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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
CANvASSlNG THE FREAKS.

The Census Man on His III ,sion in q
Bowery Dime Museum.
One of the census enumerators enter
ed a dime museum on the BovTery
He explained to the proprietor that he
was taking the census, and that the dime
museum came in his district. The mu-
scum owner gave him perAssion to
question the ''living curiosities.'
He began with the Circassi;n beauty
where were you born?"
81 was born in New York" said the
Caucasian beauty, '.in de Ate ward
where were your parents born?"
ME father and mother were born in
Germany"
'What is your name?"
MARY Ann Higgins" said the beauti-
full Circassian
care You white, black, mul alto, quad
room, octoroon, Chinese, Japa nese or In
diam"
I'm green"
Single, married, widowed or divorc-
ed?"
Divorced and married again"
what is your trade or occupation:'
I'm Circassian beauty BIZ trade"
'Are you able to speak Eng lish?"
Oats de only language speak. See?"
The enumeration walked over to the
naughty Zulu prince"
''Where We're you born?" he asked.
SIN ole Virginny, sah," said the Zulu
prince, smiling
where were your parents born?"
''Dey was Dawn in Norf Carliny."
''Where do you live?"
SIN Thompson street, sab"
care you white, black, mulatto, quad
room, Chinese, Japanese or In 1ian?"
81 dunno. specs I'm Zulu"
''What is your manner"
''Pompey Linkum Fields"
''What is your profession or occupa-
tom
'1'm "a Zulu prince."
care you able to speak English"
81 can understand English
The Australian giant" said he was
born In New Jersey. His parents were
born in Vermont.
Are you single, married or divorced?''
''Well, I've been married four or five
times in the museum to draw crowd.
but ] believe the marriages were not
regular
The double headed girl puzzled the
census enumeration greatly. He didn't
know whether to put her down as one
person or two persons. She gave two
sets of answers to most of the questions.
One head said she was "a, hui the other
head denied it and said she was only IS.
''Where were you born?'
Gin the Congo republic" said the first
head
Gin Ireland" said the second head.
The Texas cowboy said that he was
born in Boston, and had always lived
there.-New York Morning Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

struction as to first treatment OF the VIC
Tins of accident. Promotions are all on
merit OF civil service examinations, with
probation az to practical executive ability.
Gold medals are awarded for excellence In
knowledge of police duties and Of the law,
and there is a roll of honor for distinguish
ed bravery.
The physical standard OF the force is
higher than that of the United States army.
The minimum height of United States
army recruits is feet ~ inches. That of
the Cincinnati police force is feet 9inches,
and most of the men appointed are between
8 feet 10 inches and 8 feet, and of proper
tionate weight and DEVELOPMENT
The superintendent or chief is Col. Phil
Deitsch, an old soldier, who served in the
regular army from 1857 to 1885, in the
Fourth United States infantry. He was
with Sheridan on the frontier and later
with Sykes division of the Army of the
Potomac, being wounded at the battle of
Gettysburg He is strict disciplinarian
an organizer of superior ability, and the
commissioners have always found him
abreast of the most advanced notions as to
the discipline and morale Of the force. he
is incorruptible and persistent enemy OF
corruption and crime and criminals of al
grades.
Inspector Hadley is a veteran police of
ficer, who has reached his present RESPONSE
bic position from patrol by reason of his
merit and trustworthiness. He is as
thoroughly equipped in practical expert
ence as any police officer in the country.
The chief of detectives, Larry Hazen, i.
known throughout the length and breadth
of the United States among the profession
for his work in detecting and exposing
crime, and during an interim of his separa
ton from the city force on account of par
tisan antagonism was intimately associ
ated with the Pinkertons.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
severe sprain.

Miss Allie Rose, an instructor of vocal
music from Davenport, Thu rsday, met
with painful accident at Black Hawks
watch tower. where she and few friends
were enjoying an outing. The wire
coaster is responsible for it, She had
taken one ride across the wire and was
starting. second time, but she had
scarcely stepped from the platform ere
her hand slipped and she went to the
ground. severely sprsinlng her ankle and
being bruised somewhat besides. She
received professional attendance and was
taken home in a carriage. While her in
jury is very painful: no serious conse-
quences are feared.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
RECORD Of june weather.

