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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Omcial Proceedings of Last Nights Ad-
J0uned Council Meeting.

Omcial Proceedings of Last Nights Ad.
Jouned Council Meeting.
CITY COUNCIL ROOM. Rock ISLAND.
Jan. IL, lse5.-The city council met
in adjourned session at p. M.
Mayor Medill presiding and all the
aldermen present, except +. W.
Schroeder.
AID. kuschmann, from the street
and alley committee, reported, re-
commencing certain grade, on
Twelfth street. Adopted on motion
of Aid. Corken.
The clerk read petition of L.
Harms for the permission to erect q
frame building adjoining Kerr's liv-
cry barn to be used as bicycle store
room. Referred to the fire and light
committee with power to act, on mo-
ton of Aid. Bladel
The city attorney submitted an or
dinance providing for the payment
of the cost of sidewalks on the streets
heretofore ordered, which was
adopted by unanimous vote, on mo-
ton of Aid. Corken.
Aid. Bladel moved that the city at
torney be instructed to withdraw
court costs and commissioners fees
from the expenses charged against
sidewalk assessments. Carried.
The city attorney then presented
another ordinance, in relation to
sidewalks on avenues. of the same
tenor and for the same purpose,
which was adopted by a unanimous
vote on motion of Aid. Bladel.
The city attorney read an ordi-
nance for the improvement of Thir-
teenth street from Fifth to Seventh
avenue. Passed by unanimous vote,
on motion of Aid. Schneider.
Aid. Kuschmann submitted q re-
port establishing grades on Twenty
first and Twenty-second streets.
Recommendation adopted on motion
of Aid. Corken.
The mayor read an ordinance es-
tablishipg certain grades on Twelfth,
Twenty-second and Twenty-first
streets. Passed by unanimous vote
on motion of Aid. Kuschmaun.
The city attorney read an ordi-
nance for the Improvement of
Twelfth street from Fourth avenue
south to the city limits. Passed by
unanimous vote on motion OF Aid.
Roth.
The city clerk read an. ordinance
for the Improvement of Seventh ave-
nue. from Seventeenth to Twenty
third street. Passed by a vote of 9
to 8 (Cramer. Foss, Nelson), on mo-
ton of Aid. Roth.
Aid. Bladel moved that the clerk
be instructed to advertise for propo.
sails for the complete construction of
the improvements ordered by the or
dinances. Adopted.
Aid. Foss moved that adjournment
be to next Monday evening. and the
council on motion OF Aid. Dauber ad-
journed to that date.
A. ID. HUEsING, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
FREIGHT FALLING.
Necessitates a Reduction OF
Forces on the Rock Island,
DUE TO WESTERN CROP FAILURES

Three Engines Stored. Twelve Extra Fire
men Discharged and Four Engineers Set
Railway News.
As has been expected among the
employees for long time, the Rock
Island road has been compelled to
reduce its freight crews on the Iowa
division. the falling off of western
shipments making the move a neces-
sity. A revival was anticipated af-
ter the holidays, but instead, a fur
Their decrease of business was notice.
able, which warranted the enforce
ment of the formerly considered &C.
ton. Engines S2S, S44 and 321 were
accordingly taken off and the engi-
neers reduced to extra men or set
back to firemen, and - extra fire.
men were discharged.
Track Talk.
Conductor Harry Meyers. of the
c., b. & O., is taking a 1O-days' lay
off.
Sol Stevens c.. r. l. L. p. engine,
the 34s. is being repaired in the
Davenport shops.
General Passenger Agent Rowland,
of the Chicago & Grand Trunk. was in
the city yesterday.
Freight Inspector King and Kinney
Mack, Of the c.. b. & O., are selling
tickets on bicycle.
c. P. Chaplin. of Galesburs, divi-
sion civil engineer for the ~. >" was
in the city this week.
Fireman Charles Hunter, of the c.,
B. & O.. and bride returned Thursday
evening from their wedding tour.
George Soutter has resigned his
position with the c.. Il. L. Q. freight
department and will 60 to Omaha.
Engineers c. c. Pratt and Connie
O'Brien, of the Rock Island. are lay
ing off on account of slight indisposi-
tions.
Fireman Ed Heffernan, of the c.,
r. l. & p. is back at work again, af-
ter short vacation, and is now fir
ing the S59.
Brakeman Frank Hartnady, who
sprained his back near Barstow, on
the c., B. & O., about a week ago, is
able to be around again, and will re-
turn to work Monday.
The s26 engine of the southwest
ern division of the Rock Island,
which was badly damaged at Happy
Hollow in the wreck in which four
lives were lost. is out of the Chicago
shops fully repaired.
James Griffin has returned to his
home at Goodland, Kan, after
short visit with his folks. Mr.. Grit
fin was for a number of years con-
nected with the Rock Island road,
and resided in this city.
The engine and baggage car of the
Beardstown accommodation, due here
at 1925 on the c., b. & O.. jumped
the track this morning when pulling
over the switch at the foot Of Seven
teenth street. No damage was done.
One of the clerks in the r. /. & p.
freight offices is cultivating a hirsute
growth beneath his nostrils which.
if treated we'll and protected from
wintry the atmosphere. will bloom
like the flowers in springtims, when
the gentle June breezes will watt it
tn and fro
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
Woodmen Installation.

