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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
TOO MUCH SAND
A Good Quality in the Wrong
Place.
CONDITION OF TIE RIVER HARBoR

To BE Brought to the Attention Of the
Engineering Department at Washing
,on-A Proposed Petition to be Gener.
ally signed by Steamboat Men and
Others.
Sand is an excellent quantity, and
an excellent quality in all things
when properly employed and applied,
but down on the river front now
days they claim they have got too
much of good thing. As has been
frequently alluded to ir The ARGUS.
the drippings from the barges COM
ing into the levee are forming an OBJ
struction to the proper use and en-
joyment of the harbor. This matter
has been brought to the attention of
Col. w. Il. King, in charge of the
river improvement engineer corps
here. as previously stated, and he
said this morning in conversation
with an ARGUS reporter, that as soon
as the situation was presented to him
in proper form he would take it up
with the engineer department at
Washington, and endeavor to have q
remedy applied.
The Petition.
Looking to the bringing of the eX-
listing conditions in the desired shape
before the river engineers. a petition
is being prepared, which will relate
the facts and the cause of the griev-
ance, and it will, it is anticipated,
receive the signatures not only of
property holders along the river
front, but of all steamboat men COM
ing into Rock Island. The harbor is
one of the chief advantages Rock ISL
and offers as commercial city.
Blessed with an excellent location on
one of the greatest inland waterways
in the world. it is not unnatural that
there should prevail spirit of de-
termination to make it accessible to
all steamboats, at all times. A few
years ago Col. Mackenzie had the
river bed dredged in front Of the
city and the path Of vessels coming
into port cleared of all instructions.
The harbor thus established should
be preserved.
Tho Lsvee.
When the action now suggested
has been taken, the city should adopt
such course as will insure the i'm
provement of the levee, by paving
and otherwise. and thus removing
the disgraceful appearance that it
now presents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17

Matte Vickers goes on in public
favor like the brook. This season
she comes to us in her rehabiIitated
success Of former years, "Jacquine,"
which has been brought up to date,
and will appear at the New Grand,
Davenport, tomorrow night. No
need to introduce bright, vivacious,
clever little Matte Vickers to our
readers We all know her and will
be glad to welcome her in her sue
cessful comedy. .'Jacquine," which
she is presenting this season with a
cast supporting her Of exceptional
merit. She is beyond doubt one OF
the bes: known stars of the day, but
she is one Of the most popular.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
The New Street Railway Company.

The statement. originating in off,
cial circles in Chicago. comes out in
the Associated Press report that the
property Of the Davenport & Rock
Island Street Railway company will
be sold to a new corporation, subject
to 100000 OF first mortgage bonds
which were issued in 1891. The new
company will have a capital OF
$500, 600. Of which $500,000 will be
issued and 100000 remain for the
present in the treasury. The COM
pany has floating debt of about
$4,000. 1t is believed the earnings
OF the road will be sufficient to pay
6 or per cent on the stock OF the re-
organized company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
HYDE Wins damon DIS.

2 W. II. Hyde returned from the
bicycle tournament held at Aledo
yesterday with $25 diamond stud
pin, which throws flash from his
manly bosom like that of an engine
headlight. This was the second
prize in the 5-minute handicap
which Hyde won.
Charles helms was less fortunate.
He came back with a shattered wheel
aud no laurels. helms collided with
other cyclists in one OF the races and
had the fore part OF his bike demol-
ishcd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17

The recent outrages on their race at
Spring Valley has prompted move
ment on the part OF the colOred peo.
pie to organize state league for
mutual protection. In Rock Island
and Moline the negroes have been
felt on the subject by j. q. Jones.
Chicago colored lawyer, and ex-
pressed themselves as unanimously
in favor of preserving their rights.
Mr.. Jones stated that convention
would be called at Springfield Sept.
a for the purpose of organizing a
state league of colored people. Two
delegates are expected from every
city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
THE COUNTY BOARD.
The reso' utlons on the Western Hes
lita', Etc.

