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Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
Best Time to Sleep.

In view Of the many changes which
have been rung on the early to bed,
early to rise idea, the following opinion
from an eminent medical authority
ought to be of interest. He takes up the
old statement that an hour before mid
night is worth two hours after and
gives his opinion as follows: II had an
opportunity to make some study Of this
subjectin my naval service during the
late war. On shipboard, as is undoubt-
edly known to most Of you, the ships
company-officers and men alike-stand
four hour watches day and night, and
to get the required amount Of. rest are
obliged to get their sleep irregularly.
To so arrange it that the same man
shall not be obliged to take early or late
watches continually, the dog watch
of two hours Is interpolated, thus add
ing to the irregularity. In watching
the results for over two years could
never discover that the watch, officers
and men, were not as fully refreshed
by their sleep as were the medical and
pay officers, who stand no watch and
have hours as regular as thoss of any
householder It seems to make but
little difference to those who have Civ.
en- careful attention to this subjec,
W hether people sleep at one time or an
| other, so that they get o sufficient
amount Of sleep.-New York Ledger.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be receisei st the city
CLERKS office, Rock Island. until Mondsy. O, T.
T. 1891, at O'Clock p m for constructing the
improvements ordered By an ordinance cd
titled as follows:
An ordinance for the improvement OF Firs.
avenue in the city Of Rock leland. sts'e of Illi-
nols from the east line of Sixteenth street 10 the
west line OF TWEEN street."
And for furnishing all the materials and doing
the work according TO plans md specifications
on fle ~ the city clerks office.
Blank bids viii be furnished on application.
Each bid must be accompanI.d with certified
check in the cum OF five hundred tt5DOJ dollars
on come Rocs Island bank. pay able u the orcer
OF the mayor OF said city. which shall become
forfeited To said city in Gaze the bidder shG fail
10 enter Into contract, within ten tl0) dsys erer
the awarding Of ssid contract. with approved
sureties q execute the work for the piice men.
toned In his bid and according 20 the plans and
specifications IN the event that the contract ehzli
be awarded 10 him.
Contractors are required 20 furnish samples Of
byick with which work is TO be done. Brick used
in the xork must correspond with Tho samples IN
quality end etyle.
Rock Island, H., sept. 10, 1897.
Z. ID. HUEsrEG, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
Making Things Clear.

An old PEBBLES worthy and an Eng
lish lady We're ore day recently occu-
pants of railway carriage in an Edin.
burgh bound train. The train had been
waiting long at a certain station, and
there was no appearance Of its starting,
when the worthy remarked. They're a
gey taiglesome lot here"
II beg your pardon" said the lady.
I'm sayin they're an uwfu' daidlin
squad here" said the old fellow.
II really beg your pardon. sir" she
rejoined.
I'm remarkin they're a vera dreich
lot here the nicht." the old gentleman
further ventured
Really, must again beg your par
don." said the lady, with marked en-
barrassment. but I do not comprehend
you.
Il was just trying to say the train
was late," he finally blurted.
Indeed. sir. it is very late" agreed
the lady.
And the conversation collapsed
Dundee News.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
The Gr,nCe,e Remedy.

Mr.. L. b. Greeve, merchant.
Chilhowie, Va, certiies that he had
consumption. was given up to die,
sought all medical treatment that
money could procure, tried all cough
remedies that he could hear Of. but
got no relief; spent many nights Sit
ting up in chair; WAS induced to
try DIR. Kings New Discovery. and
was cured by the use of two bottles.
For past three years has been at
tending to business. and says DR.
Kings New Discovery is the grand
est remedy ever made. IS it has done
so much for him and also for others
in his communi,y. De. Kings New
Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds and Consumption. 1t don't
fail. Trial bottles free at Hartz &
Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
No More of 1t For Him.

