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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
Saw the Obstruction.

Engineer Lund observed the OBJ
struction on the track as he ap-
preached and he gave a signal of
alarm. thinking it was COW or a
human being, but the train was NOV
ing so rapidly that he was unable to
stop until he had run by, and he got
into Moline before an investigation
was made. There an examination of
the engine, 911, by the engineer and
Conductor Caffey in charge of the
train, discovered two logs driven SOL
idly into the trucks under the
COW catcher. The logs were so
firmly and evenly fastened that
it looked almost as if they had been
deliberately placed there while
the train was standing still, and were
held so strongly that the front wheels
of the truck were lifted off the rails
two inches. Finding the logs could
not be removed in Moline the train
came on to Rock Island where the
engine was placed on the turn-table
and the legs taken out.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
Discovered in the Morning.

In the morning the crew of an ear
ly train going out on the c., b. & @.
telephoried back to Rock Island from
Port Byron Junction that a number
of ties were piled up on the track
near there, and track men were al
once sent out and the logs were re-
moved.
1t seems, though, that the fiendish
attempt was made again last night,
and ii is a wonder that the limited
express escaped as well as it did.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07

This is the year for visiting
for renewing old acquaintance.
Probably most families will en-
terrain, this summer, friends and
relatives they haven't seen for
many years.
If. therefore, you want new
chamber set for the spare room,
a new dinner set for the table, or
new knives, forks or spoons, let
me remind you that can supply
those wants. You'll be surprised
to find how cheaply.
G. NJ. LOOSELY
Crockery Store,
1909 Second Avenue,
Rock Island
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
DEVILISH DESIGN.
Attempt to Wreck a Rock ISL
and Passenger Train.
WESTERN TACTICS IN ILLINOIS.

The Limited Express Runs into a Pile OF
Ties, Near MoIine-Some of Them are
Driven into the Engine Until it is Impos-
sible to Remove Them Until This City is
Reached A Narrow Escape From a
Wreck.
a most devilish and villainous at
tempt to wreck the Kansas City linn
tied express on the Rock Island road
due here at Hos p. M, was made q
mile and half east of Moline last
night. the engine pulling II coaches
and running at high rate of speed,
dashing into a pile of logs which had
been systematically placed on the
track for the purpose of ditching the
train.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
Visited the Island.

In company with the genial Col.
Durham. assistant engineer, they
visited the Rock Island arsenal this
morning, and were taken through
the various shops, etc, under the
guidance of Lieuts. Thompson and
Sehon. They expressed themselves
as very much pleased with all they
saw. This afternoon they went out
to inspect the methods of work en-
ploycd in the construction of the
Hennepin canal.
These gentlemen have been visit
ing the Worlds fair and engineers
congress for the last two weeks, and
are now en- route to Yellowstone park
and other points of interest in the
west.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
River Riplets.

The Sidney will be down Wednes-
day.
The Verne Swain was here as
usual.
The Pittsburgh passed up this
morning.
The T. Weyerhauser brought down
eight strings of logs.a
The river is falling at the rate of
about an inch and half in "a hours.
The Mary Morton passed down
yesterday. She was "a hours late on
account of low water.
The stage of water at Rock Isl
and bridge at noon today was 1870;
the temperature was 76.
The Silver Crescent is going to
take the South Rock Island Sunday
school to Linwood Friday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
WILLRAIN RESULT?
Is the Famous kansan a Jewell
in His Line?
EXPERIMENTING IN MUsCATINE

The Process Employed n Secret. bpt a Sim
pie one-The Erroneous Impression as
to the Use of Explosives Chemicals and
Gas Used to Make the Heavens Weep =
- Suc,ass
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07


Mr. Jewels operations have been
Invariably crowned with success 50
far. and he is sanguine that his trial
in this locality will be no exception.
He il tends to remain on the island
five DAYS. that being the limit of his
longest stay at any one point and
will persist in his operations until 4
rainfall is produced, which usually
occurs within 4S hours after the time
he begins to work.
1t was in response to the request
of G. b. Vail and other prominent
growers of the luscious melon that
Mr.. Jewell was ordered to Muscatine,
coming direct from Chickasaw. In
dian territory, which place he left
Thur day afternoon, after preciptat-
ing four inches of rain within 80
hours Among the towns previously
visited was Duncan, |. T., where
nine months of uninterrupted
drouth drove the residents al
most to destruction. Five days
labor there brought a copious dis
charge from the seemingly parched
skies and so delighted were the peo-
people that they presented Mr.. jew
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
Notice.

The board of education of Rock
Island has for sale new issue of }
per cent school bonds, one of the SAT-
est investments that is to be found at
this time. Apply to
j. +. ROBINSON. Pres.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
SEPTEMBER JURORS.
Two Panels Drawn Today to Serve in the
Circuit Court.