6BO uIiOuS sue "0BCcrn hCBs
Iita', Etc.
The plans of the Davis company for
heating and ventilating the new
court house building were adopted
by the supervisors yesterday after.
noon. Messrs. Britton and George
were appointed as additional mem
bers of the supervisors committee
on the Western hospital question.
Chairman Carey was also added
The resolutions adopted in full are
as follows:
WHEREAS, At the July meeting of
this board a resolution was adopted
by unanimous vote thanking Hon.
John 2. Altgeld, governor of the state
OF Illinois. for causing to be enacted
a law for the location of an insane
hospital west of the Illinois river.
and at said meeting committee was
appointed to present said resolutions
to the governor, and
cent date has appointed a board of
trustees to locate said hospital, and
has honored this county by the APP
pointment of Hen. L. S. Silvis as a
member of said board of trustees.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, That the committee
heretofore appointed at said July
meeting of this board to represent
Rock Island county be instructed to
tender to said T. S. Silvis the con-
gratrlations of this board upon his
appointment, and render to him all
assistance at their command which
will tend to further the interests of
Rock Island county in the location of
said hospital in this county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
Rheumatism Cured In q 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, and G. Schlegel & Son., 22O
W. Second street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
River Riplete,

The F. Weyhauser and Irene D.
each brought down eight strings of
logs.
The stage Of the water at the Rock
Island bridge at noon was 30 and
declining: the temperature, SO.
The Pilot and Verne Swain came
down. and the Pauline, Bart +. Line
han. Verne Swain and Irene ID. went
north.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17

Effectually, yet gently. when costive
or bilious, or when the blood is i'm
pure or sluggish. to permanently
cure habitual constipation, to awaken
the kidneys and liver to a healthier
activity, without irritating or weak
ening them. to dispel headaches,
colds or fevers use Syrup Of Figs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17


Lincoln Park electric fountain du-
plicated at the Watch Tower.
Grandest display Of electric light
effect upon water ever seen. Nari-
able colors. A grand sight. Last
evening. directly after the theatre.
the crowd gathered about the foun-
tain square to witness for the first
time this novel production. They
were enraptured, and for nearly an
hour enjoyed this grand sight. Our
citizens should all see this beautiful
illumination, as it is something very
few have ever seen. and long to be
remembered when once witnessed.
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
evenings each week, Immediately
after the theatre these displays will
take place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17

Fair weather. slightly cooler to
night and Sunday: light, variable
winds. prevailing westerly. Today.
temperature. IS.
+. j. WALL, Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17

The Burlington route sells tickets
for the Knights Templar excursion
to Boston and return at 1885,, as
low as any other line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17

The Burlington route sells tickets
for the Knights Templar excursion
to Boston and return at 1886. as
low As any other line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
Great Food Mar
ket.
Table Fruit.

o0AS ~s~s
Choice California Peaches 1Oc
per pound.
Choice California Prunes &c per
pound.
Choice California Nectorines &c
per pound.
Choice New California Apricots
lie per pound.
Choice California Raisins SC per
pound.
Tip Top Condensed Milk lOc per
can.
Baked Beans. extra fancy, 3-b
can 10c.
Marshall & Cos Kippered Her
ring Ovals 19c per can.
3-pound can Colossal Asparagus
2ic.
sack best Table Salt &c.
Best Rolled Oats 1lc per pound.
Large Glass Jelly, jumbo size.
1Oc.
Young Hyson Tea. regular price
SOC per pound. sale price csc.
Elegant new crop Japan Tea.
regular price Coo, sale price 39c
per pound.
Best Japan Tea Dust 1oc per
pound.
Finest Pure Syrup SOC per gal.
Best Santos Peaberry Coffee only
CSC per pound.
Extra Rio only 23c per pound.
A good pipe free with every
1-pound package of Old Virginia
Smoking Tobacco-only 19c.
Our Celebrated Cream Java COT
fee is clegant-only SOC per pound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17

The ARGUS. l0c week, delivered
every evening at your door.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
Dry Goods De-
partment.

