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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
Good Party Record.

Maconb Esgle.
Illinois democrats will 60 into the
next campaign with the best party
record of any state N the union. As
a result of this record the party will
sweep the state by one of the biggest
majorities ever given a polite al
party in the state-not excepting the
big republican maierities of the
COS. The democrats have kept faith
with the party principles and have
given the state reforms which will
be Overwhelmingly approved by the
people. They repealed the abdomi-
nal educational force bill; they insti-
tuted suits against those eX-state
officials who took from the taxpayers
fees and salaries which did not be-
long to them; they have created an
enthusiasm for reform which is in
ducing state officials to pay interest
money into the treasury and give
the people an honest accounting of
the funds they handle; they are con-
Quoting the state Institutions on bus
mess principles and are imparting
business principles to every depart
ment OF the state government. Econ
omy and a high standard of public
honesty are indelibly stamped upon
the public record Of our party in Hi
nois. We have shown to the people
that our party principles are not
meaningless phrases and that public
Office is high public trust when in
terpreted by the genuine principles
OF Jeffersonian democracy. Gov.
Altgeld and his corps of subordinates
are giving that kind of Interpretation
to public affairs. When the people
have an opportunity to pass on such
record it will be an approval as has
not been seen in a life time. Democ-
racy in Illinois means something.
The people will give it great ova-
ton of votes when the opportunity
comes
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
4 Point For Travellers.

The advice is given by well known
society woman who travels a great deal
to wear ones best Undertaking while
on the cars. Never mind if it does get
soiled," she says. i have known of the
most fragrant cases of neglect during
railroad accidents of people whose IN
derwear looked as though they might be
poor. This is a shameful fact, but the
people who pick up the wounded after a
wreck are intensely human. Many of
them do not propose to open their homes
to sufferers unless they are to be paid
for it. They judge of the ability of peo-
pie to pay largely by their underwear.
as the outside garb of most well to do
people is more or less the same in these
days"
The idea of arraying ones self with a
view to accidents when starting out on
a journey is perhaps likely to suggest
useless forebodings, and this advice is
likely to engendera pessimism regarding
the character of ones fellow men, but it
may be worth heeding.-Her Point of
View in New York Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
4 Dangerous Barber shop.

The funniest street sign that ever
hung over a New York door is that of a
barber on Hudson street near where the
city's thoroughfares get tangled up in
such confusion at Abingdon square.
The owner OF the shop is a darky and is
very fond of big words So when he
had his sign painted he had it made to
read, "Tonsorial Parlor," instead of Just
plain Barber Shop" This sign hung
for nearly a year. Then some wag
probably told him that there was a
more elegant wording which might
draw custom to his shop. Within a
week new sign, Respondent in red,
white and blue, hung out proclaiming
that a ''Tonsorial Abattoir" might be
found within. 1t is not known whether
the shop is more literally patronized
under its new designation as a hair
dressing butcher shop or not, but GER
tainly the darby is very happy over the
length and impressive appearance of the
new word on his sign.-New York
Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
ivory pil,iard Ban. stained with blood.

Ivory Billiard Bafis Stained with Blood.
The globe of ivory which is Knocked
about a table in game of billiards costs,
If of good quality, at least $40. This rep
resents it's cost in money. There is,
however, a far more important and for
midable element in the price which has
been paid for it. The billiard ball of
pure ivory represents as it lies white
and glistening upon the cloth an expend.
iture of human lifeblood as well as of
money.
Elephants' tusks are brought down to
the African coasts by caravans general
~ in charge of Arabs, which have been
trading in the interior. Very often they
have picked up slaves as well as ivory.
But this phase of the matter may be left
out of the account.
1t is estimated that every large caravan
bringing ivory to the coast has cost more
than 100 human lives through fights and
murders in the course of the expedition.
Thirty more men are likely to have sue
cumbed to fevers or other diseases and
the fatigues of the march.
The hunting of the elephants and the
SdpluiC vi INC lNOI are very lIheIy "
have caused the death of 10 men alto
gether. Such casualties are the rule
in elephant hunting rather than the ex-
ception.
An average tusk does not furnish more
than enough material for two good bill
lard balls. OF course the remainder of
the ivory in each tusk is made use of in
other ways. Aperfectly cut billiard ball
requires special quality or so called
NERVE" which is found only in one part
of the tusk.
The chances are that billiard ball of
the first quality has cost at least one hui
man life, and there is not one such ball
which may not truly be said to be
stained with human blood They can
hardly be considered, therefore, cheer
full accompaniment to sensitive per
sons diversions.-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
a Grease FILTER For Boilers.

