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bodied tramps. who were promptly yagged
and sent to THE workhouse as suspicious
characters"
Individaaaly o}he washington hobo is
curious animal As the regular tramps
abhor and dislike local buns" as thor
otghiy as dn BID tar hates 'iand iubbers,"
the '.localS' .:ire generally found either
siDgiy or in separate rings Of their own.
- IA a rule the typical local" was once
in good circumstances in life and fell
either through misfortune or drink, gen.
orally the Sastet, to their position next to
the brute, ,FwhIIe the cdriilers" are thor
oughbrcd, wurh-despising 'hobos, VINO took
to their Treseiit plane from choice and
laZiness. J 5o1ft
Among our notorious ''bums" may be
Bamed-"Crying John, an ex-commander
in the army, who spends the greater por-
ton OF his TIME IN stripes; ''Type-setter BIZ
-lg,' an ex-typo, as his nickname denotes;
whisky JohD.'' who has left his family
and an exalted position in the Navy for
whisky; Rum Jin," a once well-known
scribe; sMac,r IA lawyer; Tout Tom,'
broken down sporting man, and others
compared with the individuals who own
them. va s" iel.- -. do
The bum class Is not restricted to
men. Every day in police court this
statement may be exemplified. The
women who have become notorious u, trough
their degradation, however, should be OBJ
Jects Of pity more than of ridicule or com
ment
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vOODOO MIXTURES.
Strafige Decocfions Made and Pefdled
. by Old DR.. Jackson.


by Old DIR. jackson.
i. Above Mount Pleasant, in thr very center
OF n clump of oaks and spruce, ''Dr."
Andrew Jackson has his flehemist estab-
hshment. little one7story. frame shack,
and there during the long. dark nights the
old darky brews his medicines.
-'Dr." Jackson is a unique type of the
''ol' China" negro. with his bald pate, a
set of bushy. white chin WHISPERS, and a
habit consisting of much used and
antique stovepipe hat, a ligSt, greasy
uistHf. and a pair OF dyed oyeralls. the
stiff legs of which reach To within several
inches OF the tops OF pair OF time-and
moisiure-cracked shoes ofgreatl tlengtb- But,
with all, the Old fellow is treated with
much Difference by the poorer class OF
colored people throughout the city
For years the aged negro has peddled
medicine OF his own manufacture mong is
people, and the marvellous cures credited
TO his mysterious concoctions are iDnumer-
able .r. .Y.- -..l. =
As one passes out Blagden road late at
night he Will see n dim light shining out
from the dark grim woods, and should the
traveller be bold enough TO investigate. be
will find the doctor" busily engaged in
the one room OF his shanty mixing the
broth OF strange herbs in ear,hen iars before
the flickering light of a candle.
The morning times., 1895-09-22
DOES THE MOON TEMPT THEM7
Queer Theory of Prof. Burroughs
About tItph.-Aftyacted Insects.

Queer Theory of Prof. Burroughs
About Ligh:-AttYacted Insects.
An .emanating. point of light" said
Prof. Burroughs, of Georgetown Heights.
recently, will attract winged creatures,
which will fly for miles to reach the lumi-
nous point. This fact has been exempli-
fled hundreds of times since the long-dis-
lance search light has been in use.
when the 200-mile arc search lamp for
signaling purposes was placed on the sum-
init of Mount Washington the number of
birds and insects that found their way to
the immense ray-thrower excited much
attention and interest, but the thing has
become SO common it has assumed the form
of nuisance to the operators
"a delicate question arises in my mind
when think of how winged creatures will
fly any distance toward light, and the
question may never be answered. 1t is:
is not the moon an everlasting source
of attraction for birds, bats, beetles and
butterfljesT :.
Probably instinct prevents such thing.
But If nature does not step In and prevent
such affairs millions upon millions of creas
lures fly upward toward our satellite
nightly, and, ascending as. high as the air
will sustain them, remain fluttering their
wings on the boundary strata, as it were,
until exhaustion causes them to fall, fall,
fall and drop TO terra firma or to a denser
air. How is that theory?"
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THOUGHT 1T WAS MONDAY.
Remarkable Lapse of Memory of a
Dealer in Drinks.

