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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05
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Five Cent Lodging BOases Where Chain
Take the Place oe Beds.
Finding 4 lodging place for the night
when one has but 8 cents-an ordinary
street car fare nickel-is no easy job.
Lodging hcnscs where the beds rent for
10 cents hold AZ grimly 10 tariff prices
- a coal combine IN arctic weather
would do. 1t is case of fiat money
with those people. II they had 500 beds
and hut five dodgers, the sixth could not
get an abatement, even though his flesh
wcre dropping from his bones with
frost. mo pay, no bed, is tho motto.
and they stick to it.
Nowadays dimes are being with
drawn from circulation. At least tine
people who are forced into begging
them report that 10 be the state of the
money market. Two nicklcs make a
dime. il is trre. and so do 10 pennies,
Int there seems 70 be bear movement
in small coins. aud this form Of cur
rer,cv also is hard to get, especially SO
for these who either can't, don't or
won't work FOR it.
AS n. matter IF fact there are many
hundred persons in Chicago every night
who cannot purchase lodging for lack
Of means and who stay ont go late that
access to the station houses is denied
because they are already overcrowded.
These people will then sleep anywhere.
All they want is cover from the night.
That can he had in Chicago for s
cents. But the lowest tramp, if for
tune favored him with a dime. would
shrink with horror from lodging in
such a place. There arc one or two
places Of the kind in Chicago. and they
! arc hard 10 find. When found. they are
the very apotheosis of degradation, dirt
and dingincss. Beside the cent places
these where admittance is dime are
palaces. For 5 cents the ledger is al
lowed the privilege of a chair until
morning simply that and nothing
more.
The keepers Of such places form the
lowest elements Of society. They d.
not treat their patrons as humans, mol
vet rs beasts of the field. The cen
wretch becomes an object for blows ant
kicks. When his nickel enters the greas,
pocket that gapes for il. he is then a,
atom of squa,or. and he is treated &C
cordingly.
Recently the Atlas hotel was visited
1t is probably the worst lodging hous
in Chicago. The prices begin mt ) cent
and run 10 Is cents. 1t is located o.
Custom House place few yards iron
Van Buren, street. On one side of it j
stable. There the horses get cleal
straw every night for bedding. On III
other side is deserted church, whicl
has been purchased and which will b
shortly converted into another lodgin
house. Amid such surroundings tn
poor fellow who has but "a nickel is al
lowed to stay over night. He can sit O
three legged chair, or he can lie dow
on the floor. In either event he is force
to sleep with another man half cover
, ing him, fer every night the filthy cel
; lar is crowdcd.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05
n. s,.x.r r...,iy Abroad.

It is extraordinary how the Singer
family has managed to mix itself up with
the aristocracy Of France. With moth
ing but hinge fortune and large stock
Of cccentricity the original old Singer
married no less than 10 women, cover
ing a wide range Of position and charac-
ter. He numbered his descendants by
the score, and these it is who have man.
aged to ally themselves with some of the
prou,lest families in Europe. AT the re-
cent wedding Of Mrs. Winnaretta Singer
in Paris to Prince Melchior de Polignac
there was great gathering of the Singer
clans, and they bore such names as
Rochefoucauld, Decazes. Murat, Modena
and Dudley.-Cholly Knickerbocker in
New York Recorder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05

How much money is spent annually
IN ncwspaper sdvcrtisingG Probably
any estimate less than 5000, DOC. 900
vouId fall short Of the facts. Some
single firms have spent as much as
S5OO. 900 In . year. To put out sucl,
snoemous sums requires . largo ma
chincsy In and out IL the advcrtisess'
olsces, ana the busine0-or the art,
- yOu may choose 10 cOusider it-com-
msnds ~ SERVICES u men Of . high
csdsr q abilisy.-John Irving Romsr' d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05
Father U.see.afertable.

