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The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15
SauGG for the Goose is s SauCe for
 the GandGr.

A Parisian recently chronicled this true tale of "The Smokers Re- vcnge::" :"
 Scene: A railway compartment. "Madama, do you object to smok- ing?" No reply. The question is repeated with a similar result. Thinking the lady deaf, the male passenger made pretense of light ing his cigar.
 Do it if you dare !" exclaimed Madame Potin, with an unearthly gleam in her eye.
 "Just to see what'Il happen, here goesr' he said, stung by the lady's tone. And lie applied the match.
 The lady bounced from the seat and, snatched the cigar from his lips, threw it out of the window.
 "There is compartment for smokers" she hissed.
 The gentleman, quite taken back, thoughtit best to be quiet while secretly bemoaning his lost Hay ana.
 Five minutes silence. Madam Potin flushed with her triumph. Suddenly the lady's huff appeared to become instinct with life, and presently a little poodle put out his head to take breath of air. The gentleman arose, smiling afably. seized the little dog by the tail and tenderly dropped it out of the car riage window, saying. in dulcet tones, Madam, there is a compart- ment for dogs !''-Industrial Amer ican.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15
ShGt the Right Han.

Ats San Nateo on Christmas night a man called at the residence of Ireneo Chaves, and after passing the usual compliments of the sea son with Mr. Chaves, took him by the arm and engaging him in con vcrsation. walked outside the door with him. Just outside a shot was
 fired by a concealed assassin near ny. The bali cut through the coat of 1Ir. Chaves, and struck the man who Was leading him, causing al- most instant death As he fell he said My brotier-in-Iaw has shot the wrong man; bring me water" " He expired in a minute afterwards. }Ir. Chaves certainly had a narrow escape. The name of the man, who richly deserved his death, Is not embellishments Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

General Berdan has proposed a novel solution of the silver coinage problem. His scheme is to make a dollar of gold and silver, mechan- ically combined, by first making a silver coin worth twenty-five cents, with a hole in the center, and then pressing into the hole a plug of gold worth seventy-fve cents.- Electrical Review.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

It is now proposed to deepen the upper part of the Hudson River from the present 12 feet depth to 20 feet. This will make the river deep enough for ocean steamers to go up as far as Albany. It is a much needed improvement. The cost is at about s, 100000.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15
To Prevent Badness.

"The preservation of the han
 and the prevention of badness is a
 matter to which I have given con- siderable attention and thought, :"
 said a barber the the other day, "And I have come to the conclusion that all patent tonics that were ever compounded by my craft are not half as good as a few simple and natural remedies which a child can make and use. IL is, of course, impossible to prevent badness where it is hereditary, but it can, however, be warded off,
 "The hair, like every other DOT tion of the human frame, if uncared for will go to waste and eventually drop out. This is duo to splitting ot the ends of the hair, so that the interior oil duct, which nourishes the hair, Is exposed and the natur- al nOurishment of the hair runs to waste, overhows upon the head, forming dandrulf, which impedes the growth of the hair just much as the lares among wheat. The best means to prevent this is d strength ening of the hair, and this can be easily accomplished by frequent cutting and the use of salt and wa ter and d little vaseIine. Have you ever noticed what bushy hair sea laring men have? 1 followed the sea for a number of years; l don't remember ever having seen a bald sailor. It Is because their hair is in constant contact with the invig- orating salt air and is often wet with salt water. 4 good tonic of salt water should contain a tea spoonful of salt to tunLler of Wa ter and should be applied to the hair two or three times a week. The effect at the end of a month will be surprising. If the hair is thoroughly washed once week with castillo soap and ,aa scalp rub bed with vaseIine, the hair will not only cease to fall out, and the dand- ruff disappear, but will actually thicken. Having once got the hair in good condition, vigorous dry brushing and resort occasionally to the treatment l have described will keep it so. Balzac, the famous French novelist, was a great stick Ter for brushing and rubbing the hair and claimed to have warded off badness for a long time, though he inherited it from both his fath- CT and mother It is alarming how prevalent badness now is among young men, and attribute it en- tireIy to the stiff Derby hat now in vogue. The hat impedes the clrcu- lation of the blood on the crown of the head and thus shuts off from the hair a large portion of It's nour- ishment. The solt hat is far the best. Next. New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

