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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16
TWO AGAINST ONE,
Charles UIIemeyer Has an Excit'
ing Encounter on TWEEN.
tieth Street.
ATTEMPT TO CUT HIMwITH AKNIfE
Fights His Assailants and Reaches Home
nance Violation Inauguration OF tho
Stone Pile-Riordan Refuses to Leave
Iowa without n Requisition,

h""ee 'ioiattoh CHARACTERIZATION or the
Stone Pile-Riordan Refuses to Leave
Iowa Without n Requisition.
Charles Ullemeyer. clerk at Hartz
d Ullemeyer's drug store. had an en-
citing experience with two strange
men on Twentieth street and Twelfth
avenue at IL O'Clock last night while
returning to his home in South
Heights. The fellows, evidently ho-
hos, first asked for financial assist
ance. They were refused this. They
became $50 offensive that Mr.. Ulle-
meyer struck one of them and Knocked
him down. The other made a lunre
toward Mr.. Ullemeyer, aiming blow
with a pocket knife clinched in his
hand at his breast. The weapon only
tore Mr.. Ullemeyer's vest. He was
then obliged to fight the pair single
handed and finally reached home I'M
injured and no worse off iinan-
cially. He secured gun and started
in pursuit of his assailants, but they
had disappeared.
Ed Page was arrested today for vio-
lating the plumbing ordinance. the
warrant being sworn out by Plumbing
Inspector Z. +. Burke. Page was
working on a job, in the employ of
Allen. Myers 4 Co., without license
from the board of examiners. This is
the first arrest under the new ordi-
nance. Page will have a hearing in
Magistrate Stafford's court tomorrow
morning.
Sergt. Archer will arrive TODAY
from Burlington with AL Riordan.
who refused to leave Iowa without a
requisition. Louis Glockhoff went
along to identify the prisoner
Other Matters.
Mike Brooks. a stranger in these
parts, is up before Magistrate Stafford
this afternoon for assaulting Jacob
Hoesli, proprietor of the Union house,
for which oifense he was arrested last
night by Officer Lohse. Hoesli handed
Brooks few. too, and it's a tossup
as to who got the worst of it.
A bicycle picked up on Seventeenth
street last night by Officer Mccarthy
is at the station.
Chief Fender says he has warned
wheel riders for the last time to burn
their lights after nightfall. He has
instructed the patrolmen to arrest all
violators.
A portion of the old COW pound on
Seventeenth street is being converted
into stone yard. 1t will be open for
the reception of guests about Satur-
day. There will be work for deserv-
ING ones who are too strong to follow
employment by which they can earn
an honest livelihood and who fail to
heed the warnings of the blue-coats
to make themselves strangers to the
community. There the hobos and
river men, who are waiting for a
boat, and the can rushers, etc, will he
assembled and given an opportunity
to get in condition. OF course the
hobos will fall over one another get
| ting to Rock Island when they hear
about the stone pile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16

Hoods Pills are easy to take. easy
to operate. Cure indigestion. head
ache.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16
A White Mark.

Foley's Kidney Cure is a perfectly
reliable preparation for all kidney and
bladder diseases. The proprietors Of
this great medicine guarantee it OF
the money refunded. Do they no,
deserve white mark? For sale by
T. III. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16

It's mistake to imagine that itch
ing piles can't be cured; a mistake to
suffer day longer than YOU can help.
Doan's Ointment brings instant re-
lief and permanent cure. At anv
drug store. 80 cents. For sale by
MAJ shall & Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16
Meeting This Evening.

Modern Woodmen and the citizens
OF Rock Island are requested to meet
at the city council rooms Thursday
evening at 7:30 p. m, for business of
Importance. BY order of the execu-
tive committee of the Tenth Congress
sional Picnic association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16

To Cure Constipation Forever.
rake Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or &c
IL Y. Y. =. iail TO cure. druggists refund money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16

Doc Sage and his players fell before
the saints on Missouri soil yesterday.
Costly errors-there were five of them
contributed largely to the defeat.
Walsh was solved for nine safeties.
while Goddell, st. Joe's pitcher, was
touched up for eight. Sage was be-
hind the hickory. Here is the way
they did it:
St. Joe...............2 | o Of II o a.;
Rock Island .........O o o o o "a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16
When You Take Your Vacation

the most necessary article to have
with You (after your pocket book is
a bottle of Foley's Collie Cure. 1t is
an absolute prevention or cure of all
arrangements of the bowels caused "
change of water You are likely to
need it. Fer sale by I. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-16
Had No Energy

My blood was impure, boils broke
out and | had that tired feeling. In
short | was all run down and did not
have any energy. After taking a few
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla l felt
much better, and | recommend this
medicine for purifying the blood and
building up the system. James
Henderson, Hoodville. Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
STOP BEFORE YOU BEGIN.
TIE Only Safe Method of Keeping &
Pure Mind and Clean
Body.

