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Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-15
BRIDGE AND TERMInAL.
The Men Back Of the New Project Mean
Business.

The Men Back Of the New Project Mean
Messrs. John Crubaugh and V. NJ.
Blanding. who with Mr.. Blair are in
charge Of the petition for right of
way frontage on First avenue for the
tracks leading to the projected lower
bridge. are busy with their under
taking. 1t is sought to acquire track
right from Eleventh, where the ap-
proach to the bridge is to be located,
east along First avenue to Twenty
fourth. A double track right of way
is desired as far east as Twelfth. and
from there up single track on First
avenue. The proposition is to reach
the business center for terminal
grounds and locate a union station
somewhere about Twentieth street.
The Bridge a Certainty.
The new lower bridge seems to be
q practical certainty and its success
is only contingent upon the securing
of approaches on the Rock Island
side. All the privileges desired have
been obtained in Davenport.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-15

The vevne Swain and Irene D came
down.
The Nettie Durant brought down
eight strings of lumber.
Boats up were the Nettie Durant,
Quickstep, Artemus Lamb, Irene ID.
and Verne Swain.
The stage of the water at Rock
Island bridge at noon was S.S5, and
rising; the temperature was 46.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-15

100000 gallons per "a hours.
During summers. when there
is SO much spr;nkling done. il
is necessary to pump at the rate OF
3,5O0.OOO gallons, and when the
water is muddy the filtering capacity
is not equal to the demand. To in
sure clean water at all seasons of the
year there should be at least six ad-
ditional tubs.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-15
TREAsURY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE sU-

pervieing Architect. Wa-hiDgton N. ID. C., May
=. 1s@5-Sealed roposals ~ill be rece We al this
Ofioe until O'Clock p m. ;he eih cav Of
June, 1S9s. and opened Immediately there after
for all the labor and II aierials required for the
ius) Of the L. 5. pcs'oftice bniiding at Rock ISL
and. lllinoi-. in acc rdauce with the drawings
and 9, e,ecifcatiois $. copies OF which Gsy be had
AT n N 90" or the Office OF the perntendent
at Rock I-laud, limos. Each bid must be &C :
cnmpsnied by cert fcd check for n sun not less
than Der cc1t OF the amo mt of tie proposal.
The right Is reseryed to reject any or all ds.
and TO waive any de'ect or informality in any bid
should IL be deem g IN the interest of the gov
eminent 10 do so. All proposal. receiv after
the zine .tsted will be returned to tie bidders.
Proposals must be enclosed in envs lopes. aled
\ and m rkeo, Proposal for the Erection ard
Completion (excsri rating tppsratn-) Ct the L.
\ :. Posiofice at kos Island. illinois," and ad-
dressed 10 WILLIAM MAXIM AIKEN, Super.
| vising Architect.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-15

A good many tired men andwomen
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 & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-15
MCIntyre-ReCk Dry Goods Co.
Underskirts

Underskirts
In great variety and elegant assortment at prices
which will more than tempt you to buy now.
10 dozen seersucker skirts, with founce. yours
at 25c.
10 dozen of better seersucker. nicely striped. at
only 49c.
dozen very special value fancy skirts with braid
trimmed founce at 97c, usually $1.25.
Ladies' black satne skirts. nicely founced, at 49c;
should be 75c.
Ladies' fine black satine skirts. with full corded
ouuce should be 81. AZ, but for this week are 98c
Still better satne beautifully made skirts at g.
1928 .6S, etc., to the finest imported excel
sior silk finished satine skirts.
The latest things in summer Moreen skirts in
dozen styles Nothing serviceabe or better for
with the wide dress skirts in adding to the hang
and set of the skirt. We also showing the new
organ back skirts. Prices begin at $19S
Silk Skirts.
quality. worth 1880
50 29s when these It's almost like
hndiog a dollars
S49s
thing chine and grosgan silk ekrts at
usually low prices.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-15
Commencement

Commencement
Day approaches and finds prepared with the dain-
test Of fabrics. Prices the lowest as usual quail
ity the best. We showing fine white hawess
Habutai in % nch the Csc quality soc, and in 20
inch. worth SIC, at SOC. Cream white 4O-inch silk
Gloria. always $1.25, at S7lc Beautiful white French
imported organdy. sheer and fine silk
Dimy and swiss viii all contribute toward the
Drives in Wash Goods.
IS pieces fances l0c.
AT. known
elegant COLOR;
the will Nothing
and dresses
Plenty OF dark
grounds. -
chslles pretty patterns sac. at I7,.c.
printed dimties.
and roc. "
Parasols
excellent this sale offer io white sk coaching
quesonab the best for the offered Island
Standard Sewing Machines
easiest running
and reliable Prices Sal and Usually
agents.
ReCk Dry Goods Co.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10