Camp 309, NJ. w. A., installed its
officers-elect last evening. the cere-
monies being in charge of S.
G. Smythe, of Cedar Camp, p,
Davenport. An address Of welcome
by Honorable Consul w. c. Maucker
was followed by remarks by Neigh
Dor j. B. Kerns, Of Fulton, who ex-
planned the objects Of the Royal
Neighbor order, lodge of which
will be organized in this city next
Wednesday. The exercises we're wit
messed by large gathering of men,
bers and friends, who afterward
whiled few. hours most pleasantly
in dancing to music furnished by
Bleuer's orchestra. Supper was
served in Turner hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
1.-The shadow Of Sln.r

The striking topic will be the sub
lect of q talk to man at the Y. NJ. G.
A. tomorrow afternoon at $50. The
speaker is an ex-commercial traveller
and man Of wide experience not
only on the road. but among bust
ness men and employees. A forcefal.
helpful address can be safely counted
on, and a cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all men to attend. There
will be rousing singing and a hearty
welcome TO all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
.what . Piece Of work b Man,

And SO liable to get out OF order. His food
may not asTee with him, HE liver may be torpid.
or his heart have some functional deraneement
His blood Can bseome impoverished, and break
ont into boils and carbupeles. His head may
ache. ind his senses may. one and al, refuse to
act, or his limbs to oeey hh volition. He may
lose his will power. his mind, his memory. He
may go into quick consumption. or he may live
years. moving mass Of scrofuious eorr1ption.
LII this Is possible to a man. and Jet it all msy
be avoided BY the timely use Of DR. Pieces Gold
en- Medical Discovery. the great blood purifier ard
the only one positively certain in its curative
acefon tina. IL can be cold under . guarantee 10
cure. Zee printed guarantee wrapped around
each bottle. Dealers everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
Sunday Services.

