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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26

TOTAL. ..........$ 15S,9Oz 80
If the council should adopt the APP
preparations as suggested last eve-
ming three important Improvements
will be accomplished. One-and by
all means the most PARTICULARS the
perfection of our fire department.
and to Aids. Mauckcr and Corken is
due the credit for the same. At the
suggestion of Mayor Medill regard
ing the appropriation it was placed at
$12, 200. Aid. Maucker arose and
said that at the time the fire depart
ment was increased last fall the fire
and light committee thought that the
matter of disposing of the truck
could be brought up when the appro-
priations were made for this NUM-
cipal year, and that it was really
never the intention to dispose of it.
Now team and two men could be
secured for an additional 81. 600, and
he made a motion to add that amount.
The Truck to Remain.
Aid. Corken also spoke on the sub
ject, saying: "For five years we
have labored for the perfection of a
fire department in Rock Island, and
is a yearly appropriation of 81. 600
going to hold us back? No! am
in favor of still keeping the truck.
for there is no telling what day it
may be needed" Mayor Medill said
he opposed increasing the amount
for the reason that he had heard bus
mess men say that they thought the
fire department was too much of a
luxury for city the size of Rock ISL
and. Aids. Foss and Kennedy
thought that if the city was as well
fixed in other departments as in the
fire. that the city would be all right
But the progressive element pre-
vailed and the appropriation was
placed at $4,000, which insures
the retention of the truck with suf-
iicient equipment to respond at first
call.
The police appropriation was re-
commended as Gil, 900. but Aid. Ken
nedy wished it cut to $4,000. AID
Maucker spoke Of the contemplated
placing of new alarm boxes through
out the city, and Mayor Medill, in
explanation of the balance left from
last years appropriation, informed
the alderman from the Sixth that he
must remember that the city had
been shy two policemen the
greater part of the year.
Aid. Mauckcr said that an
other horse was necessary for the
patrol. as one of the horses now on
it was unfit for use. Chief Sexton
spoke on the matter, and suggested
that booths be built about the alarm
boxes. etc. aid. Bladel expressed
himself as in favor of leaving the
appropriation at gil ZOO, and the sug-
gestion was adopted on motion Of
Aid. Maucker.
The mayor suggested &12. 500 for
lighting the city. but Aid. Foss thought
it should be put at $l3. 400. as addi-
tional lights were necessary all over
the city. His suggestion was carried
out and the above amount
fixed. This will give: us what,
in fact, we really need.
and will bring. as near perfection as
any city Of its size in the state. Rock
Islands fire. police and light depart
ments.
| Undaunted,
The appropriations OF $500 for
the Seventeenth street extension
south OF Ninth avenue, and the s., GOO
for the city hall, are evidence that
the city is undaunted in the face OF
the opposition made to both these
Improvements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26

On Tuesday. May 90. the c.. K. 1.
4 T. Railway company will sell ex'
curaion tickets at very low rates te
nearly all points west. northwest,
southwest and south. For full par
ticulars call at Rock Island route de-
pot ticket Office or address,
L. M. ALLEN,
GenH Agent. Davenport.
+. H. PLUMMER. Ticket Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26
Look Out for Counterfeit,

Beware Of imitation brands of
Pillsbury's Best -four, which are now
on the market, and take NO other but
the genuine. and buy only of good
respectable dealers. Examine the
helad carefully.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26
APPROPRIATIONS.

Those for the Ensuing Year Made Last
Evening.
The council met and went into a
committee of the whole last evening
to consider its annual appropriations,
and Aid. Schneider was called to the
chair. The various appropriations
for the ensuing year were made as
follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26
Crockery.

r,p.piere chamber sct-onc
~. pitcher, mug. covered soap
An. water pitcher. tooth brush
rller and covered chamber,
81
Can. and saucers. soc n set.
cupid banquet lamp at only
lf
Nace dishes &c each.
Rebecca teapots l5c.
Cl.pidors &c up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26
S., $40,
SIS These These % sfs oss