Mr.. James R. Dodge. of Normal, has
kept record of the thermome ter's reads
ing FOR twenty eight years. This record
showslthat June. 1870, beats The present
one in the way of high temperature. The
last eight days in that month the Their
mometer registered at noon rs follows:
96. leo. 102, 1O2. 100. 90. SO and %. In
1878 there were fifteen days that the
thermometer never went below 80 at
noon. The average in 1884 was 81. and
in 1887. SO. The lowest average was rs
in 1868. 1869. 1882 and 1885. The rec.
ord is an interesting study and shows
that June, 1890, is not the only one tina,
has brought us hot weather
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

Root Wants Head Camp Meeting.
It would appear that Head Consul J.
G. Root and HE followers desire a special
meeting of the head camp OF Modern
Woodmen of America-maybe TO head off
the convention which is about 70 be held
in Rock Island. Circulars have been re-
ceived by camps elsewhere, as king that
the camps vote on the advis ability of
holding head camp meeting. But none
of these circulars have been received in
Moline or Rock Island. Roo explains
that an emergency has arisen and the
laws need changing. The cam s are not
asked to vote on the place or da.e of hold
ing the meeting. these details being left
to the executive council, and it isn't
likely that any Illinois point would be
chosen. Root also proposes that each
camp shall send delegate to the pro-
posed special meeting. and ack nowledges
that the district representation scheme is
illegal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

The numerical strength of the force in
its respective grades is assigned to ten po-
lice stations and nine police patrol stations,
covering and patrolling an area of twenty
five square miles. There are $50 patrol
men, mounted and on foot, and the force,
including officers, is Az. The strict disci-
pline to which patrolmen are subjected has
resulted in securing a superior body of
men, both physically and mentally, and
there is public confidence that the force
can be depended on in any emergency that
may arise. 1t is the vigorous and intelli-
gent cooperation of the patrolmen in the
enforcement of the law that has estab-
lished the past reputation of the city for
peace and order and practical freedom from
gambling and 9rosser crimes.
The police patrol system of Cincinnati is
the most efficient in the country. Several
new patrol houses have lately been erect
ed that for perfection of appointments are
not excelled. This branch of the service is
under command of Lieut.. Thomas A.
Duffy, a veteran police officer of excellent
executive ability. The equipment is nine
wagons, fifty-five men, prison van, forty
five horses, one hundred and seventy street
signal boxes and all the requisite parapher-
MALTA.
Another feature of recent introduction is
the mounted police for suburban patrol
There are az present twelve of these, but
arrangements are being perfected for the
enlargement of this important service
The equipment is modelled after that of the
United States cavalry service, the saddle
being the regulation one of the army, and
the uniform and other equipments as near
ly corresponding as the conditions of the
police service will permit.
In addition to system of reward for
perfection IN manual and for distinguished
service there is relief fund for the care of
officers disabled in the service, and of the
families of those who lose their lives in the
discharge of duty. The conditions are total
disability or fifteen years service, and an
age limit of fifty years. There are also
sick benefits.
The total cost of the force for the year
1889 was 1863. 1851, and on Jan. there was
balance to the credit of the department
of $50 S23, making the total receipts for the
conduct of the police service of the city q
little over half million dollars The ex-
penditures on account of the patrol service
were nearly 81, 000 and this year there will
be important extensions of this indispen-
sable service.
The department headquarters are at
present temporarily on Fourth street, and
will so continue until the completion of
the new city hall, in which liberal assign
ment OF space has been made for the off,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

