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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-22
Ribbon Bows.

The greatest fad OF the year.
Nearly 1000 sold Saturday. We
make them FREE. All the newest
and latest colorings and patterns of
ribbon. ready tied boys, already to
wear. No charge for making. We
have bought another thousand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-22

18s0-fso Yeas Ouasassse -1Oo2
will replace free all work that ]
have done during the past 10 years
that 10 not satisfactory.
g. NJ. BABcocE,
1775 Second avenus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-22

Partly cloudy this afternoon and
tonight; fair Wednesday; warmer
southwesterly winds. Tcdsys tenn
perature 2s.
r. J. WALz, Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-22

Hoods Pills are the best after-din-
ner pill; assist digestion. prevent
CONSTIPATION. 25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-22
Colore0 MasO0s.

King Solomon lodge, 90. A. F. & A.
NJ. held an election Of officers Las,
evening. These were chosen:
w. Nj. Hall.
S. VS.. Terry.
j. VII. Dixon.
Treasurer-C. Lambert.
Secretary-Henry Burris.
Tyler-G. johnson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-22

Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets All druggists refund the m9ney
II il fails 70 cure. Is cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-22

just try . 10 cent box Of Cascarets,
the finest liver and bowel regulator
ever made.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE BOY WHO RAN AWAY.

I'm going now to run away"
Said little Sammie Green one day.
Then l can do just what I choose.
I'll neEer have to black my shoes,
Or wash my face or comb my hair.
I'll find n place. I know, somewhere;
And never have again to fill
That old chip-basket-so 1 will.
"Good-by, mamma" he said-"sood-by
He thought his mother then would cry.
She only said: You going, dear?"
And didn't shed single tear.
"There, now" said Sammie Green, "I know
She does not care If do go.
But Bridget does. She'll have to fill
That old chip-basket-so she Will"
But Bridget only said: well, boy,
You off for sure? 1 wish you Joy"
And Sammy's little sister Kate,
Who swung upon tho garden gate,
Said anXiously, as he passed thro':
Tonight whatever will you do
When you can't get no 'lasses spread
At supper-time on top of breadT'
One block from home and Sammie's dear
Weak little heart was full of fear.
He thought about RED Riding Hood
The wolf that met her in the wood;
The bean-stalk boy who kept so mum
When he heard the giants Fee, TO FUN.
or the dark night and the policeman.
Then poor Sammie homeward ran.
Quick thro' the alley-way he sped.
And crawled in thro' the old wood-shed.
The big chip-basket he did fill:
He blacked his shoes up with a will:
He washed his face and combed his hair;
He went up to his mothers chair,
And kissed her twice, and then he said:
I'D like some 'lasses top of bread!"
Mrs. Susan T. Perry. In Golden Days.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29

be willing to take the responsibility of
recommending that the work be taken
up nnd honestly completed.
That is only a sample of the methods
employed by unscrupulous men to get
money from the treasury without rem
dering an equivalent for II. We recent
ly have found another little steal going
on; and it is OF such petty nature that
nobody would have suspected it. We
are not surprised when we see men
reaching for hundreds of thousands or
millions: but we never expect men to
undertake little jobs for few thousand
dollars. In other words, little thieves
do not abound among men who have
attained positions and secured reccg-
milton before the executive depart
ments, or who have the privilege of DO
ing business on Capitol hill. The last
discovery of corruption involves only
the sum of $4,000; and out of that the
contractor could not have made more
than $4,000, although he might have
made at least 81 900 if he had done his
work honestly.
Opposite this city, on the Virginia
heights. there is cavalry post called
Fort Myer. It is near Arlington ceme-
terry, and in plain view of Washington
For several years there has been cons;d-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
A PaIr or Robins.

A pretty little incident is that told
by Miss Edgeworth, in her recently pub
Iished correspondence, of an old peas
ant of her acquaintance, Robin Woods,
who was very sick, very old, and fast
approaching his end. She went to see
him and found him in bed, CHEEKY and
accomplishing, enjoying the society of
his pet bird, robin redbreast, which
fluttered contentedly about the room.
entirely at liberty and entirely at home.
The old man was about to have u
meal, and as he took his bowl of milk
and potatoes the bird. which had
perched on the foot of the bed, hoped
eagerly along it's masters body from
his foot upward, sure of a share in the
feast. She thought the sight pretty
one and said to the invalid, looking
from one robin to the other: "You seem
very happy together!" "Yes," was the
quaint answer, as the old fellow smiled
gratefully at his companionable little
namesake, "we was that, ever since we
was married. Companion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
WHERE FISHES SWIM.
This Tells How Any Bright Boy Can
Make Waterscope.

