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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
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PROPOSALS FOR FRESH VEGETABLES

II AIS tOh FRESH ' III
Headquarters Department of the Missouri.
Office Chief CommisSary of Subsistence. Chicago.
Illinois. April -. 1888. Scaled proposals in trip
lcate viii be received AT this Office until IL O'Clock
a. M, Wednesday the 3ist day of May. 1895, AT
which time and place they will be opened in
presence of bidders for the furnishing and de-
livery of such quantities of fresh potatoes and
onions may be required by the subsistence de
Vartment United states army, al Fort Brady.
Michigan: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Mack
mac, Michigan; Fort Reno. Oklahoma Territory:
Fort Riley. Kansas: Fort sheridan. Illinois; Fort
sill. Oklahoma Territ ~: Fort Supply, Indian
Territ Dry; Fort Wayne, Michigan: indianapolis
Arsenal Indiana: Jefferson Barracks. Missouri;
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. and the Military
Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, during the
time commencing July ]. and ending November
3d. 1898. Proposals will be received up to and
opened At the same hour al the several posts by
the respective com missaIies of such posts, each
post commisssry receiving proposals for his own
post only. Blanks for proposals and oircu' ar of
instructions TO bidders, giving full information
10 the @ uality of vegetables required. manner OF
bidding. conditions to be observed by bdders,
and terms of contract and payment. will he fur
n shed applicat TO this office to the act
ing commissaiy of subsistence at any post. The
government reserves the right to re any all
proposals Envelopes c1ntaiEing proposals
should be marked Proposals for Flesh Vegeta-
BILE. and addressed TO the undersigned or the
acting commissary of subsistence al the post bid
for. j. II GILMAN. Major and G. s., l. 5. A,
Chief Commissary of Subsistence.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
4 Neat Rascality,

A neat pickpocket dodge practiced
upon rural looking persons III this
town is based upon the known good
nature and courtesy of the average
American citizen. The pickpocket,
clad in fine raiment and carrying a
stick, stands upon the rear platform
of a street car, facing the dashboard.
He struggles with a pair of tight
gloves, and having vainly endeavored
to button one after putting on the
other, appeals to the kindness of the
man facing him on the platform.
In nine times out of ten he picks
the right man, and while the bene-
factor buttons the gloves the pick
pocket with his disengaged hand
takes the others watch. The confed-
crate inside is at hand to battle the
pursuers III case the thief Is detected.
New York Letter
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
Cow Sunerstiticn.

According to IndoEuropean folk
lore the clouds of the heavens were
nothing but cows, who We're invested
with the duties of a psychopomp. AT
times these clouds descended to the
earth and assumed their bovine garb,
but their duty remained the same.
Hence the superstition prevalent in
many agricultural countries that a
COW breaking into a garden foretells
a death in the family. The psyche
pomp was merely looking for soul
to escort to the hereafter.
York Telegram.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
A Deaf Man at the Opera.

When opera was running in New
York, there was no more attentive
member of the audience than a
slight, fair man, who was perfect in
dress and had a pleasant suavity of
manner. He was always present
with his wife, but it was noticed that
they rarely talked together, and he
never seemed to take offense, as so
many of the audience used to do, at
the talking and laughter in the
boxes He was stone deaf. He en-
joyed color and dancing and pictur-
esque groupings, and he went to the
opera to see 1t. He could sometimes
get the gist of a sentence by watch
ing the lips of a speaker, but he had
not even that comfort at operas
where the singing was done in Ger
man and Itahan.-New York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
THE TWO VISITS.

