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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

LNOR SALE OR EXCHANGE A GOOD
II paying bakery business at IlO0 Third ave-
nue.. Owner wishes to engage in other bust
ness VIII take real estate Ia exchange. Call
Mt above number for particulars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19
WANTED.

"ANTED-KITCH Girl. AT THE
w Delmonico restaurant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

Tor RENT - 5-ROOM COTTAGE a.l9
Eshth-and -a-nalf avenue. Enquire next
door.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

"ANTED-AN EXPERIENCED DINING
w room girl at BIO Fifth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

INOR RENT-FLAT OF THREE NICE
II ro. ms. water up stairs. RsntS. Inquire
ut lilo Third avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19
MiSCELLAN EOUS.

LrOR SALE OR RENT-A HOUSE OF 10
Il rooms at 1910 Third avenue; contains all
modern improvements and is In good repair
Apply to f. q. Frazer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

L'oI RENT-A FURNISHED BRICK RES
II idet ce, eight large rooms; rent reasona-
bic Apply at 2s5S Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19
FOa RENT

L1oR RENT-sTORE AND FLAT AT iis
II Eighteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

ENOR RENT-FOuR ROOM FLAT ON TWEEN.
- tleth street; $40 per month Apply to Z
III. Stafford. Masonic Temple block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

IGOR RENT-A NICE FLAT; STEAM
II heat and gas stove: suitable for light
housekeeping, In Industrial home building.
Apply to T. H. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

L'oR RENr-FIvE ROOM FLAToN TWEEN.
II ticth street; modern improvements: e22
per monty Apply to Z. II. Stafford, Masonic
Temple block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

"ANTED-GfRL FOR GENERAL HOUSE.
w work ut lCl7 Eleventh avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-19

"ANTED-TO LOAN MONEY ON Ola.
w monds, watches, jewelry, hardware,
goofs furnItu-e et. HIghest cash nrices
paid for second hand goods of all kinds also.
The above goods for sale NJ half the usual
store prices Al business transactions strictly
confidential His new number and location,
1871 Second Avenue Don't forget IL. J. W.
Jones'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-18
new
CUT
GLASS

IF YOU CARE
about CUT GLASS the as
SOrtment in cur windows
today will interest you. 1t
is the product of the Meri~
dan Manufacturing Com
pany, and is without question
the handSomeSt now on the
market. The designs are eX-
elusive, the cuts the keenest
and brightest and the prices
the lowest.
This make of GLASS; rates
higher among collectors than
any other and is used by the
best people in the United
States. The pieces include
everything used on the table
as we'll as those for orna-
ment. Some of the articles
are small and the price
within the reach of every
one-it's only the big pieces
that command large prices,
and even they are cheap.
If you are fond of CUT
GLASS you never had a
better opportunity to secure
a collection at rediCulously
low prices than now.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-18
Pure, Rich
Blood

Is the soil in which roots life, health,
strength, happiness. The soil of the
blood can be drained or impoverished
like any other soil, and can be fertil-
lied and nourished in similar way.
You can get back the old spring and
snap. You can enjoy labor by day
and sleep by night. You can eat
your food with the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-18
Hearty
Appetite

of health. if you only supply the
blood with it's lacking nutriment;
vitalize it, or if you like, fertilize it.
A large number of so called tonic
remedies are disguised stimulants.
Ayers Sarsaparilla is not stimu-
liant but a nourishment. 1t feeds
the blood and so enriches it. as we'll
as purifes it. That is why physi-
clans recommend
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Giving the Babies n Show.

