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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
A SPECIAL DRIVE.

"A special drives pieces Navy, fancy Storm
Serge, 81 inches wide, just the thing to make
skirts to wear with shirt waists. soc a yard while
they last.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
To be Given Away
E25 FREE


We have placed in each
box containing So in United bank which
given to the opening the box. The give
keys is simply this: With CASH PURCHASE dol
lar or pick key choose.
containing the exhibition stores
The key that will open among
welknown business that
with it, The more KEYS the chances
getting the money The boxes will beopened between Novem
Der 10 and 15 Now don't think advanced the
prices Shoes for such is case are selling
shoes just as cheap Remember the place
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

Continued fair and warm weather
very little change in temperature
southerlv winds.
F. j. WALL, Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Compliment to Rock Island.

Messrs. Van SAINT and Fitzpat-
rick. who are arranging for the eN-
cursion from Peoria and intermediate
points along the r. L. L. p. road on
that day have gotten out a very at
tractive souvenir of Rock Island.
which is referred to as city of
10000 population, being the lumber
metropolis of the Mississippi valley,
as well as being to the front of the
manufacturing communities of the
west. The city is alluded to as one
whose history is full of supreme in
terest. The fact that the first bridge
spanning the Mississippi was built
here, the first railroad reached the
river here, and the first locomotive,
the first gas plant, first street rail
way, and first waterworks in the
state outside of Chicago are all cred
tied to Rock Island. The many
points of general interest, ETC.. are
treated in an intelligent and enter
tanning manner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17


The annual appropriations for new
buildings and building improve
ments in that time will reach xl5O,-
O1O.
Teachers Assigned.
On recommendation of the COM
mite on teachers the following as
signment of teachers in schools be-
low the High school, was approved,
the figures indicating the grades to
be taught by the several teachers,
the first named person with each
building being the principal:
Building No. IL. &. Dougherty.
9; Mary f. Entrikin, s; Harriet f.
Henderson. z; Julia NJ. Anderson. q:
Sarah b. Hitler, 6; Mary l.. Long.
D; Lucy II. Coyne. 4; Natalie +.
Thompson, 5; Dora Hartz, and 2:
Achsah Crane. ,; Emily Freeman. /.
Building No. 2-Randeline Rcqua,
4; Bella F. Cooke, 3; Harriet A. Jenk-
ins, ?: Margaret Repine, /.
Building No. MARY Platt, 9: Lon
j. Philip. 9; odessa Wakefield. s:
Mary J.. Carter, 4; Mrs. Jessie l..
Liston. and 6. Lucy A. TAYLOR. 6;
Mrs. l.. NJ. Copp, 5: Anna y. John
son. and 4; Mary Wood. and s:
Emma r. Churchill. 3; Emelie II.
DeSanto. 2; Bride NJ. Fgan, and /;
AIDA +. Muse, !.
Building No Sarah johnson. 8:
Isabelle NJ. Doonan. Z: Dora T.. New.
ton, 6: Lena Hinderer, b; Augusta
Crawford, /: Frances Oswald. s: Jen-
ME l.. Wilcox. 9; Nora German. ].
Building No. 6-Annie Kirkpat.
rick. 9; Nina G. Bowen, 5: Mrs. Ids
W. Lundy. z; Leonora Witherspoon
&; Anna Bennett. ): Elizabeth q
Stelck. 4: Anna +. Bromley. 5: Char
lotte kenworthy, 9; NJ. Lula Carl
ton, /.
Building No. "A. Laura Hill.
and s; Carl &. Taylor. Z: Mrs. Mar,
Dewey. 6; Jessie Il. Prick, 5: Clar:
NJ. Levey. 4; Daisy l.. Hardy. s: Mary
Murphy. ,, Marie +. Simmon. /.
Margaret j. Wilson, assistant il
Nos. 4, 3. 6 and Z.
In the assignment of teachers two
additional rooms are added to No. :.
by reason of the abolition o. the
Thirty-eighth street school. Will,
the consolidation of schools and
at the new No. will require /:
rooms, whereas the two old building
separately conducted last year had /:
total of 10 rooms. The board cling,
to its foolish notion of havinr'th,
board rooms and superintendent.
Office in the new building.
Other Board Proceedings.
1t was ordered in pursuance of tn,
recommendation OF the committe,
that the desks for an additional room
in the No. building be purchased
The coal contract for the ensuin,
year was awarded to the Coal Vale,
Mining Co. for 8 cents per bushe
for lump coal and 5 cents for slack
to be paid for Aug. 1. 1895. Tn,
Rock Island Fuel Co.'S bid was &C
cepted at 81 so cord for green rat
lings and 1925 per load for sasl
kindling wood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Special Monday Sale.