LIEUT.. DUFFY ANe CAPT. HADLEY.
Another notable reform achieved Is the
enforcement of the law against gambling
Before the existence of the present board
the gamblers practically controlled the
politicians of both parties and kept "open
house" under all administrations by lib
eral donation Of earnings TO the rival cam
paign funds, thus placing both parties
under obligation to them. This city was
then favorite resort Of gamblers, who
brought with them their usual attendance
of experts in lesser and greater crime. They
were powerful adversary to contend with,
and to meet the emergency special power
was given the board as to gambling, so that
II by any chance mayor should be elected
by that influence and fail to enforce the
law, the board could assume direct execu-
tive control Of the force for that purpose
This Is the only qualification of the mayors
executive authority over the force The
effect of this safeguard is that gambling, az
public institution, has been suppressed in
Cincinnati.
The establishment of house of deten-
ton for females and minor prisoners Is an
other valuable reform. The organization
Of this branch is entirely original, the sys-
TENS of other cities being considered too
expensive. Next to maintaining the etfi-
cheney and discipline Of the force, It Ii the
most practical reform made under the new
police regime. 1t Is the most practical 20
luton In operation anywhere Of this most
perplexing of police problems-the care OF
female and minor prisoners. Heretofore
they were, upon arrest, thrown promisou-
ously into cells In tho Central station,
WHARF, they came in contact with tho most
dissolute and depraved, though 1t may
have been their own first offense. In this
particular the old system was a nursery of
crime Now such persons are taken to the
nearest station house and held In the Office
until the arrival of the detention bus"
in which they are taken to the house of
detention, where they are graded accord
ing to their criminal record and the nature
of their offense. The system hes complete
ly revolutionized the treatment of women
and children while under police charge,
and has received complimentary mention
by the National Police Reform association.
The house of detention is in charge of two
matrons, and in every part is as neat and
cieaniy as womans art can make it.
There is police gymnasium in which
members of the force, patrolmen and off,
GERS, are required to exercise every day. 1t
is ono of the finest in the west This Is I'M
der the personal supervision of the inspec-
tor, and in addition to ordinary gymnastic
exercises there is regular military drill, the
force being divided into six companies of
forty-eight men each, with the addition of
~nn squad, all properly Differed. Here
the men receive instruction in the
and ordinances that they are charged
enforcing, and there is special in
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
Facto Worth Knowing,

In all diseases of the nasal mucous
membrane the remedy used must be non.
irritating. The medical profession has
been slow to learn this. Nothing salts
factory can be accomplished with douches,
snuffs. powders or syringes because they
are irritating. do not thoroughly reach
the affected surfaces and should be aban
doned as worse than failures. A multi
tude of persons who had for years borne
all the worry and pain that cstarrh can
inflict testify to radical cures wrought by
Ely's Cream Balm.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
Honoring a PIucky Woman.

Amelia b. Edwards, famous as a novel.
ist and Egyptian explorer, was presented
recently by the women OF Boston with a
handsome bracelet as token of their ap-
probation of her pluck in keeping lee
ture engagement at indianapolis the other
day, only four hours after meeting with an
accident in which her arm was broken.
The recipient in reply to the address made
by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, said. "a
broken bone is an ordinary accident, but a
broken engagement-ahl that is a calam-
ity indeed, and one in which happily have
not been involved during my lecture course
in your country"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
-sJuat m Gao6 -

Say some dealers who try to sell sub
stitute preparation when 6. customer
calls for Hoods Sarsaparillf. Do not
allow any such false statements as this
induce you to buy what you do not want
Remember that the only reaso for max
ing it is that few cents more profit will
be made on the substitute. Insist upon
having the best medicine-Ei ood's Sar-
saparilla. 1t is Peculiar to Itsslf.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
The whippinr Post I'm U,s.

Georgetown, the capital of Sussex county,
Del, witnessed punishment recently that
was quite common in good old colony
days." but which is in vogue nowhere now
save within the boundaries of what some
people facetiously call 1.-THE state of Bay
ard" Four horse thieves were whipped and
pilloried in the most central part of the
town, on the main street The spectacle
had to be witnessed by pedestrians whether
they were so disposed or not.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

Who of us are wlInout trouble be they
small or larger The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are SIGH
and in pain. A hacking cough. severk
cold, or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of tn ,se may be
quickly and permanently cured by DR..
Bigelew's Cure. Safe and p leasant for
children. Price 80 cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
AK Your Friends Ahut II.

Your distressing cough can he cured.
We know it because Kemp's Balsam
within the past few years has cured so
many coughs and colds in this commun-
ity. Ask some friend who has used it
what he thinks of Kemp's Balsam. There
is no medicine so pure. none so effective
Large bottles soc and 81 at all druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

Zone cent without costs" That was the
verdict of the jury In the case of Count"
Roman Ivanovitch de Lippmann Zuboff
against Professor C. B. Frye The plaintiff
failed to pay his room rent and the defend
ant thumped him with crutch.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
A Romance of the Hosnital.

