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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
Laundry ReduotlOns.

Prosperity has struck the Mode
laundry. opposite the court house.
1401 Second avenue, which the man.
agement proposes to share with it,
patrons by doing work at the fol.ow
ing prices: Shirts cents. collars II
cents. cuffs s cents, undershirts {
cents, drawers 5 cents. handkerchief
II cents. socks 8 cents, and big re.
duotions in prices on ladies' and fam
lily washing. Give the Model laun
dry trial-you can save SO cents or
the dollar. Work guaranteed. Tele
phone 1S45. Yours respectfully,
SIMON GOLDBERG.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
IL NAY save Your Lifs.

A dose or two Of Foley's Honey
and Tar will prevent an attack Of
pneumonia. grip or severe cold II
taken IN time. Cures coughs, colds,
Group. LaGrippe. hosrseness. diff
cult breathing, whooping cough. in
cipient consumption. asthma or
bronchitis. Gives positive relief in
advanced stages OF consumption,
asthma or bronchitis. Guaranteed
For sale by T. H. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
DEFENSE GETS THROUGH.

Thumb Prlats In Support of the Suicide
Theory introduced.
The defense has rested in the case
OF Mrs. Behrens, on trial for the
murder of her husband at Daven-
port. More testimony was offered
In support of the theory that Beh-
rens committed suicide. DR.. P. Rad
endhausen, former chemist, micro
scopist and bacteriologist, was put
on the stand. It was not as an ex.
pert chemist, however, that the doc.
tor was introduced az q witness, but
as an expert in thumb-prints, and
before his examination was conclud.
ed he proved that Pudd'head Wilson
simply isn't In it with the latter day
study Of thumb.prints as practiced in
Davenport. In short. from the fab
by thumb of the left hand of
Claus Behrens, severed from his
body two months after dea,h.
after decomposing the mold that had
gathered upon it with alcohol and
scrap!ng it away. the doctor had
found that the markings on the
thumb corresponded exactly with o
thumb-print on one of the suicide
letters. The doctor produced the
severed hand, which had been pre-
served in glass bowl. It was
passed among the jurymen. Mrs.
Behrens showed q little quiet emo.
ton as che gazed at the CHASTITY
relic. Thetdoctor explained the doc
trine OF probabilities in mathematical
and its bearing upon thumb prints.
According to the authorities, the
chances Of two thumb-prints being
alike are one in 1000, 600, OO0, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
Facing the Music.

The spirit OF this smile is used BY
John Bunyan in the meditation "Of the
Horse and Drum" in his Book For
Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhymes For
Children, published in 1856. OF the
genuine Christian he says, inter ALA:
Let drunraers beat the charge or what tLey
will,
They II nose then. face them. keep their places
Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
IS A VALUABLE WORK.
New Biographical History Of Reok Islsna
County.

New Biographical History Of Reck Islsaa
County.
The Biographical Record Of Rock
Island County, new historical al.
bum, which has been in course oil
prep aration for o number Of years un-
der the direction Of c. NJ. Cyrus, hal
come from the publishing house oi
the S. j. Clarke Publishing company,
Of Chicago. The work. which il
handsomely bound, artistically print
ed, and illustrated with steel engrsv.
ings. embraces 466 pages. Its con.
tents evince care and thnroughnesl
In compilation. and altogether the
volume is one which will prove oil
great interest and value to all who
are fortunate enough to possess 9
copy. The book Is now being deliv.
ed to subscribers by Mr.. Cyrus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
OmciAl Proceedings OF Yests rday'G
Council Meeting.