The kaiser goes to see the car,
The worl' turns out to see;
His ret'nue folders from afar,
An then the kaiser and the car
Embrace in solemn glee,
An then saloot an hug an kiss,
An both are filed and soaked in bliss
Wen go down to Hiram's place
The worl' don't seem to care;
neither kiss his hands nor face,
'Twould make EN- laff at Hiram's place
'Twould make 'em ar an tear.
But Hiram says, eZ roul he pokes,
I'm glad to see ye; how's yer folks?"
take look at Hiram's hogs
An hear how much they grow;
This somehow Hiram's mem'ry joys,
An he lets out on them ar hogs
You oughter hear him Blow;
II you could only hear him once
You'd hear sone ginooine e'erkunce,
or Hiram he is slow enough,
But none too slow for me-
For I'm purity tame OIL duff,
An fairly moderit enough
An jest ez slow ez he.
So we stub roun the whole day long
Until we hear the supper gong.
The kaiser goes to see the car.
An maybe stops 70 tea
But men like czars an kaisers are,
Cooped in the palace of the car,
Hain't no SIGH times ez we.
The car and kaiser know no charm
Like loafin roun oil Hiram's farm.
$. w. Foss in Yankee Blade.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

QUITE sensation was created ut
Springfield upon the discovery Sat
urday morning that Representatives
Carmody and Conway had hied them
selves away to Chicago during the
small hours of the night. Their ac-
ton was severely criticized by their
democratic colleagues, as word had
been circulated by the steering COM
mittee for every democrat to be in
his seat Saturday, as the senatorial
appropriation bill would be up for
passage. 1t was later discovered
that the bill was defective in that
certain wards in the city of Chicago
had been omitted, so that the hasty
and surreptitious departure OF the
two Cook county members really
averted a serious political mishaP.
However, the conduct of Messrs. Car
mody and Conway is the no less rep
rehensible, and they should be disci-
plined by the party leaders at
Springfield.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

THE stories of the suffering of Lon
don's poor are almost beyond belief.
Individual cases of suffering are al
ways to be found in large cities. but
the existence of such large classes Of
destitute and starving is unknown
outside of the countries ruled by the
gaunt spectre of famine. The appar-
4pt lack of interest shown by the
municipality and by people of means
argues that there is little benevolence
20 be found in the British metropolis.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
The Capacitv of tbeI.nn,s

The lungs contain about one gallon
of air at their usual degree of inf1a-
ton. We breathe on an average
1900 times per hour, inhale 600 gal
Ions of air or "a, 600 gallons per day.
Che aggregate surface of the air
cells of the lungs exceeds 90, 900
square inches, an area nearly equal
to the floor Of q room IL feet square
Popular Science Monthly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
A Queer World.

This is queer world where men
live so that one can hardly tell which
has capital the size of the others
income Spend as you go, " reasons
one. Go without spending" says
the other-and it is left to the wise
ones to tell t'other from which.-Bos-
ton Commonwealth.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

THE London Telegraph, comment
ing upon the proposal to annex the
Hawaiian islands to the United States
says: I'VE could not allow the United
States to annex the islands," Tut.
Don't get bumptious. 1t isn't ques-
ton of allowing" dear Telegraph.
Say 1--WE could not afford to have the
United States annex the islands" and
then send somebody over to talk
uSinnSs -
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

The litigant who not long age
emerged from a Montana will contest
laden with the spoils of victory TO the
extent Of millions fell downstairs at
Victoria recently and no poor mans
skull could have been more fatally
cracked. There is at least the lesson
in the incident that people who think
fortune will always smile have not
studied the caprices of the goddess.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

Police at Salt Lake announced a
few days ago that they had captured
Mr. Sontag. bandit. The announce
ment was perhaps inaccurate. When
last heard of Mr.. Sontag was with his
friend Evans in London enjoying the
beauties of Pugent Sound along the
Rio Grande border. and made safe
by the sheltering mountains Of Ten
nnSSnn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
Iihrarv Decoration.

