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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25

This is an increase of over SO per cent
Under the tariff of 1888 worsted cloths
were not separated from all other wool
manufactures, and the item of cloths"
in the above table represents wooden
cloths only for 1890. Under the McKin-
ley tariff wooden and worsted cloths bear
the same rates. Similarly. pushes were
not separately enumerated in 1890.
On bunting, as shown above, the ad
valorem rate IS less now than in 1890
The duties are, however, higher now
than before, out since they are practi-
cally prohibitlve, this fact is of little i'm
portance.
A tariff averaging 81. "a per cent. just
suits the large number of so called
wooden manufacturers, who are large
users of shoddy extracts and cotton.
Only short time ago one of the leading
manufacturers declared that all wool
goods are now the exception and not the
rule. No truer or briefer statement of
the effect of h Oh and prohibitive duties
has ever been made. The high duties on
wool and WOO ems have made all wool
goods so high that they are beyond the
means of a large number of people. As
a consequence they must wear shoddy
instead.
1t has been asserted that wooden goods
have not risen in price in consequence of
the Mckinley tariff How this can be
reconciled with an increase in the duties
Of fully SO per cent. and but slight de-
crease in the importations is beyond
comprehension.
But the Mckinley tariff has been a
bonanza to the manufacturers, for it en-
abled such mills as the Arlington, of
which Mr.. Whitman is president, to
earn a profit of so per cent. in 1891. No
wonder, in view of this, that Mr.. Whit
man Is so strenuous in his opposition to
any change in tie duties on his products.
The present wool tariff is nothing but
legalized form of robbery. There was
an old English law which provided
that every person after death should
be buried in a wooden shroud, in order
that the manufacture of woolens might
be encouraged. More barbarous and
unreasonable than that ancient law, the
Mckinley tariff, by its merciless taxes
on woolens, discharges the wearing of
them by the living.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25

The president OF the recognized Du-
buaue Street Railway company says that
there meyer will be consolidation of his
and the Allen s. Swipey line while his
name is A. Rhomberg. AS Mr.. Rhom
berg does not contemplate a change of
name, the Telegraph says. and as his ply
steal condition happily gives promise that
his days, which have thus far been re-
plete with usefulness, will be long in the
land which nature has given to US ell as
an inheritance. tie Dubuque public will
continue to have competition in street
car traffic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
WOOL AND WOOLENS.
THE M'klNlEY BILL is ONLY NOT
QUITE PRoHlBIToRY.

Tariff Averaging Over 30 Per Cent.
Is Protective of shoddy Principally.
The Arlington Mills Paid a Profit of
so Per Cent. in 1891.
Now that the bureau of statistics has
issued its annual report on imported
merchan iise entered for consumption in
1891, we have the data required to deter
mine how high rate we are paying on
imported woods and wooden goods. The
Mckinley tariff raised the duties on
wooden goods so high that for long
time they were supposed to be prohibi-
tive.
But it was soon found that notwith-
standing the high duties imposed, wooden
goods continued to be imported, though
in diminished quantities. In 1890 we
imported S54, los, 423 of wooden goods
and in 1891, $40, 235, 410. OF the imports
in 1891 $23,543, GIG were entered under
the old tariff and S19, 69l, 795 under the
Mckinley tariff. Allowing for the alb
normally large imports from July to
Oct. 4, 1890, for the purpose of anticipat-
ing the higher duties, the imports under
the Mckinley tariff are but little less
than before it became law. In short,
the duties levied by the Mckinley tariff
are not high enough to accomplish the
end neutrality-suspicious.. How much
higher they are than the old rates is
shown by the following table of the ad
valorem equivalents of specific and COM
pound duties:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
Two Much Abused Words.

We are but too familiar with the silly
way in which the words awful and awful
ly, for some years past, have intruded
themselves into our daily speech. To a
great extent they still maintain their
ground. especially among young people,
who are awfully glad or awfully sorry,
awfully jolly or awfully bored, accordingly
as they meet with awful swells or awful
snobs. was surprised to find that an alb
surd misrepresentation of awful. although
not to the same extreme, had been notice
as common in some parts of the United
States by a traveller who visited them
eighty years ago. He Hays:
Il found in several instances that the
country people of Vermont and other New
England states make use of many curious
phrases and quaint expressions in their
conversation. Everything that creates sur.
prise is awful with them. What an awful
roadi awful holei awful mouth awful
noser' etc.-Notes and Queries.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
THE Pennock electric Doom otor h a.

