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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14

the Meta Durant and J. W. Van
SAINT each brought down strings Of
logs.
The Verne Swain aud City of VII
mona came down, and the Ruth, City
of Winona. Gen. Barnard and Verne
Swat went north.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14
Time OF Tenth District Reunion.

Delegates from the Northwestern
Soldiers and Sailors reunion and
the reunion OF the Tenth congress
sional district in session at Sterling
liked Aug. 1919 as the dates for the
double reunion. which will take
place in that city next fall. There
were present: Comrades DR.. Law,
OF Galesburg; Grey. of Dixon; Tan
derup. of Morrison; Wheelock. of
Pfophetstown; Rosebrook and Par
ker. of Rock Falls; Niles. Diller.
keefer. Harrison and NJ. Dillon, Of
Sterling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14
MCCABE'S
Black Dress Goods,

Values up to $3.50 for CSC . yard.
This seasons newest weaves s'0ase
Faconne." canvas Resille. mohair
Damasses, ETC., etc., all come In
short lengths Of to Is yards. This 10
how We bought them 90 cheap. In
the lot are real values - high %
" so; commencing Monday morning
your choice. per yard CSC.
Another Silk Sensation.
We expect to sell - many silks this
week - We sold in Q whole month a
year ago. and here are some Of he
reasons:
1000 yards Kai Kai Silks while they
l.st. per yard. 15c.
% pieces black figured woven In.
dia Silks, good. honest values at ESQ,
we put them ont Monday ct only 40
per yard.
10 pieces extra heavy brocadsd Sat-
ms and grosgrains, especially good
for spring capes. worth up TO 81. so Q
yard. at only &c per yard.
Plain Black Dress Silks.
21-ihch black Peau de Sole, the q
quality. this time Csc.
The 1925 quality. % inches wide,
for this sale SSc.
The $1.60 quality Peau de Sole,
sensational price 81.
Black Satia Duchesse, regular o.
value. at 62c.
Regular e1.25 value 1T $50.
"a inches wide. tl.5O value, &c.
Navy Foulard China Silks, newest
designs. value Soc Q yard, this sale
S9c.
2S-inch Twilled Foulards In all the
blues. greens and plum shades, value
sl.25, at per yard. $50.
me you visit our store you iand a full
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14
WeAreNOt Mind
Readers

But we know that the peo-
pie of Rock Island and vi.
cinity want the most they
can get for their money.
That's natural. We are
prepared to give our pa
irons more in good, solid,
substantial, worth.the-price
goods than any other furni-
ture firm in this vicinity.
Our line is immense, COM
prising all the new designs in
bed room and parlor suits,
dining room furniture and
odd pieces. In carpets and
mattings we are outdoinp
all former seasons. Call
now and let US show you a
display that is worthy your
inspection.
ClEMANN 4 SALZMANN,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14

Go where the bargains
Often week. 1850 80 --~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14