Irt1-Our entire lot of Cheney
B-a.'. fancy figured Pongee silks.
~ reserve. The 81 qualities all
.. a. strike sale price-59c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Too MANY

Last week we advertised Pleat-
ed White Lawn Waists reduced
from 6s and 75c 10 4Ic. On look
ing them over ON Saturday we
found there are still left lG! doz-
en-. 1oG waists. They must 90.
Now they are down to SIC
your choice for 37c-you may
take dozen il You like. Also
another lot Of White Lawn Waists
we marked down last week 90 AZ
and Doe Ia 29c. We found on
Saturday evening there were II
dozen Of this lot left. Out they
go this time at pc apiece. Re-
member that ii dozen means 1872
waists. but at pc they are bound
TO travel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
LOST TO THE JACKS.
Rock Island Knocked Out In the First
Game at Lunatfcville.

Rock Island went over to Jack SON.
vile yesterday and began the series
in that city by getting defeated by
Con Strouthers' heavy hitters. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Complexion Soap.

Remember the Jersey Cream
Complexion Soap is sold by us at
&c per cake, usual price CSC. We
hope that no lady will get this
fine toilet article confused with
the common. cheap. so-called
complexion soaps advertised nj
lower prices. None genuine but
the Jersey Cream"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

surprise you. They are worth
from '5c to 81 so each. All 90 in
one lot for 33c. None exchanged.
ana no mail orders filled. Also
linen collars at sc all this week
none after.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
THE SCHOOLS.
Teachers Formally Assigned to
Buildings.
TAX LEVY FOR THE YEAR MADE
Some Comparisons with Past Years
Other Proceedings of the Board Of Edu-
cation Meeting Last Evening -Increases
at Buildings and 4.

at Buildings and ..
The board of education met in
special session last evening. Presi-
dent Robbins and all the directors
being present except Mrs. Nora Z.
Hamilton.
The question of the tax levy for the
year was taken up and the recon-
mendatiOn of the finance committee
making the amount $4,000 was
adopted. OF this amount. under the
law. $4,000 is specified for general
purposes, and S35, 900 for building.
In this connection q comparison
with the levies made in previous
years will furnish interesting read
ing. Ten years ago the school levy
never exceeded S2S,000 to $50. 600.
1t is conceded. of course. that the
improvements in school buildings
the past few years is accountable
largely for this increase.
However, the figures which are ap-
pended will be read with interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

Battercs-McHenry and Snyder; Smith and
Sage. Base hits-Jacksony lie, II: Rock Island
IL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, /; kock Island, J.
lmpire-De Morris
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Chenille Table Covers.
Read-Compare.

Tine United Shirt and Collar COM
rrv were stuck on n lot of gents
Uro white shirts. In December we
bought the lot at 4 figure that will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
SIDE TALK.
The Semi-Monthly Meeting of
the Council.
TIE TWENTIETH STREET GRADE

ARK commissioner Buncher and the
Sod-The Sixth Ward Sewer Referred
The Fire Department Wagon Transferred
to the Police Depar tment and the Truck
Nestored-Flick & johnson the Success
ful Bidders for Street improvements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17
Special Tuesday Sale.
Social Wednesday Sale.

bots L1uudricd chcmisettcs in
CWmhray and rcrcalcs. were pc
AND Gir. strike sale price, lie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-17

pended will be read with interest:
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
Shell Mounds of Florida.

A ships officer who has spent much
time on the st. Johns river, Florida,
thinks that he has solved the problem
as to the origin. of the shell mounds
that occur along that stream. The
river twists about in an extraordinary
way. so that in many places view
along the water extends for only a few
rods, but he finds that tall object or
the smoke OF fire shown from the top
OF one OF these mounds could be seen
from those next below and above. and
he believes that these cminences were
Indian signal stations, by means of
which the natives were able to an
nounce the approach of a hostile force
along the river, as the Greeks sicnaled
the news of the fall Of Troy to their
home cities by lights on the mountain
tops, that were repeated from peak to
peak
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
A Cats Trip to India and Rack.

