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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
No BlaCk Ink.

That is a queer phrase that we often hear
AS black Is ink -As If ink We're ever
particularly black, Perhaps the phrase
originated when the art of making jet
black ink was not Yet lost. and when
Shakespeare made Hamlet talk about his
''inky cloak he undoubtedly meant a
perfectly black one. The Listener had
some jet black inks offered him, but every
one of them was either merely gray on the
paper or else tinged with purple, and the
purple tinged inks had a tendency to
thicken and clog on the pen or else rub
from the paper. Not long ago the Listener
bought bottle of ink which was made by
a reputable house and warranted to write
Jet black on The instant 1t turned out
to be miserable pale stuff. Perhaps its
proprietor, by dint of representing it to be
jet black, has come really to believe that it
is jet black. Perhaps it Is more charitable
to suppose that he Is color blind. An hon
est, clear and freely writing black ink is
the great wi,l-o'-the- wisp of the Nineteenth
century.-Boston Transcript.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
An Old-Time Instance.

\ curious example of how modern re-
search in bacteriology was flores Swallowed
long ago is furnished in a report of a re-
cent lecture of Professor Pearson. He
quoted a French traveller visiting England
N 1868 who attended a meeting of the
Royal Academy on May % of that year
At this meeting it was reported, among
other things, that the termination of in
sects does not arise from decay for the in
testines of an animal and other parts which
easily corrupt having been placed in a
glass, closed with cotton wool, so that no
fly or other animal could enter, but only
the air could penetrate. they had been pre-
served for six months without maggot or
other thing being observed" This is al
most exactly the experiment of Pasteur in
the present generation, except that in the
latter experiment not only We're insects
and "other animals " excluded. but also
tie microscopic vegetal germs, which were
utterly unknown to the earlier expert
menter.-Nature.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
Antiquity of Earrings.

Earrings have been worn from time i'm
memorial. While excavating the ruins OF
ancient Thebes Psychologists brought to
light sculptured remains bearing repre-
sensations of these articles. Ancient writ
ers make frequent mention of these dec
oretions, and state that in early days they
were worn by both sexes. From the very
earliest times the male Asiatics wore them
The Bible tells US that Abraham presented
his sons wife with pair of earrings, and
historians relate that Alexander the Great,
when he invaded India, found them sus-
pended in the ears of the Babylonians
Among the ancient oriental nations, with
the exception of the Hebrews, men and
women wore them, the latter considering
that they should be reserved for the sole
use of the gentler sex Homer makes men
ton of this method of adornment in his
descriptions of statues representing several
Of the NEUROLOGICAL deities. and the great
Juvenal Is authority for the statement that
they were worn by all the males residing
n the Euphrates provinces Free
Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
4 Story of Meissonier.

MeiSsonier once got acquainted with a
Partisan grandee very wealthy, very fond
of posing as an art patron, but slightly
penurious. One day Meissonier, breakfast
ing with the graudee, was struck by the
beauty of the texture OF the tablecloth.
"One could draw upon it, he remarked:
and, suiting the action to the word, he pro
duced pencil and made on the smooth,
snowy nap a wonderfully able sketch of
a mans head. The particular tablecloth in
question never went to the wash. The
economical swell' had the head carefully
cut out of the damask, and FASTENED &c
frame and glaze his prize. y few weeks
afterward MISSIONER again breakfasted
with his patron, and found by the side of
his plate, at the corner of the table assigned
to him, a neat little sheaf of crayons and
holders with a penknife and some India
rubber
While the guests at the conclusion of the
repast were enjoying their coffee and cigar
cites, the host saw with delight. from the
corner of his eye" that MISSIONER was
hard at work on the tablecloth-this time
with superb little full length of a medi-
eval halberdier. The party broke up, the
guests departed, and the economical
swell" rushed back to the dining room to
secure his treasure, but alas! the painter
had for once shown himself as economical
as his patron. He had made disastrously
good use of his pen knife, and one corner
of the uablecloth was gone, halberdier and
alli-New York Commercial Advertiser.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
A Soldiers Brave Piece of Work.

There goes the bravest man in the
United States army. At least | saw him
do as brave deed as any that ever was
DONE" said Captain Mack, in Amadeus
bank, as he looked out on the street at a
man going by.
There were a good many brave deeds
done in the army. Who is your man, and
what did he do,"
He is Tom Gilbert, and was private in
my company. Two men were packing am
munition in a wagon at Baton Rouge, and
some powder exploded in the wagon and
killed one of them. The wagon contained
thirty-two twenty pound shells loaded with
powder The shells were packed points
down, and the orifice in the rear end OF
each one was filled with oakum, which IL
to be pulled out and replaced by fuse
when put in the gun. The explosion of
powder set fire TO the oakum, and it was
burning toward the powder when Fisher
saw the situation. He first drew the in
jured man away from the wagon, and
then, finding pail OF water conveniently
near, picked the shells up and dipped the
burning ends in the water. None of them
exploded. or he would not have been here
to so by the window today "-Rochester
Post-EXpress.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
The Mustache Upheld.

