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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RV.

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa
PEORIA La Salle Moline, ROCK Island, in ILLINOIS;
Davenport, Muscattne, oiIumwa, Oskaloosa Des
Moines, Winterset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs, in IOWA; Minneapolis and st. Paul in MIN
NESOTA; Watertown 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 Beilevlle, Abilene Dodge City, Caldwell in
KANSAS: kingfsher, FL Reno and Ninco in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo,
in COLORADO. Traverses areas OF rich farming
and grazing lands aoTng best facilities Of inter-
communication to all towns and cities east and west
northwest and southwest Of Chicago and to Pacific and
trausoceauic seaports
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
Financis lily Embarrassed.

A large manufacturer, whose affairs
were very much embarrassed, and WHO
was overworked and broken down with
nervous exhaustion, went to q celebrated
specialist. He was told that the only
thing needed WIS to be relieved of c7re
and worry. and have change of thought
This doctor was more considerable of his
patients health than of his financial cir
cumstsnces. he ought to have advised
him to sse DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine,
the best remedy for nervous prostrstion.
sleeplessness, dizziness, headache, ill eff
fects of spirits, tobacco. coffee, opium,
etc. Thousands testify to cures. Book
and trial bottle free at Hsrtz s. Bahnsen's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
WHILE considering the District of Co.

WHILE considering the District of Co.
lumbia appropriation Dill the house
adopted an amendment reducing the Sill
goo or S12. eco salary in the shape of fees
which tie recorder of deeds in the district
gets to fixed salary of So 800 All the
fees are to be turned into the treasury
after necessary deductions for clerk hire.
The recorder Of deeds of the district is
ex-senator B. K Bruce, of Mississippi
A general shaking up of the fee system
of this country would be very good
thing for the people and might diminish
somewhat the ardor of professional Office
seekers
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
The tflent MAN In society.

What society wants is not a man who
can sit and look impressive, or even a man
who is famous and content with his fame,
but a man who will just amuse it or keep
| it gently alive in no sense of discomfort,
| with small talk
From this point of view the silent man is
worst of all. He is in fact something less
| than nonentity. He is present and yet
he is not present. The minus sign repre-
sents him, and not even his claim as good
listener shall save him from contempt.
| Confessedly it is hard upon him if he have
a constitutional timidity. But in that
| case, depend upon it, nature has not been
so remiss as to send him into the world
| unequipped with a variety of elegant tastes
| and aptitudes, for the cultivation of which
he need not frequent society.
1t would matter but little, of course, if
! he were not likely to be a positive obstacle
to the enjoyment of others. In the interest
of small talk, however, this aspect of the
case must be considered. It is not to be
endured that he shall greet the genial re-
mark, How do you do?" with a mere nod
instead of a responsive inquiry, which,
with ordinary mortals, would be the pre-
| Jude to brief but refreshing bout of COM
| monplaces.
Even the systematic grumbler is not so
dangerous a foe to our dear small talk as
this laconic or dumb person. Indeed, not
infrequently he proves to be remarkably
entertaining. For it must not be supposed
| that because he grumbles he is an unhappy
or misanthropic person. By no means.
The real sufferers on this count are the
| people who are too scrupulous of what they
regard as the feelings of others to venture
to utter any complaints. They suffer in
secret, and are truly very miserable some
| times.-All the Year Round
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
They Neve ? Fail.

]. N. Harris, 8 Fulton Market, New
York City, says:
81 have beer using Brsndreth's Pills for
the last Is years There is nothing equal
to them as blood p .riiers and liver regu-
lstors. But wish to state how remarks
ably they cure rheumatism. and how
easily; was affected by rheumatism in
the legs. My business Wholesale fish
dealer) NATURAL leads me TO damp places.
l could not walk, and at night suffered
fearfully; l tried balsams, sarssparillss
and all kinds OF tinctures, but tLey did
me no good and was afraid of being a
cripple. l finally commenced using
Brandreth's Pills. l. took two every
night for ten nights, then 1 began to i'm
prove. continued taking them for forty
days and got entirely well. Now, when
ever sick, / take Brandreth's Pills. They
never fail"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
A New Use for Gas.

