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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
NAVIGATION IS NOW OPEN
Draw Of Rock l.isnd Brl sgs F.rmaliy
Ssings.

Draw OF Rock l.isnd Brl ,Es F.rmsliy
ssings.
The draw OF the Rock Island bridge
was formally swung open for the first
time yesterday at noon. thus inaugu.
rating the navigation season Of 1895.
This morning the City OF Winons.
Capt. Streckfus' boat, went to Gin.
ton on her first trip. and the Verne
Swain followed this afternoon, with
Beit Lovett as master.
The w. j. Young. Jr., steamed up
and started this afternoon on her
first trip to Burlington with Capt.
Blair on the roof.
The ferry J. p. Gage has been sold
to parties at Dardanelle. Ark, and
will leave for that point Monday.
The stage OF water is stationary a;
$3.50; the temperature at noon. 46.
The Bedar went MP and came down
again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
IN THE COUNTY COURT

Verdict for Plaintiff In the Young 70.
sjobla1 Case.
The Jury in the suit in assumpsit
OF John c. Young vs.. G. W. Sjoblad
returned a verdict in the county
court this morning assessing the
Plaintiffs damage at $l5O.5O. The
case grows out of disagreement be.
tween Messrs. Young and Sjoblad in
connection with settlement they
had after dissolvipg a partnership
under which they conducted q brick
manufacturing business in South
Rock Island. The hearing was be.
fore Judge Adams. The jury was
composed Of: Charles Williams,
John Day, IL II Parks. q NJ. Rsugh,
Charles Thomas. o. u. Abraham, j.
5. Martin. j. A. Hedeen. +. c. Gripp,
John o. Johnson, A. l.. Freeburg and
A. StUder. c. b. Marshall and H.
A. Weld represented the plaintiff,
ard John Looney ard j. T. Ken
worthy the defendant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18

Matthew j. Mccarthy died at 10
O'Clock this morning at the res idence
Of his mother, Mrs. Nora Mccarthy,
after An illness OF IL weeks from
rheumatism and kidney troubl His
age was 81 years and 9 months. lie
was q bright and promising young
man. and devoted son and brother,
and his family will have universal
sympathy in their great sorrow. He
was a member Of St. Joseph's branch,
Western Catholic Union. The fun.
eral will be held from St. Joseph's
church ct 2 O'Clock Sunday after.
neon.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Flsherty. OF Sears, were held at St.
Joseph's church at 10 O'Clock this
morning. requiem mass being cele.
brated by Rev. Father Msckin. The
remains were inferred in Calvary,
the pail bearers bsing Thomas Dolly,
John Russell aud William Bosold. OF
THE city. aud Patrick Kehoe, james
Conway aud Timothy O'Connell. OF
Milan.
j d. Woodruff, Of Sears, died this
afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
MoLlNE's NOMINATIONS.


Convonsi"n Of the Republicans and Oaa-
oases OF the Peopls's Party.
The republicans of Moline held
their city-township convention At
Armory hall last night and nomi-
mated the following ticket: Super.
visors F. A. johnson, George W.
Freeland; assessor. z. G. Thulin;
police magistrate, L. F. Kerns; COL
lector. W. H. Edwards; constable,
George n. Stoddard. Frank w.
Gould was elected chairman OF the
city-township committee. and the
convention decided to hold primary
elections hereafter.
The peoples party ward caucuses
were also held in Moline last
evening. Candidates for aldermen
were placed in the field as follows:
First ward. Charles Shellberg; Sec
ond. Charles j. Carlson; Third, Gus
Segur; Fourth, DR.. X. c. j. Meyers;
Fifth. Fred Daebelliehn; Sixth, F.
Coryn; Seventh, David Hoover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
CASE DISMISSED.