A good cat story, says the London
correspondent of the Yorkshire Post,
comes from Bombay. In August q
Liverpool resident proceeding to Bonn
bay took out with him a cat which
he intended to present to q friend
in India Some days after the arrival
OF the. steamer in Bombay pussy was
missed, and, though she was searched
for high AID low, she was nowhere to
be found. Her owner had quite given
her up for lost when he received in
telligence from England that the cat
had made her appearance at her old
Liverpool home on the 25th of October
as calm and collected as though a trip
to India and back was quite in the or
dinary course of her life. The facts are
vouched for by Bombay paper, and
there is no reason to doubt their sub
stantial accuracy.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
Hired Guests.

English society Is raising a national
lament because men no longer dance.
Hostesses have for long time been at
their wits end to secure partners for
young women at balls and dancing par
ties Now the situation is worse than
ever and remedies are being eagerly
sought. The suggestion is publicly dis
cussed that dancing agency be estab-
lished similar to such institutions in
Paris and Berlin. Hired guests, armed
with guarantees Of fitness and respecta-
bility, would appear at the proper hour,
warranted to dance every number on
the card and not give more than three
dances to one young woman. Some
such plan seems to be tho only hope Of
saving the art Of dancing in England.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE oEA.
Nc Trace of Wreckasc in the Deepest of
the Oceans Depth.

An extraordinary circumstance that
has been noticed with interest and
that always creates surprise when first
learIei il the entire absence of foreign
matter il the deepest. part Of the
oceans foor. Of all TIE vessels lost in
nid-occaa; Of all the h:lnlan beings
that have been drowned: OF all the
marine animals that have rcrishod: of
all the clay, sand and gravel let fall by
dissolvinJ iSebcrgo, of all the va
rios.s Substances driitcl from every
shore by shifting currents. no trace
remains, but in their place water from
one thousand To twenty-five hundred
fatho;1s in depth covers the uniform
deposit OF thick, bluish, tenacious
slime called globiCcrina oozc, says the
Cosmopolitan Magazine.
A bit of this under a powerful lens
Is declared to be n revelation of beauty
not readily forgotten. The oozc is
composed almost entirely of the dain-
tiest. most dclicatcly beautiful shells
imaginable. At depths greater than
twenty-five hundred fathonS the bot
torn of the sea consists mainly of prod
uct arising IRON exposure, for almost
incalcula5le periods, to the chemical
action of sea water, of pumice and
other volcanic inattcrs
This finally results in the formation
Of red clay deposits that arc considered
characteristic of the profoundest
depths of the ocean. Carbonate of
lime, which in the form of shells of
makes up so large part
of the glob;gcrina ooze, is here almost
absent.
Soda water is very nearly universal
and before any shell, large or
snail. reaches the bottom of these tre-
mendous aby3ms it is chemically eaten
up, literally dissolvei-a result which
the enormous pressure Of the water
mnst materially hasten.
At one thousand fathoms the weight
Of the water pressure on all sides of
an object immersed to that depth is
very nearly one ton to the square inch.
or more than one hundred times that
sustained at tho sea level, AID at the
yreate5t depth the pressure is so in
creased that it would seem nothing
could withstand it; in fact, heavy
metal cylinders let down with the
sounding apparatus are sometimes, on
being drawn up again to the surface,
found bent and collapsed; strongly
made glass vessels which the metal in
closed arc shattered into fragments.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
UNDERGROUND AvALANCHeS.

