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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
KNOWLEDGE

p.rcs comfort and improvement and
I pI to personal enjoyment when
s.JI.Iv used. The many, who live bet
I t5an others and enjoy life more, with
expenditure, by more promptly
is,tinG the worlds best products to
Z needs of physical being, will attest
rsIue to health of the pure liquid
E,.tive principles embraced in the
nsdv, Syrup of Figs.
'T T.. excellence is due to its presenting
/. Inc form most acceptable and pleas
!, "a n the taste, the refreshing and truly
Srsfcial properties of a perfect lax
.; I eifectually cleansing the system,
s,,eIIinr colds, headaches and fevers
III permanently curing constipation.
/. has given satisfaction to millions and
~ with the approval of the medical
.-.,isssion. because it acts on the Kid
~. Liver and Bowels without weak
,,i1r them and it is perfectly free from
,Tsrv Objectionable substance.
srrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
-.-s in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man.
.ar-prad by the California Fig Syrup
n only. whose name is printed on every
,,kagt. also the name, Syrup of Figs,
m being well informed, you will not
.,ep. any substitute if offered.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
! to Women Voting
(bbiiu lry.

The sad news was received in the
city today by w. j. Kahlkc. announc-
ing the death at Carbonate. Kan.
of NJ ID. Merrill, an old and well
known former resident of this city,
death being due to paralysis. De
ceased was about'65 years of age and
leaves a widow and n son and daug-
ter, F. j. Merrill and Mrs. c. +.
Hawley, both of Topeka. Kan. Mr..
Merrill was sheriff of Rock Island
county some 80 years ago. and later
was claim agent and right-of-way
agent of the C.. b. & Q. He it was
who secured the right-of-way for the
old Rockford, Rock Island II St.
Louis railway. He had a great many
friends among old time citizens here
who will grieve at his demise. The re-
mains will arrive here on Wednes-
day morning and be taken to the
residence of Mr.. Kahlke. and the flu
neral held from there to the First
Baptist church at 10 o'clock the same
mOrninU.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
NXnrId,s Eair Visitors.

II. b. Stoddard and wife spent
SUNDAY in the Worlds fair city.
NJ. f. Sweeney and wife have re-
turned from their sojourn ut the
Worlds fair.
Thomas F. Learv left last night for
Chicago on n short visit to the
Worlds fair.
T. j. Murray spent Saturday and
Sunday in Chicago taking in the Der
by and Worlds fair.
DR.. Bartholomew and family left
today for the Worlds fair city to visit
some days at the exposition.
Mai. Alex Mackenzie. Capt. and
Mrs. Thompson, Lieut.. and Mrs.
Judson. Miss Mackenzie and Miss
Buford returned from the Worlds
fair last night:
A party composed of Mrs. De
Santo. Miss DeSanto, the Misses
Montgomery, of Milan, and Miss
Cozad, of Reynolds, went to Chicago.
where they will visit the World :
fair.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26

The Pittsburg went north.
The 10 Long passed down.
The Verne Swain made her regular
appearance.
The Silver Crescent went up with
an excursion.
The Musser brought down 16
strings of logs.
The stage of the water'at noon was
$50; the temperature was so.
j. G.. Parke went up the river with
two office boats and dredge boat.
The Inverness, Silver Crescent, 10
Long and r. j. Wheeler went up
stream.
The Josephine and Verne Swain
each brought down rival excursions
from Clinton yesterday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
Stoves a Source OF danger.

The hard coal stoves While in one
way very comfortable, keeping room
at an even temperature all the time
are, in ignorant hands. a source of
serious danger. If the drafts are not
properly turned, the carbonic acid and
sulphurous fumes may pour into the
room, and in sleeping room may
smother the sleepers before they are
aware of their danger. Three per
cent of carbonic acid gas in the air of
a room is fatal to animal life. and a
large-sized base-burner will not take
long to supply this percentage in Il
close room. Such stoves should al
ways be carefully watched and never
handled save by experienced persons
Loco a pretty plant, something like Il
vetch in appearance, with white, purple
and red flowers. 1t grows IN the southwest
and takes its name from a Mexican word
meaning mad
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
TOMORROW'S ELECTION.
Little Interest Taken in the Contest for
School Directors.

