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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-01

Singing Society and the Moline Mando.
sion Those who have received invita-
tons can secure season tickets at Turner
Hall, Fred Woltmenn ard the cor- mittee
The evidence in the Leach case in the
circuit court was all in last night-s night
session being held to complete it,
States Attorney Sturgeon opened the
Case this morning and was followed by
J. r. Kenworihy and Msj. Beardsley,
the states attorney closing this afternoon
when the case went to the jury.
Those desiring sleeping car accommo-
da,ions to St. Louis Monday night
should make application at the Burling-
ton depot at once. A special will leave
ST. Louis for Rock Island at the close of
the Yelled Prophet pageant at 1880
Tuesday night.
| Nellie. the little daughter of LOUIS
Englin and wife had a narrow escape
from serious injury by being run down
by farmers team at the sllev on Eigh-
| teen'h street between Second and Third
| avenues Friday afternoon. While cross
| ing the alley she did not notice the ap-
preach of the team and was struck by
one of the horses and knocked down.
She WAS dragged out of the way by a
gentleman passing and fortunately es-
capped any other injury than being
slightly bruised.
The Schuberts are to appear at the
Auditorium at Moline this evening. They
do not appear in Rock Island this season
and consequently the many lovers of
musical art will attend from Rock Island.
The concert is to be given under the aus
piers OF Christ church. Miss Clark. sis
ter OF Mrs. E. B. Keator is with the
Schuheris and makes her first appear
snce as professional violinist, which
alone assures a fine audience. Street
cars run in front of the building and after
the entertainment.
A republican hoodlum with torch in
hand attempted to board heavily loaded
train Ga the Third avenue line near For
tY-sixth street last night, and the train
heing already over-crowded the motor
man did not stop. whereupon the gallant
torchlight bearer Of protection yanked his
l. mp from the pole and buried it through |
one of the car windows. the oil which the |
can contained being thrown over the
clothes of the passengers many LADIES'
dresses being seriously damaged, if not
ruined. A man who would throw any,
thing into conveyance of any kind
ought TO psy severe penalty for his
and villsiny. |
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-01
St. Louis Fair Oct. 3-S, 1899.

Rock Island g. Peoria make one fare
for the round trip to ST. Louis. viz: 81 81
Tickets on sale October 1st to 9Th. good
to return until and including Oct. 10Th.
Try this new route via Peoria. Leave
Rock Island S:O5 q. m. Dinner at Peoria
Arrive at St. Louis 500 p. m.
r STOCKHoUsE. G.. T. A.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-01
Comparisons Are Odious.

Many instances of Lord Sherbrooke's pc
culiar vein of mordant humor are recalled.
Perhaps one of the most characteristic OF
his sallies was that evoked by the news
that Lord Beaconsfield had conferred a
peerage on his secretary. WELL" said
Mr.. Lowe, did not Caligula make his
horse proconsul ?"-London Globe.
Hoods Ssrsaparilla absolutely cures all
diseases caused bv impure blood and ii
builds up the whole system.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-01

II have used Salvation Oil for frosted
feet and hackacne and found it to be the
best remedy and pain killer on earth.
Mrs Maggie N eder. Mt. Pleasant. West
moreland Co.. Pa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-01
The True Laxative Principle

The True Laxative Principle
OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy. Syrup Of Figs. has a
permanently beneficial effect o, the
human system. while the cheap vegetable
extracts and mineral solutions, usually
sold as medicines. are permanently lnjur-
ious. Being well-informed. you will
use the true remedy only. Msnufac tured
by the California Fig Syrup Co
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

Gold does not tarnish like other met
ais because It is not acted upon by oxy-
gen or water 1t is the moisture in the
atmosphere which causes other metals
to tarnish, owing to their oxidation.
Water contains a large proportion of
oxygen, and it is the oxygen in the
moist air combining with the surface Of
the metals that covers them with tar
nish. Platinum, like gold, resists the
influence of oxygen and moisture and
when pure neither rusts nor furnishes.
Aluminium also does not rust, neither
hot nor cold water having any action
upon it. The sulphureted hydrogen of
the atmosphere, which so readily tar
nishes silver, has no effect upon alumni
mum, which under ordinary circum-
stances preserves its appearance as
perfectly as gold does. Silver furnishes
on exposure to the air, the agent pro-
dueing this effect being the sulphur.
Iron is the metal which furnishes and
rusts most easily, it's oxidization pro
ceeding until the metal is completely
eaten or burnt away with the rust -
Brooklyn Eagle.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

