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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-04
TOWN TALK.

Elect Burial and Appelquist supervis-
ors next Tuesday.
j. s. Gilmore returned last night from
business trip to Chicago
E. D. Mccartney is the coming alder
man for the Second ward. Vote for him.
Albert Huesing should be the alder
man.elect in the Fourth ward-and he
will be.
Don't vote for anyone but Martin
Weinberger for alderman in the First
ward.
Give Dan Corken rousing majority
for reelection in the Third ward. He de-
serves it.
Six acres on the bluff with house. cell
lar. well. stable. ETC., for sale by George
W. D. Harris.
Elect Alexander Mcdonald alderman
in the Fifth ward He is the right man
for the place.
A nice residence property in the upper
part of the city. for sale by George w.
d. Harris.
A consignment of 10 more cars for the
electric rail way system arrived from St
Louis las: night.
Make up your mind to vote for j. R.
Johnston for assessor. and insure COM
petent and fair officer
Supervisor Heath ard L. D. Nudge, Of
Bowling township, made THE ARGUS a
pleasant call yesterday.
Vote for John Ohlweiler for mayor
Down the Office, holding, public defyine
ring administration.
Vote for Ell Burrill. Jr. for collector
He is the right man Cor the place and al
can conscientiously support him.
Somon Boehlman. teamster for Stew,
art & Montgomery, who has been very
low with the grippe the past few days. ii
improving.
Harry Fox, caller at the c.. R. 1.
P. round house. has been laid up the pas
few days with the grippe, and P. J. Cul
ligan is calling in his stead.
Tom Donahue will get there by
whooping majority in the Sixth ward
Vote for him and be with the winners.
Sen ator Crawford arrived last evening
from Springfield and will spend Sunda'
at his home at Taylor Ridge.
On Thursday night lantern standing
behind the stove in the littl
switch shauty near the sem
aphore in the c., R. I. s. P yards
exploded, and the oil with which the
floor was saturated, igniting the interio
of the shanty was soon enveloped il
flames. Henry Lempfert switchman
seeing the flames inside, threw open tn
door. and in so doing had his face badl,
scorched with the flames. Otherwise n
serious damage resulted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-04
CAicag0, Rock Island & Pacific RV.,

Tue Direct Route to and from Chicago, Joliet Ottawa
Peoria, La Sale, Moline, PDcl Island, in ILLINOIS;
Davenport, Muscatine, 0ttuInwa Oskaloosa Des
Holncs, Winterset Audubon Harlan and Council
Blszts, in IOWA; Minneapolis and st. Paul, in MIN
I FESOTA; Watertown and Sioux Falls in DAKOTA;
sC6meron st. Joseph and Kansas City in MISSOURI;
Omaha. Lincoln Fairbury and Ne son. in NEBRASKA:
Achison, Leavenworth, Horton Topeka. Hutchinson
Wichta, Belleville Abilene Dodge City Caldwell. in
KAKSAS; Kingfisher, FL Reno aud Minco in INDIAN
fTERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
in C0LoRADO Traverses lreas of rich farming
and grazing lands, affordng the best facilities of inter-
communication to all towns and cities cast and west
northwes and southwest of Chica ard to Pacific and
trans oceanic seapOrts
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-04

THE tr,asng point
in woman's life brings peculiar
weaknesses and ailments. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
brings relief and cure. 1t is a
powerful, invigorating, restorative
tonic and nervine. 1t imparts
strength to the whole system in
general, and to the uterine organs
and appendages in particular.
"Run-down," debilitated and deli
cate women need it. It's a legiti-
mate medicine purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless. IT'S guaranteed
to give satisfaction in every case, or
money refunded. Nothing else does
as much. You only pay for the
good you get. Can you ask more +?
AS regulator and promoter of
functional action, at that critical
period of change from girlhood to
womanhood, "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" is a perfectly safe remedial
agent, and can produce only good
results. 1t is equally eficacious and
valuable in its effects when taken
for those disorders and derange-
ments incident to that later and
most critical period, known as "The
Change of Life"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-04
solution Of CO partnership.