\ groom's right to wear a mustache has
been tried in England, with the courts de-
cisI0n in his favor. When Mrs. Grimshaw's
groom was engaged he was smooth shaven
but after cold he grew a mustache by his
doc1or's advice, whereupon Mrs. Grimshaw
ordered him TO shave or go without notice
The judge held that the demand was I'M
reas enable. If he had been house servant.
wearing powder and white silk stockings.
he might have been required to shave, but
groom was an outdoor servant, and a
mustache was a natural protection against
the weather. The plaintiff got twenty-five
dollars damages.-Boston Transcript.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
Three Women in a Horse Car.

There was but one vacant seat in the
car. Two men, an old, gray haired lady,
who was lame in one leg, and a black
haired, black eyed and extremely pert
looking miss of fourteen, perhaps, got in
at street corner. The men stood up. The
old lady saw the vacant seat and moved
slowly toward it. The miss who was Just
behind her, also saw the seat. She moved
rapidly toward it. She plowed past the
old lady and captured the seat. She dropped
into it and looked around triumphautly.
a sweet faced young woman, handsome
~ dressed and with big and sympathetic
eyes, was plainly displeased at the girls
pre-emption OF the seat. She rose quickly
and gave her seat to the lady. Then she
said indignantly TO the miss, You ought
to be ashamed of yourself"'
How much do you get replied the pert
one, with a toss OF her head, for mindin'
other folks business>"
Before the young woman could answer
the old lady spoke. She gets in this
case" she said, the thanks Of a very tired
old woman
\ bunch of violets was pinned TO the
young woman's muff. When she left the
car few moments later the flowers lay in
the old lady's lap.-New York Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

ST. LouIs Republic: Just as the re-
publicsns were about to c.ose their grip
on little Delaware it is broken by the
Mckinley bill and a big peach crop. The
Delaware peach crop promises to be
phenomenal this year, and Delaware is
already stocking Up with tin-plate to can
it, 10000O boxes having been imported
through Baltimore in the last few days
for the Delaware and Maryland crops.
The heavy increase in price due to the
Mckinley bill will have to be paid on up
wards OF 100000 boxes of plate i'm
ported through Baltimore. and before the
tax money can be got out of the con-
sumers it must be advanced by the cam
ners and growers. The increase strikes
the canning industry of the Delaware and
Maryland fruit districts hard, and they
are so dissatisfied that Mr.. Nitdring>
haus ought to send them a campaign tin
cup to soothe them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

A NEWSPAPER can say nice and pleas
ant things about man and his whole
family for many long years, and then in-
cur their life long enmity in one short
week by q seeming slight. Yes, it's the
fact; and you can hurrah for a candidate.
back his friends. cuss his enemies and
make fool out of yourself all the way
through. without a thank in the cad, to
find When when you are candidate that
he is "out Of politics" But there is one
man who don't forget you, and that's the
man you opposed.
The above is fugitive paragraph 60
ing tie rounds simply credited to an ''ex-
change" but the writer Of it had a level
head. One does not hsve 10 interest
himself in politics or journalism very long
before he learns that this is Characters
tic of human nature. and acquiesce in the
proYerb which the Muscatine journal
cites. that benefits are written in sand,
while injuries, imaginary as well as real.
are engraven on stone"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
The Judge Laughed Last and Beat.

n luil i'll the conversation gave the man
from Kentucky his opportunity. Talk
ing about the laws delay" he began
knocking the ashes from his cigar, which
had gone out while the colonel was telling
one of his Indian stories, we've got a judge
down in Louisville who won't let the
lawyers fool with him. Not long ago a
young attorney was out with the boys
pretty much the whole of the night pre-
vious to the day set for the trial of one of
his clients. The accused man was negro
known as Black Satan who was charged
with burglary and larceny. When the
lawyer was awakened at Q O'Clock, an hour
before court ,pened, he felt little like try.
ing a case, but he managed TO dress and
appear in court.
THE judge called the case of the negro
and the lawyer made every effort to get an
adjournment. He was not ready for trial.
but as he had no valid excuse. the Judge
insisted that Black Satan be arraigned at
once.
Then the lawyer played his trump card.
He peremptorily challenged twenty of the
venire of jurymen, thus leaving only four
of them. He had a legal right 10 do this,
but the judge naturally was considerably
put out. His honor, however, held the
right bower.
- direct the sheriff to have a venire of
fifty jurors here at O'Clock tonight he
said; we will try this case then
But, your honor'-pleaded the lawyer.
That's enough was the answer. The
case was tried that night, but the negro
was not half defended. His lawyers nerves
were all shattered by the loss of sleep, and
at $50 o'clock the case was in the jury's
hands. The lawyer was awakened from
his sleep in his chair at midnight to be told
that his client had been convicted OF one
charge. The jury disagreed on the other.
Since that time that judge has not been
troubled much 10y lawyers who neglect
their clients interests New York Trib-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
Gave Herself AWAY.

