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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
A STORY OF MISTRESS AND MAID
A Shareholders Child Becomes Seam
stress for Her Former Servant.

stress for Her Former Servant.
Away back in the days before the war
there was rich Kentucky family named
Montgomery. They lived on a beauti-
ful plantation near St. Joe, Mo. Mrs
Montgomery had over fifty slaves. One
OF these was a mite of Il rolvpoly black
baby whose parents were dead Mrs
Montgomery had little daughter iusr the
age OF the rolypOly mite, and as soon as
the children grew old enough the little
black girl became the maid of the little
whlte girl. Life was very gay in those old
days; there were lots of visitors TO the beau
tiful plantation, and little Miss Mongom-
cry had nothing to do but grow and be
happy. When she was thirteen wears old
her maid married a likely young fellow
who belonged to family in the neighbor-
hood He had only one name then. He
was called Bristol. He used TO come over
TO the Montgomery plantation once a week
to see his wife. Things went on smoothly
Tor the young negroes for awhile Their
owners were friends, and so they saw each
other quite often. AT the end of six wears
the woman had borne her husband three
children.
Then came the war The Montgomery
family suffered like all the rest of the
south. They lost all their property: they
were compelled to give up their home and
finally all the slaves were gone. Miss
Montgomery's maid and her three children
went TO st. Joe, and the woman went ont
to work by the day. She did not know
where her husband was. Early in the be-
ginning of the great struggle he had been
sold to Colonel Wilson, who went awav
with him she knew not where So she
struggled along as best she could, irving
m liN-iy lar ,l,s1
she drifted westward. She lived for sev-
eral years in Salt Lake City. All the time
she was trying to find out what had be
come of her husband. She knew that he
called himself Wilson, Bristol Wilson.
after his new master, and she knew that
Colonel Wilson came to the coast.
One day she heard that he was in San
Francisco. She wrote to him He was
delighted to get a trace of his wife and
family, and at once sent for her When
she arrived she found that her husband
had prospered in California Atthe close
of the war his master set him free and he
managed to accumulate quite a little sum
of money. This was only n few wears ago
some time in 1SS9-that the little slave
girl and her husband met and found
themselves free and prosperous. They
bought pretty little home out on Guer-
zero street, and there they live TODAY
They often wondered what had become of
the NOntgomerys, and Mrs. Wilson never
forgot her young mistress.
About two years ago Mrs. Wilson wanted
some sewing done. She advertised for a
woman TO come and sew by the day.
Her old owner answered the advertise
ment.
She was no longer the pretty. light
hearted Miss Montgomery. She was mar
ried. Her name was Mrs. Sweeney. She
wi!s wau and pale from. overwork ard
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
Why the Ducks Died.

The author of Sketches of Native Life
says that most European residents of Indis
keep large poultry yards. He followed the
general custom. but for some time found
it very Improbable His first brood OF
ducks died one after another in most OF
derry manner, one at a time. at intervals
Of twenty-four hours.
The sweeper who took care of them as
sured us that he could cure them If We
would give him two annas' worth Of gar
lie, black pepper and chillies. The cure
was certainly worth the money, and We
gave it TO him accordingly; but alas, il
was spent in yain-the ducks continued u
die.
We were new to the country and equal.
new TO the raising of ducks We had M
suspicion of the cause Of the excessive
mortality; but at last We received a Visit
from friend
We mentioned the extraordinary fatality
TO which our ducks We're subject, and asked
him II he could suggest a cure. Our innp
cence was greeted with peal of laughter
Yes" he replied, Il can. Gal! the
sweeper and tell him that for every duck
that dies from this date he will have 20
pay four annas."
We did so; not another duck died Tue
truth was that the sweeper had been kill
ing the ducks for hi, own use, and relying
on our ignorance had been 50 audaciOus s.
TO ask, in the name of medicine, for moUey
to buy condiments for seasoning.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
A Noted french General.

