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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

Inc Time the regular
heavy Saturday after
noon ferry travel COM
menced, there might
have been some South
ern Pacific property
damaged.
AS 1t was forenoon
travellers did dem dish
a few panes of glass.
a U d threatened to
throw the local con-
ductors off the pier.
The cause of all the
trouble was. first. the
heat. and, second, the
fact that the Southern
Pacific Railroad Com
nauy hoa for a pnm har
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
A Literary Gem.

Postmaster Backus receives all kinds of
letters upon all sorts of subjects. Yester-
day he received the one published below
and referred it to THE CALL. 1t is pub
ished just as it was writ"
NEWTON, n. c., MAY 90
Too the postmaster of fran sunsicc0, C. 4. L..
DEAR SIR: wish you wood pleas as don't
no his name inform Your best paper weekly edi-
tor to send me A SAMPLE paper l want 10 take a
paper from out THAR but wish to see il first.
q. w. SETTER.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

tested, it is not thought the accident e
suited throu1h it. hut ON account of the
incompetencv OF the engineer. When
asked for information. he declined to make
any statement or give any reason for his
sudden flight upward.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

nance remarked loud
enough TO be heard by
all within a radius OF
fifty feet: "I'll smash
every window in the
car If they are not
opened when l return
home"
Whether this individ-
ual carried out his
threat is not known.
but it is known
that several women
tainted during after
noon trips from Broad
way to the mole and
that men crowded on
the platforms, filling up
the car doorways, thus
preventing air entering
the coaches which
might otherwise have
cir lated through
them The nriuc;n9i
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

subject-lt was not al
all chilly in San Fran
cisco yesterday while
the sun was above the
horizon.
Nor after Old Sol got
through with this side
of the earth and went
off to burn up the
heather Chinese were
there any cases OF
frozen toes or ears re-
ported up 10 the hour
of going to press. THIS
state m ent can be
vouched for by Stats
tics if needs must.
But the citizen who
hood ~ tha ct1n
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

there no means of forcing the railroad
company to open the windows?"
A gen tleman with fire in mis- eye and no
small amount of heat visible in bis connte-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
UP TO BOILING POINT.

Oakland People Dispute the Rail-
roads Air Monopoly.
Oakland was on the warpath Yesterday.
and II cool breezes had not sprung ND bv
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04
THE BEST QUALITIES EVER OFFERED
FOR THE MONEY.

sAr1PLEs SENT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

~ Country orders receive prompt attention
Goods delivered Rafael,
Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

Sergeant Whitman,
after a refreShin { bath.
Jeets very comfortable.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22

In view of the efforts to establish
a social feature in Connection with the
Rock Island Citizens Improvement
association a glance ut what Musca.
tine is doing will he read with inter
est The News-Trihune OF Wednes-
day morning in an extensive account
of the first at home OF the CONNER
cial club OF that city, said:
The handsome new parlors OF the
Musuatjne Commercial club on West
Second street. were brilliant with the
sparkle and radiance OF many mean
descent globes and burning Jets. and
fragrant with the perfume of num-
berleSs lowering blossoms last even.
ing. the occasion being the initial SC.
cial reception Of Muscatine by tie
Commercial club Of this city, and the
first swinging back of their magic
portal to admit the wives. mothers
and sweethearts who have heard such
glowing accounts of the pleasant and
profitable hours spent within its sa.
cred precincts by the many members
of this society.
The courtesy and hospitality Of the
business men were well appreciated
by their friends. fully GOO of the elite
OF Muscatine assembling in the clubs
spacious home to do honor to the oc.
caSiou.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
4 Queer Place in Maine.

Hibbert's Gore is the one place in
Maine where taxes are unknown
Only six families reside there forty
persons in all The gore comprises
300 acres, bounded by Waldo, Knox
and Lincoln counties, and By some
mistake was omitted by the en-
gineers when these counties were laid
out. Having no connection with any
county, and never having been organ
lied as town or plantation, the resi-
dents of the gore neither pay taxes nor
vote. They build their own roads,
however, and send their children to
the schools nearest By. By a special
provision of the statutes the paupers
of the gore are cared for by the oldest
adjoining town, Palermo, but there
have been only three paupers in the
last forty years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
Why Turtles Cannot Bite.

