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Mr.. C. l. Creager is building an addition
to his hot house on the F. & E. turnpike
south of town. These houses are attaining
pretenions dimensions and simply because
the care and intelligence bestowed upon the
business by Mr.. Creager is rcapng its re
ward
Friday afternoon the Bryan baseball club
of this place was b ,dly defeated by the Nc
Kinley club by a score of 81 to II, which is
shown by innings in the following:
1913 4587 Total
Bryan ~ ~
Mckinley 3O2 14062 81
Batteries - Bryan, Wisotzkcy and Shatirr;
Mckinley, Dorsey and Freeze. Struck out
by Wiso,zkey, 1; by Dorsey,9
MARY rs DEAD.-The sad intelligence is
abroad that Miss Mary Taylor, the heroine
Of the poem MARY had a Little Lamb" died
recently at Somerville, Mass. We are sorry
to hear of her sudden demise. Fifteen years
ago we first heard of;he sudden death of this
estimable young person, and our frame was
rackcd with emotion that will never be for
gotten. Slncethen she has expired regularly
in different sections Of the country. We have
been profoundly stirred at each sudden taking
off. and now that she is dead once more, we
shall continue to shed tears as matter CT
habit. How long she is going to keep dying
is beyond the purvew of reasoning, but 1t is
q comfort to know at any rate, that the little
lamb came to tragic end many years ago.
-Er.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
Ninety Per Cent

OF all the people need to take q
course of Hoods Sarsaparilla at this
season to prevent that run down and
debilitated condition which invites
disease. The money invested in half
a dozen bottles of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla will come back with large re-
turns in the health and vigor Of body
and strength of nerves.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
ORIGIN OF ICEBERGS.


A New South Wales Scientist Advances q
Theory Of Their Formation.
In a paper read before the ROYAL So
ciety of New South Wales Mr.. H. C.
Russell dealt with the origin and release
of icebergs. As is known, the number
of icebergs met with between the cape
Of Good Hope and Australia differs
greatly, being much more numerous i'm
some years than in others. There has.
for example. within the past few years
been very large accession of enormous
icebergs, and it has been suggested as
an explanation of this that unusually
heavy falls Of snow may account for it
by accelerating the motion Of the ice
Mr.. Russell, however, assures us that
the circumstances forbid the acceptance
OF this view, because the motion of the
glacier depends mainly ON the declivity
down which it is descending, and that
does not alter. The piling up Of snow
could not in one year cause such q
marked increase in the rate of flow as
would be necessary to account for the
enormous increase in the number of ice
bergs which appear from time to time
1t is obvious that there must be force
sufficient to break off the icebergs which
are slowly forming on the shore and to
do it at irregular periods separated by
many years, and in Mr.. Russell's opin.
ion the true cause is found in the volca.
noes of the antarctic continent.
When these burst forth in eruption,
and by that act shake the foreshores,
the icebergs are broken off from the gla.
ciers. This view is to some extent con.
firmed by the report Of the United
States photographic office on the feat
ing ice seen during 1892 and S93 in the
south Atlantic east of Cape Horn. In
that report it is stated that the icebergs
were Of such size that they could not
have been formed on small, low lying
islands, but only on large continent,
where glaciers Of great height could
form. m.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
GOT INTO Al SNARL.
Methodist Conference Gets Out
by Heroic Methods.
A0RrT1o1sM OF THE ENDEAvoRERs