The following notice is posted in the
pension Office ut Washington:
Members of the medical division are
forbidden to have their hats CT clothing
on preparatory to leaving this Office be-
fore 4 O'Clock. Any one breaking this
rule will be charged with demerit Of
Is minutes.
1t is perhaps not strictly our bust
mesa. but we should think il would be
rather uncomfortable for the clerks IT
the medical division to work all day
without any clothing. New York Trib-
uno.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05

CHICAGO POsr: Chicago's post Of.
fee earned nearly s3.Oo0.ooO last
year. notwithstanding that ever,
piece of It's stock in trade sooner OF
later went into the hands of rccciv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05

SENATOR QrW is reported from
Pittsburg rs saying that ne expects
the Wilson bill to go through both
houses practically unchanged. mas
much rs the democratic party i,
pledged to IL and the president ia.
vors il. The Pennsylvania senator
always did possess good foresight. il
nothing else.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05

Jagson says if horsemen could trot
their horses as fast around the track as
they can around the hotel radiator there
could be q record broken every day
Elnir2 Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05

SAMUEL W. TALiArEHHo was ycstcr-
day appointed postmaster at Rose
Vile. Warren county. The selection
il a good one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05

Of course Governor Waite would
not object IL the Corbctt-Mitchell
tight should take place in Colorado.
He is hoping for blood 90 the brides.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05

CARNEGIE continues to cut down
the wages Of his workmcn. and makes
big gifts to public corporations
which do not need them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-05
FRIDAY. JANrAR, >. 1894.

a MEETING Of the Illinois demo-
cratic state central committee has
been called at Chicago on january Is.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
Soft Words.

One cf the most curious Of current
beliefs is that of hypocrisy lurking IL
pleasant manners and sincerity in those
that are rough or stern. 1t seems
relic of our Puritan forofathers, but it
certainly is out of place today. One is
foolish, or very innocent, to give heed
to more than the letter Of society cOur-
tesies. But, on the other hand, the
wish to please is good sign in itself,
and the Willingness to hurt, by word
as we'll as by deed, is a bad sign in it.
self. Selfshness is, far more than hy-
pocrisy even, a usual failing. And
there is small hope for the habitually
self absorbed rough speaker. while there
is always a chance that the soft manner
may sink into the heart. To those who
tell Us that soft words butter no pars-
nips. we may retort, oil Is also better
for wig than vinegar. If proverbs
mean anything, it is because there IS
one for every side Of questlon.-Ex-
change.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
Thought They Were Worth 1t,

Billings was a travelling man, carry
ing a line OF handkerchiefs and neck
wear. He met q rather attractive young
woman on one Of his trips, and before
he realized how III it comported with
his duties he had married her.
Nature had never intended him for
married man. and lie was seldom at
home, even when his duties would have
permitted him. Finally he became ir-
regular in the matter Of remittances,
and his wife, needing some pin money,
took down his route book and found
letter would reach him at Peru, Ind So
she wrote him there, asking for S10 He
was in the Bearss House billiard room
when he read the letter. He had no SIC
to spare. He needed all his money for
his own fOllies.
But the request annoyed him. he got
up, walked about the room for a mo-
ment. and his eyes at length rested on a
deck Of catds, lying where some man
had completed a game Of solitaire. The
top card on each pile was nine spot.
Billings looked az them moment,
then picked up the four cards, inclosed
them in an envelope and sent it to his
wife. At Charlottesville he received an
other letter from her, demanding in in
dignant terms what he meant by sending
her four mines. He sat down in the writ
ing room of the Robbins House and
wrote the following reply:
You wanted SO. | sent you four
mines. Four mines are worth so any
time. ."-Chicago Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
WEALTH HERE AND ABROAD.
Points of Contrast Between the Rich In
America and In Europe.