At Trinity chapel. Rev. r. F.
Sweet. rector. even song and Sunday
school at 2:3O p. m.
At Trinity church, Rev. II. F.
Sweet, rector. Sunday school at 9:l5
a. m. Mathis and celebration at
lO:45 a. m. Even song at 1880 p. m.
At the Central Presbyterian,
Rev. John H. Kerr. pastor. Morn
ing subject, The Unspeakable Gift u
Evening. service at 1880 p. m. Sum
day school at $50 a. m. Y. P.S.
c. E. at Gas p. m.
At the Immanual Baptist. preach
ing by the pastor, Rev. w. H. Stickel,
at 1O:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Morn
ing subject, peter Doubted" Even
ing. SEARCH the Scriptures" Sun
day school at 8 p. M.
At the Christian church. services
at 10:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Rev.
T. w. Grafton, pastor. Morning
subject, "Bible Methods of Soul Saw
ing" Evening, The Reward of
Obedience" Sunday school at 9:15
a. m. Y. P. S. c. f. at $50 p. m.
At the First Methodist church,
preaching at 10:45 a. m. and 1880 p.
m. by the pastor, Rev. F. w. Mer-
rell. Morning subject, 80 Lord,
Revive Thy Work. Evening, ..Gen-
uine and Spurious Repentance :"
Sunday school at $50 a. m, ]. F.
Robinson, superintendent. Young
peoples meeting at $50 p. m.
At the United PRESBYTERIAN,
preaching at 1O:45 a. m. and 1880 p.
m. by the pastor, Rev. H. G. Mar
shall. Morning subject, What
Boy Did, and What Boy Can DO. :"
Evening, "What Sort of a Church
Would Jesus Christ Want to Find il
He Came to Rock Island?" Sunday
school at $50 a. m. Young peoples
meetingat 6:45 p. m.
At the Broadway Presbyterian.
Rev. W. S. Marquis, pastor. will
preach at 10:45 q. m. and 7:S0 p. m.
Morning subject, Stability and Ser
vice." Evening. Lending Unto the
the Lord" service in behalf of the
Nebraska sufferers. Sunday school
at 9:l5 .. m. Young peoples meeting
at 6:45 p. m. South Park chapel
Sunday school at 2:3O p. m.
At the First Baptist, preaching
at 10:45 a. m. Rev. George Camp
bell. Of China, will speak on Chris
tian Work In the Celestial Kingdom.
At $50 young mems meeting, I'M
der the auspices of the young mems
league; opening by F. w. Freeman;
address by Secretary George c.
Blakeslee, closing by S. j. Woodin;
music BY male quartet. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m. George H.
kingsbury. superintendent. H. Y.
P. q. meeting at $50 p. m, topic.
The Midnight CALI" leader. Jesse
L. Williams. 1t is expected that
Rev. George Campbell will give q
free lecture on Monday evening on
The War in the Orient"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12

If you have dull and heavy pain
across forehead and about the eyes;
if the nostrils are frequently stopped
up and followed by disagreeable
discharge; if soreness in the nose
and bleeding from the nostrils is
often experienced: If You are very
sensitive to cold in the head accom-
panied with hesdache; then You NAV
be sure you have catarrh; and should
Immediately resort to Ely's Cream
Balm for . cure. The remedy will
give instant relief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12

Fer sale By I. Il 1HoofAGy
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but i: is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
70. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
sccept any substitute if offered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12
Oh. NV BACK.

A good many tired men and women
could get rid OF that pain in their
back if they would try Parks Sure
Cure for the Liver and Kidneys.
The trouble is usually there. and
Parks Sure Cure reaches and cures it.
Sold by Hartz 4 Whenever.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-01-12

Keep your blood pure and healthy
and You will not have rheumatism.
Hoods SarsaParilla gives the blood
vitality and richness.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

sary warmth for the Matching of their
eggs. In some cases several pairs of
one species collect an enormous heap
of decaying vegetable matter and there
deposit their eggs, usually at a depth
of two or more feet. The heaps are
%pyramidal in form and are SO large as
to contain several carloads Of mate
rial. The heat in the center Of this
mass often reaches as high as 95 de-
grees. Another species constructs large
mounds Of earth, often of an immense
size, varying from 20 to 60 feet in cir
conference and from 8 to Is feet in
height. In these the eggs are carefully
buried to the depth Of six feet. An
other bird Of this group deposits her
eggs in mounds of sand alternating
with layers of dried leaves and grasses.
The suns heat added to that engen-
dered by vegetable decomposition sup
plies the necessary warmth for hatch
ing them. These mounds are nine feet
in diameter and three in height.
The weaving birds construct peculiar
nests. The grossbeak of Africa sus-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
Tickling the PIebeian Quaker,

ut catches them every time said a
Philadelphia printer the other day who
keeps a copy Of 'Burke'S Peerage" in
his office. Jones, who, we will say,
keeps a little hat store up on Columbia
avenue, comes in here and wants me
to get him up some tasty design, a
trademark, that he can place upon his
goods. When l show him our regular
stock of designs for such a purpose,
the chances are that he will turn up
his nose at them. Then l take down
'Burke's Peerage' and turn to the
proud name of Jones, where all the
crests of the illustrious family are duly
pictured forth, with their notices and
all the record Of their nobility. Jones
is fascinated, and Immediately imag-
ines that he is some way connected
with some fine old English family. He
picks out the crest that most pleases
his eye, and some time after it reap
pears on his hats in Columbia avenue.
1t is a great scheme, l assure you. and
| treasure my 'Burke's Peerage' as a
really valuable asset.'-New York
Tribune.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