Aparty of Hartford young ladies, visiting
ole summer at a back country town, found
great difficulty in getting their mail. The
train would arrive and the letter bag reach
the office, but then there was a long delay.
They laid it to the postmistress reading the
postal cards, which they insisted she did at
each mail. BY and by one of the girls came
back to Hartford and then she wrote her
friends postal, saying at the end, Il hope
Miss - the postmistressl will not take
all the afternoon TO read this postal card. :"
The friends were promptly at the postoffice
and the mail came slowly. as usual, but
when at last the postmistreSs laid down
this postal she said, with a snap in her eye,
Il hope, when you write, you'll tell Miss
- she's an impudent hussy. ''-Hartford
Courant
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

The republican congressional reap
portionment bill was introduced in the
senate yesterday by Senator Matthews.
Il provides for 90 districts, the first six
beng confined to Cook county The
districts numbered from 10 10 20 remain
unchanged except that they sre advanced
numerically two, which admits Of the ex.
ira two districts IN Cook county The
bill designates the Rock Island district
as No. 19. The house bill has not vet
been reported, but it will differ materially
from the senate bill. and it is hardly
probable that any legislation of this
character will be enacted at this session
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

IT Is announced from Pittsburg By
Nine. Jsnauscek's manager that the vet
eran actress is now playing her farewell
engagement on any stage. She is in her
65th year and has been before the public
nearly so years. OF late seasons her
health is said to have become impaired to
such an extent as to render long rest
necessary. This queen Of tragedy is q
Bohemian, born at Prague on July 90,
1926. She made her first appearance in
Frankfort, in the year 1s4S. as Iphigenia.
Subsequent appearances in Dresden and
other cities of Germany raised her to the
highest rank among German actresses.
She was received IN distinguished man.
ner in Russia, where, in Moscow, she per
formed before the emperor, Alexander II,
who made her gift of diamonds. Prev
ious to the year 1871, she played in Ger
man, but that year undertook TO perform
in the English language. Perhaps no
actress appearing in the United States
has commanded more intellectual and
appreciative audience than Janauschek.
She is married and is known in private
life as Mrs. Frederick Pilot.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
SENATOR Carlisle is of opinion that the

new party will not injure the democracy,
that it will have tickets in many states
next election, but that from change of
situation it will present no nsuonal
ticket for 90. or. if it does. the Only eff
feet it will have will be the more certain
defeat of the republicans. Commenting
on the expressed opinion of the new party
that the republican party had about
reached its grave, Mr.. Carlisle said tn at
that several republican senators had re-
Gently expressed to him the same OPT aIo u
in Washington.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
SLEEP AND DEATH.

When sleep drops down beside my Love and me.
Although she wears the countenahce of a
friend,
\ Jealous foe we prove her in the end.
In separate barks far out on dreamland's sea
She lures our welded souls. Wild winds blow
free.
And drift US wide apart by tides that tend
Tow'rd unknown worlds. Not once oul
strange ways blend
Through the long night, while sleep looks on in
glee.
o DEATH be kinder than thy sister seems,
When at thy call We journey forth some day.
Though that mysterious and unatlased
straight.
To lands more distant than the land of dreams
Close. close together let our spirits stay.
Or else with one swift stroke annihilate,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Q
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

THE senatorial spportionment bill as
prepared by the house committee, and
which will undoubtedly pass the lower
branch of the legislature, leaves the
Twenty .nrst district the same as at pres.
ent Rock Island and Henry counties.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
The Ever Ready Club.

Policeman-This man is an impostor, sir
He pretended to be lame and was getting
aims from the public
Justice-But, officer, the man is lame.
His limp is too real to be assumed.
Policeman-It is now, your honor. / hit
him clip that's gave him something to
limp for.-Puck.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

One of the worst things about the
tariff tax is the expense Of collecting it.
The monthly receipts at the Philadel-
phia custom house are reported by a
paper Of that city to be about S270, 900,
and the monthly expense ofScollecting
about 100000. The total expense Of
collecting the tariff tax is between five
and six million dollars year. Is there
not some cheaper method of taxation2
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

ARE the Vsnderbilts, the Astors and
the "Bonarzs" Macksys to stand thisf
A South American lady recently wore
81 800, 600 worth of diamonds at one of
Carnot's receptions in Paris.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

PHILADELPHIA. million dollar republi.
can ex.tressurer is too sick to tell what
he did with the money. Perhaps he has
the govt,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

The application of the microscope to ma
chine shop practice for the purpose of
proving whether surfaces are true is pro-
nounced by experts as being the best
method for obtaining accuracy thus far
suggested
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28

The use Of electric cranes is growing
rapidly since it has been found that they
are comparatively economical, easy to han
die and are ready for work at a moments
notice
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-28
THURSDAY. MAY %. 1891 .

