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Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30
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Notice to Contractors.


Sealed proposals will he received by the build
ing committee OF the boar1 of supervisors of
Rock Island county, Illinois, until June 10, 1885.
at IL O'Clock, noon, at the Office of the county
clerk Of Rock Island comfy. in care OF F. A.
johnson. ch .iriran of the building committee,
for excavating, furnishing all nateris s. and for
the construction and erecting of the Rock Island
county court house, 10 he situated in IN. Court
House square in the city Of Rock Island, Illinois,
in accordance with the plans and specifications
and detail drawings 10 be on f'e at the Office Of
the county clerk of Rock lsand county, Iinoe,
after May Il. 1895 All bidders will be required
to accompapv their bid with a certified check Of
81 O0.OO payable to the order Of the county
treasurer of Rock Island county. Iliuois which
said check will be forfeited to the county of Rock
Island in the event of failure OF the bidder to
enter into contrac' with said board Of super
v'sors, should his bid be accepted. The party to
whom the contract Is awarded shall enter into
bonds for ,he faithful discharge of his duty in
the sum of nfty thousand dollars (S50.0C0) ap-
proved by the building committee. Said bids shall
be opehed by the building committee OF the board
OF supervisors Monday. June TO- 1e95, at II
O'Clock, noon. soon thercsfter as said buei-
ness may be reached. The right is reserved TO
reject any and all bids or to waive any defect or
infofmalty in any bid should 1t be decided to the
best interests OF the county 10 do so.
+. A. JOHNSON. Chairman.
Attest: JAMES G. BRrTToN. Secretary.
:. j. MAXWELL, JAMES HAssoN,
NEIs PIERCE, W. p. QUAYLE,
F.M, SINAET, w. X. CAREY.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30
PronerIY Arrnigned,


The Peoria Journals arraignment
Of the Illinois legislature has at
tractcd attention throughout the
state, coming as it does from lead
inc republican paper. Five men, it
claims, .shape all the legislation, de-
flying parliamentary principle. tramp
ling under foot the liberties Of the
people. and making the state stencil
in the nostrils, and citizenship re-
proach to every respecting man. "
And it states furthermore:
mo one. not in Springfield, and
when in Springfield, not in the GEN.
ter of the sink OF corruption. can
form any adequate conception Of the
load Of disgrace and shame under
which the republicans of Illinois are
being buried alive by Speaker John
Meyer. OF the Legislature, and the
horde OF sandbagging boodlers at his
beck and call. There is nothing
strained or hypocritical about this
view of the shameless robbery. and Of
fetal prostitution, heaped up again st
the day of reckoning, when the people
of this fair and sorely stricken state
are afforded chance to chastise the
party that hatchcd the cocatrice,
Never. The foul odors of bribery,
Doodle and sandbagging. struggling
for mastery over the rotten decad-
ence of subsidized press, the two
blending into the most intolerable
miasma that ever poisoned the sys'
TEN OF the state. The iniquity OF
the legislature is bold and uncon-
ccaled. 1t is the open robber OF the
people. No one disguises or attempt:
to clothe it in any other garb than
the cerements Of corruption, mortify
ing from within. 1t is the foules'
stain with which the honor Of Hi
nois has been blotted since the in
ception of government on the soil o
the prairies. 1t is the talk OF thu
streets. 1t is Haunted in the face o
transient travellers temporarily trav
ersinC the lobbies of hotels. /
oozes like fluid decadence from ever,
pore in legislative society, and th'
tap root and fountain from which i
flows is Speaker John Meyer. an'
the corruptionists at his back. Ever.
honest luNucuCe Is etihCu. SNSA ~
fort for purity is choked. The pa.
rolls are stuffed with the names
nominally reputable stool pigeons
masquerading as janitors. by dozen
and scores. Men who never sc
Springfield except when their allege'
signatures are attached to fraudu
lent pay vouchers. are listed as hon
orable servants Of the state, and tn
salaried correspondents OF newspa
pers are legion. all Of them subs
died sycophants and mutes. 1t
generally conceded, and sorrowfull
true. that all Legislatures and law
euacting bodies, are more or less ex
posed to evil influences. lllinoi
has experienced her share Of it j
the psat. But there never has bee
in any state in the union, at any tim
in the history OF the American r.
public, anything like the brazen e
frontery with which the boodling r.
publican legislature OF Illinois lives
moves, squirms. and does busine'
on the rotten principle of the SAINT
Dagger and the thug"
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30