The partnership heretofore existing
between Joseph Schaab and Joseph VOL
tiers under the. firm name of Schasb s.
Wolters. is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. Mr.. Joseph Wolters retiring
Mr.. Schasb will continue the business at
the old stand and will assume all debts of
the old firm and will collect all dues.
Rock ISLAND. Ill April l. 1891.
JOSEPH SCHAAB,
JOSEPH WoLTERs.
P. S.-Mr. Schaab solicits a contin-
uance of the public patronage and will
try and serve them as well in the future
as in the past.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-04
COUNTY BUILDING.

TRANSFERS.
April Andrew Freberg to c Carl
son, lot 10, block 4. Andrew Freberg's to
Moline, 5000.
Ed King to Ella B Daxon. lot 8, block
1. village of Reynolds. $1,000.
Foster Armstrong to Mary L ARM
strong, WI sw4. II. 16. 2w, $1O0
David Little by heirs to III A Arm
strong. e1 swl. and part of sw4. SO, 16,
2w. 5000.
NJ Armstron to Eliza Quist. net. 81
18, 2w, $1,000.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-04
MA GNEFTCTNT
VESTZBULE EXPRESS TRAINS

Ieading all competitors in splrnGor Of equipment
sshetween CHICAGO and DIES MONIES. COUNCIL
fsBLUFFS and OMAHA. and between CHICAGO and
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO, via
KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH
First. Glass Day Coaches, FREE RECLINING CHAIR
CARS and Palace Sleepers with Dining Car Service.
Close connections at Denver and Colorado Springs with
diverging railway lines, 70 ming the new and
picturesque
STANDARD GAUGE
TRANS ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROUTE
Over which superby -equippcd trains run daily
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANCE to and from Salt
Lake City Ogden and san Fra-lcisco. THE ROCK
ISLAND is also the Direct and Favoritc Line to and
from Manitou Pixies Peak aud all other sanitary and
scenic cities and mnin districts in Colorado
DAILY FAST EXPRESS TRAINS
From ST. Joseph Kansas City to and from all i'm
portan towns cities ana sections Southern Nebraska
Kansas and the Indian Territory Also via ALBERT
LEA ROUTE from Kansas City aid Chicago to Water
town. Sioux Falls, MINNEAP0 is and ST. PAUL.
connoctiong for all points north al northwest between
the lakes and the Pacific Coast
For Tickets Maps, Folders, or desired information
apply any Coupon Ticket Office in the United States
or Canada, o address
E. ST. JOHN, JONI SEBASTIAN
Genr Manager GEM Tiki & PAS. Agts
CHICAGO. uk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
A Petri6ed Salmon.

Henry Benson, of Hayden Hill, Lassen
county, Cal, has IN his possession speci-
men of petrifed salmon. The former
feshy parts resemble crystallized and varie-
gated quartz, retaining in part the yellow
ish color of the salmon, and what was
formerly the skin of the fish IS bow a sort
of porcelain as hard as pure white flint.
The texture Of the entire specimen Is that
of hardest quartz 1t was found on hill
side at about 1850 feet altitude from the
floor of big Valley" and was evidently
petrifed at the point where found This
would indicate that the salmon formerly
inhabited the ancient rivers, the beds Of
which now form parts Of the strata Of the
Sierra Nevada mountains, and in which an
Gent channels lie the rich deposits % Cali
fornias gold.
These ancient river beds, as Is well
known, are found At various heights above
the sea level, and IN some places but few
hundred feet below the crests Of the high
est ranges, and perhaps hundreds Of feet
below the present formation Of the surface
of the earth, and running entirely indie
pendent Of any present formation To de-
termine with certainty that this salmon in
hA6ited these ancient rivers would be an
interesting fact, As Il would fix AZ q much
later date than is how generally supposed
the geological period when, by mighty up
heavals, these old river courses were
changed and oblite-a:ed from the face q
the earth, and gigantic mountains formed
In their stezd--St- Louis Republic-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
Caution in Story Telling.