Were the San Carlos coal fields opened for location and develop ments, Globe would, under the stimulus given by cheapening of the coke supply about 70 per cent. soon spring into a town of 5000 people, supported by two score of smelling stacks. And the base ores of the Territory would be worked at home and contribute to local in- dustry in place of being shipped, at high rates of freight, to New Mexi- co and Colorado for reduction. As so much is dependent upon turning the coal fields over to the available domain, 1t is to be wondered at that no more vigorous efforts have been made to that end.-Phenix Re- publican.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

male prisoner of war; and the cause of Irish nationality is swept out of existence so long as the Ro- rnan Church rules Ireland. It com mands the position, and it will be vain endeayor for Parnell or any other Irish patriot to restore the condition of things which existed before the O'Shea trial. This de- Ifeat of the Home-Rule party in Ire land and the overthrow of its lead CT oughtto cmancipate Ireland from the slavery and bondage in which it has so long existed. The Church of Rome is the enemy of Ireland, as 1t is the enemy of all governments. The recent history of France. since the captivity and death of Napo- leon; the history of Italy, since the reign of Humbert; the stagnation of Spain for a century of time the history of every South American republic and European nation which has submitted to Papal in nuence; the condition of such parts of Ireland as are strongly Catholic, contrasted with those of the same country that are Protestant, demon strate that church influence anu church power have been imimicaI to the prosperity of Ireland. The church has taken a new departure. h Italy, it enters the field of poIi- ties; in France, clerical influence is endeavoring to become predomi- nant; there is a clerical party in Belgium the Pope rules Spain and an effort is being made everywhere to reinstate the political influence of thc church In the United States, Jesuit conspirators strike at the public schools, and in every city in the American Union there is a po- liticaI organization working to achieve political results. It is not q matter of regret that the first con
  test should come off in Ireland. II is not a matter of surprise that in the first engagement the church should come off victorious; but ifI 1t is not Bull Run victory, and shall not be followed by ultimate defeat, then we shall have cause for much surprise. Isis fight between church and state. Ignorance and bigotry have taken their final stand against intelligence. It is the church against the school house. It is the ignorance of middle ages against the nineteenth century, and if God is just and man is capable of selt-goycrnment, there can beno doubt how this conflict will termi- natc.-Argouaut.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15
Net Fec Old to ElOpe.

Do you see that man just going
 towards the elevator entrance-the
 one with that buxon looking woman
 on his arm?" asked the clerk at the Palmer House yesterday, pointing 'out q man apparently fifty years old, who was the picture of health, and the good-looking woman of thirty-eight who was af1ectionately clinging to his arm.
 "As he and his wife are going away this evening for the Pacific coast I'll tell you all about it. He is Charles A. Miller, of Anaheim, Cal. He and his wife have been here two days, and the first time 1 saw him 1 knew that he was tickled to death about something, and which he was just aching to tell. So this morning when he came down from breakfast to smoke his cigar in the foyer 1 told him 1 wished 1 could appear as happy as he did all the time. That started him. He leaned on the desk and opened his heart. His wile's maiden name was Alice Leland and she lived in Jamestown, Cal.-my iovial friend called 1t Jimtown-and that is where he met his fate. A bachelor of fity-eight who had made his fortune in the gold mines you would think would be too tough to make any impression upon, but it wasn't so. He said ho felt like a schoolboy, only more so.
 Miss Leland was not averse to her elderly lover, but her folks had always been so anxious to keep her at home that every young man who had shown any disposition to care for her was given to understand that his presence was not wanted. This was the case with Miller. The old folks immediately forbade him the house.
 Alice was determined to have the man she loved, however, and, as her younger sister favored the match, clandestine meetings were arranged and the day of elopement was fixed. November 20 was the date, and the wintry lover got a team and carriage, and at 10 o'clock at night Alice climbed ladder, and they drove to Sonora, four miles away, where at Il 80 the couple were married, the preacher and his wife getting out of their bed to light the church where the ceremony was performed. After the knot was tied they drove to Stockton, thirty miles distant, which was the nearest rail- way station, and came East to visit relatives in Toledo, Ohio, and Chi cago.
 "He is q wealthy mine-owner, having gone to California from his native State, Ohio, twenty years ago. He says he intends to spend the remainder of his happy days on a large orange farm he owns at eim."-Chicago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15
-tsE@-SH-@S-

