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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
For over f,fv Year.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used by millions of mothers for
their children while teethipg. If dis
burbed at night and broken of your res
by sick child suffering and crying with
pain of cutting teeth send at once and get
bottle OF "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for children teething. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Depend upon it, mothers. there's no mis-
take about it. 1t cures diarrhoea, reeu-
lstes the stomach and bowels, cures wind
collie, softens the gums. reduces inflsmms.
ton and gives tone and energy to the
whole system, Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for children teething is pleasant
to the taste and is the prescription of one
OF the Oldest and best female physicians
and nurses in the United States. Sold nv
all druggists throughout the world. Price
twenty-five cents bottle. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
Literary Women Who Died Last Year

In the list of literary women deceased
during the past year will be found the
names of Nine Bodichon DIETER known in
literature rs Bessie Rayner Parkes), one of
the founders of Girton college; Jessie
Fothergill, author of The First Violin, !"
and Mrs. Anne Moasley, editor of the
Correspondence of Cardinal Newman F."
The death of the widow of Canon Kings
ley, the well known author, is fresh in the
memory of our readers. In the vast amount
of work which Canon Kingsley did he was
greatly assisted by the deceased lady.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
The S1IarSeilIaiSe.v

The centennial of the "Marseillaise" will
be celebrated on April % in the little
French town of Choisy-le-Roy, the home
for twenty years of Rouget de Iisle, the
author of the hymn. On the monument
that marks his grave is the inscription
while the French Revolution in 1872 was
fighting kings, he gave her, that she might
triumph, the Marseillaise hymn"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04

Stanley as an explorer, Edison as an
inventor, Miss Flora A. Jones as the
discoverer of the famous Blush of Roses
Tor the compilations; are the names that
will be handed down as benefactors Of
the race, to all recorded time. 7. Fl.
Thomas comes in for his share (of the
prohts) as he always keeps big supply
on hand, and sells it for rs cents per bot
flo
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
Largest Libraries in the World.

In Thomas Greenwood's book on public
libraries occurs the following: THE largest
library in the world is that at Paris, which
contains upward of 100000 printed books
and 100000 manuscripts. Between the I'm
perial library ut St Petersburg and the
British museum there is not much differ
ence. In the British museum there are
about 100000 volumes. The Royal library
at Munich has now something over 90O, 900,
but this includes many pamphlets; the
Royal library at Berlin contains 100000
volumes; the library at Copenhagen, 510,-
600; the library at Dresden, 100000; the
University library at Gottingen. Germany,
100000, The Royal library at Vienna has
100000 volumes, and the University library,
in the same city, $4,000 volumes; at
/ Buda-Pesth the University library has
100000 books, the corresponding library at
Cracow nearly the same number, and at
Prague 205, OOO"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
Fine Playing cards.

Send ten Q0) cents in stamps to John
Sebastian, Gen'l Tiki and Pass. Ag't Chi.
cago. Rock Island & Pacific Ry., Chica,
go, H.. for pack of the latest, smooth
est slickest playing cards you ever saw
just the thing for high five parties. Frr
QUO express money order or postal no,r
will send you five packs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
John Ruskin's Early Achievcm ents.

At the age of seven years John Ruskin
wrote in blank verse singular essay on
Time" The next year he wrote an invo-
cation to the sun to shine on his garden
which is an amusing, almost pathetic,
mixture of poetry and pathos. At the age
of twenty he gained the Newdigate prize
for poetry, and soon after abandoned the
muse because, as he said he could not ex-
press his ideas in verse.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04

Friend-Why do you have such mis-
spelled and ungrammatical signs in your
front windowss
Sharp People think Pm q
Ounce and come in to swindle me. Trades
Just booming.-New York Weekly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
MasE gsl|@Ss @ES
FEBRUARY.
Facts and Fancies Regarding the Short
est Month in the Year.