A field in which gas is likely to play an
important part is to heat boilers and raise
steam. The system has been at work in a
large establishment in London, and the
results obtained are simply astounding
Burning about 800 cubic feet Of gas per
hour under a thirty foot boiler steam is
said to have been raised to fifty pounds
pressure in forty minutes. Gas and air
are supplied under pressure to pipes that
run parallel with and under the boiler.
and furnaces and chimneys are dispensed
with.-Gas World
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
Values OF Different Manures.

The Illinois experiment station reports
the results of comparative examinations at
four stations-three of them in light col
ored soils and the other in darker soil
in raising wheat on unmanured ground,
on ground heavily treated with barnyard
manure, five wagon loads to the quarter
acre, and on ground treated with 100
pounds of superphosphate to the quarter
acre. The results showed decisively the SUI
periority of the barnyard manuring. while
the beneficial effects of superphosphates on
the amount of yield were relatively small.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
Hon. OWEN ScoTT seems to remember

Hon. OWEN SoOTT seems to remember
that he was once in the printing business
himself. He has introduced bill pro-
hibiting the postoffice department from
selling stamped envelopes bearing the
usual printed request for return to owner
after limited period. Under the pres
ent arrangement" said Mr. Scott, THE
government is a direct competitor with
every printing house in the country.
1t is not only competitor, but it gives
itself a monopoly. The government
furnishes the envelopes stamped and
printed for the same price as they are
furnished without the return card
This is an unwarrsnted trespass
by the government upon private business
OF printing. Why not print deeds and
mortgsges7 Why not make cotton goods
at cost and furnish them to consumers
Why net go into any other branch of pri.
vate business? 1t cannot be seen why
the printer is thus Disseminated against
This bill does not ask for protection OF
favor for the great printing industry Of
the country. 1t simply asks the govern.
ment to take its strong erm off and give il
fair chance. Many millions of dollar;
annually are by this act taken from the
printing business"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONTENTION Or ILLINOIS

Headquarters Democratic State Central Com
mittee Of Illinois, Sherman House. Chic .go,
FEBRUARY %, 1892. A Convention of the Dem
ocracy of the State of Illinois, is hereby called TO
meet IN the Hall Of the House OF Repres entatives
IN Springfield, Illinois, on Wednesday. April 27th,
1872, al O'Clock P. N for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates TO be voted for on Tuesday
November sth, 1892, for the offices of Governor
Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of STATE Auditor
OF Public Accounts; reasurer; Attorney 6ener-
az Three Trustees of the University OF Illinois
Two congressman at Large; also for the purpose
OF selecting one Presidential Elector from each
congressional DiCtIict, and four Presidential
Electors from the state at la &c. Two delegates
from each Congressional District and eight dele
gates from the state at large to the Democratic
National Convention, to be held in Chicago, June
u, les2 One State Committeeman from each
congressional District, and seven state Com
mltteemen from the state at large, and such other
Duslness as may properly come before the con
Nentlon. , he basis of representation for each
county shall be: One delegate for each four
hundred votes cast for Cleveland and Thurman at
the last lPresideI tial Election, and one delegate
Tor each fractional part thereof, Of two hundred
votes or ore. Under this call the representation
OF Rock Island county will be, on S,6i4 votes, 9
delegates.
BY order Of the Democratic State Central Com
mltree of Illinois. Dbl p. PHELPS, Chairman.
IHEo. NELsoF, Secretary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES AND
CONVENTION

The democratic vo'ers Of Rock Island are re-
Quested to assemble at the usual voting places in
their respective wards att 80 p. m, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1892,
to nominate candidates in each ward, for slider
men, az follows: One each in all the wards for
Two years and one each in the Sixth and Seventh
for one ye6r, and 10 choose delegates 10 the city
townIhip convention. The wards are entitled 10
elegates a. follows, their ratio of representation
being one for every 20 votes, and fractional 10
votes or over cast for res dent in ISIS;
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
Miles, Nerze and Liver Pills.