4 careful inquiry among New York banking interests would indi- cate a general opinion there that the financial and credit disturbance is practically over, and that so far as New York is concerned tie process of recuperation is in full progress. Such opinions receive confirmation from the decreased conservatism shown by financial interests, the increasing supply 2. money offer ed in time loans, and lower rates and better purchasing demand for commercial paper.-Bradstrect's.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15
Prices are low. Stocks of goods

Prices are low. Stocks of goods are low, save in cotton, The banks have withstood a great strain. Cred it is sound. Failures are few, rcla- tive to the great strain of six months past. The bubbles are burst. Here and elsewhere firms which failed are resuming. We owe less abroad, The National mortgage has been cut down by vast English sales Of our bonds and stock. These have been taken up at home. Ithas cost investors much lower values for all the securities they hold but it has been done.-Philadelphia Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

Those who are still interested in the great Chinese banking conces- sion will read the report just issued by the Imperial Bank of Persia with very mingled feelings. This institution pays a dividend of 8 per cent on its capitaI--an operation absogbs more than a quarter of Q million Of dollars-cargies e100.000 to reserve account, out of 9I50,G00 received as part consideration of it's mining rights, and transfers e50,- 00O to special fund for the equal ization of diyidends.-New York Saturday Globe.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

The production of metal alumin- ium by electrolysis at cost little above that of tin Is what some French chemists are sanguine of being able to accomplish.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

Siam, acountry with some 6,000,- GOO inhabitants, and an area nearly as great as that of the vast empire of Texas, with Vermont and Mas sachusetts added, is to break ground in January for it's first railway, which is to be one hundred and seventy miles long. So the locomo- tive is pushing into new fields even in the oldest and most conservative portions of the world,-Railway Age.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

In thinking of Arizona, most peO- pie abroad have an idea of it as q place, not as an expanse of ter ritory that would make fair-sized European kingdom. There are in Arizona almost all varieties of eli mate and productions, and intend ing immigrants can here find in some part of the Territory the peculiar natural qualifications they most affect There is plenty of land in Arizona for new settlers and plenty of profit for the in- dustrious.-Phpnix Republican.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-01-15

The cotton yield for 1890 is now placed at 8,1O0,O0O bales, as against ', 100000 bales last year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Police Points.

Frank Ploetki on complaint of George
Stodd was taken before Justice Cooke on
a change of venue from Justice Halves
yesterday morning on charge of inde>
cent exposure, and was fined SO and
costs.
James Sullivan was arrested this morn
ing in the c., R. l. & P yards for carry
ing off keg of eer. the contents Of
which he had not had time to get outside
of, and is now locked up in the Annoy
as dry as chip, awaiting hearing The
beer was stolen from an uptown brewery.
James Kelly and John Brennan were
held to the circuit court in bonds Of
800 each to await the action of the
grand jury by Magistrate Wivill. They
are the pair who attempted to play the
iewelry store act on Simon & Mosen n
fielder, but were nipped in the bud.
Herman Schale was assessed 50 and
costs by Magistrate Wivill last evening
for trying TO ''do" Moline avenue bal
| tender out of some drinks on July IA
He was arrested that day and gave secur'
itY for his appearance, but had not beer
seen again until yesterday, when he wa:
arrested by Officer Kramer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28

