentieth time, but he did not smile
who ever saw a ticket seller smilel
a. want seat in the front row of the or
chestra for pext Saturdays matinee" said
she of the bounding heart and blonde treSseS.
"An gone. VIII three rows back dog"
mo. Iii take it fora weel from Satur-
n
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-25

valley and mountains with vines and
fruits. Geneva. on the lovely Lake Lee
man, is q beautiful city with its ancient
and modern quarter, fine hotels and
bright shops filed with every variety of
goods, especially wood carving in every
form of beauty. Fine steamers carry one
the entire length of the lake in four
hours, touching at Yevey, Lausanne and
other points of loneliness, including the
famous castle of Chillon at the upper end
of the lake, on an island. with its dun
geons below the water line. and water
three hundred feet deep just of the cas-
tie foundations. Mt. Blanc is in full
view with its snowy dome of dazzling
wilderness, and no shores are more lovely
than those of Lake Leman. A twelve
hours ride by rail carries you to Paris,
where the air is as pure and fresh as In
early June with us. and the life 81 the
city is something never to be forgotten
The churches, museums. parks and bou-
levards are beyond anything In any city
of the world, to say nothing OF the shops
where the whole stock of goods would
seem to be displayed on the sidewalk. l
don't wonder that women go wild over
Paris and its things of beauty and utility,
and prices are cheap enough TO tempt one
to cheat their own country by smuggling
in everything they can buy and pay for.
The high tariff of the United States must
be terrible strain on the consciences of
foreign tourists on their return tn Amer
lea. X. +. >.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-25
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of an execution and fee bin No GEL
issued ont OF the clerks office Of the circuit
court of Rock Island county, and state of Illinois.
and to me directed. whereby am commanded 90
make the amount Of certain judgment T, Gently
obtained against Adam Alday, in favor Of
Rock Island county, ont of the lands tcnements,
goods and chatiel= OF the said defendant. Adam
Alday, have levied upon the following prop
erty, to-wii:
Lot one % in block one. ID. in Adam Alday :
sec md t2nd) addition to K ast Rock Island III the
city of Moline, i'll the county Of Rock Island and
state of Illinois.
Therefore, according 20 said command. | shall
expose for sale, at pubic auction, all the rirht,
title aud interest OF the above named Adam
Aiday in aud 10 the above described property, on
Monday the LIST day ofSepicmbcr, 1890 n II o'clock
a. NJ nj the north door OF the Court house in the
city OF Rock Island. in the county of Rock Island
and state Of Illinois. for cash ia hand, to satisfy
said execution and fee hill.
Dated at Rock Island, this 9Th day of August,
A. D., 1880. 7. \. SILNfS.
Sheriff Of Rock Island county, Illinois.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-25
Deafness Cant be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an intiamed con-
dltion OF mucous lining of the Eustach-
ian tube. When this tube gets inflamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the in
fiammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will he destroyed forever Nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars fol
any case of deafness-caused by catarrb
that we cannot cure by taking Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
f. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. o.
tF-Sold by druggists, 75c
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-25
Hold irto the Light.

The man who tells you coptiden
italy just what will cure your cold is
prescribing Kemp's Balsam this year. In
the preparation of this remarkable medi-
cine for coughs and colds no expense is
spared to combine only the best and
purest ingredients. Hold bottle OF
kemp's Bslsam to the light and look
through it; notice bright clear look
then compare with other remedies. Price
soc and 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-25

SO long as the failing embers OF vitality are
capable OF being -kindled into warm and
genial glow, just so long there is hope for the
weak and emaciated invalid. Let him not,
therefore, despond, but derive encouragement
from this and from the further fact that ihere is
a restorative most potent in renewing the
dilapidated powers of a broken down system.
Yes, thanks to its unexampled toaic virtues,
HostetteI's Stomach Bitters is daily revivine
strenpth in the bodies and hope In the m inds of
the feeble and nervous Appetite. refreshing
sleep, the acquisition of flesh and color, are
blessings attendant upon the reparative pro-
cesses which this priceless invigorant speedily
initiates and carries to successful conclus sion.
Digestion is restored, the blood fertilized and
sustenance afforded TO each DEMONSTRATING organ
by thes Bitters, which is inofIensive even to the
feminine palate, vegetable in composition and
thoroughly safe. Use it, and regain vigorl
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-25

The usual treatment of catarrh is very
unsatisfactory. as thousands of despaiIing
patients can testify. A trustworthy med
icsl writer says: Proper treatment is
positively necessary to success, but most
of the remedies in general use by physi-
clans afford hut temporary benefit. A
cure cannot be expected from snuffs,
powders, douches and washes" Ely's
Cream Balm is remedy which combines
the important requisites of quick action,
specific curative power with perfect safe
ty and pleasantness to the patient
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-25

them. Whilst we did not relieve Emin
Tutewiler, we had it there for him if he
chose to accept it. He could take it or
he could let it alone We do not go
around coaxing people to be discovered
and relieved by u.s.
Both Mr.. Jaggs and Mr. Sawdorf
Astor-Plaice will deliver few lectures
this coming season ON s'[nsect Life on
the Congo. and How 10 Snare Ele-
plants" Letters addres sed to my care
will be just as safe as they would any
where. BILL NYE,
Late Chief of the Rear Guard of the
Emin Tutewiler Relief Expedition.