A young electric Iineman of New York
city recently allowed forty ounces of his
blood to be transfused into the veins of q
dying girl. The patient is now GONZALES
cent, and when she fully RECEIVERS will
marry the man who saved her life.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
LEGAL.
M ASTER'S SALE.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, Sc
Rock Island County,
In the Circuit Court-fn Chancery.
John Feustel " Emily F, vaDatta, formerly En-
ily +. Stull. James Nanatta, Andrew j. Reeves
and NJ. +. FeliS-Foreclosure- General No.
$3.50.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of decree
OF said court. entered in the above entitled
cause. on the 18th day of Nav. A. d. 1890.
shall. on Saturday the e6th day of July. A.
ID. 1890. at the hour OF i O'Clock in the after
noon the north door of the court house, in aid
county of Rock Island, to satisfy said decree,
sell AT public Nendue, to the highest bidder for
cash, that certain parcel OF land, situate in the
comfy OF Rock Island and state Of Illinois,
known ami described as follows, to-wit:
The sou quarter al Of the west half nj OF
the northeast quarter u Of section ten, ll0l, in
township sixteen, ll6l, II nth range fge l5l west
OF the Fourth AM PRINCIPAL meridi n. containing
twenty acres more or less, together with all the
right. title, clam. interest ana benefit whatever
which said Emily F. Siull had in and 10 the above
described premises and each and every part
thereof which was or is given TO by or results
from 81 laws OF this state pertaining 10 The ex-
eEptions of honest ads.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this 2Sih day of
June, A. d. 1890. HENRY CURTIS
Mas'er in Chancery, Rock Island Co., Ill.
E. f. PARNENTEe, Sol'r for Ccu,plt 2s-d4w
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

Limitations are sometimes placed on the
exuberance Of gallery godB ut the theatre.
In New York recently Lad who resented
the discords of O particularly bad perform
anoe by throwing banana skins at the actors
was arrested and fined ein
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
cor. pEITsCH AND cApr. HAzEN,

COl- DElISCH AND tAPI. HAHN.
was passed creating a board of police COM
missioners, but 1t was still partisan or
ganization, inasmuch as it was designed to
divest the mayor, who was of the opposite
party, of his authority over the force At
last public sentiment grew so strong that
q new law was enacted. Under its terms,
the board consists of two Republicans and
two Democrats. It is appointed by the
governor, and is administrative with
quasi-judicial functions. The mayor is the
executive head of the force, and dominates
for appointment The board confirms or
rejects, and to determine the availability
and efficiency of nominees has established
q civil service system of examinations.
Another merit of the law is that it is so
framed as to make it impossible, unless
by an almost inconceivable collision, for
the force to be the creature of the arbitrary
within or personal or political bias of either
the mayor or the board.
The practical demonstration of the sue
cess of the guiding principle of the mayor
and the board is in the fact that COM
plants of police interference at elections
are now unheard of. A memorandum of
the politics of appointees was formerly
made, but that practice ceased about two
years ago. As far probably as can be ex-
pected, the police force and the admins
tration of the department are non-partisan
in fact as well as in name. All power of
removal or suspension, after trial, is abso-
lutte in the board, and all appointments
continual during good behavior, and re-
movals cannot be made except for cause,
upon charges. This applies to the super
fntendent as well as to all subordinates.
Among the reforms incident to the with
drawal of the police force from the infiu-
ence of partisan politics has been a close
enforcement of the laws. One of the most
delicate questions with which the depart
ment has had to deal has been the Sunday
question, which shook the city from GEN.
ter to circumference for a long time. Yet
1t has handled 1t with a dignified consider
alton for the feelings Of those personally
concerned without sacrificing jot of the
law
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
county buildings.

