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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

The Distilling and Cattle Feeding
company known as the whisky
Trust" has gone up, and the dissolu-
ton NAV be attributed to Attorney
General Moloney's move last Thurs
day. when he fled petition before
Judge Tuley in Chicago for leave to
file an information in the nature of
quo warranto proceedings praying
that the distillers' combination be
summoned to answer to the people
of the state of Illinois by what right
it has misused and perverted its pow
ers and franchises and has assumed
privileges and liberties. Judge Tu-
lev issued an order that the Whisky
Trust should show cause on Friday.
Nav %. why the information should
not be filed and writ issued. The
action i said to be the most impor-
tant litigation of the kind ever COM
menced in the state. and 1t Il also
claimed to be the first time law Of
ficer has ever instituted Il quo war
ranto proceeding against n corpora
ton of his own motion. or in other
words without relatOr. The action
is brought in the name OF the state OF
Illinois. and the state is placed in the
position OF forcing an explanation
from the trust. There i Consequent
ly no opportunity for a withdrawal
of the action or dismissal of the
case There viii probably be no need
of further proceedings. Attorney
General Moloney's vigor and prompt
ness in the matter has done the bust
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
Guests Only to BE PIucked.

Lakewood, N. j., is eminently resort
of high pines and high prices.
l was staying at certain hotel at
Lakewood, but happening to be at an
other one nearly every day during one
of my leisure hours of the afternoon,
had formed the habit of getting shaved
there.
One day the boss approached me with
an air at once mysterious and apologize,
and said confidentially: II beg your par
don, sir; 1 thought you We're guest of
the hotel, and have been charging you
25 cents shave. That is my price to
the guests only. In the future it will
cost you only Is cents"
The moral was SO obvious that smiled
involuntarily. One uses snares to catch
pigeons, but once caught one plucks
them without remorse.-New York Her
aid
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

The death Of Edward Beetham re-
moves the last of the lannon's Light
brigade who lived in Canada. The old
man was a private in the Seventeenth
lancers and went through the Crimean
war. He had book presented to him
by Lady Cardigan, containing his name,
his regiment and the donors name. He
also had n letter written by the same
lady as additional evidence that he was
one of the memorable Six Hundred. He
served in InGia and was at the relief of
Lucknow, for which he received medal,
and he served in China as well. He COM
muted his pension seven years ago and
came to Canada, but he has not been
able to do much work, his long service
in the army having broken down his con-
stitution.-Toronto News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
Chinese Women and Their Feet.

The small footed Chinese women usual
ly make their own shoes of bits of silk
embroidered in gold and colors. Very
dainty work they make of it, too, shoe
maker simply soling these bits of en-
| broidery. In curio shops the globe trot-
| ter may sometimes pick upa secondhand
shoe. The tiny feet must be often and
carefully washed and disinfected. Many
of them are perpetually swollen and in
famed There are women whose bust
ness it is to go from house to house
bathing, bandaging and treating these
manned members. A woman of rank
has sometimes one amah whose special
duty it is to care for her tiny but trou-
blesome feet.
Chinese women who possess small feet
are, while proud of them in away, very
shy and unwilling to exhibit them to
foreigners. 1 had great difficulty in
coaxing a Chinese woman of rank to
give me glimpse of her wee foot. The
four smaller toes are pressed under the
sole, and the whole weight falls really
upon the great toe in walking. The
ankle is very large and distorted, but
the leg is thin and wasted from mad
equate exercise. The toni ensemble
from n western point of view is far from
beautiful if not absolutely repulsive.-
New York Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
SlamnlinC Door.

To slam n door may be an evidence of
bad temper or bad manners, but it is
also a popular superstition that slam
ming Il door is wicked. This belief is
undoubtedly due to supposition enter
tanned by many nations that the souls of
the departed hover about the place where
they departed from their bodies. The
Indians of this country frequently howled
and beat the air with brushwOod in or
der to drive away the spirit of the pris-
oner they had just killed.
The negroes of the Congo abstain from
sweeping out their huts for n year after
q death has occurred for fear that the
dust may interfere with the spirit of the
departed. 1t IS in northern Europe that
the superstition concerning the slamming
of door arose, the fear being enter
tanned that some spirit might be caught
in the slamming .-New York Telegram.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
De NIrssef,s Childhood.