The following panels of jurymen
were drawn today to serve at the Sep
TENDER term of the circuit court:
First Panel.
Canoe Creek-Eugene Sheppard.
Coe-George Bruner.
Port Bvron-Lewis Colgrove.
ampton-Henry Benks. Jr
South Moline-R II. Trevor, Erick
Drava. w. c. Wilson. George Bus
tard, John Dierks.
Moline-W. II. Hillhouse. Sam
Gibson, B. Johnson, j. A. Tolen,
Charles Goodwine. Gust Danelson, j.
NJ. Frey, NJ. Olsen. Charles Grant,
". Dohrn, Jacob Ha@er, NJ. Domain.
Rock Island-Thomas Downing.
Henry Fisher, Gilmore Blakesley, F.
Bloomquist, J. Spellman, q. Fastet,
Paul Ramser. b. Winter.
South Rock Island-John Kay.
Coal Valley-John Lees.
Rural-A. j. Simmons, Long
Woods.
Edgington-JameS Dougherty.
Buffalo Prairie-Nick Lenz, Martin
Thomas.
Second Panel.
Moline-C. A. johnson, Ellsworth
Mapes. j. MeerSman, Henry Reese,
Gust Erickson, Fred Grip, W. NJ.
Goldsworth. Myron Jordan, f. b.
McKecver. John Cheney. G. H.
Chase. j. NJ. Murray. John Haline,
j. II. Miller, Charles Peterson. c. A.
Lindbel o.
Rock Island-Frank Newcomb,
Frank Eckhart, Thomas Davis, Hugh
Murray. Fred Anderson. Charles
Lergquist. o. NJ. Reaugh, Lafayette
Cameron, G. Miller, H. Goetake, Dan
Corken. Charles Case. Louis Mosen
fielder. Gust Klotz. August Newquist.
South Rock Melvin Nc
KAY. W. H. SandersOn.
Black Hawk-Samuel NJ. Johnston.
Bowling-J. l.. Martin.
Buffalo Prairie-H. Degall.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07
No Success Thus Far.

Upto date Mr.. Jewell has not hurt
the feelings of the clerk of the wealth
er sufficiently to cause any weeping
on the part of the elements. There
was Commute shower at Muscatine
Saturday morning, but Jewell claims
no credit for that.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-07

ell with a testimonial in which they
expressed their grateful appreciation.
Phillipsburg, Kan, was visited twice
and rainfall of % and Il inches,
respectively, was the result. At
Liberal, near the border of No Mans
Land, be brought down splendid
rain. and at Sugden 2 inches fell.
Three rains in five days was the
record at Goodland and Jennings,
Kan, while at Mankato, Madura,
Dodge City and Pratt, equal good
luck attended his efforts.
Mr.. Jewell is an intelligent young
man of 80 wears who is a devoted
student of meteorology, as might be
supposed, and his charming wife,
who accompanies him on all eXpedi-
tions. is deeply interested in his
unique and useful work.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-06-17
Especial Chicago Correspondence

Especial Chicago Correspondence
The beautiful weather of the past
few days has done much for the great
fair. People have beer able to get out
without umbrellas and wraps, and a
trip to jackson park has become some
thing more like a pleasure than it has
been heretofore since the opening. The
effect upon the receipts at the fair gates
has been to nearly double the daily ad-
missions, a fact which affords the fnan-
ciers of the great enterprise much salts
faction.
The tide of traffic may now be said to
have fairly set in. and should the
weather continue favorable the daily
attendance will soon put the exposition
on something like a paying footing.
To judge from the number of persons
who are to be seen on the grounds each
day a casual observer would suppose
the gate receipts to be much larger
than they really are, but there is a
force of several thousands of workmen,
and a population of several thousands
more who are domiciled permanently
within the Enclosure, SO the size of
the crowd is no guide in estimating the
number of paid admissions. Besides
there are the press representatives and
favored individuals in other professions
who have passes. Altogether there are
a great many non-paying visitors who.
while they help to swell the crowd, do
not contribute very materially to the
financial success of the enterprise.
There is some danger that people at a
distance who have been influenced by
the newspaper reports of the incom-
pleteness of the fair may make a mis-
take in deferring too long their con-
templated visits. 1t may be deemed
wise to remain away until all the ex-
hibits are installed and everything put
to rights, but there will be some dis
comfort consequent upon such a course.
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Cures

Fourteen years ago
I had an attack OF the
gravel, and since have
been very seriously
troubled with my liver
o M kidneys. Three
years ago I got down
SO low that 4 could
~ceIy walk. I
looked more like .
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-06-17

