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Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
CITY OF TIE CCtCCF; GATE.
Freaks If the Temperature and Tcpogra-
ply In san francisco.

Freaks If the Temperature and Tcpogra-
ply In san Francisco.
San Francisco sprawls over a sandy
peninsula shaped like ciinched fist,
with its face to the east ard the noble,
landlccked bay which the navies Of the
world would not crowd, and with its
back to the Pacific ocean. which rolls
in without a break from China, 1000
miles away. 1t covers an area Of 20
square miles, though much Of this is
built over in struggling fashion. IT has
thrice as many hills as Rome boastcd
Of, but over the highest Of these the ca
BILE cars climb. Seen from the bay at
night, the spectacle Is superb. as the
streets are transformed into parallel
lines Of twinkling lights that seem 10
ascend, like Jacobs ladder, ~ the stars.
Justin Mccarthy i'll Lady Judith"
gives the most poetical as well as the
most faithful picture of this n markable
sight of San Francisco from the bay
Had the original builders If the city
adopted the italian custom of Carrying
streets around hills, with terraced gar
dens, San Francisco would be the mcst
beautiful city in the world. AS il il,
many Of the streets are merely great,
unsightly bitches that run in ugly par
allel lines up the steep hills and through
their SUBMITS. From Il score of points
of vantage one may get superb views of
the bay, the harbor with its picturesque
islands, the encircling hills and the
Golden Gate, the marrow entrance
through which come and go the ships of
the orient
What impresses the visitor to San
Francisco most forcibly is the peculiar
fondress for the bay window. But this
taste seems natural and sensible when
he Is told that it is due to the necessity
Of getting all the sunshine that can he
secured. Here, as in Italy, between sun
shine and shade there Is the difference
between summer and winter. The San
Francisco climate is the greatest eli
mate in the world for continuous work.
as the mean Temperature Is % and there
is 10 summer heat. But it is a trying
climate for any one with weak lungs OF
tender throat. The summer is harshcr
than the winter, as cold trade winds
and heavy fogs render the rights chilly
and make a crate fire comfortable. Sep
tember is the finest month il the year,
| as the trade winds do rot blow and the
days are warm and sunshiny.-Chau.
tauuuau
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
Cigars In England.

"Enelishmen ard Americans differ
in many things, said the obs,rvant to-
bacconist, as he handed over six war
ranted Havanas to his customer. Il
don't refer To their ideas ON democracy
or monarchy it's the little things no
ticc, and particularly those connected
with my own business. Did yuu ever
notice an Englishmar choosing u cigar:
He always puts it to his ear and squeczcs
it between his forcfingcr ard thumb.
He does that to sec if it will crackle. II
il does he will more than likely take IL.
An Englishman likes a dry cigar. the
drier the better. while the American
prefers his damp. Ii you asked for q
damp cigar III London the storekecpcr
would think either that you were 1ok-
ing--a thing to which he Las a rooted
objectiou-or that it was your first
smohc, in which case he probably would
tly TO palm of u twopenuy cabbage as
straight Havana Those tricks are not
confined to this side Of the ocean.
Here we keep our cigars IN 4 damp
place. Over there. where about every
thing Is soaking. they keep them in the
dricst spot they can find. They even 90
so far as to say that no man who lives
by the sea can have decent cigars
suppose it's natural When "a mans
dry he always wants something wet.
and vice versa Perhaps il I had the
misfortune to live on foygy island I'D
want my cigars like tindcr. New
No-i- Suu
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
HE SAVED THE BABIES.
Tut the Story Wa. T.,a In To-. wsA.sy
Binereus way..

