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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Respect for Animals.

NJ. Remains personal reco lections of dogs
are endless, and he might fill book with
traits and stories of them and of cats. He
thinks we are, on the whole, better than
our Seventeenth century ancestors, and
asks for no fuller proof than what lies in
the present day manner of looking at ami
mails. Descartes and the philosophers of
his time only saw in them machines. They
were wound up like aUtouata to do GER
tain things. Their suffering could not be
very deep when they were beaten or other
wise i'll used. If there are now vivisection-
lists in whom the lust of cruelty goes some
times hand in hand with the love of science,
there are people to enforce Martins act
and the GTammont law.
The world, says NJ. Renan, is learning to
see relatives-in collateral and far out de-
grees no doubt-in animals. Their poor
little lives are just like Ours, but cast in
narrower lines. You find the germs OF
every faculty that we can boast of in their
hearts and brains. The worst sin of omis-
sion of Christianity was its disregard for
animal life. The beasts that PERISH were
on the same plane as Descarles' automata
Greek paganism was kinder, it seeing gods
goddesses and lovely and Interesting per
sons disguised as beasts and birds Divine
fatherhood. says NJ. Renan, with a shrewd
glance, was revealed in the vain imagin-
ings of theologians. But the divine mother.
hood was proved very low down indeed. -
London Truth,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
MONDAY, JANUARY Q, 1898.

EDITORS may fed some consolation In
the fact that they have inspired feelings
OF envy in the breasts of a young Japa-
nese boy. A recent issue OF an East In
dia paper contained the following note
"a school boy in Loersbays was asked to
describe an editor Of paper. He did SO
in this way: An editor is the luckiest
man in the world. He can go to circus
every afternoon and evory evening with
out paying q cent. He can 60 also to
the court houses. the places Of execution
and the races. He has free tickets to all
theatres, receives presents at his office,
and gets his ears boxed. too. lie goes
also to Prigen, Mslsng, or Lswang
(plsces of amusement) He does not dc
this often, however. In one paper he Can
deny every thing that wss said in the pre-
vious enc, aud he does so, as rule.
When other pc ople are already in bed, the
editor is still up. He stays up late to see
what happens. When grow big l shall
become an editor. Then I can stay up
too"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
LiSh thing Prints.

There is class of phenomena produced
by lightning which is well worthy Of at
tention, but of which little is yet known;
we refer to lightning prints. We are al.
acquainted with the peculiar action of
light upon papers imbued with salts OF
silver or other chemical preparations SEN
sitive to its influence, by which the images
of surrounding objects are permanently
and elegantly fixed upon paper. Well, II
lightning flash now and again produces a
similar result upon the thing or person it
touches NJ. Poey who has treated the
subject of lightning prints very fully, mel
tions twenty-four cases OF impressions on
the bodies of men and animals.
OF these eight were impressions of trees
or parts of trees, one Of a bird and one of a
COW, four Of crosses, three of circles or Of
impressions of coins carried about the per-
son. two of horseshoes, one of nail, one Of
a metal comb one of number or numeral.
one of the words of a sentence and one Of
the back of an Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Origin of the Word "Canard."

You often declare that some floating
piece of intelligence is O ''canard" without
hardly knowing why such word should
be applied to an unfounded story. The
word itself is the French for "duck," and
was first used in its present sense in the
latter part of the Eighteenth century, hay-
ing its origin in a gigantic hoax. About
that time French, German and English
papers were straining every nerve to see
which could publish the most sensational
items. Their writers ransacked the earth,
''the sky above the earth and the caverns
beneath it's surface" for material on which
to found extraordinary stories. At last
,ornelisor, one of the Paris competitors,
stated that an interesting experiment had
just been carried out in that city which
proved the extraordinary yoracity of ducks
| (canardS).
Twenty of these fowls had been placed
together one morning, and at an appointed
hour one of the number was killed, cut in
to small bits, feathers and all, and fed to
the other nineteen. Fifteen minutes later
No. 10 was hashed and served to the re-
manning eighteen in the same manner. The
experiment was commenced at O'Clock in
the morning, the eXperimenters regularly
flashing" duck every fifteen minutes
and at a quarter to u noon) there was but
one duck remaining in the pen, and he Of
course was placed in the position of having
! eaten his nineteen companions.
This story, pleasantly narrated, obtained
a success which the writer had never even
anticipated. Before the end of the year it
had run the rounds of all the prominent
journals of Europe, and had even been
| translated into Indian, Chinese, japanese
| and other languages. For many years
afterward the story of the twenty ca
nards" was a common laughing stock, and
the word itself has ever since retained its
| novel ignifcance-St. Louis Republic.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
UenItbful Arctic REGIONS.