Nervous irritability and desire to
distinguish himself were plainly visible
in Alfred de Musset at the age of 3 years.
Once he got a pair of new red shoes, and
he Went into raptures about them. He
was so impatient to show himself in his
new shoes that he could scarcely wait to
be dressed. Willie his mother was dress
ing his hair lie was trembling with i'm
patience. and at last he exclaimed in an
angry zone. Make haste, mamma, or
else my new shoes will get old!'
The precocioUs boy was pa1npered and
spoiled and allowed to become a despot
in the house.-Nineteenth Century.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

Springfield K glster
Republican papers are finding a
good deal Of fault with Gov. Altgeld
for insisting upon changes being
made in the management of the state
charita BILE institutions. They attrlb-
nte the governors determination to
chance these homogeneous to all
kinds Of motives and designs. except
what the State Register believes to
be the correct one. The governor l.
honest and firm in his opinion that
under the old management the state
institutions have lost to a large eX-
tent their public character, in all but
their demands for big appropriations,
and have become in the opinion of
the managers their private property.
in all but name and expense OF main
tanning He also believes that they
have become, as it were sort of
Giving in hospitals" for those who
have had political pulls" with the
partisan rings which have controlled
the state for SO many Years. He has
not questioned the professional skill
and personal honesty of the superin-
tendents. nor do we know that he
has inquired into the political party
they belonged to when they were APP
pointed: but he does not know that
under the old regime they have been
running the institution in grooves
or ruts for so long that il will re-
quire new blood to drag them
out of it. Gov. Altgeld has
well defined ideas of what our
state institutions should be. and he
sees they are woefully lacking in ma
terial particulars. If the new trus-
tees do not make them more nearly
what they should be. the governor
will doubtless change them as sum-
marilv as he has those legacies of eff
fete incurables left him by the late
republican state administrations.
Gov. Altgeld had to make changes if
he desired an active service from
these institutions for the people who
paw taxes Whether his jugement in
the selection of the successors of the
old regime has been good remains to
be seen. He is right in demanding
that they shall be men whom he
knows to be in hearty sympathy with
his purposes. Whether the new
homogeneous will prove to be the
right men in the right places, time
will tell. And it will be time enough
to criticise and condemn Gov. Alt
geld for making the changes he has
determined upon if they shall prove
in the course of n year or two disad-
vantageous instead of beneficial to
the people of the state and their
eleemosvnary institutions. The
probabilities are that, as time rolls
around, the people of all parties will
applaud and commend the governor
for those very acts that some are now
disposed to criticise.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
LEGAL.
A DMINISTRAToR SALE


BY virtue of an order and decree. rs -... --..
court, OF Rock Island county. stare ~. MY
made on the petition # III. u-4.r.-.-, o. mo-
- Johnston. administra'ur - inc ~ s-1s.
Thomas b. O'Donnell. decea-eH. - - Z
real estate of said deceased. a ill.,. " y :
D., 1923, Of said court, to-wt. o. The n IN I'm
May, A. D., 1893. - -a! q.
l shall on the Cd day Of yrrs ..
between the hours Of ~ O'Clock f- ill., - -, =
aud O'Clock in the afternoon Cf -s.l Ia -t
public sale. at the north door % lie 81 - - &
in ne city Of Rock Island. in said rr--., =.
real estate described "a follows -r.... -'' i-
That certain tract or parc,I o. -ars go b
the northwest quarter a. u section - .
twenty eight l2S). township r.ur.- -
G9l, north range three 81 ,:i-t DF-Hr $3.50 - 81
principal meridian described s. fol ~. 5'
ming 220.s feet east Of the corner = CO..
q, 2S and %, in the township sf9-as. f..s :. :,
south l9o feet. theme north -, deere. =.
los feet. thence north 24l. dt-r.t-. vo,- d. -,
10 the section line; thence wesr r- y. -
line 59l5 feet TO the place u r.-sr-sr-
situated in the township Of t.-.. C-.-
county of Rock Island. late of Dr. nos NJ -
following terms, to-w.r: Ca. o. 7.- +,
deed.
Dated this 4th day Of Nay. A.D.l,a-
q. r JOHNSTON
Administrator OF the Estate OFT .-.r- p U.l-.
nell, Deceased.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
Old Custom Handed Down.

