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Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21
NO TIME FOR CONTRACTION.

Senator Walcott, of Colorado, (Rep.)
When the papers yesterday and the
day before announced that the banks
were unable to furnish the farmers of
Indiana and Minnesota and the north
west with even the currency sufficient
to move their grain, do you mean to
tell us that confidence will come back
if you will only unconditionally re-
peal the Sherman act? Will it bring
confidence back to the railroads, who
you see diminishing earnings week
after week, earnings which will di-
minlsh in still greater ratio in the
months to come, with apoverty-strick-
ken people unable te get their cur
rency from the banks, and with the
price of their grain constantly de-
creasing? Is it to bring confidence
back to them. Will it bring conf
dence to the millions of people in the
far northwest, who have seen their
principal industry stricken down by
the existing condition of affairs, and
which the passage of this resolution
would entirely obliterate? Will it
bring them confidence? Those people,
Mr.. President, law-abiding and order
ly, ask, under the protection of the
flag, to be permitted to earn their liv-
ing and to carry on an industry which
the law has recognized since the
foundation Of the republic.
The Senator from Massachuetts
tells us that we want first uncondition-
al repeal, and afterwards some meas
ure will be enacted for the recogni-
ton of silver. You say to those peo-
pie, already almost homeless, with the
roof of their cabin gone and poverty
before them, off you let us Knock out
your foundation stone and obliterate
all trace Of your home and the place
ofyour habitation, in the time to
come, after we have had considera-
ton, we will build you a stone-front
house." Now, Mr.. President, conf.
dence will not thus be brought back
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21
THE QUESTION OF PLATFORMS.

Mr.. Boatner, Of Louisiana, Dem.). l
see gentlemen around me, elected up
on the Democratic platform, elected
by Democratic constituencies, elected
by people who demand the Demo-
cratic platform be executed TO the
letter, who say that they are execut-
ing that platform by destroying the
legislation which authorizes the coin
age of silver and by not substituting
any other legislation to take its place.
or course If this is all satisfactory to
the consciences Of these gentlemen II
is satisfactory TO me, but | want to
see them face their constituencies.
want to hear from the country.
want to hear from the southern states
where we were only able to hold the
people in line by pointing to this very
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21
ELOQUENT WORDS,
Uttered by Leaders in Congress on
the Silver Question.


The following extracts from the
greatest speeches yet made in the ma
tional Congress on the all-important
silver question cannot be without in
terest to the general public:
A TEXAN APPEALS TO sHAKEsPEARE.
Mr.. Bailey, of Texas, Dem.). But,
gentlemen, you deceive yourselves as
to the temper of the people on this
subject If you imagine that you can
pacify them with shallow declama-
tlons about dishonest dollar. If the
present silver dollar isn't an honest
one, the people are willing to make it
so, according to any reasonable pro-
vision that can be proposed, and all
they ask of you today is an oppor-
tunity to fairly test the matter, Win
you deny them this? Dare you do so
in the face OF your platform? If you
do, then when you come again to ask
their confidence and their support
they may answer you with the bitter
words of Macbeth about the weird
sisters:
And be these juggling Gends no more
believ'd,
That palter with us in double sence:
That keep the word of promise to our ear
And break 1t in our hope.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21
TIL 9: HAIR

a siIlcn texture and !astin fragrance.
Nc toilet can lie considered complete
without this most pnp'im and elegant
of all hair-dreSS,n $.
"ATy hair be an turning cr0Y and fall
ing out when was about - years of
age. have lately been using Ayers
Hair Vigor, and it IS cHuSiag new
growth of hair of the natural color. =
Il. j. Lowry, Jones Hroirie, Texas,
cover year ago had severe fever,
and when | recovered, myllir began to
fall out, and what lille remained turned
gray. l tried various remedies, but
without success, til at last began 90
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21

DO YOU KNOW that the policies
Of the Mutual Reserve are free, there
being no restrictions as to travel, oc-
cupation or residence2
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21
T 70 Pre- 6 erve

The richness, color, and bcluty of the
hair, the greatest care is necessary,
much harm being done by the use of
worthless dressings. TO he sure of hav-
ing tirst-class article, aal; your drug
gist or perfUmer for Ayers Hair Nigor.
1t is absolutely superior TO any other
preparation of the kind. ltrestorcs the
original color and Gullncss to hair which
has becen thin, faded, or gray. 1t
keeps tie scalp cool, moist, and free
from dandruE. 1t heals itching humors,
provents badness, and imp0rls to
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21
Pure and Wholesome Quality

Commends to public approval the Cal
ifornia liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
of Figs. II is pleasant to the taste,
and by acting gently on the kidneys,
liver and bowels to cleanse the system
effectually, II promotes the health and
comfort Of all who use it, and with
millions It is the best and only remedy.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21
Picturesque Character.