There is one side of the arctic regions
which has never had due attention paid to
it, and that is the medical and curative
side Davos Platz has know what cold can
do in consumption, but in the life giving
air of the arctic circle no noxiOus germ 'an
live. The only illness of any consequence
which ever attacks whaler is an expo
sive bullet. 1t is It safe prophecy that be
fore many years are passed ST Gam yachts
will turn to the north every 81 MINER with
a cargo of the weak chested, and the people
will understand that natures icehouse is
a more healthy place than her vapor bath.
-Idler
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
The Oldest Herbarium.

The Oldest herbarium in the world is In
the Psychologist museum at Cairo, and
consists of an inconspicuous collection of
dried portions of plants. These portions of
plants and flowers were taken from wreaths
and garlands in the collins with mummies,
where they were placed by the ancient
Egyptians as death offerings, and from edi-
bic plants which were set in earthen YES
sells on the floor of the sepulcher as the
furniture of the last resting place OF their
beloved ones Many of these floral re-
mains are SO well preserved that, after be-
ing treated with warm water, they can be
handled like modern herbarium specimens
The colors, too, are preserved in remark
able way.
The most important matter in connection
with these plants is their age. The re
mains of funeral food are found in tombs
as far back as 3CC0 Years before Christ.
Five hundred years later grains of mustard
seed, capsules of flaXseed, gOurds, lentils,
beans, figs, pine needles juniper berries
and other ediblcs are found. The richest
| acquisitions in leaves and flowers to the
herbarium were made from the tombs
constructed between the Eighteenth and
Eleventh centuries =. c.
Among the flowers chiefly employed in
floral decorations for the dead were the
blue and white lotus, the red poppy, the
oriental hollyhock, crown chrysanthemum,
saf1lOwer, pomegranate flowers, willow
leaves, grasses and peppermint. Celery
leaves came into reqUisition later, and
onions, leeks and garlic played an impor-
| tant part in the offerings to the dead One
of the general conclusions drawn from this
herbarium is that Egypt has sustained no
appreciable climatic changes during the
last 4 1000 yeaTs.-Garden and Forest.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
A Remarkable SnDuhire.

Among the crown jewels is magnificent
sapphire representing female figure en-
veloped in drapery. The stone represents
two tints, u circumstance of which the
artist has skillfully taken advantage to
make the woman dark and the drapery
light. The most remarkable OF this kind
is an engraved sapphire represeu ting pro-
file of a young Hercules executed by
Chelus. 1t is in the Strozzi cabinet a.
Rome-Jewelers' Review
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Report ofIllinois Schools.

The report of the Hon. Henry Rsab,
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton for 1891 and 1892, shows that for
the yesr ending June, 1892 there were
in the state 927 1884 males under the age
of 81 years, which is 4S,O29 more than
the number reported in 1890.
The number of females reported is
Oil, 555, which is 40 ,716 more than the
number reported in 1890.
The number of males and females Of
school age, between 6 and 81 years. is
61S,54 and 603,2S9 respectively. En-
rollment in the ungraded schools. males.
191 1853; females, 272 ,725.
Total enrolment of pupils in puplic
schools is 800, 452, an increase of 81 1873
in two years. The average number of
days each pupil enrolled attended school
was 1, 1903; in 1890, LOTS,
There are II ,5s7 school districts, 12,-
S72 school houses and 1866 grade
schools; including 2S5 high schools in
the state.
The whole number of teachers is e.
$40; males 8,170; females 1916 Av-
ersge monthly wages $56.92: Of female
teachers, $40. O6. Cost OF schooling
for persods of school age, $40. ss per pu>
nil
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03