The Pennock electric Doom otor hsst
rolled out of the temporary factory of the
company at Peoria and stards on one of
the Rock Island railway tracks already
for q whiIl. 1t will now be wired by the
electrical engineers of The company. and
thoroughly equipped with all Of the lat
est Improvements and inventions Of Mr..
Pennock The first run on this locomo-
tor of mine" said Mr. Pennock to q
Herald man, will be upon the track of
the Rock Island road. After that it will
be exhibited Oh one of the street railways
of Peoria. II will thln be taken to Chi
cago, where it will be given thorough
test, and then shipped to California,
where several roads are waiting fer the
Pennock system. 1t is sure winner and
the only system of its kind in the world.
1t has taken me 20 years. and has cost
100000 to perfect"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
An Anecdote of Pulaski.

During the retreat of the American
srmy through New Jersey, when the ma
lions prospects were almost at their dark
est, Count Pulaski. with a small body
guard. was pursued by party of British
cavalry, the leader of whom was an accom-
plished horseman, and mounted nearly, if
not fully, as well as the gallant Pole him
self. Pulaski rode in the rear of his de-
tachment, while the British commander
dashed on at the head of his. The morn
ing sun cast oblique shadows across the
way, and as the pursued party entered
long, narrow lane, Pulaski having salts
fed himself of the superior speed and tact
of his own horse, slackened his pace and
drew away to the side of the lane to the
left, furthest from the sun. The pursuing
Briton came up in hot haste, with his
sword elevated so as to make the decisive
cut upon the Pole as soon as he should
reach him
Pulaski gave no token of alarm, but kept
his eyes fixed warily upon the ground at
his right. Soon he saw the shadow of
the head of the pursuer's horse, then the
shadow of half the body, together with the
shadows of the uplifted arm and sword,
and then with lightninglike sweep of his
powerful arm be gave the sword cut of st.
George, and the head of the British officer
fell TO the ground, cut clean off by the IN
erring stroke
Pulaski's mathematical eye had meas
ured the distance by the shadow so accu-
rately and his position gave such advantage
in the long back reach of the right arm,
while the cross stroke of his pursuer must
necessarily have been at a shorter distance
to have taken effect, that the latter lost his
head before he had reason TO suspect that
his proximity was known. much less that
a blow from the fleeing count was medi-
tated.-New York Ledger.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
Literature Too High.

Four thinly clad little urchins wanted to
buy a certain expensive Biblical publica-
ton to present to their Sunday school
teacher, young man who had evidently
interested them a good deal
The project had been a month on the
taps, and the quartet, by a careful hoard
ing of pennies, were at length able, by
pooling their issues. to announce that they
had one dollar
With it they visited one of the book
stores on Washington street.
How much does yez AK for this book"
said the leader, pointing to the coveted
leather and gold volume.
six dollars" replied the smiling clerk
Six dollarsl Oh, come off! yez can't fool
US. Say, will gil We one dollar, spot cash,
and take it often yer hands See,"
Cant do it, boys"
who makes them books"
The Riverside Press"
''Outen Cambridge? | took messages
there when | wore the red stripes Wen
go out and buy it there. You can git no
five dollars outen u.s.
Half an hour later the boys knocked at
the door of the Riverside Press Their
chagrin at learning that literature was
high priced commodity even at the factory
where 1t was made was too deep for utter
ance
Despairing of being able to crafty their
teachers literary tastes, they essayed to
appeal to the aesthetic and convivial side
OF his nature. They retired to a neighbor-
ing variety store, and soon reappeared,
proudly bearing plaster Venus and half
dozen pink glasses
They kin keep their book, " commented
the leader. Il guess teacher had rather
have seven pretty presents like these than
that thing, anyway."-Boston Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
CHICAGO, Rock Island & Pacific RV.