Very few people are probably aware of
the fact that General DOdds, the com
mander in chief of the French expedition
in Dahomey, is a quadroon. He was born
in 1912 in Senegal, on the west coast OF
Africa. His father was a French mer-
chant, his mother mulatto.
He is tall. of slight build, with a thin
face. His mustache and goatee are black,
and his clole cropped hair is curly and in
appearance like that of q negro. His skin
is very dark, and his face is tanned from
years of exposure in Africa. He is a man
of tried courage and energy, and has re-
ceived the commission of brigadier general
in the French army. He is Just the man
needed to command the African troops of
France in Senegal and her other southern
possessions, and to make war gainst negro
potentates.
General Dodds graduated from the Ma
tiOnal Military school in 1854 with the rank
of second lieutenant of naval infantry. He
was made first lieutenant in 1867, captain
in 1869, major i'll 1879, lieutenant colonel in
1883 and colonel in 1887. His entire active
service, with the exception of two years on
the Isle of Bourbon, on the southeast coast
of Africa, in 1868, and two years in
Tonquin in 1856, has been in Senegal,
where he has continually worked to en-
large the boundaries of the French colony
General Dodds expected to be made COVER
nor of Senegal as soon as had earned the
rank of general
From all the engagements In which Gen
eral Dodds has taken part-and he fought
through the Franco-German war, the com
mune and the Tonquin campaign-he has
come out unscathed.-New York Sun
Honest good humOr IS tue OH ana wine
of merry meeting, and there is no iovial
companionship equal TO that where the
jokes are rather small and the laughter
abundant Washington Irving.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02

tv"seventh streets, 2-stOry frame dwell
ing, Collins Bros. contractors; cost 81 :.
800.
Edward Jensen, Eighth avenue between
Twenty fifth and Twenty-seventh streets
2~story frame yelling, John Spilger, con :
tractor; cost $4,000.
Mrs. Mary blanchard. Eighth avenue
between Twenty fifth and Twenty~sev-
enth streets, 2-story frame dwelling, c J
w Schreiner, contractor: cost So 600
Jerry Cunnin CHAM. Twenty-ffth street
and Eighth avenue, 2-story frame dwell
ing, Schmidt & Bertrsm, Davenport, con-
tractors; cost Sc, 500
Andrew A Greenroad, Vine street be-
tween Twenty-sixth and Twenty seventh
streets, 2-story frame dwelling, SEWERS &
Anderson contractors; cost 81 200.
B Birkenfeld, Sixth avenue between
Twenty eighth aud Twenty ninth streets.
1-story frame cottage, c J W Schreiner
contractor; cost 81 800.
B Birkenfield, Sixth avenue between
Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets,
2~stOry frame dwelling, J W Schreiner,
contractor; cost 81 $50.
Nicholas Brsder. Sixth avenue between
Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets.
story and a half frame cottage: cost
$500.
B F Castor. Seventh avenue between
Twenty and Twenty-eightb
streets, 1-story frame cottage; cost 81
300.
George Evans, Seventh avenue between
| Twenty seventh and Twenty eighth
streets, 1-story frame cottage; cost 81, :
| 100.
j Glass, Seventh avenue between
Iwenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
| streets. l story frame cottage. John K a.
noskey, contractor; cost $1,000.
H. F. Hartmann, Twenty -eighth stree,
and Seventh avenue, 2-story frame dwell.
ing John Kanoskey, contractor; cos
So, 100.
Miss Ellen Heelon, Seventh avenue be.
tween Twenty seventh and Twenty.
eighth streets 2-story double frame
dwelling, John Ksnoskey. contractor
cost 81, 600.
John Fassnacht, Eighth avenue be.
tween Twenty eighth and Twenty-nintt
| streets. Improvements on residence. etc.
John ksnoskeY, contractor; cost 5000
p j Kinney. Eighth avenue between
Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets
2 story frame dwelling. Hudson & Par
ker, contractors; cost $4,000; improve
ments on other property 5000.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02

