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Evening journal., 1890-02-18
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A GREAT many collegians will endorse
all that President Elliott has to say
about the folly and wickedness of public
betting at intercollegiate games, more
especially those who have put their
money on Harvard for several years past.
Boston Herald
NEARLY everybody needs good medi-
cine at this season, to purify the blood
and build up the system. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is the most popular and successful
spring medicine and blood purifier II
cures scrofula, all humors, dyspepsia,
sick headache, that tired feeling.
''DoEs your daughter read muchl"
mo, she does net II understand she
reads all the latest novels. "Well, so
she does; but don't call them much. =
Yonker's Statesman.
Ladies' and Gentlemen's restaurant,
Sixth and Shipley.
IT is better to lose jest than friend.
to miss an opportunity of saying good
thing than to make an enemy. IN. Z.
Ledger.
Wood, willow and wire goods, etc, at
No S05 Market street. Jackson's.
They buried it darkly at dead Of night.
oh, deed Of vain endeavor;
The darned thing sprouted, and the crop
Is bigger now than eFer, vi. p..ss
TRUNKS at Yergers.
IT is striking fact that bad memory
for debts is very frequently accompanied
by remarkably good memory for faces.
Washington Post.
FINE Lynn Haven Bay" oysters, at
Steele's, 1l9 Market street.
GAN honor is not without profit even
in it's own country" remarked the candi-
date who had been elected to fine, fat
office. - Washington Star.
Ross has removed from l16 Market
| street to his new store 2i0 Market with q
large stock oflatest styles Of Hats, White
Shirts, Neclxwear, Hosiery, Underwear
and Notions at the lowest city prices
Money returned if goods are not sstisfac
tory
How much did Fuller leave when h,
diedg' "Abont $50 600, l should say
"What in CASH" NO, unpaid. TO
ledo Blade
WE are now receiving some of thu
finest Prime Ol sters that come TO THU
city, at Dolan's, 6 West Third street.
MATrIE-"Dot what is a zebraT Do
(who has been looking into natural his
tory for the last houT-"A zebwa
Why, Matte, it's nothing but a funn.
little. horse that wears striped stocking
Evening journal., 1890-02-18

NEARLY everybody needs q good medi-
cine at this season, to purify the blood
and build up the system. Hoods sarsa-
parilla is the most popular and successful
spring medicine and blood purifier. II
cures scrofula, all humors, dyspepsia,
sick headache, that tire 4 feeling.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
A Tinker's Story.

Peter DAILY, a wandering tinker, sat
mending an old wash boiler in front of a
tenement house on Forty-eighth street
near Eleventh avenue, singing meTrily
away as he filled up the holes with solder
Peter was in talkative mood, and a
few minutes conversation disclosed the
fact that the tinker has history.
He served ten years in the British army,
and has seen some hard service under the
hot sun of India. His father was tinker
before him in county Antrim, Ireland,
where Pete was born, and he learned to
use the soldering iron almost as soon as he
learned to walk
From the British army Peter went to
Australia, and from there he wandered
over half Europe, carrying his little fur
mace and kit of tools, and working his way
as he went. He can shout Boilers to
mend" in half dozen different languages,
and speaks German as well as any good
subject of the kaiser. But he says there is
reason for that. In little town in Ger
many he received wound from bright
pair of blue eyes that was worse than any
he had received in the army ''and which, -
Peter says, will never get well' But he
doesn't care much about that part of it.
for the little German maiden consented to
go with him and take care of the wound.
So Pete took her along AS his wife, and
says she is doing her best to keep the
wound fresh.
His wanderings are done now, however,
and every night he goes home to the fiat
where he lives on the west side, where the
smiling face of his Gretchen and their
three sturdy rogues of children are await
ing his return. Still Pete likes to talk
about the old times, when he was ''sojer
bye" and many an hour does he while
away telling the neighbors of his advent
ureS.-New York World
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
Specimens of Rare HaudvriSiups

