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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-18
A Joke ON the Joker.

81 have friend over at my homo
town in Wisconsin," told drummer
who regularly comes to Detroit, THAT
was elected to congress before he ever
know he was q candidate.
"You know what a complete political
wbirl things took in 1890. In our dis
trict the fellows of my faith had Just
been going through the form Of NOM
mating and voting for years. Not one
of our candidates ever got turn at the
public crib. 1t was standing joke, but
we were too proud to abandon our or.
ganization. I'll not give his real name,
but call him Jim Huff He was as big
hearted q fellow as ever lived, CHEEKY
as May morning and born joker.
That summer he had gone to South
America to do some prospecting, and
We heard from him only about once in
two months.
"When we held our convention. some
Of us thought it would be a good one
ON Jim to name him for congress while
he was not there to protect himself. We
did so. and just to keep the sport going
we got out posters and filed the papers
with opinions of Jim that Landed him
to the skies. We committed him to all
kinds of reforms, attributed to him all
the qualities desirable in statesman,
boasted Of his irresistible eloquence and
lamented the fact that temporary ILL
ness kept him away from home. The
fact was that he was as hearty as 10.
comotive.
when the returns came in and show.
ed that Jim was elected, We were the
worst fooled lot Of fellows You ever saw
and were as ratified as brood Of chick
ems with hawk fluttering over it. We
organized an exploring committee o.
three to find Jim and notify him. Wher
we did find him, way down in Peru, hi
| just gave us the laugh, and the district
had to hold a special election. De
troit Free Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-18


fore the convention to morrow.
The Rock Island hospital appro-
Priation bill passed the second read
ing in the house at Springfield today,
and was advanced to the third read
ing without change.
As result of quarrel last night.
Hans Schroeder had q warrant sworn
out against his father-in-law, John Al
brechr, ST.. whom he charges of q
breach Of the peace and abusive lam
guage.
An entertainment and sociable 10
to be given BY the ladies of St.
Mary's. church Thursday evening.
May 20. at Columbia hall. A good
program and pleasant evening 10
assured.
In another column appears the pro-
fessional card of James P. Hubbell,
architect and superintendent. He IL
thoroughly equipped for his work
and in addition to his training he is
. reliable and Trustworthy gentle
man.
The Y. P. s. C. E. of the Central
church will give q strawberry and
ice cream sociable in the lecture
room Friday. May 81. A program
has been prepared and q pleasant
time is promised. All are cordially
invited.
Rock Island has number of good
amateur base ball clubs among the
school boys. They have some warm
games now aud then. and The ARGUS
would like to have the scores. Let
The ARGUS hear from you whenever
you have a game. boys.
The contract for the plumbing in
]. G Gansert's new double house on
Fifth avenue. has been let to Rosen-
field Bros. for e400. They are just
completing . $500 job in DR.. Lude-
wigs new residence at the corner OF
Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street.
d. G. Cruley. Of the Rock Island,
who is attending the Order Of Rail-
way Conductors convention at Los
Angeles. as a delegate from Division
Al, of Blue Island, has been taken
suddenly and dangerously ill. He 10
now at hospital, and his wife has
been sent for.
E Wright. representing the New
York Juvenile asylum. announces
that mum Der Of children from that
institution ranging in age from to
Is years for whom homes are wanted.
will be At the Harper house Thurs
day, June 8. Persons wishing to
take any of the children on trial can
meet them at the Harper Thursday
morning.
At the congregational meeting of
the Broadway Presbyterian church
last evening DR.. j. W. Stewart was
reelected elder, and A. M. Blakesley.
L. s. McCsbe and s. s. Davis trus-
tees. Mrs. H. B Sudlow, Mrs. S. D
Cleland and Mrs. James Mir6eld
were elected deaconesses. Reports
from the treasurer of the church and
building fund, aud from all the So
cieties were heard, and showed the
church to be in . hourishing and
sound financial condition.
THE Fight of the Century" is an
int. resting and comp etc work de-
voted to the championship pugilistic
| contest between James j. Corbett
and Robert Fitzsimmons at Carson
City, New f, March II, and written
and compiled by George Siler. ref
cree, and Lou M. Houseman, the
well known sporting editor. The
publication Il neatly and thoroughly
illustrated. The laws of Nevada
making the fight legal in the state.
ana the various negotiations that !. d
up to the great meeting. ss well 90
the different phases Of the fight. are
dweit upon at length and in detail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-18
Europe I. Against the TURK.