How many can tell the origin of the
habit of closing the eyes in prayer? Far
back in the past the sun was the univer-
sal object of worship. As it rose above
the horizon the devotee thanked it for
its return to bless the world. As it set
in the west he implored its early return.
His face was always toward the sun in
prayer, and his eyes We're closed to pre-
vent blindness. The habit has passed
down from father to son for thousands
of years. Though the object of worship
has been changed, the custom survives.
Progressive Thinker.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
TO ROBERT BURNS.

Sweet singer, that l lo'e the maist
O. ony, sim wi eager haste
! smacket BARN lips over the taste
o. hinnied sang,
hail thee, though blessed ghaist
In heaven lang!
For, weel I ken, nae cantie phrase,
Nor courtly airs, nor lairdly ways,
Could gar me freer blame or praise,
Or proffer hand
Where "Rantin Robbie" and his lays
Thegither stand.
And sac these namely lines 1 send,
Wi jinglin words at ilka end,
In echo of the sangs that wead
Frae thee to me
Like simmer brooks, wi mony bend
o. wimplin glee.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
No congressman ,yna1catcs.

The idea of tho congressman from a
state forming themselves into patron
age board ard taking charge of all the
offices. and especially the filling of them,
is one that docs not wash" The Mis-
souri, congressman tried it or, and got
TO wrangling as soon as they got their
little board into operation. Senator Vest,
who has been designated president * the
board. soon wearied of it and sent in a
formal resignation, and said that he
would not be held responsible for any
thing the board might do. He proposed
that the congressman should go it alone,
each one as his duty suggested. 1t is
pretty clear there are to be no congress
ional syndicates for the distribution OF
-PittsburE Post.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
TUESDAY. MAY %, 1898.
THE novel idea of fighting in boat

THE novel idea of fighting in boat
from four to six feet under water,
all except the turret, is soon to be
tried. The boat will be $50 feet
long, 16 feet wide, 12@ feet deep,
weight of ballast SO tons one DO"
gun and one stern gun will throw 200
pounds of high explosive 500 feet,
10 feet under water. Three 100
pound torpedo guns will fire from
the turret distance of LOO yards.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
Horsepower and Speed.

Horsepower does not always mean
speed, for the City of Rome-very little
smaller than the Teutonic-is of II, 500
horsepower, against the Teutonic's 49,
600, while the Paris, which is only 500
feet long, as against the Great Eastern S
63O feet, is of over 10000 horsepower.
Such comparisons show the wonderful
development in late years of ship and
engine building.-Marine Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
Chicago Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RV.

Peoria, La Sale, Moline, Rocx Island IN ILLINOIS
Davenport Muscatine, 0tsuiGv.: asSalonsa, L.
iotres, Winterset, Audubon. Harlan and Co-.;5's
.iiUfs, in IOWA; Minneapolis sad St P5Ui - Nh
HESOTA; Watertown and Sioux Fails, in DAKOTA
cameron, 81. Joseph ana Kansas City. 20 MISSOURI
Omaha, Lincoln Fairbury and Nelson. in y EBRASl.A
atchison, Lcavenworth, BoItoE. Topeka, TiutcLrs
wichita. Bellevile, Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell,
KANSAS; Kingisher, FL Reno ard Minco, IN INDI.sN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Puoh.
~ COLORADO TrcTerses areas O. rich EarIl...
and grazing lands aoTding the best facilities
communication sill towns and cities east AM west
eorthwest and southwest Of Chicago aad Pacific
rGns-oceaI.Ic seapor.s-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

There is more catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together. and until the
last lew years was supposed 10 be in
durable. For great many years
doctors pronounced it Il local disease.
and prescribed local remedies. and
by constantly failing to cure with To-
cal treatment, pronounced it incura-
bic. Science has proven catarrh to
be constitutional disease. and there
fore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure. manu-
featured by +. j. Cheney Il Co.. Tole-
do. Ohio. Is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to 4
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer 500 for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circu-
lar and testimonials. Address
+. j. CHENEY * Co, Toledo. o.
Ba Sold by all Druggists. zoe.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