orchard will spare" some of the fam
lily to help a relative or neighbor
through sugaring. And the sugar par
ties-what one Of Nermont's sons or
daughters ever forgets them? The snow
is still upon the ground, and as night
comes on the clear cold air upon the
rock-ribbed hills brings the color to
the cheeks and quickens the step. And
the smell of good maple syrup-well,
perhaps. that may have something to
do with quickening the step; but the
young people are not long on the road
to a sugar party. The time it requires
to go from a sugar party varies. An
average computation has eve been at
tempted; for. as at husking bees, the
young man has the girl Of his choice
if he can get her.
At the party the hot sugar is dropped
upon the snow and forms into frogs"
and various other imaginative repro
auctions of animal life before it is con
sidered at the stage of perfection for
eating. Some have bowls of snow and
saucers of hot sap. and the great fun
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

syrup after it runs from the trees the
lighter will be the color and the finer
the flavor of the syrup and sugar
The sugar house is a rough little
building. with a shed half full Of we'll
dried cordwOOd for the boiling fire. The
o is mainly occupied by the boiling
apparatus, with the bunk of the man
who has to watch the pans of boiling
sap day and night. One side is taken
up by the oven, which is built on q bed
of brick and consists of two brick walls
about two feet apart, 21a feet high and
IL feet long, with an iron door at the
end lear the shed entrance to the
house. A huge, old-fashioned brick
chimney stands at the other end, where
there also is a sort of square, brick
furnace to hold a big kettle. In the
roof, near the center Of the ridge pole,
a large slot opens to the sky as an es-
cape for the steam, which rises in
heavy volumes from the pans on the
fire.
The sap as it comes from the maple
tree is like water and has barely any
more flavor than good water. But it
doesn't take much heat to produce flaw
or. A barrel of good sap will make n
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
A New Word and Its Derivation.

The ext revised edition Of Murray
will contain the word "larrikin." Its
significance is peculiar and its deriva-
ton amusing. A "iarrikin" is an Aus
tralian tough boy OF gumin. He is of
the peculiar strain Of d%epravity sure
to be found in a land like Australia. the
logical offspring of III. convict outcasts
and the women that follow in their
train. He is said 10 have peculiarities
not to be found in any other tough boy,
and physical characteristics which
would identify him wherever found by
a student of the human race. For eX-
ample, the shape Of his head is unmis-
taxable. He is plentiful in Australia.
lie is depraved. lacking alike in men,
tai and in moral health.
He was until lately without any indi-
vidual cOgnOmen. but not long ago one
of the class was in court in Melbourne.
and the Irish officer who had him in
charge, being asked by the Judge what
his OffenSe was, replied: He was a
%larrking. Yer 'onor.' with such Il roll
ing of the + that the Judge misunder-
stood for the moment and thought the
word was a term applied to the boy.
Ever since in Melbourne the street
gamin has been spoken Of as a "larri-
kim" and the word has passed into the
vernacular of Australia. Melbourne
Correspondent.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