1nis Ieus now ANY Bright BOY Can
Make Waterscope.
If you go to the lakes or to the sea-
shore this summer you should take a
waterscope along with you.
A waterscope is q device which will
enable you to peer down to the bottom
of lake or stream and see the sea-
weeds, with the fish resting among
them. Any boy can make one of them
very easily, and he can have no end of
fun using it.
The waterscope consists of long,
narrow box, covered at one end with
Flass-ordinary window glass. To make
it get four pieces of smooth, straight
grained pine wood, one-quarter of an
inch in thickness, 20 or "a inches long
and 21a inches wide. Have these pieces
made=true- and exact in measurement.
Carefully tack them together with
brads in the form of long box. 1t may
be well before joining them to daub on
Il little white lead paint, so as to make
the joints watertight. Now cut piece
of glass the size of one end of the long
box. You can readily cut glass with an
old pair of shears by holding it under
water. Fasten this piece of glass to the
end of the tube by means of few small
tacks driven close to it's edges. Then
putty it carefully round, and, when the
putty is thoroughly dry, paint the box
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
WATCHING THE FISH.

and putty, taking pains to fill all the
cracks. This is necessary to make the
box watertight.
In day or two your waterscope will
be dry enough for use. On some bright
tunny afternoon push your boat out on
the lake or stream where you wish to
experiment. Thrust the glass end of
the waterscope well under the surface
of the water and place your eye at the
other end. You will find that you can
see through the water with great dis
tinctness, often to the hiding places of
fish among those forests of the lake
bottoms, the seaweeds. The object of
the waterscope is to cut through the
disturbed surface of the lake where
your boat stands, and also to protect
your eyes from the reflection of the sun
on the water. OF course it does not act
like n telescope, and you cannot see to
the bottom where the water is very mud
dy or where it is very deep.
But you will be astonished at what
II fairyland of beauty the waterscope
will reveal along the edges of some OF
our clear lakes on sunny day. Often
you can see big clam, with his mouth
wide open, waiting for his dinner to
drop into it, or lazy pickerel or a
sunfish resting near the bottom, and
sometimes you will see lost objects of
various kinds, including trolling hooks
and lines and other things of a similar
nature. The writer once knew man
who found watch he had dropped into
the lake by means of waterscope.-
Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29

aggregate appropriations amounted to
nearly $2,O0O,OO0. About ten years ago
the tunnel mas ready for use, and be-
fore turning the water into this viaduct
the qunrtermaster general caused an
inspection, and he made an honest re-
port. Everybody was amazed to learn
that the enormous sum of 1000. 900
had been actually thrown away. The
tunnel was useless, and had been con-
structed not Tor the purpose of carry
ing water, but for the purpose of rob-
bing the government. The hole in the
ground was there, but the brick work
lining was an awful botch. Common
plaster instead of cement had been
used. Great holes above the brick work
were left untitled; and the pressure of
water would have broken down the
brick lining almost Immediately. The
contractors cared nothing for that.
All they wanted was TO have the tunnel
accepted by the government. so that
they could draw their final moneys
from the treasury, and get away from
Washington as soon as possible.
The tunnel is still there. 1t has
never been used, and it cannot be used
without the expenditure of at least an
other million dollars. Moreover, other
appropriations might be misspent in
that same hole; and nobody seems to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
A SONG or LABOR.