ID. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, n.
Y, says that he always keeps DR..
Kings New Discovery in the house,
and his family has always found the
very best results.follow its use; that
he would not be without it, if pro-
durable. q. A. Dykeman, druggist,
Catskill. n. Y, says that DIR. Kings
New Discovery is undoubtedly the
best cough remedy; that he has used
it in his family for eight years, and
it has never failed to do all that is
claimed for it. Why not try RENE.
dy SO long tried and tested? TriaI
bottles free at Hartz L. Ullemeyer's
drug store. Regular size soc and 81
DID YOU EVER
try Electric Bitters as remedy fol
your troubles? II not, get bottle
now and get relief. This medicine
has been found to be particularly
adapted to the relief and cure of al
Female Complaints, exerting Won
derful direct influence in giving
strength and tone to the organs. 1
you have loss of appetite. constipa
tion, headache. fainting spells or ar
nervous, sleepless, excitable, mclan
choly or troubled with dizzy spells
Electric Bitters is the medicine yol
need. Health and strength are guar
anteed by its use, Large bottle
only so cents at Hartz & Ullemeyer'
drug store.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30

Fit Hartwell in her last syndicate
article says: Il don't recommend
any special brand of tea for afternoon
o'clocks. l do. however, know all
about the best tea to take at night.
Parks Tea will certainly clear your
complexion and purify your blood.
You will be surprised at the i'm
provement if you take cup of Parks
Tea each night. Sold by Hartz &
Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30
Germany Sends Her Regrets.

WASHINGTON, May B.. - Among the
kilograms Of coincidence received in rela.
ton to the death of Secretary Gresham is
the following from Berlin: ''Tho imperial
German governmentreque me to convey
its sincere sympathy in the severe loss
which the president and the United States
government has sustained in the death
of Secretary Gresham. RUNYON."
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30
Rheumatism Cured In "a Day.

Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. Its action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits-75 cents.
Sold by Otto Grotjan. druggist. Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30
Summer Tours via Big Four Route

To Put-in-Bay, Lake Chautauqua,
Niagara Falls, Thousand Islands,
Adirondacks. Lake Champlain, St.
Lawrence River, Montreal, White
Mountains. Fabyans, Green Noun
tains, New England resorts, New
York, Boston and all seaside resorts.
'.Knickerbocker Special. ""Southwes-
tern Limited" finest trains in Amer
lea from St. Louis, Peoria, Indianap.
oils, Cincinnati, Dayton, Springfield,
Columbus, Cleveland. Buffet parlor
cars, Wagner buffet sleeping cars,
library and cafe cars. dining cars.
Tourist rates in effect during the
summer. K. .. Mccormick,
ID. b. Martin. Pass. Traffic Mgr.
Genl Pass. & TIKI Agt.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30

Whe1 Baby was sick, We gave her CaaorsA
When she was . Child, she cried for CastxiA
When she became Miss, she clung to CAst9iA
wh.n she bad Children, she gave them Casa@il
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30

G. A. Stillson, merchant of
II mpico, H., writes, August 10.
1891: Clinic Kidney Cure is meeting
with wonderful success. 1t has cured
some cases here that physicians pro-
nounced incurable. l myself am able
to testify to its merits. My face to-
day is living picture Of health. and
Clinic Kidney Cure has made il such.
l had suffered % years with the dis.
case, and today ] feel 10 years
younger than did one year ago.
can obtain some wonderful certiii-
Gates of its medical qualities. NJ. F.
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-30

.Daiiy. pDsliy except sunday. ftloing north.
tGoipg South and east. No. fS runs between
Cedar Sspids and West Liberty.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
Ladies' Maids.