Hcroism and mosiosiy rruvcfhiaiir e.
Nand IN hard. hu. inrrr afe few fnuse
fris,.s examples rf tho combination
han that afforded ~ tho captain of n
xrccking TUG in New York harfu-. Ills
ywn account &C IL. affair was thus at
iown IN the tugs log: Jan. 3o-lyrft
Jersey City n m. Ice running hcayy.
Captain doc stepped leak IN fcrryboai. I"
Mr.. r. Hcpkinfou saith. in lsis Day at
Lsgucrre's. tells the siosy more fuisy.
The hobosen feTgybosi was sio1ped.
midway Ct its early passage. by the ioe
pack. A; thls 3uEeture an ocean tug
bat crashed into hef side. eating a V
shaped cash below "a. water line. A
panic .nsa.i Among Passengers and
rev. Jgsi then thr Ng.rsins tug kr!i-
sne- ram alongside. and Captain Joe
smith jumped on huaFd.
iio dropped into tie engine roum.
met the engineer half way up the lad
der. compelled him 60 Trinrn. dragged
The mattresses from the crews brnks.
stripped oii blankets. racks of clothes.
pvoraiis. Gotten waste aud rags e car.
pct. examining them into the ~, ~ rent
ioit by the tugs cuisgasrr until the
silarc az each broken pian. wa. repiacei
sxrcpt enc. Through and over ihi.
frce the wafer siili coi,lincd. deluginr
the fours and smashing down between
he Rrs';nes into tho holn telow.
"AnotEcr mattress. quick All gnnei
blanket. then - carrci-au.ihins
2iick. for Gods sake
IL was useless. Everything. even Ga
he oil rag-. had tecn used. Little Is
little the water gained. hafsilng cut
below. ih,n un one side. only 80 he Fel
caikcd and only to rush sn again.
Captain Joe stncd a moment - IL un'
iecidcd. ilsu deliberately tore down
The top wall of calking b. had 80 care
fully buii: ~, and heiofc The tngineci
-Uuld protest hal forced has own iod,
into the Gap. with has ann outside
level with the drifting ice.
An hour later the disabled feTrybua'
was iowcd into the iioi,ok.n slip viii
every soul on toaId. Wh,u they lifted
Captain Joe from the wreck. D. was un
soiscious and barely alive. The waiei
had fruzcn has blood. and the floating
Ice hsd torn the flesh from his proirud
ing arm frum shoulder io writ Wbci
he color Logan To- ciccp hack io hii
.bceks. he opened his eyes and said 6,
he doctor who was winding the band
lges.
Was any Of them babies hurt
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

The inventory Of stock in hand had
Just been completed.
Its all right with the exception Of
that rubber hose" said the senior part.
ner. We have more of that than we
can sell i'll 30 years. don't see how we
ever managed to accumulate such a
stock Of it.
''Oh, well. there's no reason why we
should have any trouble disposing c;
it," returned the Junior
why. there's enough to supply every
lawn in the city,
That cuts 10 figure. We can adver.
tise 1t as something new in bicycle tires
and get rid of the whole lot in less than
q week. Chicago Post.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
SHELL AND SHOVEL PILE.
4 si."Ts s,.rg &C Ibe Cssi War as Told
"a - ssla t-.fdisf.

- 80 sla f-"fdhf.
"wi,cnc,sr ss.o a fale od siforcis
sia~ied ur un fisc fidcsyalk IN ffnni oi
n hardware tissss. said an cid eoidiar.
i make fis- think oi a pile ot saoscls
' Ks.g fsfoe siark.d ur Al fhe tfid of "a
traverse 10 nn cafshwufk az "a. time cf
ihe rsvii waf. Thfr xtse siero guns
aud mrstafs rf ere age and another in
batteries scattered along these works
IN the paffscElAf battery that si,oak of
there Nrfo iso 800 pound fifiod guns.
1bffe Nas a srassase ms.gaen the two
gusls. and che un the ouitr side uf each.
q tfssefse. yoa HDdei stand. b,8ng a
sbofs Tsagr % earth running bark from
the lipr 90 tfssif gnd ni tsghf angles
vsih %. g. i,fsd"ci th- sun and ibe gun
DeIs fSsfn q lateral Lie. THIS tale sf
sliovels ias az the end 81 ope ag the aui.
er irzsegsss. &C. the lsii a the illsce that
l worked un. There Nae s8k a. elglli
n1rn on the gun.
"A shell that came over from a Con.
feieTsie mortar baiiaiy drolJpod Square
GA that rilc at shusals and eKtilodod the
instant Il sffack. our own gun had yusi
b-n lsni. ard ibr mrn waip all stand
ing scaiffrra afuund 60 she aoaf "a fhr
gun caffisve. nom az them faf away
ircfa the shovel pile. and al e them
right ~ uprn range. pof protected, 40
sninf e them anyway would have been
i'iinnie rsrii'r. iy standing oTor on
ilsr other side uf ihc gun. with the gun
and the gan carriage between thera and
isa shogols
- Tle air was 6llod with smoke. aud
fragments ard fIlinirrs al shell and
ib"s,ls NeIp Ggsng 4n az aignciions
There wasn't q nizn bat rsto,ied 60
haS" bi. b,aa kiucked on ~ = piece
oi sbrli. "a t. be cut ia two ~ 4 ,,hus,l
blaze. "a ai leas; o. have the handle ui
tiusol stack tllsuush hiss. Bai "a,
fragments of th,ll all firw past. the
slirg, j. all came down. aud tlsc siBul,
cl"..rsd avag. and nuboay had s,an q
srIaieh Thou the iBcn "a langbud and
went 10 loading the 100 poupd,T again. %
Nov York Snn.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

James L. Francis, alderman.