Comes Up Because d the Report Thereof in
sNewspaper. snd AFTER Considerable De-
bate Il Thrown Out Of Court. as II Were
Echo Of That Prayer Effort for Bob
Ingersoll-PrOposition for . Constitu-
tional Commission.
CLEVELAND, May 13.-The session of the
Methodist general conference was brief
but breezy. Considerable oratory was in.
dulged in over the head lines of one of the
morning newspapers, which made it ap-
pear that conference delegate had de-
nounced the Christian Endeavor society
as idiOtic because it had prayed for the
conversion Of Colonel Ingersoll The
storm quickly blew over however. The
most important matter brought before the
conference was embodied in q resolution
providing for the appointment of COM
mission to prepare a new constitution.
The shS..ness Of the session and the failure
Of the Conference to transact much busi-
ness was due to the delay of the commit
tees in preparing their reports.
Important Constit utional Matter.
Rev. X. ID. Munger presented resolu-
ton Of great Importance. 1t creates a
commission on constitution to consist of
two ministers and two laymen from each
district. as il now stands. The resolution
recites the fact that there is great question
ns to what parts of the discipline consti-
tute the constitution of the church. and
this commission Is authorized and empOw-
crcd To draw up constitution. The menu
bcrs Of this commission are to be over -
years Of age, and are to meet in Chicago
on the first "Wednesday i'm August They
are To draw mp a constitution, and after it
Is completed it is to be published twice in
all official papers Of the church within
thirty days Of its completion.
To he Adopted b. q Majority.
This commission is also authorized to
devise rules for election. and not less than
three OF more than six months afterwards
the church will vote on its adoption. Only
those over 81 years of age will be permitted
to vote, and the result shallbe certified to
the secretary of this general conference
Ii adopted by majority of those voting
the constitution so adopted shall he effect
I've at once. The resolution was referred
to the committee on constitution.
Pope Bob the Cause of Trouble.
The conference soon got into snarl in
which the local morning newspapers were
attacked and in which the meeting of the
committee on the state of the church. held
Monday afternoon, came out prominently.
In that meeting Rev. DIR. Quayle, in the
course Of his remarks about the Christian
EndeavOrers in their attempt to secure a
recognition Of the Deity in the consttu-
tion. used the language which appeared in
the morning papers as coming from
Quaylc, which is as follows: Not long
ago that organization not only made itself
ridiculous. AID all the churches which it
represents brit actually made the religion
of Christ ridiculous by praying for the re-
demption of Bob Ineersoll Do you think
the Methodist church would ever be guilty
of such an act Of absolute idiOcy:"
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
ATTEMPT TO PASS A DISCLAIMER.
Resolution Adopted to Expunge the Who
business from the Record

Resolution Adopted to Expunge the Whole
Business from the Record.
F. J. Cheney. of central New York. then
arose and presented a resolution which re-
cited that the local morning papers had so
quoted member of the conference, and
disclaimed any responsibility :. for such
statement by the general conference. 1t
not only disclaimed responsibility. but
also Endorsed the EndeavOrers As soon
as read two motions were made. one to re-
fer tn the committee on Epworth League
and the other TO lay on the table. Bishop
Fowler ordered the vote taken on the mo-
tton to refer. The vote on the motion to
refer was lost. 163 yeas Ia 2235 nays.
Henry French, Of California moved its
adoption. when Rev. y. A. Quayle. of
Kansas City, who had made the remarks.
arose. He is u youthful-looking delegate.
and after stating what he said concerning
the Christian Endeavorcrs, denied the use
of the language attributed to him. Every
attempt by Cheney to get at the facts of
the case was howled down Every denial
Of the article called ont wild applause but
Quayle said he did say certain society
was idiotic. and he thought that was the
sentiment of the majority Of members.
Another wild outburst of applause greeted
this. and the conference appeared to con-
eur in the opinion that the action was
idiotic.
The resolution repudiating the pur-
ported language of Rev. DR.. Quaylc was
laid on the table, but subsequently mo-
tion was passed to expunge from the
record all reference to the matter. Amanda
smith. one Of the most famous colorci
evangclists. was present and the confer.
cncc suspended business to receive her
She was given the greatest ovation of the
conference. and was requested to sing
The delegates joined in the chorus. and
one song was> Insufficient and n second
was called for and given. She aroused
the greatest enthusiasm
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
MRS. xouNcw,FE's ECONOMY.
o6o Her Views About the Ffnancls
Kn0wleiee OF Her Husbond

eso Her Views About the Ffnanoisl
Knowledge Of Her Husband.
The other day Mrs. Youngwife came
n to borrow the mucilage. Mrs Young.
wife had written q letter. put her last
stamp on the envelope and then address
ed it wrong.
II was so provoked, :" she said, ''and
! made up my mind I'd save that stamp
II it took me all the afternoon I've been
at it an hour. but got it of. Don't you
think I'm economical:''
Some one suggested that there was q
saying about penny saved was as good
as two earned. but there was another say
ing about penny wise, pound foolish. -
"Ah!" said Mrs. Youngwife. THAT s
my husband! He is always complaining
about the size Of our bills. He said to
me this morning: What do you do with
all the coal? Do yen eat it?' assured
him l didn't. but what do you think he
does? He comes home Saturday night
with 81 CT s. worth of the mcst expen-
sive fruit. which spoils before we can
eat it. They make him pay 81 a dozen
Tor oranges and tell him they are from
cPdIn- IHey are no more rom Spain
than am! But so it goes!
"The other day he met an old ac-
quaintance down town. They hadn't
seen each other since we have been mar
ried.
"'Well,' said the man to my hus-
band. have you good boarding place
now?'
Just fair said my husband.
Cheap asked his friend.
"'Umph! Not exactlyr said my hus-
band.
"'Where is it?' asked his friend.
Cup near Sixty fifth street and
Tenth avenue, said my husband
How much do you pay?' asked his
friend.
"'Well, it costs me about $3.50 a
month, said my husband.
"'Great Scott! Are you Crazy?' said
his friend. Up near Sixty fifth street
and near Tenth avenue! And it costs
you $3.50 month! Why, what in heav.
ems name makes you do it?'
I'm married' said my husband.
"'Oh! was all his friend said. ~
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13