BLAINE's illness can be accounted for
only on the theory that he had psrtaken
too freely of Russell B.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-02
NORTH HUDSON.

The masquerade bail of the Sons of
Veterans which was held at Ruth's Turn
Hall. Union Hin, On Saturday night was
a perfect success. Fully one hundred
couples participated.
The members of Empire Hook and
Ladder Company of Union Township
aud their friends danced the hours away
at Finck's Hall on Saturday night. Those
who were present had a most enjoyable
time.
Richard Galbraith, Recorder Rein
nardt, Charles Gravatt, Michael Kohl
and James Deyine were among the prom
inent West Hobokenites who attended
Chief Farrier's funeral in Jersey City.
John Tumulry. a New York saloon
keeper, while returning from the Gutten
berg races in a horse car on Saturday WAS
relieved OF a $500 gold watch.
Alderman Bell, of Union Hill, will not
attend the Council meeting tonight. He
left for a short s~ojourn in the South on
Saturday.
The second annual entertainment and
reception of West Hoboken Council No.
1855, Royal Arcanum, which takes place
tonight at SLelzle's Casino, promises TO
be a great success. 1t will be given under
the auspices OF a star company, including
the following artists:-Miss Nina Bertini,
Mr.. J.W. Robertson, T. Emerson Brooks,
Miss Mary Budsworth and Elmer e.
Ransom.
Ol EEDTudFI ~, lHc Daulel DeIults
Brewery Guard win hold their annual in
~vitation ball at Rutn's Turn Hall, Union
Hill.
The Turner'S are making preparations
for the coming masquerade and civic ball
which takes place at their present head
quarters (Ruth's HalD February 2S. The
committee in charge propose to make this
the most social event of the season.
Ohye Branch Association, of Union
Hill, will hold its second annual ball next
Wednesday night at Ruth's Turn Hall.
The following are the oficers:-R. II
Cunningham, president: G. K. Ellis, vice
president; l.. II. Wimlett, secretry; j
Flyn, recording secretary; A. A. Dono
van, corresponding secretary; X. K
Lewis. treasurer; C.. w. Huntley, mar
shal; j.. Hennessey. s~ergeaut-at- arms.
1t was announced in Holy Family
Church yesterday that the officers of tht
Good Samaritan Council No. 24S. G. b
L., will be installed next Wednesday
evening. The following are the oficors:-
+. Lippert, president; L. Timmesfeld
vice president; II. +. Fischer, secretary
Edward Miller. treasurer; A. komuencn,
collector: John Irenz, orator; Leonharf
Weizel, chaplin, and John Leber. guard
The Hudson City Lither Club havl
selected Steizle's Casino for their head
quarters. Last week they held their frs
meeting in the spacious rooms and havs
decided to hold their Ska annual con,
cert at the hall on March IL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-02
RUN iNSoLEScE.

A Precious TRADE Against the "Anti-
saloon CranRs In n. j."
From the Wine aud Spirit Gazette.
Last Sunday a general crusade against
the liquor dealers was started in Newark.
y. j.. By certain clergymen and a few
laymen. The movement is intended to in
finence public sentiment against certain
amendments OF the werts liquor law.
which are pressed by the liberal element
OF the State OF New Jersey. The mite
liquor interest of New Jersey viii seek a
reduction of the license fee, the appoint
ment by the Governor of Excise Commits
sloners in the various cities and town
ships, aud the abolition OF the disorderiy
house act.
A circular has been prepared by the
ministers, which is a funny document.
It calls attention to the proposed legisla-
ton. and advertises the fact that a pow
erful liquor lobby Is to begin operations
during the coming week to secure the
passage of the proposed amendments
One of the most potent passages In the
circular is as follows
"We demand the maintenance of the
laws which guard the Sabbath on higher
grounds than public expediency. We
say to the saloon keepers. Hands Off you
are seeking In touch the ark, and your
sacri.ege will bring upon you the awful
punishment OF Uzzah-'"
What a silly twaddlei Why don't the
brethren quote the New Testamentf Are
they afraid of the liberal spirit which
pervades the teachings of the one Man
who is the centre figure OF the sacred hts
tory told In that grand old Bookf Let
them study what Christ taught of the
Sabbath aud its observance, or quote a
single passage from the New Testament,
which condemns the sale of liquor, and
we will reason with them.