The average consumption of sugar per
head is greater in the United States than
in any other country in the world. Amer
leans take their coffee and tea much
sweeter than Europeans, and in cooking Of
every description sugar is used with excep-
tional freedom. This is especially the case
with pastry and pies, the latter very large
ly an American institution. This excessive
use of sugar at all meals is one of the
causes of the prevalence of dyspepsia and
Indigestion, sugar feeding both these all
ments and also causing an unhealthy ac-
emulation of intestinal corpuIencv or fat
ness.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
Found the Application,

is THIS the emporium for lost treas
ures?| she asked anXiously as she paused
before desk where a bewilted young man
sat tanning himself
This i the place where articles found
On the Woodward avenue street cars are
turned il, was the reply.
Well, | i0s, my pocketbook on your old
cars, and I want to know if you'v got it. -
What Kind of pocketbook was it.
madam"
"RuSset leather, with a nickIe silver
clasp. 1t was a present from my class
in
What did it contain?" interrupted the
youth.
"A dollar bill two hairpins, glove but
toner, a stick OF chewing gun, four pearl
buttons, a lock Of Wiilie's hair, a boot but
ton, four stamps, three car tickets''-
Madam" said the young man, hastily
but respectfully, we have at least dozen
pocketbooks lost by ladies, aud they all are
OF russell leather and contain just these
things. You must find some other means
of Identification.
There was clipping of poetry said
the loser, after q moments thought: 1T
began:
Whatever il. is best"
You will have to console yourself with
that, am afraid, madam, said the tired
clerk, the pocketbook isn't here.-De-
troit Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02

1t IS perhaps true that most America,
eat too much. The person who eats r,r,-
yet is hungry and grows thin. is not suf--
ing from lack Of food but from lack j
power to digest the food taken into +.
stomach, or from an abnormally Pan
tissue waste, and should consult his Mn
sician
Every one puts into his stomach mon.
food than is digested by it. but in r.,-
cases great deal Of the material neal,
iigested does not DO its full share OF VIA.
izing work. -
We live by the oxidation of food. F.5
Whatever its chFmical nature-f it is lari
III the true sGhse-is capable OF ia7,.
changed into more oxidized maters
This chemical change must 20 on in a mr,.
or less active way or death cnsues. .srr.
the oXidiZ:nG of food Is necessary for Il,
life Of the individual cells, whose aggrrr.
ton constitutes the whole Of our CONN.
Gated structures
Now If more material j. supplied jgrn
system than II can use. or. IN other wurl,
more than It can combine with oyv-sr
mach of the supply must pass out oil q.
body in a state not fully EXHAUSTED OF j.
vltalizing power; and y is highly prolaL.
that these uDoNidized products are oh
causes. direct or indirect. of many trouble
of a somewhat obscure nature. to wfla
we have applied the names of rheumatisu
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
A Rom an Dinner.

\ Roman dinner ut the house of a
wealthy man consisted chiefly of three
courses. All sorts of stimulants to the an
petite were first served up, and eggs were
Indispensable to the first course Among
the various dishes we may instance the
guinea hen, pheasant, nightingale and the
thrush rs birds most in repute. The Roman
Sourmands ncid peacocks in great estims-
ton, especially their tongues. Macrobus
states that they were first eaten by Hor-
tensius, the orator, aud acquired such re
pute that a single peacock was sold for
fifty denarli, the denarius being equal to
about eightpeuce halfpeuny OF our money
Cham bers' Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02