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa
Peoria, La Sale, Moline, Rock Island, in ILLINOIS:
Davenport, Muscatine, ottuInwa, Oskaloosa Des
Noines, Ninterset Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs, in IOWA; Minneapolis and ST. Paul, in MN
SESOTA; Waterfowl and Sioux Falls, in DAKOTA;
Cameron, St Joseph and Kansas City, in MISSOURI;
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson, in NEBRASKA:
Atchison, Leavenworth, Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson
Wichita. Beleville Abilene Dodge City, Caldwell in
KANSAS; Kingfsher, E. Reno and Ninco in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
in COLORADO. Traverses new areas of rich farming
and grazing lands aordng the best facilities of inter-
communication 10 all towns and cities east and west
northwest and southwest OF Chicago to Pacific and
trans oceanic seaports.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25

ACCORDING to the Warsaw Bulletins
view Of the political field Of the Eleventh
district, view which the Union of this
city endorses, the republicans are HARD up
for timber for the contest against Con.
gresham Cables reelection. The War
saw paper names number OF men whom
il says are fit for the benediction of the
g. o. p. but it does not venture to say
that any are seeking that benediction,
and the perils that accompany it. The
Bulletin mentions c. V. Chandler and
Doc. Blaisdell. of Macomb; Judge Con-
nelly, of Mercer; DR.. Taylor, of Mon
mouth. and Robert Nor. Of Henderson,
and last but not least our own beloved
Gest, that public spirited citizen of Rock
Island. 1t refers too, to G. II. Deere and
o. F. Berry land several others who
have taken their names off the list of
copgr6 ssional timber" The Union tries
hard to look at it philosophically by head
ing the sllusion, The Office seeking the
man" "A party seekinga candidate"
would be more apropos of the lines that
follow.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25

CHAUNcsY NJ. Depew says the republi-
can convention of 1888 was a session six
days while the delegates were trying to
find out if the New York delegates and
New York really wanted him as the pres
ideniial candidate or not. And he says
there will be no one to make the conven>
ton wait like that again this year But
he doesn't say he is not in the ring.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
When the Dog Died.

a story is told of dog whose sickness
and death created intense excitement. The
absent husband was pursued all day with
kilograms, baby was sick, baby was worse,
baby was dying and finally baby was dead
Then came private funeral of more or
less ceremony, and afterward baby's mis-
tress appeared in conventional mourning.
1t is certainly time that toy dogs went
out of fashion.-New York Times
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
Miles, Nerve and Liver Pills.

Act on new principle-regulsting the
liver. stomach and bowels through the
nerves. A new discovery. DR.. Miles
Pills speedily cure billiousness, bad taste,
torpid liver, piles, constipation. Un-
equslled for men, women, children
Smallest. mildest. suresi. so doses 25
cents. Samples free at Hsrtz & Balm
sens.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
One Book That Cost s1. zoo.

Among three or four wealthy New York
men who write books for pleasure the phi
losopher is the queerest duck of all He
wrote volume of 400 pages few years
ago. He ordered sixty-five copies and then
didn't like it. He had sixty-four destroyed
and kept the other one 1t cost him 81 200
Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1892
KKoKuK Constitution Democrat: i

KKoKuK Constitution Democrat: Pri-
vate Fifer made direful prediction at
Joliet about the downfall of the republic.
He might join forces with Lieutenant
Totten who prophesies the destruction OF
the world. They might make a national
campaign on the universal destruction
issue.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
Cure Yourself.

Don't pay large doctors bills. The
best medical book published, 100 pages.
elegant colored plates. will be sent to you
on receipt of three 2-cent stamps to pay
postage. Address A. P. Ordway & Co !,
Boston, Mass.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25

Krause's Headache Capsules are more
pleasant and convenient TO take than
powders. waters, elixirs. etc.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

THICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
~ way-Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
trst street, Frank II. Plummer, agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-25

