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Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
KuePToMaNiAcs ARE LISTED.
Big Stores Collect the Names of Those
Who Should He Watched.

It will doubtless be astonishing to
those who have not studied the question
to learn that kleptolnania has grown so
much during the last few years that
dry goods merchants have, SO to speak,
formed a cooperative union of self pro-
lection against the evil. Shoplifters are
easily dealt with and disposed of, as
they are generally Of the class who can
be punished to the full extent of the
| law, but the kleptomaniac is usually a
woman Of refinement, good family and
possessed of ample means, which per-
nit of the qualification Of her most ex-
travagant needs.
Strange as the assertion may seem, it
is SO true and has assumed such proper
tions that in the majority of the stores
there is book kept in the private Office
of the firm in which are written the
names OF the women who are known to
| be thus afflicted, ana when they are
caught in the act 4 bill for the goods
stolen is sent to the husband, father OF
| the person who has made himself re-
sponsible for the things taken. 1t was
found necessary to do this after two or
culprit found, upon investigation, to be.
long to some well known family. Itwas
not only necessary for the protection Of
| the merchants against loss by the theft,
| but it was also mere imperative from
| the fact that these exposures endangered
his business. After such an arrest and
| the consequent publicity the family OF
| the accused were very loath to trade at
| that particular store, and the with
| drawal of such patronage meant loss of
| thousands of dollars TO the proprietor.
This explanation was given me by the
| superintendent of one of the largest de-
! partment stores, where, after thorough,
| canvassirg of the principal retail stores
| i'll the city, found that it was 10 mere
| gossip Us to the existence Of this book,
| and the fact that nine out of ten en-
| pioyed women detectives, not only for
the conviction Of shoplifters and pick
| pockets, but to watch the more wealthy
| Offenders who Were afflicted with what
| is called q nervous disease in the medi-
| cal books-kleptomania These women
| are obliged to be very clever, bright and
| intelligent, rs they must learn to know
| these klcptomaniacs by sight and to dis
| criminate between the professional and
the afflicted if they detect stranger in
the act Of purloining the firms goods.
| New York Herald.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
The Public Service In China.

Ex-Secretary John w. Foster, who
was the confidential adviser of the en-
peror of China in the peace negotiations
with Japan, contributes paper on
1.-The Viceroy Lii Hung Chang'' to The
Century. Mr.. Foster says of the vice
roy:
He does not regard the competitive
educational system of admission to the
public service us "a perfect method, and
mo,e than once he has recommended to
his emperor material notifications i'll
the existing system. But it must be
confessed that it has stood the test of
centuries with much benefit to China,
and its practical operation has demon
strated that it possesses two merits of
lnestimable value to any nation. First,
| 1t brings all the offices OF the empire
within the reach Of the lowest subject,
and, secondly, it diminishes the incen-
tives to and opportunities of corruption
and favoritism i'll securing entrance
into official life. But in China the COM
petitive examination ends with the ad-
mission. Beyond that step promotion
must come though other methods. Lii
Hung Chang secured the right of ad-
mission to Office through his assiduous
application to study, and every succeed
ing step in his upward career has been
! attained by his own genius and capacity.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
VOLTS DO NOT HARM PEOPLE.
1t Is the Amperacc That Does the Deadly
Damage.

Newspaper reporters. COPY readers
and head writers are in need Of a pri-
mary education in electricity. Every
now and again the newspapers record
the death of somebody from the eject
of a given number of volts, or tell of
another wonderful survival after re-
ceiving the shock Of many thousand
volts. Strange enough, in the news
paper accounts nobody is ever killed,
nor has = remarkable escape from am
peres Of electricity been chronicled,
nor is the damage often done by a cur
rent, nor has anybody ever seen
watts" figure in the matter. The num-
Der OF volts III current of electricity
Is its speed or pressure. The number of
amperes Is its volume. Volts with
substance.
A light molecule moving with a
speed Or voltage of 1S5, 600 miles Der
second strikes the eye without injury.
but II the molecule had a weight or
ampeiage OF one -thouSandth part
OF gain it would have the same effect
Us an ounce ball moving !, 900 feet per
second. Any number of ''amperes'' with
out voltage would be dead engine in a
roundhouse
An article in New York paper was
headed, net Killed by =, ,OOO Volts. :"
1t told OF Il boy who had become locally
famous because '2, 600 volts of electric
lty had passed through Joe's body with.
out killing him" Without the am
perage of the current being known the
statement means nothing. Another story
OF escape from electricity was headed,
shocked by ,, 0S0 Volts
The electrical current used in the Ed
lson microscope has minute fraction
OF an ampere, but an almost incalcula-
bic voltage Of perhaps above 100000.
To receive these 100, 900 volts in the
body would feel like the prick Of q
needle
AT the state penitcntiary the victims
OF the law are given about 1880 volts
! OF electricity, but it is the electrical en-
ergy, as expressed in watts, that kills.
The amreres multiplied by the volts
give the energy of the current, or watts.
He who would caress live wire"
need care nothing for the volts or am
peres it may have concealed about its
person, but let him carefully calculate
its watts before he grabs hold.
York Mail and Express.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16