Points of Contrast Between the Rich In
America and In Europe.
The English and the Americans are
both rich, but which are the richer?
Perhaps the statistiCians know or can
find out, but it is not certain that the
statistical answer would give the infor-
nation that one really wants and which
involves the distribution OF wealth as
we'll as its mere existence. Most Amer
leans have to work; but, Us is we'll
known, considerable proportion of
English people toll not nor spin, and
make no pretcnse tf doing anything tor
a living. Is that because the English
are richer than we, or is it matter Of
taste or a result of primogeniture? So
also it appears-frOm AUse study Of
documents submitted by Anthony Troll
lOpe and other comtempOraneOus histO-
rians-that British gentlemen in re-
3pectable circumstances employ from
five TO fifty servants and have several
houses apiece, all Of which they live in,
and travel much besides. An A1neri-
can who lives in that way is looked
upon as a man OF very exceptional re-
sources, but it would seem that an Eng
lish gentleman who does not live in that
way is thought to be somewhat strait
ened. In England there are 300 or 400
hunt clubs. and something like 20, 900
Rritishers ride pretty regularly to
hounds. But hunting is an expensive
sport that takes both time and money.
These English seem to have both to
spare.
a returned traveller was speaking Of
the shoals Of agreeable English people
he met in the Riviera and in ali the
play places Of southern Europe. When
asked if they were rich people, he said
not, but that they were able to live as
they did because they knew how and
got their moneys worth. He thought,
too. that the well to do English bad q
more complete domestic apparatus ready
TO hand than most Americans and
could spend Il larger proportion of their
incomes on travel and amusement.
Houses and furniture and such expen-
sive vanities they mad already by in
heritance and were not compelled to
spend useful money in providing them.
Regarding the English habit of pub
fishing novels in three bound volumes
would the American buy novels in such
costly form? Are not al the habits of
living that we borrow from the British,
from dock tailed horses to indoor men
servants, more costly than the customs
they sUpersede? They must have a great
deal Of money to spend, those enterpris-
ing islanders. No one would hesitate
to say that the Americans are richer
than tho Russians, or the Italians, or
the Germans, or even the thrifty French,
but the Briton gives Us pause. IS he
really richer than we are, or is he mere
ly an older son, and dweller in land
where servants work for small pay,
and clothes are cheap, and novels are
rented out by Mudie, and the tax on
stimulantS is laid for revenue, and not
for prevention, and where to loaf and
invite ones soul is esteemed Il prefer
able thing to toil?-Harper's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
PIayiur Cards.

The invention OF playing cards has
bee1 attributed to the Chinese, HindOOs,
Arabtdns and Romans, but cards as
now used were invented by Jacques
Gringonneur, painter, in Paris in the
fourteenth century. They were sup
posed to have been first made for the
amusement Of Charles vi OF France,
who was deranged. The French had
particular names for the 10 court cards.
The four kings were David, Alexander,
Caesar and Charles; the four queens,
Angine, Esther, Judith and Pallas; the
four knaves or knights, Ogier the Dane,
Lancelot, La Hire and Hector de Gar
land. Cards seem originally, however,
to have been taken to England direct
from Spain, having probably been in
trOdUced into that country by the MOOrs
the clubs, in Spanish cards, not being
trefoils as with Us, but cudgels-that is,
bastos-the spades or swords, espadas.
They were at first stamped from wood
blocks in outline and filled in by hand,
but after the invention of engra wing the
best artists engraved them on copper
and struck them off at once. Colum-
bines were spades; rabbits, clubs; pinks,
diamonds, and roses, hearts. Human
figures opposed to those of flowers and
animals were the ancestors of court
rds.-BrOOklyn Eagle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
It's Human Nature.

4 we'll dressed man got on the Sixth
avenue elevated the other day and
groped along FOR strap, which his
companion finally placed in his hand.
AS the former seemed quite uncertain
Of his footing and was being partially
supported by the latter, people stared
at him rather hard under the impression
that he was intoxicated. He was not
only well dressed, but wore handsome
ring, heavy gold watch chain and other
jewelry Passengers jOstled him con-
siderably as he sWayed from the strap,
and pretty soon it became evident to
those in the vicinity that instead of be-
ing intoxicated the man was blind. i
young lady made the discovery and i'm
mediately arose and moticned the blind
mans companion to take her seat.
When this had been communicated to
the blind man. the latter turned in the
direction of the lady and raised his
hat respectfully, but declined the prof
fered courtesy. His companion whis-
pered something III his ears-mOst like
ly that the lady was both young and
handsome-for the afflicted man began
pluming himself and finally turned by
changing hands on the strap so that the
young lady might get a more definite
view of a rather fine face. He straight
ened up his rings, settled his collar, felt
to ascertain whether his coat was but
toned and pulled down his cuffs-just
as vain man usually does when he
wants to make good appearan2e.-
New York Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
The Emperor and the Pirate.