school Directors.
Tomorrow occurs the annual cleo
ton for two members of the school
board. the retiring members being
DR.. G. Bernhard and ID. j. Sears
Both have positively and emphatic
ally declined to run again, and not
withstanding the pressure brought
to bear on DR.. Bernhard in particu-
lar, he has firmly declined to be con-
sidered candidate under any cir
cumstanceS.
There is probably less interest sur
rounding the election than has been
shown for some years. There have
been but two formal announcements
of candidates made and they have
been named by the American
Protective association. 1t is un-
questionably due to the acrimonv
that this organization has unreason-
ably thrown into the school elections
in recent wears in its determination
to defeat citizens who had made
capable school directors and who
were opposed merely because they
were not members of the order. that
mas caused puDllc interest In the elec-
tions to lag and has therefore brought
about a state of affairs greatly to be
deplored. In fact the school election
has dcgenerated to that point where
citizens who naturally take an in
terest in the schools decline to be
considered candidates in a contest
with an association whose mberS
90 to the polls and plump for candi-
dates adopted in secret meetings and
whose only aim in getting into con-
troll of the schools is to pursue a dis
eliminating policy with reference to
teachers whom they consider disqual-
flied because. of their faith.
.isto Women Voting.
A meeting is to he held at the city
council chamber this evening for the
purpose of talking over the legal
rights of women at the polls tomor-
row. States Attorney Searle is TO be
present. Mr.. Scarle gives it a his
opinion that unnaturalized married
women are legally qualified voters at
tomorrow : election, provided their
husbands are citizens of the United
States. and provided further. that
they be p years of age and have re
sided in tho ITnitp1 States five wears
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
POWER AND LIGHT.
A 100000 Company to Pro-
vide Both.
A NEW TRI-CITY CORPORATION

To Purchase the Gas and Brush Electric
Plants in Rock Island, Erect a Big Station
and Go Into Business for All There is In
1.-THE Main ONCE to be Here
a new corporation which promises
tobring to the trI-cities the benefits
of outside capital has been COM
pleted in the organization of the Tri-
City Power and Light company.
The business association thus formed
under the laws of Illinois. starts with
a capital stock of $500, 900, and its
contamination is the outcome of the
energetic work to which II. H. Mac
Mullan, local manager of the Brush
company, has been devoting himself
since coming to Rock Island to as
sumo charge of his company's inter
ests here. 1t will be remembered
that soon after assuming control of
the plant of the Rock Island County
Brush Electric Light company on the
purchase by the parent company of
Cleveland. Mr.. Macmillan bought the
Rock Island Gas works and consoli-
dated the two Illuminating enter
prises. The joint corporations then
purchased of the Riley estate
the lot 210x150 feet AT the corner of
Seventeenth street and First ave
nue., on which it is planned to
erect Il handsome cOmmodiOuS fire
proof power plant, from which it is
proposed eventually to furnish the
company's patrons in the three cities
with light and power in any quanti-
tv they NAV desire. For the present
the two sides of the river will he con-
Quoted separately. The new tri-
city company purchases the property
franchises. etc. OF the Brush COM
pany in Rock Island. together, of
course, with its wires leading to Mo-
line. which gives il many desirable
advantages and Il promising outlook
in Rock Island and Moline to start
with, which with the property OF the
Davenport Power and Light company
gives ii a good foothold in Daven-
port.
The company will endeavor to en-
tend the field OF operations to point
where its consumption OF gas and
electric light will warrant Il reduc-
ton all around to the consumer. and
thus in another way will the people
of the three cities reap the benefit of
the investments of outside capital
The Composition of the Company.
The company is composed of men
of experience in electrical matters.
who have recognized the merits OF
this locality a promising field for
investment, and they have come here
backed by their own money. For
president. the company has B. T.
sunny, of Chicago. western manager
of the Edison General Electric COM
pany; for vice-president, 5. NJ. Ham
i'll, of Cleveland, o., general manager
of the Brush Electric company; for
secretary r. II. Macmillan, man
aoer of the Brush Electric companys
Rock Island branch; and for treas
urer. William Mullen, president OF
the Davenport Power * Light COM
pany. With :. A. Douglass. man
arer of the Chicago branch of the
Brush company. and b. f. Watson.
of St. Louis. an electrician of eX-
periencc and means. the officers con-
stitute the board OF directors.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
THE SANiTARlUM.
The New Medical Partnership secures its
Leases