James L. Francis, alderman. Chi
cago. says: IL regard DIR. Kings
New Discovery ss an ideal panacea
for coughs. colds and lung CON-
plants. having used it in my family
for the last five years, to the exclu.
sion Of physicians prescriptions or
other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa.
writes: 81 have been a minister oi
the Methodist Episcopal church for
80 years or more, and have never
found anything SO beneficial, or tha,
gave me such speedy relief as Dr.
Kings New Discovery" Try thi:
ideal cough remedy now. Trial bot.
ties free At Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointmen;
will cure blind. bleeding. ulcersied
and itching piles. il sbsorbs the
tumors. allays the itching st once.
acts rs a poultice. gives instant re-
relief. DR.. Williams Indian Pile
Ointment is prepared only for piles
ard itching OF the private parts. and
nothing else. Every box Is gusrsn-
.ecd. Sold by druggists. sent by
mail for SO cents and 81 per box.
WILLIAMS MFG Co. Props. Cievs.
land. Ohio. For sale by al drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

ali the variations Of each route are set
forth, with references to the volumes
in which they have been described nt
length by their discoverers. Nearly half
the Alps has been treated in this man.
ner. but the work has taken ten years.
and Of course the whole requires period
ical re-ision.-Sir ". NJ. Conway in
S1.,-, ,hn.ar-s
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
f:rsiy so tso ~.

Jirnaon-N hat's iliis bear about in.
sisl,orainaiiun in your class ~ college,
Nonng JinlsuH-NothiBg "a all la b.
!imsn-Bni The jacfidcni writes me
that yon r'iasod 60 obey your professor
SonnE Jim%ai-isosh, Iie a,lsed az
O. dceijne ;;ii ycrb 60 work. and we all
decline g. i-ihiladrlphia North Amcfi-
ran.
Bioo was Grst grown in 1896 from
sn.sd brought from tho East lndieN
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
London's Oldest Restaurant.

Probably the Oldest restaurant III Lon
don is Crosby Hall, in Bishopsgate
street, in the city. This was built more
than 500 years ago, was once the palace
Of Richard Ill and aftcrward the resi-
dence of Sir Thomas More. II was in
this building that Shakespeare laid the
scene Of Richards plots for the murder
of the young princes. The structure was
injured by fire, fell into decay and in
1888 was restored. One tunhlos up the
narrow, winding stairs. leaving below
the modern restaurant. passes through
low doorways that show walls ) feet Ill
thickness and enters the hail, great
room lighted by high windows ana a
beautiful oriel. In the restoration the
old features have been retained, and at
one end is the minstrel's gallery, look-
ing down on more pros;ric scenes than
it once witnessed. The white capped
cook stands at the huge fireplace, now
converted into grill, and the chops
and potatoes come smoking TO your Ia
BILE. Pretty mattresses wish to know ii
you don't want a pint of the famous
'' 'arf and 'arf," and the wayfarer i:
wise if he accepts the hint. This would
seem fitting place to sit anu muse in .
Johrsonian fashion on the variety q.
human life, but there is little seclusior
about the spot today, for bankers from
Threadneedle street are continually dis
cussing trade and securities in thi,
room, which has known the presence oi
Sir Philip Sidney and Ben Jonscn-;
room where it requires no very vivit
imagination TO fancy the Countess o.
Pembroke reading the famous some
that Spencer wrote to her honor -Hom,
Journal.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

r5e best saivs In :ke world fol
csis. bruises, sores. ulcors, salt
rheun. fever sors.. letter. chsppct
hands. chiiblsins. Gorns and al skir
erupsious. and positively cure,
plies or no pay required. II 10 guar
sn.eed 80 give psr.ec; satisfaction. OF
money refunded. Price % osuts pei
brr For .ais nv Psrts q t'llemsyay
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