Mr.. Simon Gratz, who is deemed an ex-
pert in the matter of autographs, has next
to the finest collection in America Mr..
Gratz commenced gathering autograph let
ters in 1856. He was then but a STRIPPING
of Il years, yet at this early age he was i'm
bued with the idea while accidentally
searching among Il number of old family
papers. He possesses n complete set of the
"signers, fifty-two of which are autograph
letters signed. He also has IA second set
under way, which is complete with the ex-
ception of the rare signature of Thomas
Lynch, Jr. But one original letter of
Lynch's is known to exist today, and it is
owned by the eminent New York physi-
clan, DIR. Thomas Emmett.
DIR. Emmett estimates the cost of this let
ter to him at 800. The majority of Mr..
GRATIS autograph letters are remarkably
fine. both as regards their condition and
text. He OWNS a set of autographs of the
members OF the old congress, which, if not
complete, are very full, and a complete set
of autograph letters of the generals of the
revolution. the majority of which are auto
graph letters signed Besides these Mr..
Gratz possesses a general collection of au-
tographs embracing between 5000 and
10000 specimens, not only American but
foreign, ancient and modern-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
On a Certain Critical EaIIacy.

The truth is that the current criticism
whose shibboleths are 'romanticism" and
realism" has got into the polemic stage
which is the same thing as saying that it
has ceased to be criticism. Criticism is
mainly an affair of analysis and classifica-
ton. These afford it ample scope, and
dealing successfully with them confers
abundant dignity. To decry Scott or ex-
alt Mr.. Rider Haggard is to be the slave of
an abstraction, than which nothing is less
critical. 1t may be useful by way of
shocking the illiterate and inattentive into
a comprehension of your position, but it is
not criticism, because your eye is not ION
the object" but on your position, which
also in this case is bopelessly outside the
circle of operations of true contemporary
strategy.
The realistic controversialists are es,
pecially slow to perceive this. Not only
are they singularly blind to the success of
their own party among the novelists whose
material is exclusively human life and
character (how else explain their heat?),
but they seem to insist that every one who
deals with fiction at all should deal exclu-
sively with this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
Ice Water.

The American people suffer
more from kidney troubles than
any other nation in the world.
Part of this is owing to the fact
that they are large consumers
of ice-water, especially in the
summer. The effect upon the
stomach and kidneys of sud
denly chilling the small blood
vessels is precisely the same
effect as one experiences in TAX
ing cold. The blood vessels
coDgest and Inflammation sets
in. in the effort to relieve the
difficulty. If no relief is given
and the process kept up in no
long time the patient has
Bright's Disease of the Kidneys.
He has simply done by neglect
what he would have accomplish
ed if he had taken cold upon
the lungs and neglected If, he
has the consumption. At the
first appearance of a trouble of
this sort the patient should take
Reid's German Cough and Kid
ney Cure according to directions.
This stimulates the system, and
induces permanent cure. The
danger in these cases arises
from neglect in "letting them
run" Every cold tends to
weaken the vital organs. If
the system is not strengthened
and stimulated, every cold lays
the foundation for more serious
difficulty in the future. Persons
whose stomach and digestive
organs have been deranged by
the excessive use of iced drinks
will find Reid's German Cough
and Kidney Cure a wonderful
tonic. 1t acts at once and as
there are no poisonous drugs in
neither opium, morphiue or
cocOaine, there is not the slight
est danger from an overdose
This can be said of but very
few cough remedies. So innocu-
GUS and pleasant is Reid's Ger
man Cough and Kidney Cure
that persons have often taken
the contents of an entire bottle
in a day; without any i'll effect
whatever.
for sale by all druggists.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co,
Peoria, Iii.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
EIorida's Cabbage Tree.