william Kl,b. spd louis schsvs Cleared
Of the Charge Of Larceny.
The proceedings agains. William
kiebe and Louis Schave, of Hamp-
ton, for the alleged theft OF q
mule belonging 10 Capt. John
McCadrey. Of Davenport. were
dismissed by Magistrate Stafford
yesterday afternoon The arrest
OF the boys appears TO have engcn-
dered considerable feeling among
their neighbors. o large delegation Of
whom came down to testify in their
behalf.
The incident which led to the ar
rest occurred Feb. "a. Klcbe and
Schave were returning from a trip
over into Henry county. In psssirg
tic Blossom burg coal mine She mule
espied their convey ance and Joined
10 the procession. The boys say
they were not aware that they were
being acc ,mpanied By the long-eared
gentleman until they were quite a
distance from the mine. The mule
followed them for awhile longer, aud
then dropped ont of the line of
march. They supposed the animal
had turned his head for home.
Capt. McCaffrey swo,e cut a war
rant against Klebe and Schave.
charging them with larceny. Their
arrest came rs great surprise to
them. they say. They employed c.
b. Marshall to defend them. The
hearing was postponed. tho defend
ants furnishing bail. In the mean
time States Attorney Searle was
made acquainted with the facts in
the case. and at once recommended
the dismissal Of the proceedings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
TOWN TOPICS.

The choir OF the First Methodist.
church meets for rehearsal this even
ing.
Mrs. Grace Mackin and daughter,
Miriam, returned from Chicago last
night.
The contract for the building of
the amphitheatre, bleHchers aud fence
at the baseball grounds on Twelfth
street, wss let today to Horst & Pet
ersen.
John WITCH. a shipper for the Rock
Island Lumber com pauy, residing at
2725 Sixth avenue, was struck on the
right shoulder BY falling board a.
noon today and painfully injured.
1t is feared She shoulder bone was
fractured. DR.. q. Z. Birth attended
him.
At the Hibernian ciety's celebra,
ton Of st. Patrick's dsy at Hibernian
hall. Davenport. last evening. ad-
dresses were made by Judga G. NJ.
Waterman and Mayor s. +. Smith, of
Davenport. and Hon. William Nc
Entry and Father Thomas Mackin,
OF Rock Island.
The following ticket Was nom;n.
aeed at last nights Davenport city
township convention of the republic
cans: Thomas Scott. mayor; Henry
Coos. city clerk; Rudolph Rohlis.
treasurer; Henry Nsgel and + ID.
Dawes. sldermen-at-large; Jappe
Bierring. assessor; q. j. HANSEN,
park commissioner.
Pearl Keely, administrative Of the
estate Of Henry Keely, has started
suit in the circuit court through
Wood & Peek. her attorneys. for
5000 damages against the Rock Isl.
ard Railroad compsny. Her hus-
band, who lived in Port Byron, was
killed by a c., r. I. & Z. train in
Moline several months ago.
Prof. Ii. w. Rolie lectured on
whittier, the Poet of New England
at the High school last evening. This
was tho fourth mum Der in the Rock
Island University Extension course.
The lecturer gave an interesting
review Of the poets life, both as q
reformer and literary man. At the
conclusion OF the lecture Prof. RolSs
presented a number of ssereopticou
views of Ox:or.i and Oxford univer-
verstty. and also gave personal
"reminiscences Of the great ednca.
tiousl institution. The next lee.
ture will bs on "Lowel."
A motor car on tho Moline
Csntral line dashed down ,he
Fifteenth street hill at q ter.
rife rate yesterday afternoon, and
did rot stop until it reached the
Plow company's warehouse opposite
the library. Three persons wire in
jured. David +. Dorm. the motor.
man. had mis- face and right knee
and elbow cut; Adolph Berger. mail
carrier, left shoulder broken and
body bruised; Fred II. Cooper. hands
and knees scratched. The motor.
man lost control o: the car a,
Twelfth avenue, where the brake rod
broke.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
EOGathiIiY 20 Iinaw.

J. may be worth something &c
know that the very best medicine 70.
restoring the tired out nervous sys
tom to a healthy vigor is Elec.r;,
Bttters. This medicine is purely
vegetable. acts by giving tono to the
nerve centers in the stomach. gently
stimulates the Liver and Kidneys
ard aids these organs in throwing of
Impurities in the blood. Electric
Bitters improves the appetite. aids
digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried 1t as the very
best blood purifier ond nerve tonic.
Try it. Sold for so cents or 81 pc,
hottie ct Hartz & Ullemeyer's drag
store
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
New H,ras.