Leases
The medical partnership in which
Drs. Craig, Carter and Bernhard
have Joined. rs heretofore stated. with
n view to bringing into the practice
of their profession the best advan-
tares of modern science and skill.
and which has existed since June J..
has completed all arrangements for
taking possession of the room now
occupied by the Harper house bill
lard room with entrance on Nine
teenth street. together with the for
mer barber shop and bath rooms, for
with. the leases having all been
signed. The plans are in the hands
of Architect Stauduhar and con-
template the conversion of the rooms
secured into Il modern sanltarium
with all the latest scientific appli-
ances and adjuncts, the plan being
to make provision in addition to con-
sultation offices. for extra rooms for
treatment by massage. electricity
and also arrangements for medical
baths. The baths will include cleo
trio. electrothermal, hot air and
Turkish, with a complete equipment
and skillful attendants. The appli-
ances for the examination and treat
ment of patients viii be in all re-
spects equal to the best.
The physicians who have thus asso-
ciated will be able to give
patients the benefit not only of their
combined knowledge, experience and
skill but of the valuable scientific
adjuncts to be provided. The part
nership of Craig, Carter and Bern
hardi is to be credited with having
made a distinct advancement in med
zeal practice and science, in pro-
viding this sanitarium. 1t is expected
to have it in operation by Aug. l.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26

have good variety Of slender
crystal vases, just the thing to help
in home decoration. Flowers look
their best in these shapes and ware.
Prices, 50, Al, 81 and SO cents
Glasses of all styles for the table.
Special shapes for lemonade, for iced
tea, for ices. etc. Table tumblers
from 80 cents per dozen up.
Lemonade straws, lemonade shak-
ers. Big stone jars for people who
want to keep ice that way.
Fruit jars and jelly glasses.
G.. M. LOOSELY
China, Glass and Lamps.
1908 Second Avenue
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
Bargains.

Our midsummer clearing sale in
the millinery department will begin
Tuesday, June "a. and continue un-
til all lots are sold. Trimmed hats
at about one-half their former price,
and all other millinery goods in pro-
portion. Respectfully
j. II. c. PETERsEN's Sons,
Davenport, Ia.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
A Long Is ora.

A discussion concerning the longest
word used in the English language
has recalled to one of the participants
that s'disesta Observation-Disclosures" was
used by many English and Irish news
papers at the time Of the stablish-
mspt Of the Irish church about 1871.
and found its way into the house Of
commons.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
Glass! Glass!
BROS.

are just opening a lot of glassware
which should attract immediate at
tention.
Jelly glasses, third or half pints,
best quality metal tops. 1!c each,
1Sc dozen.
Plain, thin, clear tumblers &c each.
Engraved handles ditto &c.
Thin wine and cordial glasses. as
sorted sizes, Sc.
Wine goblets Sc and &c.
Water goblets. plain. at 4c;
banded, sc.
Many other glass goods at 80 to 60
per cent below value.
We have secured the exclusive
agency for Rock Island county of the
SAMUEL WARD COMPANY
WRITING PAPERS.
the finest of their kind in the coun-
try, which we shall offer al prices
much below any heretofore named
for these goods. Complete lines of
box papetries, paper by the quire
and tablets.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26

To Purchase the Gas and Brush Electric
Plants in Rock Island, Erect a Big station
and Go Into Business for All There is In
1.-THE Main ONCE to be Here
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
bso. F. Roth. r. 4, Donaldson
Roth & DOlaldSOl'S
Real Estate
AND
LAND EXCHANGE.

hrou contemplate buying, selling
T changing residence or business
|2ropcrty, it will positively pay you
70 cal, on us, as we constantly have
large list of desirable property on
1r looks to select from and we can
apply your wants promptly. We
also have number of choice lots in
a. parts of the city and will under
hke to build number of houses for
oOr customers on terms very greatly
10 their advantage.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-26
Only the Best.
MCCABE BROS.
prices are always the lowest. They
propose to sell the best goods even at
a lower price than inferior grades are
offered. In
Law, It>t Err

no one can afford to buy the inferior
makes. Recent advices enable us to
break the combination prices. We
will sell for this week
Lawn mowers. 12in cut, at S2.37
Lawn mowers. Hin cut. at 2.S5
Lawn mowers. 16in cut. at 3.47
Lawn mowers. 1Sin cut. at AS
A big new line of shirt waists just
received.
Ladies' shirt waists 25c and up,
which are going like hot cakes.
In connection with our immense
big line of new corsets, we place on
sale Monday morning 40 dozen sum-
mer corsets at 25c each. The great
est value of the year.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-09-01
N.-A
Starch Versus Heat.