The daylight fades the shadows fall,
The hour to quit our toll has come,
The welcome whistle tells us all
'Ts time to start for home.
Hang up the tools upon the wall
Come forth from shop and factory gloom
Oh, Joyful is the workman's call
To take the train for home.
To take the train for home, my boys,
To take the train for home.
Oh. best of all the toiler's joys,
To take the train for home. I'd.
oh, long the hours to bend the back
And ply the tools with sinewy grip;
oh, lone the hours when toiers lack
The touch and cheer of comradeshlp.
oh, weary many a toller's task,
In solitary place of gloom,
But now he sheds tolls grlmy mask
And takes the train for home.
Roll down the sleeves and don the coat.
The happy hour has come,
The best of all the workers joys.
To take the train for home.
And while from crowded street he flies
The evening breezes seem to bless,
And nature spreads her sunset skies
To cheer and heal his weariness;
And as he nears his cottage door,
With cries of JOY his children come;
His foot is on his cottage floor
Oh blessed train for home.
Roll down the sleeves and don the coat,
The happy hour has come,
The best of all the workers joys,
To take the train for home.
And all the weary days repaid,
When seated round the cheerful board
Whereon the frugal meal is laid,
With many a fond and loving word
And CHEEKY stories of the day
The good wife and the children come,
And hearts are true and glad and gay
Within the workman's home.
Roll down the sleeves and don the coat,
The happy hour has come,
The best of all the workers joys,
( To take the train for home.
Helen e. Starrett, in Chicago Record.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
TALK WITH WASHINGTON.
How Brave Little BOY Met the Great
American Commanders.


American Commander.
In st. Nicholas Sara King Wiley has
a romance of the American revolution
entitled Maurice and His Father" Al
brave little English lad is separated
from his father and falls into the hands
of the Americans. His father after
wards embraces the patriot cause and
his son is restored to him through the
medium of Washington, as shown in
the following extract:
Maurice was informed that Gen!
Washington was there showing the
works to Gen. Lafayette, and his heart
began to flutter and thump within him.
Barney was sitting beside him, loolc-
ing at his master with bright and low
ing eyes, his little black nose quiver-
ing.
Barney" said the boy, "we're afraid!
but we're not going to stop If we are"
And, picking up the dog, he took his
way through the rustling leaves that
lay like heaps of gold towards the house
which one of the soldiers. from whom
Maurice ventured to ask for directions,
had pointed out to him.
"Yes, Gen. Washington is there and
alone" he was told.
Could he see him?
"Sure, no, ye little bye" said the
Irish sentry Its wore out the poor
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29

The word "fie," or It's equivalent In
sound, exists in all languages, and H.
every one is expressive of disgust. In
the Icelandic the word "pfui" McanI
putridity.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
Height OF Fame.

"Was he famous MANI"
Famous! Why, my dear si- they're
even talking of naming new bicycle
after him."-Chicago Post.
The herald., 1896-08-14

speech Miss Bertha Martin Of Massillon,
in behalf of Mrs. Major Mckinley Tent
No. 1, d. of ", spoke briefly. Major Nc
Kinley responded by welcoming the
young women, and invited them as well
as the other ladies in the party to visit
Mrs. Mckinley, who was seated within
the house.
Major Mckinley addressed a reunion
of the Third Ohio Independent battery
this afternoon. The meetings are held
on the lawn of Captain w. S. Williams
home, North Cleveland avenue, who is
the president of the reunion organiza-
tions, every year. Captain Williams
presented Major Mckinley with a beau
tiful tribute to his bravery with Sheri-
dan in the Shenandoah valley. Maj1r
Mckinley responded with a few remarks
referring to the work of the battery be-
fore Vicksburg, and speaking of the
priceless fruits of the war He said ne
had merely called upon invitation as a
fellow citizen and an old comrade.
HARRISON WILL SPEAK
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 13-Gen-
eral Benjamin Harrison will be at the
disposal of the Republican state COM
mittee during the campaign and the
latter Will attend to arranging his dates
for speeches. Practically so much in
formation is conveyed in letter writ
ten by the general to his old friend,
Daniel Ransdell. Mr.. Ransdell said yes
terday that the general had written him
that his understanding was that the
committee would want his services about
the beginning of September, but Mr.
Ransdell admitted that he personally
had been informed that Mr.. Harrison
would be wanted during the latter part
of this month
The herald., 1896-08-14
A REGATTA AT CLEVELAND
A Decided Success in Spite of All
Drawbacks
The Famous Priscilla Again Shows Her
Sternpost to Her comr .itor- Schooner
and Stesm:r Races