POSTMASTER GENERAL WASsAMAKEF
has dispatched postof1ce inspector &c
the little town CT Ivsnhoe, Ill, to settle
one Of the funniest complications that the
department has ever experienced. Ire
town had a German democrat as post
master under Cleveland. When Harrison
was elected he " as succeeded by q repub-
licsn postmaster, who died, and the office
was turned over TO the widow. When
Cleveland was elected last month, the
German democrat thought that be also
had been elected postmaster. He APP
pesred at the postofice with wagon and
persuaded the postmistress to allow him
to remove the effects of the Cfiice to his
place. lie has since been running sf-
fairs. fully convinced that Cleveland's
election restored him as postmaster.
Representative Hopkins reported the
fact to the postoffie department and an
inspector was detailed to restore the post
mistress TO her rights.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Duty Is AIwrys with LIS.

Duty is a power which rises with us in
the morning and goes to rest with us at
night. 1t is coeXtensive with the action
of our intelligence. 1t is the shadow which
cleaves to US, go where we will, md which
only leaves us when we leave the light of
life-Gladstone
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Lighting Her Darkness.

A small farmer in Aberdeenshire. hav-
ing wife that had been long ailing and
confined to bed, was of so niggardly dis
position that he grudged the poor woman
SO much as light She in a pet one night
exclaimed, "Oh, isna this an unco' thing
that puir body ill nae get light to see to
dee" The husband rises up and lights o
candle, and placing it at the bedfoot says
to his wife, There, dee noop'-Scottish
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Surprise to All.

After using Mothers Friend" Two
months I was so speedily and easily re-
lieved that it WAS surprise to those at
tending me. Mothers Friend"undoubt.
ly lessons the pains, shortens the time
and restores the mother speedily to
health. Will recommend it to all ex-
pectant mothers, and advise them to use
it.-Mrs. J, B. R, Muncie. Ind.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Bradiield's Female Regulator

has won, on merit alone. q widespread
and enduring reputation. 1t is a com
bination of vegetable agents. the res ult
of the experience of one who made the
diseases Of women life,long study.
Taken according to directions the organs
awake to new life and energy. leaving
the woman free from pain at these per-
iods. Soldby Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Photorraphing While Smoking.

Photographic cigar holders are novelties
among the gilded youth. With each holder
is supplied packet of plain white photo
graphic papers about the size Of a postage
stamp. One of these is placed in the in
terror of the holder, and as the ammonia
vapor arising from the consumed tobacco
passes over them the photograph is devel-
oped. New York Telegram.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
PROTECT YOUR EYES !
MIR. II. HIRSCHBERG.

The well-EnUwn Uptician OF GAG Olive Ct
IN. E. cor. 7ih and Olive), ST. Louis, has
appointed 7. Fl. Thomas as agent for HE
celebrated Diamond Spectscles and Eve
glasses, and also for his Diamond Nom
Manageable SIectacles and Eyeglasses
The glasses are tie greatest invention
ever made in spectscles. ny proper
construction Of the LeLs q person pur-
chasing pair Of these INTERCHANGEABLE
Glasses never has TO change these glasses
from the eyes, and every pair purchased
Is guaranteed, so that if they ever leave
the eyer (no matter how or scratched the
Lenses are) they will furnish the party
with new pair Of Ylasses free Of charge
4. III. THOMAS hasa full assortment
and invites all to satisfy themselves
of the crest superiority of these Glasses
over any and all others now in use 10 cal
and examine the same at TIL. Thomas,
druggist and optician. Roc Island
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Hard on the Boy.

Keen scheme that of Harlow's," said
Hicks; took his boy to church last Sun
day-pinched him just before the collec-
ton, and boy cried, so Harlow had to take
him out. Saved his money London
Tit-Bits
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03
Tha MHtholoRical Fate..