Gentlemen's White Shirts, REIN
forced linen fronts, good service
abe muslin, 25c.
Gentlemen's White Shirts. color
ed percale fronts. pair of percale
cuffs detatched-you are expected
to wear a white collar-5Oc.
Gentlemen's working shirts,
made right, band ed collar, felled
seams, double yoke, etc., in flan-
nelette. 35c.
Our Gentlemen's White Shirt,
Am erica's best-must be seen to
be appreciated-made on scientific
principles. reinforced everywhere,
sure filter, SOC.
Our Best Grade Flannelette has
the appearance Of 81 shirt and
the equal of any shirt for wear,
soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-17
CooQBargains Always Demand

No Idle Talk. but Straight Bargain Facts,
backed by good values that will save
you dimes and dcllars
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19

A disease similar to lock jaw has at
tackled great many horses in the
Purchase county and is proving
fatal in many instances.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19

When Elihu Washburne was United
States minister to France there was a
court dinner given at the palace of the
Tuilleries one night by the emperor,
Napoleon I'LL, says the Cincinnati
Times-Star. twas the custom at these
dinners when the empress arose to re-
tire with the ladies for the gentlemen
to rise from their seats and step back,
SO that the ladies should pass down the
line between them and the table BY
this all could avoid turning their backs
on the empress. Mr.. Washburne had
very tender feet During the dinner
they had given him great deal of an
noyance, and to ease himself he had
slipped off his patent leather pumps.
He was absorbed in conversation at the
close of the dinner ard was caught un-
awares when the empress made the sig
nal ordeparture. Mr.. Wsshburne was
obliged to step back without his. pumps.
There he stood in his stocking feet,
grave, dignified and self-possessed In
the row of grinning diplomats TO his
right and left He betrayed none Of
the embarrassment he must have felt,
and was never heard to allude to the
incident.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19

not been there more than two hours"
when bang went a sax-pencei" would
have a tit at Manhattan beach. A
hungry man might possibly subdue his
appetite at the expense of six or eight
dollars, if he were only moderately
hungry.
A short distance from Manhattan
Beach is the Oriental hotel, which is a
nice place for plumbers and other mil
aionaires. You can't steal side glance
at a waiter without paying dollar,
and, If You stump your toe it is two dol
lars and half. There they sell You a
cigar for forty cents and charge you
ten cents for match, so / have been
told For reasons too painful to elabor-
ate, have never had any personal ex-
perience at that particular hostelry.
Manhattan beach is, to all appear
ances, aristocratic and highly respecta-
lble. You do not see much of the bill
ing and cooing so noticeable at some
seaside resorts. Most of the billing is
sdone by the hotel proprietors. At the
same time I have observed, while gaz-
ing at the bathers, that quite number
of family skeletons were on exhibition
] have been told, moreover, that some
.of the ladies 60 out into the water to
scatch the swells. but this may be q
ISLANDER. Here the summer girl Is very
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19
Fled from a Rat.

A LarlSin street restaurant in San
Francisco was nearly wrecked recently
by most peculiar incident. As it was
the noon time, business was lost for at
least one day. The proprietor, who
had been out on the street somewhere,
went to a closet, donned his black
alpaca coat and started to wait on a
couple of ladies. He drew a napkin
from the coat pocket to brush crumb
from the table cloth, when out jumped
a rat nearly as big as ground hog.
The women were on the table in sec
ond. Men upset chairs and tables try
ing to stamp ON the animal, but it
escaped all the blows aimed at it and
chased around and around the place
looking for some avenue of escape for
fully five minutes. By the time the
restaurant cat woke up and caught the
rat the place was a sorry wreck and
half the patrons had disappeared.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19

BILE. When it is hot it Is very hot.
Some time, between March and Octo-
Der, there is continuous spell of hot
weather that causes an increase in
profanity. Then it is hot, hotter, hot
test, Hottentot, Hottentotter, Hottetot-
est, hot as one oven, hot as two ovens,
hot as = blazes. In the dog days the
New York weather is beastly. .
We have to contend with three dis
Sinct brands of heat, and, consequently,
the mean temperature is very mean in
. deed. First of all there is the direct
heat that comes straight from the
the blue vault above. This is rein
forced by the reflected heat from the
paved streets and the rock and brick
houses. But the most insidious and
'diabolical heat of all crawls up from
the kitchens under the sidewalks. It
is aromatic with the flavor of fried on
Ions and other tempting viands. When
; aI these different heats are saturated
with aighty-fve per cent. Of humidity,
/. youffeel as if breaths of fresh air were
being sold at auction, and everybody
was outbidding you.
The next thing to be done is to get
out of town as suddenly as possible.
Those who do not keep their elbows
perfectly straight are apt to get sun
struck, hence there is an old-fashioned
exodus whenever it is sultry.
There is any number of inland re-
Scrts in the vicinity of New York, but
tShe fact is that while they are destitute
OF the comforts and conveniences of a
large city, the temperature is not much
lower, so the average Gothamite makes
q bee line for the Atlantic ocean, where
it is always cool and refreshing. In
other words, he goes to Coney Island,
In which term are included the resorts
of Manhattan beach, Brighton and
Coney Island proper, or rather improper,
Judging by the number of arrests that
are made for violating the excise law
and some other laws
Manhattan beach consists of large
hotel, a splendid music pavilion, batt
house, bicycle track, and that is abou
all. Everything, except the low, saC
moan of the sea is very high. Th'
.Scotchman who complained that Lon
dow was dreadful place, for he hat
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19