One Of the many picturesque char
acters OF the great West, and there
have been many, is Charles J. Os-
borne, or "Texas Charley, King Of the
Cowboys Of the Great Texas Pandan-
de" He was In San Francisco few
days ago, but is now ON the Pacific
bound for the Argentine Republic to
be foreman In that country Of an
English ranch that boasts Of 100000
wild cattle. He has left q similar po-
sition on the T X" ranch owned by
the same capitalists-Beal q Bates
where at one time he looked after
10000 Texas longhorns. He says
the genuine longhorn is now almost
as scarce as the buTslo. He reports a
good many American cowboys in Ar
gentine and understands the native
cattle to be q good deal like the old
Texas longhorns. "Texas Charley" Ia
o great rope thrower and was once
with Buffalo Bill"
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21
u S {:

Ayers Hair Vigor, and now MY hair is
growing rapidly and is restored to its
original color" - Mrs Annie Collins,
Dighton, Mass.
81 have used Ayers Hair Ni@or for
nearly five years, and my ha,r is moist,
glossy, and in an excellent tNtcol pres-
ervation. ] am forty yeH-1 old, and
have ridden the plains Ior twenty-five
years. "-Wm. Henry or, Wi"s Mus
tang Bill" Newcastle, Wyo.
Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-08-21

am prepared to furnish engines of from to rs horse
wer also log trucks low price, double Aange wheels and
w one Of Perkins saw shngle machines Kellogg cut
lg machine all in good order one secondhand engine and
uler suitable for gin or shngle machine make pat
nt saw dust CRATE bar the best the market Repairing
ne promptly engines any kind of machinery, and
rms easy A. DEMARCE.
TESTIMONIAL.
BUCHANAN 10, 1893.
Gy at Kirby Co.. are using of own MAKE
rect pine md ol logs and have not expended one door tor repairs % aun @
@ 1yo cut 1000 feet day hours we unhetatngIg recon-
That of lumber ~
ready at any time this assertion to the test D. f. KIRBY W.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28

ago, before the Great Western made
its pioneer trip, Prof. Silliman, of
Yale college, demonstrated by math-
ematical calculation that no vessel
could carry sufficient coal to propel
it across the Atlantic. Other in
stances of this character will recur
to all.
Gov. Flower is decidedly of opinion
that the application of the trolley to
the Erie canal will produce great re-
suits. He estimates that it will re-
quire 81 100000 to equip the canal
with the electric system, and that it
will cost from $3.50 to 5000 to provide
each boat with a dynamo. He esti
mates that it would require power
house at intervals of 80 miles, or -
in all. and that there is ample water
power to operate them. 1t now costs
the boatmen, he says, an average of
81 day for their motive power, and
he thinks that this can be
reduced by the trolley to-
60 cents. He also estimates
that an annual saving of $500. 900
would be effected by no longer hay
ing the towpath to keep in repair.
The speed of boats, the governor
thinks, can be increased from five to
six miles an hour. In this, however,
he would probably be disappointed,
as any considerable increase of speed
would wash the banks away. Every
thing which can be done with the
trolley on the Erie canal can be done
on the Chesapeake and Ohio. The
length of our canal is about half that
of the Erie, and if Gov. Flowers fig
ures are correct it would take about
$500, 900 for the equipment. Water
power is convenient and abundant,
and n power house at Great Falls
might not only supply the canal with
the required electric current, but a
profit might be made by supplying
Washington. At other points along
the line of the canal the water which
falls over the dams won't propel the
machinery. In some places, as at
Harper's Ferry. the power is magnif-
icent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
No Longer Anarchists.
Oh 'cago Post.