During visit 10 the .0uth Of Italy. a
vounu English man was introduced TO a
fashionable gaihenng by Neapolitan
cavalier. While there he had his gold
snaSOox ta'sen FROM him. Next day he
va. ~ snotaer evening party, when e.
his surprise he SAW gentleman present
take ont hia stolen snnifbOx and help
biasclf to pinch. lie quickly strobe
up t. his friend aud ssid
Tho gentlnnan over yunAer Is taking
snuff out Of the very box that was stolen
from me Yesterday do you happen u
snow hiiny
"Hushl' answered the cavalier IN q
tone Of warning; "he is n pcrson Of high
rank"
What do carer exclaimed the Eng
lishmaa. II wapt my suuffbox back.
and moan to call him TO accountr'
.'sConle, don't let us have a rowf gen
tly entreated his friend; "leave the mat
Ter TO me. viii get the snufbox for
you"
At these words the Englishnan ''sim-
mered down" and went home. On the
following day, sure enough, his friend
brought him the stolen article.
"How did you recover itY' inquired
the Englishman.
"Nothing Of the sortI" said his friend.
with laugb. II wished TO avoid dis
turbance, and therefore simply stole 1t
back again from him. ."-Illustriter Fam
ilien Kalender.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
Sad Predicament.

Ten-year-old William is n chronic
grumbler; nothing has ever been known
to meet with his unqualified approval.
Not long ago new suit came from
the tailor's. The cutter, knowing how
fastidious was his young customer, had
exercised the utmost care.
William donned the new clothes and
walked up and down the room several
times. He was strangely silent, but
his face soon assumed a serious aspect.
why, Willie" finally asked his
mother, what is the matterp
''Well," he replied, almost ready to
Cry from disappointment and vexation,
'these clothes are either too loose or
too tight, and / can't tell which. -
Youths Companion.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

One Of the young ladies at the tele'
nbope central Office has singularly
pleasing voice and it is just possible
that her features match it. It's Just as
well right here to give the reader 10 un-
derstand that no names are to be men
tioned-they are suppressed in the IN
terest of a gentleman who holds puo-
lie Office and was talked of for mayor
His clerk. who usually did the teie-
phoning, never spoke TO the central OF
Ace girl without term of endearInent.
The discussion over the wires generally
began with. SIS that you, dearC ana
wound up with "Goodby, darlingP
I'm the absence of the clerk the dis
tinguished man went to the telephone
in person. Central promptly answered,
and failing to recognize the voice asked,
'Is that you, dearT mo darling,
responded the distinguished public man,
cts the other fellow"
1t is the good fortune OF some wives
to make their appearance just in the
nick of the most exasperating time
That is what happened in this instance
Behind the distinguished public mar
when he said mo, darling, it's tht
other fellow" stood his wife, who hac
concluded to visit her husband tha
morning. She startled him by exclaim
ing, "Well, like that" Did shea-
Brooklyn Life.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
Amsrionn Love Of natural beauty.

In spite of the alleged materialism OF
our people, it is plain that the love OF
natural beauty is stronger in the more
ignorant classes than is common in the
European nations. 1t is rare in Scot
land, in Switzerland, in the Tyrol, to
see the natives of the region on the
mountains except for what may be
called business purposes-that is, as
hunters or as guides They do not
take their families and go up for a pic
mic simply for the pleasure OF the thing,
whereas the city visitor can hardly
ascend an American mountain without
finding party of simple country peo-
pie there before him.
Grant that their demeanor is not
wholly esthetic-that they may carry a
hammer and chisel to carve initials on
the rocks, that they leave sardine boxes
about, that they even play game Of
cards on the very summit-no matter;
they are there. The chances are that
the expedition was proposed by the
wife or daughter of the farmer or me-
chanic who nominally heads it, She
has firm conviction, brought from
some earlier trip, that the top of the
mountain is "a slightly place, " and she
is ready enough to contribute her best
doughnuts and mince pies for the COLA
tion.-T W. Higginson in Harper's
BaZar.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
A Nsw YnrIr AIiser.