He entered the shop of fashionable
his fuce. 1t was such a look as one sees
on the face of a man who Is firmly re-
solved to carry out, at all hazards, de-
cision which will change the whole
course Of his life.
"H'm!' he began as the assistant
stepped forward and politely questioned
him as to his requirements in feet
beautifiers. II want pair Of shoes for
my wife. Mrs. Brown"
"Yes, sir. certainly" said the young
man briskly. Same style and size as
last weekI''
Same style. Size. fves-wide fives. -
replied Brown decidedly.
only takes-that is, she usually has
3h." exclaimed the assistant. who
knew the lady we'll.
'Are you married. young man?''
Queried Brown sternly, the look of de.
termination deepening on his careworn
features. |
"Er-not yet. sir" answered the
shopman, blushing.
II thought not" returned Brown
II anil am not going to suffer hall
an hours purgatOry every morning
watching woman trying to squeeze &
bushel of feet into peck Of boots. I've
stood it long enough. and I'm going Il
take her pair that will fit. Pear
sons Weekly.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

1T appears from the records that
new federal offices and employ ments
were created by the last session Of
the last congress to the number of
40, and those discarded number 1874.
This makes q net addition to the
holding class Of 276. at "a net ad-
ditional cost OF S255,542 year.
Twenty salaries were increased
and only two reduced. The record
is not such u one as the republican
party can be proud Of. 1t Is de-
veloping tendency already too
marked. journal, (Rep)
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
1ran, F.,,s,. while L.brr s:arv,s.

Tho Dingley tariff has SO far re-
duced the revenue. 1t has made the
nocossaries Of life dearer without ad-
vnncing the wages Of labor. Ii hiss
without doub: aaJgu itself to DO
tho creature In the interest Of COM
binations and trusts.
The treasury deficiency. between
receipts and expenditures, during
the frs, month of the Dingley tariff
reached the enormous sum Of $l.,-
563, 4s3, or at the rate OF $l7i 49,
1876 year.
This last August deiiciency-undcr
the Dingley tariff. remember-was
the largest Of any month in az least
two decades. In no month of the
Wilson law was there such def
cheney recorded. And yet the loud
cry of tho republicans was that the
Wilson tariff WAS "a deficiency
maker"
The deficit the first month Of the
Dingley tariff was within $4,000, coo
of iha deficit for the last IL months
of tho Wilson tariff. Stick q large
pin there. The national debt wa:
Increased the first month of the
Dlnglcy tariff in the enormous sum
Of Si4,SS8,475.
All this Is in the caravan of "ths
advance agent OF prosperity" with
strikes galore, the necessaries Of lii'
advancing in price aud wages on th'
down grade.
That is labor'5 share. The sugal
trusts share is millions piled or
millions. But the trusts had too
close hold. Campaign debts hat
to be paid. Bu, there was no scru
pie about increasing the taxes on tn
food. the clothing and shelter o
labor.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

nolds. at Los Angeles. CAL. we're re-
eeived last week.
ID. s. Mayhew shipped two cars Of
cattle AID or.s Of hogs to Chicago
last week.
Mrs. Frances Manning has been
on the sick list since her visit to
Muscstinc.
The Commercial hotel is fixed up
in fEe shape and the doors are now
open to the public.
Mrs. McShaue. Of Hamlet. took
the train ior Milan Saturday after
noon to visit Dr.. Virgins.
Miss ViDa Crandelr departed last
week for Madison, Ind, where she
will visit several weeks with her
aunt.
Canadian Joe" Johnston sold his
fine farm near town to Tommy John
ston (Mattie's Tommy for 500 per
acre.
Mr.. and Mr.. Robert Mallet,e
mourn the loss OF their infant son,
who was buried week ago in Rey-
nolhs cemetery.
W. A. Bjorkman, for the past
three years the efficient fore au OF
the Press. has resigned his position
! and gone TO Aledo. .e
Joseph Johnston and wife returned
to Nassau. Iowa, las: "Wednesday
after pleasant visit with friends
and relatives here.
Dr.. A. Is. Montgomery has con-
cluded to open an Office in the lan
Or. Cozad's old rooms, upstairs in
the Montgomery building.
II. K. Little's residence, east 0!
Presumption, was struck By lightning
during last Wednesdays storm and
burned TO the ground. Il was fully
insured. The contents were mo tly
saved.
Charles l.. Schlueter aud Miss
Emma Baocook were married in Koch
Island last week. The young cou
pie expect to 90 to housekeeping al
once. We wish them success and
happiness.
William Kistler, wife and children
Of Buffalo Prairie. took the train las
week euroute for Roseommon. Mich.
for visit with friends and relatives
They will also stop in Chicago for .
weeks sightseeing.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
A Brave Man,