Act on a new principle-regulaiing the
liver. stomach and bowels through the
nerves. A new discovery. DR.. Miles
Pills speedily cure billiousness, bad taste,
torpid liver, piles, constipation. Un-
equalled for men, women, children
Smallest. mildesr. surestl 30 doses %
cents. Samples free at Hsrtz & Balm.
sens.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07

The delegates SO elected will meet at Turner
hall on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16,
at 80 O'Clock. for the purpose Of nominating can
didates for one supervisor fer two years, two
assistant supervisors for two years. town collector
and assessor; a. to appoint chairman of the city
township committee.
HENRY L. Wheel AN,
Chairman Clty-1 ownship Committee.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07

The following resolution was adopted by the
Democratic State Central Committee, February
20, 1892
Be ii resolved, That it is this sense OF this Com
mittee, that the Australian Ballot Ii w applies TO
the election of officers al the annual town n Get
ing TO all elections exc, pit as specially excepted
IN said law, and this committee recommend that
all elections TO be held for town officers this
spring be held under the provisions and according
TO The letter of said law
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
No, Much Butcherv After Am.

The wonderful progress made in surgery
is shown from the fact that only o per cent.
of all operations in amputations are fatal.
New York Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
Poor Economy.

New York World.
Ii there is any truth in the report that
the chief justice of the supreme court Of
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07

DOCK ISLAND & PEORIA RAILWAY-DE
III pot First avenue ard Twentieth atreet. F.
H Rockwell, Agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07

accommodation trains leave Rock Island at
500 q. m. and 645 p. IN; arrive at Peoria S:45 D.
m. and $3.50 a. m. L cave Peoria 600 q. m. and
7:15 p. N; arrive Rock Island AGO p. IN. and 2:05
p. m
All trains run daily except Sunday.
Ali passe ger trains arrive and depart Union
depot, Peoria.
Free Chair car on Fast Express tetw cen Rock
Islond and Peoria, both directions.
Through tickets 10 all points; baggage checked
through to destination.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07

BURLINGTON RoUTE-C., B. & q. RAIL
ID way-Depot First avenue and Sixteenth ST.,
". T. Young, agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-07
THE TRAVELLERS, GUIDE.

FyHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAIL
~ way-Depot corner Fifth avenue and Thirty
h.at street, Frank II. Plummer, agent.
Evening journal., 1892-12-31
THE DIVORCE lNpusTRY.

South Dakota is getting tired aud dis
gusted with her divorce scandals, though
the lawyers, bless their amiable and
sympathetic hearts, are making money
out Of the business.
The lawyers are, Of course, generally
opposed to any change, being satisfied
with things as they are. One lawyer
told a correspondent that he had made
$12,0 600 in the last year from this source
alone Nine. de Stuers paid her attor-
ney $25, 0O0 Il was currently reported
at the time that William DUPONT paid
his attorney $32 900 as a fee IN his action
which was uncontested, and therefore am
easy case
But other people object, particularly
the women and the preachers The at
tack on the law is led By the Womans s
Christian Temperance Union, which
adopted strong resolution on the sub
iect and made Mrs Emma Cranmer and
Mrs. Irene Adams IA committee to lobby
at Pierre this winter for change in the
law.
The Congregational and Methodist
State Associations have also spoken EN-
phatically for change Bishop W. A.
Harris, the Episcopal Bishop Of the state
in the course of a sermon referred TO th,
presence of the colony, as "a menace tC
morality"
The bishop refused the gift of the
| 4t,...,1 l.TI,,. ,,f,, ,,,,e ffora,
to the St. Augusta Cathedral by Nine d,
stuers. Soon after, he published in hi
church paper the law Of the church OF
divorces, and about the same time po
litely notified certain members Of th
congregation that he would be pleased i
in the future they took less prominen
part in the affairs of his church.
Now according TO the protected indus
try theory the divorce business shoul
continue for the wealth the lawyer
derive, and the prosperity it makes al
around. That theory which has bee
advocated so persistently by intereste
benefciaries i'm the wool, iron, steel, Goa
salt. glass and other Industries to satisf
the indolent and tickle the ignorant
equally true of the South Dakota diyorc
industry.
In this case, however, the people an
more disgraced than robbed, but th
effect is the same on the benehciaries q
that of the protective tariff. It is immI
terial to the benefciaries of public law
whether they profit at the expense {
the people morally or pecuniarily
whether they get rich by public robber
or TO the publics disgrace; SO they g,
rich Il is precisely so with the protec
tlouists
Evening journal., 1892-12-31
r..n rnino of rlnnrht.