An interesting specimen is an old fell
low whom got to know while making
notes in the Astor library. He carried
crusts of bread in his pocket and ate
them bit by bit, as he huddled over his
book all day long. His miserable dress,
his haggard face and wasted figure in
spired me with pity, and opened an
acquaintanceship with him. When l
worked all day / was in the habit of
lunching in convenient beer shop of
Bohemian renown, and once invited
him to join me. Thereafter he did it
daily without invitation. When my
work at the library was finished he got
to haunting my house. Every evening
he would lie in wait for me and levy
toll to the sum of dime, for his din>
ner, as he said.
One night prominent real estate
agent came up as / was making this
contribution and greeted my pensioner
by name. When he had shuffied of
the agent laughed at me for my mod
est liberality. / learned from him
that my haggard friend was a retired
real estate speculator and worth at
least half a million in property. New
York Cor. Pittsburg Bulletin.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03


In the vast deposits of the upper and
lower slurian formations there are
more than 10000 feet Of limestone
made entirely Of mollusks These i'm
mense beds of limestone are Of vast ex-
tent and everywhere they are amazing
" fossiliferous. Take 400, 900 square
miles Of limestone 10, coo feet In thick
ness and entirely made up OF the re-
mains Of animal life; add to this a sim
ilar extent of Dcvonian formations
crowded with the remains Of fishes,
moIluslxs and crustaceans, and then
add to that 5000 feet or more Of car
boniferous rocks packed with the
abundant romans of tropical vegeta-
tion, and what have you got2
1t is easy TO conceive Of an occan OF
oil coming from all these things, pro
viding they wero well squeezed like
apples in some immense cider press and
the juices preserved. And what better
evidence Of a pressure sufficient TO ac
complish this Is wanted than that which
is obtained by studying the gigantic up
heayals and inward lateral crushing
conyuIsions that are suggested by the
Appalachian and Rocky mountain
ranges.
Here, then, were the materials and
there we're the forces sufficient to ac
count for the immense deposit Of oil
that has been released by artificial per
foration of the rocks at Mcdonald and
other places. --Pittsburg Dispatch.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

Zanzibar is the principal source of the
worlds Glove supply. The seeds are
planted in long trenches and kept well
watered, and in the course of forty days
the shoots appear above ground. They
are carefully watered and looked after
for two years, when they should be
about three feet high. Then they are
transplanted-about thirty feet apart
and we'll watered until they become
rooted. From that time they require
only ordinary care.
In five or six years they come into
bearing, when they are of the size OF
ordinary pear trees and very shapely.
Then the young plantation is pretty
sight. The leaves of various shades of
green tinged with red serve to set of
the clusters of dull red Glove buds. -
Exchange.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

Not only mineral substances, but
large quantities of vegetable material
likewise are always floating in the air,
Astronomers have frequently mistaken
such organic bodies for meteorltes as
they passed across the field of the tele-
scope. They were finally discovered
to be mostly the feathered seeds of
plants carried by the breeze, Having
been the first TO find this out, w. r.
Dawes, OF the Royal Astronomical SO
oiety, adjusted the focus of his instru.
ment so as to examine the seeds, which
he found belong 10 many different kinds
of plants, such as thlstles, dandelions
and willows. Washington Star.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
LOVES VISITOR.


zee her IN the near light, in DE far light,
At dawn when flowers are fragrant with the
dewt
At twilight when the simmer OF the starlight
The tangle Of the vines comes peeping
through.
Her eyes, as In the fair and far away time,
Are beautiful and tender, and her cheek
Is rosy with the richness of the May time,
But the loving lips are silent when speak.
Perhaps the woven love words that bring her
She treasures in sweet sileuce-little worth.
Shed rather hear the songs the angels sing her,
Than listen 70 the lowlier songs Of earth.
Yet. wherefore from the seraph guarded pOr-
tai,
Beyond wheTe glooms the dark, dividing sea
Whose waters lave the shining shore immortal.
In light and night comes back my child 70
mef
Forever comcsl o doubling heart. no heaven,
Howe'er It's walls may tower. the stars above.
With gates that look down on the unforgiven.
Can stay the hands that love holds out to
love.
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
All Sizes of Shoes.