An adventure was related over soldiers
camp fire at San Carlos that is worth pre-
serving, and has not yet been in type. The
general commanding the department was
guest of the mess, and captain told a
story.
The captain said that he had been fishing
IN one of the smaller canyons near Fort
Apache shortly before, and he had hooked
an immense trout. He played him up and
down stream, became intensely excited,
and was just about t. land him when he
heard fierce growl, and, looking up, per
ceived an immense bear on the opposite
side of the narrow creek. The captain was
not anxious to lose his life, and the bear
was making for him. Neither did be care
to lose the fish. So he quickly transferred
the fshpole TO his left hand, drew mis- re-
volver with his right, killed the bear, and
then landed the trout.
There was lull at the end of this story.
The hearers waited 10 hear what the gen.
eral would say. Pretty soon he asked.
What did you do with the bear, captainf"
"GaEe-him TO some Indians" was the re-
pig. And the fishf" continued the gen
eral. He was such fine one that J put
him back in the creek. / don't believe in
spelling the sport of future generations. 4"
There was another lull. Presently the
general asked, do you call that a bear
story or fish story captain" The cap
tain replied, Il don't call it either" Then
again came the general TO the charge.
Couldn't you fix that story up so that you
could be killing a rattlesnake with one Of
your feet at the same timer" The captain
rose and walked away.-New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
About Arsenic Poisoning.

Medical men here state that arsenic may
sometimes be criminally administered with
fatal effect, and its use as a toxic agent
never known. 1t would be difficult 10 do
this with strychnine or any of the forms of
opium. Strychnine has q bitter, burning
taste, and person who undertakes TO
poison another by stealthily introducing
this drug into the second persons food or
drink would run great risk OF detection
The technical name Of arsenic-or white
arsenie-is arsenious acid. 1t is odorless
of a faint, sweetish taste, and is soluble in
water or alcohol. The symptoms of acute
arsenical poisoning are much like those of
the disease known as cholera morbus The
drug also causes a manifestation some
thing like that seen in epidemic cholera
A physician, having no reason to suspect
arsenical poisoning, might diagnose such a
case as cholera morbus, and issue the death
certificate in accordance with that theory.
If the poisoned person was large and
elderly, or young person imprudent in
eating, and the weather was hot, and the
poison administered at the evening meal.
and considerable cholera morbus was preva-
lent in the vicinity at the time, physician
would be thrown completely off his guard.
Cholera morbus treatment would not be
effective in acute arsenical poisoning cases,
and as a consequence death would result.
Whoever would resort to this murderous
method should bear in mind that If sus-
picion is ever aroused detection is almost
certain. Under scientific examination
traces of arsenic administered in poisonous
doses are probably more readily discovered
than those of any other drug. Conviction
of Intentional poisoning under circum-
stances Of this kind is punishable as muir
der in the first degree Death by hanging
might expiate for death by poisoning
Kansas City Star.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
A Home Made Cannon.

Take thick glass bottle, fill 1t three
quarters full Of water, dissolve IA that
water about a dessert spoonful OF biear-
Donate of soda Make a cylinder OF large
card, stop up one end OF 10 with piecs OF
crumpled tissue paper. and put into this
cylinder q dessert spoonful OF tartaric acid.
Fasten this cartridge thus manufactured
by a pin and thread 20 the cork Of the
bottle, which Is placed upright on tho
table.
Let the opening OF the cartridge be at the
top, and regulate the length so that II does
not touch the water. Then cork the bottle
tightly. Now our cannon is loaded. All
that remains to be done is 20 FIRE IL of; for
this purpose place the bottle carefully in
horizontal position on two pencils laid
parallel on the table 70 form q gun car
rage The water penetrating the tube or
cartridge will dissolve the tartario acid
and the carbonic acid gas which will 10
the result viii force the cork out Of ths
bottle with a violent explosion. By tbs
effect Of this reaction tbs bottle will roll
back, initiating the recoil Of piece Of
artillery
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
AN UTOPIAN SCHEME.