In libraries rich hues are necessary.
There are, for example, reds, browns,
golden greens and orange, gobelin
blue, sage green and terra Gotta.
Salmon pink and all light, delicate
colors are good for parlors.-Deco-
rator and Furnisher.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

An Ogden preacher attended a
prize fight and then swore out a
warrant for such of the other specta-
tors as he could recognize. He was
guilty in this laudable effort to
elevate the pugilist. OF one grave
error. He swore out no warrant for
his own arrest.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

UNCLE SANS regard for the seal has
assumed the usual form of an annual
essay. If the poaehers can all read,
and all get copy, and all cara
whether Uncle Sam is pleased with
them or not, this may have some effect.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

The khedive of Egypt is not as old
as some of the mummies of his coun-
try, but the bold Briton desires that
he should not be of any more account
A good spring style of Pha-aoh war
ranted 5000 years old is now quoted
in the market at 500 (. o. b.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

A NEPHEW of Senator Hill has been
appointed postmaster of small
town in Missouri.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
Out in Kansas.
Detroit Tribune.

Detroit Tribune.
ssWhere are you going, my pretty maid:
.sI'm going a ting, sir, she ssid.
..Wha are you voting for. pre- ty maid?''
~ haven't the least ides,' she said.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

THE philosopher of the St. Joseph
Herald consoles himself with the
thought that if everything went
risit with us on this earth. we would
ny ~now how to enjoy ourselves in
heaven,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

A submarine electric light for catch
ing fish has been tried in France with
much success. Fish swarm around
the illuminated globe and are then
easily caught.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

Cardinal Vaughan, the archbishop
of Westminster, keeps himself in
good physical condition by taking a
smile walk every day.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

The Oldest tree ON earth is said to
be the Boo tree in the sacred city of
Amarapoora, Burmah. 1t was plant
ed, the record lays, in the year 2SS
r. c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
LEGAL.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
SALE.

BY virtue OF i special execution a-- VI
6,4s2, issued ont Of The clerks Office u ~. r-r-
court of Rock lslsUd county. L-I --.-..r -
and TO me directed. whereby -u conn. .---- --
make the amount OF q certain IN --1a-- -...--.-
obtained against Al U.s. -ch--.f- .- ..-- +,
Rudolph SCbwCckC. Our OF 90. ..-..- -.-- -..
goods and Ch4ttei- OF Jhl said |ur.r- III AZ
Ust Schmidt. have levied upon -t.
property. to-wit.
Lots one - and tb-cc g.. -r ..-. .-.-
South Park al titiCn To Ilp J.-- uE -..- --..-.
and lDt four 80 il = VI Er.-l-...-- -...-
ion Of ont lots eleven |lIf .r. rua... .. 10 -s.-
ton thirTy-iiye Gl5i fOyu-uig -.ra.. ..-. - -
range two - west Of III. fuIrt. .a. . n.y. r--.
city of RCck Island. aL Iu -h. ....... 70 f.
Island and State of J. iIUi-.
Therefore, according tu-al1 ----.-. -,--
pose FOR sale AZ public auction 6 -.. - .- ---
and interest OF the above l...-. s---..
Schmidt. in and To the above Ge-.-. ... ...-r-v
N the 18th day Of Cav. l-s3. arg ..... * I. H.
at the north door If the court Ea--e p --5
city or Rock Island, in the county 80 ...-- T.
and state OF Illinois. for cash -- hand. g. so.
said execution and fee bill.
Dated st Rock Island this g. .-y-s a.--A
d. 1S93.
CD. GORDON
Sheriff Of Rock Island COUNTY, -rs
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
PELLETS
JAPANESE

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Acts like magic the stomach, Liver and Bew
Ies dispels Dyspepsia, BIllousness, Fever, Colds
Nervous Disorders, Sleepessness, Loss of Appetite.
restores the complexion; perfect digestion fol
lows their Positive cure for SICK HEADACHE
and Constipation. Small, mild, easy to take. Large
Vial. OF so pills % cents.
HARTZ s. ULLMEYER Sole Agents Rock lei
snu III
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

1t i the only book ever published r.r'-.---
full page cabinet size en-raV.u-S of Il. IN --ss
idents from Wash inPton 10 Harr.so-, --,-s'
with fun and accurate
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
The Lives and Graves
OF Our Presidents.