A third of an inch gives us full size
in length of shoe; a sixth furnishes the
intermediate point between two sizes,
the saving of which is desirable if not
practicable; smaH fraction of breadth
goes a good way in securing comfort,
and in girth of ball or instep an infini-
tesimal part of an inch is sometimes an
ell of freedom; quarter of an inch is
a good deal of letting down or elevat-
ing at the heel, and the difference of a
sixteenth is really perceptible at the
sole.
For these reasons sudden and extreme
changes in size or weight of shoes are
injudicious. Even the paper sole"
(Which ought never to be worn in any
place. should be replaced by one only a
little thicker at first. After the sum
mer shoe the proper thing is one of me-
dium weight before the winter article
Is in order, and even that doesn't now
mean a thick, cumbersome shoe, as it
once did.-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
rho.. rerrihla children.

George and his little sister were play
ing In the dining room when gentle
man. who WIS an intimate friend Of the
family, appeared Mt the door.
"What are you doing. children he
asked.
'Oh," said. George. 1--WE have beer
playing nj papa and mamma"
"And how did you do that"
"Oh, easy enough. ! sat down at this
end Of the table and said, This beef
stoak Is not, ht TO eat Then Alice
answered, Its good enough for you.
Then | swore lot and she threw d
napkin on the floor and went up stairs
That's how. New York Herald
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
stranrs Adrentures Of q oat.

In some manner cat found its way
into a cyclorama building several days
ago. The man in charge attempted to
chase the trespassing feline through the
door, but the cat evidently thought there
was better way of escaping the rising
temper Of the irate man. 1t looked eau.
tiously about, as IL to avoid stepping on
the PROSTATE forms Of heroes slain in
attle. Finally its eyes caught sight OF
tree A projecting limb hung very
low. and here the cat thought to find a
place Of safety. II gave one leap. and
no doubt was the most disgusted cat in
Portland when 1t learned by sad expert
ence that the tree was on the canvas. II
picked itself mp and slowly skunk through
the door, down the stairs and out Of the
building. Portland Press.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
coLp wEArHER.
How . Bear and an Trishman Tried Con-
illusions In Michigan.

How = bear and an Trishman Tried Con-
illusions IN Michigan.
It was the dinner hour in one of Har-
LENS progressive neighborhoods. Ryah's
men had ceased blasting operations on
the excavation Of ten story fat, and
were sitting around on piles of rock
after finishing the contents of their
dinner cans. It was one of the first
fine days since the cold snap, and old
Brady had listened attentively to a
number of stories of surprisingly cold
weather told by his companions. The
old1nan has a broad, ingenious face,
with an expression of innocence that
might deceive a Chinaman. When he
cleared his throat, evidently under the
influence of an Inspiration, the others
drew a little closer.
~ mind the time well, boys" he be
gan; ''that the cowldest weather liver
known to man KEN near bein the ind
o. me-"
"Arrah, whin wuz that, Bradyg'
asked one, with a wink.
''It wuz before some o. ye wor born, "
continued the old man. II wuz in
Michigan thin, diggin goold out of the
mines for amusement. The weather
KEN on 30 cowld l stopped the fun and
thought I'd go out and shoot bear for
brek'ust. Well, before shtartin got a
quart o the besht Canady phwishky /
cud find to keep the cookies roun me
heart warrum, an THROWN me gun over
me showlder wint into the brish."
"Divil a much ye've mended since, "
put in one of the listeners.
"Be quiet" said Brady. II wuz a
young man thin an a fine bit of boy
at that. But to go on wild the shtory.
/ wuzzen't long out when cracklin
Just at me heels made the hair o me
head stan up sthrait.
" 'Phat the divil's In itT says to
mesel', when turnin roun me hat
bobbed into the nose NV threminjus
big bear that KEN out to ate me-
wuz that frickened forgot about me
gun bein loaded, an ran to three an
up wint, afther shtanin the gun agin
the thrunk. forgot to take it up wild
me.
well, II yell behave it, boys, the
turrible crather sat down contintedly
enough waitin fur me to dhrop, for he
knew very well l couldn't how'd on
long wild the cowld. There we wor, he
lookin up to me an 1 lookin down at
him. till me blood seemed to be freezin
In me veins.
'Jist whin I'd almost given meself
up for dead man, wundherful thing
KEN into me mind. The barrel o. the
gun wuz pintin up an 1 cud lux down
into it, Takin out me quart o. fine
Canady phwishky, / balanced it over
the gun and let the likker dhrap into
it. The barrel filed up to the muzzhle
an twas that cowld it frozhe stiff.
KEEP an dhrappln careful like an the
icicle KEEP GROWN. The bear stud
watchin, not KNOWN phat wuz up to.
Well, boys, the long stim o. ice KEN up
to me an / reached down on pulled il
up tindher as n kitten, an before the
hairy monsther knew where he wuz,
leveled the gun an shot him dead
There wuz cowld weather for ye."-
New York Recorder.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
why Reds Are Thrown Out in Time of Fir