est Month in the Year.
February, like January, claims Numa
Pompilius for father, since the month was
called into being by that monarch to COM
plete the twelve he designed the year to
hold
To February he gave only Twenty-Five
days, excepting in leap year, when it was
to have thirty; but the Emperor Augustus,
unwilling that his own month, August.
should not have as many days as any other
Gt then possessed only thirty, took one
, away from already shorn February and
tackled it ON to August leaving February
with only twenty-eight, Except in leap
year, then's the time Februarys days are
twenty mine"
The name February is said to be derived
from Februare, to purify, to eNpiate, and
is taken from the fact of the publication
undergone by the Romans at this time
The signs of the zodiac for this month are
Aquarius Pisces, appropriate in so far as
the month is popularity supposed to be the
wettest of the year, but incorrect statistic
| ally, since two or three others frequently
show greater rainfall than does February
1t is possible, however, that the signs bore
| reference to what February ought to be-
All old distiches connected with the month
for agricultural reasons too obvious to
! mention. "A' the months of the year."
says one, curse fair Februeer" And an
! other mentions that snow is more welcome
than rain.
February fill the dyke
Either with the black or white;
If it be white, it's the better to like.
Thus writes Spenser about the month:
Then came old February, sitting
In an old wagon, for he could not ride,
Drawn of two fishes, for the season fitting.
Candlemas Day. Feb. Q, otherwise known
as the Publication of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, has climatic traditions associated
with it. Thus says an old Scotch rhyme:
If Candlemass Day be dry and fair,
The half o. winters 10 come and MAR;
If Candlemass Day be wet and foul
The half o. winters game at Yule.
This is the time to take down Christmas
decorations, reserving bit of the yule log
| to light the next Christmas log, and tc
preserve the house from i'll luck during
the year. If the decorations be kept up "a
day longer they will prove source of dis
aster to the family, as Herrick remarks:
For look, how many leaves there be
Neglected their maids; trust to me,
So many COLLINS you shall see.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
Tax Notice

The taxes for 1891 are now due and
may be paid to the township collector b,
Hurst Il Donaldson's office in Masoni.
Temple block. Your last Years receip,
viii. be of great assistance to the collector
in finding your descriptions on the tax
books. WILLIAM T. SUDDEN,
HOwnshin Hollaotor
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
The First Ozford-Can,bridce Boat Race

Inc iisl ISace
In 1929 the Cambridge University Boat
ing club challenged the club of Oxford
university to a race on the Thames. This
was the first contest of the kind between
the rival universities and created great ex-
element. The course from Hambledon
Lock to the bridge at Henley was little
more than two miles long, and the race was
rowed on the 10th of June. Every one
knows that the colors now worn are light
blue for Cambridge and dark blue for Ok
ford, but in 1929 the former were dis
tinguished by pink, the latter by blue.
Although the Cambridge boys were the
favorites, the Oxford crew came in winners
by several boat lengths.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
Interesting Statistics.

La Nature says that there are about
1,5OO, 0O0, 600 people in the world, with very
nearly an equal division of sex. One-fourth
dies before the fifteenth year, and the aver
age duration of life is about thirty three
years; 80, 033, 600 people die each year, max
ing a total of 9l,501 each day, 3,770 each
hour, 62 each minute, and about l each
second.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04

Crosse says if the nose bleeds one drop
only it forebodes sickness; if three drops.
the omen is still worse But Melton says,
If mans nose bleeds one drop NJ the left
nostril it is the sign of good luck, and vice
versa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
Remember, j Remember.
1t was Thomas Hood who wrote:

7 TtIutIIIUtIs I TtIIItIlUtI.
The fir trees dark and high:
used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky:
1t was childish ignorance,
But now it's little joy
To know I'm farther Off from heaven
Than when | was boy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-04
''TAMSY Pills.

DR.. Renison's RELIABLE Remedy. Famous every
where among the LADIES' as safe. prompt and
effectuaL The original aoogadH's sdlrafion. Price
81 sent direct, sealed; inform alton free. Address
CAton Medical Co., Boston, Mar.
The morning call., 1892-02-06

