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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

CHOW, if the baker sends us loaf Of
stale bread, said the old soldier, I'VE
send it back. But, dear me, we didn't
often do anything of that sort in the
army. We didn't get very much soft
bread anyway-that is, regular bread
What we had mostly was hard bread,
sometimes called hard tack-a kind of
cracker, like soda cracker in shape, and
not unlike it in appearance, but thicker.
And hard bread Of good quality and not
more than a month old wasn't bad. In
fact, it was very good. It was only
when we got some that was very old,
and that had foreign creatures boring
in it, so that you had to knock it against
something before eating it, that anybody
growled, and even then we rarely sent
it back. Sometimes if it was very bad
the regimental quartermaster would
send back the whole lot and draw new
if he could. But oftener we kept it, and
you could throw it away If you wanted
to, but that was all.
"Still, our outdoor life was conducive
to good appetites, and after all one could
have a poorer breakfast than moldy,
hard bread and coffee. For instance,
nothing. New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
HANK WAS ALL RIGHT.

Bus tie Squire Was Dsahefsl Absue M
integrity Beire UsnssanaAas.
II never took to man a. 1 did %
Hank Suffer. He moved H. kere With
ont maxim no noise about IL, and they
ha1nt no better neighbor in tn county"
It was Farmer Waddy that was doing
the talking, and the squire Of the town
ship only interrupted to ask whether the
farmer had ever missed any chickens On
shotes before Hank settled in the v;ciu.
ity. = '-.-i..'. '-'ae p
..No, I never did. - admitted waddy.
s'but I never lost nuthin Of tn Kind
afore you got that new man Of youra
I'd trust Hank Stuffer with my life.
squire" Is
Don't be too confdin, % insisted thu
squire. "Many's tn spple I've seen that
looked perfec' ON tn outside. but was
rotten at tn core. Hank seems all RIGHT
but I wouldn't be surprised no day to
zee him fetched up afore me. Things
hain't right in this communerty since
he jined it. !"
'sThat's so, but there's . million
things happened outside Of Hanks
comm. His folks couldn't eat all tn
things what's stole. an he don't sell
nuthin."
''Watch him." insisted the squire.
And he took his leave with . fine imi-
tation Of the man who looks after the
morals Of the entire neighborhood.
Farmer Waddy did watch, and he
hired others to help him watch. II this
were fiction, it would be the squire or
his new man who was trapped. But
truth is an exacting mistress. It was q
worthless fellow living in q log hermit
tage that was doing all the stealing. It
hasn't the slightest bearing ON the case
that he was selling all the plumber to
the squire at half price.-Detroit Free
Press,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30


Every seat in Harper's theatre was
occupied last night and many people
were turned away. The abrasion
was Beach & Bowers minetrels, who
have been playing to popular prices
the past few seasons. The entertain
ment 10 all that can be expected for
the money. Beach 3 Bowers are
burnt cork veterans, and the mere
announcement Of their names seems
to Be IN assurance Of . good house.
The company has some good vocal
ists and dancers, and the usual list Of
entertainers which 20 to make up .
minstrel performances. Bobby Beach's
trained dogs is . novel treat. The
performance will be repeated TO-
night.
1.-THE Jucklius, I" from the charactsr
standpoint, il undoubtedly Qpie
Reads greatest work. No stsge char
actor which Robson has made Ii prom
Used . longer life than that of Lemuel
Jucklin. the tender -hearted North
Carolina farmer. who finds solace for
his ills in the coop with his game
ROSTERS. This is saying great deal
when Berthe, the lamb, is remem-
bered. The story Of the play throbs
with human interest, and is racy of
the soil of North Carolina. Mr..
Robson will be seen in The Juck-
Inns" for the first time At Daven port
this evening. r,..
/ Margaret Mather returned to the
stage last season. For her reappesr-
ance at the Burtis Wednesday night
she hae chosen Shakespeare's Gym
beline." The preparations for this
production had been going on for
over three months. - ids is Is said
that it will present charming pic
lures in its scenic setting and hand
some costuming by Dazian. Gym
beline' is infrequently produced. It
10 heavy play to mount properly.
requiring IS it does such elaborate
staging. A number of dances are
introduced into the play, and these
will be led by Miss Nora Sarony.
Among the assortment of litho-
graphs used by the Ward & Vokes
company for advertising IA Run on
the Bank" which comes to the Bur-
tbs next Friday night. there is one
Of Eckert and Berg, the lyric sketch
team with the company. Manager
HKindt suggested to Charlie Sturges,
the agent Of the company. that Il,
would have been q good scheme to
have worked lyric into the forma-
tion of the lithograph. Sturges re-
piled that that was not necessary as
long as he remained ahead of the
show.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
Health to bs Co.s,dsrea Flrss.