Pittsburg, Pa, has quite novelty In
the childrens miniature theater, which
is part Of the opera house, for to this
'.theater" there is absolutely no charge;
IL is free to the littlest kid of patrons,
and trained nurses and maids are on
hand to attend to them, and see that
every want is satisfied. Over the chill
dren's theater is n nursery, provided
with beds and bath room, and when
the youngsters grow weary before the
parents are prepared to leave their
own entertainment, they can go to
sleep as sweetly and as peacefully as
in their own nests at home. In the
good old days, when mothers either
carried the babies to the theater or
were obliged to remain away, and miss
what others were free to enjoy, this
idea would have seemed almost heav-
enly. The legend, Babies in arms not
admitted" no longer terifies Pittsburg
mammals. And, not merely are the in
fants provided with every comfort, but
the older ones are amused by exhibit
tons suited to their little tastes and
such performances as appeal to youth
full minds. 1t is part Of the general
scheme to give American children y
good time, while they are young, and
apparently it works to a charm in
Pittsburg's miniature palace of amuse-
ment.-Boston Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30

pitfalls and morgues. The only bodies
for which a high price can be obtained
are those of persons dying in some
mysterious way or some rare disease.
For these physicians or others inter-
csted are often willing to pay enough
to induce the body snatcher to take
long chances. OF course the body of
person of great wealth Is always in
more or less danger, but their tombs
are usually made practically impenetra-
bic"
While there is little body snatching
now the evil that men do lives after
them, and work done by the body
snatchers of a past generation often
comes to light when, through the
wishes of relatives or otherwise, it be-
comes necessary to transfer corpse
to another spot. Many an empty coffin
is found, and many are the articles of
cemetery men to conceal from the rela-
tives the absence Of the remains from
their resting place. The custodian of
the dead will seek to convince the
friends Of the long departed one that it
is better that they should not look upon
the corpse, that it is decayed beyond
recognition, and that the sight of it
would be unpleasant to them.
II he succeeds, as he usually does, in
persuading them to forego the privilege
OF another last look, he manages to get
enough sand and earth into the coffin
to give it the proper weight and thus
eludes suspicion. In other cases the
head of the coffin Is found to have been
smashed in and there are marks of the
CHASTITY body hook under the chin. but
the remains are intact, showing that
the robbers were interrupted at their
work or found that they had the wrong
corpse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
TERRORIZES NEW MEXICO.
Black Jack, the Outlaw, and Some OF
His Daring Deeds.

Black Jack, the Outlaw, and Some of
His Daring Deeds.
Black Jack, the hero of the Santa Fe
Pacific express robbery, is one Of the
worst bad men that ever devastated
the Southwest. His habitat Is Western
New Mexico, and his latest and most
desperate robbery was the holding up
Of the Santa Fe Pacific express train,
with the help of single companion.
He secured between $4,000 and $780,
600 in gold, and has successfully elud-
ed pursuit. For months past Black
Jack and his band have held up stages
and trains and secured thousands Of
dollars, and the railroad officials and
government officers have been unable
TO stop their depredations.
Black Jacks real name is Howard
Mcdonald, and he is said to be a Har
ward graduate Of engaging appearance.
Black Jack has been at work in the
territory about two years, and already
many strange stories are told of him.
An express agent once spoke Of his lack
of fear of Black Jack. A few nights
afterward he received visit from that
gentleman, who robbed the safe.
A man named James Shaw informed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
LENGTH OF A THOUGHT.
Surprising Results of Experiments by
n Noted British cientist.

Noted Br1t1Sh : chemist.
How long does 1t take a man to think ?
Professor Richet, at meeting of the
British association, gave the results of
his Investigations into this subject. He
found that by mentally running up the
notes of the musical scale for one or
more octaves and then dividing the
total time by the number of notes
thought of, the time taken for each
note was one-eleventh of a second.
There are various ways of arriving Mt
conclusions as to the amount of time
necessary for realizing any physical
sensation or mental impression. If
the skin be touched repeatedly with
light blows from small hammer a
person may, according to Professor
Richet, distinguish the fact that the
blows are separate and not continuous
pressure when they follow one another
ms frequently as 1000 a second.
The smallest intervals of sound can
be much better distinguished with one
ear than with both. Thus the separate
ness of the clicks of revolving toothed
wheel was noted by one observer when
they did not exceed sixty to the second,
but using both ears he could not dis
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30

tingulsh them when they occurred
oftener than fifteen times a second.
The sharp sound of the electric spark
Of an induction coil was distinguished
with one ear when the rate was as high
as 500 to the second. Sight is much
less keen than hearing In distinguish
ing differences. IL disc half white
and half black be reyolved, 1t will
appear gray when its revolutions ex-
coed twenty-four per second.
1t has been found that we can hear
far more rapidly than we can count, so
that II clock-clicking movement runs
faster than ten to the second we can
count four clicks, while with twenty
to the second we can only count two Of
them.-Boston Globe
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
BODY sNATcHINo.
/ A Vocation Once Profitable Is Recalled
by Recent Ghoulish Outraues.