City Council Room. Rock Island,
Oct. 27.-The council met in spec
isl session at 2 O'Clock p. NJ, Mayor
Msdill presiding and all the alder
men present. The clerk read the
call, which was as follows:
Book Island, ILL.,, Oct. rs, 1897
A. d. Huesing, city clerk. Dear Sir:
Will you please call q special meeting
of the city council for Wednesday az
ternoon, Oct. ~, at 2 o'clock p. m.
for the purpose of inspecting the
paving on Seventh avenue and such
other business as may come before
the meeting. By order,
T. j. MEDILL. JR., Mayor.
On motion of Aid. Winter the coun-
Gil took recess for the purpose OF
inspecting paving on Seventh avenue
between Twenty-third and Thirtieth
streets.
On reassembling Aid. Dauber
moved that the pavement of Seventh
avenue from Twenty-third to Thir-
tieth street be accepted. Carried, Is
to l. (Lohse).
mayor and city clerk be authorized
to settle with the Edwards 6 Walsh
Construction company for the paw
ing of Seventh avenue from Twenty
third to Thirtieth street in accord
ance with the terms of the contract.
Carried, IS to I, (Lohse).
Aid. Nelson offered a resolution
instructing the city clerk to adver-
tise for bids for the construction of
the Forty-third street sewer. the
bids to be submitted to the next
meeting Of the council. Adopted.
Aid. Fender offered q resolution
instructing the superintendent of
streets to repair crossings on TWEEN.
ty-second street and Ninth avenue.
Adopted.
On motion of Aid. Maucker the
clerk opened the bids for iron pipe,
which we're as follows:
Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe
Works. $l6.40 per ton for 16-inch
pipe. delivered at Rock Island.
Harrison-Howard Iron company,
Of Chicago, $17.s4 per ton delivered,
special castings 2 cents per pound.
ADHESION Pipe & Steel company, OF
Cincinnati. $18 rs per ton delivered,
special castings p cents per pound.
Ohio Pipe company, Columbus,
Ohio, &l7.39 per ton.
j. B. Clough & Son, Chicago.
e17.45 per ton, delivered.
On motion Of Aid. Maucker the bids
were referred to the mayor, water.
works committee and engieer with
power to act.
Aid. Concannon moved that the
mayor and waterworks committee bt
authorized to procure additional IL
acres adjacent to the reservoir site
Carried unanimously.
A petition from Blake & Murphy
for permission to open paved stree,
was granted on motion of Aid
Maucker.
The clerk read q communication
from the Davenport 6 Rock Island
Bridge and Terminal company in
relation to its right of way.
Aid. Gall moved that the commu
nicstion be received and placed OF
6le.
Aid. Maucker moved as q substi
tute that the communication b,
received and laid over to the mex
meeting. Carried.
Adjourned on motion of Aid. Pen
der. AID. HUEsIxe.
| CITY Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

The best SAlve in the world fol
Cuts. Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chspped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns. and oil
Skin EruPtions. and positively cures
Files, or no pay required. Il ls guar.
hnteed to give perfect satisfaction OK
money refunded. Price Is cents Del
box. For sale by Hsrt3 4 Ullemeyef.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foot-Ease, q powder to be shaken
into the shoes. 1t makes tight or
new shoes feel easy; gives instant
relief to corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery Of the age.
Cures and prevents swollen feet,
blisters, callous and sore spots.
Aliens Foot-Ease Is q certain cure
for sweating. hot aching feet. Al
all druggists and shoe stores, rs
cents. Trial package free by mail.
Address, Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N Y,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

The soothing. lung-healing virtues
OF the newly cut pine are all embod-
led in Dr.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup. the sovereign remedy for
coughs and colds and lung tr oubles
OF all sorts. For sale BY Marshall &
Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

Which requires a constitutional rem.
edy. II cannot be cured by local D.
plications. Hoods Sarsaparilla il
wonderfully successful in curing
catarrh because it Graduates from
the blood the scrofulous taints which
cause it. Sufferers with catarrh find
q cure in Hoods Ssrsaparilla, even
after other remedies utterly fail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
A Syndicate to Purchase Kion dit. Cl.i,