Which place in the field against any and
all competition, to thoroughly introduce our
styles, about us suits of we'll made, good-wearing
mems suits, at S. We want everyone to and
the quality make and fit of these SUITS They are cheap
$3.50 but bought them way under price, and SIS is
what we choose to sell them for.
-. Our $40 Mems Suits
Beat any value you saw. Cash and cheap wool en-
abled to buy mems fine allwool Cashmere suts-the
genuine English Clay Worsteds Nobby Societies. in the
newest fabrics-so we can sell them now at $Io My,
but we not after big profits. We you
with the best clothes at the lowest price, Guess
doing it.
:. Our SIS Line
Comprises the fine Gays for dress wear The imported
Iweeds in the new Regent Sac-Simonia finest fancy
Worsteds in the beautiful new shades-in fact class of
suits which always sold $40 and $22. Every suit fit
perfectly Competent taors make alterations free of
charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26
(0ung
! MCC0n1bS
Spot Cash
Department Store.

And see what little money will buy. Never before
was such grand collection offered at so small cost
It's Just what you want. and we glad to be able
furnish YOU the opportunity to secure it; Do not
showing you this magnificent folo-76 pages-s2o
pages.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22
Summer Outings.

City children should not be allowed
too much OF the running wild" busi-
ness during their summer outings.
People have an idea that in the
country one may do anything or eat
anything with impunity. Laws for
healthful living operate as much
under the pines and by he sea az
within the city limits, but not many
realize it Mothers often complaI d
that they bring their children back
in the autumn thinner than when
they went away They may do that
and still have them stronger, but
many times children are allowed to
run TOO necessarily. 1t takes strong
child 10 thrive on continuous eyer
else, and city children are not used
TO tramping up hill and. down and
over rough roads and fields. Make
them stretch out under the trees ar
on the river bank an hour every day.
ana more II you can, and they viii
gain by it.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

POKER chips have their own
sweet way of telling a story and they
rarely drop out Of the wrong Group.
The teller of savings bank at Salem,
Mass, adjourned to Canada some
weeks ago because of the usual rea-
sons and the City Marshal, in his in
vestigations, found in chest in the
rooms of the departed tinancier 2, 900
tri-coIored chips and quantity Of
fine wines. There were some Incl
dentals also in a number Of books is
sued to depositors of the bank, the
books being mixed up with the chips.
The revelation is quite interesting TO
the depositors, and their personal
Judgment on poker chips is doubtless
emphatic and useful.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22
ALL that is of value in our ms

ALL that is of value in our institu-
tions depends on the supremacy of
law and on the prompt and resolute
support given by the people to law.
The lesson should be learned not only
by the class which is liable to be
tempted by anger or prejudice to give
the rein to passion, but by that higher
class which does the thinking for the
community. Mobs take their cue
from a few leading men. A speaker
or a newspaper sways them in times
of excitement. Outbursts of disorder
can generally be traced to the inf1am-
matory counsel of some one to whom
the populace looks for guidance. In
such cases it is the incendiary writer
or speaker who is the author OF the
disorder, and not the ignorant fools
who apply the torch. 1t is sad to
think that there is hardly ever mob
outbreak against law which does not
find some newspaper to justify it.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22
now no more able to hit bulIseye
than a Nevada militiaman.

THERE was heavier loss by fire in
this country during 1898 than for
many years preceding. There were
few fires that deserved the name of
CONGREGATIONS, but the total of de-
struction was very large, and the
necessity of a better system of build
ing was never more apparent. The
big blazes in Boston, Toledo and De-
troit were an i'll omen for the open
ing of the new year; but it is to be
hoped that the awful record of 1893
is not to be repeated.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

THE limit Of profitable size in
ocean vessels has been reached in
the largest that have lately been
built. such at least is the opinion
of Charles Fl. Cramp, the Philadel-
phia ship builder. If vessels are
made much deeper they cannot enter
New York harbor If longer, it will
be hard to make them strong enough
to be seaworthy. The strain of
weight on long vessel between two
waves is enormous. Mr.. Cramp says
English steamers waste much room
that the best made american designs
save. His opinion is that this superb
GRITTY of American workmanship and
skill will with fair chance give us a
considerable part of the future steam
boat building trade.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