DENTISTS.
DR REA. s23 MARKET. EXT TEETH SOC:
u with gas 81; filings low; open evenings ia2 #
/ EEK DENTAL COLLEGE: CHARGES ONLY
~ FOR material used. Room lU7 1l7U Market. is u
nR T. u. FERGUSON. DENTIST. 200 KEARNY
u near sutter; The best work sthe cheApestdelt u
nBH. g. YOUNG. DENTIST FORMERLY WITH
~ q. w. LEkK. 8 OFarreli St, now at ls4l Polk.
near Jackson; painless extraction OF teeth nol3 ON
A NY CHILD Knows GAS Is DANGEROUS:
~ by my wonderful secret local application to
the gums any tooth may DO extracted or 6IIed
painiessy; nine first prizes awarded me z or finest
filings plate and bridge WORK: Office open even
ings and sundays. DIR. O. w. LEEK. . O'FarreIl.tf
OF A SET FOR TEETH: WARRANTED As
" good as can be made Milling 81 DR. SIMMS,
dentist $50 Market St. next Baldwin Theater ocltt
c. SET: REPAIRING 81: FILLING I;EXpH
u painless. soc. DR. CA. PERRY. Mason. m5st
COTTON DENTAL ASSOCIATIONS sos MARKET
- ST. (Phelan BuildiHg), positively extract teeth
without pain with Cotton Gas - also perform all
operations in dentistry. DR. CHAS.W. DECkER7tt
nE.A.LUDLUM HILL. I44Y MARKET ST. NEAR
~ Eleventh; no charge for extracting when plates
are made; Old plates made over nke new; teeth
from 50 per set; extracting soc; gas given. Att
A FULL SET or TEETH FOR 81; FILLING AT
n lowest prices; work warranted DR. J. W.
hey, e4l Market St opp, baldwin. aus q
DR. c. II. WILSON DENTIST s25 MARKET
~ St. let Firth and Sixth. oDD. Mason delSst
IN CENTS WILL SEND THE WEEKLY CALL
w fer four months 20 aDv nart o. tue United
states
LOST.
I OST-sATCHEL CONTAINING s57 IN COIN,
II gold shawi-pin, plain gold ring gold bracelet
Liberal reward for return 10 3l2 Natoma st It's
l osT o. LAST SATURDAY NIGHT, JAN. 30.
II on the way from Pine and Montgomery SITS. to
Twenty-hrst aud Mission, one diamond lace Din,
Finder viii please return 10 A. II. l.. FOREMAN
push-box factory, 532 Market St., and receive lib
eTai reward. lt%
I osT OCEAN VIEW, FEBRUARY 81 LIGHT
Il bay mare; black name and tail: black legs:
small white spot on left cheek; height about Is
& return OF the same TO T. T. MCCARTHY Ocean
View. fe6 3ts
pY POOR WORKING GIRL, BLACK PURSE
ID containing keys, money and gold ring ruby and
pearl setting: IS reward. 726 WASHINGTON, RIM. LIS
osT-sATURDAY EVENING, LADY's BUT
4 ton shoe, between Fourth ana Second Please
return 55l Second 81. and receive reward. it,
osT-FEB. 4. ON MIsSIoN-sT CARS. BET
II Tenth and Eleventh, purse containing Sl5
money. and diamond ring; $40 reward paid Please
return to lll9 Howard ST. lt|
co IN REWARD - LEMON AND WHITE
ID OU pointer puppy. 2 months old. }. f.
sEARY, ~ Haight ST. feb SIS
I OsT-2 GREYHoUHDs. ONE WHITE AND
II black, other red and white; aged IL and
months. Return to l120 Howard ST. and receive
liberal reward. fe5 3ts
uoRsE-LOSr JANUARY 81, FROM TWENTY
II sixth St, near Diamond. Liberal reward TO re-
turn IA Clipper ST., r. hoOHY les St.
| oST-FROM LOCKEF, FEB. 2. A GOLD BAS-
IL ket OF flowers; liberal reward If returned;
1O7l Market ST. w. sCHEPPLER. fe4 3ts
I osT-DEC. 20. FROM EIGHTH AND FOL
IL som, brindle greyhound bitch; white neck,
breast ana feet; reward. Return 4Oba sixth. It's
The morning call., 1892-02-06
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY
THOS. MACEH,
Real Estate Agent,
No. 90 Montgomery Street,
OPPOSITE LICK HOUSE.
NEW PROPERTY.