IN CagO fo$t
What has become of the three men
whom Gov. Altgeld has released
from Joliet? What will be the flu
ture course of these liberated Ian
archists?' We find these questions
in great part answered by the AN
archists" themselves speaking to re-
porters of the press on the threshold
of the Joliet penitentiary. Said
Fielden, the eN-preacher and hered-
itary reformer, the son OF an English
Chartist, who took his boy to Roch-
dale to hear John Bright denounce
the rich and plead for the poor:
Il don't intend that any act of
mine shall reflect in any way upon
the men who have so generously in
terested themselves in our behalf.
have not telegraphed my friends that
| am to arrive in Chicago, and will
carefully see that | take no part in Il
congratulato-y meeting or festival,
however informal. l just want to
60 back quietly and see the members
of my family. who | once thought
would grow up without a father"
And here is Schwab, the mild
faced. specialized printer:
Perhaps | should have suffered
some punishment, but have suffered
enough and all | intend to if / can
help it. l will get off the train
quietly this side of the river, get a
Halsted street car and go home. And
| am going to stay there quietly un-
til / get to work. Ny leisure time
during the Imprisonment l spent in
reading. as they have many good
books in the library. which l had
charge Of. | am still an individual
list. with perhaps socialistic tenden-
cies; but | don't believe there are
any anarchists or that there ever will
be"
Less ELUSIVE but equally to the
point. the lacOnIc Ncebe:
You may depend upon it that we
have got all we want of this bust
ness. and that within month there
will be no such thing as anarchists.
if there ever We're any"
Thus three ..refOrmers' and public
characters are swallowed up in the
noiseless stream of n worka. day
world.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
-. IL "
Sheriff Of Rock Island Coui
NorIcE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received at the City
Cers'- office, Rock Island, ILL.,, until Monday,
July 3, 1898 at O'Clock m. for nslructing
he Improvement ordered by dinance Of
of the city of Rock Island, passel June Z, 1898,
entitled An ordinance for the improve ent of
Seycteenth ana Ninel. enth streets from the
south line of Third TO the north line of Fouth
avenue, and of Twenty-th rd street from tine
south line of " bird to the north line of Fourth
avenue, from the south line of Fifth avenue east
along said Twenty-tlird street eouth to line 5iO
feet routh of ana parallel with the sou h line of
Ninth avenue" Under the above ordn nee, the
said streets orde ed CARRIED with cub stones,
excavated and raded, improved and paved with
paving brick of good qualify
Plans and specifications for said Improvement
fl at the City Clerks office.
ALI bids must be accompanied with certified
check in the sum of $500 payable to the order of
the treasurer of said city, which shall beccme
forfeited to said city in the bidder shall fail
TO enter into contract with approved sureties tc
execute The work for the plans mentioned in his
bid and according to the plans and specifications
in the event that the cont act sha lie awarded TO
him
The right u reject any or all BIDS or proposals
is hereby express ~ reserved by said city.
A. ID. IL ESING. City Clerk.
Rock Island, H.. June II. 1898
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
LEGAL.
SnERIFF"S SALE.

By virtue OF II special execution and fee bill No
323, issued ont of the clerks Office Of the county
court of Rock Island county, and state of Illinois,
and to me directed, whereby am commanded to
make the amount OF a certain judgment recently
obtained against Henry Killers in favor of
Rudolph Priester, ont Of the lands. tenements,
goods and chattels of the said defendant, Hem
ry Ehlers. have levied npon the following
property, to-wit.
Part of lot twent two (22), section four tD
township seventeen 40. north rarge one %
west of the Fourth principal meridian. situated
in tie coun Of kock Island and the state of Ill
inois, shown by the assessors plat Of 1861 and
containing six (6) acres. more o. less
Therefore, according TO said command shelfex-
for sale public auction all the right. title
and interest of the above named, Henry
Killers in and the ebove de- cribed property, On
Thursday the 10Th day of june 1898 at clio k D.
m az the north door Of the court house in the
city OF Rock Island. in the county OF Rock Island
and of Illinois, for cash in hand. 10 satisfy
said execution and fee bill.
Dated nt Rock island this 9TH day e June, A
d. lSs3.
G. d. GORDON,
sheriff O Rock ISln1.d Comm V. illinOis.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28

