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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-22

What the public seeks now is to have
the levee improvement carried out
and to know that the ferry company
does every cents worth Of its share.
Hon. w. H. Gest and J. L. Haas
have gone to Peoria to be present on
the converting of the United States
court there today, when it is not i'm.
probable that Judge Grosscup will
call up the union depot litigation
now hanging fire before that tribu-
nal. Messrs. Gest and Haas repre-
sent the plaintiffs, whose petition
has been filed and demurred to by
the railroad company. The demur
has been answered. Now the courts
decision 10 awaited.
Memorial Day arrangements will
be made at the next meeting OF the
Grand Army, which intended attend
ing to this matter at its last session,
but postponed it owing to other af-
fairs. IL is supposed that the usual
decorating Of the court house square
monument will occur and the exer.
cises be held at the cemetery. The
Grand Army and the Woman's Relief
Corps will attend memorial services
at the First Baptist church the SUM-
day before Decoration Day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-22
River Rtplets.

The Verne Swain was in and out.
Boats up were the Gen. Barnard,
Prescotte and Rutledge.
The Rutledge brought down eight
strings OF logs and the Pilot three
barges OF brick.
The stage Of water at the Rock ISL
and bridge this morning was 3.45
and rising; the temperature 81.
Dubuque river men have formed
a permanent organization for the
purpoSe Of running down the marine
fund gathered by the government
and using it for the erection of a
home for the aged and decrepit mem.
bers Of the craft. The society at
present is engaged in the endeavor
to ascertain what has become OF this
money, which was collected
through contributions from the
rivernen in the shape OF licenses
and other ways. II the money has
been expended in other channels. as
some believe. the Dubuque society
will make an effort to have it made
good in the shape of an appro-
priation witch will be devoted to the
erection Of the desired home
at Dubuque or some other
point on the river. Con-
gresham Henderson has been en-
listed in the cause, and he is now in
ves:igating at the Washington end.
and his report is expected to show
whether or not the fund is a reminis-
dence or q reality. In the meantime
the Dubuque society appears to be
very much in earnest in this matter
and is planning to charter the new
Diamond 10 steamer, Quincy, when
she is launched in June. for q NAM
mouth excursion to secure funds to
prosecute the work. At various
times in the past similar movements
have sprung up along the river, and
within the past few years there was
a strong agitation in favor Of estab-
fishing home for rivermen onOffer-
mans island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-22
TO MAKE IT A BELT LINE,

The New Road Which 10 Coming to Rock
Island.
The following dispatch from St.
Louis which is going the rounds of
the press throws further light on the
projected road from St. Louis to this
city:
within five days work will be
commenced on q new railroad from
ST. Louis to Des Moines. 1t will be
a belt line and will connect with the
Chicago, Rock Island L. Pacific at
Rock Island. The new road will
carry freight to st. Louis which is
now shipped east. One million dol
lars have now been subscribed. The
following officers have been elected
President-Col. j. F. Piper, of St.
Louis.
Vice Presidential. E. Aitchison,
Of st. Louis.
Secretary-Dr. Hall, of Perry"
The Democrat says: This fact is in
teresting to the people of Davenport
il it is fact. This city wants all of
the facilities it can get for its in
creasing traffic. Now at this time
when the staid old city is getting
ready to avail itself of all of its ad-
vantages it is certainly encouraging
to know that another line of railroad
is contemplated. We want all we
can get. BY the time the new road
reaches the city Of Rock Island the
new bridge may be built and it then
will be given the opportunity of get
ting into the state of Iowa by either
Of the bridges. 1t can take its
choice"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-22
OLD FOLKS ARE MARRIED
Couple on the Other Side OF the Half Cen.
fury Mark Wed.

There was a ceremony in the apart
ments OF Mr.. and Mrs. Claus Franck
on the second floor of the Manhattan
saloon on Seventeenth yesterday at
ternoon which united in marriage
two Iowa people who have been on
the shady side Of the half century
mark for several years.
Peter Mohr and Miss Louisa
Thompson were the principals in the
happy affair. They are from New
Liberty. Iowa. where the groom
owns and tills little farm. He is
6S; she is Sc. Another interesting
incident In connection with the mar
rage is the fact Of the groom having
made trip to Rock Island the mid :
die Of last month to secure the license
which legalized yesterdays cere-
mOny.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-22
a,coho, u.ed IN the Arts.