When there is a daily attendance of
from two to five hundred thousand peo-
pie, as there will doubtless be in another
month, there will be much greater in
convenience in getting about than there
is at present. A great many country
people are planning to come after their
seasons work is done and they can
leave their homes without interrupting
the necessary application of their per-
sonal attention to their crops. This
will have a tendency to create a jam at
the fair during the latter part of the
season which does not now exist. 1t
would be advisable, therefore, for those
who can come now to do SO and thus
secure greater comfort and convenience
in viewing the wonders of the MAN.
moth exhibition. AS for the present
condition of the exhibits it can be stated
that with the exception of a number of
foreign displays in the Manufactures,
Agricultural and Machinery buildings
they are all in place, and those as yet
unfinished will be ready in a few days.
The principal attractions of late have
been the opening of some of the state
ind foreign buildings, among the latter
being the formal reception of visitors at
the palatial quarters of Germany at the
fair. The educational display of the
Germans is very extensive and beautiful
beyond description in some of its de-
tails. The massive structure occupies a
prominent position on the lake front
just north of the Fisheries building,
and is made conspicuous by its archi-
tectual grandeur. just opposite, and
standing alone, as if in symbolism of
its independence among the nations, is
h representative structure of Eng
land-Victoria hall. This building is
not as notable for it's dimensions as for
its neat and artistic appearance, and
both its interior and exterior are highly
complimentary to the skill and taste of
British workmen.
Among the state buildings recently
thrown open to the public is that of the
hostal state-IllinoiS In this hand
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-06-17
Sweets to the Sweet.

The poor little Esquimau children at
the fair have suffered from too much
kindness. In Iceland, where the Esqui-
maux live, there are no sugar at all or
any sweet things. And until they were
brought to Chicago the children had
never seen a piece of candy nor as much
as heard of a peanut. But everybody
who visits the Esquimau village is sure
to give the funny little snub-nosed tod
dlers a stick of candy or something else
that is sweet. And, not long ago, there
was not a well baby at the fair, Just on
account of the things which the Wis
itors gave them to eat If people keep
on feeding the children candy out OF
their handbags and cakes from their
lunch baskets, a woman is to stand
near by and tell every one that candy
makes the children sick and please not
to give them any.
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THE COINS.
Not Sufficient Demand for Them to Make
1t Pay to Counterfeit Them.

Not Sufficient Demand for Them to Make
1t Pay to Counterfeit Them.
Although such a loud cutlery was
raised just after the Columbian half
dollars were issued about the possibili-
ty of counterfeiting them, no word has
reached the treasury department of
even an attempt at counterfeiting. OF
course if a counterfeiter could work
undisturbed he could make a handsome
profit reproducing the coins Just as they
are made at the mint. They contain
thirty-nine cents worth of silver and
they sell for one dollar. But, accord
ing to the Washington Star, the worlds
fair people have had such a hard time
trying to get rid of them at the market
rate, that possibly the counterfeiters
feel discouraged. AS none have been
sold at less than one dollar. they could
not put limitations into the market at a
cut rate without exciting suspicion.
And the public does not seem to be
hankering very much for Columbian
half dollars at one dollar each.
Only one attempt has been made to
initiate the e silver coins, so far as is
known in the secret service Office, and
that M was hardly worth considering.
A very poor imitation of the new quar-
ter dollar has been received. It is evil
IDENTIFY the work of one of the sporadic
counterfeiters who make half a dozen
coins at a time in a plaster paris mold.
1t is not to be feared.
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some structure, whose interior and con-
tents are a great credit to them the
people Of the Sucker state have just
cause for pride. Such an extensive and
beautiful array of implements and
products as were never before displayed
by the commonwealth bears convincing
evidence that the Prairie state is up
with the world in the arts and sciences
as well as in the bountiful products of
her soil One feature of the building
that commands especial attention is a
beautiful grotto and aquarium which
occupies a prominent position in the
main hall. This splendid piece of work
represents one of the natural beauties
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-06-17

of the state, and all who behold it pro-
nounce it a wonderful production.
Other state buildings which contain
objects of rare interest are those of Cal
ifornia and Washington. In the former
are exhibits of bottled fruits that are
luscious enough in appearance to keep
ones teeth in a constant state of inun-
dalton. On every hand are pyramids of
golden globes of fruit, pagodas con-
structed of beans and grain of all
kinds, and high up in the central por-
ton of the building is a man on horse
back, of prodiglous size, composed of
choice dried fruits of various kinds.
The mining interests are also largely
represented, there being in great pro-
fusion rich specimens of gold-bearing
rock and quartz and mineral ores in
great variety.
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Thibodaux Sentiuel.
POPULAR MYTHS.