1t IS hardly necessary to say that all
men need to"swingn the moral compass
from time TO time and TO take their
bearings in the sea Of life. The advice
is as true as it Is conventional. Upon
the use of thinking for such purposes
we shall not, then, dwell. Wemay, how
evcr point out, as means Of strength
ening and invigorating the mind in a
secular and worldly sense, the habit of
thinking isof the greatest possible value.
Tie minds of those who dread think
ing. as ifit were "a penance, become like
the bodies of those fea solely on spoon
meat-soft and unable to stand the
slightest strain. Reading, as one or-
dinarily reads, is like swallowing pap;
thinking, likc eating solid food. Iht
man who trains his mental powers by
meditation aud by following outlines OF
Thought obtains an intellectual instru-
mont % hundred times more powerful
than ho whois content never to think
seriously and consecuhvely.-London
Spectator.
Evening journal., 1892-12-31
SCI E pRrseRvArlnM.

Two negroes We're lynched in Louisiana
and one in Kentucky last week The i'm
dications are that the negroes win
really be compelled to stop raping white
women or move into the Northern
states.
The Southern people don't seem to be
any better reconcilod to those crimes
now than they were ten years ago In
fact they seem actually more restive now
than ever.
We cannot believe that it is requiring
too much of tho negroes to compel them
to keep their iendishly bestial lusts
under proper restraint, or suffer the
same swift, sure and satisfactory punish
ment that Is meeted out to man-eat-
Jog tiger in india. 10 is as pleasant and
as safe to live ON kindly and neghborly
relations, exchanging courtesies and
hoping for the reformation of the one
as of the other. A negro rapist is as
likely to reform as a hyena
The people Of India and the people Of
the South, who, respectively, know them
bost. have equal confidence i'm either and
treat them both alike.
OF course % man who mover cucount-
cred tiger feels that 10 is harsh To shoot
him and cut OFF his useful beautiful life.
The man whose wife aud young daught.
ers ere safe I'm metropolis Of the
thickly settled states is shocked, prop
erlv and justly shocked, at an account
of lyncldng man without the formal
tiles Of trial by judge and jury.
10 IS an awful deed.
But the neighbors OF The women
against whom this crime. worse thar
assassination, is committed feel the shocl
Of the crime itself, so poignantly thai
they are driven, by despair of any hop,
OF reform In the human tiger, to sweeI
him of the face OF the earth at once
Their sympathies are for the victim
not for the criminal
I'm the kentucky case the negro Gu
the young white girls throat when h
failed to accomplish his purpose, an,
leit her, as ne supposed, dead lie con
fcsscd when she recognized him.
Whatever philanthropsta aud hisNl.
organized people whose tcuder scnsibiii
tics always put thcm 10 sympathy wit
the roulest of criminals may feel, an'
write. and preach It is likely that Tia
lyuchipgs viii not stop iin the ncgr
s rapists are suppressed That may secI
pity but tho rocr.o who 'nir from th
brutal thirst of the tiger and those VIII
suffer from the hcrocr Inst OF the uegr
ieol ht,le or no sympathy for cithe
beast gaey kin both. merciiessly. 70
self protection The law does not mei
the case
Evening journal., 1892-12-31
4 Story of arlIllonaire Lick.

James Lick, Of San Francisco, was an
unlovable millionaire, of whom a curious
story is told. When a poor youth in
Pennsylvania he was rejected by the
daughter of q wealthy miller on account
Of his poverty. He vowed at that time
that he would some day build q mill
that would far suIpass that of his sweet
hearts father. Many years later he
kept his vow and constructed at San
jose mill of highly polished California
wood valued at 100000. During his
lifetime Mr.. Lick had few friends and
apparently cared for none. lie lived
plainly and was seen very little in pub
lie. The larger part of his fortune was
left to charities and public institutions,
one notable bequest being the sum OF
100000 for tho erection of statue ia
Kew. The author Of the "Star Spangled
Banner"
While many institutions prodted by
Mr.. Lick's posthumous gifts, his mosi
famous achievement was the establish
ment Of the Lick observatory ON Mount
Hamilton, under the management Of the
University Of California. Mr.. Lick'i
body was placed i'm 1887 under the base
Of the pier sustaining the great telescope
New York World.
Evening journal., 1892-12-31
COATS

The balance of our Coat
stock to be closed out at once
without regard to cost in some
cases. Some coats you can
buy of us at one-half, some at
one-third and others at one
quarter of former prices. We
have a few Plush Jackets
very few-that we are almost
giving away. Every coat in
the stock marked down in
price. Any person intending
to purchase a coat should call
and examine our stock, as we
know we can save money for
them. We want to close out
every garment before our an
nual inventory at the end of
January. We gave you a splen-
did opportunity.
Evening journal., 1892-12-31
necENr LlrEnAIuRe.