Nicolas, Chevalier d d'Assas. a French
captain in the Auvergne regiment, born
at Vigan in the Languedoc, while max
ing a reconnaissance during the night
Of Oct. Is, 1850, at klostercamp In
Westphalia. met q column of the enemy
which was advancing in silence TO sur
prise the French army. He was ordered
to keep silent or else they would kill
him D'Assas at once cried out, "a moi
Auvergne-the enemy is hereH' He was
killed on the spot-Bouillet' D;ction-
ary of History.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
THE SUPERNATURAL.
Contact With It Brings Out. . Peculia
Kind of Fear.

Contact With It Brings Out. Peculiar
Kind of Fear.
We wish the Psychical society would
one day attempt an analysis OF what.
for want of better word, we must call
the dread of the supernatural. Both
those who believe ard those who disbe-
lieve in the notion that the veil between
this world and the other is capable of
being lifted agree in one thing. They
all recognize the fact that most people
fear, or something akin to fear, what
they believe to be the occurrence OF su-
pernatural phenomena. There is here.
therefore, q piece Of ground which may
be explored without any begging of the
question as to whether the fear is caused
by real ghosts or by trickery, by rats
| aud water pipes or by genuine glimpses
of the people of another world. One
would like to know whether the fear
| felt is akin to that experienced when
man Is frightened by runaway horse
| or fire or any other imminent risk of
| life, or whether it is something differ
ent III kind.
| Speaking broadly and without any
minute consideration of the facts, one
would say that ghost fright did differ
i'll kind from the fright which comes
from active danger. Most people have,
We imagine, at some time or other in
their lives experienced that eerie, un-
canny. creepy feeling which is associat-
ed with the possibility Of contact with
the supernatural. Yet few would de-
clare that it was in any sense connected
with the dread of loss of life or limb.
The man or woman who wakes up in
the middle Of the night and hears
strange noises-thumps, raps, clangs
and creakings-or sees lights OF feels
the touch Of unseen hands Is probably
very frightened, but the sense of bodily
fear is not present. There is no dread
Of being killed. People in the agony OF
terror caused by dangerous accident:
constantly call out that they arc going
to be killed, but we doubt if that is ev'
er the case in the fright caused by
haunted houses. Possibly this differ
ence may be said to be due to the fac
that the dread of the supernatural ii
not nearly SO acute as that caused by
the imminent risk of death. People, i
may be argued, only imagine themselve
to be frightened Of ghosts, as womeI
pretend to be frightened Of mice. II
neither case is the fright quite genuine
1t is only want of self control and coult
be mastered in an instant if the viii
, power were in proper order.
Il Unfortunately for those who argu
) thus there is plenty Of evidence +
q show that occasionally the dread Of tn
a supernatural produces very serious re
a suits. On the whole, We should say tha
more people had been frightened out @
a their wits by what they believed to b
supernatural phenomena than by acci
dents involving great risk of life. 1t
not often that one hears of insanit
O caused even by the prolonged agony G
!, shipwreck. The fear caused by what
a supposed to be u supernatural agenc
seems, then, to have in it some elemer
not found in ordinary fear. Ifthe haunt
q ing phenomena cause fear. they seem I
give a shock of special keennesa
:. don SpectatOr.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
REYNOLDS RILI.S.