WASHINGTON. April p. - The senate
committee on finance took favorable ac-
ton upon the bill providing for the repeal
Of section 81. Of the Wilson tariff act. pro.
viding for the rebate or repayment of the
internal revenue tax on alcohol used in
the arts or medicinal compounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-22
MCInfyre-ReCk Dry Goods Co.
The BARGAIN CENTER Second
LACE CURTAINS,

LACE CURTAINS.
THE LACE CURTAINS WENT WITH RUSH
last week. We continue the sale another week
with the addition OF extra special values which
came too late to mention last week. You can save
money on Lace Curtains right now. The offer Of .
pole and fixtures with every pair of
over will also hold good this week.
KID GLOVES.
New q
colorr, 81 IS and 81 50 qualities ct 9ee
White Gloves quality lid black Stitching usually pay
u s5 70: them, but here u.
$1S values, only IS and Se
NEW HOSIERY.
New Hosiery surprisingly small prices
" - " '0'
Hose at the aheurdy low Of
Mems Hemsdo seles and
high spieed heels 40c IS, i've pair for q.
MOTH BALLS.
Are storing articese Use oSh
Balls In the packing. Price here &c for large
MEMS INDIA GAUZE.
Shirts and Drawers,
Mems fine balbriggan shirts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-22
Gladness Comes

MIith better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasante efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due TO the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs ON which it acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order to get it's tene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laXatives or
other remedies are then not needed. II
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
GOLD FOR DEER'S TEETH.
The Man who Found 1t Is Now Trying
to Discover "a Gold Mine.


Gold has been found in a variety of
queer places, among others in the dust
in the crops of wild turkeys, and be-
tween the toes of wolf hound. The
latest odd place for gold is as the filling
for deer's teeth, and it is told of by
John y. Bryant, of Kansas City, Mo.
a Kansas City taXidermist was found
in a great state of excitement by Mr..
Byrant. He had recently got two deer
heads for mounting from Colorado. The
jaws of both deer were being scraped,
and then the taXidermist observed pc
culiar substance cruSted on the teeth
This sediment was brownish-yellow in
color, and just for fools luck the man
scraped it off and sent it to an assayer
The assayer got a lump of gold, pure
yellow gold, from the stuff, and the
taXidermist made haste TO find out the
precise locality where the deer were
killed. Then he asked about the deer
licks where the animals got their salt
He doesn't know yet whether the gold
came from a salt lick or from the dust
blown onto the grass or browse on
which the deer fed
The taXidermist said that the deer
were killed not more than a hndred
miles from the Cripple Creek gold
mines, and, further, that he knows the
spot exactly. He thinks if deer can get
gold filling for their teeth in the or
binary course of nature, man could get
bushels of it. He has so much eth in
this that he is going to sell out his bust
ness, buy burro, grub stake, pros
pector's pick, and then &C to prospect
ing on the deer's trails.-The Nidolo-
gist. .......-~--.-.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25

MAMIE CHUNG TO HER HUSBAND.
About two in the morning every soul
on hoard was awakened at once by
terrible crash that Jared horribly
| through the ship as she came to a sud.
den standstill. Her iron plates cIanked;
her timbers creaked ara shivered. The
bows were stove in. She had run int
an iceberg!
In a second the electric light had gone
out and all was IN darkness. Too ter.
ritied for screams, men, women and
children CROPPED their way through the
long corridors and up the companions
ladder On deck a few dim lights made
the gloom just visible. The sea was
rushing into the forward compart.
ments; leaks had sprung in the after
ones; the fires were out; tons of ice
numbered the quarter deck; the fore
castle had disappeared with the viO-
lence of the collision.
Still, all on board was order. The
captain, wounded by the falling ice,
gave the word of command as clear
and steady as ever. Sailors were lower
ing the boats; the second officer, revolt
yer in hand, was holding at bay the
half-naked stokers who had surged up
from the noisome hole at the earliest
alarm, and were trying to seize the
first boat for themselves, regardless %
the claims of the women and children.
One boat was ready. Arthur Whit
more stood on the deck, holding his
wife's hand tenderly. Mamie pressed
the two children tightly against her
bosom.
Women and children forward" the
captain called out in his clear, calm
voice.
With a wild sob and fierce embrace,
Mamie chung to her husband. arthur,
Arthur" she cried, trembling, won't
they let you go with us?"
mo, darling" Arthur answered, kiss
ing wife and little ones; this boat Is
for women and children only
"Then | must go with the children"
Mamie sobbed, breaking forward.
They took their seats on the thwarts,
and were pushed off into the dark deep.
After three days at sea in the open boat
they reached Cape Race. But Arthur
went down on the sinking steamer
He was justified, after all. Instinct
had solved the problem Alright for Mai
mie-NanitV
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
WETTING THE PIPE.
1t Prevents a Briarwood from Burning
Rapidly Away Inside the Bowl.