One of the most peculiar trees in Florida
Is the cabbage tree. 1t is one of the most
valuable of Florida's products. Just why
1t should be called cabbage do not know,
unless it is that the long, straight trunk,
surmounted by a cluster of leaves, resem-
bles somewhat a Seeding cabbage plant.
The tree, in fact, belongs to the palmetto
family. 1t grows TO a height varying
from twenty to forty feet, and there is
scarcely an inch difference in the diameter
from the roots up to the leaves.
The leaves, or bayonets, all grow in a
cluster at the top. The wood is very porous
and extremely light; it resembles cork
more than wood. Its value lies in the fact
that it is utterly impervious to the ravages
of salt water and barnacles, which quickly
destroy all other natural woods. Hence
the cabbage tree is much sought after for
posts and piles for building bridges and
wharves in salt water. Pine piles that are
used in building through salt water have
to be creosoted in order to preserve them
any length of time, and the process is a
very expensive one, but the cabbage wood
needs no application of any sort The
Florida supply is fast becoming exhausted,
and there viii soon be but little OF it left
Cor. New York Star
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
A WomaL's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has
been made, and that, too. by q lady in
this country. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven years she
withstood its severests tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months she
coughed necessarily and could not sleep.
She bought of us bottle of Dr. Kings
New Discovery for consumption and was
so much relieved on taking the first dose
that she slept all night, and with one
bottle has been miraCulcusly cured. Her
name is Mrs Luther LutZ" Thus write
w. c. Hamrick s. Co. of Shelby, N c.
Get free bottle at Hsrtz & Bahnsen
drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
ELECTRIC BITTERs.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and 80 popular as to need no special men,
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise.-A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys, will remove pimples, boils,
salt rheum and other affections caused by
impure blood. viii drive Malaria from
the system and prevent as well as cure
all Malarial fevers.-For cure of head
ache. constipation and indigestion try
Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction guar.
anteed, or money refunded.-Price sc
cents and $1.00 per bottle at Hartz &
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
What Does II MaanY

100 doses one dollar" means simply
that Hoods Sarsaparilla is the most eco
nomical medicine to buy, because it gives
more for the money than any other prep
aration Each hottie contains 100 doses
ard will average to last a month. while
other preparations taken according TO
directions are gone in a week. There
fore. be sure to get Hoods Sarsaparilla.
the best blood purifier.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

The Cheyenne Indian hangs the dead
body of Lis friend among the foliage of his
native forests, prey to the vulture and
the sport of every storm; or else, swathing
it with willow branches, places it with the
feet southwark in some cottonwood tree,
together with a plentiful supply of food,
arms and tobacco, to be consumed on its
voyage to the happy hunting grounds
Once Week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

FAST MAIL TRAIN with Electric lighted emu
Steam heated Vestbuled trains between Chi
cago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and Minneapolis.
TRAN ROUTE with Electric
lighted and Steam heated Vestibuled trains oe-
tween Chic ago and Council Biufts, omaha OF
st. Paul AMI the Pacific Coast.
GREAT NATIONAL ROUTE between Chicago
Kansas CitY and st. Joseph, Mo.
800 MILE OF ROAD reaching all principal
points in II inois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa.
Missouri, South DHkota and North Dakota.
For maps. time tables, rates OF passage ana
freight, etc, apply to the nearest station agent
of the CHICAGO 0. Milwaukee q 81. Paul Railway, or
to any raros agent any where IN the world.
ROSWELL lfILLER, A. V. II. CARPENTER,
General Manager Gen'l fnss- q T. Agt
uFor inf ormation in reference to Lands and
Towns owned by by the Chicago, Milwaukee q
ST. Paul Rail way Company, write to d. g. Hau-
gen Land GO mmissioner Milwaukee. Wisconsin.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

The Importance of flameless combustion
is not sufficiently recognized The appear
ance of flame is misleading, and the greater
the flame the less work done, other things
being equal. The fact that certain boilers
give such an exceedingly small duty for
the fuel consumed when the fiues are filed
from end to end with magnificent flame"
is often a puzzle to engineers This so
called magnificent flame is delusion, hol-
low and cold inside, and not coming in
contact with the boiler at ALL When the
same fuel is burned with very small
flame, hardly visible over the bridge, the
duty increases some 30 per cent.-New York
Telegram.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALvE.