Evidences of Su5terraneaa Convulsiona
Anon. the Mountains of Pennsylvania.
The curious phenomenon formerly
exciting the wonder of people living in
the vicinity of Thick Head and Sand
mountains, south of Tusseyville. Gen.
ter county. Pa. which has not been
noticed for five years. has made its pres
ence known again. For twelve years, at
irregular intervals, the dvellers in that
part of Center county ha1 been dis
turbed by loud and mysterious noises
which came from the ground between
the two mountains named. In the
spring of 1883 these noises were heard
daily, with increased volume, for a
week. The noises. according to the
Chicago Herald, were sometimes ike
the rumble of distant thunder and then
like the dcadened crash of thunder
heard in the air close by. On the sew
enth day of this protracted disturbance
beneath these two mountains a resi-
dent of Tusscyville was climbing
Thick Head mountain, when the
rumbling began in the mountain op-
posite. At first it was deep and low,
and it increased in violence until it be-
came as the tumult of a mass of rock
rolling down a mountain side. The
person who heard the sounds said that
they convinced him that they werc
caused by subtcrranean avalanche,
as it began at the very top of the
mountain, increasing in violence and
speed as it went down, and terminal
ing IN terrible crash at the bottom.
After that day the Thick Head noises
ceased, and were not heard again until
week ago, when they began just as
they had terminated in a similar sub
terranean land or rock slide, except
that this time the hidden avalanche oc-
Cured somewhere in the depth of
Thick Head mountain, instead Of in
Sand mountain. In Potter county, Pa,
between Roulette and Burtville, is a
hill in which rumblings of the same
nature are heard at irregular inter
walls. This elevation is called Thunder
hill, and it rises from the south bank
of the Allegheny river. The noises
that occur in this hill sometimes make
the earth tremble for long distance
around, and they have been heard for
a mile away. The theory of loca. saw
ants is that strong vein of natural gas
underlies the hill, and that when the
great retort is disturbed by some un-
derground convulsion it rises in its
might and tunbles rocks and things
around in the confines of the hill until
everything huns. Still no one has con-
fidence enough in this theory to hand
out the money that is being asked for
to send drill down into the alleged
gas cauldron, let out its treasure and
make everybody in that bailiwick rich.
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
VETERANS PASSING AWAY,
In Forty Years There VIII Ee Few bur
viv 'rs of the Civil War.

In Forty Years There VIII Ee Few sur-
viv RS of the Civil War.
Interesting in connection with the de-
partment encampnent is the report of
the medical director, Or. j. r. Hayes,
In part as follows. says the Washington
Post:
"Our annual death rate equals 2.75
per cent. of the whole number In the
Grand Army Republic in this depart
ment. This is equivalent to death rate
OF twenty-seven in Thousand, larger
death rate than usually pertains tommy
given number OF people. Our band of
nearly 1000 is being rapidly mustered
out, and if we apply the simple rules of
arithmetic, and provided that we re-
cruit no more, in the year 1890 not one
Of our 1900 would be alive to tell the
story of the past.
I'VE are dying faster than any other
class of cur population, because, out of
the 1000 in our organization more than
one-half are daily suffering from loSs of
limbs. from wounds, injuries and disa-
bilitics contracted during the war. Re-
suits of prison-life and the exposure and
deprivation incident thereto now cause
more suffering than the bullet. Lossof
a limb ssortens the life, but the rhcu-
natisrn and scurvy contracted in prison
also yearly call for their premature vic
Tins Premature aging of all the or
gans, diminished vital resistance to all
disturbing causes, and mere especially
diseases OF the heart, now SO alarming
ly present with many surviving COM
rades, are mainly due to the rheur,a-
tism and sclrvy of prison lie
II have never seen survivor from
the prison at Anicro-villc. Ga. that
did not have disease Of heart in some
form or other. So, taking our little
band Of 1900 to-day, in about forty
years all who have lost limbs or been
wounded or suffered the hard
ships and horrors Of prison life will
have passed away"
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
EVERY SVEN YEARS.
A Curious Belief In Regard to Physical
Regeneration.

- GuTsous ASF-lct III Eeccru To InyGfCo3
Regeneration.
1t is surprising how many people be-
licve that the entire body of man is
renewed every seven years exactly.
says the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
This used to be taught in books. ard,
although not orthodox now, is still nc
ccpted as gospel by many. To show
its inaccuracy ono has only to hit q
nail on his ficger hard enough, for In
that case the injured object will come
off and be replaced by an entirely new
nail.
If this process occupied seven years
such an accident would be a very tire
some affair. but. as any mechanic will
tell you. it occupies few weeks. The
growth is more rapid in summer than
winter, but never taking more than
four months. So far as Tie nails are
concerned, then. the renewal process
is repeated about twenty-ope times
during the regulation seven years. and
the theory is thus destroyed. even II no
other proof Of its falsity were FORTH
eom;ng
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
Engineering Skill.