A Vocation Once Profitable Is Recalled
by Recent Ghouiish Outrages.
Body snatching has again thrust it.
self upon public notice through series
of particularly atrocious offenses, one
mt Dunning, near Chicago; another at
Millville, y. j., where woman's grave
was desecrated and her body dragged
from the coffin and mutilated; and a
third ut Londonderry, Ohio. In the
latter case the body Of Carlton Kelly
was taken from its grave, doubled up
In trunk and shipped to Columbus,
dumped into the cellar Of the Ohio
Medical college and re-embalmed,
doubled UP into another trunk and left
on street corner. 1t was finally found
by the police and returned to its grave.
Twenty years ago grave robbing was
vocation profitable enough to keep n
considerable amount of talent en-
ployed. But the burying ground Gus
todians of to-day scarcely recall an in
stance of the kind within their expert
ence.
Body snatching Is lost art so far
as the large cemeteries are concerned"
said the assistant superintendent OF
Graceland cemetery in Chicago. such
Il thing would not be possible in well
regulated burying ground of to-day.
Aside from other considerations, 1t
would be next to impossible to get a
body out of Graceland without being
detected in the act. The grounds are
patrolled through the night, and every
precautlon is taken to prevent depreda-
tons of any kind. The memory of the
oldest employee here probably does not
furnish single instance of the kind"
Another cemetery superintendent
said The body snatching business
ceased to be profitable when we began
to use the pine box to inclose the coffin
or casket. Before the introduction of
this outer box 1t was comparatively
easy for the grave robber to make a
narrow excavation at the head of the
grave, lift the wooden lid ever the glass
through which the face Of the corpse
Is seen, smash the glass, insert n body
hook under the chin and jerk the body
out Of the grave. But now the whole
grave must be excavated and the lid
of the pine box unscrewed before the
coffin is accessible. This takes so much
time and so increases the chances Of
discovery that few care to engage In
the business for the money there is
in It,
las matter Of fact the commercial
value Of a corpse Is very slight now
adays. The physicians and schools can
get all the bodies they want Mt the nos
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
MIRROR OF MICHIGAN
FAITHFUL REcOUhTiNG OF HER
LATEST NEWS.
Monroe's Mayor Is Beaten What the
Factories Are Doing Munificent Gift
to Oiivet College -Disfigured by a
Contract Is Legal.

The Monroe Water Works Company
won out in the Supreme Court in its suit
to compel Mayor George +. Heath to sign
its contract with the city to supply water
for public uses. The Council authorized
the contract, which the Mayor vetoed.
1t was then passed over his head, but he
still refused to sign it, on the ground that
it was illegal and void and that il was not
part of his official duties to execute con-
tracts on behalf of the city. The Supreme
Court holds that the contract is legal
one under the general city charter, and
that it is the duty Of the Mayor to obey
the directions Of the Council in perform
ing the ministerial act of executing the
contract
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30

the authorities that the gang had been
in the vicinity of Clifton, and they
swore to have his life for the death of
Ketchum, one of their number who had
been killed In fight with officers. His
house was blown up with dynamite,
his horse was shot from under him in
the mountains, and finally he was muir
dered In Western Grant County while
following up Black Jack and his gang.
One of Black Jacks most daring ex-
ploits was to notify a party of II who
lived In one room at San Simon that
ne would call upon them. He held up
the entire IL and got away unframed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
State News i'm Brief.