man from the Rockies, that Indians,
never scare away game from Il region
in which they hunt. But. they say,
wherever the white man comes with
his firearms game is bound to be killed
off or driven away. These sayings are
true, with the qualifying statement
that by reasonable game laws game
can be preserved, and even when near
ly eXterminated restored to almost its
original plentifulneSs in districts not
too fully occupied by man and his do
nestle creatures.
Note the Indian in hunting, as he
searches out and steals upon the deer
or wild turkeys with his soft tread Of
mOccasined feet. In the twang Of his
bow string and the flight of his whis-
Ting arrow there is no explosive sound
to alarm the creatures near the II he
has struck. He, like themselves. is in
sympathetic accord with the tints and
tones Of plain and mountain and for
est, and while e~ndeavOring to match
their craft against his, they are salts
fled with trying to avoid him without
bpbiiuOiihS tht tSiDh " Nit lc iDitCS'
1t is Nhen white hunters of the
spOrtsmen variety invade its haunts,
their presence heralded by the tread
of their booted feet, their clothes alien
in appearance to the hucS and contours
of the creatures of the WildS. and their
purpose shown by the crack and flash
of firearms. that game begins to mi
CRATE to other feeding grounds. Add
to this the increasing ana indiScrimi-
nate slaughter for s~laughter'S sake that
characterizes the white mans hunting,
n it is easy to see why the depopula-
ton of the forest and plain, when I'M
restricted by law. is speedy and sure.
Ever since the adoption by Indians Of
firearms for their hunting. it has not
been found that large game has dimin-
ished materially in regions in which the
white man is an infrcquent visitor. al
though Sir Samuel Baker. the explorer,
asserts of African game and predatory
creatures that animals can endure
traps, pitfalls, fire, anu every savage
method Of hunting, but firearms will
speedily clear them out from the extern
sive districts"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

ponds a very curious basket, woven
of straw and reeds, from the end Of Il
branch, usually over q river. This is
in shape like IN oblOng bag, with the
entrance from below. Within and on
one side of this is the real nest.
Another species of the weaving grOs-
beakS, social weaver, build an enOr-
nous structure in shape resembling an
umbrella. The grass is so woven as to
be impervious to rain. Under the shell
ter Of this canopy each pair of birds
build their own particular nest, placed
under the v Each nest is three or
four inches in diameter and has it's own
opening.
The yellow-throated warbler of the
Southern States builds a peculiar nest
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09
Life in the Colorado Desert.

SaltOn hes one Of the largest salt
works on the Pacific coast. All the
prOpriesors had to do was to scrape the
salt from the surface Of the soil and
clean it. Few white men could do the
work, as the temperature was some
times as high as 125 degrees in the.
shade and 145 degrees IN the sun. Says
Il man who has been there:
IF a man makes the least eXertion,
perspiration pours from him like water.
You cross the room, ana your clothes
will be wringing wet, yet in ten min
utes all this water has e%vaporated. To
keep yourself alive you are forced to-
drink water by the gallon. If you have
no water, your tongue SwellS, You suf-'
fer the tOrmentS of the damned. and if
water does not reach you in twelve or
fourteen hours you will perish miser-'
ably. The Indians can stand the heat
much longer without water. The clls4
tom is to keep a small pebble in the
mouth. and only take an occasional
swallow of water. In this way they
will travel forty or fifty miles il a day,
going On a dog trot. The Indians are
very e~Xtravagant, ami those who work
at the salt mill. though they earn good
wages. never have anything. They
spend all on canicd fruit and othe"
costly articles, as we'll as on gaud
clothing for themselves and the.
SOuaWS."
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-05-09

gallon of syrup or eight pounds Of su-
gar. After being reduced to syrup in
the evaporation the product is allowed
to cool and settle, more or less of i'm
purities being precipitated by standing.
The syrup is now ready for putting into
cans for sale. The size mostly in use is
one gallon. The proper consistency Of
syrup is generally conceded to be II
pounds to the gallon, and this degree of
density is reached at 219 degrees Fab
renheit. The sap is never made into
more than syrup in the evaporator.
Then it is poured into a large porcelain
lined kettle to be boiled to sugar. If
wanted for sugar the boiling is contin-
ued until the thermometer indicates
232 degrees for pail sugar, or 23S or
240 degrees for cake. when the mass is
removed from the fire. stirred briskly
for a short time, and then poured into
tin pals or cake moulds, as the case
may be, to harden.
The cake mOulds are often a series of
parallel partitions on a large wooden
board, with spaces in them about three
inches apart, and just wide enough to
admit a knife blade The moulds are
dampened with a sponge. then the hot
sugar poured in. Little fancy tins are
also used for moulds. The farmer gets
anywhere from 10 to IS cents per pound
for his sugar. and from 10 eel to 81
a gallon for his sirup. A sugar maple
yr.nIttnnc on m ", ~ about on
pounds of sugar during a season.