The great thing is not SO much
cheap ice as pure ice. Pure ice can
only come from pure water. A piece
of ice as clear IS crystal may be alb
solutely deadly. There are forms of
disease which flourish best in cold
weather. So there are hurtful pro-
perties in foul water which instead
Of being destroyed by freezing are
strengthened by it. or at least kept
by it. ready to attack the health and
breed sickness as soon as the ice
melts and the water 10 drank. Ask
your ply stefan il this is not true and
then secure supply Of pure ice by
placing your order with the +
CRYSTAL Ice & COLD STORAGE Co.
Telephone 201. Davenport.
Rock Island office, H. Won Koeck-
ritz pharmacy, Twenty-third street
and Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
County Taxes.

All of the tow nship collectors have
settled with County Treasurer Tit
lexington except Rock Island. q re.
port from which is expected today.
The latest to be heard from are:
Moline-Martin De Gulla. collet
tor; charged $143.67S 80; delinquent.
$40, 564.62; collected, elO3. Uses;
commission. 81. O6225. The school
tax was $64.931.29, OF which $46.-
847. So was collected.
Edgington-N. w. Cutler. collec-
tor; charged, $9,953 SO; delinquent.
Clip rs; collected, $8.s4o55: com
mission, $l76 81.
Rural-F. w. Wylie. collector.
charged. eS.422.S9; delinquent,
$l.115 80; collected e7,3CS 80; COM
mission, $146.14.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
WOMAN WITH A PISTOL.
RAssdes Depqnd Avsaae Leeking. fer .
Y0uDG MAJ.

RAssd>s SeDand Avs.es Loeking. for .
Young Aaa.
One of the sights ON Second avenue
last night was young woman Pranc-
Ing mp Second avenue fourishing Q
revolver in her hand. She was over
tai en- at Nineteenth street BY -
couple Of men, who tried to induce
her to desist, bat she gave them to
understand that she knew her bu Sc
ness. and continued up the street.
and disappeared from the view of the
crowd which had been attracted by
her daring.
The woman said she was looking
for certain young fellow. But she
did not find him. He appeared on
the scene some time after her de-
parture, but he says he has done
nothing to her that warrants her in
pursuing him with . revolver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

A woman's headaches may come
from several causes. She may have
a headache arising from nervousness,
or from digestive disturbances. Nine
cases in ten, her headaches come
from disorders peculiar to her sex.
Il may chow itself in the symptoms
which are characteristic OF dozen
disorders. Thousands of times
women have bees treated for the
wrong disorders. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription was compounded
for the sole purpose of relieving
womankind, Of these Ills and pains.
Thousands Of women have testified
that after taking treatment from
several physicians without benefit.
the "Favorite Prescription" cured
them completely and quickly. 1t
has been used for over thirty years
and has an unbroken record of sue
cess.
The woman who hesitates is in
vited to send 81 one-cent stamps 10
cover only the cost Of mailing copy
of Doctor Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser, which contains
plain, clear Information about al Of
tie organs of the human body and
their func tiops. 80
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
He Escaped.

Sheriff Hemenway has a letter
from B. J. Miles. superintendent of
the reform school at Eldora, Iowa.
asking about young man held here
under a charge of larceny. He is a
cripple. and was caught in the act
of attempting to make way with
Arthur Burrall's wheel, giving his
name as Frank jackson. This name
is fictitious. it turns out. The young
fellow Is j. Knowles. He escaped
from the reform school at Eldora
SuPt. Miles would like to have him
returned. but the authorities will
hold him until he answers for the
crime Of larceny.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
HEAD OF. the HOSPITAL
DE-. Taylor and HIS Varied Political
Career.