DENTS $3.50: $4,000 DOWNTOWN INVEST
IL ment S-story brick building and lot 81 AK
1875: rented steady to tenants who have been
there for years; very tne buy
Hyde ST, McAllister. at the new City Hall;
25xS7 IS aud 2-story and basement house; rooms.
etc. $4,000.
Vallejo St. bet. Cough and 0etavia; 45xl25. and
old one-story houses; $4,000.
Octavia St; lot 27:6xl09 81 $1,000; close TO
Union ST.; cheap; street severed.
RlchIand ave-. ~ side, near Mission St.; lot
25xlOO; 5000; Holly Park Tract; cheap.
West Park street sOuth side, near Mission and
$50 SITS; "5x1O0; $3.50; Holly Park Tract; cheap.
FINE INVESTMENTS.
Business lot Post. i2s blocks from Kearny: 46x
so; $bl,000; two offers Of $50, 00V now made On
this lot.
Jones ST. corner bet Geary and Post; 5Ox1S7 IS.
aud buildings renting for Sl3S; fine corner for sun,
light and air for n large building; S25, 900
Rents $3.50; Sl7 OOO; rented to hrst-ciass Chi
xl37:6 and brick building; Sacramento ST., bet
Kearny and Dupont
SS75 rents under lease: s75 200: Braunan ST.
bet Sd and 4th; 137:5x275 AID 40x5O with factory
Fine business corner and new S-story building;
NE. cor Golden Gate ave, and Fillmore st; rented
for SIT so; 45x90; $32 500.
OTHER CHEAP PROPERTY.
Howard ST.. bet 25th and 26th-LOts 25xll5 10
rear alley; $4,000 each; or so or % feet front;
there is cottage on the land which can be bough
cheap and moved on one OF the lotS cable-ears
Reduced to 5000; bargain; Bush ST.. near
Cough n. side; 30xl20 10 rear street, and very
Grove St. bet. Franklin and Cough: AZ :6x6s:9
and house of 10 rooms and modern convenience;
street accepted: $3.50.
$lO,25O-2 fine new 2-story houses and lot COX
1856; Pierce st., near Golden Gate ave; rooms,
bath, store-roOm, Laundry, aud every convenien &c
IN EACH hrst-eisSs plumbing; rents $50 make
offer.
Cheap-Pok and Vallejo corner; any size front,
20 80 or 50 :9Xl0O; both streets in order
Park road, block from Haight-st. cable: lots
25xl70 to 100 Deep any size up to 50 feet at SS5
foot; $2l25 a lot; magnificent view and para
opposite.
SW. cor. Sacramento and Maple; 37:6XlOO;
S2750: both streets graded and maeadamized; Sac
ramento severed.
Lots 25xl32:S; Sl4O0 each or an size Sacra-
mento st, Locust; blocks from caOle-cafS'
street maeadamized and severed.
Lots 25xl00: $3.50 each. or any size; oet Laurel
and Locust; eaDle-cars at Walnut and sacramento;
lots level.
Sacramento ST.: $3.50 each; lots; 25xlO0; near
Maple: blocks from cable-cars street severed aud
macadamiZed.
O'FarreII ST. north side. near oetava; 55x120 TO
rear street, and front and rear cottage; $4,000;
cheap.
The morning call., 1892-02-06

to her home she missed the diamond pin.
and Arch streets, were hastily summoned.
and to them she told her story. She stated
that tall shabbily dressed man had
Jostled against her on Walnut street,
and she thought it probable he had stolen
the pin. :" Did you say you were carrying
detectives. "Yes" Twill You let me see
the child % The detectives were shown up
to the nursery, where the child was peace
fully sleeping on a sofa. The little hand
was thrust down between the cushion and
the back Of the settee. The detective gently
drew the little hand away, and lifting the
little one in his arms asked the mother to
search her offspring He then inserted his
hand between the cushion and the uphols-
tered back of the sofa at the spot where the
child's hand had been, and very quickly
found the lost pin.
The morning call., 1892-02-06
Robbed Its own Mother.

A social belle of West Walnut street q
few days ago lost a valuable diamond stick
pin" and its subsequent restoration dis
closed case of very youthful depravity.
Mrs. b. had been out with her six-month-
old baby for a short walk. On her return
The morning call., 1892-02-06
MURDERED THE GIRL.
Case a maggie Resembling That OF
the Schneiders
A RarIin Snncfal


A case resembling that of the Schneiders
the horrible details of whose crimes have
just shocked the world. as revealed IN court
at Vienna, has come to light in Magdeburg.
AS in the Schneider case the victims in this
instance were serving women. Full partic-
ulars in possession of the police have not
been made known to the public, bnt it is
known that a man named Erbe and his par
amour, a woman named Buntreck, have
been arrested on a charge of making way
with young woman named Klages, daugh-
ter of the steward of an estate near Magde-
burg Il is alleged that Erbe and his fe-
male accomplish lured the girl to Hanover
on pretense that she was desired to accom-
pany a family of that city on trip 10 Italy.
At Hanover, where the girl was a total
stranger, it was comparatively easy to fitch
her small stock of funds and put her out of
the way without leaving cleW to direct
suspicion toward the murdererS. at least
this is what the police expect to prove was
done, and they also claim to have evidence
that the first victim of the couple was a WO-
man named Hasten of Msgdeburg, and
these two we're not the only ones robbed
and murdered by the imitators of the vi
emma monsters. The revelations at the
forthcoming examination of the prisoners
are expected with much interest.
An easy meth cd of removing mildew is to
place the article In 4 warm oven for a few
The morning call., 1892-02-06
BUSINESS CHANCES.