Ladies' maids have hard time of
it these days." said a member of that
guild the other day when she was talk
ing to massage cure, to whom she had
gone for instructions. 1--we got to learn
to give massage now, or can't be sure
of my place any longer. And must get
the real professional thing, for my lady
has been massaged SO much she knows
all about how it ought to he done. Then
I've had to become good chiropodist
and to learn enough about physical cul-
ture. to go through her exercises with
Mrs. -, because it bores her to do it
alone. In the meanwhile my salary is
$50 month, just what it was when l
only knew those things that lady's
maid always had to know. guess the
next thing will be for me to learn
homeopathy and filing teethP'-New
York Mercury
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
PART TWO-TREASURE.
CHAPTER vi.
TWO DESPERADOES.

1t will be remembered that the jury
adjudged Keppel Darke guilty of murder
in the second degree-perhaps to fortify
their consciences against the phantom of
that small man with the hair on his face.
The public-so far as the newspapers rep
resented -professed itself satisfied with
the sentence of Imprisonment for life in
Sing Sing. The prisoner himself, how
ever, was ungrateful enough to declare
himself highly discontented; and Olym-
pia Raven, who contrived, in spite of her
mothers protestations, to gain access to
the prison before he left New York, said
to him words which he never forgot, and
which made him resolve never to give
up the hope of freedom. ''Keppel," she
said, 81 know you are innocent. I prom
ise to love you always and never to marry
any man nut you"
The authorities were very proud Of the
celebrity which had characterized their
conduct Of the case from the beginning.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
Keeping Out of Debt.

The woman who expects to enjoy
prosperity, self respect, peace of mind,
the esteem of her friends and the good
will Of her tradesmen must fec from
debt as she would from the plague. The
woman to whom these things are mat.
ters of Indifference, who doesn't care
about the worlds opinions or her cred
itors', must avoid debt also, for the rea.
son that duns have so many ways OF
making life unpleasant. An account
book aids the woman who is struggling
to escape debt, because it enables her to
keep track of her expenses and to stoI
spending when she is reaching her lil.it.
A savings bank account is another way
of escaping debt. The woman who is
saving money generally takes such q
pride in watching her little hoard grow
that she is able to deny herself many
costly luxuries for the pleasure she takes
in saving. And denying oneself cost
ly things means avoiding debt. New
York World.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
Tho Academy of Forty.

s'The Academy of Forty" is the am
bilious title of new society Of women
formed in Washington. It's president
and moving spirit announces that the
organization is not intended to rival the
French immortals, but is more after the
order of the old fashioned debating So
ciety, but with modern improvements
that rather lift it above the range of the
old societies. Its meetings are to be con-
versations at which various questions
will be discussed under the critical in
spection of competent corps of judges,
which will be known as the committee
of censors. Criticism will be passed up
on the pronunciation, grammar and Ian
guage of the participants. While the
organization by name is limited in num-
bers, there is provision from honorary
membership to which gentlemen and
members outside the Wimodaughsis, OF
which society it is an outgrowth, may
be admitted, so that the society is prac-
tically unlimited. New York Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
PROFESSIONAL MEN.

writer Just out on the Pacific coast. Forty
thousand were sold in the East last year
The Blickensderfer has many features not
embodied in even higher priced machines.
In quality of work it is equal to any ma.
chine on the market and excels them all
in conveniences. 1t only weighs 6 pounds,
is practical, reliable and accurate; has nc
ribbons, perfect alignment, will space any
width, does beautiful manifolding. Two
styles of type, changeable instantly. Price
$35 net. On account of its portability this
machine is especially valuable to minis
ters, lawyers, doctors, travellers, also for
merchants whose office work requires a
speedy and reliable machine. Every
Blickensderfer is guaranteed. Money re-
funded if not satisfactory. G. s. JACKSON
& Co., Pendleton, Oregon.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