Dr.. Taylor and His Varied Political
- Career.
DR.. w. f. Taylor. Of Monmouth.
who has been elected superintendent
Of the Illinois Western hospital for
the insane, is numbered among the
leaders Of the republican party in
the state. He was q presidential
elector in the last campaign. He
has been surgeon for the Burlicgton
road for 10 years. and has served
Monmouth as mayor. coroner. health
officer and county physician.
The new superintendent was born
in Wisconsin in 1854. graduating
from the HahpemanR Medical college.
Chicago. in 1877. He has since been
practicing homeopathy at Monmouth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
South Dakota In sprinx,ime

Is clothed With verdure green and
spotted with che beautiful blue and
white prairie flowers, tokens Of lux
uriant soil like that fair country to
which Moses led the children Of Is
rael in ancient times.
And like unto that land OF plenty,
South Dakota outrivals its sister
states OF the east in the products Of
It's soil. sown, cultivated and har.
vested in less time and with greater
ease than in any othsr portion Of the
And 81 We say unto you that now
Is the opportunity Ola lifetime to
''go west snd bay . farm" For de-
scr'PtIve lists and prices, address
0eorgs H. Heaford, G. P. A., Chi
cago. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
River Riplets.

The water is stationary now at
9 05 at the Rock Island bridge, but
Is rising above and falling below.
The rise at st. Paul is due to an ice
gorge. and that at La Crosse may
possibly be due to another. This
makes predicting for those stations
difficult. The river will rise O. to
O.5 foot from North McG-egor to
Rock Island in the next "a hours.
The rise at North McGregor may ex-
coed half foot.
The Verne Swain and City of
Winona we're the boats In and out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
re arsassss Country On Earn.

The land Of promise 10 down south
IN the eight great southern states
penetrated by the Southern railway.
One way settlers tickets and round
trip excursion tickets are sold by
lines leading south in connection
with the Southerp railway to give
the people . chance to see that EreAt
country.
The Southern railway runs to
AsleyiJle and Hot Springs. N. C.
"the land of the sky" Americas
greatest resort of health and pleas.
ure.
Through vestibule trains from Gin
cinnati and Louisville. Through
Pallnan sleepers from st. Louis via
the Southern r6iluay. J. &C. Beam.
JE. N. w. p. 4, Ill Adams street.
Chicago. william X Tayioe. A. g.
P. A, Louisville. Ky.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

Dr.. kioEs New Discovery for Coasumpsso.
This 10 the best medicine In the
world for all forms Of coughs and
colds and for consumption. Every
bottle 10 guaranteed. It will cure
and not dissppoint It has no equal
for whooPing coughs, asthma, hay
fever. pneumania, bronchitis, 10
grippe, cold in the hesd and for con-
sumption. Il 10 safe for Az ages,
pleasant to take. and, above all, Q
sure cure. It 10 always we'll to take
DR.. Kings New Life Pills in connec-
tfon with DR.. King's New Discovery,
a. they regulate and tone the ston.
sch and bowels We guarantee per-
feet satisfaction or return money.
Free trial bottle 1t Hartz & Ulle-
meyers drug store. Regular sises
50 cents and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
Tossed ON the Foamiux Bn,ovs


fou may never have been, but you cross the
Atlantic, no matter Tow smooth the wa.ery ex-
p.nse, without SCI sickness you are-well, a
lucy voyager. that is al. Old tars who have
spent their lives on the ocean waves, who were
almost bora, so to SPEAK. with their "eea legs
ON, su0er now and then from sea sickness in
ve-y tempes uoos weather. Sea captains, tour-
4stt. commefcial travellers and yachtemen FAY
that there is no finer safeguard against nausea
than Hostetter's Stomach B:tters, and 1t has BEEN
equally reliable as preventive by inv.lids who
travel BY steamboat aud railroad, and who sone-
times eu1er - much in those c,nveyances a.
ocean fravelsrs 90 in steamships. Biliousuese.
constipation sick headache aud sorders of the
stomseh caused by oppressive climatic irfuences
Or uuwhoiseome CT unaccustomed food or water,
always yield to the Brtters speedily. Thi. popu-
NJ medicine sleo remedies rheum attic. kidney and
nervous disorders, and the inarmities incident to
Increasing yeare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

The best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises. Sores. Ulcerss Salt
Rhsum, Fever Sores. Tettee. ChapPsd
Hands. Chilblaths Corns. and III
Skin EruPtions. and positively cures
Piles. or no pay required. Il ID guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price IS cents Per
box. For sale BY Hartz & Uilemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