A filter for removing grease, which
often passes into boilers with the feed
water, consists of metallic chamber or
filter box in which are a series of gratings,
and between these gratings are placed
layers of wire gauze and flannel of a spe-
cial texture. which forms the fltering me-
dunn. The feed water from the donkey
pump enters the filter box from one side.
passes upward through the filter cloths
and thence out to the boiler, the scum
passing away through another outlet.
By this means it is found that all grease
and greasy matter. {; : well as other inn
purities. are arrested by the filter cloths,
which can be readily taken out for clean
ing or renewal. The filter is equally APP
plicable to land and marine boilers
New York Telegram.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
The Australian Kea.

The Australian kea has been written
about considerably, and writer in The
Cornhill Magazine ascribes to them an
intelligence which can be called nothing
but devilish. He says the kea was once
harmless bird, but with the introduce
ton of slaughter houses it has developed
taste for animal food, and especially
for kidneys. They like the kidneys OF
dead sheep SO well that when these failed
they proceeded to eat out the kidneys OF
living sheep, leaving the poor beasts &c
die most agonizing death.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
YOUR HEARING.
Is it Gradually Growing Duller?-
Catarrh Causes it-Stop
it Now.

Mr.. Peterson's case illustrates the
danger of allowing these troubles to
run on, and should be carefully read
by everyone.
A very large per cent of these cases
of deafness and roaring noises is due
to the extension of catarrh to the
eustachian tubes and inner ears.
Many of the most remarkable cures
that have been accomplished by the
physicians of the Scott Medical In
stitute have been in the restoration
of hearing lost or dulled from ca
tarrhal extension. 1t is folly to wait
for a trouble like this to get well it.
self. 1t don't get well, but always
gets worse. until frequently the hear
ing is entirely destroyed. A thor
ough course of treatment with ca
pable specialist, who goes right at
the cause of the trouble and removes
it, is the only hope.
DR.. Wilson and his medical asso-
ciates cure all cases of deafness
caused by catarrh.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
THE WALLED GARDEN.

An ancient garden with crumbling wall
Here let me idly roam the hvelong day
Mid old gnarled pear trees hung with L.
chens gray;
Through pathways doomed to slow effacement
all;
On grassy borders, where in silence fall
The drifted petals of the browning may;
By honeyed banks where wanton breezes
stray,
And scents commineled ev'ry air enthran-
A garden fair. wherein to court mine ease,
To wander. needless if he shadows pass
Ger the gray sundial peeping from the
grass
A haunted garden, mid The age bent trees
Fair Julia's lover may have wooed the shade
And with his amorous ute in idlesse Played
Frank NJ Her in Good Words.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
wouldn't Paw For illumination.

One day this week fellow with the
worst kind of a toothache crept timidly
into certain Lewiston dentists office.
what do you ask for pulling a
tooth?' queried lie, holding on to his
face.
''riTty cents without gas, a dollar with
gas, replied he Of the forceps.
The fellow star ed as If he was shot.
And what do you suppose he said?
"If y-u CIT pull my tooth Ia broad
daylisEr wi;lC-5 gas. I'll 20 somewhere
where they cert. e r-ist0n Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
To the Public.

To the Public.
DR.. Wilson has reported n case
like the foregoing, each week or two,
for the past three years in the tri-
city papers. In the case of Mr..
Peterson, DR.. Wilson would state, he
has lived in Rock Island county for
over 80 years. He is director of a
fire insurance company, and is also
connected with the management of
Augustana college. Is he a man to
be relied on? Let the public Judge,
Within the past three months DR..
Wilson has published the statements
and pictures of a number of minis
tiers who say under their own sigma
lures that they have been CURED
at the Scott Medical Institute. Can
they be relied on as telling tke truth
, Let the public Judge.
DR.. Wilson has noticed a senseless
TRADE against him by a Young firm
trying to do business in the tri-cities.
Some three weeks ago DR.. Wilson in
serted in the papers statement to the
effect that he would notice this baby
firm no more in print. Today he
says the same thing. 1t is no pleas
! ure for us to work forflothing.
DR.. Wilson has business interests
at stake in this state. The blowing
firm" have nothing to lose here
nothing that can be touched there
| fore we decline to ozark where we
can not bite"
DR.. Wilson wishes to announce
to the general public that his diplo-
ma is registered with the county
clerk in this city and shows he has
praeticed medicine years before
either of this great firm" entered
practice.
Should we condescend to answer
this great firm in the manner in
/ which they assaulted the Scott Medi-
cal Institute, we could bring forward
! proof, which we have held in our
possession for months, that
would make them beat a hastv re-
treat from our city, or wish they had
never opened this discussion.
DR.. Wilson's plan has always been
''let our patients talk for US" And
when he has to elbow his own horn
for the sake of deceiving the public
he will take down the sign Scott
Medical Institute" and close his bus
/ mess.
Does this look reliable? Let the
public judge.
Treatment, So month.
4
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
A Spot of Oil In the Sea.