The Origin of Some widely-Accepted Sto-
ries and Legends.
The boy of to-day lives In a practical
age, which not only laughs at supersti-
ton by establishing clubs which dine
on Friday, the 18th of the month and
sit down thirteen at the table, but not
content with dealing with the super
stition of the day, has discredited many
Of the legends which have survived for
years and were regarded as historical.
We have all known the sorrow occa-
stoned by our awakening to the fact
that Santa Claus was a myth, and
Christmas has never been quite the
same since we discovered it, put now
how has the list grown.
William Tell, the Wandering Jew,
the dog Gilbert, the Man in the Moon,
st. George and the Dragon, Lohengrin
and the Swan and many others have
been demolished, and even Joan of Arc
and Shakespeare have been attacked,
while a clever Frenchman has printed
= well-constructed argun.ent to the
effect that Napoleon was a mytholog-
ica character.
Al oAa ooAoh II DuAloh Y .
tell wonderful tales of the markham
ship of their bowmen, all having the
William Tell incident Of a father shoot
ing an apple or a nut from his sons
head as the final test of skill. In the
old Morse sagas the same story appears
again and again with many variations,
so we no longer credit Tell with the
achievement, as we know that it was
an old, old story long before the time
when Tell was said to have performed
it.
The story of Gellert. the faithful
hound, was probably derived from the
Persians, who, in turn, had translated
il from the Sanscrit, Pantschatantra,
made about A. D.. $40. In this story a
Brahmin woman left her little son in
company with an ichneumon, while she
went to fill her water-jar.
In her absence a snake crept in and
tried to bite the child, but the ichneu-
mon interfered and tore the snake in
pieces, and then sailed forth all bloody
to lave itself in the pool, but the won.
an returning met the creature covered
with blood, and quickly concluding
that it had killed her child she cast her
water-jar at it and killed it. only to
discover her mistake when it. was too
late.
So many versions of this story abound
in SO many lands hat it is probable
that it was only the old legend which
was localized and individualized in
Wales.
The Wandering Jew and the Flying
Dutchman have long since been traced
to the same source. st. George and the
Dragon had been antedated by Sieg-
fried's fight with Fafnir and the story
of Perseus and Andromeda is in all es-
sential particulars the same as that of
the Cappadocian saint.
Mermaids, witches, sprites, ghosts
and gnomes now meet with so little
credence that it is to be feared that the
time will soon come when there will
be no more fairy tales, no COLLINS to
terrify and nc good fairies to reward
the children of this prosaic age.-Bos-
ton Globe.
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CRANkS AT THE FAIR.
Some Queer Samples Of Human Nature
Now on View In Cqicago.

NOW On view IN SulcASOs
AS we expected, the fair has at
tracted the indigenous and numerous
American cranks as well as foreign
persons with mental and moral
crotchets. These, and also youthful
geniuses, have ~besieged, personally
and by letter, the ways and means
committee.
A few examples, as cited by the
Century Magazine, will indicate how
much of human nature as it really is
will not be on exhibition at the fair.
An American was early in the field with
a divine revelation of the site which
had been foreordained for the fair
when the foundations of the world
were laid, and an Englishman has de-
sired to be put on exhibition as the
Messiah.
Two boys of respectable parentage"
in western New York have offered to
walk to Chicago, and to camp on the
exposition grounds with the purpose of
illustrating the life of tramps, and of
lecturing on its vicissitudes. Another
boy of sixteen recommended that a
number of Observation-Disclosures photo
graphs fixed to repeat amusing fish
stories might be placed in the. Fish
cries building and about the grounds;
he urged that a royalty on the sugges-
ton would help his widowed mother.
An enterprising dealer in cosmetics
asked for space to exhibit an old
woman, one-half Of whose face was to
be smoothed out with his preparation
and the remainder left with its mortal
wrinkles until the end of the fair,
when he would smooth out the other
half in the presence of the multitude.
The parents of a ~'favorite orator" of
six years offered his services as intro
Queer of the chief orator at the dedica-
tory ceremonies, which would, they
thought, lend emphasis to the porten-
tous Importance of the occasion. A
mathematician asked for standing room
where he might show the world how to
square the circle.
Out of Indiana came a solver of uer-
petual motion; he was informed that
space could not be allotted for the ex-
hibition of an idea, SO he would have to
bring on his machine; later he informed
the committee that his self-feeding
engine. which had beer running a sew
ing machine, had unfortunately broken
down, but the principal remained the
same"
A Georgian asked for a concession to
conduct a cockpit; and another son of
the south knew Of a colored child which
was an anatomical wonder, and could
be had by stealing it from its mother;
for a reasonable sum he was willing to
fill the Office of a kidnaper. Innumera-
BILE freaks of nature have been ten
dered, and the pretty English barmaid
has in several instances inclosed her
photograph with an offer of assistance
to the fair.
A very serious offer came from a
Spaniard, who had been Disguised with
the weak attempts to give bull. fights
in Paris during the recent exposition.
He offered to fill the brutal void at the
Columbian fair if he could be assured
the privilege of producing the spectacle
with all his real and genuine circum-
stances"