Very few people know that neither
a turtle. tortoise, nor toad is pro-
vided with teeth, There is a general
superstition that turtle can bite off
a mans finger. but the turtle can do
nothing of the kind. Its jaws are
very strong, and the horny membrane
that runs round the jaw, where, in
other animals teeth are found. is so
hard and tough that the turtle can
crush the bones of the hand to pulp,
but as for biting off even finger, the
feat is, to the turtle. an impossibiIity.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
Misplaced Little Breecbss

Bret Harte is SO frequently compli-
mented As the author OF Little
Breeches" that he is almost as sorry it
was ever written as is Colonel John
Hay, who wOuld prefer his fame to
rest on more ambitious work. A gush-
ing lady. who prided herself upon her
literary tastes, said to him once: My
dear Mr.. Harte, am so delighted to
meet You. have read everything you
ever wrote; but, of all your dialect
verse, there is none that compares to
your Little BreecheS'" I quite
agree with you, madam" said Mr..
Harte; but You have put the little
brooches on the wrong man. The
honor belongs to my friend Hay.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
BRIEF MENrl n

Try THE ARGUS want column.
Fresh oysters at Krell & Maths.
Oysters served in any style at Krell
& Maths
Oysters by the can or dish at Krell
& Maths.
Ice cream or oysters at Krell e
Maths parlor.
Go to Rosenfield Bros, for plumb
ing, steam and hot water heating.
Read your own ARGUS. If You
don't take one. you should. Don't
you think so?
The Holden comedy company opens
nights engagement at Harper
theatre Monday evening.
Tea. coffee or chocolate with fine
dish of fresh oysters and few nice
fresh buns is what makes rich meal.
and to get the same 90 to krell &
Mathis.
John $. Corns. Of Coal Valley.
sends THE ARGUS no less than six
solutions OF the postage stamp pu2-
Zles published in THE ARGUS some
time ago. and says it is no trick at
all to figure it out when once Won
know how.
| Alex Allardyce. a piano tuner from
Chicago. will be in Rock Island on
the first Monday in each month in
the future. He has been coming
here at stated periods for the last
three years. and has a fine trade c>-
tablished. Parties requiring piano
tuning or repairing can leave orders
at Woodyatt's music house. He can
| furnish the best of references from
our own citizens as well a. others.
INThe Mississippi Logging company
held its annual meeting at Clinton
the other day and +. Weyerhacu>eI
was elected president; y. Lamb, vice
president; Thomas IRVINE. secretary.
and F. Weyerhaeuser. treasurer. {.
X. AiuSworth was made one OF the
board of directors. Resolutions oi
respect to the memory of the late
J Ben amin Hershey wee adopted. In
the evening the lumhermcn We're
, entertained by the WapSie club
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
ONLY A TRAMP.
But There Had Been n Warm and For
giving Love for Him.

giving Love Tor him.
''It's only one of them pesky tramps,
Bill, said a brakeman to his COM
panion, as the lights from two Ian
terms fell on the form of man man
gled as only railroad train can man
gle. 81 suppose we will have to get
him into the caboose and leave him at
the station"
Yes, he was only a tramp. The
brakeman addressed as Bill had seen
the man fall between two cars while
stepping from one to another. The
train had been stopped and the two
railroaders went back to see what
damage had been done. In the caboose
they made a search of the dead mans
clothes. They didn't find much; no
money, not even knife. In the in
side pocket of the ragged vest was a
greasy-loo|ling envelope. In taking
out the letter a tiny band of gold fell
to the floor While one picked up the
ring the other read the letter. 1t had
been well fingered, and there were
Enthusiastically Spots that only tears
could have caused The handwriting
DEAR JIM: Mary is dead, and in
her last words she inquired for papa.
She missed you so much, and never
seemed to be well after YOU went. l
am sorry. Jim. for what l said that
night, and if You will come back l will
never complain and worry you any
more. | send you Mary's ring; you
remember when YOU got it for her.
Please come back to your wife. "
That was all. The wife had heard
in some way where her husband was
| and had sent him the letter. IT oc-
CURED to one of the brakemen to look
at the postmark; and with difficulty it
was seen that it was month old and
that it was that of the very place
at which they had decided to leave the
dead body.
Jim must have met w tn misfortune,
aud was stealing his way home which
he reached only to be carried out and
laid beside little Mary
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
A Fiction of History.