Speaking of the remarkable feats Of
marine engineers. the Marine Journal
recalls the achievement. Of Richard
Peck. who at one time had charge of
the single engineof the old City of Vera
Cruz coming up from Havana South
of Hatteras the piston rod went to
smash. breaking into three pieces. But
Peck, after twen:y-fow hours of con-
tinuous labor, actually mended that
piston SO that it was strong and true
enough to do its part with the rest of
the machinery, and he brought his ship
into New York harbor steaming six
knots This was deed which, in the
opinion of the Boston Journal, quite
eclipses even the recent notable per-
Engineer Tomlinson, of the
Cmbria-
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
A CURIOUS CASE.
IL Estabilsecd TIC Tact That There Are
suno Rights Whith Can't Be Waived,

- ssAbiisGcd tec Llct That There Arc
sono Rights Wtith Can't Be Waived.
Gcfe7do2t in a nurdercase in New
ORR state was o-ce pla eel on trial be-
-crc Jc-y OF twelve. says the Rrools-
lyn LaGlc. A member OF the jury died
during his trial The prisoners coun-
sci agreed with the district attorney
that the trial should continue before
eleven jurors and that 20 record Of the
death Of one of their number should be
entered on the minutes of the court.
1 ne prisoner was convicted and sen
tanccd to pnnishIacnt. An appeal was
aitcrward t2}:en to TIE effect that
neither his counsel nor the district az
torley nor the court nor the prisoner
had right to waive the lattcr's right
to trial by twelve jurors The con-
vict-on was set aGidc fer that reason.
As, however. nothing in tie record
showed in formal ard Official way
that the trial occurred and tat the
verdict was rendered by less than
twelve Juror. it was also held that tho
man haa been put once in jeopardy
end could not be put twice in the same
petition. lie WIS. therefore, dis
caar5cd. He was TINS tried and not
tried, found guilty ana not found gull
ty convicted and practically acquitted
oil - the sane tine and under the
sane proceeding. TAc contention was
that every raa indicted AID tried for
crime previous to his ara ;,yn,ne1t. and
everyone who might be so indicted and
so t~icl after his arraiJrment Ind an
intcrest in his trial BY twelve jurors. o
right to his trial by twelve jurors. and
that when he waived his oyy7, right he
Impaired their right in their trial and
their right in his trial, and tina: tho
thing could not be permitted. This
illustrates how a man holes some of
his rights in trust for all tic past and
fer all the future. OF spch rights he
cannot divest himself and cannot be
Invested
Tensas gazette., 1894-01-19
ZONE SYSTEM IN HUNGARY,
Official Figures show It II q Complete
Success.

= CCmDl0t0
Success.
Three years ago the Hungarian gov
errmert adopted the zone system of
rates for railroad fares The principle
involved large reduction in rates, es-
pecially to long-distance travellers. With
Buda -Pesth as a center, the circumfer-
ence of the first zone was about one hun
dred miles away, the second two hum
dred, and so on to the extreme limits Of
Hungary. Only slight reduction in rates
was made in the first zone. much larger
in the second, and increasingly larger
in the outer zones. The gross reduction
was in the neighborhood Of sixty per
cent. Hungary was an ideal place for
trying the plan, as ali roads run 20
Buda-Pesth and the city itself was prac-
tically in the center Of the country.
Railroad men everywhere declared the
plan foredoomed to failure. even where
the conditions were as favorable as in
Hungary.
The first official figures on the sys-
tenn have been published. Commenting
on them, Transport says:
Excellent results have, according to
the official figures just published, been
shown by the working of the zone sys-
tenn on the railways of Hungary. Tho
eyes OF Europe have been turned with
good deal of curiosity and interest to
this, the most daring and systematic
method of discrimination in favor Of the
long distance as against the short dis
tance traveller in tho world The vari-
GUS zones or circles within which GER
tain fares are charged are fixed by reg
ulation, the principle adopted being the
greater the distance from the capital
the less the proportional rate per mile
travelled. The system has been greatly
appreciated by the people living in the
more distant parts of the country, as
the result shows. For some years be-
fore the introduction of the system tho
number OF travellers averaged 6,OOo, 900
annually. In the first year of the zone
tariff the number rose to 10000, 600; the
second years returns showed that 49,
100000 had used the railways, while
during the third year the number of
travellers totaled 2s.Oo0.OO 1t is salts
factory to note a corresponding rise in
the receipts, advancing from 9,7o5, 900
gulden during the last year of the old
system to 2s,3oO,o 900 guldcn during the
year just closed"