Everybody is more or less absent minded,
and who are they who do not at some time
in their career ask What day is to-day"
Time is more easily forgotten than any
thing else is the old saying, but an
occurrence outrivalling any other in for
getting the present is told by BILLY" Nc
Gill
One Sunday morning not many ages ago.
he was i'll South Washington. On NJ street
he cbanced 10 pass by a saloon. the win
dows anl doors of which were wide open.
Amazed and curious. the story-teller
says. he walked into the bar, behind the
counter of which stood the proprietor, and
asked for a glass of whisky.
Much to his astonishment. the drink was
set up, and, after swallowing the fiery
draught, McGill said: .
you'll be pulled for selling liquor on
Sunday"
Sunday" answered the bartender,
This is Monday"
A calendar proved Billy's statement,
and, between breaths, when the saloon
keeper was locking and barring his doors.
he said he had been on three weeks
drunk, and had just recovered and opened
up.
Suppose it had been cop,t suggested
McGill.
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with the books, but when they were pro-
duced in court next day they proved to be
Others than the ones l was sent after, so 1
was compelled to make another trip"
HIDDEN IN THE ORGAN.
Another deputy told the reporter of his
experience in serving "a summons on an
Italian organ grinder to appear before
the grand jury. When thr marshal's assist.
ant carried the summons to the house the
first time no one was ut home, it being
evident that the older members OF the
family anyhow We're out giving street
concert. The neighbors must have guessed
though that the visitor was an officer
OF the law, SO before he was within a
block of the house when he came an
hour earlier the next day both the sr-
gan rinder and his wife, who were
standing before the door, disappeared like
4 flash of fabricated lightning.
The deputy had seen the performance,
however. so when he arrived at the house
and got no response from the door he
started around to an old shed at the side
of the house. There he sa W two or three
street pianos and the woman sitting at
the center of the floor sheliing peas
but was demurely told that he had been
absent for three days with nights to
match. The official knowing the woman
had preva rica ted, to say the least, made
a careful and fruitless search OF thu
premises.
Italy's daughter, meanwhile, sat shelling
peas. The deputy walked over by an organ
in front "f her for the purpose of rcmonstrat-
dropped his hand nn the organ crank beside
him, and turned it half way about.
In an instant Italy's child was on her
feet and the shclled peas were in the dep
uty's face. To lend culoring to the scene
the atmosphere wa sdiscolored by spasmodic
and doubtful outbursts of provincial Ital-
ian. The woman hurried To the other side
of the organ and dropped door that ex-
tended along -anc side of the base of it,
FRIENDS OF CRIMINALS.
There her husband was revealed in the
bottom of the organ, with his head against
one end and with one of the paddles of
the wind wheel pressing against his neck.
The sudden TURF OF the crank had resulted
thus, and in another three minutes he would
have been ssrangled to death. His wife
and the deputy extricated him.
When he half way resumed his compuSure
he said:
Never ninda; 1 go as soon as 1
getta da wind pushed back in me-
The handling of crooks and criminals also
falls within the baiiiwick of the marshal and
his deputies, and the dangers of it sap away
all the romance and interest that might be
supposed 10 cluster around it. A feature
of such characters is that they often form
strong friendships with the deputies who
arrest them or have the keeping OF them
after arrest.
All Criminals have peculiarities, the
deputy marshals say, but there is one thing
that every -housebreaker is afraid of. That
is the common house terrier He is looked
upon with more awe and fear by the real
swell burglar than If he were bloodhound
they all give The same reason. The terrier
is accustomed so living in the house, and he
will consequently howl at the drop of pia.
His bark is like the tSsok. too, the crooks
say-after it is started it goes on forever.
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NOT. a MnSHELL.
Not Quite Fatal Mistake From Err
roDeous Labelling.

Not Quite n Fatal Mistake From Err
roneous Labelling.
When the Navy Muscem was transferred
from the big white building west OF the
White House into The navy yard every arti
cie in the exhibit was labeled with its
respective pumber. The contractor who
had The Job OF moving the muscum articles
did not use printed labels. but impruvised
ones. made of paste board ard oddscraI., :, of
paper. were used and answered very well,
until Icy tcnle hook OF crook slight mis-
take was made.
a S told b. U,ie of the workmcn a the time
wheH tIie naval elects had becn removed to
the new building. he catalogue was
brought INTO tervice to help identify the
varied assortment of arms and other relics
When q mall hex was brought to light
with No. 316 Inscribed on its top, reference
10 the catalogue showed that the tox CON
tanned a 50-pound bomb shell The con-
tractor was called to untargle matters,
as the box was but an inch square
You iniarnal foo-," yelled the boss,
That box was lost from my rccket. Il
contains my quininc pills and net bomb
shells. Get TO work, all haIds.'
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HIS EARS. WERE STUFFED.
Ruling Pas>ion Which Was Strong
in n CobbIer's Life