Ten miles south of the Sabine river
and mile off shore is a natural phe-
nomenon known to sailors as 1.-The Oil
Spot" No visible boundary divides it
from the open sea around, but even dur
ing storm, even though the waters be-
come red and turbid, they remain COM
paratively calm.-St. Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

The finding Of a buried prehistoric
city in the Colorado desert recalls US
TO the truth again that we are not a
new continent after all, but an i'm
measurably old one. We undoubtedly
have cities In America as old as Pal
myra, Thebes or Babylon that have
not yet been dug up.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

THE suggestion has been made that
Chicago is in danger of growing
too fast However, by means of
grade crossings and a high rate
OF speed. the city seems in a fair
way to avert such calamity.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

The man who claims to be the
legitimate president of Nicaragua is
an exile, the de jure president is in
prison, and the man who poses as
president waits for his successor to
escape from prison. It's a political
muddle Of muddles.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

The hay crop in England and
Western Europe is almost a failure.
We have no reason to doubt that all
flesh is grass over there, as usual;
but as different variety of grass is
needed, American hay is being ship
ped IN unheard-of quantities.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
News that a thoughtless sealer HAD

NEWS that q thoughtIess sealer had
taken popgun and disabled the Mo
hican sent a thrill of Indignation
through the American navy. To be
sure the news was erroneous, but
there is nevertheless a feeling that
the Mohican ought not to be exposed
to such danger.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
Too Careless with the English Language.

d clothing dealer in Boston advertised all
wool paItaloons for s2, advising the public TO
make haste and secure the great bargain, say
ing: "They will not last long " Probably they
would not. Neither will yonr health last long If
you don't take care of it, Keep DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets in your honse. They ere in
disTensable to every family, IS they positively
cure biliousness With its endless train OF dis
tressing aiments-Hick headache, irritability,
constipation, dizzness and indigestion-a mar
velous specific for liver and kidney troubles, and
pure vegetable compound. They are sugar.
coated, the smallest pills made, and the best, be
cause they do all they promise. All druggists
sell them, and the proprietors guarantee them,
and refund the price II they fail
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

THERE has lately been an epidemic
Of disaster, due to criminal negli-
gence and resulting in a lamentable
loss of life. The most effective pre-
ventive OF such slaughter is to call
to strict accountability those who
are responsible for it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

A BUFFALO coroner has decided
that if man is declared dead by the
coroner he is dead, even if he re-
turns to the bosom of his family in
good health. This is a hard ons on
the man, but it is even a worse one
ON the coroner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

The news OF the destruction of the
cranberry crop of Wisconsin has
been followed by the report that the
New Jersey boys are in flames So
far there has been no depressing
news in regard to turkeys. but no
one can tell when it may come.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

The allowance OF the lord mayor of
London is $4,000, which is only
about half what the hospitality con-
nected with his Office costs him. If it
had been so in Dick Wilmington
time the lord mayor of London
couldn't have afforded possibly to
keep a cat
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

THE king of Siam introduced street
cars into Bangkok, he lights his
harem with electricity and is adopt
ing the agencies of civilization
rapidly. The bicycle hasn't got there
yet, itappears.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

LEW WALLACE has just finished a
new book. General Wallace writes
as slow as an OK team. But after
many years, after he gets a book
done, it is finished production, and
though it is painfully written it is
gratefully read.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

THE Ranger is the latest American
ship to demonstrate the peril of wan
dering away from the dock The
navy that puts to sea seems to be
running risks even more grave than
that of acquiring NAL de mer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

FRANCE takes foreign terri
tory against the will of its occupants.
The United States declines to take
valuable territory that is trying to
fall into her arms. There are repub-
lies and republics
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

The department OF agriculture
needs a Ppoofreader, and candidates
Tor the position will have to pass a
civil service examination. 1t would
make a newspaper proofreader howl
with envy to see the list of subjects
of which candidates are supposed to
have some knowledge.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
Railroad Etiquette.

Mr.. Cumso-You should never ask q
failroad man if the train is on time.
Mrs. Cunso-But suppose want to
Snow?
Mr.. Cumso-In that case ask him how
much late it is.-Truth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

F1Ts-All fits stopped free by DIR
kllne's Great Nerve Restorer. No
fits after the first days use. Marvel
Gus cures. Treatise and 50 trial bot
tie free to fit cases. Send to DIR
Kline, 931 Arch street, Philadelphia
Pa For sale by all druggists; call
on yours
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

On her last trip the steamship
Paris has shortened the passage
across the Atlantic two hours. No
man can predict how near to no time
the trip may be made in before the
twentieth century's close
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

In an Oregonian town of $500 in
habltants one saloonkeeper accumu-
lated 500 empty beer barrels in two
months. There are about a dozen
saloons in the place, and they all do
q fair amount of business. The per
capita consumption of beer is said to
he the greatest or -h
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1898.