The river, says the official forecast,
will fall steadily from North Nc.
Gregor northward. the flood crest
having reached that station yester-
day. In the next "a hours the river
viii rise O.. l to OF foot at Dubuque
(reachipg The flood crest), and about
. 5 foot at Rock Island. The flood
will reach its highest point at Rock
Island Saturday night or Sunday.
The water will probably rise to about
Is feet, or about LIS feet higher
than this mornings reading.
The stage at the Rock Island bridge
at noon was 14:0O; at 6 q. m. it was
1885. q
The waters Of the old Mississippi
are swelling hourly and while there
is no occasion for alarm in Rock Is
land it would be 10 surprise party to
those who are watching its maueuv-
ers if the big stream should be de-
tected in the act CT rolling over its
! EN- bsnkment in the west end of the
city one Of these mornings.
The authorities have taken every
Precsution TO protect the people from
a moist invasion. The culverts at
Sixth aud Sixteenth avenues have
been closed and banked with sacks
OF sand, while the Nineteenth street
sewer has been closed, and so will
the one at Twenty-first street be shut
off today. The water from these
sources is being pumped into the
river from the Fifth avenue sewer
The Twenty-fourth street drain is
about half filed ut thu mouth. but
Ezra Wicker, superintendent OF the
water works. says the fall is so grea,
that the water is forced out and il
viii not be necessary to close the
drain at present.
Down in tho West Section.
The Mississippi presents a spectacle
not equaled since 1892, when the
western section OF the town was
flooded. At that time the water was
considerably higher, and came ia
over the Rock Island & Peoria rail-
way embankment at about Seventh
avenue. This has been strengthened
and raised three feet since. The
water is now hugging the embark
ment, but will have to come up sew
eral feet before it can climb over.
The abattoir is nearly surrounded.
and number of Weyerhnuser &
Denkmann's kindlipg piles located
west OF the railroad tracks are partly
under water. The top of fence posts
there can only be seen.
The factories down town cannot
stand over foot rise. The river
at this height will interfere with
operations. The water is around
the basement OF Weyerhauser &
Denkmaun's saw room.
The Mississippi is backing up very
fast at Milan. and The water has sur.
rounded the house owned by Mr..
Harness. 1t will be remem pered
that Mr. Harness traded q shoe store
in Reynolds for the farm to Stod.
dard & McLay. He traded in the
dry season, not knowing that the
water covering the farm was an
annual feature. At last reports his
only hope for crop will be to plant
rice.
R'p,ets.
The Meta Durant and J. W. Van
SAINT each brought down 8 strings OF
logs.
The Verne Swain aud City OF WI
mona came down, and the Ruth, City
of Winona. Gen. Barnard and Verne
SWAT n went north.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14
Have Ye u Had the orspf

II you have. You probably need q
reliable medicine Ike Foley's Honey
and Tar to heal your lungs and stop
the racking cough incidental to this
disease. Sold by NJ F. Babnsen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14
A Life for 80 Cents.

Many yeople have been cured OF
kidney disease by taking a so cen,
bottle of Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold
by NJ. +. Bahnssn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-14
RISE OF THE RIVER
Big Stream Close to the Top o,
Its Banks.
OVERFLOW POSSIBLE down. TOWN

Two Foot Rise VIII Hsmper Operations II
the shops, While . Farther Advance VIII
sweep Acr oss the Railroad Track, and
Iato the Il .sidence Srtiou.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

found as many varying types as in Eu-
rope, aud some of them are as strange
in their appearance as they are in their
manners and customs.
A favorite facial adornment with the
Ba Yansi, Usindi and Mabinga is the
curled barb of the beard which is
stiffened with gum and grease so as to
give it the most elegant curve. DIR.
Baumann, who was one of the first trav-
elers to follow Stanley's footsteps in the
Congo valley, had pleasant experience
among the Usindi. They believed that
he was reinbodiment of their last
king and had come back from the
moon! The Urundi, or Unsindi, claim
that their former kings were lineal de-
scendants of the moon, and in this re-
spect exhibit an extraordinary parallel
with the belief of the Incas of Peru.
One of the strange races of the great
forests of the mid-Congo basin is the
Batwas. Before the early traveller and
pioneer had become familiar with the
Batwas he had heard them described as
cannibals, though better acquaintance
proved this to be incorrect. The Batwa
averages only four feet three inches in
height, but is well built. active and
much stronger than his height would
lead one to expect. A dwarf woman
was bought by DIR. II. III. Parke, who
paid her former owner, an Arab. for her
"a handful Of beans, ~ cups of rice and
six cups of Indian corn" lie tells us
that be was obliged 10 be very kind TO
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07
A FASTlDIOUS WRITER.
An English Author Who Was Vers
Particular.