1t is announced from Topeka that the
Alliance leaders of the state have evolved
plan to establish bank in each county
of the state, under the direction of the
local Alliance Exchange. The capital
stock is to be furnished by private sub
scription, as in other banks, except that
as far as possible the subscribers are to
be members Of the Alliance. In connec-
ton with each bank an elevator or store
house is to be built. A farmer may then
dump his grain into the elevator, receiv-
ing for it check for so per cent of the
value of the grain deposited. BY paying
a small percentage for storages and in
surance he will be allowed to keep his
grain in the depository until such time
as he may deem it best to put it upon the
market. Corn, wheat, oats, rye, cotton,
tobacco, silk, castor beans, or any i'm
perishable farm product, the price of
which is not liable to too greatly fuctu-
ate, is to be received at the repositories
and deposit checks issued on 50 per cent
of its value, these checks to be used as
currency. The amount of grain depos-
tied i'll this way must not exceed the
amount of stock subscribed for the bank.
For example: If the capital stock of the
bank is 100000, the value of grain
deposited in the warehouse must
not exceed that amount, while the de-
posit checks will be limited to $500. 900.
As soon as the capital stock of such
bank is subscribed 20 per cent of the
same must be paid in; of this one-half
must be deposited in the home bank to
take up checks offered, then the balance
will be deposited in New York, where
most of the checks are TO he ultimately
taken up.
There is this that may be said in favor
of this plan as against the proposed sub
treasury scheme: the chances of success
or failure are taken by the subscribers to
the stock in the banks, and no risk is de-
volved upon the whole people, the gov
eminent. 1t is private undertaking
and nobody will question the right of
any and all who may so desire to go into
the scheme. However, if anyone should
ask the writer for an opinion as TO the
practicabilty of the plan proposed he
would uuhesitatingly advise TO let it Sc
verely alone. 1t has been tried repeat
eddy and has rarely proven other than a
failure, to the injury of those who put
In tine money
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
NEVER UNDERSTOOD.

| The Wichita EAGLE has been telling the
| public all winter how money can be made
plentiful. 1t doesn't seem to be satisfied
with its own explanations, however, for it
now says: IF you know any plan by
| which we may all have more money, sing
1t out with ashout.-Emporia Republican.
The EAGLE has been longer than all
winter telling the public that money
must be made more plentiful, but it has
never suggested the chow" except in its
advocacy of the free coinage of silver.
If all the silver product of our mines was
put into coin, or all such product turned
over to the treasury for Its equivalent in
paper promises to pay" of course the
volume of the currency would be
swelled to such a degree that prices
would go up and prosperity begotten
| of opportunity would ensue. We did
not, therefore, ''tell how" but "why."
Outside of free coinage we acknowledge
we know Of no practical way of increas-
ing the volume of currency up to the
needs of the ever rapidly increasing bus
mess of the country, except probably by
the one that might be made through an
issue OF currency payable in coin and in
interconvertable 2 per cent bonds.
To issue, say five hundred millions
additional currency-a supposable ap
proximate need-payable in coin, might
be followed by distrust and a conse-
quent depreciation of our promise to
pay" as measured by the standards of
the commercial world. The intercon-
vertable bond, alluded to, would stand
as guaranty that in the event coin ran
short the note holder would get some
thing even more desirable than simple
non-intereSt bearing standard metal.
But, Mr.. Republican, subsequently to
the EAGLES winter scream congress did
do that which is very materially and
rapidly increasing the volume of cur
rency. And but tor the foreign balance
Of million dollars daily now against us,
that increase would have already been
sensibly felt, not only in product prices
and in a renewed demand for labor at
increased wages, but in a general revival
of business, which will be impossible
until the depression begotten of money
stringency is relieved.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
MONEY.

The value of our gold and silver pro-
duct for 1890 was S103, 800, 600. OF this
$40, AGA, Gao was silver and S32, 845, 00C
gold. The United States produces about
one-half Of the silver product of the
world, and our silver interest is more
than twice as important as our gold in
terest. When the monometalIists force
us to refuse free coinage to silver they
impair the value of one of the country S
elements of wealth, and discourage and
depress one of its important industries.
And there can be but one object in doing
this, /. e. to enhance the purchasing
power Of the one recognized metal. And
IN this connection it is worthy of note
that the advocates of that exclusive
policy are those who either hold the one
metal or coin, or are in position to be
otherwise specially benefited by the
single standard. 1t cannot be proven by
reason or argument that the single
standard theory is in the interest Of the
masses, the people, and the simple fact
that it is directly against their interest
ought to be sufficient proof to condemn
it in the estimation of all patriotic people.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
THE RAILROAD PROBLEM.