An amateur gardener has had great
deal of trouble, year after year, with
certain bed in her flower garden. 1t was
so infested by ants that nothing could
grow there, but was invariably devoured
by the insects She tried every vermin
destroyer known, with boiling water and
other preventives, all without success
At length she found that portion Of the
outer boarding of the shed which stood
near this bed was decayed and needed
renewal When these boards were taken
away, they were found to be alive with
ants. which. being destroyed, disappear
ed from her flowers, and she has had no
more annoyance from them Often ants
will get into the house closets and into
the food in the same way from some de-
cayed wood near at hand, in which they
nest. If their source is looked up when
they come they usually may be unearth
ed and killed.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10
a CRIME 70 LAUGH.
Queer Sunday Laws of 1881 That stiii
Govern EngIand's Lords lay.

Queer Sunday Laws of 1881 That stili
Govern England's Lords bay.
The introduction of the Sunday bill
by Lord Hobhouse brings mp the fact
that we are governed in respect 10 Sun
day observations by an act Of the year
1871.
1t seems that Sunday lecture can al
ways be made the subject of prosecution.
Some time ago a Sunday lecturer at
Leeds was actually sacrilegious enough
to make his audience laugh. The pro-
prietor of the lecture hall was therenpon
prosecuted for keeping disorderly
house.
Music can now be given in the open
air ON Sunday, but if it is given IN a
room nothing must be charged for
chairs. In other words, it viii be posi-
bic for any body Of men and women TO
run Sunday concerts and Sunday leo
lures with the view of making them pay
expenses, but not for their own profit.
In the years 1900 and 1901 one Eus-
tace, abbot of Flaye, preached through
out England the observance of the Lord s
day. He enjoined that no kind of work
should be done after the ninth hour on
Saturday until sunrise on Monday.
According 10 the manner of the times
his preaching was backed mp by mira
cles At Beverly "A carpenter persistipg
in finishing wedge after the ninth
hour fell down in paralysis. In the same
town a woman went ON with her weay-
ing after the ninth hour. Result, par
alysis, with loss of voice.
At Rafferton a man made loaf and
baked it on Saturday evening. When he
broke it on Sunday morning. blood start
ed from it. At Wakefield miller,
grinding after hours. ground ont blood
instead Of -four.
In Lincolnshire woman made loaf
and put it in the oven. 1t remained
dough- In the same county pious
woman, finding it was the ninth hour,
set aside her loaves. Lol On Sunday
morning the loaves were beautifully
baked without any fire mt all.
And yet, the chronicler adds, in spite
Of these miracles the people have re-
turned to the holding of markets ON the
Sunday London Queen.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10
Arter Six Years.

Mrs George A. Via, of Newport News,
Va, adds her testimonial to the many
that Quratol has already gained. She had
an eruption on her hand for six years,
which tine physicians pronounced eczema.
She tried over hundred remedies, none Of
which relieved her. She applied Quratol
and it worked like "a charm. She is now
well and thinks it the finest remedy in
the world, and furthermore states she will
never be without bottle. Quratol works
wonders on all kinds of skin troubles and
inflammations. 1t is also speedy cure
Tor burns, scalds, cuts and wounds. In
ract in every emergency it will prove
valuable family friend. Druggists sell IL
~ cents
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10