1t is astonishing how many people
believe the old story that Napoleon
Bonaparte put u check for 100, 900
francs in silver five-franc piece and
that the coin is yet IN circulation in
France. They say that the people did
not want the five-franc piece, and that
in order to create demand for silver
money of that denomination, the en-
peror resorted to the device men
toned. The check, or treasury order,
was written on asbestos paper and
made in the coin. 1t would be inter
esting to know, if all this be true,
how many ivefranc pieces have been
broken open since the story of the
check was first circulated.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
Sustain Home Industry
Calling for Rock Island
Brewing Co., Beer.
The Best Beer Made,
On Tap everywhere.
TRY 1T.

The Rock Island Brewing Company success
orS to George Wagners Atlantic Brewery, |.
Huber's City Brewery and Raible & Stengels
Rock Island Brewery, as we'll as Julius Junges
Bottling Works, has one of the most complete
Brewing establishments including Botting de-
partment in the country. The product is the
very best. Beer is bottled at the brewery and
delivered to any part of the tri-cites, and may
be ordered direct from the head offices o. No
line avenue by Telephone.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
Worlds Fair Rates.

Burlington route. c.. b. & q. rail
way. will sell 31-dav limit excursion
tickets to Chicago and return At $6.97.
and excursion tickets limited good to
return any day to and including NOV.
10, 1898. at s.. For further intorma-
ton apply to
NJ. J. You've. Ticlet Agent.
H. d. MACK Div. Pass. A@t..
Rock ISLAND ID
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
Tie Value Of a Package

The contents of 25-cent package
of Simmons Liver Regulator will cure
many a sick-headache. It's the wo-
mans friend. 1t cured me perma-
nently of sick-headache.-C. S. Nor
ris, Brownsville, W. Va. Take it
dry on the tongue or make tea.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
The Modern beauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine,
with plenty of exercise in the open
air. Her form glows with health.
and her face blooms with its beauty.
Ii her system needs the cleansing
action of a laxative remedy. she uses
the gentle and pleasant liquid laNa-
tive Syrup of Figs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
For OYER FiftS Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children tcething. It
soothes the child. softens the gums
allays all pain. cures wind collie. and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea
Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
6 Bar lie Fri lood

Is what Hoods Sarsaparilla vigor-
ously fights. and it is always victori-
Gus in eNpelling all the foul taints
and giving the vital fluid the quality
and quantity of perfect health. 1t
cures scrofula, salt rheum. hollis and
all other troubles caused by impure
blood.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22
COUNTY BUILDING

21-George W. Walker and f. H.
Culver to Moline Art association.
part lot 4. McEnary's add. Moline,
SQDD
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-22

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.
Poe. Sent by mail on receipt of
price by c. l. Hood u Co.. Ap,the-
carries. Lowell. Mass.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
Sistcrly Devotion.

The beautiful Margaret of Navarro
was devoted to her brother, Francis |.
When he was apparently dying ut Ma
drid, she found her way to him through,
privation and danger and succeeded in
etfecting his deliverance When he was
i'll at IL distance from her, she went every
day and sat down on stone in the mid
die of the road to catch the first glimpse
OF a messenger afar off. And she said
"Ah! whoever shall come to announce
the recovery of the king, my brother,
though he be tired, jaded, soiled, di-
sheveled, will kiss him and embrace
him as though he We're the finest gentle
man i'll the kingdom"
When he died, she seemed literally
heartbroken, and she did not long sur
vive him.-Youth's Companion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
POLICE COURT AFFAIRS.