SYNDICATE TO Purchase Kl0ndike Clslms
Late advices from London confirm rumors that
have heretofore reached this eide Of the Atlantic
that financially powerful syndicate is in pro.
cess of formation in England, France and Ger
many to buy all the paying claims of miners in
the klondiks region. OF course this will lead 10
q vast amount Of speculative valuation. but there
is claim in the Kondike, Is elsewhere, which
1t lie impossible to underestimate and that is the
claim Of Hostetter's stomach Bitters to the fore
most place among American remedies for livsi
complaint. The bilious and eonstipatsd derive
prompt relief from this genial alternative. which
remedies nausea, yellowness Of the skin and
eyeoalls. fur upon the tongue, and unpleasant
odor Of the breath that characterizs biliousness.
It also remedies and prevents mslarisl sud
rheumatic ailments, kidney trouble, ls,k Of
stamina, dyspepsia and nervousness. Like all
standard remedies that have established them
selves in popular favor. it deserve. q fair Fad
persistent trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

Many desperate cases Of kidney
diseases pronounced incurablo have
been cured by Foley's Kidney Cure.
Many physicians use it. For sale By
T. Fl. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

II you want to quit tobacco using
easily and forever, be made we'll,
strong. magnetic. full OF new life and
vigor, take No-To-Bsc, the wonder
worker that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds In ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac
from your own druggist. who will
guarantee cure. Booklets and sam
pies mailed free. Addres Sterling
Kennedy company. Chicago or New
York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

You ought to know that when
suffering from any kidney trouble
q safe. sure remedy is Foley's Kid
ney Cure. Guaranteed or money re-
funded. For sale by T. H. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
CHEF ON CLEAN STREETS.

Says People Must Take Care OF Waste Pa.
per and Rabbish.
OF late there has been no little
complaint about waste paper and
other rubbish in the streets. Chief
Fender has heard many of them and
has sought remedy By notifying
people. particularly merchants. ia
heed the ordinance governing the
disposition of offal. But he says no
good has come OF his efforts in this
direction, and that all he can do IL
to enforce the law. This he proposes
doing.
The elements we're little uneasy
today. and as consequence paper
was flying in all directions. Horses
we're frightened and pedestrians
we're annoyed. Officer Ryan declares
that he gathered in wagon load Of
it. A bunch Of excelsior came whiz-
ztng down Sixteenth street and as i,
was passing the station it was las.
seed by Desk Sergeant Archer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

Hundreds Of precious little ones
owe their lives to DR.. Thomas Eclec-
trio Oil, the sovereign cure for Group
and all other throat or lung diseases.
For sale by Marshall & Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys
and bowels Never sicken, weaken
or grippe; 10 cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

A cold. Neglect. Pneumonia.
Grief. Had Folsy's Honey and Tar
been used. this story would have
had happier ending. For sale BY
T. H. ThOmas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

You can cure it in one night with
DIR. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey. % cents
a. all druggists. No cure no pay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

Hoods Pills are prompt. Efficient
always reliable. easy to take. easy t:
operate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

LNOR SALE-COAL IN ANY QUANTITY
A OF 80 bushels OF over Mt ~ 30 per ton. de-
nvered Z. o. ID to any part Of tho city. Leave
orders at Commercial house barber shop, Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
FOR RENT.

INOR RENT-A FIvE-ROOM FLAT ON
II Third avenue. Call ut NJ. & X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

E'OR PENTHOUSE ON FORTY.THIRD
L street. Inquire Of +. NJ. Sinnet, 42O5
Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
WANTED.

NNANTED- TO BUY OR TRADE FOR A
w good horse. Enquire at 319 Twentieth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

ENOR SALE OR ExCHANGE-A GOOD
II paying bakery business ut iIO0 Third ave.
nue.. Owner wishes to engage in other bust.
ness. VIII take real estate In exchange. CaiI
~ above number for particulars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
MISCELLANEOUS,

II OST-A SrM OF MONEY FINDER
IL please leave Mt THE ARGUS ONCE and
receive reward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

WANTED-GoODs TO STORE IN CHEAP,
w clean and Light storage rooms. with elo-
yator - ld23 Sscond avenue. Johnny Jones.
Two rings on 1917.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
FOR SALE.