TRANSFERS.
July 3-John III Brookman to Jacob
Bracket, lot 2, block SO. Andalusia.
$1,2S0.
Peter Hay to Henry Empke Jr. lot 1S.
Peter Hays ad, r |, $500.
Ellen Kelley to David Call. part lot I,
block 2, Towards second adj. l, 5000
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

A Great Card.-"That's a nice ad. :"
"Whatf' "This museum advertises, we
have secured the Wandering Jew. He
will wander daily from 10 a. m. until 10
p. M"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

For beauty. for comfort, for improve.
ment of the complexion. use only POz-
zoni's Powder; there is nothing equal to
it,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
Advertised Lis, OF Letter.. No. "a

Advertised List Of Letters No. -
List Of letters uncalled for at the Postofiice Al
Rock Island, Rock Island county, Illinois
July I. 1890:
Anderson A Carl johnson
Boegershauser Fred Marshall Tom
Busck Mr. Parmen Rufus
Duuon OP X Furnitu re Co
Gipson q Ruge Jno G Bali Man
Mary Hawley Slattery Edward
Harris VINO SchwarZ John
Grace Higley Smith Ida NJ
johnson Mamie Schroeder Nm
Van Vliet Miss A X
FOREIGN LIST.
Anderson Josephine Koopmans FSlkert
HOWARD WELLS r. NJ
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

THE WAGON" READY FOR A RUN.
cinls of the department. The present board
of commissioners In composed of James
Boyle and Louis Werner, Republicans, and
Thomas G. Minor and Milo G. DoddH, Dem
ocrats, Boyle, Dodds and Minor having
been on tho board since les creation In 1887
GRo. 3. MCDOWELL.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
WNANDBRAIN
A Combination Found in Gin
cinnati's Policemen.
NOT "BossED" BY POLITICIANS.

The Exceptionally fine Force of Guar
dians of Law and Order to BE Found
in the Chief City of Ohio-Men Beyond
the Influence of Partisanship.
Cincinnati lays claim to having one of
the finest police forces in the country. For
many years prior to 1885 it was the Great
ure and servant OF the mayor, changed
throughout with every revolution of the
wheel of political fortune. In 1885 law
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05
Excursion Tickets

On account of the Fourth of July
excursion tickets will be sold by the
Rock Island & Peoria railway July Sd
and 4th. at one fare for the round trip.
Good for return until ana including July
Eth
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-05

All dog owners are hereby notified that
they must procure checks for 1890 before
July 1. as all dogs seen without checks
attached after that date will be shot by
the police on sight. Phil MILLER.
City Marshal.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-30
Felt Shoes for Children
At New England shoe store, Ill S. Main
BURGLAR OF THE FUTURE.

The burglar of the future Gomez
Adown the groove of time.
In broad-cloth clad. and glossy hat
A graduate Of crime.
The very latest thing in boots.
The newest style in ties:
his whole get-up will I'LL the dude
With envy and surprise.
He'll wipe his shoes upon the mat
With air urhane and bland,
And leave his hat and oyercoat
And stick upon the stand
Hell make gracious bow and say
hope / don't intrude."
Ere he will enter-for he'd die
II folks should think him rude.
He'll beg our pardon when he takes
=, Our watch and diamond min
10 steal without apologies
he'd think q grieyous sin,
Hell ask politely for loan,
And say-"l fear I'm rash
ExCrse me, sir-don't mention it"
The while he scoops our cash.
How diff srent from the bad old mast
Ihs falure's going to be-
Awui almost be plea ure soon
A 0iAude lie Sykes to see.
Inc old uneducated thief
Must hide his head in shame
For though the new ones more militia
Hell get there all the came.
From Society and tho Critic.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-30

that he must not be too conscious OF his
subject, If he is he will be only stilted and
dry. The greatest pleasure in the world. to
me. is to speak to an audience on a subject
which am interested in and have COM
mand of. If the speaker knows that his
audience is with him, and that he is :nflu-
encing it by his arguments, he is perfectly
happy. AS an illustration of the pleasure
that / take in speaking, am going to take
off sixty days the early part of the coming
year to speak twice day in Canada upon
racinrocitv'
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-30
To Soften the Skin.

Ladies whose skin is subject to roughness
when exposed to the air, may remedy the
difficulty by applying Wisdom's Violet
Cream. It restores the natural action of
the skin and induces softness and elastic
itv