railroad companies charged as high in
proportion to the distance travelled as
do these Coney Island roads, the round
trip, from New York to Chicago and
back, would amount to SS43, ,675, 42S-
but l am DEPRESSING. Some parts of
Coney Island proper are very nice,
while the lower end is somewhat other
wise. Dime museums, dancing and |
concert halls, cheap restaurants and all |
manner of fake games abound.
However, these are not the only at
fractions of Coney Island proper. Be-
sides clam chowder, you can obtain at
reasonable figures two tablespoonfuls
of warm beer with hydrophobia on
top. The salt-covered pretzel comes
under the head of extras. You can
also refresh yourself with Frankforter
sausage and roll, if you are not par
| ticular what you eat, and the facilities
for acquiring a complicated case of
cramp collie by quaffing lemonade and
| eating popcorn are unrivaled. II you
are tired and really need a rest you
can test your strength on several diff
| ferent machines which are there for
that purpose. The opportunities for
finding out how much you weigh arc
numerous, and if you try two of them
you will be surprised at how many
pounds you can gain or lose in a few
! minutes There is not much fishing,
but there is no end of game. One
called the shell game seems to be the
most popular.
And yet on hot Sunday more than
fifty thousand people will visit Coney
Island, which goes to show what sort
of summer resort New York is when
the mercury gets up among the nine
! ties.
There are five or six different routes
by which Coney Island can be reached
| from New York. The most pleasant
way to get there is to go by steamboat.
| If you don't miss the boat 1t will take
an hour. One advantage of going by
boat is that you can truthfully say to
your friend, whom you have not seen
in some time, that you have been across
the water, which will leave the i'm
! preston on his mind that you have just
returned from Europe. The only OBJ
i lection to the water route is that you
are liable to be disturbed every once in
awhile by beetle-browed bandit OF
an italian musician going around with
an inverted hat
If you like to participate in railroad
accidents, the trolley cars, which run
from Brooklyn, afford unrivaled ia
cilities. Or you can go part of the way
by land and part by water. The short
est route is via Long Island City.
There you take the Long Island rail-
road which runs through Hunters
Point, where the fat rendering estab-
lishments create an aroma which re-
minds one not so much of the perfumes
of "Araby the blest" as they do Of t.e
individual Arab. 1t would be useless
4 to attempt to describe the Hunters
Point smells. That they battle de-
scription" is no figure Of speech. They
| are simply indescribable.
J ALEX e. SWEET.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19