Tourist (at Niagara)-A coroner must
have pretty good thing of it around
here.
Coroner-Well, it's rather precarious.
You know our income depends upon the
floating population.-New1 York Evening
Sun
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

student OF nervous diseases, and author
OF many noted treatises on the latter subject,
long since realized the truth of the first
statement, and his Restorative Nervine
Is prepared on that principle: Its success
in curing all diseases arising from derange-
mont OF the nervous system is wonder
mails in possession of the company manufac-
turing the remedy amply prove.
DR. Miles Restorative Nervine IS n reliable
remedy for all nervous diseases, such as
!! ldache nervous debility, prostration,
cepleSsneSs, dizziness hysteria, sexual de-
h.ity, st. Eitus dance. epilepsy, etc. 1t Is
sold by all druggists on positive guarantee,
or sent direct by the DR.. Miles Medical Co,
Elkhart, Ind, on receipt OF price, 81 per bot
tie, six bottles for 50, express prepaid.
Restorative Nervine positively contains no
opiaeS or dangerous drugs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

One of the hottest regions ofthe earth's
surface is in the immediate vicinity of
the Dead sea. Experts in the science OF
photography declare that the sea loses
not less than a million tons of water q
day through evaporation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

The muscles of the forehead and scalp
should be regularly exercised several
times day. 1t is said that the individ-
ual hairs of the scalp can be stimulated
by rubbing the nape of the neck with a
coarsely woven glove.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

Even if we have only a dinner of herbs
to offer to our guest, if it be served in
the spirit of true hospitality it will be
better than a stalled OK where pride and
envy are, and with them the spirit of
contention.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

1t is stated that the daily supply of
milk for the New York market amounts
to about 10000 cans of milk, over 10
cans of condensed milk and upward Of
400 cans of cream.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

1t is an old story that the slow modes
of travel Of, say, 20 years since gave per-
haps only too favorable opportunities for
studying the natural features of coun-
try.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23
HOTELS.
Metropolitan Hotel,
Broadway, Cor. Prince ST.. New York City.

Reftted and renovated under new management,
on the European pltn.
Room rates 81 a day and upward.
Restaurant equal 10 the best in the city at mod
crate rate.
Street cars from all r. r. stations and steam
boat and ferry landings pass the door.
HILDRETH & ALLEN. P--p's
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-23

JAPANESE LIVER PELLETS
Acts like magic on the Stomach, Liver and BSw
es dtspels Dyspepsia, BIllousness, Fever, Colds,
Nervous Disorders, Sleeplessness. Loss OF Appetite
restores the mpection; perfect digestion fol
lows their Positive cure for SICK HEADACHE
and Constipation. Small, mild, easy TO take. Large
Walls of 50 Pills IS cents.
HARTZ X ULLMEYER Sole Agents Rock Isl
epo III
The Progress., 1893-07-29
ABOUT MEN

Red neckwear is ultra for coaching
purpcses tov man, maid and madam.
Tie German emperor has had a
pianaforte constructed for him which
has been entirely made of bits Of
stays horns
MY dear fellow. ara awfully glad
TO see youl hope you are In a posi-
ton 10 lend me the SO tina. you bor-
rowed from the"
II you want TO see worldly ambi-
tion struggling with righteous de-
sire 20 be good. take woman TO
church with an old hat on.
Germany has $500. 900 OF women
who earn their own living. They have
10 earn It or die. Thai is one of the
results of q standing and unprotective
army.
Fritz Chr;sten. aged % years. from
Switzerland. who arrived at Ellis
Island few days ago. is reputed to be
one of the smallest immigrants ever
landed. He is said to stand but two
feet and : half in height
The Progress., 1893-07-29
old Him the Reason.

Deacon IIumphi Think
You've got to have a vacation, ohP
Struggling Pastor-Yes. tho doc
tor says must go away until this
cough is cured.
Deacon Scrimp-Well, I'd like TO
know why preachers are always get
ting bad coughs.
Struggling Pastor-Well, you see,
we have TO visit around good deal,
and we are always asked to hold a
little service before leaving. and
think our throats become affected
from breathing tho dust that flies
from family bibles.
The Progress., 1893-07-29

The botanical department Of tho
university OF Pennsylvania is max
ing n special study of the effect OF
climate upon plants. For this pur-
pose collections have TO DO obtained
from tho mountainous and lowland
districts of the various regions. in
this tho university is being assisted
by many individuals who are inter
ested in the subject Collections are
being made in Alaska. Turkey, Ecua-
dor, Florida and California
The Progress., 1893-07-29
GEORGE w. KENDALL,
NOTARY PUBLIC