By the RsnolCHsT Write. r. : U-1T... p T..
author Of ''L00kjHq F0~gIrf fs~ Yong
Men. :" Heart ofNs Wor,f," ~
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

TUESDAY. MAY .. 1898.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02
A RARE SUBSCRIPTION BOOK

IT would De UlIIlcUIt Wlt'"- :"
produce Il better selling
book than
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-02

q. y. GORDON.
Sheriff Of Rock Island Co-a-r. i.rr.:
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

Professor Stokes, the eminent scientist, has in a most ingenious manner lately demonstrated the presence of suspended matter in flame. The way this is optically proved is by condensing sunlight on the flame, and the light is then scattered by the solid particles in an extremely thin layer, both where the beams enter the flame and where it leaves 1t. It is polarized in the flame of refection-an effect, how ever, which is not found in all hames-it being absent, for instance, in that of a Bunson flame tinged with burning sodium. In the latter case this seems to be due to the fact that the sodium is in the form of vapor, not of solid particles.-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

The imperial health office of Der
 lin has issued an announcement to the effect that oranges and lemons are both fatal to the cholera bacil. lus. Placed in contact with the cut surface of the fruit, the bacteria sur vive but a few hours. They remain active for some time longer on the uninjured rind of the fruit, but even then they die within twenty-four hours. The destructive property as regards the cholera bacteria is SUD- posed to be due to the large amount of acid contained in those fruits. In consequence of this quality, the health officer considers it unneces- sary to place any restriction on the transit and sale of these fruits, even if 1t should be ascertained that they come from places where cholera is prevalent at the time. Not a single instance was noted in which cholera was disseminated by either oranges or lemons.-New Orleans Picayune
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13
The heavy rainfall throughou

The heavy rainfall throughout Arizona the past week has been a great''beneft to stock men and farm CTS. The Gila river in the upper valley has risen nine feet. Salt river is reported to have risen seven feet and still rising. The Colorado rose two feet, rising at the rate of an inch an hour. There are no fears of flood or overflow, although the Colorado bids fair to be big river for five months to come.-Prospec- tor.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

The room in which NJ. Jules Fer " died was transformed into a mortuary and hung with draperies worked in silver. The Senate voted
 twenty thousand francs to cover the expenses of the public funeral. A pat of the great Frenchman's will read as follows: 1T order the inter ment of my body in the St. Die Cemetery, where repose mother and sister, with my face turned toward the blue line of the Vosges, whence I heard the cries of the yanquished.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

The imperial and Royal General Hospital of Vienna, founded by the Emperor in commemoration of the fact that his life was saved from as- sassination, is one of the largest hospitals in the world. It admits patients from all nations and every form of disease is treated. Every patient who enters this hospital agrees thatin case of death his body becomes it's property, and so large is the number of autopsies that one still young professor has witnessed more than 10000. There are near. ly 5000 occupants of this immense institution.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

A petition numerously signed, is before the Governor asking execu- tive clemency in the cases of R. c. and G. w. Brown, sentenced at the late term of court to fine and inn prisonment. It is in the power of the governor to do gracious and appreciative act by saying ''go and sin no more" ."-Tucson Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

The first sentence under the Geary Chinese exclusion law was recently made by the U. s. Court Commissioner at Nogales, Charley An Sing, who came from Mexico without a return certificate, was to serve three months in the penitentiary, He was delivered to the prison authorities last Sun day. After the expiration of his the U. s. Marshal is dl- rected to take him to San Francisco and return him to China. Several cases of this kind have occurred be- tore, but the Chinamen have sim ply been sentenced to deportation. This is just what the sly Celestials wanted, and the deportation scheme has been successfully worked by Chinamen who wanted to get back home. With the chance of serving three or six months in the peniten- tiary before leaving the country, it is likely that there will be fewer calls on the government for travel ing expenses to China.-Yuma Times,
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

There are now in the United States Patent office oyer five thou sand different car couplers and there is no estimating the number of new ideas that have been formulated and and the number of improvements that have been made on the old link-and-pin coupler that have not as yet been placed before the pub lie. IL certainly appears that in all this vast number there should be some feasible invention which, if on all connecting car lines, would do away with the present methods of coupling cars.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