The best sslve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles. or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale bv Hsrtz & Bshnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

The French order, the Legion of Honor,
was established by Napoleon in 1902. There
are five grades-that of chevalier, officer,
comnandeur, grand officer and grand
croix. Recipients receive $50, 800, 500,
500 500 a year respectively.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

The rosy freshness. and velvety soft
ness of the skin is vsriably obtained by
those who use Pozzoni's Complexion
Powder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

Only one wolf has ever gone around in
sleeps skin but many a sheep has
Travelled for miles and miles in a wolf's
skin.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

1t requires no self-denisl for pawn
broker to keep the pledge.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

The new sash craze for men may possi-
bly, cause pane in the stomach.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

It is often impossible to distinguish
silence from wisdom because they are
frequently the same thing.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

DOCK ISLAND & PEORIA RAILWAY-DE-
LII pot First svenue and Twentieth atreet. F.
IL Rockwell Ayent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

THICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAIL
~ way-Racine Il Southwestern Division-De-
pot Twel tieth rect. between First and Second
avenue, L. d. ". Holmes, agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-08-27

BURLINGTON ROUFE-C e., Il. & @ RAIL
ID way-Dep7t First svenne and Sixteenth ST.
NJ J. Nourg, agent
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-14
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Strangers in the City and Wheeling People

Strangers in the City and Wheeling People
Abroad. .,s5-.5z
Mrs. Il. NJ. Harper is quite i'll with in
fluenza.
L. B. Gordon, OF Davis, this State, was
at the Hotel windsor yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Joseph, OF
Morgantown, are at the Stamm.
August Neuhausen, of Steubenville,
formerly OF this city, was here yesterday
on brief business visit.
Among those registered at the Stamm
yesterday were eight members Of the
''Jim the Penman" company.
DR.. D. H. Taylor left last night for Ne
braska, where he has been called by the
serious illness of a brother-in-law.
Mr.. T. NJ. Garvin and wife, aud Mrs.
Garvin's sister, Miss Mary McCrum,
leave to-day for Washington, Baltimore
and Philadelphia.
Mr.. S. II. Alderman, of San Francisco,
q glass buyer whose orders are usually
large and for that reason always accept
able, is registered at the Mcclure.
Mrs. Ellie Wilton. the clever leading
lady of "Jim, the Penman" company,
dined at the Mcclure yesterday as she
was ON her way to Steubenville, where
the play was presented last evening.
Miss Bessie Montague, of Baltimore,
is guest at the residence of Mr.. George
K. McMechen on Chapline street, having
been called here by the illness of her
sister, Miss Alice Montague, who while
visiting Miss McMechen was stricken
down with typhoid fever. Her many
admirers will be pleased to learn that
she is convalescent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-14
.l, i BLOODED HORSES /:
Purchased Mt Lexington by Henry Schmul-
- n In ri, for al q 6OO -

NJ lLcAluStoh ny SneAry ocAAAAeA.-
bach for $40, 500.
at Lexington on Wednesday, Mr..
Henry schmulbach, of this city, pur-
chased at the big auction sale of horses
of Brassfeld & Co. three, thoroughbreds
for which he paid the sum Of $40, 800.
Mr.. Schmulbach'sp purchases were among
the most notable made during the day,
the three animals he secured being
from consignment of eight from the
estate of the late Col. William Cassius
Goodloe, who was prominent member
of the National Republican Executive
Committee, and who, it will be remem-
bered, was killed in. the Lexington post
office by Colonel Swope.
The eight horses from Colonel Good
loes estate brought 1927 $50. The three
for which Mr.. Schmulbach paid $4,000
were as follows:
Jay Bell, blk. f., 2-year-old, by Die
tator; S3,40O.
Sophia, br.S M, 4.year.old, by George
Wilkes; s., 400. ..5
IS Firzah, b. M, .3-year-old, by Dictator
s., 700. s5.
Mr.. Schmulbach was accompanied at
this sale by Messrs. T. G. Dillon, F. j. Park
and A. NJ. Hamilton. The news OF bis
purchase caused quite breeze OF ex:
element among the local horsemen, and
there is considerable curiosity being
felt for a look at the beauties.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-14
Envy Loves n shining Mark.