Alexander the Great was about topass
sentence of death on noted pirate, but
previously asked him, why dost thou
trouble the seas:'
why" rejOined the rover boldly,
''dost thou trouble the whole world? /,
with one ship, so in quest of solitary ad-
venture and am therefore called pirate.
Thou, with a great army, warrest against
nations and therefore art called en-
peror. Sir, there is no difference be-
twixt Us but in the name and means Of
doing mischief
Alexander, so far from being dis
pleased with the freedom of the culprit,
was so impressed with the force of his
appeal that he dismissed him unpun-
ished.-Sala's Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
ANIMALS AND MUSIC.
4 Composer Thinks All Living Things Sem
sitive to Musical Tones.

4 Composer Thinks All Living Things Sem
sitive to Musical Tones.
"The Influence of Music on Man, Ami
mails and Plants was discussed by Di-
rector Asger Hamerik in lecture at the
Peabody conservatory. OF the second
part of his subject he said:
There is no doubt of music's power
in animals. All singing birds are sub
jcct to the influence. The spider, the
mouse and the snake can be charmed
with tunes. | saw on st. Paul street
one day a runaway horse stop suddenly
where a street organ was being played
and tremble all over. Ihad once a Cor
don setter that would play with his paw
on the keyboard of my piano and, with
q kind of murmur, try to initiate the
suman voice, making an effect that, if
Rot musical, showed at least that the
dogs mind attempted something in that
direction.
Il have had personal experience with
the musical qualities of mice, for l once
used to play the piano in a room where
there were many mice When l played
for a little while, out would come troop
ing a critical audience of mice, which
seemed perfectly tame so long as the
music lasted. experimental with them
again and again and arrived at the con-
clusion that they undoubtedly were in
some way influenced by and very sus-
ceptible to music. l grew tired Of my
faithful auditors after awhile and closed
the doors of the concert hall to them by
having timer cover the holes and cracks
in the floor.
The song of the bird and the growing
of the rooster are not their conversation.
They have kind of chirping for that.
What. then, do the song and the Growing
mean? JOY, contentment, exultatiOn-as
with man. When rooster has had a
good dinner, or when the sun shines
brightly and warmly. or when any other
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
Old Time RailrOading.

1t is sometimes a matter of surprise
to find what mighty good locomotive
running has been done in times past
when the locomotive was far inferior
machine. The death of Daniel VI. Fish
er, an old and retired engineer Of the
New York and New Haven, recalled
the fact that in 1850 he carried Presi-
dent Taylor's message from New York
to New HaYen-about so miles-ln an
hour and 90 minutes. The engine
burned wood. The switches were lock-
ed. The messenger sat on box in the
engines tender.-New York Adver-
tiser.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
ROLLING ACROSS The OCEAN.
Ehe Curious Craft That Is Proposed by D
French Engineer.

she SuIlOu> tFait NAT proposed Dy q
French Engineer.
IL these days of revolutionary prof.
ects in matters mechanical and scien-
tiic unusual engineering exploits have
lost much of their tendency 10 create
sur;riSe. Still that sensation may be
produced in a mild degree by the latest
scheme Of ocean transportation which
has reached Us from France, and which
has VI. BaZin. not unknown in engl-
neering circles, for its author.
NJ. Bazin proposes, in brief. TO build
an Atlantic liner ON eight rollers, with
the view of securing speed much higher
than any thus far attached, arguing
that the wheels or rollers on which the
vessel is TO rest will so greatly diminish
the resistance offered by the waves that
80 knots an hour will be easily within
the bounds of possibility, and will en-
able the passage from Southampton or
Liverpool to New York TO be made in
four days. The rollers are TO enter the
water TO a depth of about 26 feet, and
revOlve within platform placed about
"a feet above the water, so that there
will be a rolling instead of gliding
body, as is the case in ordinary ships.
The rollers presumably are to be worked
by engines to secure propulsion.
N. Bazin claims to have settled by
experiment that the stability of the
roller type of vesse, is at least as great
as that of the ordinary type, and be-
lieves that the construction of his design
of ship will be much less costly than
that of the usual description. Accord
ing to French report, it is proposed to
put N. Bazin's plans to a practical
test by constructing a vessel about 400
feet long and Of about 80 feet beam,
with rollers - feet in diameter. and 35
feet wide. The latter are to make %
revolutions per minute.-CasSiers' Mag
aZine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
Hotel Life In New York.