Lv. Peoria ...............IlO:l5 am 30 pm
Ar Rock Island. ............. 30 pm 7:3O pm
Accommodation trains leave Rock Island at
600 8. m. and As p m: arrive at Peoria 3:45 D.
m. and 80 q. N. Leave Peoria eco q. m and
7:l5 p. m; arrive Rock Island 4:e0 p. IN. and EOS
D. N.
All trains run dsily except Sunday.
All passeI ger trains arrive and depart Union
deuot, Peoria.
Free Chair car on Fast Express betv cen Rock
1slond and Peoria, both directions.
=, Through tickets 10 all points; baggage checked
through to destination.
The Penn's Grove record., 1892-06-17

The Postof]ce Department presided
we by John Wanamsker, is nothing
II not gallant to the women, says the
Kansas City Star. 1t has been so
kind as to get out a cute little postal
card 81 inches wide and 4 inches long,
especially, but not exclusively, for
feminine use. When they were drst
put on sale 1t was thought there
would be a great rush for them and
billet doux 81 inches wide by 4 inches
long would crowd the mail sacks.
But the women did not rush and the
little cards are not in the push. They
are attractiyely printed In blue ink,
with a picture OF Gen. Grant in the
corner and q little blue shield at the
top near the center. But neither the
photograph of Mr.. Grant nor the
more fanciful decorations OF the cards
have been successful in creating a
yearning IN the feminine heart for
them, The Superintendent of the
stamp department in the Kansas City
Postotlce said Of them to-day; They
sell very poorly in comparison with
the larger sizes. Occasionally a lady
asks for a nlckel's worth Just to try
Them, there is nothing like a demand
lot them. Very few ladies use postal
cards at all. Those who do are mostly
business women, and the business wo-
man wants to be Just as big and bold
as q man and will have no inslpid, eff
Terminate thrilling in the way Of min
lature postal cards. The large size
txe inches, is the most popular selling
eards The small card gas intenaed
rs a convenience for the ladies, cut
they don't seem to appreciate it,"
The Penn's Grove record., 1892-06-17

The present Gar of Russia is q
great admirer Of precious stones, and
delights In purchasing rare and costly
specimens His uniforms and mill
tary rappings are decorated with
Eems of great value, and his jewels
are probably the most gorgeous In
Europe. In the Russian scepter is
the famous Orlof diamond, weighing
14f caratS This stone Is rose cut,
resembling half a pigeons egg. 1t is
supposed to have been the eye of an
Indian idol, which after being stolen
by a French deserter, passed through
many hands, until It was purchased
BY Count Orlof for Empress Cath
prime. The price paid the Armenian
merchant, who then owned 1t, was
fse, 900, an annuity Of 1000 rubles
and a royal title. The Cars private
collection contains numerous large
and valuable diamonds and pearls
Prince Gussupow Of Russia, who
iied a few years ago, owned a collec.
sion Of precious stones, many Of
which were historic The collec-
ton was valued at Z, 1000, 900 rubles,
or more than $500, 900. One Of the
largest pearls in Europe Is the prop
srty Of tho Russian Prince Youssou.
pof. IL Is pearshaped and weighs
S24 grains This pearl, in 1850, was
purchased BY Philip ". of Spain for
90, 600 ducats, a sum equal to about
s75, oo1
In the monastery Of Capuchins, In
Prague, are the famous diamonds
pnce owned by Count LobowitL The
collection Is one OF the finest IN the
world, and contains 666 specimens
jewelers. Review.
The Penn's Grove record., 1892-06-17
THIRTEEN SAILORS KILLED.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT THE
MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD.
WHILE LOADING SHELLS o THE
CRUISER BOSTON AN EXPLOSION
WRECKS THE MAGAZINE.