The first number of the Blue and
Gray. patriotic monthly magazine has
reached our tables DO is published 10y
the Patriotic Publishing Company Of
philadelphia lt r their purpose Go eN-
pend "a large sum of money to secure in-
tefcsting Sew reading matter anecdotes
ot be civil war Historical reminiaccnces
and special articles ihr magazine con.
tains many artistic Illustrations Thg
sentiments and contributions ere good.
and he patriotic feeling expressed win
no doubt bring the now work much sup
port from the large clientage who desire
70 support an enterprise which has foI
its maiu object the re.unidng of sun
dered ties and the perpeiuation OF our
clurious American principles.
Evening journal., 1892-12-31
DE LAMR,s A.sTRAYlN,.

.Fxhortation at coiored camp meeting in
Look out backslider. whar you walking
Make a misstep sho's you BON.
ten on what, IT'S no use talkin'.
tt you SIP up chile. you gone.
De road is full ef stumps an stuhble,
futs an' eiukhOles ebcrwhar',
spec dey'N glib YOU heap or tr0uble,
N You don't stop so fO0un Jar.
It's dark ez pitch an mighty cloudy,
Spec de dcbbils walkin' rouu',
Fasting you know hem tell you "howdy,'
lif' his hoOf an stomp do grOun'.
Man. can't you see a stO'm a-hrewin?
Hear de awful thunder pcal
Look. Blazin' light'nin' threatnln' ruin
Oh. backslidcr how you feeY
Drnp on yo' knees an 20 20 prayin'-
Ay de LQwd 10 help you out
Chile, tell Him yOu's a lamb a-strayln'-
Done get loose an stum'lin' bout.
An den you'll see de stars a-gleamin'-
'Luminatin' all de way;
Yea. bout ten thOusan', twinklin'. beamln'-
uack untwell de break er cay,
But If you fail de deb I'D git You.
Fetch You slap right in do eye,
You'll feel mOs' Ike en- grapeshOt hit you,
Drapped from half way 10 de sky
-Nebaska state journal.
Evening journal., 1892-12-31

THE Democratic party in Delaware are
in a comfortable and happy state. They
won a great victory against great odds
and an immense sum Of corruption
money. The Republican machine bribed
with cash and seduced with promises OF
Office every man in Delaware who was
approachable. The chance for the ma
chine TO purchase the state was better
than it will ever be again. The state
went Democratic at IA crisis
that can never occur again.
Hence the state is Democratic.
Feeling satisfied on this point 10 is the
duty OF the party TO proceed calmly and
confidently to make the reforms and
the changes that the times require In
the first place the organization Of tn,
Legislature should be completed with ,
friendly rivalry among the candidates
that may be earnest but not bitter THAI
will leave no personal wounds TO retart
and embarrass legislation After
that comes the summer elec tion
for which candidates who oal
win are to be selected NJ
good Democrat, no earnest and respon
sible citizen wishes to push his crank
ness or his selfshness to an extent EN-
barrassing to that purpose There ma.
be sharp feht, though we do not ar
prehend that the Higgins machine viii
get together again, and in that even
there should not be any internal discus
sions. If the present temper continue
the party will go into city election t
win and viii win.
Evening journal., 1892-12-31
MUSLINS 8

Every intelligent person
must be aware of the de-
cided advance in all kinds of
cotton goods. You will be
obliged to pay from to ? cents
more for your muslins, but as
long as our stock lasts we will
sell at old prices, and we have
a pretty good supply on hand.
Buyers of Blankets, Com
fortables, Underwear, Hosiery
Gloves, Table Linen, Towels
and Napkins will do well to.
see what bargains we are Of.
fering IN these goods.
We call special attention to
a lot of