The fr:t British telegraph patent was
granted in the year that Queen victoris
Vas crowned, 1887.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

The French press Is probably the high
est IN literary excellence and the lowest
in morality and commercial honor Of
any OF the great civilized nations Of the
world. In this respect it reflects the
character of the people-artistic. but
lacking in depth. caring more for the
form than for the substance. Naturally
color printing has been carried to a
higher degree Of perfection in Paris than
any other city. the reproductions Of her
famous paintings and the colored en-
cravings in the art supplements Of lead.
ing newspapers, such as Lie Figaro be-
ing unrivaled.- ChnutnuQuan. - s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

Just try . 10 cent box OF Csscarets,
the finest liver and bowel regulator
err 0eAA 40. "a =, a. &c.. s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
Lloeaeea n Wed.

70 Care . Cold n One Day
Take LAXATIVE Bromo Quiniue Tab
iets- All druggists refund the
n oney II Il fails to cure. IS cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

General Manager J. F. Lsrdner, of
the Tri City Railway company has
returned from Chicago, where be
attended . meeting Of the directors
OF his company yesterday, and
where the plans for the new Tower
Iun were approved With slight modi-
iicatiohA which Architect Hamnstt
is tom ske, and then the contract
with John Volk & Co. 10 to DO ap-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

TIE AsoUs delivered every even
in at lou4 dooe q 10 . Wook.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

Pliny says that the almond blossom
was regarded BY the young people Of his
- - - emblem G -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30
For Spring Wear.
Fading Hats

Are the most provoking
,hins on earth. When a
man buys a hat, he pays
a fair price for it, and
naturally exoects Il to
last a season. What an
awful lot of electricity
there must be in his words
and thoughts when It be-
gins to pine away and
fade into q dusty broxnl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-30

We price Ourselves on the fixed colors of our hats.
They are firm and rigid This Is ONLY one of ,her
good points Come In and learn the Others.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-29
Wadsworth Dispatch,
PUBLISHED s~EmI-wEEKLY
$500 Per Annum.
RACiNa III s;OcCCW,
The Horses Kun Not side by Side, but In
Opposite Directions.

The Horses Run Not side by Side, but In
Opposite Directions.
1t is a racing day in Moscow. The
course is swept free from snow and fol-
lows the wooded Stores with red paint
ed ratings OH each side. On Il side
is a stand, with seating room for sew
eral thousand people, and a special box,
with tent hangings, for the governor
| general, surmounted by the imperial
eagle in gold. In front CT this box, low-
or down, you see the prizes, consisting
of gold and silver cups, vases and orna-
mental pieces, all in Russian style and
| taste.
A bell rims, the course is cleared by
mounted gendarmes and the competitors
in due order take their places in front
Of the stand, but not side by side, as
| they always start from opposite sides of
1 the course, with heads also turned in
opposite directions. The usual race
! course hum and noise of the betting
men are heard and increase i'll volume
as the bell rings the second time. They
are off And the fascination of rapid
| motion, open air and strenuous exertion
throws its spell over the assembly, high
and low, for trotting is certainly the
most fashionable and beloved sport in
Russia. You cannot recognize people
| Just yet-the great fur collars are raised
and reach over the fur caps, leaving
only red tipped noses, beneath which
appear never missing cigarettes. The
ladies' heads are almost entirely COW
cred by wooden wraps, so here again
you can only guess who is who. To a
stranger o investing his money i'll
backing his opinion as to winners, the
| game might seem monotonous enough,
as the horses do not finish side by side,
but in the way they started. Yet the
Russians think differently, and. besides,
are there moi plenty of vodka and caviare
to be had between the races?
Single horses are pitted against each
other. drawing light little sleighs, in
which the driver is seated very low
| down and far away from the horse, ow-
ing to the long shafts intended to give
the horse perfect freedom of action. A
whip is not used, but on the reins are
metal buckles over the quarters, which
are employed instead, and almost all
horses .un without blipkers.
Sometimes a horse is attached to the
sleigh on one side of the trotter, who is
between the shafts. He is the pacemak-
er and gallops the whole course,
whereas, it need not be said, the trotter
must not break. Then follow pair
horses, harnessed, and lastly troikas
with three horses. sometimes four
abreast. Troikas are very barbarougly
gaudy and clumsy things to look at, but
exceedingly comfortable all the same. =
Badminton Magazine.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-29