ST. Louis REPUBLIC: There is but
one construction of the Pope's letter
upon the public schools of America.
1t is that the church of which he is
the supreme head finds no antagon-
ism in the public school system, and
will encourage a generous support
by Catholics. except when the method
or substance of the teaching has a
religious bias against what the
church has established for itself as
sacredly true. Leo has accepted the
democracy of his age, and deeply re-
spects the institutions through which
the masses of mankind reach freedom
and enlightenment. Americans of
all denominations will view with
agreeable sensations this evidence OF
the Pope's liberal conception of the
relations between the Catholic church
and the institutions of free govern
ment
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28

Mr.. f. \. Harding can sum his ties
timony up to occupy but one word
and it is spelled CURED.
Il thought | would never be cured
as have had catarrh for 3 years. !
had pain over the eyes and back of
the head and my head and nose
would fill up so / had to breathe
through my mouth. The mucous
would drop into the back of my
throat and caused stomach trouble.
had a very bad odor from my nose
and throat and my bronchial tubes
became filled up and sore.
My voice got very husky and |
was tired and languid all the time.
Ny eyes became so bad | could scarce
" read, my headache was almost un-
endurable. am now we'll and new
er felt better in my life. No head
ache, no cough, no more breathing
through my mouth, no soreness
through the lungs. which used to be
very severe. l know that ! am
CURED"
DIR. Wilson wishes to state here
that no case will be accepted for
treatment where a complete cure can
not be given.
s. A MONTH ,
All patients will be treated until
cured for So per month. This in
cludes consultation, examination,
treatment and medicine for all pa
tients and for all diseases.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
SPKCIAL TAXATION NOTICE

Notice is hereby gwen TO all persons interested
that the city council of the city of Rock Island
having ordered that Seventeenth street and Nire
teenth street from the south line of Third 10 I'll
north line of Fourth averut s. also Twehty-third
street from south line OF Third to the north line
Of Fourth aver ues. and also from ii C south line
of Fifth avenue east to the south Inc OF Fiji
avenue wes- thence south along said Twenty
third sire to line $40 feet soutn of and para el
" it'll the south line Of Ninth avenue be curped
with curbstones excavsted and graded, i'm
proved and paved.
Said ordinance for said Improvement is on file
in the Office of the city clerk of said city, said
city has applied to the county court Of Rock IsI-
ard county. Illinois for an assessment and levy of
the costs Of said improvement upon and from the
lots and parts OF lots ar tracts of land contiguous
10 the line of said Improvement in said ordinance
ordered to be constructed in proportion to the
frontage of such lotr parts OF lots and tracts OF
land upon the improvement ordered TO be
constructej as aforesaid; and an assessment
thereof having been made and returned TO eaid
court the final hearing the win be had at the
July term OF said court. commencing on the
tenth day Of July. A. D. 1898
All persons desiring may then and there appear
and make their defense,
Dated at Rock Islanh, Illinois, this Twenty
seventh day of June. A. ID. 1893.
WILLIAM MCCoN oCHIE.
SPENCER MATTIsON. Commit sionerS.
CHARLES It. CASE.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
SPECIAL ssEssMErT NOTICE

Notice is hereby given TO all persons interested,
that the CITY council of the city OF Rock Islands
having ordered that Certain strips of ground,
near the ter of Seventeenth AID Nineteenth
streets from the south line of Third to the north
line of Fourth aver respectively. row occu-
ped by the Davenport & hook Island Railway
company with its tracks, curves and other strue-
lures, ard appliances for the passage of
1t. motors ard cars, be excavatod aud
graded, improvGdo j. and paved, have ap-
p led to the county Court of : ock Island county,
in the stat of Illinois. for assessment OF the
costs of said Improvement according to benefits;
ard, assessment thereof having been adc
and returned said court, the final hearing
thereon will be had he July term Of sad
court, commencing on the 10Th Gay of July. 4. ID.
1898.
All persons desiring may then ard there APP
pear and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this 27th day of
June A ID. 1898
VILLA VI McCoNocBIE.
SPEt GER MATTIsoN.
CHARLEs e. CASE.
Commissioners
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
WEDNESDAY, JUNE IS. 1898.