a cobbIer named Reader keeps his lit
tie shop Oh Thirteenth street and though
his vocation, is humble his wit is enjoyed
by patrons who, flock to his place just to
hear his hunloreps remarks.
Some timssagq a gentleman called upon
the shoemaker ard when told his shoes
were not ready at the time designated by
him was aboYt To give the last-ma maDipulator
a tongue-lasling when the old cobbler said
he did not hear the customer when he
gave orders as TO the time the shoes were
to be ready
How was thai storned the patron.
We'll, cxp.aiped tie shoemaker, with
4 twinkle in ilis eyr; when I was in the
war l Ind a constant dread OF having my
hearing destqyet by the reports OF the guns,
and at every battle stuffed my ears
all of paper, Naturally l never obeyed
the orders of'my superiors as / could not
hear them and was everiastiugly being
being punished for my disobetiience.
''In spite OF thar | contracted the habit
OF pait,nE pings OF pauer IA my LGfs and
/ must beg your most humble ardon for
saying, had paper III my ears the day you
ca He'd
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Everybody Ready to Dicker.

Many years ago, in central Maine, man
started out to sell oilcloth table covers
throughout the country at 90 cents cover.
After travelling all day without selling one a
happy thoughtstruckhim. Hewould charge
81 and take Esslf the pay in cast-off shoes
The result was people imagined they were
getting some return from their old shoes and
there was general ransacking of attics and
table covers went like hot cakes But the
old shoes? Well, wherever he found a
convenient hole beside the road, out Of
sight he pulled up bis cart and dumped the
ot.-Lew iston, Me-, Journal
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tory on the top of the Naval monument
CLASSICAL BABIES

CLASSICAL BABIES.
'.Just beneath them a.. two very cute
statUettes of Neptune and Mars. They are
represented as classical babies with helmets
on their heads They are su young and
Greek that they never felt the need of a
single covering except the helmets.
THE old mother turned her head away
whenhereye wauderedd0wnand nit the two
dainty little classical devils.
Don't look at them, Josey,' she said;
don't look at them she said, pointing di-
rectly at them
''Louk at what?' said Josey.
Why. them sinners there; come on
and She started to drag her away.
THE groom smiled. and thought ii was
time to say something TO apologize or ex-
plain.
MY dear Mrs. A l said. there is
nothing tu object TO in this The figures
are considered extremely beautiful. and
everybody knows they are nude
'''They are nothing of the kind said
the bride, tartly. They are what l call
plumb naked. and don't want to see any
more nudes"
The morning times., 1895-09-22
The Enexpected.

The landlord presents his bill to the
-.aveler. The latter looks at the sum total
and prepares TO pay without demur.
Mine host. stupefied at this unwunted
oromptitude, ON the part of a guest, stam-
mers out: .,,t-. .r.--
beg your pardon, sir; will you let me
have another look at that bill? must
lave omitted something."-Lev voltaire.
The morning times., 1895-09-22
A watch
IL. Z. aTnOys you

and Frequently puts
you toiagreat inconven-
ience if it is not a good
timerkeeper.
The stDavison" watch
is one that I can safely
guarantee. A perfect
movement = solid gold
case-14 karat it is
everything that a high
class watch should be.
It is an exceptionally
good time-keeper.
Have you looked into
my window lately? I
am showing some tempt
ingly pretty wedding
. presents.
G. n. DAWSON,
Jeweier,
l1o5 F SIN. w.
The morning times., 1895-09-22
DR. Becwitf's new discovery in Electric


ity-TrERMo-OZoSE BATTERY.
This discovery IS of the mos, vital importance
TO the sick. because il furnishes families with
means oi curin; disease at its beginning by
home treatment
The method is by gentle current of galvanic
electricity aud the conveyance Of oxygen. ozone
and medicine into the blood or human sewers
where disease originates. Its curative value is
proven by over 500 physicians
The morning times., 1895-09-22
Electro -carvano Plaster by s. r.