Mr. Kinglake, the author of "Eothen,"
once agreed TO write a letter on public
topic, with permission to publish it in
an English paper. He promised the let
ter for a certain day, but the morning
post did not bring 1t. Soon messenger
appeared with a note, saying that he
was not quite satisfied as to the express
sions to be used, but that he would
send the letter in the afternoon.
The promise was fulfilled at three
O'Clock, but the author at once followed
his letter, saying that he had thought
of better turn to give one sentencd
in order to render it's meaning more
distinct; and before it finally left his
hands, the public matter at issue had
been settled and the necessity for ita
appearance had passed away.
One can understand, in the face OF
this incident, how he should have had
the proofs of "Eothen" sent him II
times for correction, but one can hard
~ guess how the eight volumes of hia
history of the Crimean war ever saw
the light at ALL
A most fastidious writer in his choice
of words, he knew his own nicely OF
taste, and the demands it laid on his
time and patience. While the history
was in progress he used plaintively to
say that he did not believe he should
ever be free from it. Once, he was ac-
customed to add, he had strayed into
n Scottish kirk, and the minister in.
stantly and appropriately said;
lord, send down thy quickening q.
him that is slow!"
He had appreciated the aspiration
and taken its lesson to heart, but
though he joined in it fervently, it had
seemed to be without effect.
One day he stopped in leaving room.
put his hand on a little boys head and
said, seriously:
"My little fellow. here's piece of adj
vice to you. If you ever think of writ
ing history, don't leap into the deci-
sion, but sit down first and write one
half chapter as an experiment, and then
YOU will know what task it is you are
undertaking. '-Blackwood's Magazine.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

The condition of womankiud among
the sayages of the Congo and adjoining
territory is shocking in the extreme.
Generally she is classed as a domestic
animal merely, and to murder his wife
is not considered a crime by a Mu-
kumb. a chief of that tribe, N CONVEX
sation with a missionary, casually re-
| marked: II killed five of my wives dur
ing the night" A Mabunga sent his
wife to collect firewood. She sank up
to her shoulders in marsh, and, her
| screams attracting his attention, he
threw her a stick with which to defend
herself against the hyenas and other
wild beasts, and left her till morning,
when no trace OF the wretched woman
was to be seen,
Writing from the court of King
Mtesa, Capt. Spoke, the famous Eng
lish traveller, said: "No day has passed
without my witnessing the execution of
at least one, and sometimes two or
three, of the unhappy women who COM
pose the kings harem. A cord round
| their wrists, they are dragged to the
slaughter, their eyes streaming with
tears, and venting their misery in heart
rending cries of Hal Mnange! K'bak.
ka Hal n'yavio!' (Oh, my lord, my
kingl Oh, my mother, my mother!)
Not a hand is lifted TO save them, al
though here and there a remark upon
the beauty of some young victim passes
current in a low voice among the crowd
FIR. Hautecoeur, missionary, report
ed that recently child was born to one
of the slave women in the village where
his mission is located. Regularly every
day, in defiance of any consideration
she might have claimed for her child 8
sake, the wretched woman was cruelty
beaten, so that she would spend the
greater part of her time prowling
tmong the bushes round the village for
| fear of the illtreatment which she
knew awaited her temperance. One
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07
A CHAPTER ON COLDS.
Simple Precautions That May Pro
vent Serious Consequences.
The Danger of NegIcctinG n Common
CoId"-serfous and Often Fatal
MaIadfes May Result from
CarcIessncss.

From the News, Harrisonburg. La.
In most instances colds are the result Of
imprudence or a lack Of forethought. Even
in cases where a sudden change in the
weather or sn unavoidable exposure is re-
sponsible for the first slight cold, fresh and
more severe colds may be avoided by, OBJ
serving a little care But "a mere cold" is
such a common thing and causes SO little
Inconvenience that notwithstanding all pre-
vious experiences we neglect to take the
most simple precautions, in the way OF
wearing suitable clothing, the avoidance of
draughts, etc.
One should always bear in mind the
necessity of exercising q constant vigilance
TO avoid catching cold. When the tempera-
ture in the house is higher than that out of
doors, never go out without putting on an
additional wrap. Never sit in a cold room
even though you do not feel chilly. And it
is better to suffer little discomfort from
wearing heavy Undertaking than to run
the risk OF chill.
The following letter from a lady in Sicily
Island, La, graphically illustrates the dis
tressing consequences that are liable to fol-
low simple cold.
.'In February, 1896, / had severe cold
which settled on my lungs, resulting in a
serious cough. My appetite failed, and I
became so weak that / was scarcely able TO
walk across the room. / weighed only
ninetyfour pounds, and had given up all
hope of recovery when happened to read
an article in a newspaper describing some
cures effected by DIR. Williams Pink Pills,
and concluded to try them.
commenced using them, and before I
had taken half box ] felt like new crea.
ture. My appetite was restored, my cough
grew less, and was able to sleep soundIy at
night, which / had been unable to do for
months before.
AFTER taking two boxes of the pills was
weighed again and to my astonishment my
weight was 1l3 pounds, gain of 10 pounds.
Previous to taking the pills had suffered
with cold hands and feet, but now have no
trouble whatever from that source
81 can truly say ] am now in better health
than have been for years. The effect of the
Pink. Pills is wonderful, and can recon-
mend them in all cases Of debility and weak
ness.
"MRS. A. T.. STAFFORD"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from a watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, so cents a
box, or six boxes for $3.50 Ithey are never
sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing
Or. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady.
N. Y.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