At one Of the up town hotels a delight
fully homelike touch is given to life
within its walls by the privilege, when
desired, OF having the coffee follow din
ing party into the reception room. In
one particular parlor, which is full Of
hooks and embrasures, large and small,
to accommodate groups Of various size,
it is quite common to see the quaint lit
tie table and dainty service set out before
several different companies. The toned
lights and nests of luxurious cushions
make it extremely easy to dawdle indefi-
nitely over this final course, and the
groups dissolve slowly and with evident
reluctance, to keep evening engage
mentS.
Turkish coffee is often served in odd
little oriental cups set in standards, quite
like tiny egg cups, and the requisites of
this beverage-tO be piping hot and of
smooth. creamy thickness-are never
missed here.-New York Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19

cause makes it think that life is worth
living, the rooster crows joyously. Mu-
sic is with man also an expression of
emotion, but with him it has been re-
duced to a science and is not, therefore,
used naturally for every expression of
happiness, as with the uneducated and
unscientific rooster or song bird.
81 believe that everything created, like
ourselves, with ears, is susceptible to mu-
sical tones. and it is probable that, if we
could only find it out, there is musical
material in all such animals that could
be developed and cultivated in some
way."-Baltimore Sun.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
A MYSTERY OF DREAMlANO.
While the Doctors Were Helpless Boy
Vision Effected His Cure.


In Savannah, Mo-, last June, Thomas,
the 11-year-old son of farmer named
Alexander Gilpin, was stricken with
rheumatism of the right side and leg.
The pain was SO severe that his parents
were obliged to keep anything from
touching the body or limb. Drs. Mar
tin, Kerr and Jefferies of Savannah
could do nothing to stop the pain. On
Thursday, Dec. Z, he fell into what
seemed to be trance and could not be
aroused for some hours. When he fin
ally awakened, being unable to talk,
he wrote on piece of paper to his par
ents that he had seen his two little dead
brothers and sister. lie slid they told
him g send TO certain field and at
particular place to scrape away the
SNOW until they would find a bed of
moss, and under the moss a bunch of
roots, which they were to bring to him.
The doubling parents yielded to his
entreaties, aid going to the place found
everything as the boy had stated. They
brought the roots home, and the boy
told them how he had been instructed
to prepare an ointment with them. The
ointment Was made and applied to the
seat of pain, The result being that the
ncx3 day the boy left his bed. He can
now walk as we'll as ever.
These facts arc vouched for by o. J.
Hurley, the editor of the Savannah
Democrat, the physicians, and all of
Gilpin's neighbors.-St. Joseph (Mo.)
Dispatch il Chicago Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
Deserving Praise.

We desire to say 20 our citizens. that
for years we have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Dr..
Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bit.ers, and have
never handled remedies that sell as well,
or that have given such universal satis-
faction. We do not hesitate TO guarantee
them every time, and We stand ready TO
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. B. A. Smith
Druggist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19

a young man advertised for wife, and
his sister answered the advertisement;
md the young man thinks there is no
balm in advertisements, and the old peo-
pie think it is pretty hard to have two
fools in one family.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19
New York Women Officials.

Eighty-five women were nominated
for school commissioner in the late can
vass in New York and four were elect
ed. The Republicans nominated eight,
the Democrats 30, the Prohibitionists
%, the Peoples Party AZ and the Po-
litical Equality party 1. The list of
women commissioners is increased by
ono over last year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-01-19

The French have long been famous for
their riddles, but it was an English fam
lily who lived in such an atmosphere of
puzzledOm that on the husband inquir-
ing in excited accents Of his wife, why
is that door always left open:" she took
musing answered, Il give it up"