A new single mill has been erected and
is now in operation near Moorc's Junction.
Fred Ii. Crippen, the Brighton young
man who left home suddenly last summer,
has returned. He has enough Of rough
ing it.
Attorney General Maynard believes he
will be able to show that the Michigan
Central Railroad has forfeited its charter
by consolidating with other companies.
The new Grand Rapids, Kalkaska and
Southeastern Railroad has been complet-
ed from Van Buren, to Kalkaska, and
trains are run regularly over that divis-
ion of the road. A handsome new depot
has been built at Kalkaska.
VIM. Haley, Jr., was killed and several
others slightly injured by the explosion Of
the boiler of a portable sawmill on the
Rifle river, twelve miles northeast of
Standsh. rg.
At a cost of $4,000. Armour of Chi
coco will erect new ice house at Whit
more Lake. The building when complet-
ed will cover an acre of ground and will
be 81 feet high.
The board of control Of the school for
the leaf has formally accepted the build
ings Just completed at Flint. They were
constructed by the appropriation of the
last Legislature.
Thomas Evans Of Muskegon has re-
ceived word from Myton village, Shrop-
shire, England. that he is one of ten heirs
to n property in Liverpool valued at ST.
100000, left by an uncle.
First Lieut. Edward 4. Winston of the
10Th infantry, Fort Brady, was seriously
injured by fall from his bicycle. He
has gone to Fort Leavenworth, Kan, for
treatment.
Clara Sackett, n domestic employed in
Cass City, daughter of the postmaster at
wickware, became tired of life, because
OF disappointment in love. She took laud-
anum and rough on rats, and IL took two
physicians to save her life.
The county Christian Endeavor con-
vention Mt Alma elected the following off,
GERS: President, Rev. A. l.. Toner, Ithaca
vice-president, Miss Louise Leonard, st.
Louis: secretary-treasurer, Miss Winnie
Griffin. Alma.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Teaching Hints.
ueInin PernIexity.

Melanchthon said, Trouble and per-
plexity drives us to prayer, and prayer
driveth away trouble and perplexity."
Well and truly stated. These things
work both ways. No Christian ought
to make 1t necessary that trouble and
perplexity shall drive him to prayer.
but as a matter Of fact some Christians
get so prayerless that something out Of
the ordinary is needed to drive them
to earnest prayer; and then, in turn,
such praying drives from them the
very things which induced them to
pray. 1t Is also true that even those
who keep up daily prayer are made
more prayerful, intensely prayerful, by
trouble, and then they get relief from
trouble by prayer. - Northwestern
Christian Advocate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30

~ the betting connecting the motor and
the shafting slid from one of the pull
leys, and the whole affair Immediately
fell in a slanting direction to the
ground. The engineer saved himself,
but the car and motor were smashed
TO atoms, and the body of the balloon
was much damaged. During the night
hurricane completed the havoc. The
cost Of the balloon was about $4,000,
but as its manoeuvering capacity Is
considered proved, another is to be
built at once.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Gave Way with a Roar.

The large reservoir ut Munising gave
way. With noise like the roar of Nj
agara the water rushed from the break
to seek it's level in the bay. The reser-
yoir had just been completed by the Shaw
kimball Engineering Company of Toledo,
and the Council had appointed a commit
tee to inspect the job. The reservoir is
BIZ feet above the level of the streets and
supplied the water mains of the village.
The break was caused by frost cracking
the cement and the water working way
through the loose dirt. The amount Of
damage has not us yet been estimated.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Swinhurnc. the Poet.

Algernon Charles Swinburne, the
poet, is one of the most eccentric in
dividuals in England. lie is perfect
master of Greek and French, but II Is
his delight to pretend to be entirely
illiterate, and, though he left Oxfor,l
with great reputation, he never took
his degree. Mr.. Swinburne lives near
London, but he Is rarely seen in society.
One of the most pleasing traits In ms
character is his devotion to children.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30

pocketitself, so that
devices would not
be necessary. l ex-
perimented. IF the
pocket slopes away
from the upright
line 1t won't spill
things so easily
thought /. ! went to
n tailor and had
him make me a
vest with the upper
pockets sloping to-
ward the armpits.
1t was a success
from the start.
Since that time /
have not spilled n
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
The NIists of Life.

We might oftener save ourselves from
heavy hearts aud gloomy faces when
early morning shows gray in our lives
or other lives about US. Mists are left
over from storm yesterday. The day
closed on a misunderstanding. Why
talk about It? Let the weather alone.
Fog is shallow. 1T will burn off before
long" There Is good warm sun OF
love Mt work, and the blue sky will soon
DO over us.---Sunday School Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Work of Michigan Factories.