A FRENCH physician who has found
that the majority of deaths upon the
battlefield arise from the bleeding to
death of the wounded while waiting
for the surgeon. proposes that each
soldier in the French army shall be
taught where the arteries of the body
are. and how to arrest hemorrhages
from them. In doing this he found
a use for that most useless Of arts.
tattooing; small figure of some kind
being tattOoed over each artery, so
that the soldier can at once see where
to apply the lIgature.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

Col. WAT HARDIN of Kentucky,
was recently asked If he did not re-
gard certain fellow in Washington
who had dealt most villainously with
him as the mot pluperfect unmiti-
gated scoundrel he ever knew. The
Colonel studied the question with
thoughtful gravity for moment and
finally decided: mo; / am COM
mitted to fellow out in Ohio"
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22
Where the Snake Boar

The prairie marmot and the bur-
rowing owl come into neignbOIly
contact with the rattlesnake, but
amount to friendship. The prairie
marmot takes a lot Of trouble and
builds nice burrow. and then the
owl, who is only a slovenlY sort of
architect himself, comes along and
takes apartments. 1t has never been
quite settled whether or not the
ledger and the landlord agree
pleasantly together, but in the abb
sence of any positive evidence they
may be given credit for perfect amia-
bility, because nobody has found
traces of owl in dead marmot's in
terror, nor of marmot IN an OWLS.
But the rattlesnake is another tn ng.
He waits till the residence has been
made perfectly comfortable. and then
he comes in himself, not in the
friendly capacity of ledger. but as a
sort OF unhOlly writter-a scaly man
in possession. He eats the marmot's
family and perhaps the marmot him
self. curling himself up comfortably
in the best part of the drawing room.
The owl and his belongings he
leaves severely alone. but whether
from a doubt as TO the legality OF dis
training upon the goods OF lodger,
or from a certainty as to the lodger's
goods including claws and a beak.
naturalists do not say. Personally /
incline very much TO the claw and
beak theory, having seen an owl Kill
snake in very neat and workman
like manner, and indeed the rattle
snake sometimes catches Tartar
even in the marmot
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

There is a curious Old World Ga
Zette that tells US of his life at Cal
cutta and gives us strange glimDses of
a time that is no more. To make up
for the lack of khitmudgar and
cook" our subaltern provided him
self with slave, and dire was his an
ger if his human chattel attempted to
change his condition. He advertised
his loss in hot haste, telling sympa-
thizing public that for the greater
security of his rights he had his mas
ter's initials branded on bis arm.
Would any one to whom the lad
might apply for employment send him
back to his owner?
Luckless lad and basely defrauded
owner! Surely human merchandise
must have been cheap TO come within
the means of ''scanty ninety fve!'
1t was but natural that the subaltern
should follow where his superior Of
ticers led the way, and those higher
in the service kept not one but sew
eral slaves to do their bidding.
Lieut.. Col Call, stationed at Fort
William in 1856, advertiSes for a
slave boy who has dared to leave
him, and says he will esteem him.
self pan ticularly obliged if any gen
tleman will enable him to recover
his lost property. A few ears later
the East India Company had recog-
nized that slavery was blot on our
social system, and issued a notice
that any one found dealing in this
''detestable traffic" $50 shocking to
humanity" would be punished with
the utmost severity" This notice.
however, seems rather to apply to
those who were exporting slaves than
to those who kept them for their own
use.
Journeys in those old days were
sleepy, leng 5hy, and withal expensive
luxuries 1t was naturally serious
business to get to and from Europe,
and masters of sailing vessels were, it
seems, inclined to make their charges
exorbitant to their luckless passen-
gers. The honorable East India
Company, in it's paternal relation to
its servants, issues warnings, COM
mands, and regulations on the sub
ject, but apparently with little re-
suit. At last table was drawn up
wherein it was stated that while
general officers should pay f250 for
their passage, an ensign should pay
e1O5, and cadet G70. Commanders
were warned that if by any means.
directly or Indirectly, they should
take or receive further sums of money
for the same they should pay to the
company, for the us of the Poplar
Hospital, treble the sum so taken. 80
The COrnhill Magazine.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