liant capital Ct France Meanwhile his
handsome English bride. the British court
and the British people were waiting for
him with an indignation which increased
with every days delay in his arrival, and
when at length news reached London of a
scandal of 4 sincularly unsavory character
In which he had become involved on the
Boulevar,ls, the nature of which was ptIr-
posely intensified by the French authori-
ties and press, Queen Victoria insisted on
immediate explanation. TO this the prince
replied that he no longer cared to wed
Princess Mary. And 1T Paris he remained
until the end OF his days, his death being
hastened By dissipation.
Equally displcasing was the lifting of
Princess Marguerite of Charities by the
Duke of Orleans. Tended with the most
loving and devoted solicitude 10y his fair
fiancee during his Incarceration at Clair
vaux (she had established herself with her
mother in villa at the very prison gates.
in order to be near himl, he threw himself
into such vortex of dissipation on his re-
lease that his uncle and prospective father
in-law was compelled to demonstrate with
him. The duke took this amiss, declared
that he had no intention of modifying his
questionable mode of existence and wound
up By announcing that ne had altered his
mind with regard to Princess Marguerite
and would under no circumstances marry
her. She has since become tine wife of the
gallant young Duke of Magenta, eldest son
and heir of Marshal MacMahcn.
Nor must we omit from this enumerT.
ton of Tilted princesses the names of Prin.
cess Sophia Of Bavaria, deserted by the lat.
king of Bavaria on the very eve of the day
appointed for the wedding for reasons that
have always remained shroudcd in Inys
terry, the princess subsequently marrying
the Due d Alencon; of Princess Victoria oI
Prussia, sister of Emperor William, who
was forsaacn by the late Prince Alexander
Of Battepbcrg Il few days prior to the dat,
fixed for the marriage lin fact, the first in
timation that the princess received of tn,
slight inflicted upon her was the infornia
ton that the prince had married Mile
Loisinger of the Darmstadt Court theater)
and of Princess Elsa of Wurttcmberg, .
lovely girl, Possessed of n vast fortune, who
has just been Tilted by Prince Alfred o,
Sake Coburg only son Of the ruler of thai
duchy, better known by his English It'll,
of Duke of Edinburgh. The match woUli
have been an excellent one, but he prefer,
instead Fedora. the only daughter of Prin
cess Charlotte of Prussia, and of her hus
band Bernhard, heir to the duchy of SAKE
Meiningcn.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Portraits and "Pictures.-

If one can give the portrait and make
a picture at the same time, so much the
better, but if the portrait be given with
frankness and sincerity, if the model be
rendered with knowledge and truth. the
result will be picture-a work of art
whether the painter SO designs it or
not. Holbein and Velasquez told the
exact truth about their sitters, a" their
simpler portraits are today their better
pictures, Lawrence and his followers in
devoting themselves to stunning" cf-
fects not only compromised the likeness,
but made the picture bizarre by en-
phasis in the wrong place. The tale has
been more than twice told in the history
of art. A simple truth is always better
than an ornate falsehood od-Scribner'
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16

The Christian era'' was suggested
or devised by Dionysius Exiguus, Ro.
man monk, who. i'll 527, began its use
and proposed that all public and private
documents should be dated lin the yeaI
OF cur Lord B" 1t did not come into gen
erai use III France until the eighth cen.
tury, nor III England until July, SIG;
III spain 1t was not adopted until the
eleventh century; in Portugal was made
legal IL l415; in the empire Of the east
1t was established by royal edict i'll
li53, few weeks before the fall Of
Constantinople.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16