Reynolds. Sept. q. Rev. aud
Mrs. +. c. Houck returned from their
visit to Geneseo Friday evening.
Robert Gallagher was Rock Island
visitor last Friday.
z. N. Clark, Of Orion, Sundayed
with home folks here.
Miss Emma Haskell attended the
Iowa state fair iast week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mi.lett b ave q
fine CIV boy 1T their house.
James Tittotington has been clerk
ing st McEntire's store for some day Z
past.
s. +. Everett went up to Chi.
cago with four car loads of fine
cattle.
Wedding cards announcing the
marriage Of Edward Henry Frerz and
Miss Mary Stewart, formerly Of Rev
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
yf0meseskers' Exuur.iuns.

Sept. II aud Oct. and l9 the C.,
K. l. & p. railway will sell round
trip tickets TO nearly all points in
the wost, northwest and southwest at
one fare plus 81. This is your op-
portuni.y 20 see the greatest harvest
ever gathered in this territory. Re-
turn limit II days. Tickets good on
any Of the through fast trains of
this line. Quick time and first class
service. For full informa ion and
tickets, Cal. at Rock Island route
ticket office or address l.. III. Allen,
general agent. Davenport. or John
Sebastian, G. 2. A., Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
INCONSISTENCY.

She loved youthful minister:
Her smiling rose lips told him so,
Until they sent him forth TO preach
At Lonesome Gulch in Idaho.
Then all the fervor of Eer soul
Subsided, and she would not go.
What. Waste her life in bowling wilds
Consorting with the squaw Of Lo2
He went-alone. And now she's pledged
Again to young Lieutenant Grow,
Who dates his Letters, Fort Remote"
A. Lonesome Gulch in Idaho.
Paul Pastnor in Brooklyn Life.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

Di. Hiiiiam,' Indian Pile Ointment
viii cure blind, bleeding, liberated
and Itching piles. II sbsorbs the
tunoEs. aiiays the itching at once,
acts IS q poulsioe. giving instant re.
Lief. DR.. Wiilisms' Indian Pile Oint.
men, IL prepared only for piles
and itching o: the private parts. aco
nothing else. Every box Is gusrsn.
iced Sold by druggists OF sent by
a,ail ioc so cents and Il per box.
WILLIAMS M'r'G. Co., Props Cleve.
land, Ohio. For sale by aN drug.
gists
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
LEGAL
Administrators Notice.


The unteisi iHnsd having been appointed ad-
ministratrix Of the estate OF William LEf-
fcrty, late OF the county Of Noca Island.
state OF Illinois, deceased, hereby g.voe notice
that che will appear before the county coari
OF Rock Island county, az the Office OF tho Clerk
of ssid court, ia the city Of Rock isisnd. at the
October term. on the nrst isorGay ~ Oct her
next, at which time all persons having clsims
against ssid eetate are notified and rsguee ted to
attend, fer the purpose Of having the ssn,s "a.
josted.
All persons indebted 20 said ertsts are rs-
queeted to make immediate payment 70 the IN
dereigned.
Dated this 2l:h osv OF August. A. n. fey7
ELIZABETH LAYPERTY, Adm'nistrstnK.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
Chronic Rheumatism Cured.

DR.. II. B. Hettinger, indianapolis,
Ind says: "For several months sitter
spraining my a. + . l was severely
afflicted with rheumatism. l finally
tried Detchon's Mystic Cure for
rheumatism. and in four days could
walk without my cane; two bottles
cured me sound and well. Sold by
Otto Grotjan. druggist. 1901 Second
avenue, Rock Island, Gust Schlegel
& Son, 220 West Second street, Dav-
eupOrt
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

A WEST POINT cadet tried to hang
himself because pretty girl
wouldn't love him. The rope broke
and the youth is under arrest, and
is warned by tho military authori-
ties that he will be court-mar tialed
II he RECEIVERS.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
"pIscUIT" AND HIS BOOTY.