Tie undersigned have entered into
partnership under the firm name OF
Sweeney & Robinson. and will con-
duct the business OF making abstracts
OF title, conveysneing, loaning
money. ETC., heretofore carried on BY
Marion E. Sweeney. We solicit the
patronage Of the people aud will. in
the future as in the past, attend to
all business entrusted to rs, witt
promptness and accuracy at reason.
able charges. Room 33. Mitchell &
Lynde building.
MARION E. SWEENEY,
LEON T. ROBINSON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
Ladies' Dan Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens
Foo:-Ease, q powder to be shaken
into the shoes. It makes tight OF
new shoes feel easy; gives instant
reliet 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-Esse is a certain cure
for sweating. hot aching feet. A,
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, 1898-03-18
CRACK MAYOR MARSHALL
CrAtk shot Munioip:l Executive OF
ksithsburG at the Traps.

hetnsDuIx ~ inc traps
At Watson's park ner Chicago
yesterday trap shooters were on aud
oil day prscticing for the Grand
American handicap which Is to be
shot at Elwoood park. Long Branch.
D. j.. next week. For several days
the champion shooters OF the western
states have been drifting into the
city preparatory to tho trip east. As
the championship trophy was won by
q western shooter last year, Mayor
Thomas Marshall, OF Keithsburg, ILL.,.
the delegation is confident OF landing
the prizs again this year. The
weighty mayor Of shooting fame was
At Watson's park yesterday. where
he kept his shotgun busy all the
afternoon. Fred Gilbert, Of Spirit
Lake, Iowa. who holds the Dupont
and Kansas City Star trophies;
Charles M. Grimm. OF Clear Lake,
Iowa, and c. w. Budd. OF Dss Moines,
were his companions in the practice
work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
Thousands sufIer from c.tsr,b n

Thousands suffer from catarrh or
cold in the head and have never tried
the popular remedy. There lie no
longer sny excuse. ~ q 10 cent trial
size Of Ely's Cream Balm can be had
OF your druggist or We mail it for 10
cents. Full size SO cents.
Ely Bros Sc Warren ST., N. z.
City.
A friend advised me 10 try Ely's
Cream Balm, sod after using it Blk
weeks I believe myself curei Of ca.
tarrh. II 10 Q most valuable remedy.
Joseph Stewart, 6?4 Grand avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
To Copsumpsivss.

As an honest remedy. Foley's
Honey and Tar does not hold ont
false hopes in advanced stages. but
truihiully claims to give comfort
and relief In the very worst cases,
and In the early stages to effect o
cure. For sale'by T. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
Buckl ne ArnicA Salye.

The best salve in the world for
cuts. bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped
hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions. and positively cures piles,
or no pay required. Il is guaran-
teed TO give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price Is cents per
box. For sale BY Hsrtz & Uile-
meyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18
0su r ID Wn Hill.

People suffering from kidney dis
ea'es feel o gradual butsseady loss Of
strength and vitality. They should
lose no time in trying Foley's Kid
ney cure. guaranteed preparation.
Fer sale By I. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18

Arnold's Bromo Celery cures head
aches; 10, 25 and 80 cents. Reiss
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18

q health"
p Niles Remedies
solti by all drug
= under q positive
.ransee. frSt bottle
e6ts or money rc-
ded Book on Dis
cs % tho heart and
yes free. Address,
" MILES MEDICAL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-18

Alice M.sssss 10 Dsssenesc. not Repre-.
ssssssivs nsEaisy. Of ale CITY. Dsfeads
nis asessd asa fhss 81 O,hsrs who sss-
ss,ssd the Msass Forty Lsseso scesh
~ .hIr.
The age-herald., 1898-01-02