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 13.-A splen-
did sailing breeze made the regatta
events today very much of success,
despite the fact that the sea was a trifle
too rough for fast sailing. The four
races scheduled for today came off, in
addition to race between the Say When
of Cleveland and the Enquirer of Buffa-
To- two swift. handsome and finely fur
nished cruising steam yachts, than
which there are few finer on the sea-
board. In the schooner class over fifty
five feet the only starters were the Pris-
ella of Cleveland, built on the Atlantic
to defend the Americas cup, and the
Crusader of Chicago. The latter was not
in racing trim, but entered out of COM
pliment to the Priscilla, whose owners
had made preparations for the contest
The Priscilla won in 2:45:23 the course
being twenty-one miles. The Vencedor
of Chicago, the challenger that will race
the Canada, which Fife built to meet
her for the international championship
of the great lakes, showed her fine quail
tiles and the skillfulness of her crew in
the fifty-five-foot class. The Canadians
lue ldCl t1ldl lHey are
fine sailors and have speedy yachts, and
they captured everything. The results
of the four. races on the program are as
follows:
Schooners, over fifty-five feet, twenty
one-mile course-Priscilla of Cleveland
won; actual time, 2:45:2S; Crusader of
Chicago second; actual time, 4:2002.
Fifty -five-foot class, twenty one mile
course Corrected time: Vencedor, Chi
cago, 2:4S:09; Vereda, Toronto 3:16:22;
Van Nena, Chicago, 3:1S:21; Neva, Cleve-
land, 3:21:26.
Thirty five-foot class, twenty one-m mile
course-Eva Hamilton, 3:3S:;3; Sham
rock, Cleveland, 4:01:2S: Mona, Cleve-
land, 4:04:03; Alborak, Windsor. 4:14:17
Thirty-foot class, fifteen-mile course
Hiawatha, Hamilton, 2:4s:4; Myrna
Hamilton, 2:49:26; Nox, Rochester,
2:5431; Viking, Toledo, S:3S:O5.
To avoid accidents, the steam yachts
raced on straight course from Fairport
to the Cleveland Yacht clubhouse, thirty
miles. The Say When and the Enquirer
started even, but the latter caught her
best pace the sooner and forged ahead
short distance. The positions thus
taken We're maintained to the finish, the
Enquirer passing the home stake boat
2S seconds ahead of the Say When. The
actual time was: Enquirer, 1:34:15;
Say When, 1::4:41.
IN HOME WATERS.
GLASGOW, Aug. 13.-The British
yacht Valkyrie, from New York July Is,
arrived in the Clyde this morning. The
Valkyrie had a stormy passage, but she
arrived in excellent condition. The
longest days run was 235 miles. The
yacht will be tied up until 1897.
The herald., 1896-08-14
BOGUS DOLLARS
Made In Central Ameriea for Export Purposes
ONLY


ONLY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The secret
service bureau of the treasury depart
ment has been requested to look into a
report of extensive counterfeiting of
United States silver dollars in one of the
Central American states. The informa-
tion comes from a Mexican paper and
was sent to the state department by
Minister Ransom. 1t states that in one
of the Central American states a COM
pany has been organized by Americans
who take the silver dollars of the state,
worth Al cents, and coin them into
American dollars. 1t is said that ST.
10000 of these dollars have been ship
ped into this country, where they have
passed at par.
The story is discredited at the treas
ury department, and it is said that it
would be impossible to ship any consid-
cradle number of coins into this coun-
try without the counterfeit being dis
covered. If counterfeiting has been
going on the guilty persons could be
punished under the treaties providing
for such crimes which have been made
with nearly all countries.
The herald., 1896-08-14
JONES' PROGRAM
VIII Secure Active Committeeman In Rve,v
State

State
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Chairman
Jones of the Democratic national com.
mittee, was in anything but a pleasant
frame of mind today, and it is said hs
made threats as to what would be done
If there was not active preparations in
the Bryan campaign by all the national
committeeman.
For the past few DAYS the more rafi.
cal members of the national commit.
Tee nave been urging some action by
the chairman against the absent and
supposed-t to- be-inactive committeeman
from New York, Pennsylvania and Con-
neticut. Mr.. Jones has positively re-
fused to do anything, and the commit
tee, by vote yesterday, refrained from
interfering. Today, however, there
came a change in the situation. Follow
ing closely the visit of a delegation Of
pennsylvania men to Mr. Bryan, Chair
man Jones attempted to influence the
action of the Pennsylvania committee
by proclaiming in a telegram that James
Kerr of Clearfield, would be a proper
man to elect as chairman in place of Mr..
Wright, resigned The Harrity men
had candidate of their own, Colonel
Spangler. Late in the afternoon a tele-
gram from Harrisburg related that Mr..
Spangler would be elected. 1t is said
that Chairman Jones then answered
that If Mr.. Kerr was not chosen he would
resort to the power conferred upon
him, and would remove Harrity from the
national con.\ittee and appoint Kerr.
Senator Jones was shown the dis
patch relating the story. He read It
through carefully and then declined to
talk. When he received a telegram say
ing that Carmen, in whose favor Span
gler had retired, had been elected over
Kerr. thus giving the victory to the Har-
The herald., 1896-08-14