Paris. May 1s.-The Temps referring
says: Europe cannot consent to the
cession Of Thessaly. On the firmness
which the powers now display depends
the success Of the whole scheme for
reforms and the peace of Europe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-18

Just try . 10 cent box Of Cascarets.
the hnest liver and bowel regulator
ever made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-18


ton and pain in the heart, terrible pain in
my right side just under the ribs, terrible
headaches all the time bearing down
sensation asdistressed feeling in my stom.
ach all the time could hardly eat anything
and it looked as if would starve All the
time would take such weak trembling
spells, and it seemed as if I could not stand
1t. There were six doctors treating me
when commenced taking your medicine.
I had lost all hope and gone to my fathers
to die. commenced taking DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and his Fa-
vorite Prescription together. and I took
them regularly until felt as if life was
worth living again"
81 weigh more than have weighed for
ten years. My friends say that look better
than they ever saw me. The first two bot.
ties did me more good than all the medicine
had taken. My stomach has never hurt
me since. / can eat anything want and as
much as want. If you want to use this in
favor of your medicine, an: a living wit
ness to testify to it, and will, to anybody
who wants to know further of my case"
>eMo~Eo Snu9 .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-18
TIE STAR OF HOPE.

II had lost an
hope and gone to
my fathers to die, /"
said Mrs. MoLrH
EVANS, of Moxnd,
Co,yeu Co., Texas.
Il gave birth to q
baby a yeaf ago. the
5th of June last, "
she adds, and
seemed to do very
well for s or 9 days,
and then I began to
feel very bad, my
feet began to swell,
my stomach was all
wrong and I seemed
to suferwith every
thing that could be
borne. Twas in bed
S months and there
was not a day that it
seemed I could live.
We had the best
doctors that our
country afforded. I
was a skeleton.
Every one that saw
me thought that I
would never get
xr-a1I haH ~a1~sfa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-18
ne weather We nag asvs.

Generally fair tonight, probably
Increasing slOudiness Wednesday and
p'esibly light showers Wednesday
afternoon; very little change in tenn.
perature; south to east-rly winds.
A slight rise in temperature has
occurred throughout the central SEC
lions. A few stations In the north
west report an inconsiderab.e fall
Today's temperature so.
T. j. WALz, Observer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
A MONSTER BELL.
It's the Biggest in the World that Is
in Ringing Order.

On the principle that living dog is
better than dead lion, n bell that is
whole should be better than one that is
cracked, even though the latter be the
bigger of the two. For some time past
there has been a sort of dead-heat be-
tween the two biggest bells in the
world, the one at the cathedral in Mos
COW, and the other at the unfinished
pagoda of MengoOn, n little north OF
Mandalay. If the former was the big
ger of the two, it was cracked, ana
therefore useless as Il bell, while the
latter though whole, had dragged its
supports down till it rested on the
ground, and would not emit any sound.
Now, however, it has been reswung,
and can claim attention as the biggest
bell, in working order, in the world.
In 1896 the Burmese community de-
cided to have the bell raised, and en-
ployed the Irrawaddy Flotilla Com
pany, limited, to do the work. The
work has been successfully accom-
plished. The bell hangs on a large
steel girder, with distributing girder
on the top of it, and the main girder
rests on two large iron columns, %
feet high, which rest on concrete foun-
dations. The bell swings, with its low
err rim about three feet from the ground.
The weight is about 9S tons, the cir
conference at the base being 5115 and
at the top 2G feet. 1t averages over n
foot in thickness. The bell itself is
over II feet high, and the shackle,
which was intended for logs of timber,
about Il feet. The pin in the shaclle
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

In connection with the recent death
of BlOndin, the greatest of funambu-
lists, 1t is recalled that President Lin
coin once made use of him for one of his
Enthusiastically apt illustrations. To
a fault-fnding delegation that visited
him, Mr. Lincoln said:
Gentlemen, suppose all the property
you were worth was In gold, and you
had put it into the hands of Blondin to
carry across Niagara Falls on a rope;
would you shake the cable, or keep
shouting out to him, "BlOndin, stand
up a little straighter. Blondin, stoop
a little more; go a little faster; lean
more to the southY' No, you would
hold your breath, as well as your
tongue, and keep your hands off until
he was safe over.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
NORTHERN PACIFIC DIRECTORS.
The Financial Report Gives EncOur-
nginE StAtistics.