TOR sALE-rwo HOTELS. GORDON 4
II Bowman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

"ANTED-To LEASE A BUILDING FOR
w manufacturing wooden work, with or
without power: must have switching facilities.
Address Manufacturer" care OF THE ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

WANTED-A POSITION FOR A LITTLE
w girl To assist In housework or rs nurse
girl Address r O., Argus once
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28
.rhs Worst cUldIEver a.a.-

Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-28

WANTED-To LOAN MONEY ON Ola
w monds, Watches, tewelry, hardware.
musical instruments, bicyclcs clothing, dry
paid for second hand goods of al kinds also.
The above goods for sale At half she usual
store prices. All bosiness transactions strictly
confidential. HIS new number and locsSion.
1921 Second Avenue. Don't forget IL. ]. w.
Jones. Two rings on 1917
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

demand that he at least be given
drink of water or in some slight
manner looked after. The aver
age human being would hardly
leave strange dog tied up for
twenty-four hours in a woodshed
without offering it food or drink.
The police force of some of our
cities have become so hardened
from handling and beating vags
and DRINKS that most Of them pos
sess very little Of the milk of
human kindness. It is also a no.
toriously open fact that a large
number Of policemen are them
selves SO thoroughly saturated with
alcohol that they cannot detect
the usual odor of stale beer and
whisky from a drunken man, and
therefore infer that any man pros
trated on the streets must be a
drunk unless other ocular evil
dence is at hand to account for
his condition. We are glad to see
that the friends of Judge Goodwin
are having the cause Of his death
thoroughly investigated. Let the
reader just consider for a moment
how many times il is possible that
such may occur to any respectable
person in strange city where
perhaps his friends will never hear
from him again. Though we re-
gret the death of this gentleman
from such an unnecessary cause,
and denounce the lax police reg
ulations that caused the sad &C.
currence, we are at least glad that
the Judge has staunch friends in
his home town who will sift the
matter thoroughly and open the
eyes Of the public to some Of the
up-to-date police methods in deal
ing with the unfortunate.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

it will certainly tend to thaw out
the icy barrier that has been
erected in the hearts Of the COM
mon Russians against their de-
spotic ruler. The young car has
evidently concluded that such a
move is a good one, even though
it be inspired through fear and
rendered as a "jolly" for the
nihilistic faction of his empire.
By his putting such wholesome
reforms into effect, the car will
effectually drive the entering wedge
that will lessen anarchy and
nihilism in all portions of the old
world, and thus withdraw the fount
that inspires the foreign element
Of anarchy in this country.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16
THE BRAGGART.

A SOBER braggart is the soul
affinity of the drunken idiot who
gives you ''quiet tip" about what
he can do and how much better
than his fellow workers he does it.
We all know the drunken man
and his yarns. We forgive his
boastfulness, blaming the whisky
rather than the medium through
which it speaks. For the sober
boaster we have not even that eX-
cuse. The young men whom you
hear refer to parents as ''his job
lots" and cher nibs" are usually
the strain from which the imbecile
boaster is drawn. It is pitiful to
listen to some Of them as they
relate their stunning conquests
over the fair ones of their acquaint-
ance. In the same breath they
will tell you, with a thrill Of pride,
that they "smoked IL packages O.
Gigs yesterday, and had to give
her nibs' the glad hand for a
nickel to get the last three" These
are the brilliant young idiots who
eventually blossom out into the
loquacious braggarts whose nausea
ting drivel is forced on all who are
compelled to be within the limits
of their shrill tongues at any out
ing or public gathering.
The braggart is SO highly i'm
bued with the fattering manner in
which his coarse witticisms and
vile slang are received by associ-
ates that he soon looks upon him.
self as a necessary public enter
tainer wherever crowd is
assembled. To this end he gives
those "quiet tips to his chums in
a voice loud enough to be heard
by the extra audience whom he
really desires to impress with his
stunning" accomplishments and
command of slang. You have
often noticed the little cur doc
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16
JUDGE DIES IN A JAIL CELL.