\ short time ago a delegation of People
from the Cincinnati pow-wow crossed
the river and called on Senator Carlisle
evidently with the hope of getting some
word of comfort touching some of their
party's proposed schemes 1t will be re-
membered that the senator met their
questions with counter questions, and in
regard TO their proposition for the gov
eminent TO own the railroads and tele-
graph lines of the country, made some
statements of facts for the consideration
Of his visitors. The senators statement
has caused considerable discussion.
many doubling the accuracy of his fig
ures.
The matter has been deemed of sniff
cient Importance, being one OF general
concern. 10 warrane a special report
from the department of the government
10 which it belongs. Such report was
prepared by the government statistioian,
Joseph Nimmo, and the facts contained
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
BETTY AND THE BABY.

NY heme seems deserted: I'm lonely and sad;
miss all the pleasures OF home once had:
I try TO be cheerful, fax to be glad
Since Betty Left home with the baby.
sit in the rooms. and read and write
whistle and sing. but the only delight
That is mine Is 10 joyfully dream every night
OF Betty. who's gone with the baby.
It seems tha; q mothers sweet face can see
As dandle the baby in joy on my knee,
But no man was ever more lonesome than me,
Since Betty's been gone with The baby.
The house Is picture OF silence and gloom
As walk through its halls that are still as =
tomb.
Like crazy man. silently searching each roo1n
For Betty. who's gone with the baby.
She has gone TO see ma. and it's many mile-
Every day that she stays seems terrible while.
And I'll never be happy OF able TO smile
Until Betty comes home with the baby,
Twill be JOY TO my heart when tAe message
shall come
That the hen and our chicken no longer win
roam.
Geei won't this old rooster crow loudly at hona
When Betty gets back with the bahyp
VIII S Hays in Louisville Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10

therein ought to be sufficient to settle
the mooted question once for all. The
report was given in full in yesterday S
dispatches, and all who have entertained
the idea or accepted the Alliance propo-
sition of governmental control of the
proper thing, in the interest of the peo-
pie, should study the statement of facts
therein given. 1t is an easy enough
matter to make any sort of theory seem
plausible by mere statements and asser-
tons, but it is not always easy to sup
port them with demonstrate facts. For
tunately for the country this railroad
question, which is one upon which the
Alliance has based at least one
of their principal grievances, is
brought out and presented to the coun-
try in SO comprehensive manner as to
make it readily understood in its bear
ing upon the ACCESSIBILITY of making it a
national issue, not to a say a govern
mental policy, by every intelligent cit
izen and in time to prevent ill-advised
action.
In word, with this published state
ment, the authenticity and correctness
of which cannot be questioned, the ad-
vocates of the proposition that the peo-
pie, though the government should own
the railroads and telegraph lines, are
without case. This does not prove,
nor does it argue, that the government
should not, by wise and just laws, ex-
ercise supervision of the transportation
lines to the extent of preventing dis
ordinations and extortions in the rates
of charges for service performed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-10
Remembered for Her Kindly Act.


Here is a story from Western Pennsyl-
vania which matches any told by Miss
wilkins and other delineators of New
England thrift and unconscious humor. A
young woman whose maiden home was in
one Of the small cities of interior New
York followed the fortunes of her hus-
band, Calvinistic minister, to his first
charge, Center" church near thaOhio
line of the Keystone state. The young
wife soon discovered that she had married
the congregation, and, as it was a widely
scattered one, her time was fully occupied
The most persistent claimant of her at
sention and offices was an old dame 10
whose announced deathbed she was sum-
moned within week after her arrival
The so called dying woman revived, how
ever, the next day, and for two years de-
veloped with great regularity frequent
periods OF approaching dissolution At
every fresh recurrence Of this condition
the pastors wife was Immediately sent for
and always promptly responded, which, as
the house was three miles away, often
meant night in attendance.
Finally the old lady really did die and
was duly and properly buried The follow
ing week her married daughter called at
the parsonage, asking for its mistress.
After some desultory talk upon the virtues
of the departed the visitor produceaa small
parcel carefully wrapped Ma" she be-
gan, using the long, fat ''a' of the neigh
borhood, Thought right smart of you,
an she said she wanted you to have some
thing of hers to keep. So she wanted me
to bring you these. They're as good as
new, cause ma never wore 'em much. You
can't use 'em right away, but by and by
they'll come in handy. If they don't lie
they can be fixed easy"
Mystifed, but grateful, the minister's
wife took the package and the visitor left.
Then she opened the paper. 1t contained
the dead woman's false teeth!-Her Point
OF View in New York Times.