III prevents Br1arWOOd from burning
Rapidly Away Inside the Bowl.
The practice of wetting the bowl of
a new briarwood pipe before filling it
with tobacco for the first time is an es-
scntially German custom here in New
York." remarked u tobacco dealer in
lower Broadway the other day as
man who had just purchased pipe
walked over to the water cooler and
filled the bowl with water. "A briar
pipe is the easiest thing to hold be-
tween the teeth when you are working
at desk or on the street, and nine Ger
mans out of ten smoke theaaz .
the day, though at night, when
comfortably digesting dinner, they pre-
fer to puff away at long-stemmed af-
fair.
THE reason for wetting the pipe first
is simple enough. The wood gets bone
dry after having been in the shop for
months, as most pipes are, and if it
was not wet it would burn out in
comparatively short time. If you al
low pipe to soak for few minutes be-
fore lighting it for the first time the
wood will char very gradually, and as
time goes on it will absorb more evenly
the nicotine, which will make it sweet
to the hardened pipe smoker.
Most people think that there is a
vast difference In the quality of the
wood between briar pipe that costs
two dollars and one that costs 25 cents,
and nearly every dealer is glad to foster
this idea. But the fact is that the diff
ference IN price lies in the mouthpiece.
The two-dollar pipe has mouthpiece of
amber, and the finer the quality of am
Der tlfe higher the price. But the quail
ity of the wood is about the same in a
cheap pipe as in one that costs dollars.
OF course in a cheap pipe there may be
flaws in the wood that have been deity
puttied up, but a careful buyer, when
he has number of pipes to choose from,
can easily detect these if he looks
sharply. a 25-cent pipe, if judiciously
selected, will smoke just as well and last
as long as a more costly one. N. Y.
Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
A SONG OF THE TOILERS.

Early and late we have borne
The burden, the heat of the day;
Visions and dreams of the morn
Have vanished forever away.
Heartily, friend by friend,
Our willing hands we have set
To the weight of the world-and the enc
Hath not come yet!
Once, in the dawning, we stood
BY the side of a beautiful stream,
Slow issuing, strong. from wood,
With songs on it's lips. and the CLEAN
OF light from the heavens above
Astir in it's tranquil breast;
But the name of that stream was love
Was loVe-not rest.
We toiled on the mountain at morn,
We stood on the glorious height
And saw the full valleys of corn
In rapture of plenty and light;
But the reaper came forth from his cot
His parted lips still wet
From a hasty repast-and his lot
Finds no rest yet.
We sat in the shade of the trees
A moment when noontide was won.
Uncovered our heads to the breeze,
And smiled in the face of the sun.
But the trees were building apace
Stanch timbers the storms to fret,
And the sun wrought on in his place
There is no rest yet.
Steadfastly, gladly, till eve
We bore our full part with the strong;
Why should we falter or grieve,
Thus doing our brothers wrong?
We said: I'VE shall rest tonight
When the fiowery ways are wet"
There is no rest yet!
oh, strongly the world hath stood
o. ,YNf11 ,,. ty,s1+ -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
THE TEST AT SEA.
BY GRANT ALLEN.