bly, about her journey, which to her was the most wonderful thing that ever happened. We came over on a French steamer with three other novices, and oh. it vas awful. They kept on crying 'Cest terrible!' all the time. and l thought I was going to die sure Then. when we got to New York they put us on board a great long train. and We sat up for three days and nights, and we went through place like a tunnel 10 miles long. It fatigucd ire very much. |"
 The little sister never expectw to see her home and her friends again, for with these missionaries there is no re- turn. It is only in rase instances, such as the mother superior's. that tie old country is revisited. But the enthusi- asm of the work gnstains them, and yearly hundreds of delicate, we'll bred young women go forth to savage Africa or the fever stricken Indiee, and brief record of their death i3 all the world learns of the matter.
 "We used to hear such lovely stories about the missionaries at the coaveat school" says the little sister.
 Exactly, the romance of the work seized upon her. ara after two years of
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South seas; the other is a novice just starting out on her life's work.
 Both wear the blue garb with the be- coming black headdress of the order of St. Joseph of Cluny, but there the resemblance ends. The Very Reverend Mother Superior Melanie is old and grizzled, her complexion darkened by many years of tropical life, her express sion set and determined, as becomes one who has been accustomed to rule for many years. Yet her look is not always austere. Her gray eyes light up with sly, humorous twinkle when an idea strikes her; her language is quaint and expressive, albeit she knows not a word of English.
 Little Sister Theresa Is just the op- posite of all this. She is young and. al- though it sounds rather improper to say it of nun, pretty. She is innocence personified. All her short life has been shielded from any contact with the world, and before she began this ter ribly long Journey she had been shut up for two years In c Parisian con- vent. It is no wonder the trip seems a terrible one to these two inexperienced creatures. The mother superior is help-
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MISSIONARY
 LIFE IN TAHITI.

less amid all these bewildering foreign sounds, and, to make matters worse, the young sister despite her Parisian training, speaks but little French, for she is an Irish girl, so that converse, tion between the two is out of the question.
 We have a great deal of work to do in Tahiti" she says. "but We are very much hampered by lack of means. We have to earn every penny ourselves. There are IS sisters in the group and more to come. while in the country dis tricts they are always asking for us, but we cannot go. as there is no priest. We cannot, you see, send a sister to any place where there is no priest. She would never be able to hear mass. And then there must never be less than three altogether; it would be too lonely
 Tt would be all right" she went on, If we had only piece of land; self support would be easy. We could grow vanilla and cocoa and bananas and lots of things, and vanilla. as you know, is now a very profitable crop in the islands, fetching 20 Mexican dollars kilo. As it is we have to earn by talk ing in washing and sewing, and then we make all the artificial flowers for the altars, sending to Paris for the ma terials."
 Why artificial flowers should be need ed in such garden paradise as Tahiti the mother did not explain. Probably it had never occurred to her to depart from the accepted conventions of church decoration in favor of a freer and more natural method.
 We have 300 scholars of all sorts. whites, natives and half castes, and we charge for teaching accomplish ments, such as music. drawing, etc. Thus we make a little, for the people like their children to be we'll educated, and one music mistress cannot do the work. so that we have had to send for another"
 The little sister prattles away amia-
The age-herald., 1898-01-02
For the Nursery.

Inc newest convenience for the baby's boudous is a big boyled, long handled spoon of yellow wood. The bowl is a paintias of a scene from the land of fairies or nursery ditties. The classic COW performing her aerial feat, Simple Sinun, Little Boy Blue, Little Nan Ft- ticoat and other famillar persorages ornament the bowl, whose curling edges make q frame fo: the gay little figures. All alerg the handle of tho spoon are placed brcs.s hooks. and when i. is fas- tened to the wall by larger and more solid hook placed at the back # makes m ornamental and very useful .i.tls rack for the chi,dren'1 clothes.
The age-herald., 1898-01-02