ALREADY bill has been framed :.
and Will be presented to the next
congress, providing for the estab-
liShment of n national board of
health, with headquarters in Wash
ington. Under the bill the board is
to cooperate with state and munich
pal boards of health in the matter of
sanitary improvements, and is to
consist of representative from each
state and territory. A national
board of health is very much needed
in this country. as is a department
of public health.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28

IN response to inquiries concern
ing the length OF time required to
see the Worlds fair satisfactorily,
the Chicago Dispatch say;
1t is impossible to answer this
question dogmatically. The whole
matter depends upon the visitor and
his capacity to observe. A trained
traveller is able almost intuitively 20
pick out the points of greatest inter-
est, while discarding those things
which have little attraction for him.
Thus he is enabled to cover great
deal of sightseeing in short time.
lon the ability to do this hinges the
amount of time required to see the
exposition. 1t may be set down as a
settled fact that no visitor can see
the whole of it. He must discrimi-
nate. There are AS build
in~s to be seen. and to
visit all the exhibits on foot re-
quires journey of about 126 miles.
If the visitor devotes one minute to
each oil painting in the fine arts
building he will require IA days of
10 hours each.
But one can see the fair in n day.
if necessary. A single day will suf-
flee to show the visitor the most
marvellous specimens of architecture
in the world and city which has
never been duplicated outside of
dreamland. Details must be totally
ignored, however. A person of ordi-
nary brightness and strength may
gain pretty fair general idea of the
exposition in three or four days. If
possible the visit should not be
limited within two weeks. A week
at the fair, however, can never be
duplicated
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
SPECIAL TAXATION N, TICE

Noti, e is hereby given 10 al persons interested;
that The City Council of the city of Rock Island
having dered thai sidewalks be constructed in
that vart of said city known and designated as
the Third ward. on the following named streets
therein, to-wit: Third avenue. Fourth avenue,
Sixth avenue. Seventh avenue. Twelfth street,
Thi teenth street, Fourteenth street. Fourteenth
and one half street, Fifteenth street, sixteenth
street. and Seventeenth street. and that
said ordinar for said Improvement Is on file
in the Office o. the City Clerk OF said city, and
said city has applied to the county court of Rock
Island county. illinois, for assessment and
levy OF the costs of said Improvement upon and
from the lota and of lots and tracts of land
contiguous TO the line OF said improvements IN
said ordinance ordered to b- constructed, in pro-
portion to the frontage of such lots parts of lots
a, d tracts of land upon the Improvement so or
dered be constructed "a aforesa d :; and an a. :
sessment there OF having been made and returned
10 said cou,t, the final hearing thereon will be
had at the July term of said court. common ing
on the 10th day Of July, A. D.. 1898.
All persons esiring may then and there ap-
pear and make the ir defense
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this goth dly of
June, A. d, 1893
V. NJ. BLAVDiNG.
MILTON G.. Mills,
PHILlP MII.sR,
Comm ssiODers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-28
The Trolley for Canals.
Baltimore Sun.

BallmOre sun
The Legislature of New York APP
propriated 80, 900 to be used in ex-
periments to test the practicability
of applying the trolley system to
moving canal boats 1t is announced
that the superintendent of public
works will shortly proceed to make
the experiments. The matter is an
interesting one in more places than
in New York. The transportation of
coal. iron ore and other heavy
freights, when time is not important,
demands cheap rates. In many parts
of the country industries are DEEPEN
dent upon rates which will enable
them to compete with others more
favorably situated. The amount of
freighting Of higher or more profit
able class has so greatly increased
within recent years that many of the
principal railroads have not sufficient
facilities for the heavy freight at the
low rates which competition de-
mands II the Baltimore q Ohio
railroad, for instance, would put the
freight on coal ut anything like what
it was % years ago it would close
every mine in Maryland. If the
tariff on bituminous coal should be
removed or greatly reduced it would
be essential to the prosperity OF the
Georges creek region to find some
cheaper method of transportation to
the seaboard than any now existing.
1t is possible that the trolley system
may be the solution of the great
problem. 1t is true that some prac-
teal men declare the scheme chin
erical. They contend that the proper
way to deal with the Erie canal is to
increase the depth to nine feet and
use steam. No great improvement
or invention in all probability has
ever been made that some practical
or scientific man has not declared it
to be impracticable. A few years