ne u1St thought of a
tender-iiearted cornrade is to offer succor
and sympathy. There are many wounded
men and women on the battle field of life.
Shattered In body and mind and suffering
tortures before which the brief suffering of
the wounded hero on the battle field of war.
pales into Ifs.gnificdnce. They make no
outcTy and their friends and acouaintarces
pass them by without offering help Their
sufieIings are known only to themselves.
These are the thousands of sufferers from
ill health. Their name is legion
The pity OF 1t IS that if they but knew il
there is relief at hand.
An infailing cure for all the multitude of
ills that are due to disorders of the diges.
ton and to impure blood is found in Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II
makes TIE digestion perfect. It restores
the appetite. II fills the blood with tie
life-giving elements and drives out all i'm
puTities. 1t Is the great blood-Inaker and
flesh builder.
Mrs. y. 1. Gibbs. of RusseIIvilIe Logan Co
Ky, writes Il can heartily recommend your
troubled with indigestion and torpid liver was
SO bad could not lie On my left side and could
scarcely eat anything. had a dull aching and
pain in my stomach all the time. Now il is all
gone after taking one bottle of your Golden
Medical Discovery"
explains symptoms of ailments common tc
every family, and suggests remedies II
has several chapters on woman's diseases
and weaknesses. An edition in heavy
paper covers will be distributed absoInteil
free. Send the Worlds DispensaTy Med
ical Association, Buffalo. y. ", 2I one-cen,
stamps, to pay the cost of mailing only
Cloth binding may be had for 10 cents
extTa-SI cents in all.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
The Real Nice English Girl.

1t is a bonny sight to watch the 1.-the
and breezy English girl prcmonading
with her bally dog upon the bowldery
beach at Brighton. according TO Sterling
Heilig. She will run foot race with
her S-year-old brother down the main
street Of the village, utterly thoughtless
of attracting attention. If she happens
to pull up breathless and glowing,
flushed and moist eyed. with her golden
hair Arranging down her back, in the
center Of admiring friends, ii is to ex-
plain to them that she has been run
ming. such larks! Tommy and have
been running foot race y. It's not to
make her effect. as FrencSgirl would
Really, it isn't. She doesn't know
enough.
She will scratch herself in company,
no matter where the mosquito has been.
She will fall in love with a man and
will follow him about like dog. She
will sit on a rock and be hugged, OBJ.
livious of the fact that every ore is look.
ing. She is wonderfully frank She
will say to seasick man: What q
shocking bad sailor you arc! Your livel
must be in frightful sta,e,' She is 9
great fisher and can row boat She j.
all the time blushing. She has freckle:
on her hands. When she walks ont with
her bally dog upon the blooming sands
you don't know which TO whistle to
both are SO intelligent. Francisc,
Argonaut
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

Climbers Have Conquered All CT the Alps.
Of course the mystery is gone from
the Alps-none but climbers knows how
completely. Every mountain ard point
of view Of even third rate importance
has been assembled, most By many routes.
Almost every gap between two peaks
has been traversed as pass. The publi-
cations Of some dozen mountaineering
societies have recorded these countless
expeditions in rows of volumes Of ap-
palling length. OF late years vigorous
attempts have been made to coordinate
this mass Of material in the form Of
climbers guides. dealing with particu-
lar districts, wherein every peak and
pass is dealt with in strict geographical
Succession and eveU different route and
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

with .:.s... 90 oeo of mortgages 90
nav In ten western states. u b. not sur
prising that people out this way do not
yearn for a 2g.-ccni dollar.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

II you are "dead tired" tone up
your system with DIR. Hays Re noss-
tor.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
A Lady Attorney.
Her career threatened by an
inSidioUS foe. How it
was vanished,

Mrs. Alice II oon was the first lady atto--
ncy IN hutchinson. All admire the energy
aud clcvcrncss that have given her proriin-
crce Few know how nearly her career was
ended by troubles peculiar to her sex which
b2tilcd her physicians. Here is a portion OF
her statement. When / began the use of
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
rHE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHlCA0O, BOOK IsLAND = PACIFIC
~ Esilvay--TIciers can % purchased or bag
gag, checked at 4 u Twentieth street de2cs
o, o X d depot corner Fifth avenue snf
II irts-cr sirest frank e. PiuMner, Agsrt.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16

btC1n the use oi
Wild Olive and
Myrtle Tonic. l
had been severely
afflicted a year
and confined to
my bed three
weeks. Had Sc
were pains and no
rest for some time.
The first applica-
zion gave me re-
ireShinr sleep and
in two weeks l
was at work. feel
ing stronger than
/ had in three
. wears" NJ RS.
ALICE KOON,
Hutchinson. X an.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-10-16
DENTIST.

ortoa. Room N. Whitaker Bloot, corner Th,rd
ssIe Brady sgsc,a. Dsscnport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-07
HE COULDN'T TELL.
An Honest Witness Who Got Abead
of IL Sharp LAWYER,