much ia evidence. She must go to the
seaside. and. very likely, while she is
breasting the waves, her poor mother
is at home stemming the currants.
The great attraction of Manhattan
beach is, and always has been. the
music. Until his death, the great
bandmaster, Gilmore, supplied the
music. He was fairly idolized, not only
on account of the entertainment, bat
also because Of his greet personal pop
ularity. Everybody liked him. Now
his place is filled by Sousa, and he is
quite as popular Ismpora mutaatur,
et nos matamur an Ills. People crowd
into the pavilion, and are just as well
pleased with the way Sousa hits at the
mosquitoes with his baton. although
Sousa has never been able to acquire
poor Pat Gilmore's smile.
By the way, every man, woman and
child at Manhattan beach is masher,
as there is a small kind of gnat that can
be discouraged in no other way.
Brighton is only about two hundred
yards from Manhattan beach, but there
is no way to get there except by pat
rouizing the Marine railroad, for which
ten cents is extracted for the round
trip. The truth is that you have to pay
extra for everything, except the fresh
air. All efforts to bottle it up and COM
pei the public to. buy it have failed.
The musical airs, however, In the pa
villion have to be paid for, as the
benches are put SO far off that the
music cannot be heard.
At Brighton there is more music of
an inferior quality, and the clam chow
der is cheaper and more indestructible.
There are, also, tempting facilities to
have your photograph taken in group
The air is about the same as at Man
haitian beach. Speaking of clam chow
der, Chauncey Depew is given as au-
thority for the statement that a lady at
Brighton beach became SO addicted to
the clam chowder habit that her waist
rose and fell with the tide.
would like to say that the viands
are tempting, but cannot truthfully
10 so. The butter is evidently of the
kind that is made in an iron kettle with
4 fire under it, and the spring chicken
S as springy as rubber teething ring.
If it were not for the ozone In the at
I'd prefer horse trough as
a watering place.
From Brighton, you take another
railroad for a few hundred yards to
reach Coney Island proper, or rather
improper. have figured out that if
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19
Gave IL the Preference.

At recent large country wedding
all the carriages far and near were en-
gagged to convey the guests to the sta
tion and the various country houses to
the bridal reception. ~ am sorry,
ma'am," said the village undertaken, TO
whom one of the perplexed hostesses
had applied in despair for couple of
coaches, "but we had TO put off two
funerals to-day on account of this we'd
6inI"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19
pAonoeRApn pssoRleEpl N Geo
The Frenehman Who Did It Was Consid-
erred Crazy.

The Frenchman Who Did 1t Was Consid-
erred Crazy.
A few months ago while amusing my
self with Cyrano de Bergerac's Historic
Comique des Etats ct Empires de la
Lune ct du Soliel paris, l66O), / was
amazed, ,saysa writerin Popular Science
Monthly, to come across the matter
quoted below, which surely foreshadows
the phonograph as closely as do Bacon's
words the steamship and railway. The
author, De Bergerac, is on a voyage
over the moon. Left alone little while
by his guide the latter gives him, to
help him while away the hour, some
books to read. The books, however,
are different from any seen on earth
They are, in fact, little boxes, which
Cyrano thus describes:
''Op opening one of these boxes I
found know not what kind of metal
(apparatus) similar to our clockwork,
composed of know not how many lit
tie devices and imperceptible machin-
cry. 1t was a book, certainly, but a
leaves nor characters; book to under
stand which the eyes are useless-one
needs only to use his ears. When he
wishes to read this book he connects it
by sort of little nerve to his ears.
Then he turns needle to the chapter
he wishes to hear, and Immediately
there energies from the instrument, as
from the mouth of man, or from a
musical instrument, all the words and
sounds which serve the Grands Lun-
aires for language"
l will say, further, that Cyrano an
ticipated many of the inventions and
conceptions of modern aeronauts. No
wonder that he was considered by his
contemporaries as somewhat off. :"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19
SUMMER IN NEW YORK,
1T Is Not a Season Of Comfort
and Delight.
Rather Than Stay In the City Over sum
day the Average Gothamite VIII AL
low Himself to BE Robbed
at Coney.
lSpectal New York Letter.l

The climate of New York is remarks
able for its versatility, so to speak.
We have more winter weather In sum
mer and more summer weather in win
ter than in any other city that | know
of. I am simply stating facts when l
mention that have seen flowers
blooming in the open air between
christmas and New Years, and that l
Hhave shivered for lack of an overcoat
while returning from Coney Island in
July. a 8
There is, however, one feature of the
New York summer that is pretty relia-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-07-19
Do
You
Suffer

From indigestion, sour stomach, head
ache, fatulency, distress after eating7
Or is it case of lost appetite, want Of
energy, weakness, debility
Are you nervous, restless, sleepless, worn
out in body and in minda
Have you pains in the bac alps, side
head, acms, shoulders, chest? -.
Are you filed with NAL tis--salloa.
complexion, coated tongue, .ht sweats.
dry cough, chills and fever2
IF any of these troubles ar, yours, th,
thing YOU need is DR.. KINGS