DASSSAA AND fAiS DoOAA-
him about the different stories he had for
each day In the week, Biscuit forsook the
legitimate, Us he termed begging, and be-
gan To steal. He stole everything he could
lay hands on, broke into jewelers. win.
dows and wound up In jail.
For two or three years he spent his time
between Jail and the streets, where he
picked up a living. In all his vicissitudes
he still kept his affection for his mother.
When the judge asked him If he would
like to go to the reformatory, he answered
"Naw. They would send me too fur away
fur me to see me muddcr. l couldn't stand
that"
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

Missouri produced i'll 1896 eco, 600, ,0OO
bushels of corn, 1000, 600 bushels Of
wheat, 22.00O.0OO bushels Of oats,
100000 tons of hay, $4,000, 900
pounds Of cotton, 1000, 900 pounds Of
tobacco, 500, coo bushels of fiaXseed
and 6, 200, 600 bushels of potatoes.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

When suffering from a severe cold
and your throat and lungs feel sore.
take dose Of Fo!ey's Honey and Tar,
when he soreness will be at once re-
lieved, q warm grateful feeling and
healing of the parts affected will be
experienced and you will say: ut
feels 50 good. Ii hits the spot" 1t
is guaranteed. For sale by T. H.
Thomas
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

In Austria the man who loses both his
hands in an accident can claim the
whole Of his life insurance money, on
the ground that he has lost the means
Of maintaining himself. Loss of the
right hand reduces the claim from 20
to so per cent of the total
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

The Keokuk Constitution-Demo-
crat says that no such large assem-
blagS ever before gathered together
in Iowa as the audience that attended
the Bryan meeting in that city.satur-
day.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

All those creeping. crawling, sting
ing sensations that combine 10 make
up the tortures Of any itching dis
ease Of the skin are in ns,antly relieved
and permanently cured by Doan's
Ointment. Take no substitute.
Dosn's never fails. For sale by Mar
shall g. Fisher.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
he LOVES HIS MOTHER.
But ssBiscuit" Is Boy Burglar and
Very Had.

But seBiscuit" Is . Boy Burglar and
Very bad.
Students Of sociology are wondering
how much farther little Dan Wilkes will
run before he catches his head In the hang
mans moose that will bring his short and
pitiful career to q close.
He goes by the name Of Biscuit, and his
criminal record Is almost as long as his
life is short. His father died when he was
q baby, his mother became a pauper and
Biscuit started out TO fight the world at
the tender age of 8. He slept under door
steps, ate out of slop pals and whined
different tale OF woe from tho curbstone to
each passerby.
When the whole city of Atlanta "was
on to him" and the passersby joked with
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

Borgeld, H.. Aug. IA. 1851
am subject to cramps aud co!ic, and
have used many remedies. but find
Foley's Collie Cure beats them all. ="
w. l.. Yeats. For sale by T. H.
Thomas.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

ADozES songs on President Faure's
journey to Russia had appeared on
Paris boulevards before the alliance
WAS announced.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23
Good Looks Go q Great Way.

Miss HigAsee is q beautiful singer.
isn't she?''
Very. That was what made her
singing so eudurable. ,'-Washington
TimeA xSS ~
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

A Californian claims to have invent
ed q new machine which launders col
lars and cuffs without producing a saw
edge. -; .s~
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

Cascarsts stimulate liver, kidneys
aod bowels Never aickeu, weaken
or grsps: 10 cents.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

THE Taylor street Methodist
church Of Portland. Ore, has set
aside pew specially for the use OF
drummers.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