THE Masonic lodge of Maryville,
kas., of which Probate Judge J. G.
Goodwin, was member, has ordered
an investigation into his death at
Cleveland, Ohio, last Sunday. They
assert that Judge Goodwin, while en-
route home from the Buffalo G. A. R.
encampment stopped off at Cleveland,
and becoming unconscious was placed
in cell for "a hours without medical
attendance. His remains reached
home today.
The above item taken from the
columns Of the daily press is in
itself startling arrangement of the
criminal carelessness of the police
force, in not being able to discern
between a common drunk and a
dangerously sick man. It is not
likely that the deceased judge
wore the garb or bore facial
traces Of the worthless drunkard
accustomed to wallowing in the
gutter of a city when drunk. Even
though he was the lowliest of
creatures common humanity would
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

THERE are too many Micawbers
in the world. This philosophical
notion of waiting for something
to turn up is we'll enough if, in
the interim, we make some in
dividual effort to MAKE some
thing turn up" There are too
many people who are, compari-
lively speaking, waiting for some
philanthropist to come along and
present them with fully accout-
cred farm, or an established bust
ness already paying large profits
and needing no further effort than
the writing of check to produce
wealth. The more conservative
"Micawbers' are willing to invest
dollar a month in some lottery
scheme with the ultimate certainty
Of drawing a fortune as a prize.
These fairy dreams of wealth
tumbling in our way unexpectedly
may be suitable as an abstract
study for a man who is eating three
"regulars'' daily; but we would
hardly advise our worst enemy to
delay his next meal until such
reverie became more than vacuous
anticipation. If you want your
measure Of happiness and pros
perity in this world you must
hustle for it. If you are not will
ling to hustle you are not deserv-
ing of a slice of the pie of content.
Pull yourself together and chase
after the good things if you want
them; they will positively never
come abegging to you for ac-
ceptance.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

EFFORTS are being made by a
band of twenty-five ''legitima-
tionists' in Boston to organize an
association for the abolition of the
marriage ceremony. The leaders
of this new scheme of sensualism
do not deny that their past record
as pronounced anarchists is not
likely to give them highly moral
following in this new social agita-
ton. AS a bait for disciples the
association has as one of it's OBJ
jects the legitimation Of all off
spring. 1t is to be hoped that
cultured Boston will give these
Jack Mormons" who have sought
inspiration from the erotic Shelley
and George Sand, a trenchant
sample of the marble heart.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

That imam wants but little here
below seems to be verified daily
by the carelessness and criminal
risk taken for the qualification of
abnormal greed and dissolute pas
sions. It is a strong indictment
against our individual sanity when
we calmly look into our cratic
conduct in playing the game Of a
crooked life. There is positively
no gain to it under the most favor
able conditions that is in any way
equivalent to the risk taken.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

IF YOU want to find out "What's
in a name?" just write out two
exact copies Of an article; send one
to each of two prominent mag
azines, having one subscribed
''Benjamin Harrison, ex-presi-
dent" the other signed with your
own name. We will guarantee
that by first return mail you will
have a more vivid idea of "W hats
in name?" than you at any pre-
viOus time realized.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

who is continually barking and
jumping at larger dogs that he is
certain will not attempt to hurt
him. That is as near a smile as
it is possible to get for the verbose
braggart. His sole aim in life is
to attract attention, we'll aware that
he will not be harmed, and always
hoping for crust of admiration.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

Now COMES the startling news
from St. Petersburg that the car
is about to inaugurate great re-
forms in the Russian penal system.
Young Nicholas is even thinking
seriously of entirely abolishing the
Siberian exile system. This glad
news will be received with JOY by
humanitarians the world over; and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16
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