An Honest Witness Who Cot Aba,d
of IL Sharp Lawyer,
E. B. Green of Ottumwa. Iowa. is at.tbe
higgs' and told Star reporter a good
story about Judge Hendershott of that
city, one of the leading LAWYERS of the
hawkeye state
Judge Hendershott," said Mr.. Green.
was trying case under the prohibition
law. An important question was raised
as to whether or not a barrel of whisky
was delivered to the defendant.
An 1rishman by the name of O'Connor
was the drayman, and when Judge Hem
dershott started to cross-examine him he
concluded to frighten him into contra
alcting his testimony on the examina ton
1n-ch1ef Assuming a dramatic pose and
with stern voice he said: Remember
sir, you are on your oath Remember
you nave sworn to tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. Re-
member, that to deviate one iota from the
truth Is perjury, and the punishment for
perjury is Imprisonment in tbe state RENT
Tertiary of Iowa. Now. sir upon your
oath, did you deliver that barrel of whisky
to Pat Duffy?'
The 1rishman answered cooIly and de-
liberately, Well, jedge, bein' on me oa.h.
faith 1 couldn't say. l delivered a bar'i
at Mr.. Duffy's place. On one ind of that
barl was marked Pat DUFFY" ON the ithcr
lid was marked whisky" but bein' on me
oath l couldn say whether pat Duffy or
whisky was in the barry
Inc DEFENDANT was convicted"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-07

house. This was accomplished in the old
colo NAL houses so common in this locality
by having the hall on the first floor, which,
by the way, was Of generous width, extend
ing through the house from front to rear.
The same plan was followed in the upper
story, and the rooms opened on each side.
Ii 1t is not possible to carry out this plan,
1t would be desirable to make. an approach
to 1t, and If another door in the hall opposite
the entrance is not feasible, then a place
may be found for window, which will ac-
complish somewhat the same result
Some improvements.
Extensive improvements and alterations
will be made in the residence at the north
west corner of 18th ard NJ streets, which
was recently purchased by Mrs. Ray. The
wor. is to be done under the direction Of
Mr.. Charles Langley, and will include a
complete renewal of the plumbing and the
continuation of the rear building to the
height Of the main structure. A number Of
minor changes will be made.
The same contractor will have charge Of
the improvements which will be made in the
residence of Mr.. Bradley, at the northeast
corner of 21st and streets. large addi-
ton Is to be erected in the rear of the pres
ent structure. covering the space occupied
by the back building and the stable. The
frontage on 21st street will be over 100 feet,
where the entrance will be.
Mr.. BARRIERS Proposed Residence.
The offer made by Mr.. A. l.. Barber for the
purchase Of the Delaney property, at the
intersection of the Georgetown and Tenley-
town road and the Woodley road, is re-
garded as an indication that land values
are firm There are twenty-five acres in the
property, and the price offered was 5000
per acre. 1t is understood that Mr.. Barber
contemplates the erection there of hand
some residence 1t was stated that Mr. John
X. Mclean desired this property, but it is
now understood that he will probably find a
site somewhere in that vicinity where he
will erect residence for his own use
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-07
THE AMERICAN FATHER.
n French Critic Thinks He is of Little
Consequence at HOme

Consequence at Home.
Madame Blanc in the Forum
The father Is, as general rule, very diff
ferent in America from what he is in Eu-
rope. He does not expect to meet with
such blind submission, nor does he feel
himself bound by 50 narrow duties. He is
not obliged to give his daughters a dowry.
for instance. He can let his native city
profit by share of the fortune he has
made, without his sons ever thinking of
grumbling at the expensive founding of
some establishment for the public good
But nothing has struck me so much as to
see of how little consequence father of a
family can be, In his own house, in GER
tain circles in New York, for instance
have visited houses where he seemed only
TO have dropped in by accident, evidently
at loss to recognize most of the invited
guests, and yet showing himself most hos
pitable with the goodwill of his hand
shake and his smile, and repeating almost
as If he did not know to WHOM he was
speaking, that everlasting, trivial phrase
glad to see you
In other places I have attended large
dinner parties given in the absence of the
spect Is general: this or that one of the
sons Or daughters accepts an invitation
without troubling himself or herself about
reception at home that night, and no one
even thinks of making excuses. Each has
his friends, his social duties, his separate
existence. and disposes of his time as seems
best to himself. Sef-sacrifice, If perchance
it showed itself. often seemed to me to
meet with an Indifference that was not
very encouraginS-nor does one sacrifice
ones self unless one be the father of the
family, who certainly practices sef-immo-
lation to an unusual degree. He often
works in harness at home, while his family
passes years in Europe leading that purely
worldly life which the American colony
in Paris exhibits to us-all under the pre-
text that travelling develops the young
people, that Miss Mary needs to catch the
pure French accent, that Miss Sally must
cultivate her musical talent in Germany
that the nervous prostration of their
mother demands change of climate. And
with what satisfaction does the good man
speak of the good time, the success, the
progress of these absent ones, whose ex-
penses he defrays without stopping to count
them. This is purely American.