THE Chicago police declare that
the "relic hunters" who swarm Jack
~ Park since the gates were opened
are more like thieves and burglars
than anything else. They report the
most disgraceful scenes daily enacted
in the Worlds Fair grounds They
tell us of men. women. and girls,
well dressed and apparently respect
able, jostling against tramps and
street urchins for scraps and frag-
mentS of the wrecked buildings on
Midway Plais2nce; Of dainty ladies
carrying off doors, shutters, tables,
window sash. rolls OF mating and all
manner of rubbish in their carriages.
They tell us that the utmost exertion
Is required to keep these respectable
vandals out OF the main buildings
where valuable exhibits lie about IN
packed. What pretty tale this is
TO tell Of the chiyalrY OF Chicago
Yet we must believe the South Park
policeman, because the stories quite
surpass the imagination even or a
uniformed guardian of the peace.
One word to the police in Jackson
Park: A ''relic hunter turned thief
should lie treated as thief, not as a
relic hunter. One example will suf.
fee.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

patient. If she had succeeded in do
ing so unobserved. Nellie would prob
ably have been dead within forty
eight hours
"Then the old lady went back to
Baltimore that afternoon. As for
Nellie, l met her in the street
to-day and noticed that roses bloomed
in her cheeks Washington Star.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

IL is melancholy that when man
learns by experience not to Jump
from moving cable car on the side
nearest the other track the lesson
comes too late to be OF practical serv-
ice to him to him.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22
Inent

In Nevada recently the State
militia had their annual target prac-
tice, when not a bullseye was made.
On the same day citizen Of Indiana
started out with an ancient revolver
and killed four people So pleased
was he with his craftsmanship that
despairing OF ever beating it. he
turned his weapon on himself and is
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22
AMONG the sufferers from the hard

AMONG the sufferers from the hard
times in Italy is General Menotti
Garibaldi, son of the Italian hero
Although the General, like the other
descendants of Gar baldi, has state
pension of 1000 lire, he lost so
much money recently that he was
obliged to allow his furniture to be
sold last month TO pay back taxes
The General is a member of Parlia-
mentA
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

A BOSTON judge has decided that a
mans face is his own, and that an
artist has no right to reproduce the
sacred lineaments without their own
er-s consent This same judge should
20 bit farther and make a ruling
holding the sun to be an accessory be-
fore the fact when the artist" uses
a kodak
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

THE poet Riley has great adj
miration for Kipling," says a news
paper paragraph. Now, let's have a
paragraph saying that Kipling has a
great admiration for the poet Riley,
and then that advertising scheme
will have been fairly worked,
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

THIEVES blew open a safe in a
Colorado saloon. When a policeman
came after them they took him along
with the cash and the Jewels as part
Of the booty and appurtenances of
the gin mill. it's hard Shedding
when policeman isn't safer than
the safe in a saloon.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

"A VALUABLE discovery has been
made in the southern part of Arkan-
sas. 1t is aluminium ore in new
form. IL is called ''rootsite." At
first it was regarded as a phosphate.
1t is found in great beds at a depth
Of twenty to thirty feet below the
surface
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

Now THAT Admiral Mello is out on
the broad ocean he wants to be care
full that Mr.. Vanderbilt's yacht, which
is also out, doesn't run into him.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

The Boston Traveller accuses some
Of its wicked local contemporaries of
having stolen its news. The idea Of
stealing news from a Boston news
paper! Nobody but another Boston
editor would have dreamed Of doing
such a thing.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

THE regular army of Mexico go into
a fight with the latest batch of revo-
lutionists at Custhuiriochi, presuma-
bly, over the pronunciation.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

1T is fashion to say girl is " as
graceful as willow" but don't you
think the willow. with it's dropping
ways, looks little round-shouldered?
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

No WOMAN is going to saw wood
and say nothing. II she has to saw
the wood the world will certainly
hear from her.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

SPEAKING of Anarchists and the
u0CtrTne of dynamite it will be
noticed that buns and bombs seem
to 60 together.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

The greatest depth recorded OF
Lake Michigan is eight hundred and
seventy feet The mean depth is
about three hundred and twenty-five
feet
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

IF Mr.. Stead and Mrs. Cougar serl-
ously desire to alleviate distress IN
Chicago they will go away.-Chicago
Times.
The Baptist headlight. (Topeka, Kan.) 1893-1894, 1894-02-22

ADAY at time is the way to live
happy life.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-01
For the Good of West End Boys.