What Henry George predicted would
happen If all taxation was placed upon
real estate has really occurred in the
case Of Mr.. William Rockefeller, the
Standard Oil magpate CT Westminster
county, N. Y. Westchester is a county
Just outside the corporation Of New
York city, and it is a favorite site TO,
the p~alatial country homes of rich city
men. Rockefeller's Westminster proper
ty near Tarrytcwn has been assessed at
81, 500. 900. His agent declares that the
whole cost of the place, ground, build
ings and improvements to the multi
millionaire was $476, 900. The farm
contains GAG acres. Mr.. Rockefeller is so
angered by the heavy assessment that
he offers 10 sell out the whole property
for $3.50. 900 and quit the uncongerial
soil Of Westminster, at least his agent
says SO. And there are others who have
been hit. Mr.. Robert Bonner, owner CT
Maud s and other noted trotters, re-
marks grimly that Westminster county
ought to be called Westrobber county.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-29
A Know Nothing Fellow,

A Know Nothing Fellow.
The harvest winds are sweeping over valleys
cool nm deep,
The fields IRE ripe for reap;n. butt dunno
how to ieapl
The bay IN stacked an ready. the Transfers
look alive,
The mules rre pullin steady. butt dunno how
TIC driyel
Jest stand idle
By the field nm hill:
Don't know nuthin.
An | never will
Fiddle's jest a-goin, an they tell ne it's my
chance.
Gals ale mighty p%rIty-l dunno how to
dance!
Comm 10 the doorway, akin of ne in,
Wantin ne 10 mary, Lui-i dunno how ! kin
Jest stand Idle
BY the f,ld an bill:
Don't kn, W ro;l IN,
An newer Will
Folks-they take an tel! NE that they never
seen the like,
to strike;
! Say the tint is flynn while I'm a-standin by
Do much better dyln. butt dunno how TO diei
Jest keep loafin
BY the field an hill:
Don't know nothin,
An | never will
IF. L Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-29
Would Act Quickly,

Professor of English Literature Ito
modern young man)-How would you
~punctuate this sentence 1.-The beautiful
girl for such she was rode out into the
night OH her bicycle?"
~Student-I think. professor, l would
make a dash after the beautiful girl
Tit Bits.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-29
simple Remedy.

Mamma tseyerely)- Daisy, you have
been at my workbox again. I'm afraid
that everything | tell you goes in at Ii
ear and out at the other.
Daisy Gagged Dwell, mamma, why
don't you top II of zem up?-Piok
Me Up.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-29
There's Many q SIIp.

Grump--One false step in life may
lead to irreparable disaster.
Spooner-I know that we'll. l loved Il
girl who thought ne a hero until fell
down d coal hole when lifting NY hat
to hcr.-Judy.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-29

Two branches of the Aberdeen Asso
citation For the D;stribu.lon Of L!tela
ture to Settlers i'll CanaGa have Lcei
formed in MONTREAL.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-29

Mrs. Crusty-Fie, baby, don't chew
your shoe like that.
Mr.. Crusty-Let him alone. When
he grows up, he'll be able to chew one
of your beefsteaks. -Ulk,
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1897-07-28

The tone gave no reason to suppose
that he gauged my interest in the
young woman, although l suspected
that he measured it accurately.
Have you any commands?" asked,
rather hastily rising and moving to-
ward the door.
None"
He. too, rose, with the intention OF
following me to the door and barring
1t after l hac passed out. His move
ments were slow, however, and had
drawn the bolt and turned the knob
before he was fairly out of his chair.
In an instant the door swung back
under a violent thrust from without,
and 1 was seized by a powerful man,
who hurled me from him with such
force that 1 reeled against the table.
AS / caught at it for support, saw
Lamar step back to the wall and with
motion like u flash for quickness
press the knob, the use of which he
had explained after my discovery of
the wire across the marsh. Then, with
all his habitual GOODNESS, he returned
to his chair, and sat facing the in
truders.
Three men had forced their way into
the room, and, having locked the door
behind them, were now ranged against
the table, glaring at Lamar like tigers
ready to spring upon their prey. My