comes with rush Consumption has been
frequently pronounced incurable. II is not.
1t may be stopped-warded off-at almost
any stage. But if the sufferer neglects 10
take the proper remedy in the proper way,
death is swift and certain. Q
Consumption like almost all manner of
disease has its inception in a trio of all
embracing disorders They are "imper:-
feet Digestion irregular bowels" and
impure blood" They are triplets. One
IS dependent for existence upon the other.
Cure one. cure all. DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discover IS the best of all known
remedies for this disorder. II corrects dis
ordered digestion. invigorates the liver.
regulates the bowels makes the blood pure
and the nerves strong II is the great blood
maker and hesh-builder. 1t makes the
muscles firm and springy. It soothes and
invisoratcs the nerves. II tones up body
and brain. 1t cures ninety eight per cent
Of all cases of consumption.
Mrs Rebeooa r. Gardner. of Grafton. York
Co. Va: writes; when WAS married weigh
ed one hundred and twenty five pounds was
taken sick aud reduced in health and broke out
with n disease which my doctor said was eczema.
He treated nav disease but failed TO DO me any
good. and fell awsv to CO pounds I began ~
ing Dr. p.trcc's Golden Medical Discovery and
thank God and You. began 10 improve. When
began taking the Discovery my weigh was 90
pounds and now weigh 40 pounds and have
only taken t,-o bottles. ] cannot say too much
about the medicine. NV husband is one of the
happiest men in the world. He saws 1 look
younger than did the frst time he ever saw me
and tina: was fifteen years ago Well, doctor I
a well woman. and do all of NV housework.
tend 10 nv fowls and COW and do some work in
the garden. II Is miracle that am cured
Health and happiness formed partner
ship i'll the garden of Eden. II has never
been dissolved. You cannot have one with
out the other Constipation is the usual
cause of ill-health. DR. Picrce's Pleasant
Pellets are tiny. sugar coated granules
They cure constipation. One is a gentle
laxative. and two a mild cathartic. They
never gripe. Druggists sell them.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Birds sS Seed Carriers.

Two centuries ago the Dutch destroy
cd every nutmeg tree in the Moiuccas
il order to enjoy a monopoly of the
business, having planted the trees in
their own possessions.
In spite of their most earnest efforts,
however, the islands were being con-
stantly restocked. For long time the
thing was Il mystery, but at length it
was solved.
The doves of that quarter of the world
are Of large size and readily swallow
the seed of the nutmeg, with the fruit
of which they traverse wide stretches of
sea and land III n few hours and deposit
the seeds Of the nutmeg not only unin-
jured, but better fitted for termination
by the heat and moisture of the bird s
system.
By- similar process thousands of acres
of land have been covered with trees of
different kinds, the birds acting as ma
ture's agents in the dissemination of
plants.
But III quite another manner do they
transport seeds from place to place
Darwin found in six grains Of earth ad-
herring to the feet of "A plover three diff
fercnt kinds Of seeds, and i'll mud stick
ing to the feet Of ducks and geese shot
in England he found the seeds Of plants
peculiar to the Victoria Nyanza, in
central Africa, thus proving rot only
the extent of migration, but also the
possibility plants appearing in strange
localities through the agency of these
birds.
In the mud sticking to the feet of a
Texas steer the seeds OF five different
kinds of weeds and grasses common in
Texas were found by a microscopist
after the arrival of the animal in New
York.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
The Discovery saved His Life,

q. Caillouette. druggist. Beavers.
vile, H., says: ITO DIR. Kings New
Discovery l owe my life. Was taken
with la grippe and tried all the ply.
sicians for miles about, but of nc
avail, and was given up and told ]
could not live. Having DIR. Kings
New Discovery in my store. sen,
for bottle and began its use. and
from the first dose began to get bet.
ter, and after using three bottles was
up and about again. 1t is worth its
weight in gold. We won't keep store
or house without it." Get q free
trial at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
A Simple PrecoCfiou.

Landiady (of country inn, on the eve
Of popular holiday. to her daughter,
who is kneading the dough for cake -
hesel, you'd better put couple of eggs
and a bit Of butter into the cake. 1t
looks as if we We're going to have a
storm, and if the townsfolk don't stir
out tomorrow We shall have to eat it
ourselves ''-Ruhrbote,
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Executors Notice

Estaie OF Patrick Mcdonald deoesses
Ine underpigned having ,,een appo,,, "a evs~u.
nix OF the last viii and Testament Of P.frtet ~
I,onaid. late OF IN. county Of Rock leland. stsse
gill appear befof- the coaniy court OF Rock I.lsn6
county. al The ONCE of the clerk Of SAID rour n,
the city OF Rock leland. NJ the November term on
TIE 6ret Monday In Sovem Der next Nj whirh tin.
perrons having claims against eaid estate A.
n,ained and reqassisd 10 sfiend, for the purposs
Of having the came ad jnsied
All persons indebted To ssid estate are re-.
cscrt 10 make immediate payment 10 the IN.
dersigped.
Dated THE siih day n Aucnst. A. ~. i-s
BEiDGET MCDONALD, Executrtx
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Hanged Man Restored to Life.