that he knew there was such a girl.
and once, when thought, like a fool.
that | could straighten things out by
talking to him about her, he said that
the only Lucetta Allen he'd ever known
was dead, and l wished hadn't opened
my mouth.
When the engineer told the Young
man he had no further use for him
Hank broke all up. 1t was only for n
minute, though, and then he asked the
engineer why he couldn't take him
along to his next job to make an eng
neer of him.
Make an engineer of you, You thick
headed young cub? No one could do
that. You're good hand to lug chains
and drive a buggy horse, but time isn't
long enough to educate you"
I'D got acquainted with the engineer
long before that. He wasn't a bad
sort of chap, but he kind of looked
down on folks that hadn't as much etlu-
cation as he had. He told me about
Hanks wanting to be an engineer, and
it tickled him lot.
l began to see bow the land lay, and
l was going to hunt Hank up again,
when one day he came into the post
Office here and said he wanted to talk
with me all alone. Hanks distant
cousin of mine, too, you know, though
he's no relation to Lucetta Allen.
Well, Hank made a clean breast of
all his feelings to me. He said he'd
found out that to be somebody he'd
got to have an education. And he'd
go: to be somebody just to spite Luz
cetta, If for not other reason. He didn't
want to marry her, as he had once, but
he did want to show her that he could
amount to something. lie had sold
his horse and buggy, and he had $3.50
altogether, or thereabouts. He didn't
know how much education he could get
for that, but he was going to use it all
up. and if it took more money would /
lend him some till he could earn
enough, being an engineer, to pay up?
told him to come again week later,
and then drove over the hills to Slater
town and talked with Lucetta. She
begged of me to help Hank, and insist
ed On giving me 800 of her own money,
which l was to let him have without
tel ling him where 1t came from. l just
had to take it, but didn't let Hank have
it. / banked it in her name, and then
told Hank to go ahead and go to school.
He must earn as much as he could, but if
his earnings and his savings fell short
he could write to me and | wouldn't see
him fail for the lack of few dollars.
Well, he had hard time OF it. When
he got to the polytechnic institute,
where they turn out engineers in ''as-
sorted lots" he found that he couldn't
get into the school till he had done a
lot of preliminary studying; had to go
through preparatory school or acad-
envy and find out about the whole parcel
of things he'd never even heard the
names of. But he settled down to his
work like a good fellow and wrote to
ME regular. After he'd been a year in
the preparatory school, where he was
the oldest of the lot, being past 21, he
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07
wo,re HER EVERY DAY.

AZ have you got a wifef
Vu-,,,e her every day;
Nt,be lows out of her life
Tben you're far away.
bc, from the speeding car:
W. mind the thump and jar
No. your loving letters mar
write her every day
am I'm the stirring world,
sso At home must stay,
ns,,ous YOU are being whirled
Farther yet away,
-t.re's she's watching, waiting, listening
I'm heart beating. with eyes giistening,
VIZ 10 catch the postman's whistling-
Sy wr,,e her every day.
.-.,,,t Won some kind service render,
sweet attention payE
-, n loving letter send her
when you are away.
VII Won all her home-life brightenf
,-0Tid YOU all her sorrows tighten?
W. Of sweet affection tighten?
write her every day.
,-d however far you wander
H ,ar. s,,fe 'twculd pay
! an y Spiy see her read and ponder
over what you say.
,,ora your tablet in your grip,
r",n,ain-pen charged to the tip;
rSen don't let the chances slip
write her every day.
II YOU chance to "gnsh' little.
ks perhaps you may,
she will grant you full acquittai,
II Is safe to say;
write her genuine love letters,
p,yetlng anew Loves letters;
Tbese are Cup!d's best abettors-
Write her every day.
New England Grocer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07