WALTER BEsAST believes that Chi
cAgo will be the metropolis of Ameri-
q Chicago will regard Walter as
rather stupid. Couldn't he see that
she is already that?
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-02

Mr.. Peterson says he is Cured,
and as well as he ever was. DR..
Wilson says he is CURED. Write
and ask Mr.. Peterson if it is not so.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-23
A Possible Explanation.

columbia, s. g. State.
Southern boys at West Point are sus
tain ng the high records of their prede-
ccssors IT, is notable circumstance
that North Carolina and Virginia fur
nish three out OF the four highest honor
graduates at the academy this year. We
are inclined to think that the relative
wealth Of tho sections accounts in large
part for the high rank Southern boys
take in competitor with those of other
sections. They arc generally poor, and
know that their advancement depends
Upon their, Own efforts. This being so,
ambition spursthcm as it; does-not spur
their wealthier Nor.hcrn classmatess.
Here is one advantage the poor always
nave over the rich--the incentive to en-
oloy all their energies in the race OF life.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-23
Cotton Mills North and South.

The New York Financial Chronicle
takes twelve Fall River cotton mills and
shows that their average dividends for
the past seven years have ranged from
to 1G per cent.
Our Southern cotton mills, as the Bal
timorc Manufacturers Record showed a
short time ago, pay dividends ranging
from 10 to 25 per cent.
The advantages in cotton manufactur-
ing arc all on our side. We have the
raw material on tha spot, and we have
exceptionally cheap labor. In 1891 the
average yearly wages paid t. each cotton
operative Ill tue south wds TyTu, as com :
pared with an overagc OF 1886 in New
England, aud az average of $3.50 in the
Middle States. This great difference is
all in our favor, and makes it all the
harder for the North to compete with us.
Now, why shou'd England and the
North, situated at a grca. distance from
the cotton fields, manufacture most OF
the raw material and market it7 W.
can establish mills in sight of our fields
that wi be more profitlblc than their
distant competitors. The Southern
States have good distributing facilities,
and the completion of the Nicaragua
canal will mike it caay to reach the
III ,rkets of both coasts of South Amer.
ica, and also China and japan.
This, then is the situation. The South
has practically monopoly in cotton; he'
mills pay the biggest profits; hcr labor
Is the cheapest, aud she has the best
chances of reaching the consumers of the
world. These advantages in the course
of time must inevitably make this section
the centre of the manufacture and distri
button of cotton goods. But our home
capital and enterprise should not wait foI
this improvement to be developed by
outsiders. We should go into it ourselves,
and thus hasten tho approach Of the day
| when we can fix the price of our raw ma.
terial, instead of allowing it to be con.
| trolled by ring in Liverpool.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-23
Rain For the Asking.

A new lain wizard named G. b. Jewell
has risen in Kansas. He claims that he
can establish direct electrical communica.
tion with the clouds by meaus of certain
gases, and that he can produce clouds by
sending the gases into a clear sky. When
this is done small clouds -bosin- to gather
in all directions, and within short time
the sky is shut out by solid mass of
clouds from which rainfall is certain. He
says that he can also send captive ba
loon into cloud and produce rainfall
instantly. When this method is used he
charges the balloon with certain gases,
which explode when they come in con.
tact with moisture.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-23
PANAMA .CONVICTS LIBERATED.
The Court of Cessation Frees M. Eiffel
and Charles d. Lesseps.
EsoUIMAUx FAMILY.
Worlds Columbian

The Court of Cessation Frees M. Eiffel
and Charles d. Lesseps.
PARIS Cablegram. m.-Considerable ex!
element has been caused by decision
of the Court of Cessation on the appeal
Of Charles De Lesseps and other defend.
ants convicted of fraud in connection
with the Panama Canal Company. The
court handed down its decision Thursday
luashing the sentence on the ground
that the statute of Limitation covered the
offences charged and that the indictment
On which the prisoners were tried was
irregular. In consequence of this decis-
ion NJ. Eiffel was at once liberated from
prison, and M. Charles Do Lesseps, who
is in the St. Louis hospital, suffering
With an accute attack Of dyspepsia, was
Uniformed that he was at liberty, but was
too i'll tn leave the hospital. There were
i've defendants convicted on the trial,
which ended February 9th last. These
we're Ferdinand De Lesseps, his son
Charles, Marius Fontane, Heri Cottu
md Gustove Eiffel: