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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
ALL ON ONE "SPLIT."
4 Run Of Luck Which Enriched IN I'm
pecunious Gambler.

4 Run Of Luck Which Enriched IN I'm.
pecunious Gambler.
Sone years ago, when gambling -four
ished IL Washington, two of the most
enthusiastic votaries Of faro were old
Bill Lunsford and Adam Koch. They
usually bucked the animal together, and
when they had q winning streak the
bank proprietor was apt to walk the
floor nervOusly, and there would be shift
ing of dealers every quarter Of an hour
Or SO. When the tickle goddess frowned
upon them, however, there was joy in
the heart Of the man who carried the
roll, and pheasants and venison were liza
BILE to mark the next nights supper.
They always played the limit, which
was $25 to ceases in most Of the rooms
in their day, whether their luck was
good or bad, and consequently they won
big money or lost their stakes in short
order.
One night Koch went up into Jones'
place, over Charlie Godfrey's saloon, on
E street, without a cent in his pocket.
Lunsford was spread out before the faro
table, with red chips at $1.25 apiece
stacked up in front of him and stacks
covering the case cards on the board. He
was tipsy and unsociable, and when Koch
suggested the loan of q couple of stacks
he was met with q stormy refusal
He sat down and watched the play, how
ever, and at last Lunsford, who was
calling for small bottle every other
turn, got drunken and put pile of chips
on the king, of which only one had
shown. In moment two kings followed
each other in the deal, and Jim Davis,
who was dealing, took down half Of
Lunsford's bet. In doing SO he found the
latter had put 10 chips instead Ct go on
the card, and consequently he left nine
chips and a split, or half a check, on it.
Lunsford was wild. He hated split
worse than any gambler who ever played
q system, and he turned on Koch.
lyon wanted a stake, durn you, and
now you can have it," he exclaimed,
and he threw the split at Koch. The
latter coolly picked up the 621s cents
and put it on card. 1t won. He shifted
the chip to another place, and it won
again. Here and there he moved the
chips over the table, now coppering
them and now playing them open, and
every time he won. At the end Of the
deal he had $50. At the end Of the next
he had s245. The news got out on the
street that Adam Koch had struck q
winning streak. This was enough to
crowd Jones place with curious and ex-
cited spectators. At midnight Koch was
81 400 ahead of the game. At o'clock
in the morning he arose and called for
bottle Of wine and paid the boy with
a $40 bill out Of roll containing just
5000. That was the luckiest gamble
ever known in Washington. And Luns-
ford went broke trying to copper Koch's
steady luck.-CMcago Times Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
Entirely Premature.

Without entering into discussion
Of the merits OF the free silver issue,
the Hinrichsen convention at SPRING
field yesterday cannot give a tangi-
BILE or practical reason for taking the
stand it did, or for giving any ex-
preston on the great currency ques-
ton. There is no existing condition
or circums stances which will warrant
such hasty declaration for any stan
dard. We are not on the eve OF a
campaign, the public mind is not agi-
tated through political discussion in
view Of approaching elections, and
with the exception of such enthusi-
asts as Mr.. Hinrichsen and his fol-
lowers on certain theories. the pub
lie generally is studying the money
question seriously but calmly. and
the average Individual is not yet
ready to publicly proclaim where
he stands. IN feet, no contin-
gency has arisen that should sug-
gest the declaration ~ the party or
Of the individual. Co.. year must
elapse before . general election &C.
ours affecting either the state Of Illi-
nois or the nation at large. The
child Of silver delivered at SPRING
field yesterday cannot be regarded
as other than premature and by every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
In n NutAhell.

1t is generally conceded that Mr..
Carlisle's two speeches on the silver
question are the finest and best argu.
ments yet heard. They will have
great effect. He epitomizes the main
points Of the question in this brief
way:
l. There is not a free coinage
country in the world today that is
not on a silver basis.
2. There is not q gold standard
country in the world today that does
not use silver money along with
gold.
8. There is not a silver standard
country in the world today that uses
any gold along with silver.
4. There is not a silver standard
country in the world today that has
more than one-third of the circula-
ton per capita that the United States
has.
5. There is not silver standard
country in the world today where the
labcring man receives fair pay for
his days work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
Canine Etiquette.

Conventional rules are most useful in
intercourse with strangers, and this feel
ing, the result Of deliberate reflection
among men, seems quite as we'll under
stood by animals. Tho number Of steps
which a prince or ambassador might adj
vance to meet the other without derogat-
ing from his dignity, and tho frequent
halts and bows, find a parallel in the
amusing form Of canine etiquette, when
one dog "spies stranger" at distance.
The first dog stops short, then trots ON n
little, then crouches and finally lies fiat
down, with its nose ON its paws, like q
skirmisher ordered to open fire ON the
enemy. The other dog, which was less
quick sighted, sometimes lies down, too,
but more usually trots slowly up, with
occasional halts.
The action of the first seems clearly to
be survival of a time when dog nat
urally crouched in order to conceal itself
the moment it saw any other creature
which might hurt it or which, on the
contrary, it might want to stalk. The
sudden drop is something like that of q
setter when creeping" up ON to the
birds, but more like the crouch of the
fox when it sees hare or wants to con-
ceal itself from persons whom it sees
while it is still unseen. But now it is
observed as pure convention, one which
is obviously mere show, but to omit
which would be breach Of canine eti-
quette which might and sometimes does
lead to a fight.-London Spectator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
A RailroadeI'> yer.

A railroad man is responsible for tha
following prayer:
20 Lord. now that I have tagged
thee. lift my feet from off the road of
life and plant them safely on deck of
the train of salvationi Let me use the
safety lamp known as prudence, make
all couplings in the train with the
strong link Of thy love and let my lamp
be the Bible. And, heavenly Father.
keep all switches closed that lead Off on
the sidings. especially those with blind
endl o Lord. if it be thy pleasure. have
every semaphore block along the line to
show the white light of hope that may
make the run Of life without stopping.
And. Lord. give us the Ten Command.
ments as q schedule. and when I have
finished the run, and have on schedule
time pulled into the great station Of
death, may thou, the Superintendent of
the Universe. say with smile: Well
done, thou good and faithful servant.
Come and sign the pay roll and receive
your check for eternal happiness. -
Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
BADGER AND SUCKER.
The Way Illinois and Wisconsin Came e
Get Their Nicknames.

The Way Illinois and Wisconsin Came g
Get Their Nicknames.
''If there had been no badgers in
Wisconsin" said q native of that state,
wisconsin would not be known as the
Badger State. and yet it did not receive
the name because badgers were there.
There were very few white people in
Wisconsin territory in its early days.
the population being confined to the
mi -itary posts, the missionary and trad
ing stations, and the lead mining re.
gions in the southwestern part of the
territory. The miners were of two
classes. men who worked the mines al!
the year round and men who came up
from the Illinois country in the spring
and worked until the fall. when they
returned to their prairies and groves.
The miners who were permanent dwell
ers in the region didn't bother to put up
cabins or even huts. In fact. material
for such dwellings was not abundant.
They simply dug holes in the sides Of
the hills large enough to give them
room 70 sleep and cook in. Nowadays
those burrows would perhaps be called
dugouts. but as they closely resembled
the subterranean homes of the badgers
they were promptly called badger holes.
and the miners who occupied them were
called badgers.
10y one who cares to tramp through
IT,. .-..rt of Wisconsin today will come
upon deep excavations in the rocks
regular quarry holes bearing every evi.
dence of having been made long ago.
And so they were. Some of them were
excavated 20 years ago and more. They
were the work of the lead miners who
went up from Illinois in the spring to the
mining region. They. being there only
for a short season. did not mine by dig
ging shafts. as the permanent miners
did. ror did they live in burrows. They
blasted the surface rock. making large
pits by their work. seeking what was
called the float lead and ore that was
easily obtained near the top They &C.
cupied the pits they made, as the other
miners did their hillside burrows.
lowing to the similarity of the mi
grations of these quarry miners to those
Of that familiar fish which, goes up
stream in the spring and down again in
the fall. they soon became known as
suckers, and their pits in the rocks were
called sucker holes. In the course of
years the names badger and sucker came
to be applied to the entire people of
Wisconsin and Illinois. Many of the
original badgers and suckers became the
leading citizens of their respective To-
calities and helped make the country's
history. When Wisconsin was admitted
to the Union. the badger was placed on
her coat of arms in recognition of this
fact. and it was from the miners who
quarried in the rocks of Wisconsin that
Illinois got her name of the Sucker
State. New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
Boston Politeness.

The Observant Citizen Of q Boston
daily witnessed an interesting incident
in a Boston electric. A young man was
seated reading in a crowded electric car,
and a fashionably dressed, elderly wom-
an entered, accompanied by a pretty
girl. The young man never looked up
until the elder lady, touching his shout
der, said, honey, sweet, ''Would you
kindly give my daughter your seat?"
The young man looked at the young wo-
man, who looked by no means ill or
feeble, then raised his hat and said quiet
ly, "No, madam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
CATS HARD TO TRAIN.
Years Of Patience and Plenty Of Kindness
Before They VIII Learn Tricks.

Years of Patience and Plenty Of Kindness
Before They VIII Learn Tricks.
An English exhibitor of trained ami
mails, Mr.. Leoni Clarke, is reported as
saying that, though he has educated all
sorts Of animals, from lions downward,
he has found that the most difficult Of
them all Is the cat. He has to treat this
creature with extraordinary care. A dog
is sensible, q monkey accommodating,
and rat either forgives or forgets-but
q cat! She is hopeless bundle of sensi-
bilities. Strike her once, if only by ac-
cident. and she will never perform again.
Kindness is not only polite, it is abso-
lutely necessary in the training of cats.
Although 30 cats are sufficient for his
entertainment, he has 60 or more with
him, for cats are very skittish creatures,
and when they take the within in their
heads it is useless to take them ON the
stage. When Mr.. Clarke enters the stable,
the mewing is prodigious, and he is in
stantly buried in a moving mantle Of
cats. 1t took him four years to train
some of his animals before he could put
them upon the stage. A parachute cat,
which climbs up rope to the roof Of
the theater and flies down by parachute,
is the second which has done the trick.
A curious feature of the show is the way
in which the cats walk over u rope Of
rats and mice and canaries, stepping
gingerly between the little fluttering
bodies. This mighty forbearance is
brought about by training up the cats
from kittens in the same cage as the
rats and birds There are only six of his
cats that Mr.. Clarke dares trust among
the rats. The rats and mice come from
Java.-Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
Tea and Eggs.

recall q colored waiter at queer lit
tie hotel in Alabama, who asked friend
of mine:
"Wil1 you have tea or coffee?''
''Tea"
"Store tea or sasser tea?''
"What's that?''
"Store tea or sasser tea?''
"What dye mean by sasser tea?'
"Sassafras tea-good for de blood.
''Give me store tea want meals,
not medicine
And another who asked:
GLOW you have your eggs?"
"Soft boiled.
The waiter disappeared and returned
BOSS, I don't believe you'd care for
dem eggs boiled. Better have 'em mixed
up wild q ham omelet."
No eggs were ordered. Polly Pry in
New York Recorder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
Equal to the Emergency.

An old admiral vel! known for his
power of exaggeration was describing a
voyage at supper one night. while
cruising in the Pacific. a" he said. I'VE
passed an island which was positively
red with Holsters.
But" said one of the guests. smil.
ing incredulously. HOLSTERS are not red
until boiled
"Of course not" replied the I'M.
daunted admiral. but this was q vol
canic island with boiling springs -
Pearson's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

law Of science and nature cannot be
expected to survive through any
means except that of accident.
The Springfield platform is merely
the endorsement Of a theory, not a
declaration of faith commanding
faithful adherence on the part of q
political organization, nor can it be
taken as Of binding force until the
national platform OF '92 is altered in
accordance with the sentiments
voiced yesterday-and this cannot
be done until about one year hence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
Begging an Industry.

There are numbers of villages in Rus
STA in which begging is the staple indus
try. No one does anything else. 1t is
stated in the labor commission report on
that country that "nearly 5000 out of
the 8, 500 persons in the districts of In
Ear and Saransk are beggars, and that
the whole population of the village of
Marinin live by means of begging. And
these are by no means isolated cases. In
many other districts precisely the same
style Of things prevails.
In a real beggars' village all the in
habitants, including even the starost:.
and other local dignitaries, are enrolled
in company, which is divided into
parties. These parties 60 out in turn ON
begging picnics. The booty they bring
back is regarded as common property,
and the population depends upon it for
their support. Good Words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
WILLIAM MARTIN JOHNSON.

WILLIAM MARTIN JOHNSON. who
illustrated the Garfield" edition OF
'.Ben Hur" for the Harpers, and also
their editions OF THE Cloister and
the Hearth" and "Hypatia," be-
came the editor OF the Ladies Home
Journal on June /, leaving New
York to reside permanently in Phil
adelphia. Barton Cheyney, q clever
newspaper man. who has been
attached to the press Of Delaware and
Pennsylvania. is also added to the
Journals editorial staff as one Of MIR.
BOk's principal associates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

HERE. says,an exchange, is some
thing that is worth % to every
iarmer in the land to know. Sprin-
ile little lime in your stock tank
and not particle of scum will form
on the water. When the lime loses
is strength and scum begins to form.
which may be twice during the sea-
son, wash out the tank and repeat
the dose. 1t is cheap. not only harm
less but wholesome, keeps the water
sweet and saves work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
New YOrk'S ReDCtatiOn.

Mr.. Gotham-No, l never have IA par
ticle of fear On the ocean. Don't you
know. sir, that one is safer Oh a trans
atlantic fiier than Oh a city street?
Mr.. Lakeside (of Chicago)-Humph
Well, to tell the truth, believe if had
to choose between an ocean steamer and
o New York street, I'd do as You do
take the steamer York Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
WOmcn's Endurance.

While men have more strength, woln-
en- have more endurance and greater
capacity for protrac:ed and monoto1ous
labor. In those countries where women
work in the fields side by side with
their husbands and brothers, the latter
may accomplish more work, the former
can labor 4 greater number of hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06
The bottom of the Sea

Yields no pearl that can exceed in
beauty teeth whitened and cleansed
with that Incompatible dentifrice,
the fragrant SOZODONT. Nor is
coral roster than the gums in which
such teeth are set. So say the ladies.
who are the best judges in such mat
tiers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

Gov. ALTGELD having signed the
bill abolishing days OF grace on COM
mercial paper. and the bill which
makes the indorser Of note equally
liable, after notice, with the maker,
both measures so strictly urged
by the Illinois Bankers asso-
citation now in session here, have sue
cessfully passed all the essential for
malities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

MURDERERs will not hang yet for
awhile in Michigan, after all. The
vote in the house was a tie. There
we're 1874 lynchings in the year 1894.
and 40 legal executions. The num-
Der CT murders committed was $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

Men become bald more frequently
than women because of the cIoseness of
the hats they wear. which keep the head
too hot. induce perspiration and weaken
the hair. The boys Of the famous Blue
Coat schools of London, who never wear
hats, never become bald late in life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

GIVE the local delegation which
did SO nobly at Madison royal well
come on its return tonight. The
members worked early and late in
the interest of Rock Island, and the
result is triumphant victory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

Robespierre had a thin face. sharp
nose. narrow forehead and small mouth,
with thin lips. He always dressed neat
" and was often mistaken for Q depart
Ment clerk or bookkeeper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

PEORIA may be the second city in
he state as regards population, but
it isn't large enough to take from
Rock Island what rightfully belongs
70 rs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

CHARLES REID, aged 81 years, who
says he comes from st. Louis, lies in
the Harlem hospital in a dangerous
condition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

Rock ISLAND knocked out Peoria,
Decatur and Fulton at Madison yes
terday. but we are magnanimous
enough to forgive them for their pre-
sumption.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

Now let US turn our attention to
securing the new hospital for the
insane.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-06-06

TIE ARGUS, only 10c Q week.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-11-05
QUINCY ON ANNEXATION.