There is warm place in the hearts Of his
fellow Americans for Any statesman who
shall secure the adoption Of q permanent ia
ternal revenue tax Of aay $40 . pound on
starch in all forms not edible. A device OF
this sort has driven the Louisiana lottery out
of business, and 1t is an open question wheth
er starch as used in clothing, at least mems
clothing, is not more subtle, pervading and
pernicious evil than lottery tickets. Prom An
aesthetic point Of view 1t is, Of course, . cardi
nal sin for which no penance 10 in this life I'D
equate. From the moralist's point Of view
the otfense is nearly as great, for the sam Of
wickedness, superinduced BY ssarched linen
through the irritation Of the nerves whom the
linen is stiff and the utter loss Of self respect
and self control when the linen Is "broken
down" by tho internal heats Of our inexeasa-
BILE climate, is not easily calculated.
Add to this the proved hygienic ills due to
clothing tue human form, and especially the
import ant organs of the thorax and the sen.
sitive nerves in The region Of the neck, IN
fabrics that alternate between rigidity and
pulpy humidity. and the inherent unworthi-
ness of starch for the use Of Intelligent human
beings is established.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-09-01
Feminine Fancies.

A woman's riding club in California
will not use the side saddle.
Mrs Ju'ia Cummings, aged III years
of Red Bank, n. j., has son 81 years
old.
The Eton jacket is one of the most
absufd-looking things in the world
before a pretty girl puts it on.
The daily four-horse stage between
Princeton and Fleetwood, Pennsylvania,
is driven by Miss Levan, girl of 16.
The wives Of Siamese noblemen have
their hair cut snapper" fashion. 1t
stands up straight and fierce about an
inch long.
The three daughters of J. D. Mitch
ell, who live near Taladega. Alabama,
were recently married on the same day
to three young men.
The Queen Of Italy has founded a
society for the reforming Of ragged
street children. They are to be taken
from the gutter and taught some USE
full trade
The sentence Of a New York court
one day last week in case where the
prisoner, married man, was arrested
for kissing strange woman, was to
kiss his own wife. The man readily
responded to the sentence, and he and
his wife left the court locked in each
others arms.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-09-01
"Father Winter"

The chamber has lost an original character
in the person of NJ. de Caste, deputy for Brest
He was simple, honest fello W and enjoyed
the esteem not only Of his colleagues of the
LEFT, but also of his adversaries on the Right.
He made himself celebrated by his everlast-
ing fur coat, which he wore in all seasons and
which earned for him the same Of Pere Hiv-
er. He was likewise irreverently called
L'Homme> Obi n on account Of his shagg'
hair and whiskeIs, which he allowed to gros
in wild confusion and make him look like Z
skye terrier. His umbrella, his hat and par
ticularly the cut of his clothes also rendered
him famous. His colleagues smiled, but lik-
ed him none the less for his eccentricities.
He had one great day in the chamber
when as doyen d'age in the place Of N. Pierre
Blanc, who was unwell, he presided over the
first sitting Of the session. On that occasion
he delivered a speech in which he embraced
every political question under the san, and
might have gone OH occupying the house tall
doomsday had he not found it suddenly eup-
ty. He was most assiduous, arriving the
first and leaving the last. He was born in
1911 and was originally civil engineer Of
thesdrst class. Unlike most Of his repabli
can colleagues, he was a stanch Catholic.
Every day, as regular as clockwork, he
would mount the tribune and bring forward
some unexpected motion, which, much to his
sorrow, was invariably shelved. Once, how
ever, his motion was passed, and nobody was
more surprised than himself. or later years
he took to female emancipation and attended
the meetings of the strong minded sisterhood,
to which two of his daughters belong At
home in his native Brittany he was beloved
by all for his generosit! and the pleasure be
took in doing service to his fellow countrymen
His curious figure will long be remembered.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-09-01
The Mortgage.