why Reds Are Thrown Out In Time of Fire.
In one respect the old feather bed
beats all improvements, and that is its
capacity for taking care of money and
valuables 'Bedtick banks" as they
are called, are very numerous In South
st Louis, and they consist Of nothing
but stockings and leather bags contain
ing the flpancial wealth of the house
hold hidden away among their feathers.
A hair mattress won't answer the pur-
pose as readily, and 1t is seldom used
for the purpose, and that is why, per-
haps, those who have no confidence in
banks do not take to harder beds.
Any member of the fire department
knows how the family feather bed is
reverenced, and when one is hurled out
of the window during fire to mem
ber of the family below all understand
why an effort is made TO save it in pref
erence 10 apparently more valuable
articles. Money in banks of this kind
Is nearly always in the shape of gold,
and when currency Is received 1t is gen.
orally changed into gold before depos-
tied. Interview In st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
A Powerful Player.

THAT Is Orpheus." said the young
man; "he was wonderful musician
lie was such n forceful player as t.
move trees and stones.
"Sog" replied the old gentleman, look
ing at tho statue in contemplativC
mood, mot 30 bad, but you never heard
that cousin Of yours play. She's oaly q
puny little thing, but thoy do say she's
made no less than twenty whole fami'
lies move. aud guess it's no more'n the
truth. - Boston Transcript.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
A Hinge RIAgnet.

According to investigations of Pro
fessor Frank II. Bigelow, the vast field
of sunlight through which the earth
careers in its annual motion around the
center of the solar system is also field
OF magnetic force radiated from the
sun, and the effects arising from the
motion of the earth through it suffice
to account not only for the variations
of the magnetic needle, but also for the
permanent magnetic condition of the
globe. - Exchange.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

In Syria there is a certain religious
sect the members OF which are forbid
den 70 drink from vessel that has
touched the lips Of stranger. In
spite Of this they never refuse drink
OF water 10 the thirsty traveller, al
though they must Immediately destroy
the cup which he has used. - Exchange.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

Results at the Texas experiment sta
ton concerning the value of cotton.
seed meal in the dairy ration show that
when the cream is extracted by the
centrifugal method much larger
amount of the butter fat Is extracted,
and In the gravity method the eharac,
ter Of food plays very important part
ON the amount of butter that can be
obtained from the milk. New York
Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

The manufacture Of bottles for per
nmery gives employment 20 hundreds
of persons All but the very fancy
ones are made in this country. A few
come from France and Belgium. The
Kid shoppers are all imported in a crude
shape, but are finished here.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
A svn,nnthetlc pnr.ou.

What sort Of preacher is Parsou
surplus Eely" asked newly arrived
stranger in u Texas town.
"Oh. no Is very fair preacher"
"ls he a aylnpathetio preacher
"You bot ho Is he never attempts
10 preach without exciting general sym
pashy--it's such hard work for him to
DO IL. t."-Texas Siftings
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

Female Emancipator-With all our
work, the cause of woman does not
progress. Why is itl
Male PhilOsopher-The trouble Is
that the pretty girls spend all their
time trying 10 be brainy, and the
brainy girls spend all their time trying
10 look pretty. New York Weekly.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03

Mrs. Randall Bragg is not the best
educated woman, but that does not in
the least hinder her from expressing
herself fully on any topic, no matter
what it may be. She was having her
head examined by a phrenologist.
"You have philoprogenitiveness
strongly developed"
"You bet have Nobody ever said
anything mean about me but 1 was
sure TO get even with them sooner or
later That's just the kind of woman
! am. You've hit it first pop."-Texas
Siftings
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-03
IIa MAa.

Citizen 60 one eyed maal-My friend,
are you one OF the victims Of tho small
boy with the air gum
One Eyed Maa-l ann, sir,
II should think you would be ON the
watch for him hereafter"
"Yes, | am keeping an eye out for
him. Chicago Tribune,