Josiah Quincy, the leading Dem
ocratic politician of Massachu-
sets, in his address before the re-
cent State Convention held in Wor-
cester said, that while some Repub-
lican leaders have shown a DISPOSE
ton to improve every chance to
oppose the Administration in ques-
lions arising from the foreign re-
lations of the United States, moth
ing but the Hawaiian question has
yet been raised to the dignity of an
issue. "The Democratic Admins
tration is squarely opposed to the
annexation of these islands with
their mixed population and coolie
labor system" Mr.. Quincy further
states that "There is no question
involved as to whether American
influence shall remain paramount
in those islands, for that it must in
any case continue to be or as to
whether any other government
shall be allowed to acquire them,
for we have declared that this can
not be permitted nor is there any
question as to the form of the
Hawaiian Government"
He admits that American inter-
ests shall remain paramount; that
no other nation will be allowed to
take hand in affairs, and that the
problem to be faced regarding this
country is simply a question of
formal annexation, with all the
difficult problems which that would
raise, as opposed to the mainten-
ance of the present status"
He goes on the principle that the
people of this country have practi-
cally nothing to say in the matter;
that our plan for annexation is
simply little side play and
matter of comparatively small i'm
The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-11-05

lists have established, in the noun
tains, a community in which the
average musical education is proba-
bly, higher than in any similar
community in the Eastern States.
Colonel Cockerel, the correspondent
of the New York World, says, "the
prettiest and sweetest natural girl
l have seen for many years | was
presented to at a Mormon dance"
The influence of Mormonism
upon the character of the people of
the Mountain States cannot be
properly written for many years.
That religion undoubtedly degrad-
ed the moral sense of the people
who accepted it, but the influence
OF the new surroundings, the con-
tact with Gentiles, and the devel-
opment of the mining industries
quickly modified it. Nor was po-
lygamy practiced to the extent it
has been represented.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-11-05
OF SMALL INDUS
TRY.

NJ. Halter, the author of the re-
port to the French Government on
the chemical industries at the Chi
cago fair, declares that great
changes are occurring in the indus
tries in every country. He refers,
among other things, to the new
method of utilizing salt by electro
lytic decomposition, in the manu-
facture of carbonate of soda, and
bleaching powder. Much of the
enormous wealth secured by the
English manufacturers during the
last hundred years was derived
from cheap salt, coal and sulphu-
ric acid.
These articles made the mer-
chants kings of the chemical trade
of the world. Although Germany
and France are in competition with
the English, they have been able to
take away only a small part of the
English trade.
If, however, the new electrolytic
process is successful, it will create a
revolution in manufacturing. 1t
will be possible, even in this city,
to use the cheap, solar-made salt in
the manufacture of chemical sup
plies, provided the cost of cleo
tricity is reasonable. The absence
of technical skill and trained labor
makes it improbable that any
scheme for the manufacture of these
articles will be tried here at present.
We merely suggest that the new
discoveries in the arts may, at any
time, and undoubtedly will, make
it possible to increase the lists of
diversified industries here.
1t may be stated that, even now,
several chemical industries of a
minor character could be carried
on here with profit, provided there
was enterprise enough in the people
to establish them. Thirty years
ago it was said in an industrial
convention, held in Philadelphia,
that cit was, and would be, i'm
possible to produce fine silk goods
in the United States" Recently,
trade journal stated that an i'm
porter of japanese silks said that
when he wished to make a present
of fine silk dress goods to anyone,
he bought only American manu-
facture.