5OmeWhefB lyon lut uHkHUWh sHOIe'
Where the streams OF life their waters pour,
There sits three sisters, overmore,
Weaving silken thread"
Lovers of classic paintings are familiar with
that famous group, called the ''Three Fates."
Fate seems cruel when it deprives women and
girls OF health. But in DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Pres cription they ind cure Of untold value for
nervous pros'ration, sick headache, bearing down
pains, FLOATING, weak stomach, anteversion, retro
version, and all those excruciating complaints,
that m,ke their lives miserable. All who use II
prai, It. 1t contains no hurtfu Ingredients, and
1t is guaranteed to give abstraction in every case
or Its price ($1) will be refunded.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-03

Cstarrh in the head is q constitutional
disease, and requires a constitutional
remedy like Hoods Sarsaparills, to effect
D cure.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-19
BUCK TO PLAY THE MARTYR.
The Boss ElatGd Over the Charge Of
Offensive PartiSanShip.

He Counts on Using It as Valuable
Stock in Trade With the Bosses OF
the @. o. PIE Sends in His Resig-
nation But Secretly Hopes That It
viii Not Be Accepted.
Atlanta, Ga, May 1S.-United States
Marshal Buck, Boss Buck" of the Re
publican party of Georgia, as he is
familiarity known, is more pleased at the
charge of offensive partisanship brought
against him in Washington to secure his
decapitation, than he would have been at
the guarantee of another whole year Of
office. Boss Buck, who has rendered mis-
resignation, wants to pose as a martyr to
to the g. 0. p. Until the charges had
been actually entered he was as close
mouthed rs a clam, but now that he has
gained the point OF being held up
officially as a sacrifice to his party
zeal, he is delighted. The charges had no
sooner been made to the President than
he forwarded his resignation. Boss Buck
hopes that his resignation viii not be ac-
cepted, but would be only too well pleased
to have mis- head chopped Off because OF
his offensive partisanship, of which he
now proudly boasts. He hopes to profit
in the future by his would-be martyrdom.
If Mr.. Cleveland Gusts him as he deserves
it will only give him that notoriety he
seeks. and the willy boss believes that he
will then have cinch on the councils of
his party that viii profit him muchly.7l
AN ATLANTA MAN FOR THE PLACE.
Atlanta, Ga, May 1S.-Since the pub
licatiOn of kilograms from Washington
announcing that President Cleveland
would not appoint either Col. Renfroe or
Mr. Dismuke to the marshalship of the
Northern district several others have put
in claims for the place. Judge Robert Il.
Rodgers of this city has determined to
make application and to work with will.
He secured the Endorsements of a large
number of influential people and he will
push his candidacy. He has
been assured of the earnest support
of several congressman and hopes to get
the senators to agree upon him. Judge
Rodgers is a lawyer Of ability and had a
great deal to do with matters that apper-
tanned to the marshal's office
Col. Frank Flynn Of Griffin, president
of the last state electoral college, also
wants TO be Marshal Bucks successor and
will make fight for the place
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-19
HILL SEEN IN TWO CITIES.
Claims That He Was in Chicago and
New Orleans on the Same Day.