Electro Gaivano Plaster by s. r.
BECWiTH, NJ. D.
The only Moderated Plaster ever made where
the medicine II contains is conveyed through
current sending the medicine into tissues be-
meath plaster.
Principle fully explained in circulars, sent
on request. The public are invited TO call and
Investigate l. II. BAx xTER. Agent.
Rooms and 5, 7O7 Street. Opposite
lat6rfCf1lcc- se9,eo6-tf
The morning times., 1895-09-22
PROCESS SERVERS TRIALS
Deputy MarshaIs Are Not the
LuCkieSt Men in the World.
EVADING LAWS COMMANDS

eerils They Endure In Quest of Men
Who Are Wanted in Court-AmGs-
ing Anecdotes of Personal Expert
ences by Several of the Gufld-The
I Italian Hidden in His Organ.
The morning times., 1895-09-22

0'p1want to be the 1eweier who
ID comes into your mind first.
The morning times., 1895-09-22

with the books, but when they were pro-
duced in court next day they proved to be
Others than the ones l was sent after. so 1
was compelled to make another trip"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27
CRIMINAL RECORD.
Developments in the Death Of a
Girl at Detroit.
REVEREND WOLF In THE FLOCK.

Facts Regarding the Fate Of Emma Hall,
Youn. EnGi sswoman, Coming Co
IiShe-PoIics at san Francisco Pat ON
the Tack OF Pastor Gibson to Sist In
eliminating Romors-Faial Fight i'm an
AInbams Saloon.
DETROIT, April 27.-Emma Hall, .
ycung Englishwoman, died some weeks
ago at lying-in hospital here. and later
q woman who had been an inmate of the
hospital at the same time told the police
authorities a story indicating that the
young woman's death was the result OF
her association with Rev. Jonathan Bell,
an English clergy man who had sent her
to Detroit to hide her disgrace. Since
then the police have been hunting for
Bell without success, he having disap-
peared from his old home in England,
where he preached to a congregation Of
Primitive Methodists. He is known to
have been in Detroit since he sent the girl
here, but at that time no suspicion at
tachcd to him.
The Girls Mother Heard from.
Light on the matter has been thrown
BIZ n dispatch from Oldbury, England,
which says: Mrs. Hall, the mother Of
the young woman, Emma Hall, whose
death in a hospital at Detroit. Mich, has
cast suspicion on Rev. Jonathan Bell, was
called upon and said that in the last let.
ter which she received from her daugh.
ter, dated Jan. u, the deceased said she
had written to her cousin telling what
was the matter with her. She could not
col ar har hoo tho child n
would have to read letter sent to her
Mrs Hall declares she has sufficient evil
dencc to convict Rev. Jonathan Bell,
whom she holds responsible for her
child's death.
Letters That Shed Some Light.
Emma, in the letter to her cousin, said
that the Rev. Mr.. Bell had sent her to
America. Mrs. Hall, in January last, re-
ceived a return letter, which came from
America, addressed to Rev. Mr.. Bell mt
Boston, but forwarded to Mrs. Hall. In
this letter Emma said that Bell knew
what was the matter with her, and that
he must help her through her trouble.
The letter concluded with saying that II
he did not see her again on earth it was
goodbye forever.
His Reverence Non Est Inventus.
Mrs. Bell, wife OF the missing pastor
says she docs not know whether her hus-
band is dead or alive, as she has heard
nothing from him since Tuesday, when
he said good bye. adding that he would
be away a few days. Mrs. Bell also said
, that she regarded Emma Hall as one o.
her best friends. but she now finds that
she has been cruelty deceived and
wronged. The members Of the Rev. DR.
Bells congregation consider his guilt to
be fully established.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27
Special Assessment Notice.

Notice il hereby given 10 al persons interes ed.
that the city council Of the city Of fock Il and
having ordered that:
A system sewers b, cons, ruc'ed in tie Sew
enth ward on Thirty ninth. Fortieth and Forty
first streets, fif,h, Seventh and Eighth avenues.
the alleye In Brooke Fifth EDITION, the ales in
block two. Brooks Fourth ADDITION. and across
ontlots in the northwest quarter of section thir-
ty-one 63D township 1s, north range, one west OF
the fourth p. NJ. all in the city of Rock Island
and state Of Illinois. The orcinaI ce for the same
b, ing fic in the Office o. the ctv clerk. ssid
city has applied to the county court Of fock
Island county. in the state OF Illinois, for an
assessment Of the costs Of salt improvcme'
according to benedtt: and assessment ih-r q:
hav' ny Deeu made and returned to said cpn .. tho
final hsaring thereon will be held II N VA
term of said COZ, common ing on h IL 1ty I
May, A. D., 1sy6.
All persons desiring may then and II APP
pear and make til. ir defense
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois. this 81 Il of
April, A. D., 1885. T.. B. MARSHAL.
FRED LUDoLrii,
J. l.. HODGES.
COmmIrsorc-s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27
INVESTIGATING REV. GIBSON
In Connection with the Murder of the Tvs
Girls 1t San Francisco.