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The morning call., 1892-02-06

CARPETS CLEANED: 3 AND 5 CENTS PER
4 yard. = Stevenson; Tefe S2ZS: S. STEA1TAN.
EHEAPE>r AND BEST PLACE To HAVE YOUR
\ carpets cleaned and Telaid JONES Perfect
CarTet-clesninC and 6enoyauuy Works, % and u
EEEth ST.; telephone 3424. se6 y
The morning call., 1892-02-06

CONN FINE HOUSE AND LOT ON n.
III - W. side OF Bush St, near Cough; 3Oxl2O
to Austin st in rear: brick foundation aud all con
veuiences; great bargain. THOMAS MAGEE, 20
Montgomery st. fe6 It cod
The morning call., 1892-02-06
BUSINESS CHANCEs-CoNTINUED.

L 000 BRANCH BAKERY AND VARIETY
u OUU. store on principal street; living rooms;
neat place; splendid chance Ter small capital; Sc
cure this. n. LESS. Fourth St Its
The morning call., 1892-02-06

NeD LODGlNG-UOl SE; i NICELY FUR
u.>Ecd rooms. TO be sold az sacrifice on ar-
ne r. other business, rooms ways full; getu ne
.-----.r. IL Ilua q. les aLs
The morning call., 1892-02-06

CHARLES +. ELLIOT, Secretary
Ohice-Room 70, Nevada Block 500 Montgomery
ST.. san Francisco. Cal. ial5 I'd
The morning call., 1892-02-06

('ANDY-sTOEE- FACTORY COMPLETE: BEST
- location on Market 81. c. Box 49, CALL Branch
once 8t4
The morning call., 1892-02-06
OAKLAND ADVERTISEMENTS,
OAKLAND KEIL ESTATE.

OAKLAND real ESTATE.
GARLAND CY-ADVEKTISEMENTS AND
" subscriptions received at the Oakland Branch
C1nce OF TIE MORNING CALI, 9O2 broadway.
0OOOO NEW MODERN EASTLAKE COT
tpZOOU. tage: rooms and bath; centrally To-
Gated . blocks from station; must be sold within
20 DAYS; call at once. A. j. TAFT, 1904 Seventh
ST.. Center Station, oakland: terms to suit fe5 II
I OTIS 5OxZ0O; NEAR SAN LEANDRO ROAD;
- only 5000; $25 cash and $40 per month; best
opportunity ever offered: apply at once. RUS
SELL PROSSER, Twenty-third ave Station,
East Oak land. fec I'm
The morning call., 1892-02-06

-IHIin IANINEb " n led. 4 HAN sen
~ UNt. sIDle man 70 assist IA running grocery
aud bar, IS we'll established and dong a trade OF
$50 per day; hao location and good man 10 be
connected with. owner is well known and can give
best o. references. KENNY d SCHJTT. I00I Mar
.
The morning call., 1892-02-06

QIS0 TO 1850 PER LOT AT FRUITYALE,
y 1OO Oakland: SO to $25 cash AMI IS psr
month; beautiful lots, adjoining the d0uble-dec&
car line OF Sessions electric road: Will give
free pass for years to any who will build APP
ply at once to K. w. WOODWARD & Co, 9O2 Broad
way. Oakland fe3 Il
Q1 Ok PER LOT-CHOICE LOTS IN PERALTA
u ~ ave. Tract, Frultyae; terms 20 suit II
GI7S EACH FINE FRUITvALE LOTS; =
ID - street railroads; $40 cash. SIS monthly.
CLOUGH & BA ER. 400 Ninth St., oakland. 1lOu
QJOS EACH-sPECIAL OFFER FOR 80
- ~ days of so lots In ElmhurSt Tract, f. OF
fruttyale, the broad-gauge railroad; 10 minutes
10 Oakland, SO minutes TO san Francisco, also
within blocks OF the electric road petition is
now In circulation VITA 800 signatures TO the
southern Pacific Company to hourly trains
from san Francisco and Oakland to San Leandro
stead OF the q trains now running by the COM
pany: this change would give the same aCcomoda
ton to kmhuTSt aud property at the present prices
would more than double in value; remember there
only so lots at these prices after 80 days all lots
remaining unsold viii be advanced $25 to $50 per
tot the price OF these lots ia this special Offering IS
90 per cent less than you buy the acreage for;
read special terms for this special sale; only $40
cash, balance So per month; low interest. per
cent per annum; the terms after the first so lots
sold will be one-ffth cash For fun particulars
Oakland, or j. /. COOK, Brooklyn station, East
Oakland. ja30 lot
error FOR CHOICE LOTS IN FRUITvALE
DAVIS, owner, 465 Ninth St, Oakland. jal3 I'm
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