According to n dispatch from Tunis to
1he Slor, Mohammed bed Ahmed cl Ben
zertl, sentenced to death for murder. was
hanged at Bardo No sooner. however,
hau the man been cut down and prepared
Tor burial than he gave signs of life and,
raising himself, he asked for something to
drink. Benzerti is now in the prison hos
pital under medical attendance.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
LEGAL.


Estate OF Amaziah Thornton, deceased
Inc undersigned having been appointed xeerl-
@ anr OF the last will and testament OF Amaxish
Ihornton, late Of the county CT Rock leland
,.s,e OF Illinois dcceaecd. hereby gives rofics
ncck island ccuuty. AZ the ofice Of the ol,rk G.
sia oonit. IN the city Of Rock Island, az the No.
next, At which time all persons having ri.ims
aeains, SAID es'ate are notified aud rea.ested 1
%ausne % ior Toe purpose of having the ssme sd
lusieo. Al iersou- indeb cd To- sAid se, ate Are
requested ~ make immediate pay meut 10 tho nm
dersigued. ~ W ''s W.
Dsted TINS 26.h day Of August. A. D., isss.
j. e. REED. Kxecu.or
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
WOES OF ROYAL MAIDS
Princesses Who Have Been Jilt.
ed by Faithless Lovers.
PRINCESS UELENE's EXPERIENCE.
Discarded Her For Princess AIix-Other
Damscls Of High Degree Who Have Been
Similarly HuEliliAted.

.Iilting is an indignity which is by no
means confined to maidens of low degree
1t is "a slight to which princesses of the
blood are frequently subjected, the insult
being the more painful to bear in conse-
quencc Of it, glaring publicity. A girl of
ordinary rank or of obscure birth is able,
as rule, 10 conceal the uncomplimentary
behavior OF her faithless swain, which can
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16

rcgcncrated to suit him. His face is lust
naturally good soil for hair and his mus
tache just grew and grew and grew
Ordinarily Mr.. jenkins folks the ends of
his mustache away out of sight under his
vest, but sometimes lie lets it drag the
floor TO show its full length, just as IL wo-
man with wealth of blacl, hair exhibits
it in the privacy of her boudoir to a coterie
of admiring and cnvioUs friends. Mr.. Jen-
kins' mustache is still growing
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Made a Coffin From the Log.

Sharies Pierson was killed by the fall
ing oi tree at a sawmill near Fresno.
Cal, where he was working. The log was
taken to the mill, sawed off into boards,
aEu from them was made the coffin in
which the dead man WAS buricd
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
POORLY Paid .Insfire-

A Greensboro (N. c. Justice of the peace
states his profits from the Office so far
80 cents cash in costs and half soling ID.
his boots by a cobbler li,igant against
whom costs were adjudged.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Degenerate Tees.

An Italian criminologist has discovered
that criminal degeneracy shows itself in
the toes of its subjects. webbed and pre-
hensile toes being common among con-
vtctG
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16

sumo HiHuoos wear mustaches and
oearus turned up, but all wear whiskers
which are shaved off once when an adult
OF tneir connection dies. The shaving OFF
ot whisAers Is th1s sign of.mourning.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Dangerous Drinking water.

Death turks in impure water. 1t
breeds diseases, often in epidemic
form.
The first symptom is looseness Of
the bowels. These diseases are
checked by taking Foley's Collie Cure,
Sold by M. F. Bahnsen.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
Administrators Notice.
Estate of Thomas s Silvia. decca.od

The undersigned having been appointed siiein.
tsiratcrs Of the estate Of Tbomas &. Silvia, Of
the county OF Rock Island, efaie Of Illinois. Do
ccaeed. hereby give notice thai they will appt a,
before the oooniy court of Rock isand coun-
". ~ The office Of the clerk of said couft. IN
the city of Rock Ielsnd. nj the Ocfoher term. ON
the first Monday in October. next. ~ which time
al perrors having claims agssnst eaid e.
tate are notified ard requested TO attend for the
purpose Of having the same adjusted.
AL poreon- indebted 10 said estate are request
eignod.
Dated this 18th day OF August. A. D. isss.
En.a k,aa.sp s1Ls.i: 3 s.,,. Administrator.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
At first ill-heslth

.
creeps up slowly,
but at last il comes
at a gallops and
the rider is death.
OF all known forms
of ill-heaith and
disease. cousunp-
tion Is the most
insidious. Its ap-
proach is slow and
,steaithy. But at
the last de ath
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
A HlRSUTE WONDER.
A Mustache That Is Nine Feet Long and
Still Growing.