Andrew Peterson, contractor. cos,
$4,000,
Edward Berry, Forty fourth
street Seventh and Eighth avenues, .
story frame dwelling, A B Lindquist,
Moline, contractor; cost s., 900.
Mrs f NJ Brooks. Seventh avenue be
tween Forty-fOurth aud Forty-ftth
streets, 2~storY frame dwelling, c J W
Schreiner. contractor; cost 81, 600. Barn
in connection cost 81 200.
Frederick Reynolds, Seventh avenue
between FortY-fourth and Forty-ffth
streets, 2-story frame dwelling, A P
Lundquist, contractor, cost 81 900.
Andrew Olson. Forty-sixth street be-
tween Fourth and Fifth. avenues, 2,storY
frame dwelling Bert Nelson, contractor;
cost 81, 400.
G Smith, Forty-fourth street. be
tween Ninth and Tenth avenues, 1-story
frame dwelling, A p Lundquist, Contrace
tor, cost 81 800.
MrsMsry Blackburn, Seventh avenue be-
tween Forty third and Forty-fourth
streets, laNstOry frame dwelling, John
Kanoskey, contractor; cost 81, 400.
A. Peterson. Eleventh avenue between
Thlrtieth and Thirty first streets, 2.story
frame dwelling. SEWERS & Anderson, con.
tractors; cost SO, 500.
Bruno RenrZ, Thirty-eighth street be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth ave-
nues, history frame dwelling, George
Bick, contractor; cost s. coo.
H F Lawson, Thirty eighth street and
Twelfth avenue. 2 story frame dwelling,
John Kanoskey, contractor; cost 81 $50.
FNystrom, Thirty eighth between
Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, 1-story
frame cottage, George Bick, contractor;
cost 5000.
Charles Anderson, Forty~fourth street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth ave-
nuees, 2-storY frame dwelling; cost
$500.
William Lucklum, Forty fourth street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth ave-
nues, 2.story frame dwelling; cost 81, 200.
Charles Sundehn, Forty-fourth street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth ave-
nues, History frame dwelling, George
Bick, contractor; cost $500.
Felix Gremonprez, Forty second street
between Fifteenth and Eighteenth ave-
nues. 2-story frame dwelling; cost $500.
Ell Guyer, Thirty-ninth street and
Thirteenth avenue. 2-story frame dwell
ing. George Bick, contractor; cos,
$1,000.
Kastner s. Doerring, Fourteenth ave-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
Paid in His own Coin.

Judge B-n. OF the law department of
one OF our railroad corporations. believes
that Il faulty hand l. an attribute of
genius, and those who have business with
him have been put to a great deal of n
noyance in the reading of his writings
One day expecting Il call from client at
his chambers in San Francisco and being
unexpectedly called away he hastily wrote
Il note and left it ON his desk for him. The
client called, picked up the note and after
many efforts gave up all attempts at read
ing ii. So under the judges hasty scrawl
he wrote four or five umntelligible lines
and then in a clear hand, This is in an
swer IT. yours of the 18th" 1t is needless
to say that the Judge was much wrought
up, but was well paid in his own COIN
San Francisco Argonaut.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
A YEARS BUILDINGS
Continued from Ninth page,