How did our brother, the editc
dep Dead game" "But | meas
spirituality" ."Chock full!'
The center of population in the
United States moves westward about
a yard every twenty-four hours.
The census returns less than 300 ma
tivcs of Scotland in New Orleans.
Boston has 4, 800. Chicago, 1900, and
New York II, 900
There are 2s, 600 Chinese inhabitants
in the chief cities of the United States
"a, 900 of them i'm San Francisco and
1000 in New York.
There are 80, 900 Poles in the chief
American cities-2i, 600 in Chicago,
10. 900 i'm Milwaukee. 1900 In Buffalo,
ZOO in New York, ., 500 in Cleveland,
2,70O in Pittsburg and 2,20O in Phila-
del hia.
There are sixteen American cities
having more than 200, 900 population.
OF these sixteen Cleveland has the
largest proportion of foreign born i'm
habitants. Washington has the
smallest
? There are more than 100000 Ger
mans in the chief cities of the United
States. They are most numerous in
New York and Brooklyn and in the
cities Of the West. They are least
numerous in Boston and Washington.
There are Gsl 900 natives az ireland
in the chief cities of the United States,
2o7, 900 natives England and Sc, 900 of
Scotland. Ncw'York and Philadelphia
have the largesr proportion of Irish
born inhebitant,; Baltimore. St Louis
and Cincinnati have the least
The Progress., 1893-07-29

ruE larmcr. OF all mon. should
take pains TO encourage his boys II
he wishes them To adopt the bust
ness OF farming as they grow TO man
hood lie. bcttor than ono engaged
In other business. can do this. What
Is the loss II small picco OF land
rented TO tho boy does not produce
quito so much ms IL the better divided
skill Of the father wcro used To di-
rect its cultivatiou' What is lost in
money is moro than made up by the
value OF the experience gained. let
there be competition between an
acre worked 10y father aHd another
worked 10y the son. and the boy who
can excel his father in growing a
crop will in SO doing acquire more
love of farming shan he can get In
any other way.
The Progress., 1893-07-29

THERE is no doubt growing ten
dency TO postpone murder trials too
long. A murderer is not a man TO be
handled with kid gloves, but man
under suspicion Of murder Is pre-
sumably innocont until his guilt Is
proven and should be treated with
tho consideration OF an innocent man
under suspicion. 10 Is an outrage
upon his personal rights TO unnoces.
sarily delay his trial
The Progress., 1893-07-29
MnncY In IL.

Benevolent Gentleman-My little
boy. have you no better way to spend
this beautiful Sabbath afternoon than
by standing in front OF the gate idling
away your timer
Boy-l amt idling away my time.
There is a chump inside with my
sister who is paying me a quarter an
hour TO watch for pop. Life.
The Progress., 1893-07-29

II is stated by prominent Texas
cowman that the number Of cattle on
the ranges has greatly decreased oil
late. the government report to the
contrary Notwithstanding; but tho
number OF farmers has also increased
on the lands formerly used as cattle
ranges In the Southwest, and they
all raise cattle. so that the number
in existence is pretty apt to bc as
the government figures It, after all
The Progress., 1893-07-29

ACCORDING 10 the figures compiled
by Carroll ID Wright superintendent
Of the United States department OF
labor. there arc now in this country
$500 building associations with
1905, ,456 shareholders and with net
assets Of 1896. 92S. .i05. In the list OF
states encouraging such associations
Pennsylvania stands first and Ohio Is
second
The Progress., 1893-07-29

A PUGET SOUND official suspected
of undue friondlincss to the Chinese
has been dismissed. He complains
that no should have been given a
chance to retire. his plant illustrat-
ing the difference 'twixt twcedle-du
and twccdlo-dcc. lie is as cl1cctual-
ly retired rs though he himself had
had the trouble Of performing the
operation.
The Progress., 1893-07-29

WALTER BEshSJ said n year ago
that it seemed almost safe To
prophcsy an utburst Of genius in
the United state, such rs has not
bccn seen since the days Of Elizabeth.
In order 10 keep aim in Countcnance
~ a prophet. let us have that out
burst OF genius while he Is visiting
ug
The Progress., 1893-07-29

WILLIAM AsroR CnANLER has
pushed into hitherto uncXplorcd
regions of Africa and made some i'm
portant discoveries IL Is something
anomalous that In this Columbian
year the infant continent of America
should bo thoroughly explored, while
Jhc old continent of Africa, which
had a lourishing civilization in It's
Nile valley in the time of Abraham,
has regions still that have never been
penetrated 10y civilized man.