New York, Oct 6. 49, At the annual
meeting of Northern Pacific stockholders
here Yesterday the following were elect
ed directors for the ensuing year: Ed
ward d. Adams, d. Clark, Charles z.
Coster, r. NJ. Galloway, Brayton Ives, d.
Willis, d. S. Lamont, John G. Moore,
Walter G. Cakes, Oliver Payne, Samuel
Spencer, James Stillman, Francis Under
man and Edwin Thompson.
The new directors are Lamont, Mellen,
Moore and Payne. They take the places
of Robert Bacon, Charlemagne Tower and
f. Winter. retired. An additional direc-
tor has been included in the board.
The first report under the reorganiza-
ton was submitted. 1t covers the ~
months ending June i, 1897. The IN
come account for this period showed the
following: Gross receipts $l4,94l sly, OPP
Grating expenses $S,l55,S73, net receipts
S5.785.945. taxes $429SSl, net income
from operating $356,964, other incomes
S3l5.34l. net revenue $5,002,365, interest
on bonds S3.ll0,248, balance S5O2,O51,
written off $l2229, surplus $4S9,82S.
The land owned by the Northern Pa
cific amounts to nearly 34,0O0,OOO acres,
of which most is west of the Missouri
river. Land sales in 10 months amount
ed to $4lS,O24, and outstanding land con
tracts on June 80 were 81 ,2O3,5S4.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
COL TOM ochILTREE.
The Famous Texas Wit Who Has
Made Two Continents Laugh.

Made Two Continents Laugh.
Col, Thomas p. Ochiltree, the famous
Texas wit and statesman, became a ma
tional character few years ago when
he came to Congress as n Representa-
tive from Texas. He was conspicuous
to look upon, and he rarely said any
thing that was not conspicuous. He
made friends, and he was so good-na
tured to his enemies and so quick with
his wit that the men who were opposed
to him were anxious to get over their
ults. He was pointed out on the floor
of the House as the first native Con-
gresham from his State. 1t was also
related that his district was wider and
longer than many of the states of Eu-
rope, reaching over territory of TWEEN
ty-seven counties, and running from
the Gulf to Eagle Pass, on the Rio
Grande. This area comprised $1,000
square miles. Ochiltree was practical
ly the king of it.
Ochiltree went to the top of capital
favoritism at a single bound. He was
a prince of story tellerS. The beauty
of his humor was that it hit no one so
hard as it hit himself. He rarely APP
peared upon the floor of the Forty
eighth Congress that he did not put
the House into a furore of laughter.
The country members used to declare
that he was more fun than the min
strels. His bills and appropriations
were TESTED through. He called him
cd hno1n1 from
Texas" and the title was enough to
get him a hearing before the busiest
committee. 1t was his custom to send
in word to an important session of IA
close-mouthed and dignitied committee
that the "Red-headed Ranger from
Texas had a few remarks he would
like to make covering Il few points in
a measure the august body had in its
pigeon holes. The admission of Ochil-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