Ex-<soternof 81 ltitnole.
| think it Nsas during the Cleveland
Blaine campaign that Ex-Governor
Ogiesby of Illinois. Uncle Dick, as
he is familiarly known. first made a stay
of any length in New York.
He and companion had sumptuous
luncheon. ordered Of course by the intro
Queer, who wound up by inviting the
governor 20 smoke The clerk at the ci-
gar counter handed ont some fine Havana
cigars Uncle Dick was about 10 take
one, when some thought arrested his
hand, and he asked:
What's the price of these?''
Twenty five cents, was the reply.
''Holy smoke IT, calculated the govern
or. Put 'em hack Put EN- back.
quickp'
"But. governor. this is my treat, y
said his friend
"Daren't do It'll Daren't do It'll Put
'em backr'
Yes, but governor
II tell you / daren't do it Why,
man, If they should ever find ont in IL
hnois that | smoked 90 cent cigar in
New York, they'd turn me out of the
church, and il would ruin me politically
forever Daren't do it'll Ten cent cigars
are good enough for me in New York
and centers at home. "
Uncle Dick always prided himself ON
his success in campaigning when called
upon TO reach mans vote through his
family pride.
On enc of his tours he passed through
n country town in Illinois, when he
came suddenly upon a charming group
Ia comedy woman with bevy of little
picket fence in front of il. He stopped
short, then advanced and leaned over
the front gate.
MADAM, said he in his most in
gretiating way, may kiss these bean
tiful children?'
Certainly. sir" the lady answered
demurely, there is no possible objec-
tion.
"They are lovely darlings. said I'm
Gle Dick, after he had finished the elev-
enth 81 have seldom seen moro beauti-
ful babies Are they all yours, marmi"
The lady blushed deeply.
"Of course they are--the sweet little
treasures. From whom else, marin, could
they have inherited these limpid eyes,
these rosy cheeks, these profuse curls,
these comedy figures and these musical
voices?"
The lady continued blushing.
'By the way, marm," said Uncle
Dick. "may bother you to tell your
estimable husband that Richard ].
0glesby, Republican candidate for gov
ernor, called upon him this EVENING""
"Alas, sir, quoth the lady, 81 have
no husband.
'But these children. madam-you
surely are not q widow"
II fear You were mistaken, sir, when
you first came up. These are not my
children. This is an orphan asylum P'-
Exchange
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10
lEHiSUMMER BOARDING. i11t

First-class COUNTRY BOARDING, with
large airy srooms. at "IIill's Delight South
River, Anne Arundel county, from $500 To
5000 per week. according to room accommo-
dations. Location high ana delightful. over
looking the bay. within four miles OF Anna
polls and three miles of Bay Ridge Boating.
fishing, Grabbing and bathing free. Steamboat
with Baltimore three times
weekly. For particulars address
JAMES W. BROWN,
81 I'm Annapolis, Md.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10
Doctors or No Doctors.


Take haphazard a number of people
of both sexes and of all ages. Divide
them into communities. Let the doc
tors of each nation have community to
themselves--this division would be in
dispensable because the difference which
exists between the treatment prescribed,
say, by French and by an English doc
tor, has to be experienced TO be believed
Let the allopathists, the homeopathists,
the hydropathists, the thousand and
one sets of medical faddists, all have
community of their own. Give the nos
trum mongers free hands Suffer the
faith healers TO work, unimpeded, some
where, their own sweet will, and amid
the whole number of the communities
permit one TO be set apart in which no
doctor of any sort or kind, regular or
irregular, shall be allowed to place a
foot or have voice If such test were
feasible, | wonder what tho result would
be. Or, rather, / do not wonder-I
should like to have wager depending
ON the issue
would wager that, all things being
equal--position. climate, circumstances,
constitution, ages-the physical history
of all those communities would be pretty
we'll of muchness. They would all suf
fer from the same diseases, would beat
them or be beaten by them, in much the
same way, and would die at about the
same age. OF this am certain-and in
this believe that the physicians them
selves would be upon my side-that the
medically supervised communities would
DO every whit as closely acquainted with
pain, disease and suffering before the
curtain finally fell as that one commu-
nifty in which no doctors were. All the
Year Round.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10

Constituent F'nrts 81 Cord q: Wood.
A cord "a fairly scaseLrd wood we CHS
about I UA0 rsuHis Ii suEJected TO
heat al telvtn 80 and SeO dcsiees It
resolves intn three distinct products
charcoal pyioiiAasUrs ia'id and gases
I'm ,ayler ca properly bring this change
about n l. rsre*a,iy ~ Mace the wood
Ia "a kiln ana Amply the beat gradually
for four OF i've days a; the e.id 81 that
time the resisluc VIII te ,unO pounds OF
charcoal. 1000 pounds vi l.yIo.igneous
acid and .Osm pounds al nncondensed
gases The aggregate weight of these
products is exact ~ equal 10 the original
weight of the wood st Louis RepuD-
bic
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10
4 gIRrHoAY.