works, the Hockensmith foundry and
machine shops and the lumber yards Of
the Irwin Lumber company. The dam
age to the machine shops will run into
thousands of dollars.
The mining village of Claridge on the
Manor Valley road was almost wiped
out by the cloudburst, but no lives were
lost
IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-The heated
term has not come to close yet but its
violence has subsided appreciably.
In the streets the temperature was
anywhere from 81 to SS. The humidity
was 65 per cent.
The record at police headquarters
showed ten deaths between Q and a.
m. and seven prostrations.
The statement of those prostrated
made by the bureau of vital statistics
Of New York city, covering a period
from midnight Saturday to noon today.
today's figures being partly estimated.
shows total of 1900 deaths, of which 434
are attributed to the heat.
The estimate of the number of deaths
from the heat in Brooklyn and New
York and neighboring cities and towns
in New York state and New Jersey,
from August to IL. inclusive, is 621.
The prostrations for the same period
are said to have numbered 1885,
There was but slight improvement n
the condition of the weather and but
for a breeze blowing at the rate Of flf-
teen miles an hour from the northwest
the mortality roll might have surpassed
yesterdays list. The dead from heat
in this city today numbered sixty-four,
and prostrations 1913. There were 374
death certificates issued by the health
board for the twenty-four hours end
ing at noon today. OF these 1853 were for
people who died from the effects Of the
heat. This surpasses all previous rec
ords in the history OF the department.
The horses killed by heat today num-
bered more than on any former day of
the hot spell. The health department
carts could not work fast enough to dis
pose of all the carcasses and many were
left where they had fallen for hours be-
fore they could be taken away.
IN PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13.-Accord-
ing to the weather bureau Philadelphia
suffers the unenviable distinction today
of being the hottest city in the United
States. At s a. m. the thermometer reg
istered SO degrees, at noon 95. A light
breeze tempered the air slightly, but the
suffering was as great as any day since
the torrid spell began. Between and II
a. m. Maggie Burke, John Swife, Catha-
rine Brannon, Hugh Mclean and Will
lam Hackett were reported to have
died from heat exhaustion.
AT BOSTON
BOSTON, Aug. ia brief rain has
had the effect of clearing the atmos-
phere this morning. Two deaths and
five prostrations by heat are recorded
at the police station up to II o'clock. he
dead are William Boylan and Patrick
Hollaha.
IN MARYLAND
BALTIMORE, Aug 13.-The thermom-
eter today reached 80 degrees. There
were nine heat fatalities reported to-
day. making total of 9S during the
present heated term.
The herald., 1896-08-14
CRETAN TROUBLES
England Declines to Grant lligerent Rights
The Porte's Hessag.

LONDON, Aug. 1S.-In the, house of
commons today the parliamentary secre-
tary George N. Cursor, replying to Mr.
O'Kelly, Parnell.te member for North
Rosscommon, said that the government did
not intend to recognize the Cretans as bel
ligerents.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The Turkish
legation has received from the sublime
porte the following telegram:
According to the information tele.,
graphed by the commander of the third
corps there is absolutely no truth in the
news to the effect that about 200 of our
soldiers had been killed by insurgent bands
In supposed encounter at Ali Botoch."
The herald., 1896-08-14
A BOycott Ordered

DENVER, Col, Aug. 13.-The National,
Retail Butchers Protective association
now holding its annual convention in this
city. has instructed its police committee
TO enforce the boycott previously ordered
against all meats handled by the Armour
fscking company. This action is taken
because. 1t is alleged, the Armour company
undersells the retailers in restaurants and
NOTES. 1t was unanimously resolved to
continue the fight ON New York city depart
ment stores which sell meat,