We worked through spring and winter, through
summer and through fall
But the mortgage worked the hardest and
tho steadfastest Of all.
1t worked on nights and Sundays, it worked
each holiday,
away.
Whatever we kept from it seemed always ,
theft:
1t watched us every minute, and ruled us
right and left;
The rus. and blight were with US sometimes
and slmetimes not
The dark -b.owed, scow ling mortgage was for
ever on the spot.
Wei as came
The mortgage all forever, ealing hearty all
The same.
1t nailed up every window, stood guard at ev
cry door,
And happiness and sunshine made their home
with us no more.
Till with failing crops and sickness we got
stalled upon the grade,
And there came a dark day on when the in
terest was not paid;
And there came a sharp foreclosure and the
farm was chelply sold.
The children left and scattered, when they
hardly yet were grown.
My wife she pined and pelished, and | found
myself alone.
What she died of was mystery the doctors
never knew
But knew she died of mortgage just as well
as | wanted to.
Ifto trace hidden sorrow We're within doc
tors art,
They'd ha' found mortgage lying on thai
woman's broken heart.
Worm or beetle, drought or tempest, Oil d
farmers land may fall,
But for first class ruination, trust mortgage
'gainst them all.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-09-01
Selett Misfellanq.
Peculiar People.

Cali the world is queer but thee aud
ME, Rachel, and the is little peculiar"
said an old Quaker to his wife. The
good Friend, with the shrewdness of
his sect, and in its quaint simplicity OF
dictlon formulated truth universal a.
it is practically unacknowledged.
We all know peculiar people, and
wonder at them, and in our own little
private courts Of judgment pronoune
verdict against them. There is the
woman who, never having seen you be-
fore, gives you in five minutes after in
PRODUCTION a rapid and comprehensive
sketch Of her career, past and present,
with future expectations and plans
added thereto, rides his religious or
political hobby, and dogma'ically pre-
scribes adhensIon to his views as the
one thing requisite to make all mankind
perfect. Then there are those who are
color blind, mentally as we'll AS physi-
cally, and whose inharmonious ideas
are as discordant as the glaring incon-
grulties of their attire.
But it is not those whom many join
in condemning, not the truly eccentric,
the gro esquely odd, of whom we are
now speaking, but rather Of those who
differ from our preconceived notions of
their characters, or from our own stand.
ards and admired acquaintance often
startle or wound US by revelation Of
traits which we never dreamed that
they possessed and We cry out, allow
peculiar forgetting that, in our turn,
We probably give just such surprising
glimpses of our own inconsistent ma
tures,and cause others to wonder at our
peculiarities. We exclaim, and believe
that we honesty desire it.
80 wad soma power the gif.ie gle
To oursel's as others see u.s."
But were our wish granted, were some
unwise and over frank being to give US
our portrait with Photographic fidelity,
we would shrink as we do from some of
those unfla.terlng negatives which
might take the vanity out Of Narcissus
himself.
We must take different point OF
view from the Quaker. Not until we
90 little deeper into tie well where
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-09-01

Truth hides herself can we learn the
right lesson and make allowances Every
one is peculiar" to some one else, and
the wisest plan is to arrive at the con-
clusion reached bv two intimate friends
who, in the seclusion of their sewing
room, were discussing their neighbors.
Neither was a gossip, nevertheless a
mild species Of dissection wss in opera
ton, when one of them merrlly exclaim-
ed, I'VE find so many oddities in people
whom every one else accepts as common
place that it must be we who are pecu-
liar.
The old proverb will not fit the case
1t is precisely because We do not live in
glass houses, and our motives and
springs of action are SO obscure, even
to ourselves, because we are not and
cannot be transparent, that we must
refrain from casting the first stone We
must cease to think and speak of pecu-
liar people, and take our friends as we
do our tlowers-discreetly avoiding the
sharp points, and enjoying their beauty
and sweetness for
with all its thOrns the rose
Is more than any flower that blows
-Harper's Bazar.