lily heart is,-s & singing bird
Whose nest - ia a wAtered shoot;
Ny heart i like an apple tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
lily heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in halcyon sea;
My heart IS gladder than all these
Because my love Is come TO me.
Raise me a dais OF silk and down:
Hang It with vair and purple dyes:
Carve IL in doves and pomcgranates
And pcacocks with hundred eyes:
wcrk it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves and silver fieurs-de-lis,
Because the birthday Of my life
Is CONG: my love is come 70 me.
Christina q. Rossctti
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10

Mr.. l.. b. hast, OF Norfolk, who owns
the we'll known horse Wildwood" says:
"My horse had the halter gaul So bad that
he could scarcely walk; / had saon the
marvellous healing 81 ects OF Quratol on a
wound OF my brothers, ana conceived the
IDEA that it would help my horse. used
two bottles and mace "a complete cure. 1t
S wonderful remedy"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10
Health All Gone
Unequal to Family Duties--No
Appetite
Hoods SarsaparIIla Cave Strength
and Courage to Work.
"Iwas insuch condition Icould not walk
sven about the house to attend to house.

hold duties and
care for my chin.
dren and family. I
did NOT have the
strengthen child.
! was treated by
several physicisns,
no pronounced
my trouble scrof.
ula ana Female
Weakness. ! could
eat only . slice Of
bread and drinka
cup Of tea, three
times q day. Some
times IcouId stand
- AnA
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10
Ana Then lie Went Homo.

"Mr. Stalate," she murmured, do
you remember when, in 1894, we sat up
to watch the new year in?''
eyes y he replied rapturously.
"Well-don't you-don t YOU
"Don't l what?''
Don't you think we are beginning
rather early this year?'- Washington
Star.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10

The "DangIer'' Gasoline Stove
with new design, double tubes, auxiliary
generator, and glass tube showing the
flow, as now made, Is one of the best
stoves of this kind in the market. Call
and examine it. For sale 10y John
Rawlings. West street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-10

Pratts Poultry Food will keep your
poultry healthy. For sale by JOHN FL.
RAWLINGS, West street, opp. depot.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-11-22
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Japan has two monthly journals Of
photography.
Her majesty's theater in the Hay
market is to make way for big hotel.
st. Petersburg has a new and wonder
full prima donna, Helene Chevrier.
~ Erfurt, in Prussia, government
attorney has been fined for insulting
q social democrat editor.
A new edition of Chambers Enclyclo-
paedia has been begun; the volumes are
to be published monthly.
There were 100000 wine shops in
France in 1892, according to LIE Figaro,
or one for every IS grown men.
Pasteur's successor In the direction
of the Pasteur institute is NJ. Ducluax,
formerly sub-director; DR.. Roux is the
new sub-director.
A check for 5000 has been sent to
DE-. w. G. Grace, representing the 1Oo.-
600 shilling subscription to the testi-
monial started for him by the Daily
Telegraph.
His Excellency is the title by which
Ernest Curtius, the historian of Greece,
is now addressed, Emperor William hav-
ing appointed him an active privy coun.
villor, wirklicher geheimrath.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-11-22

hurst to drop to her side; she now put
it in the pocket of her dressing gown.
81 was wishing to send somewhere"
she said "But think will wait till
later"
The house was bestir betimes on ac-
count of the wedding, and Rosalys
companion in particular. who was not
sad because she was going to live on
with the bride. When Miss Jennings
saw her cousins agitation she said she
looked i'll, and insisted upon sending
for the doctor. He, who was the local
practitioner, arrived at breakfast time;
very proud to attend such an impor-
tant lady who mostly got doctored in
London. He said Rosalys certainly
was not quite in her usual state of
health; prescribed a tonic, and declared
that she would be all right in an hour
or two. He then informed her that he
had been suddenly called upon that
morning in the case of which they had
possibly heard-the drowning of Mr..
Durrant.
"And you could do nothing?" asked
Rosalys.
go no. He'd been under water too
long for any human aid. Dead and
stiff. 1t was not SO very far
down from here. Yes, 1 re-
member him quite as a boy. But he
has had no relations hereabout for
years past-old Durrant's property was
sold, if you recollect; and nobody ex-
pected to see the son again. I think
he has lived in the East Indies a good
deal. Much better for him if he had
not come-poor fellow"
When the doctor had left, Rosalys
went to the window, and remained for
some time thinking. There was the
lake from which the water had flowed
down the river that had drowned Jim
after visiting her last night-as mere
interlude in his continuous life of ca
resses with the Frenchwoman Melanie.
She turned, took from her dressing
gown pocket the renunciatory letter to
her intended husband, Lord Parkhurst,
thrust it through the bars of the CRATE,
and watched it till it was entirely con-
Sumed.
The wedding had been fixed for an
early hour in the afternoon, and as the
morning wore on Rosalys felt increas-
ing strength, mental and physical.
The doctors dose had been a powerful
one; the image of ''Melanie," too, had
much to do with her recuperative
mood; more still Rosalys' innate quail
ties; the nerve of the woman who nine
years earlier had gone to the city to be
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-11-22
A MOVING MOUNTAIN.
1t Is Travelling Slowly But Surely Dow
the Columbia River.