John Spilger, contractor; cost $1,000.
Other Improvements on property, $500.
Mrs. Mary Brough, Moline avenue and
Twenty>eighth> street, double 2>story
frame dwelling. John Ksneskey. oon>
tractor; cost SO 900.
= Mrs. Sarah Baker, Seventh avenue
and Forty-first street. 2story frame
dwelling John KsnoskeY, contractor;
cost SO 200.
Mrs Mary Mason, Seventh avenue be
tween Fortieth and Forty-first street
Jacob Bleuer, contractor; cost $3.50.
Twin-CitY Columbian association, be-
tween Thirtv,eich, and Forty second
streets and Fifth and Seventh avenues,
improvements on grounds, Hmphitheatre,
etc; cost s., 600.
Thomas Nuttcr. Seventh avenue and
Forty-fifth street. 2,story frame dwell>
ing Crane s. Wilcox. Stewartville, cons
tractors; cost 81 800.
H. Fulsinger Eighth sud-s-hslf avenue
between Twenty-fifth snd Twenty
seventh streets, 2-story frame dwelling,
SEWERS q Anderson contractors, cost
$1,000.
80 Frank Miller, Fifth avenue between
Forty-fourtn and Forty~fifth streets, l.
story frame cottage, Burt Nelson, con-
tractor; cost $3.50.
MO Bulger, Moline avenue between
Forty fifth and Fortv~sixth streets, 2
story frame dwelling, Newton Craig, Mo-
line, contractor; cost 81, 900.
S P Holm, Third avenue and} Forty
sixth street, 2-storY frame dwelling, j
Erickson, Moline, contractor; cost
$1,000.
John Arnell, Seventh avenue and
Thirty-ninth street, 2-story frame dwell
ing. A P Lundquist, contractor; cost
ST. 800.
Charles Moody, Seventh avenue be-
tween Thirty-ninth and Fcrtieth stseets,
History frame dwelling, I P Wilson,
contractor; cost $500.
George Cromptor, Seventh avenue be-
tween Thirty ninth and Fortieth streats.
2-storY frame dwelling, Andrew Peter
son, contractor; cost 81 300.
George i McMas'er, Seventh avenue
between Forty third and Forty-fourth
streets. ! story frame cottage, John Ks
noskey, contractor, cost $1,000.
J A Freeman, Fortv-fourth street snd
Seventh avenue, 2-story frame dwelling.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02

hue and Thirty-eighth street. 2-story
frame store building. John Kanoskey
contractor; cost 81, 600
George Bick, Thirty eighth street be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth ave
nues. History frame dwelling; cos.
$1,000.
George Bick. Thirty-eishth street be-
tween Thirteen tn and Fourteenth ave
nues, 3-story frame wood working build.
ing; cost 81, 200.
Z H Guyer, Thirty-sixth street an6
Twelfth avenue, remodeling and repair
inc brick house, George Bick. contractor
cost $500.
" A SpAlding, Thirty seventh street
between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues
1-story frame cottage, George Bick, con-
tractor; cost $500.
Ell GuyeI. Thirty.sixth street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth avenues; two
1~story frame cottages; George Beck
contractor: cost 1900 each.
George Rohwedder on Elm street and
Fourteenth avenue; two 1-story frame
cottages; John Ksnoskey contractor; cost
81, 100 each.
Claus Bows on Tbirty-first street be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth avenues
STORY frame cottage; cost 81, 0O0
County jail on Third avenue and
Fourteenth street; improvements and
repairs on building; cost $500.
Albert Fleming on Fifteenth street be
tween Seventh and Eighth avenues;
2>storY double frame building; Heider'
man & Schroeder contractors; cost
80, 200
Mrs P GRADY on Seventh avenue be-
tween Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth
streets; 2 story frame dwelling; { W
Schreiner contractor; cost 81. 100.
A Anderson on Thirty-eighth street
between Thiri eeuth and Fourteenth ave
nues; 3-story frame dwelling; day work
cost 81, 400.
Pascal Breecher, Moline avenue be-
tween Tweniy~seventh and Twenty
eighth street 2-story frame dwelling,
Heidermsn & Schroeder, contractors; cost
S. 900.
Timothy Hay, Fifth-snd a-hslf avenue
between Twenty~seventh and Twenty
eighth streets, 1-sto=y frame cottage, j. ohm
Ksnoskey contractor; cost $1,000.
Christ Marlen, Sixth avenue between
Twenty-eiGhth and Twentv-ninth streets.
history frame cottage, Nicholas J"hl,
contractor; cost $1,000.
James Blais lell, Eighth and half ave
nue. between Twenty-flfth and Twenty
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
Telling the Weather from sists.