So bscribe for THB AIoUs.
Rock Island Argus., 1897-09-23

Thomas.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1897-03-06

THE Inauguration ceremonies on
Thursday passed of without a
hitch, although the weather was
bad. VIM. Mckinley lie now our
president, aud his cabinet is, John
Sherman, of, Ohio, Secretary Of
State; Lyman j. Gage, of Illinois,
Secretary of the Treasury; Rus
sell Alger, of Michigan, Secretary
of War; Joseph McKenna. of Cal.
ifornia, Attorney General; James
A. Carey, OF Maryland, Postmas,
ter General; John d. Long, oi
Massachusetts, secretary OF the
Navy; Cornelius N. Bliss, of New
York, Secretary of the Interiors
james Wilson. of Iowa, Secretary
OF Agriculture.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1897-03-06
Thought He Was Paralyzed.

A good story is told on a Pleas
anton, Iowa, young man who at
tended dinner party recently. He
was seated to the left of lady
acquaintance who, ON observing
that he was unusually quiet
asked the cause of his taciturnity.
He replied that he was in a
nervous state about his health and
had presentiment that a serious
illness was hanging over him.
His fair companion expressed a
hope that his fears we're unbound
ed. "Ah, no." he replied. am
afraid there is no doubt of it, for
! have been pinching the entire
surface OF my right leg and can
elicit no,responsive feeling what
soever. The leg seems quite dead
to all feeling and | am apprehen-
sive of a stroke of paralysis.
"OhT exclaimed the lady, "If that
is all that is troubling you, can
relieve your mind from further
anxiety, for the leg you have been
pinching all evening is mine"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1897-03-06
Lovers In Mexico.

The use Of an American toy as
an Innovation in Mexican love
making came near causing amur-
der in Guadlajara, Mexico, last
week. Mexicans in general make
love in regular Romeo and Juliet
style, and all the counting is done
under the stars, with the lady on
the balcony and the gentleman on
the sidewalk. When the balcony
is high, this necessitates a strained
attitude on the part of the swain,
and to overcome this unpleasant
ness, a gentleman purchased toy
telephone, apd was whispering his
words OF love through it when he
was interrupted by tbe--ssaae4ts
laughter of some passers by, who
derided the new method. A fghI
ensued, in which knives we're used,
and the result is that the pro.
gressive lover now lies at the hos
pital seriously wounded. while the
scoffer is in Jail awaiting the out.
come of the trouble.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1897-03-06
Late Literary News.

The most intensely interesting
people of the world just at this
moment are the millions of famine
and plague stricken India. But
little is known of this region by
the people of the United States
Such reports as come to US are the
things seen through British glass
les. wnhf has bee3 the Affect a
BRUSH rule IN 1ndiar why these
terrible faminesf Why plaques?
Julian Hawthorne has Been sent
by the The COSMOPOLITAN MAaA-
ZINE to India to obtain answers to
these questions at first hand aud
depict the situation as it appears
to an American. The March
COSMOPOLITAN contains the first
of what is probably the most i'm
portant series of articles ever pre-
ented in this magazine. Nothing
has been published which gives
an adequate idea of the larger
operations OF business lat least
nothing by the class of men fitted
for such work by thorough famili-
arity with the subjects of which
they write. The article In the
March COSMOPOLITAN on aThe
Methods of Banking" by the
President of one of the largest
banks of New York. man Of
'sf1est business experience
former Postmaster General James
lis one which every person, how.
ever humble his clerkship or high
his place in the financial world,
will fiud it interesting and instruc-
tive. This series will constitute
a very complete course of business
training, and every young man
just entering business life and
every old man will alike find it of
immense value.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1897-03-06

A COMPARATIVE statement of
actual gross earnings and operat-
ing expenses OF the Frisco system
shows gross earnings for 1897 to
be $4l5,64036 as against s492.-
S56.ll for 1896. Operating ex-
penses s25s,l90O4 this yeaNas
against sSll,641 80 Tor tlie Jar
preceding Net earning for f97,
sl57,45O.52 as against sls1. 2l179
last year