tree meant a good laugh-a long series
of good laughs and it is Il part Of leg
lslative tradition that the Colonies sto-
ries have done for him what plain, I'M
vanished and proSaic logic failed TO do
for others.
Judge William Is. Ochiltree, a law
yer of great repute in the South, was
determined that young Tom should be
brought UP in the strait and narrow
path. He thought his son would be Il
quiet man, of gentle habits, and there
upon placed him under the care and tu-
telace of two Catholic priests. The
priests laborcd in NacOgdoches parish,
where the boy was born, and they
tried induStriouSly to keep their pupil
in lines of thought that might possibly
take him into the clergy. The lad stood
II for time, and at the age of 10 sud
denly took the matter into his own
hands. He wanted to fight Indians
The priests were pOWerleSS, and, with
a great deal Of shreWd planning, young
Tom made an enlistment as Il private
in the Texas Rangers, starting west for
the scalps Of the Apaches and Co
manches in 1854. A year knocked all
the romance out Of this bOyiSh ambi-
lion. and he was willing to come home
and buckle down TO his books. He al
WAYS had some outside plan in his
head. and while he was still under his
majority III years he was editor of a
uaDel. and had been sent as a delegate
4 -, pInc nd
baltimore. He studied law and was
barely out of his teens when his father
took him into his office as a partner.
The father went away from town one
day. and while he was gone the boy
had the sign changed. San Antonio
awakened the next morning to laugh
for wears at the strange name of the
firm - Thomas 7. Ochiltree and
Father. Attorneys" The grown man
was no less original than the boy had
been. and his wit increased as the
vnars brought the stubby, fat young
eter into rotund, broad irthed states
man.
Ochiltree fought his way to colon
elcv in the Confederate army. After
the war he told the people of Texas,
through his Galveston paper, ito stop
CRYING and get solace in work" His
ability was marked enough TO attract
the attention of President Grant, and
Grant made him the marshal for Tex
as. He and the President became great
friends. 1t is said that Grant delight
ed in seeing no one more tnan he did
in seeing Tom Ochiltree.
Texas owes as much to Ochiltree as
It does to any other man that ever
came from the State. He has been
untiring in his efforts to keep the
State before the public. He did so
much in this respect with the papers
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
WORST FEVER DAY.
THE SITUATION IN NEW ORLEANS.
Cases of the Yellow Scourge Have
Been Suppressed-ExpIan Is
That Local Physicians Have Been
DereIict in Their Duty.

New Orleans, Oct 6.-After two DAYS
of improvement and of promise, the fever
situation, on the face OF the record, took
somewhat of a turn yesterday. For 40
hours there had been no deaths and the
number of cases had shown material fall
ing off from the day before. Early in
the morning, however, the reports OF the
new cases began to come into the board
of health office with considerable rapidity,
and by l o'clock there had been 10 cases
reported, and by I o'clock all previous
records of this season had been broken,
so far as new cases were concerned. In
a few hours three deaths had also been
reported to the board The physicians
were not at a loss to explain the increase
in cases. They took the view that it
might be expected that numerous cases
would still continue daily to be reported.
DIR. Oliphant said: "The stern enforce
ment of the law requiring all physicians
to report promptly both suspicious and
actual cases of yellow fever has had a
material effect in increasing the number
of cases.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

that he edited he was Mt one tme sent
10 Europe as emigrant commissioners
for Texas. This gave him opportunity
for many trips abroad, and he became
MS fluent in the continental languages
as in English. He actually became Il
feature in the London papers, and the
old journSls used to advertise inter
views with him as the New YORK pa
pers now advertise their weekly grlst
of Sunday matter.
Col. Ochiltree has a reputation Tor
knowing more about good things TO
eat, for having eaten more good things
for having helped more people to eat
the best things than any other living
man in this country. He is also no
second on the proposition of beverages.
I The good taste in eating ana drinking
was natural for him, and he declares
he protested loudly and industriously
because the nurse insisted he should
have nothing but milk during his very
early life. He likes the good things of
life no more than he does the bright
men in life. Where he is there Is Il
certain center OF keen wit and ringing
stories. He Is versatile in his eating,
as we'll as in his mind. He stands the
chuck of the plains as well as the cher
d'ouvres of the metropolis, and he will
relish the poor stuff of the chapparel
if the men are about the table that
make tbp diners forget the dinner.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
sewn OWLS PURCHASE
TO BUILD RAILROAD AND SHELTER.
New York Capitalists Acquire VAL
liable Mining Properties in Idaho
completion of IA Narrow Gauge
Road.