Certain small but not good agents, of
small but good companies, have tried to
connect The Equitable with small institu-
tions of the same name.
The most successful and widely known
life assurance company in the world is
the Equitable" Hence, its name is
popular throughout the country and has
been appropriated by others.
We have never been asked if we had
any connection with Equitable manu-
featuring or mercantile organizations, al
though there are number, but we hare
been asked if we were identified in any
way with the Equitable Fire Insurance
Company or an obscure cooperative as
ISOLATION entitled the Equitable Reserve
Fund"
We now observe that small bank in
New York, which suspended business
for few days recently, is known as the
Equitable Bank, and we have had an in
quiry as to whether it had any connec-
ton with us.
We may as we'll announce, therefore,
once for all, that the Equitable Life AS
surance Society of the United States
has no connection, directly or indirectly,
with any other organization OF any kind
or description bearing the name Equitd-
BILE, but that it is now, as it has been for
some years, the largest, strongest. safest
and best Life Insurance Company in the
world.
SWEENEY e. EDWARDS,
General Agents,
1908 Market street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-14

The marks on the wharf gauge last
night indicated a depth of IL feet s
inches in the channel with the river
falling slowly. The Abner O'Neal was
the first boat out OF port Yesterday, get
ting Off for Pittsburgh at s a. m. The
Courier departed for Parkersburg at
1850 a. m. The Hudson passed down
for Cincinnati at 2 p IN. The Scotia
which usually passes up at a. m.
Thursday, is out OF the trade this week,
being laid up at Cincinnati to allow an
engine to be repaired. To-day the G. w.
Bachelor will pass down enreute from
Pittsburgh to Cincinnati at a. m. The
Ben Hur will leave the wharf for Par
kersburg at II 80 a. IN. The Louis A.
Shirley is due up from Cincinnati to
Pittsburgh at S n. m. The Liberty and
other local daily packets aie all sched-
uled as usual. Capt. Calhoun's new
boat, the keystone State, building to
take the place of the Katie Stockdale in
the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati trade is
nearing completion at the Harmar boat
yards. She will be of the following di-
mensions: Length 22S feet, beam SO
feet, hold 81 feet deep. She will have a
capacity OF 500 tons. The en-
CINE will have 1G-inch cylinders and z
foot stroke There will be three boilers
~ inches in diameter and "a feet long, |
with six S-inch fues in each. The
wheel will be % feet in diameter, 2 feet
larger than the one on the Stockdale
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-14
CHIEF MARSHALL BRUBAKER :.

OF the yasliin.tDn's Birthday Celebration
Parade, Issues General Order No. 1. -s
Mr.. Samuel Brubaker, Chief Marshal
of the parade to take place on Washing
toms birthday, has issued General Order
No. l, accepting the appointment and
expressing his sense OF the honor. He
also names as members OF his staff the
following named gentlemen: Oscar
Seeley Chief of Staff; j. l.. Degant, of the
Jr. O. U. a. NJ. and w. w. Rogers, of the
P. S. of A., Assistant Narshals; d. w.
Martin, Sons of Veterans; G. E. Irwin,
Sheridan Post G.. a. r.; William Elling-
ham, I. o. o. F.; Col. w. Fl. Travis,
X. T.; B. Stanley, x. of p; James
NIcH. Jones, G. U. o. o. F.; W. H.
Williams, o. U. A. NJ; James Nc
Greatly, o. U. a. NJ. and j. A. Dunning,
Chief OF Fire Department, Aides.
The line OF march is laid down as fol-
lows: Column will form at l 80 p. H.,
Saturday, February %, on Chapline
street, right resting on Sixteenth, march
out Sixteenth to Jacob, on Jacob to
Fourteenth, to Market, to Tenth, to
Main, to Seventeenth, and counter
march on Main to Twenty-fourth, to
Chapline, to Twentieth, to Market, to
Sixteenth, to Public Building and dis
band.
Citizens along the line are requested
to suitably decorate their houses, and
all organizations invited to take part
which have not already responded are
requested to do SO by next Monday, in
order that they may be properly as
signed to places in the line.