Instead of lingering along for two o1
three years they had their man convicted
in three or four months. It was lovely
day in summer when sentence was pro-
nounced, and in order to maintain their
good record they arranged to dispatch
the prisoner to Sing Sing that night.
At sunset heavy thunderstorm sprang
up, and instead of clearing away after
an hour or two fresh battalions of clouds
gathered as darkness fell, and the cleo
trical flashes and detonations shivered
and resounded through the heavens. The
train with Keppel on board started from
the station in the midst of a drenching
rain.
Keppel sat in the car next the baggage
car. Frank Monroe, the detective who
had arrested him, sat in the seat by his
side. His left wrist was fastened to the
right wrist of the officer by the hand
cuffs. Another officer sat in the seat in
front of him. There were about twenty
other passengers in the car; but few OF
none of them were aware that Keppel
was prisoner-still less that he was the
famous murderer of Harry Trent.
Most of them began to be sleepy after
half an hour Or so and disposed them
selves as comfortably as they could for
nap. Even the detectives eyes were
heavy, and he kept himself awake only
by vigorous chewing of tobacco. But
Keppel was not sleepy in the least. He
felt as if he should never sleep again
He reviewed in his mind all the Incl
dents of the last three months. A silent
passion of rage and rebellion seized upon
him. he felt that to gain liberty he
would do murder a hundred times over.
He was at deadly war with the world; it
had taken from him without justifca-
ton everything that he held dear. No
imaginable retaliation on his part could
be too great. But he was absolutely
helpless. He was chained to his captor.
and in little more than an hour he would
be between walls that he could never
scale. The rain dashed against the win
dows; the lightning glared through the
darkness. Oh, if heaven would but send
bolt to shatter his fetters and set him
free!
His eyes, wandering about the car, be-
came fixed upon a young man who was
seated in the next seat forward, on the
other side of the aisle. It struck him
that this young man bore considerable
resemblance to himself. He was tall
and rather slender, and had long dark
hair that hung down on the back of his
neck. His hands were slender, with long
pointed fingers. The face was scarcely
like his; the pose was different, and
there was a. slight mustache on the up
per lip. His coat, too, instead of being
black, like Keppel's, was gray summer
tweed. He sat in the corner of the seat
by the window. with his head thrown
back, asleep. How careless and secure
he looked. He had a. happy life before
him. There We're no fetters round his
wrists; no gloomy Jail to shut out for
ever the smile of the world and the COM
panionship of men, But for the accursed
blind fate that makes the innocent suffer
for the guilty, SO might Keppel have
been sitting at that moment. He ground
his teeth together and sweat broke out
on his forehead.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
APRIL IN IRELAND.

she hath a woven garland all of the signing
sedge,
And all her flowers are snowdrops grown on
the winters edge.
The golden looms of Tir ma nOg wove all the
winter through
Her gown of mist and raindrops shot with u
cloudy blue.
Sunlight she holds in enc hand, and rain she
scatteTs after,
And through the rainy twilight we hear her
fitful laughter.
She shakes down on her flowers the snow less
white than they,
Then quickens with her kisses the folded knots
O. May.
She seeks the summer lover that never shall be
hers.
Fain for gold leaves of autumn she passes by
the furze,
Though buried gold it hideth she scorns her
sedgy crown,
And pressing blindly sunward she treads Ler
snowdrops down.
Her gifts are all fardel Of wayward smiles
and tears,
Yet hope she also holdeth, this daughter Of the
years
A hope that blossoms family set upon sorrow s
edge.
She hath woven garland all of the signing
sedge.
Nora Hopper.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