weakncssfoyenrs.
For the past thrrc
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Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13

Hoods Pills are easy to buy, easy
to take, easy to operate. Cure al
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Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13

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Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
DUCKS DROWN An EAGLE.


On the Potomac.
II writer for The American Field II
&c be believed, the crow duck is a most
extraordinary bird on the Potomac riy.
er, cutting up such capers as to make
even naturalist gasp.
-Four years ago. he writes, while
shooting ducks with Mr.. Waller, no.
ticed q flock Of 5000 or 4, 600 crow
ducks. After half an hour noticed an
eagle going toward the flock. When he
arrived at the proper distance, he made
q dart, but the ducks, as if by magic,
went under water like q flash and
sent up a volume as If a big mine
had been exploded This was done time
and time again, and finally the volume
Of water thrown up was 30 great that
the eagle was nearly drowned. An old
QUICKER once told me that he once wit.
messed the same scene and that the eagle
was drowned. This is a sight seldom
seen, which may occur but once in q
ducking life of 90 years"
This CROW duck is also known as the
American coot, mud hen, blue peter
and Ful;ca americana BY various hunt
era and alongshore people. Up north
these ducks may be seen in creeks and
marshy, reed grown rivers, but south in
Florida they resort in enormous num-
bers to the lakes where bonnets or vel.
low lilies abound, tasscciating there
with lesser scaup ducks They are shy
birds, being much prosecuted usually,
but in localities where shooting is pro-
hibited, near the Titusville Ella. rail.
road pier, for instance, they are as tame
as sparrows, understanding that there
they are safe
The nearest anybody ever came to the
drowning eagle story was Frank NJ.
Chapman in his Birds of Eastern North
America, when he says: "When alarm
ed, they patter over the water, using
their feet as much as their wings The
sound produced is a characteristic one. :"
He does not say whether the water flies
or not, but one could imagine that a
crow duck just as it turned up to dive
could give it's scalloped webbed feet a
kick up behind, like vicious mule, and
SO saturating the eagle that it would be
drowned. Eagles often catch living fish
out of the water ard, of course, get
more or less wet i'll doing so, but per-
haps the Potomac river eagles are of q
different species than those known to
bird bOOEs
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
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Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
A Rofnt Of Superfority,

Van Braam-I regard this cigar as
much superior to the one I smoked last.
Shingiss-I saw you take them both
from the same box.
"True, but there is q difference be-
tween them"
"What is it?''
"The last smoked is all gone, while
this is just lighted ''-Pittsburg Chron.
icle-Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13
Electricity.

Emerson says that language is fossil
poetry and Mr.. Park Benjamin in a re-
cent book ON electricity thinks he has
found in one of these fossils the clew to
the discovery Of electricity, which he
credits to the women Of Syria. Their
wheels were made Of amber, to which
they gave the name of 1.-THE clutcher, y
and Mr.. Benjamin thinks this must
have been because they noticed that il
drew TO itself the dust or bits Of leaves
or chaff, or even the light fringe of their
clothing. This vas because the amber
became electrified by rubbing against
their loose garments as the spindle de-
scended. He says:
The spinner easily saw this because
the chan would leap up to the excited
resin and, moreover, unless she were
careful, the dust and other substances 90
attracted would become entangled IN
her thread. Therefore she called her am.
ber spindle the clutcher. for it seemed to
seize those light bodies as If it had in.
visible talous which not only grasped,
bat held This was probably the first in.
telligent observation of an electrical ef.
feet "-Brookyn Eagle.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13

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Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13

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Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13

! Esparto grass is said to make bette,
paper than straw. The product is much
tougher and capable of bearing a much
e-eater strain without tearing.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-05-13

az diseases rccul,ar to the ssx-doing what
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went gave his life to the study of female dis
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ssnse Wild Olive Is applied to the scat OF the
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