There is clerk at the Fort Hall Indian
agency who rcjoiccs in n mustache Q feet
long. His name is II. Fllwell Jenkins.
Mr.. Jenkins has not made any sort of
fool vow not to shave until the world is
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

HioAoO. RoCK ISLAuD . PACIFIC
- RGi-.--Tic,ets ear hs purchased or Tag
sNr- Sod st q q T~.ntlsth s.rc.. dop1.
or q e 8 deppt eorsr PIN sveLur a 6
IA r--sr't s,ree' Y,s-s u. P!unner. Aser;.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-16

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria-
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she b-came Miss she chung TO Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castori
The Press., 1896-07-02
Fnrbea & l1eatiarr's
 Springfield, July, 1896. The Most Unexpected Thing.

The Most Unexpected
 Thing.
 We couldn't do anything, perhaps, that would surprise you more, than to mark down nearly the whole of our para sol stock, just now, at the be- ginning of summer. And, yet, that is just what has been done. The reductions affect everything but linen covered parasols and a few chiIdren's things.
 Chtldren's $1.5O parasols
 are put down to $1 apiece.
 Children's 8 parasols
 are put down to $1.50 apiece.
 WOmen's $1.50 parasols
 are put down to $1.1O apiece.
 Women's $2 and &. 50 parasOls
 are put down to $1.75 apiece.
 WOmen's 8 to $5 parasOls
 are put down to 8 50 apiece.
 W0menS $5 to $7 paraSOlS are put down to $4 apiece. Mill-Ends!
 Mill-ends is what the job- bers call short pieces of or gandies, Scotch piques, Shan tung pongee, dimities, fine percales, lawns and ginghams it was an excuse to sell new, perfect goods far below ordinary prices---Io to 1o-cent goods, so that we can sell lem at SC. a yard!
 And how the yard sticks are jumping and scissors fash ing thought! Right aisle.
 Boys Clothing. Wash suits that were 75 cents are down to soc. apiece Wash suits that were $1 SIPS, are down to 75c. apiece Wash suits that were $I.o8 are down to 98c. apiece.
 Straw hats that were so cts. are down to 25c. apiece; no everything, but styles.
 75c. straw hats are down tc 38 cents.
 SI straw hats are down tC so cents.
 Balcony
 FORBES x WALLACE, Main, Vernon and Pynchon streets, Springfield Mass.
The Press., 1896-07-02

W. H. Bracket has been visiting friends in South Manchester.
 Miss Carrie Curtiss of Stamford, &C., companied by friend, is visiting her sis- ter, Mrs. Thomas Denman
 The Kourth will probably be a quiet day in this place. A ball game is about to be arranged between Storrs second nine and the South Willington Diamond Sports, but as yet no definite arrange ments have been made. Selectman KOrper has purchased fine two-seated wagon and harness, blankets, whip, etc., and is now looking for good family horse.
 Mrs. Jennie Neil, widow of William Neil, has been visiting at Homer NeiPs.
 The Misses Hall, with their friend, Miss Stevenson, took a carriage drive to Man chester one day this week.
 About fifty were out Sunday looking for clue to the absence of J. Henry Nor rison, but nothing was discovered, and it still remains mystery what has become of him.
 W. H. Hall played with the Eaglevilles Wednesday in game against the Nor wich first team at Norwich. Score, 25 to 1, in favor of Norwich.
 David Barrows' and Irving Wrights' efforts to reunite the South Wilmington Hustlers fell through last Saturday night
 (Moose Meadow correspondence)
 Tho To6ioc1 i'd 1r,i11 vooo4 rri+l, Mrs. Herbert Royce next Thursday even- ing. All are cordially invited.
 The closing exercises of Moose Meadow school were interesting, instructive and patriotic. Notwithstanding the inclem- ent weather, over twenty visitors were present. The children displayed much taste in trimming the house for the occa- sion. The moral and practical training which the school has received for the past two years brings benefit to the school, and much credit to the teacher, Mrs. A. B. Dave, for her earnest endeavor. We wish her a successful future. Della J. Enc was neither absent or tardy during the year !; Alberta Enc was not tardy during the year; Mamie Hanson and Henry Hanson were not absent during the term.
 Joel Enc has returned for the summer Nathan Daniels of Oxford, Mass, is in town for few days.
 Children's Sunday exercises were car ried out very successfully. Much credit is due the young ladies in charge for their carofn1 training Of inc chiIdran
The Press., 1896-07-02
(CorrespOndence.) Rock Meadow.

Miss Coe, from Wales, has been visit ing with Miss Agard.
 MT. and Mrs. F. H. BaIlou spent last Sunday at Moose Meadow.
 Mrs. Susan Wood from Moose Meadow is this week visiting with her niece, Mrs. B. Agard, and other friends.