Helena, Mont, Oct. 5-The payment
of the second instalment of the purchase
price of the Peacock mines in the Seven
Devils copper district i'll idaho, made here
last week, binds one OF the largest mining
transactions engineered in this section i'll
many months. The purchasers have ac-
quired the interests OF Ex-Governor ). T..
not only in the Peacock, but the Helena
and White Monument mines as we'll a
325-ton smelter is to be completed by
March !, 1898. A railroad will be built
to the Snake river and II steamer line put
on the river to connect with the Oregon
Railway & Navigation line at Hunting
ton.
The purchasers of these properties are
New York capitalists, among them being
Isaac f. Blake, formerly president of the
Continental Oil Company; eX-Mayor
franklin Edison of New York city, Chas.
w. Haight and c. j. Holman of Pitts
burg, James c. Aiken of New York, Thos,
G. IIillhouse, president of the Metropoli-
tan Trust Company, and John {. Ten
Eycll. The price of the Hotter and ilauser
interests to the syndicate is reported to
have been on the basis of S550,000 for the
entire properties, their holdings being sew
en-eighths. Those interests however, are
but a small portion of the properties to
be acquired in the district by the incom-
ing company, which has under contem-
plation the active working of many of the
mines in the Seven Devils district.
In addition to purchasing outright the
Hotter and Hauser interests, the new
company has purchased 10000 tons of ore
from the Kleinschmidt Bros. of this city,
who are largely interests in the district
and are the nine-siXteenths owners OF the
mines. The sale Of ore carries with it a
working lease of the three properties for
two years and a half.
The company also purchased the Klein
schmidt railroad grade, which was built
several years ago by Albert kleinschmidt
from the old Peacock mine to the Snake
river, 10 miles, The grade will be com
pleted and used as the roadbed for mar
row gauge railway. the contracts for the
/ construction of which have been let tC
/ Pittsburg and Buffalo contractors This
road will connect during the early part
of the operations with a steamboat run
ming to Huntington. The boat will be
constructed by a company closely asso
ciated with the Oregon Railway & Navi
CATION Company. 1t is to be smaller than
the one previously built, which proved
unsuitable for the river, and will be han
died by Captain Eph Baughman, who has
been operating steamboats, ON the Snake
river for 81 years, from Pittsburg landing
shortly below the Seven Devils district
aud Lewiston, Idaho to Riparia.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
A Consoling Thought.

Professor (disgustedly)-It's hard to
get any knowledge into your head,
your skull is so thick.
Pupil-But, remember, professor, for
the same reason it will be hard for the
knowledge to ever get out.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

Galveston, Tex, Oct. Cdr. John Gui-
teras, yellow fever expert, en- route to
Galveston from New Orleans, via st.
Louis, to examine health conditions here,
was held up by Houston quarantine Off
GERS and is now in detention camp at
Spring station There is no objection to
DIR. Guiteras coming into Galveston. He
will be escorted here by the health board
as soon as released.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

New York, Oct. &C. X. Royce, 90
wears of age, who registered at the Grand
Union hotel from San Francisco, was
found dead today in his room. lie had
committed suicide by inhaling gas
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

~. Kitty. irritability' nei S0uo 10 ~
seeplessness and the eluss YET these SO
nf dSdis E. E1 Hsg ftonSie Cor"
po %ea. v cn4 ls+'S KIsa, 1915 Rosewood
G. Philadelphia, Pa, says bao,,
ST. u hnd Dearingdovn feelings n S s Da1n
ache cb Gpla headache and always so haa
% as had 9's 1s@ Ia sss sS
m many f5s p1 hyda E v .agytsns
give gtgsb %S 5h say 5i It has cured me-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
Yeast Deemed Injurious.

In France, when the use of yeast was
first introduced, it was deemed by the
medical faculty to be so injurious to
health that its use WAS prohibited IN.
der the severest penalties.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

has diameter of 1G inches. The bell
was cast about the beginning Of the
century by King Bodaw-paya as an ac-
compartment to the huge brick pagoda
which he never finished.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

most women Will
\ let it get out OF
! order just as If
it were of no con-
sequence. Their
\ backsache, heads
d throb and burn ;
they have wander
ing pains, now here
and now there; ex'
perience extreme
lassitude, that
don't-care and
want-to-be-left-
alone feeling, ex-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

Pisos Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1865 j. X.
Madison. 2i09 42d Ave, Chicago. Ills.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

A mammoth demonstration to protest
against the Hazeton slaughter will take
place in New York October 8.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
more too.

The Detroit Citizen denies that labor or
ganization is on the down grade in that
city.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
Try schilnng's Best tea aud baking powder.

There is much Indignation along the
Canadian border because the Canucks
have prohibited the importation of lum-
bermen and other 'pauper' laborers from
the United States.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09
$4,000

Any baking powder will
tighten your cake, if that's all
You want. Some are stronger
than others, some more whole
some.
ScMIlng's Best is both and
more too.
A Sehilling & Company
Ban francisco Eo1
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-09

The trouble is that by the time peo-
pie have learned to laugh at their trou.
bles, they begin to show snag-teeth.