be, and she enjoys her work. This is what she does. You who are giving your small boy party need not bother about how the children are to be en- tertained. You drop her a line and say. Dear Miss Piaywell. my boy of 10 years is to have a birthday party on next Thursday, and there will be 100 children to entertain. If you have noth- Ing else on hand, will you kindly man age this for me?" Miss Playwell ap- pears at the proper time, arranges the rooms to suit herself and then sees that the various plays are properly led. man. ages the children in their dances looks after the small ones who are too shy to have a good time and makes every blessed little pickle present enjoy him. self keenly. Stiff Mrs. Millionaire. who is to give dinner party, lets Miss Playwel know to whom it Is to be giv- en. and behold! there is some special new scheme of decorations for the table, the menu cards are original. and the favors are unusually clever. Miss Play we'll merely retails her brains for the benefit of those who either lack them or who do not care to exercise them, and she is such a delightfully."- unselfsh girl that she absolutely finds pleasure in her work.
 Her cousin. gentle Mrs. Industry. who married a delightful man who cannot earn q penny and whose joy and heart ache is her lame son. swells her income in another way. She was educated in French convent and she knows how to sew as do only those ladies who have been taught by the nuns. So when Miss Fuss feathers gets up a sewing class this winter it is Mrs. Industry wlio teaches that class of girls how to sew for the fashionable girl is very ambitious in this respect, and the teach CT is paid we'll for it. Unconsciously, she teaches them some other things for which there is no accredited sum of money paid. She makes them compre- helid the value of a low, sweet voice in woman and of a quiet and dignified manner, and she impresses upon them the fact that ladies are born and that good manners, while they can be imi- tated. cannot be bought. Then there is Miss Tact. She has her mother and an old aunt to care for and a very small income with which to keep the three in comfort. but during the winter she is the very busiest of the busy. She stays an hour with Mrs. Glitter and quietly
The age-herald., 1898-01-02

corrects all grammatical mistakes that she makes-mistakes that Mrs. Glitter did not have time to think about when she was working hard at the washtub before Glitter made a fortune in oil. Later in the day she shows Mrs. Snob how3to accept an invitation to dinner party and impresses upon her that she must not sign note in the first per son, Mrs. Jacob Snob," but that Cor nelia Snob" represents her when she does not appear in conjunction with MT. Jacob, Snob. the Tammany politi- elan. And so she goes on, first with this one and then with that one correcting the mistaken speech and fighting any action of those who as she politely puts it, "were too busy early in life to give thought to the small courtesies." As if they. weren't the great necessities. Miss Tact is an important factor in life to- day, and if she smiles little sarcas- tically when some of her customers patronize her you cannot blame her, for Miss Facts people were gentlefolk when her clientele were unknown.
 Mrs. Livewell is widow with five little children. Her days are spent in small town just outside of New York. and in August she begins to chop citron
The age-herald., 1898-01-02

and pick entrants and stone raisins for the plum buildings that will go over the country in the winter months, and the profits on which are sending her oldest boy to college and will educate her younger children. These are the women to be proud of, my friend; the quief workers, not the bustling, rampan
 bachelor woman, who might lead purely feminine life, but who does not wish to, but these women who, seeing the need for industry, give good, hard, honest work for value received. Tester
 day I met a bright pretty girl whose greeting was cheery and who did nof confess to knowing the meaning Of weariness, but who had danced al morning and all afternoon to help her brother study law; not danced in pub lie and had the pleasure of listening to the intoxicating applause of many, bur danced with stupid little children ani had patience with this one and that one that she might give @ helping hand to this some one for whom she cared. I grow proud of women when I realize what they will do for somebody they love. That is better than being inde
 pendent. It is better than living at a' hotel and earning money to put in bank. tell you it is these workers, these hon. est and unselfish workers, whu are worthy of good, honest praise, but they are invariably the quiet workers. They do not Haunt their industry, but go along like busy bees singing at their work and recognizing the fact that there ought to be queen bees who do not need to work queen bees who must give work to other people, work necessary for those other people to exist. Wo- men-that is, real women-admire queen bees; see the necessity for an aristocra, cy and encourage it. And women like queen bees will always be willing to make it an aristocracy of birth and in- tellect rather than one which is the re- suit of work,
The age-herald., 1898-01-02
PASSING OF
 THE OLD MAID.

ing. Why can't those women who have plenty of money allow what work there is to be done by those women who have other people to support? I never knew an honest woman worker who had not some elderly person or some little child dependent on her, or some one of her own family who needed assistance and to whom help must be given. And the ingenuity with which the women who have to work think out methods of do- ing it is something wonderfull
 The brightest girl know has to aid in keeping an invalid mother. She tried half hundred things, and she did not seem to earn her salt al any of them. There was the druggist to pay. the doc tors bills to meet and the many, many trites to be got for the invalid that seem 50 little and cost so very much Now she is as prosperous IS she can