They sat idly on the deck of an Allan
vic liner. The moon was rising. 1t twas
an evening in June, and they were
nearing the Banks" Even there in
midocean the setting summer sun had
so warmed the air that they could
lounge attheir ease in long wicker deck
chairs and discuss a knotty point in the
moral philosophy of the domestic rela-
tons.
For my part Mamie Whitmore re-
marked, drawing her little wooden wrap
closer round her ears, Il say woman $
first duty is TO her husband"
And for my part, Arthur answered,
leaning across towards his wife, 81 say
a woman's first duty is to her children"
"Iow do you make that out, Whit
more?" the major inquired, lazily. The
major had pretty llnack of his own in
casuistry.
why, it runs through all nature"
A. thur Whitmore replied. 1T belongs
to the very essence of the feelings en-
gendered in us by natural selection
The male fights always for the female
anu thC NoullS, VIC ItIlttlt uSDlS IOF
the young only, or turns tail to protect
them, leaving the male to defend him
self"
Il remember" the major unused, 81
was out tiger-hunting once in a nullah
in India, and | came across a tiger, with
the tigress and cubs lying hid in a
jungle. | fired at the brute, and he
leaped straight up at me, but the tgress
and the cubs skunk away through the
long, tall reeds of the cane brake. Well,
l killed that tiger, and went after the
tigress; but, when | got her at bay, she
fought like regular devil for her cubs,
/ can tell you. So there's your case,
Whitmore."
YES, it must always be So Arthur
Whitmore continued. THE male, as
the more active and stronger of the two,
must fight for the female and the
young together; the female, as the
weaker, yet the protector of the young,
must leave the male to look after him
self, and, at all risks to him, must take
care of the little ones. They are the hope
of the race, the future of the species.
The sire has had his day; if he sacrifices
his life for his young, no great harm
can come of it. But the little ones have
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Cancer can be relieved and prob-
ably cued by local applications of ca,ci-
UNI carbide, according to DR.. Guirard,
Of Paris.
The mercantile tonnage of the
United States reached it's greatest
amount in 1861; we had then 5,53eS13
tons. In the same year the British
merchant tonnage was 4,359, 696.
The vitascope, Edison's latest in
vcntion, is an enlarged and perfected
microscope. By its aid numbers of
persons can view an operate or tfeat-
rical performance on a screen, behold
the actors and distinctly hear tn per-
formers.
In 1892 there were 9,0O0,00p sheep
in the Algerian Sahara alone besides
100000 goats and 100000 canpls. On
the GASES there are 100000 datspalms,
giving dates worth $3,OOO,000 year.
So even the desert is worth keeping
under control.
A new glass has been manufactured
that, while it allows the free Usage
Of light, is a decided check to Il 4. In
an experiment it was proven. II a
glass plate four-tenths of an sal-
lowed but 40 per cent. of radia., eat
to pass through it. Ordinary W pY
glass let's So per cent. of hee.t throl
An important engineering woIa<.~f
freeing the Venetian lagoon near Chi
oggia from inundation and the con-
sequent malaria has been completed.
A canal ten miles long and costing ST.
600, 900 has been built, carrying the wa
ters of the Brenta and the hcchigli-
one across the lagoon direct tothe Adri-
attic.
In an exploration of the Himalaya
mountains in the Manga Parbat re.
gion, which VAS made last summer, a
height of 10000 feet was attained by the
exploring party. The tents used were
made of silk. They weighed but Ii
ounces apiece, and formed warm and
comfortable shelters with but mini
mum of weight to carry.
The weight of a cubic foot of fresh
water is G2.39 pounds, and a ton meas
ures 35.9O5 cubic feet. Salt water
weighs 64.05 pounds to the cubic foot,
and a ton measures 34,973 cubic feet.
The weight of fresh water equals the
weight of salt water multiplied by
0.9740. In all ship calculations the
weight Of fresh water is taken at 62.25,
and of salt water at Ga pounds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
Husbands TO Burn.