The average aggregate monthly pay roll
of Michigan factories for the past year,
as reported by Chief Factory Inspector
Cox, was S3,02J029. There were Il total
of 3,404 factories in operation, while 800
were idle. Only 2,910 were running full
time. The number of persons employed
was S117,OS1. of whom 99,32S were males.
A feature of the situation is that while
the percentage of accidents TO the total
number of factories was 7.02 last year it
was but A. this year, the difference be-
ing due to the strict enforcement of the
factory inspection law.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Gives So5.OOO to Olivet.

ID. Il. Pcarsons of Chicago has pledged
$4,000 to Olvct College on condition
that the college raise So. 200 more within
a year. No canvass for the $4,000 is to
be made in New England except among
personal friends of the institution. Oivet
College is Congregational institution
and the Rev. William G. Sperry, ID. D.,
is the president
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30

because vest pockets are not made
right.
81 got to thinking about 1t. Lots or
money has been made by fellows who
have invented little devices for hold
ing pencils so that they would not be
lost. The result of my thoughts was
not a device to hold things in the
pocket, hut change in the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
San lose Scale spreadinu.

The San Jose scale appears to be gain
ing a foothold in the west Michigan fruit
belt. Several apple orchards near Grand
Rapids are affected. One man cut down
and burned loo trees. A thorough ex-
animation of orchards in Kent and OF
tawa counties will be made by Clinton d.
Smith of the Agricultural College. An
Eastern nursery is blamed for the APP
pearance of the pest.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30

The peach orchards in the Benton Har-
Dor region are capable of withstanding
a temperature of 10 degrees below zero
this winter, as the buds were not ad-
vanced by unusual warm weather. The
San Jose scale. which affects peach trees
in many localities. is unknown there. Fruit
growers and local nursery men take every
precaution to keep out infected stock.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Rich Farmer Disappears.

Charles Ronge, an eccentric and
wealthy farmer, aged 81. has been miss
ing from his home near Holland for sew
eral days. A new grave, freshly sodded,
i'll lonely spot on the south side of Black
lake, suggested possible explanation
but when examined day or two after it
was discovered it was found to have been
opannI
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Gcrmany's Imperial Train.

The German Emperors imperial train
cost $4,000. and took three years to
construct. There are altogether II
cars, including two nursery carriages.
The reception saloon contains several
pieces Of statuary, and each of the
sleeping cars Is fitted with bath.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Silent Sixty Hours.

Little Edith Scott was very ill with the
measles ut Northport. The other day she
fell into n deep sleep, all efforts to rouse
her proving futile. She awakened after
n 60-hour sleep. She was very weak, but
regained her strength rapidly and is now
considered out of danger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Tore Flesh from His laws.

At Owosso, Duncan Graham, the owner
OF vicious stallion. had an awful expe-
rience with the brute. While feeding the
horse, it suddenly turned on Graham and
bit him in the mouth. The flesh was torn
off his jaws, his lips and cheek hanging
down on his breast.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
Two Fatal Accidents.

VIM. Peters, living seven miles west of
Utica, fell from the loft in his barn. He
was terribly cut and bruised about the
body and received internal injuries. Carl
Schmidt, a young man living near Car
land, was accidentally shot in the stom-
nch He will die
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30
NEW MILITARY BALLOON,
German Authorities Construct One at
Cost of $4,000.

The German Government recently
constructed a huge military balloon
that has attracted much attention. 1t
is of aluminium, $50 feet long, AZ feet
high, and weighs 1900 pounds. Motion
is obtained by screw propeller at the
lower part of each side, driven by a
benzne motor in the car beneath. An
ascent was made from a field near Ber-
lin, and ut first Roadway was made
against strong wind, but unfortunate
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-30

pencil, and be- THEY CAN'T SPILL.
lieve l could stand on my head and
keep my property in those pockets. 1
figure that those pockets save me $40
or SO year in pencils and cigars, and
without expense. Try it next time you
have vest made"