Success depends as much on not doil-
as upon doing; in other words, stop
before you begin" has saved many boy
from ruin.
From drinking and swearing and every sin,
You are safe and secure if you never be-
gin.
Then, never begin, never begin;
You can't be a smoker unless you begin.
If John, at that time a clerk in a
warehouse, had only said when invited
to stop at saloon and have a glass:
NO, thank you," he would not now be
the inmate of an inebriate asylum.
If James d clerk in store, when in
vi,ed TO spend his next Sabbath on a
steamboat excursion, had said: mo,
thank YOU" he might to-day have been
perhaps an honored officer in the
church instead of occupying cell in
prison.
1t is the first glass" that brings the
murderer 20 the galIows.
1t is the first cigarette" that pro-
duces the cancer on the tongue and "to.
bacco heart"
1t is the first bet" that results in the
financial wreck of the gambler.
1t is the first impure word" that
makes the string of terrible oaths.-
National Temperance Advocate.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

observe him finally sway back, away
from the steps, to start again Oh his
devious course and bring up a moment
later on the curbstone hanging in che
same manner and in the same danger
OF falling, now into the gutter.
But he doesn't fall, and one won
ders what preserves him. He staggers
on his way, and stumbles sometimes,
but RECEIVERS himself and never quite
goes down. Again he skins smooth
and straight along the very edge u
some danger spot, but keeps right on
into safety. And so he pursues his
crooked and dangerous way with dip
or a dive now and then that brings
the heart into the mouth of some pass
er-by who chances upon him suddenly;
and at times it seems as though ne
must GO down, but something keeps
him up, and some instinct, apparently
Independent of himself, turns him
back from the brink. With such glim-
mering of sense as he has left, if he
has any, he struggles hard to keep up.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In very clear water sunlight pene-.
trates to a depth of over 1,5OO feet.
At banquets during Elizabeth's time!
every guest came with his spoon in his
pocket,
There is no truth whatever in the be-
lief that anyone falling into the sea
necessarily rises and sinks three times
before drowning.
Within the last 20 years no less than
$4,000 marriages have been dissolved
il, the United States through Inc
agency of the courts of law.
Calvin tells of a friend of his reading
aloud to him while fast asleep, all his
faculties being dormant except his
hearing, Coleridge, the dreaming
philosopher, composed one of his
poems, "Kubla Khan" while fast asleep.
An extremely useful clock has been
invented by Thomas w. Hunt, of Ma
con. Ga At any moment at which the
alarm is set-say at five a. NIT arouses
the sleeper lights a candle and kindles
a fire in the range.
Two athletic young men in Passaic,
n. j.. fought a duel with pillows. 1t
lasted 81 minutes, when a vigorous
swing across the neck with the five
pound pillow, fioored one of the con-
testants, and for five minutes he lay
senseless.
\ society for the education of cats
has been organized in Pittsburgh. The
president of this society declares: I'VE
| feel assured that under our process of
culture many hidden and unsupported
good qualities in the nature of the cat
will be brought to the surface"
\ horse belonging to Charles Winters.
at Monticello, n. Y, wandered close to
beehive and a bee stung him. In his
efforts to dislodge the insect, the ami
NAL overturned the beehive. The angry
bees swarmed upon him, singing him
on all parts of the body, and in less than
two hours he was dead, swollen almost
beyond recognition.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
BEER, MONEY AND CHURCHES
DepIOrabIe Stare of Affairs which
Existed One Hundred
Years Ago.