A Newspaper Man of Atlanta Claims
to Have Talked With Him at the
Palmer House-John j. Seay of Rome
With Him at New orleans-The In
dorsements Nay Prove Genuine.
Atlanta, Ga, May lS.-The alleged for
geries and disappearance of Harry Hill,
the handsome and well-lShown man about
town, continues unabated as the reign
ing sensation, To-day the case was
placed in the hands of the police depart
ment and Hill will probably be under ar
rest by tomorrow.
Walter Howard, the young man who
rode bicycle to Chicago for the Jour
nal, this afternoon telegraphed his paper
that he had met Hill in that city, The
meeting occurred last Tuesday at the
Palmer house. The dispatch states that
the accused forger invited the newspaper
man to call on hlm at his
address, on Dearborn street. This
is the first intimation here that Hin went
north, as it was believed that he had
headed for Mexico and it is positively
stated that he was seen in New Orleans
last Tuesday, the same day ON which the
Journal correspondent claims to have seen
him IN Chicago
SEEN IN NEW ORLEANS.
Capt. John }. Seay Of Rome was in the
city this morning. He has Just returned
from New Orleans, where he has been on
a business trip. In talking of the Hill es-
capade, Capt. Seay said: Il was greatly
surprised to hear of Hills trouble
| met him in New Orleans
Tuesday and he invited me
to take dinner with him. He said he was
en- route TO Mexico to sell liquors for his
house, and that he had not decided
whether he would take a steamer to Vera
Cruz or go by rail to the City of Mexico
He was looking WELL and gave no evidence
of having left any disturbance behind
him in Atlanta" This is difficult to
reconcile with Mr.. Howard's telegram
saying that he saw Hill in Chicago the
same night. Either Mr.. Howard or Capt
Seay is mistaken, or Hill has a double.
To-day it was reported that Hill had
written to a friend here, his letter being
mailed at Chicago, confessing that he had
forged $4,000 worth of the notes.
MAY BE NO FORGERY AT ALI.
In the face of this there is still much
talk on the theory that at least part Of
the paper located bearing Mrs. Porter's
Endorsement, is genuine and that Hill
might have presumed on this if he forged
the others.
Charles c. Blalock, well-l1nown at
torney, stated that he had positive in
formation from the president Of the bank
at Monroe, Ga, that the note
held by that bank is not
forgery. Mr.. Blalock said
that the paper was signed by Mrs. Porter
and indorsed by J. H. Echols, Hill's part.
ner in the liquor business. He knew abso-
lutely, he said, that the signature was
Genuine Tho r1a fsa mi IN tho hap1y ba
said, in the ordinary course Of business,
and he had no doubt it would be paid when
due.
The discovery was made to-day that
twenty barrels in the store room of the
whisky house supposed to contain fine
whisky, were filled with water. Hill is
charged with this fraud. He had mort
gagged the stock heavily and inventoried
these twenty barrels of water as whisky.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-19
A SPEECH BY THE KAISER.
Strengthening of the Army Declared
a Necessity.

a Necessity.
Berlin, May 1S.-The German emperor,
accompanied by Prince Albrecht, regent
Of Brunswick Prince Frederick Leopold,
Count Won Caprivi, DR.. Bosse and many
other uotables proceeded to Moerlitz, in
Silesia, to-day, where he personally un-
yelled the monument TO his grandfather,
Emperor William l. The event had
been looked forward to with great
interest, particularly as it was
assumed that the emperor would
have something to say about the recent
defeat of the army bill and the present
electoral campaign. AS a consequence
there was large crowd Of people present
and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed.
After the exercises at the monument had
been concluded an elaborate dinner was
discussed. The emperor did not disap-
point his audience, for in his speech, he
said, speaking with great solemnity:
This feStiyity is in the midst of serious
times. Eleven years ago my grandfather
addressed you the most important words.
Now we must maintain what
William /. created and secure
the future OF our fatherland Our army
requires increasing and remodeling.
have summoned the nation to provide the
necessary means. All other questions are
inferior to this, the most serious question,
the one1pOn which depends the very ex-
istence Of the fathcrland, and we need
absolute unity in order to solve the ques-
tion. Whatever separates US as Ger
many, whatever causes our views to di-
verge, must now be put aside because it
imperils the future of the fatherland"
This speech made profound impress
sion and has been hailed with enthusi-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-19
oUsTING OF THOMAS.
The National Commission and I'll
Local Directory in Deadlock.

The National Commission and the
Local Directory in q Deadlock.
Chicago, May 1S.-The demand for the
resignation Of Theodore Thomas has
brought the national commission and
local directory in a deadlock Mr.. Thomas
is left in very embarrassing position.
and unless the matter is soon settled will
retire from the exposition altogether
The matter will be brought before the
board Of reference and control The
quarrel has now reached the point where
the entire musical department OF the fair,
for which nearly 81 100000 has been pro-
vided, is threatened with destruction.
Director General Davis yesterday dis
patched a special messenger to Theodore
Thomas house with the following mes
sage:
In compliance with the instructions en-
bodied in IA resolution adopted this day Nav
II. by the Columbian commission, I have to
request your resignation as musical director
I'm the department Of liberal arts. You will
please turn over all property, records land
documents belonging 70 and appertaining TO
your office 10 the chief Of department OF
liberal arts. Very respectfully yours
G. r. DAVIS.
As yet the director general has re-
ceiyed no answer 10 his note