The reading-room in tho West-End.
which has been so successfully conducted
for over year past has been reorsanized
under the name OF the Friendly Society
for Men and Boys. and with the follow
ing officers and directory: Mrs. Il. 4. ID.
Myers, president: Mrs. william II. Fer
guson, vice-president; Joseph III. Shep-
herd. secretary; II. G. Carlton, treasurer
Directors--Mr. John l.. Mcclure. Mrs.
John +. Mcclure. Mrs Conway BarKsdaie,
Mr.. w. W. Cardwell, Miss Emma Derby
shire, and Mrs. John Laird.
The society is planning TO enlarge its
scope and engage more conimodious quar-
ters. and In order TO raise the necessary
funds for these purposes will give an
entertainment at Belvidere Hall tonight
at = o'clock The Polk Miller Combination
will appear In most entertaining pro-
eranme, and Mr. Benjamin u. Valentine
will recite some OF his inimitable COM
positions.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-01
IN COLONEL MOSBY'S HONOR.
MIR. Chamblin Entertains His Old Conn
mander at Whitby.

There was happy gathering at WhitDy
Stock Farm yesterday afternoon. when the
genial proprietor Mr.. ii. Clay Chamblin,
entertained his old commander Colonel
John $. Mosby, the noted partisan ranger
of the Confederacy. Among the other
guests present were Captain William II.
Allison. Mr.. Corbin Warwick, Mr.. War
ner Moore. Misses AIosby. daughters OF
Colonel Mosby. Mrs. DR.. Thomas, Mr.. w.
$. Forbes and wife. Mrs. William q.
Stokes, Mrs. Lathrop. Mr.. John ChamDlin.
of Richmond. and Mr.. w. J. Carter. Dr.
Lawrence Ingram. Judge J. II. Ingram,
Mr. a. Royal. Mr.. George II. Gary and
Mr.. Il. =. owen, Jr.. of Manchester.
Mr.. Chamblin took his guests over the
farm. showing them his fine horses. race
course little colts etc. Refreshments
were served, and the party had very
delightful visit, and returned 10 the city
about dark greatly pleased with the trip.
what they had seen. and the hosptabla
treatment of the host.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-01


able to accept the invitation OF the camp
to be present on account OF previous
engagement
The ladies of the Hollywood Association
sent an invitation 10 the body to meet
ing to be held at the Young Mems Chris
tian Association Thursday, which was ac-
cepted.
The application OF Mr. John l.. Spindle
for admission as member was sub
mitted.
II was stated that the cottage OF the
camp ut the Soldiers Home was nearly
completed. 1t will be dedicated with
proper ceremonies at an early date. The
Committee on Veteran Reception on the
day of the unwilling Of the monument TO
the soldiers and sailors Of the Confede-
racy reported progress.
A fine portrait of General George H.
Pickett. painted by Mr.. Hankins. was
submitted for inspection by the camp.
and was greatly admired.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-01
Her Lord and Master. "

The Riley Dramatic Company, an or
ganization that has won considerable re-
nown In the "popular-price" houses of
this country. opened a weeks engagement
at the Academy last night, presenting
Her Lord and Master" The drama, In
spite of its numberless crudities and abb
surlites, and "a dialogue that Is more
lame AM, impotent than melodrama Is
generally guilty OF, appeared greatly to
please an indulgent audience. Not
in the best OF taste at any time. the
piece lost nothing by the broad farce Of
Florence Modena, Tony Cummings. and
Burt Wesner. Anna Davis. mistress OF
her art, Is well trained by long course
Of repressive acting. of emotional pas
sivety essential in Her Lord and Mas
ter" and such like plays. Mr.. Riley was
discreet and impressive as Captain Ar
thur Standsh. The other characters were
well sustained. Tonight 'The Hoop OF
Gold' will be presented.