The English actors who come over
here are intensely English when they
first arrive, but they soon show their
appreciation of American colloquialisms
by appropriating them. A gentleman
of this city relates that some time ago,
in the New York City club, he met Fred
W, the comedian. Some one was tell
ing about a woman who had just mar
ried her third husband.
"By the way" the gentleman asked,
"where is her first husband buried?"
HE was cremated," was the answer.
sand the second?"
"Also cremated."
by Jove," observed little Mr.. W,
that woman has husbands to burn. y
st. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25

The man who is chronically dissatis-
fed was talking on his favorite theme,
the weather.
This climate" he explained, isn't
for anything but a salamander. Just
blistering. You can hardly draw a
breath of air and when you do get it it
pretty near scorches your throat"
The next day it moderated.
How does this temperature suit
you?" was the inquiry. This is cool
and comfortable enough for anybody"
at seems comfortable" he answered,
with the air of one who is making a con-
cession. 1T seems comfortable to
those who don't know. But it isn't sea-
sonable. detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
Hats for Summer.

Masses of cornfowers, or duets. con-
stitute the entire trimming of some of
the white straws.
White maline draped over bright-col-
ored velvet such as deep heliotrope, is
sometimes employed.
Brims are often cut at one or both
sides toward the back and blossoms al
lowed to fall through upon the hair.
Two shades of nasturtium tatfeta rib
bon, made into an immense bow, make
a very handsome trimming for black
hat.
Cardinal pink, light blue, white and
light green Monte Carlo daisies furnish
stylish trimming for white or yellow
large hats.
Natural-colored hlacs, accompanied
by taffeta ribbon to match, make a
charming trimming for white mid
summer hat.-Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25

all the world before them; for their
sake the mother must run no needless
risk; her first duty is 30 them;
she has borne and sucked them;
to sacrifice them to the father
would be unnatural and harmful,
and, in the widest sense, unfeminine. -
That's all very well for the beasts"
Mamie answered, petulantly; but we
are not beasts, and | say. with us. a
Woman's first duty is always to her hus-
band. Fold up my chair before you
come below, Arthur; I'll run down and
see how Charlie and the baby are get
ting ~ in the stateroom."
at opens up an interesting moral
question" said the chaplain, as Mamie
disappeared with a nod down the COM
panion-ladder. at seems to me You
make things rather rough for the hus-
band, don't you?"
"Well-no," Arthur answered. IL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25

look at it like this: Parents bestow
much love on their children, and the
love they receive in return very rarely
requitesthem. 1t is repaid by the chill
dren to the next generation, as the IA
Their and mother themselves repay the
debt they incurred to their own par
entS. It's the same with the father.
The love he lavishes on the woman of his
choice is repaid by her in part to him
self, in part as care on her side for the
children, who are, after all, his chill
Gren. | don't see how a race could well
be kept up otherwise. The man must
love, first, his wife, then his children;
the woman must love her children best
of all, and repay the surplus of her love
to her husband"
Lets have a cigar" the major said.
with a yawn. We're growing quite
sentimental"
They smoked and went below. In half
an hour all was still, save on the bridge,
where the officer of the watch paced up
and down and peered before him in the
dark, for fog was forming.
The passengers mad all gone - their
staterooms; the silence was oppressive
and ominous, as if some subtle spirit
presence came with warning. Perhaps
it was but the dominance of vague fear,
in the face of the thick, dark veil that
blotted out the sky and sea and ship and
almost hope.
Fog on "the Banks at night is ter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
The Good Old Tim es.

1t is quite natural for elderly people
to think that the times which are gone
by, and which they alone remember,
were more interesting and notable than
the times which are passing now. The
passage of years tends to etface from,
the mind the merely commonplace oc-
currences of every day, and leave only
the salient ones; so that past years are
really the more remarkable in our mem
cries This is one reason why people
speak of severe weather as "old-fash-
ioned." On the whole, the weather does
not vary so much from one decade to
another; but people remember the Sc
we're weather and forget the ordinary,
so that to the mind weather of the past
is extreme weather. But the valuation
placed on old things may be excessive
as, for instance, in the case of u
remark made by an old gentleman 10
his nephew. Twenty degrees below
zero" y said. "What does that amount
TO? Why, | can remember
day, when [ was 20 years old.
that the mercury was 40 degrees below
zero; and you must remember that one
degree then was as good as two nova
days." This reminds one of the phil
osOphy of the Irishman regarding the
difference between the days in Ireland
ond America. 'Ah," he said, THE days
is twice as long in the ould country
as here-and there's twice as many of
them."-Youth's Companion.