The motion of mists, rapid or slow, wss
regarded as one of the best methods o.
foretelling the approach of rain Or snow.
When there was mist before the rised
the full moon, If clouds were seen in he
west before the sun rose, or there Wis
mist in the fields before sunri~c We.
weather was expected. When the miss
vanished rapidly and the moon seemed
rise faster than usual, fine wea+ler Va
sure to gladden. the hearts of the mfril
makers on the succeeding day WheatN
winds changed and the clouds few along
on tail, - the farmers predicted st0rI-~
Cor. Philadelphia Times. 3.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02

anxiety, ana the TWO women dld not rec
ogniZe each other
Mrs. Sweeney was surprised to find that
the advertiser was colOred woman, but
she worked steadily away and said moth
ing. One day Mrs. Wilson was in a chat
ty mood, and the two women talked over
the days before the war.
Then the truth came out. The Mont
gomerys had been ruined by the war, and
they had come west to try to recruit
their shattered fortunes. They failed
miserably. Mother and daughter chung
together and fought fate with failingc our-
age.-San Francisco Examiner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
Ihe mhnbitnrts -. ".


We know that the tribes rror..-.
which live under the IN ugfsv
conditions IS regards heat-rb..
mos, for Instance, and the p4r~,,s,,
are far behind the inhabitants al n
perate regions in civilization v-,
fore, if we may draw any ius.rrr..e
as 20 the Martials from or nvr ..,t,
the more probable inferencc is ,har,
exist under circumstances al all n
own, they are, considering their gr,.
lance from the sun. centuries i.li
rather than at the same stage Of eyol
or, still less, centuries before rs
And II we have no right 10 draw su,
inference, then we have still less =, p
with the smallest confidence from or-
circumstances TO theirs. They IN,
course have senses such as We h3y,
even dream Of: they NAV b. Nor,
we'll acquainted with all that hammer
only on our globe. but on all rfa
planets, and yet quite unable In D.
know that they are familiar with orr
ditions of life and how they have ano,
that knowledge But if that wer.
would be only too obvious that our c,
tions of life furnish Us with no has.
forming any conjecture at all as tom
and in that case it would not only be-
guine but quite irrational to attemr
open communications at all.
The only shadow of justification
making such an attempt rests on the
sumption that we may reason from
analogy of cur condition To theirs. An
that assumption we think it would be
prudent TO assume that. if such farn
as ours are already developed on the
face of Mars at all, they are likelvo
far behind instead OF far before our oy
London Spectator.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02

a curious relic of Louis XVII is the
Game of Dominos," made OF pieces of the
Bastille, which were given to the dauphin
before he and his parents left Versailles
forever. It. is said that when the box CON
tanning it was brought in the queen ex-
claimed to her bedchamber woman, Nine
Campan. What sinister playthiug to give
d child" The sinister plaything is now
added 10 the other revolutionary objects
preserved in the Hotel Carnavalet.-Lon-
don Chronicle
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
Rats on Shinboard.

IL was a very great while before the
mariner came TO realize that among the
periis which beset his calling he must
feckoL the existence of rats on shipboard
as by no means an insignificant one That
sailors have for centuries viewed the YER
min with superstitious eye is evident
upon the testimony OF many old writer's
Chambers Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
govt. ntnmmla ana tne l,he.

govt, utnemIa ana the nhe.
Such partially oXiGized materials circ,
late in the blood and are carried to a..
parts Of the body, and are known to be
more or less irritating toits delicate strGc
lures, organs and tissues
In the case of the habitual overeateI
the presence in the blood of such ms
terials, which are constantly acting as il
ritants TO the organs, may easily produce
changes in the tissues so irritated. 81
time goes on these changes become create,
and greater, and finally result in PERM
nent conditions of disease, or in an al,
probably FASTENED death.-Youth's Com
DaniOn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02
Memories of Childhood.

Proud Young Teacher-Yes, sir, teach
the young idea how to shoot.
Stranger twho has had experienced
Then look out for paper balls. = Kate
Fields Washington.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-02

John Spilger, contractor; cost $1,000.
Other improvements on property, $500.