One of the exhibitions at the Worlds Fair will be a class of twelve young women typewriters from the blind asylum at Jackson vile, H., whose proficiency is said to be something wonderful, and their work as satisfactory as that of more favored ones who work by sight.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

There are not less than 2,133 !it- erary women in Paris, of whom 1 ; 211 write novels or books for chil- dren, 217 pedagogical works and 2S0 devote themselves 10 poetry. The others do not limit themselves to any one department of literary work. Of this number ,219 belong to the Societe des gems de lettres and 32 to Societe des auteurs dram atiques.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13
According to the Annales Tee

According to the Annales Tech niques, a gigantic microscope is be- ing constructed in Munich for the Chicago Exposition. It has mag nifying power of 1000 diameters, but this can be increased to 16,000 by means of an electric light, the image in this case being thrown on a screen.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13
"The Period of RecuperatiOn and
 Reform"

|
 The people at least fancy that they want new period of a more negative type of policy, which shall reform inequalities that have grown up eoncomitantly with rapid Ma tional expansion. The protective system is condemned {; the so-called extravaganza of our pension laws is to be severely undone subsidies and bounties are marked for destruction :; administration is to be made more scientific and businesslike revision, economy, reform of abuses-these are the watchwords. There has been a period of high pressure and vast expansion, attended with inevitable extravagances and abuses, so it is urged and now there must be q period of sitting and criticism, of readjustment and severe reform. Nothing constructive is promised for the new period. But, on the other hand, there are no signs what ever that any iconoclasm is medi- tated. In spite of the Chicago plat form, which declared protection to be unconstitutional and fraud, mo- body appears to believe that any important American industries which rely essentially upon tariff discrimination against rival imports are imperiled. Neither the new naval policy, nor the new postal subsidy policy for encouragement of merchant marine, is thought to be marked out for abandonment. What the Republican regime has built up is not to be torn down i; and the unfinished parts of the fab ric that rest upon good foundations are to be completed. But the spirit of administration is to be different, even radically. It was impossible that the Republican party should be in power without continually press ing programs of active policy upon the people. The Democratic theory is opposed to this constant Govern mental activity and assumption of new functions and enterprises, and even when in power that party is essentially one of negation and op- position. Under ordinary condi- tions, in a country like ours, party preference is largely a matter of temperament. Some men will be- long to the party of energy and some will adhere to the party of inertia. Both positions are logical. It is usually best for a country to dismiss the party of energy after a time, for it's activities will tend to become meddlesome and pernicious. A period of quiet, of adjustment and of low pressure, to overhaul the machinery, to take account of stock to balance the books and square things generally, is an excellent and indeed an indispensable thing Review of Reviews.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

The exhibit of fine woods at the Worlds Fair by West Virginia in the Forestry building will consist of two hundred and fifty splendid specimens, finely polished and fin ished in manner which will show the special characteristics and qual- ities of all growths and varieties to the best advantage.-Philadelp Ledger.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

In the matter of certain lands claimed by the Southern Pacific Co. in Southern California Hoke Smith has decided that the company has acquired no title to the lands and in consequence many thousand acres will be thrown open to entry and settiement.-Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

A Mexican was brought to Tue son yesterday from or near Pantano with his left arm torn from the shoulder and both legs cut off be- low the knees. He was trying to steal ride on a freight and fell beneath the wheels. He is still alive. -Prospector.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

The Thirty eight Street Club of working girls of New York is entire ly self-supporting. Its receipts for last year were $1 ,135,66 and it's to- tai expenses $1, 1,1O2.83. Its average weekly attendance was 1S9, and total attendance for the year, 15,- O71.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

The family ot Jukes, including in all "7O9 monsters of degradation" 1" has been traced with the utmost exactness through five generations to one woman, the notorious Mar garet, the mother of the criminals.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-04-13

Trees are planted along the slopes railroad cuts and banks in Austria and in other places where there is room. A recent statement shows that these plantations include about 370.OO0 fruit :ress and 3,6OO,O00 for est trees.