The key that unlocked the hdndcufs.
A shock Jared him to his center, and
the next moment his left arm was al
most wrenched from its socket. He was
lying with his head on the floor of the
aisle. The car, with rending and crack
ling noise, was lifted almost erect and
then fell on its side. The lamps had
fallen and were extinguished; in the dark
ness something came grinding swiftly to-
ward him and went by. He heard the
shattering of splintered glass and the
groan of tearing timbers. There had
been a rugged ieaping and series of ter
rife conclusions; now all motion ceased,
but there was deafening hiss of steam
The soft night breeze blew on his face
and he felt the rain falling. A dark,
irregular mass loomed distinctly between
him and the sky; and now he heard
screams and cries of deadly anguish and
calls, confused and aimless. One wom-
ans voice shrieked piercingly and then
was silent. He lay in the midst of be-
wildernent, ruin and death.
His arm was paining him. He changed
his position SO as to relax the strain upon
it. His wrist was still chained to that
of the officer, and was bleeding. He spoke
to the man, but got no answer; he was
lying in strangely twisted attitude, his
head was bent into his breast. Keppel
seized him by the shoulder; the mans
head swung over loosely to the right; his
neck was broken; he was quite dead.
Keppel got On his feet, standing on the
side of the car. His eyes becoming accus-
toned to the darkness discovered the
feet of another man protruding upward
from mass of debris. Just then a flash
of lightning revealed his face; it was
that of the other officer. His body was
crushed to a pulp by the ragged end of a
broken beam.
Keppel waited moment to collect his
thoughts. In the midst of the horror
and chaos surrounding him spasm of
hope and joy caught his heart and he
laughed aloud. His brain became in an
instant preternaturally clear: he saw
what he must do, and realized that no
time was to be lost in doing it.
STOPPING over the body of the detect
i've, he felt in the pockets of his clothes,
and in a minute found a key-the key
that unlocked the handouts. He ap-
Piled it; the next moment he was free.
But he was not safe vet; there could be
no safety as long as there remained any
probability of pursuit. Keppel looked
around him.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
A GIANTS TROUBLE.

He was a giant in size, the picture OF
health and strength, with iron muscles, a
famous athlete. He pursued his training
excessively to hold his fame, and doubt
less trained too much. With all his exercise
the man was nervous, restless and sleep
less. and then racking pains took hold
upon him. He could not understand his
condition, for neuralgia had set in when
he thought himself in perfect health. So
in all conditions it will take hold of the
nerves. They had been enfeebled in his
case, and they are enfeebled in thousand
cases in as many different ways. He was
well advised and followed directions OF ex-
perienced people. Soon his nerves began
to be toned and quieted and in a short
time the pains ceased altogether. He had
used st. Jacobs Oil freely and cure fol
lowed, and SO will it follow in all cases and
conditions.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
Recipe For Ham Croquettes.

A cupful Of finely chopped cooked
ham, cupful of bread crumbs, 2 of hot
mashed potatoes, "a large tablespoonful
of butter, 3 eggs, a speck of cayenne.
Beat the ham, cayenne, butter and of
the eggs into the potato. Let the mix
ture cool slightly and shape it like GRO
quettes. Roll in bread crumbs, put in
the frying basket and plunge into boil
ing fat. Drain and serve.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
Serving Fruit.

Oranges may be served whole or in
halves on bed of leaves, or with peel
ing cut and rolled down, or peeled and
sliced. Polish apples with cloth and
pile in high dish, yellow and red to-
gether. Use two or more kinds of grapes
in the same dish if an effective appear
ance is desired. Bananas ought to be
served in dish with other fruits, as
oranges or grapes.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17
800 REWARD 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall's
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have SO much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One Hun
dred DolI1rs for any case that it fails to
cure. Send tor list of Testimonials.
Address,
FIJI. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
60 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

A clever woman once gave very
smart esignation of secret as some
thing for one, enough for two, nothing
for three
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

FITS.-An fits stopped free by DIR. KIine's
Great Nerve kestOrer. No fits after the first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and s. 0d
trial bottle tree to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline,
931 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

The poets are tuning Tyres,
Their brains are in whirl;
They are busy pulling wires
To praise the winter girl.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

Japanese shops are never large, scarce
ly more than little alcoves open from
the street. There is nothing correspond
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

The annual death roll of suicides at
Monte Carlo amounts Oh ali average to
10.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

I believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-MRs.
ALLIE DOUGLASS, LIE Roy, Mich, Oct. 20,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

Try GERMEA for breakfast.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

TTo RE coNrrNuRD.f
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

Hoods Pills the after rstbsTs1e dinnsr pill asc snd
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-10-17

81. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
60 Sold by Druggists, 75c.