GAN FRANCISCO, April 2L-rhe ponce
are quietly investigating certain rumors
connecting the Rev. DIR. Gibson with the
murders in the Emanuel Baptist church.
During the Inst few days some sensation.
al stories have reached the ears of the po-
lice which implicate the pastor. While
Chief OF Police Crowley still believes
Gibson innocent Of any connection with
the horrible crimes he considers the
rumors of sufficient importance to war
rant an investigation. He has detailed sew
eral of his best men to inquire into the
rumors with instructions to sift them to
tho bottom.
1t is known that the defense is attempt
ing to show that Gibson murdered the un.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27

Sin the spring young mans fancy,
Lightly turns TO thoughts of love-"
But not if he is sick, or even
"out of sorts" Sickness
checks the sentiments, thins
the blood, shortens the life
and kills all happiness.
Unfortunately, this is the
season when the pores of the
skin open, then close, and all
the poisons are sent back
where? To the Kidneys
Nowhere else. That is the
seat of war; the source of dan
ger:
There has never been but
one remedy for kidney trou-
bles of every kind, whether
with men or women, and that
is Warmers Safe Cure. 1t
acts directly upon the kidneys
and drives all uric acid and
other poisons from the body.
1t is pre-eminently a spring
medicine, a blood purifier.
Doctors, ministers, priests and
prominent men and women
all over the world endorse it.
Can you afford to be with
out it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27
"HOOd'S and /"

Together Will Master the Trials Of
House Cleaning.
~ was ineeed a sad and suffering
woman. I had tardly strength enough to
drag myself around, I could eat hardly
anything, had that tired feeling and was
weak and nervous. l was brought to this
condition by continually running down in
health for twelve years, rheumatism and
neuralgia causing me
No End Of Suffering.
was In just tie condition to invite the
grip, and this added to my troubles. 1
tried different remedies and worked and
waited patiently for a cure, but my
stomach gave out and seemed to be con-
tinually growing worse. I thought every
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-27
ABBREVIATED IELEeRAMa

During the third session of the Fifty
third congress 30 bills and resolutions
became laws, which ID less than per
cent of the number introduced.
John Hubbeil q wcil-to-do farmer Of
CubA, N. Y, has been swindled out OF
g 90 by the oid-tims buuko scheme In
which the swindlers negotiated TO buy his
farm.
John Tincher, editor Of tho Weekly
News at rawhuska, has been bauished
from the Usage nation BY Indian Agent
Freeman because he roasted freeman
bitterly in his paper.
Nebraska may have to close her state
'penitentiary for lack Of funds. The last
legislature abolished the contract system
In vogue, but failed to appropriate funds
to pay the Institutions expenses
Speaking Of the silver question Senator
Allison said at Chicago that he was OPP
posed to free silver coinage at this time;
that sft might be we'll enough to have y
silver standard, IL the remaining nations
Of the world could be induced 90 accept
the same; but in my opinion information
al bimetallism IL about a. impossible as
the discovery OF the north pole"
Before leaving this country for England
(which they did today Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Curzon dined with the presidents family
several times and Mr.. Cleveland Is said 70
have given the member Of parliament
some valuable tips on married life.
The Yaqui Indians In southern Sonora
arc reported to be preparing for another
uprising against the Mexican authorities.
Obituary: At Metuchen. N. j., John NJ.
Board, 20, who declined the Wing nomi-
milton for president in 1855; at Galena-,
Ills, Dennis Rockford, So
Thomas Mast, whose painting, "Peace
and Union" depicting the scene at APP
pomattox Court House, Va, April O.
1865, Is to be unveiled at Galena on the
anniversary of General Grants birth, will
be present ut the unwilling The picture
was ordered by II. H Kohlsaat, Of Chi
cago.
The national administration has for.
warded to oil federal officers the circular
Of July H. 1885. prohibiting the participa-
ton In active politics OF oficeholders.
This is intended as a reply to the report
that the president desired officeholders to
organize against the free silver move.
ment.
It Is now rumored that some Of the Chi.
nese generals are opposing the ratification
OF tho Chino-Jap peace treaty, and that
there is doubt of its ratification.
There were no lives lost at the Montreal
fire. There were twenty three Casualties
all severe, and four undoubtedly fatal
Several others may die. The money Loss
was $500. 900.
Tho Republican plurality in Michigan
at the election for supreme Justice wa
80, iS7. The majority over oil was "a, al
Populists cast rs, y43 votes and Prohibi
ltionists Is, l16.
Odd Fellows all over the country cole
sixth.