SAN FRAN CIsoo,-i trrible Disaster,
resulting in the killing of thirteen sail
ors from the United States cruiser
Boston, occurred at Mare Island Navy
Yard. Tile powder an shell magazine
exploded with a terrific report, and the
bodies Of the n arineIs who were at
work in the magazine were horribly
mutilated.
Working parties of fifteen men from
the United states steamer Boston were
sent down 10 prepare ammunition and
fill shells for ship. All were at work
IN the filling roo of the magazine
der the charge of Gunner Hittinger.
\. is supposed that one Of the parties
dropped Il shell and conclusion caused
the explosion. When the smoke had
cleared away a most ~sickening sight was
presented. The unacceptable re.
mains of sailors were strewn about
the ground. Bloody arms. legs and
various parts of human frames were
scattered about, while on the partly
burning grass lay three of the arlnes
apparently in the agony Of death.
TERRIBLE SIGHT.
The wounded men formed an awful
spectacle. Their faces were blackened
aud cut, their clothes were torn into
shreds and they moaned and groaned in
a h~eartrending anner. The report OF
the explosion was heard at Vallejo,
Port Costa, BeDicia, Martinez and
other towns within a few miles.
One of the first to go to the scene wa
Dr.. Lewis, of the Naval Hospital, not
withstandlng that now and then an
explosion of shells occurred. But TIL
explosion had finished Its work and he
found only n man alive, and this
man, filed with pieces Of wood and
burned and bleeding, was snatched
from the flames and rushed to the hos
pital. Twelve we're killed outright
and three were taken to the hospital.
THE KILLED.
T. d. George Hittinger, gunner,
United States navy; Col. Sundberg,
gunnel's mate; Thomas Seymour,
chief gunnner's mate; William H.
RAckel, apprentice; A Keteyll, seaman;
C. W. Smith, landsman; William
Washburne, seaman; F. D. Legate, sea-
man; W. Ostrander, apprentice; III.
Joos, apprentice; William Rush, sea-
man; - johnson, seaman; K.
Rincke, seaman; ]. a. Holton, appren-
tice.
OF three men taken TO the hospital
two have died. The n surviving is
ramed J. Briscoe. 2
The Penn's Grove record., 1892-06-17

stroyed ali fruit and growing crops In
its track, and broke every window ex-
posed to the fury of the gale.
Il coach on the Chaltahochie Electric
Railroad, neal Atlanta, George, fell
down a 15.foot e~mbankment and three
of the passengers were instantly killed
aud II seriously injured.
BY the accidental discharge OF a rifle
in the hands of one of the guards at
the penitentiary at Canon City, Iowa,
John Astbury was killed and three
other persobs we're Injured by pieces
of the Juliet and by spllnters of rock.
Charles Cook, aged Go years, vas ar
rested at st. Louis by United States
| .ecret service officers. A tuli set Of
counteIfeitiDg implements and aquanti-
ty Of spurious coin and notes were
captured.
John O'Gonnell, Jud Washer and
Jerry Laughlin have been arrested in
Chicago, charged with thefts from the
Adams Express Company in that city
aggiega'tng $4,000. 1
Great scarcity Of silver change
TX SITS.
Alter chasing the Red Rock train
robbers $50 miles, the thirteen deputy
marshals have returned TO Guthrie, o.
T., unsuccessful.
Sixteen buildings, constituting the
business portion of bockport, Missouri,
were burned, the lose being $4,000.
David Naylor, a young farmer of
Claringlon, West Virginia, was beaten
to death by a gang of Slav and Polish
miners. They then placed his body on
the rallropd track, and it was run over
by a train an cut to pieces.
Charles Whaite, an aeronaut and ira
peze performer, fell about 100 feet at
Rochester Beach, Maryland, owing to
the failure of a parachute to open pro-
perly. tie was reported not seriously
injured, but determined to "let balloon
ng alone in the future.'
John Pale Ell, a Baptist preacher, liv-
ing on Guest river, has been arrested
for the shooting and fatally woundIng of
William r. Davidson, at Norton's, IA
miles from Stone Gap, Virginia. Panel
who is a cripple, shot Davidson in self
defence.
The biggest American merchant ship
afoat, Ell Mott was launched at New
port News. Va.
The League of Friends, a Louisville
Ky short-t ter mer, got its death blow.
A Chlcaro and Grand Trunk Rail
TO I'd locomotive exploded one mile east
Of Climax, Mich, fatally iniur'ng En-
sineer Wood, Fireman Smith AID
brakeman Parker, all residents of
Battle Creek.
J. A. Mccormick found D. G. Jones
in Mrs. McCormlck's bed room, in q
hotel at Arkansas City, Kansas. and in
the shooting affray which followed
both men were killed.
Mrs George BeauIry, Of South Bay
City. Michigan, jumped into the river
with two of her children. All were
drowned. 3