It Is Travelling Slowly But Surely Down
the Columbia River.
A travelling mountain is found at the
Cascades of the Columbia. 1t is a
triple-peaked mass of dark brown
basalt, 6 or miles in length where it
fronts the river, and rises to the height
of almost 1000 feet above the water.
That it is in motion is the last thought
that would be likely to suggest itself
to the mind of anyone passing it, yet
it is a well-established fact that this
entire mountain is moving slowly but
steadily down to the river, as if it had
deliberate purpose some time in the
future to dam the Columbia and form a
great lake from the Cascades to the
Dalles.
In its forward and downward move
ment the forest along the base of the
ridge has become submerged in the
river. Large tree stumps can be seen
standing dead in the water on this
shore. The railway engineers and
brakemen find that the line of railway
that skirts the foot of the mountain is
being continually forced out of place.
At certain points the permanent way
and rails have been pushed 8 or 10 feet
out of line in few years.
Biologists attribute this strange phe-
nomenon to the fact that the basalt,
which constitutes the bulk of the
mountain, rests on a substratum of
conglomerate or of soft sandstone,
which the deep, swift current of the
mighty river is constantly wearing
away, or that this softer subrock is of
itself yielding at great depths to the
enormous weight of the harder min
eral above. -Goldthwait's Geograph-
ical Magazine.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-11-22
BY THOS. HARDY
rCoPYkIGHT, i89Al

safely back to Paris, and make a little
provision for her. Nobody in England
knows anything OF her existence"
'Wben-did you part from her?"
"Well. of course. at breakfast time. "
Rosalys bowed herself against the
doorway. ''O-O-what have I done?
What a fool, what a weak fool!'' she
moaned. go away from me-go away"
Jim was almost distressed when he
saw the distortion of her agonized face.
Now, why should you take On like
this! There's nothing in it. People do
these things. Living in prim society
here you don't know how the world
goes on!''
20, but to think it didn't occur to me
that the sort of man"
Jim, though anxious, seemed to
awaken to something humorous in the
situation. and vented momentary
chuckle. well, it is rather funny that
I should have let it out. But still"
Don't make deep wrong deeper by
cruel levity. Go away"
you'll be in a better mood to-mor-
row, mark me; and then I'll tell you
all my history. Therein gone! Au
rsroar!'
He disappeared under the trees. Ro-
salys, rousing herself, closed the gate
and fastened the door, and sat down in
one of the hall chairs, her teeth shut
tight and her little hands clenched.
When she had passed this mood, and
returned upstairs, she regarded the
state of her room sadly, and bent again
over her writing-table, murmuring: go
how weak, how weak was T."
But in few minutes she found her
self nerved to an unexpected and pas
sionate vigor of action, and began
writing her letter to Lord Parkhurst
with great rapidity. Sheet after sheet
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-11-22
Bonaparte's Heroic Example.

During stay in Jaffa in March, 1899,
Bonaparte visited the hospitals, which
were filled with the sick, and where
the fever was raging with deplorable
results. He expressed great compa--
sion for their sufferings and was appar-
emily much affected by SO melancholy a
spectacle. He passed through all the
wards, extending encouragement and
sympathy to the suffering. Baron Lars
rey, the principal surgeon on the
French staff, after his return to Eu-
rope, spoke in the highest terms of
Bonaparte's care and attention to the
sick and wounded soldiers. 81 have
seen him." he says, ''in the hospitals of
Jaffa, inspecting the wards and talk
ing Familiarity with the soldiers at
tackled by the epidemic fever. con-
duct which produced the best effects
on the spirits not only of the sick but
the whole army. This heroic example
at the same time encouraged the hos
pital attendants, whom the progress of
the disease and the fear of contagion
had alarmed considerably"