Sam Sanders, the colored man who is
charged with stealing some articles of
clothing from Wyatt Flood. was sent on
to the grand jury by Justice Turner in
the police court yesterday morning.
larry Coleman and Charles Traynham
were up on the charge of fighting over
IN reach and Honey. Harry paid SIS for
mis- fun and Charley was dismissed
Emma Smallwood, a white woman.
was lined So so for raising disturbance
on the depot platform. She was again
arrested for stealing some furniture,
valued at S95, from Matte Evans, and
Will be tried on that charge this no orninp.
Ransom Lsnghorne was dismissed on
the charge of trespassing on private
property.
Manda Bragg, the colored woman who
was arrested for being a suspicious char.
acter, was dismissed, as there was no
evidence against her.
The case against Wiloy Franklin, for
threatening to kill Mary Burnett. was
confined until to day.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
RACING IN MODERN ROME.
Riderless Horses Goadcd to Furious Speed
With Balls of Pricklea.


With Balls of Prickles.
The prizes for these races were called
paln, and were usually pieces of brocade
or some other rich stuff, which was
thrown over the back Of the horse that
Won and so displayed to the people. We
also hear of procession of the palii, so
no doubt they often took the form Of
banner. The mobiles used to deposit them
In their chapels. and in the last DAYS of
the papal government tho French SOL
diers substituted for the procession of the
palii that of the bue grasso.
Tho pope's dragons used to gallon
through the Corso to clear it before the
race, and to warn the people that it
had actually started. Either mortsrs
were fired or trumpets blown, but acct
dents were perpetually occurring, and
when in 1886 two people were killed Just
below the balcony where stood the Queen
Margherita, the Barbary races were for
hidden in the Corso for the future, though
renewed last year in very much modi-
he'd form around the Piazza del Popolo.
The horses had no riders, but carried
two balls of lead, covered with prickles,
loosely attached by leather thongs be-
low the neck and on the back. So of
course the harder they galloped the more
these prickly balls danced up and down
and goaded them on.
Dashing furiously along the Corso,
they were past almost before people
knew that they had started, and in such
narrow street, with such q crush of
people on either side and somebody al
ways trying to cross at the last moment
or stepping out of the throng to see if
they were coming, it was small wonder
that 1t was dangerous game, though
Of course the danger was in part also
the attraction.
A sheet was stretched across the street
to catch the horses at the back of Piazza
Venezia, in the passage still called Via
della Ripresa de Barberi, i'll front Of
which was a cord covered with wet rcd
paint. This dropped before the rush of
the foremost horse, leaving a streak Of
paint on his chest, and thus all knew at
once which was the winner. Gentle
mans Magazine.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
Hunting's Big Show.

The Scranton, Pa, Truth has the fol-
lowing to say about Hunting's colossal
show which will exhibit in Roanoke.
October 2s: Hunting's circus and men
agerie keeps up it's record and pleased
packed houses, both afternoon and
night, yesterday. Mr.. Hunting's show
ls much bigger and better than ever
and is growing so every year, and his
show is favorite here and he can lock
for packed fonts Whenever he comes
here. A particularly pleasing feature
OF Mr.. Hunting's show is the entire
absence OF all followers and gamblers,
ana ladies' and children unescorted are
his show
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
Charter for the Arlington Club.

charter was granted yesterday by
Judge j. w. Woods, of the Hastings
court to the Arlington Club, corpora
ZION whose avowed purpose is to pro
mote social intercourse and to maintain
library and reading room in Roanoke.
The stock is merely nominal and all
property is for tho sale and use OF the
Club and not for any individual mem
Der: The real estate owned by the
club shall not exceed fvo acres.
Tho officers Of tho club for the first
year are to be- President, j r Bowers:
vice president, w. IL. Karnes; treasurer.
wilson Wertz; secretary, E. G. Payne.
Board of directors: Wilson Wertz, q C.
Payne, j. K. Bowers, w. II. Karnes and
j. w. Matley.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
NORWICH NEWS NOTES.