the postoffce department, q mail box Will
days so that letters can he placed there n
and will be taken out at the post office n
time to catch the first mail out which will
be a great accommodation to persons
along the line snd especially those resi-
dents of South Rock Island. Manager
Louderbsck has also submitted aproposi.
ton TO the department. to carry mail pouches
on the street cars as often as it will be re-
quired during the day between this city
and Moline, Rock Island and Milan ard
Rock Island and Davenport, which wou d
also be great accommodation to the
public.
Fred Myers, son of j. E. Myers, WAS
painfully injured in THE ARGUS press
room at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
While waiting for his route he watched
the operations of a job press and thoughts
lessly placed his hand in the cogs of it.
The press was Immediately stopped. but
not until three fingers of the boys left
hand were severely lscersted. DR., Lude>
wig. who attended him. found the index
| finger so injured that it will probably he
stiff hereafter, while the two next fingers
were badly torn. the injuries being Of
such nature as to require IL stitches
with the patient under chloroform.
The horse cars have been Withdrawn
from the east end of the Union line N
Moline and now that all the lines of the
syndicate in Davenport are running by cleo
tricity too, the only branches of the sys-
tenn where horse cars are still running
excepting of course the bridge line across
the bridges and islsnd-sre the Elm street
and Ninth street lines. 1t is to be hoped
the council will at its next session gran I
the changes the syndicate prays for. on
Nineteenth street and Sixth avenues 80
that that portion of the track may be re
laid without delay, and electric car SER
vice again established thereon. The
track forces are still at work on the red
line and Union line in Moline. The
| former is being doubled and the latter re,
constructed as fast as possible. On the
Union line a switch has TO be put IN al
the east end for trailers in ad iition to re-
laying the track.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
SOME pERhIclous FOREIGNERS.
Caught Violating the Cnstract Labor Law
Alleged Prominent Suspects.

Caught Violating the Cnatract Labor Law
Alleged Prominent Suspects.
CHICAGO, july 2s-Immigrant Inspec-
tor Stitch, after a careful investigation,
has secured evidence that an Italian
named Casino, a railway section fore
man from Iowa, in connection with David
Failone, of S37 Desplaines street, this city,
has been for some time violating the alien
contract labor law and shipping Italians
from this city to work on Iowa railways
at IS cents per day.
How They Did the Work.
1t seems that Casino and his partner
had been been connected with Italian rail
ways as foremen and in similar positions,
and knew right where to send for men.
They quietly sent money and tickets for
passage to persons in their native country,
and so soon as the men arrived here, in
small patches, they were forwarded to
Iowa and put to work along the railways
there. How many have thus been run
into the country is not known, but it is
believed that they run away up into the
hundreds. The worst feature of this case
is the well-grounded suspicion that prom
inent railway officials are implicated, but
on this point Mr.. Stitch is reticent. He is
waiting for further evidence
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Testing the VALIDITY of a Law.

New YORK, July 2S-Charles O'Connor
Eennessy was called to the bar before Re
corder Smytlie yesterday to plead to the
indictment charging him with misde-
meanor. The alleged offense was his pub
LEGATION IN the Evening News of the de-
tails of the execution of 'Slocum and
Smiler and the Others recently put TO
death by electricity at Sing Sing. His
counsel handed up a demurrer, in which
it is claimed that the statute under which
the Indictment was found is unconstitu-
tional, inasmuch as it restraints the liberty
OF the press guaranteed TO it by the con
stitutiou.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
IN THE NAME OF THE PRoPHEr,

figs. cry the vendors of the fruit in Constant
nople. Certainly "great cry over little wool. -
Scarcely less foolish is the practice Of those who
fly to violent physlcing for costiveRess. They
dose themselves violently weaken their bowels by
so doing, and disable them from acting regularly,
so that, verify, the last condition OF such people
is worse than the first Hostetters Stomach Bit
tiers is the safe and effective substitute for such
vast expedents, for it is by 10 means expedent
TO use them. What is needed is a gentle out
thorough laxative, which not only insures action
of the bowels without pain or weakening effects
which also promotes q healthy secretion and ow
OF bile into its proper channel. Dyspepsia, de
bility, kidney complaints, rheumatism and ma
laria give in 10 the Bitters.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
THE UNHAPPY FRENCH EDITOR.
He Cannot Get Over That British Recep-
ton of Kaiser Billy

LONDON, July 2s.-The French press
finds it impossible to forgive the British
government for the enthusiastic reception
of the kaiser, and the Paris Figaro has
just discovered, what no Englishman had
before suspected, that the Conservative
defeat in Cambridgeshire was due to the
popular discomfort with the undue honors
showered upon the German sovereign. The
squirming of the French newspapers over
the big show in honor of the queen s
grandson causes a good deal of amusement
in London. Labouchere's feeling on the
same subject is also discount ed, as besides
being Radical he is of French descent,
and strongly Gallo in his sympathies
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Characteristic Arkansas Item.