her Mt first to prevent her running away,
but when she had ceased TO have any
dread OF cruelty. her devotion was un-
bounded. ITO her constant attention
and care" he said. 81 owe the enjoy
ment of good health and good foods-as
far as forest weeds can be foods-dur-
ing months of what would, without her.
have been absolute starvation
The first of the forest dwarfs that
was measured was found to be ex-
actly four feet in height. 1t is sup
posed by scientists that the pigmics
represent the earliest type of African
humanity, and that through the cen
turtles they have remained unaffected
by the partial civilization that has
corue TO their larger-limbed fellows of
other tribes. IL has been found that
these dwarf races are not deficient in
mental ability, that is, as compared
with the other races of the Congo.
Among the $4,000, 900 or 6O,00O,00o of
natives, divided into many different
nations, there is a wonderful diversity
of tongues. Not a few of these races
use sounds made by Clicking" or
"chirping" the sounds we make with
the tongue against the palate when
we call dog or a horse.
To the hunter the valley of the Con-
go presents extraordinary attractions.
From its mouth to its source it is u
grand hunting field where such mighty
game as the rhinoceros, the hippopota-
ard, lion, etc, can be found, and in the
Lower Congo the African elephant is at
home, though he has never been do
mesticated like his Asiatic brother, and
is hunted for his tusks only.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-07
sTocKHoLM's COMING SHOW
Some thing About the Exhibition to
he Given Next Summer.

The year 1897 will be noteworthy in
the history of the Scandinavian north.
Two great occurrences will then direct
the eyes of the whole north toward
tockholm-namely, the great Scandi-
navian-Russian exhibition and the IS
years jubilee of King Oscar. In Stock
holm's Bots de Bologne, quite near this
wondrously beautiful city, are the ex-
hibition grounds, on narrow point of
land, on both sides surrounded by the
blue waters of the Baltic and extending
toward the newest and most elegant
part of Stockholm. At first only an
exclusively Scandinavian exhibition
was intended, but as Russia and the
archduchy of Finland have now official
ly announced their intention to par
take both in the art industrial and the
national industrial sections the exhi-
bition has assumed the character of an
exhibition of nearly the whole of the
north.
Thus in the great industrial hall the
Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Rus
sian exhibitors will be seen side by side.
This hall, which has a floor surface
of 10000 square meters, is the greatest
wooden building that has ever been con-
structed. Its great cupola rises to a
height of about 100 meters and is sur
rounded by four minarets, containing
prospect bridges, from which a fine
view is to be had of the exhibition
grounds and Stockholm, with it's en-
virons, so renowned for their beauty,
with their sinuous bays and inlets and
wood-covered islets. Another of the
principal buildings of the exhibition is
the Northern museum, with its pro-
visional addition, destined for the cul-
tural exhibit. On the shore of Dur
gardsbrunnsviken, with more than the
half of it built out over the water, lies
the Swedish and Danish fishery hall,
a most original building, designed by
Eugen Thorburn. Norway, with it's
enormous fisheries, will build its own
fishery hall. Great viaduets lead to the
other parts of the exhibition grounds.
Here another view opens before the
eyes of the visitor, the beautiful piano.
rama of Stockholm's famous harbor
and its charming environs.
The principal buildings of this sec
ton of the grounds are the machinery
hall, giant building of iron and glass.
having a floor surface of 10000 square
meters, and the great art hall. The art
exhibit will be the clou of the exhibit
ton. Owing to the interest shown for
this exhibition by its president. the
eminent artist. his royal highness
Prince Eugen, the youngest son of King
Oscar, this exhibit will be international
and contain works by most of the ia
nous painters of the day. Chicago
Chronicle.