II. w. Fleichman, who has been sick
with malarial fever for over q month, is
very much improved and will be out
again in a few days
The merchants of the West End report
that business with them has improved
very much this week.
John Furlong, OF the Rolling Mill,
mas returned from an extended visit to
several Northern and Eastern cities.
Inc electric car yesterday morning
Madison.
Silas Maine lcfs yesterday morning to
attend the Fincastle fair.
William Taylor returned yesterday
from business trip to Baltimore.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
n Loud Telephone,

An English paper describes a telephone
which will talk loud enough for IL person
i'll any part of large room to hear and
understand. Mr.. Graham, the inventor,
has succeeded not SO much by an ill.,
provemnt OH the existing telephones as
by his method of arranging the circuit
and bringing its resistance as low as
possible. To this end the usual induc-
ton coil Is discarded, and the two instru-
ments, transmitter and receiver, are di-
rectly connected in circuit with the line
and the battery. The transmitter at one
end of the line is connected to the re-
celver at the other end, and two separate
lines are employed having q common re-
turn wire. Two correspondents can thus
talk quite freely with each other, and as
the receivers speak out SO as to be heard
III any part of room conversation can
be carried on by each person simply
speaking to his transmitter.
The apparatus is attached to flexible
conductors and is held in the hand. To
open conversation it is sufficient to
pick up the portable transmitter and
press Il button i'll its casing, so as to es-
tablish the circuit The receiver mt the
other end acts rs its own call bell by the
loudness Of Its voice, and the response
comes equally prompt and loud. The
user has therefore no need to listen care
fully with one or two receivers held up
to his head All he has to do is to sneak
into his transmitter and keep his ears
Open
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
COLONEL o'FERRALL Is HERE

Took Advantage of the Opportunity Yes
terdav to Look Over Our Beautiful City.
Col. Charles T. O'Ferrall, the next
governor of Virginia, arrived in the CITY
yesterday morning from South west Wiz.
ginia, where he has been canvasslng for
the past few days, and will remain in
Roanoke until after tonight
Colonel O'FerraI devoted part OF tho
day to his correspondence, and during
the afternoon drove around to the prin.
oipal points of interest in the city with
Capt. M. M. Rogers and other friends.
he took dinner last evening with w.
r.. Dupuy, and tonight will speak on
the political issues of the day at the
Academy of Music. which was secured
for the occasion by the executive com.
mittee, through the instrumentality of
THE TIMES.
The ladies', who are all for Colonial
OFerrall for governor, are specially
invited to attend tho meeting to. night.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20

Within sight of the station at Ather-
stone, on the London and Northwestern
railway, there is to be seen an enormous
earthenware jug, the largest in the
world. This capacious article was man.
nfactured at the Potteries, Church Ores
ley. over 30 years ago. It's holding ca
pacity, when full, is $50 quarts. and it is
so large that man can sit inside it. It
now rests over the front door of q china,
glass and earthenware warehouse.-Ex-
change.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
Frankiin's Fate Prefigured.

The fate of Franklin, the explorer
was unwittingly prefigured, and on the
eve of his starting on his last voyage, at
the hands of his own devoted wife. AS
he lay doing on sofa Lady Franklin
threw something over his feet, on which
he in CONSERVATION, saying: "Why,
there's a flag thrown over mel Don't
you know that they lay the union jack
over corpse?' Tit-Bits
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
REPEALERs MORE CoNFIDESr
senator Hill Circulating IA Petition to
Provide Cloture

WASHINGTON, Oct. Ex-senator Hill
this morning began circulating petit
ton addressed to the President of the
Senate asking him to rule as out of
order dilatory members and put them
in order on propositions to change the
rules, and so as to provide for closure
and stop debate on the silver bill.
Hill says he believes the repeal bill
Will be passed soon and he also expec. "a
TO get what he regards as the requisite
thlrty-names to the petition.
Whatever may be the result OF this
petition, the repeal Senators apparently
feel more confident this morning of
securing vote than they have for some
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-10-20
Work of the Central Club.

Tho Central Democratic Club is doing
some, good work in this campaign as it
has done in past campaigns. The com
mittee of Independents and the execu-
tive committee Of the club held meet
ing yesterday afternoon at $50 o'clock
In the office of Hardaway t& Payne, when
tney transacted considerable amount
OF important routine business. The
Central Club, as an auxiliary of tho
executive committee, will be largely in
strumental in rolling up a largo Dem; :
cratic majority.