LITTLE ROCK, July 2s-Unknown par
ties went to the home of Thomas HILL a
mill man near Amity, Sunday night, and
failing TO induce him to come out, set fire
to the house. Hill attempted to escape by
the rear door, carrying a small child in
his arms and feather bed on his back
Ten steps from the door he was shot
down, three balls entering his body He
died instantly. The child was also slight
ly wounded Mrs. Hill escaped Hill
was engaged in bitter lawsuit and had
been warned that his life was in danger.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Propose to Dodge the Law.

OMAHA, July 2s.-The law passed by the
last legislature making eight hours le-
gal days work goes into effect Aug. and
railways are planning to get around it.
All the railways have prepared notices to
their men that after Aug l they will be
employed and paid by the hour The men
do not like this and there may he strike
on the Missouri Pacific and Burlington
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Barker Was Jealous.

PUEBLO, Colo, July 2S.-W. c. Barker
fired three bullets into Bruce Venus. Two
of them passed entirely through Venus
body, and struck Barker's wife in the
thigh, making a very, serious wound. The
other struck an unknown Mexican, max
ing a slight flesh wound. Mrs. Barker is
teacher in the Indian schools at Albu.
querque, and he was jealous of Venus at
tentions to his wife
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Horse Racin z at Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 2S.-Following are given
the winning horses at Garfield park yes
terday: st. Joe, 619 furlongs, 1:222211s5 Dus-
ter, mile, 1;42; Orlie, q mile, LOO; Silver
Lake. Is miles, 1:54: Attila, Az furlongs,
O:56; Post Odds, 6]9 furlongs, 1:22
At Hawthorne: g. W. Cook, "a mile,
1:l5Ia; Experience, Is miles, 1:aSJs
Brookwood. ~ miles, 2:l124; Fred Taral,
Is mile, 1870; Matilda, Is mile, l:0334.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
A Discovery in TeIephoninc.

YOUNGSTOWN, O.. July 2S.-Manager Jo-
seph Brennan, of the telephone exchang e,
says that on several occasions recently per-
sons have carried on conversations through
his body. Il had occasion the other day to
cut a wire, he said. There were several
persons desiring to use it, and simply
held an end in each hand, and they held
conversations through my body. The
service, they said, was very satisfactory.
and l suffered no Inconvenience
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Ali Aboard for the Races.

The c.. r. I. & P. will run excursion
trains TO Davenport race track July %
30, 80 and 81, leaving the Rock Island 6
Peoria depot at 12: 35, and c., r l. & P.
depot at 12:45. landing you at the en-
trance to the race track. Returning the
train will leave as soon as the races are
Oypr
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Norlce 10 Co nLrac .ors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
Office of Deere s. Mansur Co., Molir 3,
Ill. until 2 o'clock p. m, on August 3,
for all the labor and materials used in the
erection of four story brick building
about 60x200 feet in accordance with
plans and specifications to be seen at our
Office. Right is reserved to reject any or
all bids. DEERE & NANsUR Co.,
July 27, 1891
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28
Cane NAV Personals.

CAPE MAY, July 2s.-Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker left the city yesterday
and Secretary Tracy, ex-senator Warner
Miller, and S. d. E. Horner. of Ohio, the
bi-metallist advocate, arrived. The presi-
dent received the Philadelphia naval vet
erass at his cottage yesterday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-28

Albert Erwin, editor of the Leonard.
Texas, Graphic, says: For the cure of
cramps in the stomach Cham berlain's
Collie, Cholera and Disrrhoea Remedy is
the best and most speedy ever used. "
Many others who have tried it entertain
the same opinion. For sale by Hartz &
Bahnsen, druggists.