A hundred years ago there vera no
temperance societies or Bands of 2:Ope,
no Rechabites, and Blue Ribbon Grmy
To be as drunk as lord" was the
height of human felicity. Il was the
age of three bottle men, OF convivial
toasts, of drinking songs. Even the
church indirectly encouraged intern
perance. There were certain districts
where at Whitsuntide the church
wardens were accustomed to levy con
tributions of malt from the parishion-
ers. This was brewed into strong ale
and sold in the church. The Whitsun-
tide topers had, however, pious meth
cd in their madness.
The money spent on the beer was
expended by the churchwardens in
church maintenance, aud the muddled
roisterers no doubt believed them
selves to be pillars of the church even
when. under the influence of its alec
hol. they rolled upon its pavement.
They thought themselves supporters of
the church when they wanted sup
porting" themselves. and deemed them
selves most sanity when they were
most soddened, Until as recently As
1927 (when the license was withdrawn
a church and public house were Gov
cred by one roof at Deepdale, midway
between Derby and Nottingham. y
door that could be opened at will served
TO separate the consecrated interior of
the church from the common taproom
OF the tavernl Tea drinking was re
garded as one of the feminine vices of
100 years ago. The Female Spec
tator of that period observes: 1.-THE
tea table costs more to support than
would maintain two children at nurse.
1t is the utter destruction of all econ
omy. the bane of good housewif'ry. and
the source of idleness." - Cham bers'
Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
RUDYARD KIPLING'S STAND.
Relates n Scene lie Witnessed as the
Reason Why He became
a PrOhibitiOnist.

Rudyard Kipling says that one night,
in a concert hall, he saw two young
men ply two girls with liquor until they
were drunk. They then led them, stag.
gering, down a dark street. The resi-
of the story we give in Mr., Kipling's
own words. Then" he says, recanting
previous opinions, l became prohibi-
ZIONIST. Better it is that man should
go without his beer in public places,
and content himself with swearing at
the narrow-mindedness of the major
ity; better it is to poison the inside with
very vile temperance drinks, and to buy
lager furtively at back doors, than to
bring temptation to the lips of young
fools such as the four had seen. | I'M
derstand now why the preachers rage
against drink. l have said: There is
no harm in it, taken moderately and
yet my own demand for beer helped
directly to send these two girls reeine
dowp the dark street to-God alone
knows what end. If liquor is worth
drinking, it is worth taking a little
trouble to come at-Such trouble as q
man will undergo to compass his own
desires. 1t is not good that we should
let it lie before the eyes of children.
and have been fool in writing to the
contrary"
This is important testimony. Rud.
yard Kipling is no unknown person.
No one can accuse him of intolerance
or fanaticism. No one can taunt him
with ignorance of life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
GLEANINGS.

Drink no wine" and you will not
drink too much.-Nationa Temperance
Advocate.
The police commissioners of Kansas
City, Mo-, are unit on the ruling that
no saloons can be esta blished near tn.
public library.
During the worlds fair there were
over 1000 saloons in Chicago. Since
then they have been gradually declin-
ing, and the numbers are not much
over 5000. Over 200 have gone out OF
business during the last quarter.
The Catholic university of America
located at Washington, has Father
Mathew chair" under the auspices Of
which noted lecturers deliver temper
ance lectures in the university exten.
sion courses throughout the country.
1t is reported that the Catholic Total
Abstinence union, of Buffalo, n. Y,
has appealed to the committees of the
cardinals of Rome for some action on
their part Ito protect young Catholics
from the indescribable ravages of alec
holic drinks"
The official returns of the recent pro-
hibition plebiscite in Canada show thai
the provinces outside of Quebec gave q
majority of 9S, 430 for prohibition. Que
bee gave Ss,067 majority for nnti-pro-
hibition, leaving a total majority the
other way, of 1922.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF.
A New Device That VIII Dispose of
the Necessary Article SAT-
isfactOrily.

1t has long been question with wOm-
en-, and a matter of anxiety, just what
to do with their pocket handkerchiefs
nowadays. Even the new woman must
have a handkerchief, but the new wom
ans gown is fashioned with but little
regard for the safe keeping of this very
necessary article of apparel.
The tight-ftting skirt permits of no
old-time bulging and handy pockets.
Such an introduction into the sheath
like fit of the fashionable skirt would
be something entirely unheard of and
unbelievable; and yet so far no one
seems to have contrived a substitute for
the necessary square of linen which
must be carried by rich and poor alike.
Some maidens contracted the habit
CT tucking the dainty, fimsy, lace
trimmed trifle up the sleeve, but this to
many savored too much of the "Hea-
then Chinee." Then it became the fad
10 tuck it into the purse, but this, too,
was soon abandoned, as it proved ruin
pus to any handsome pocketbook.
There is never a want but what there
is found a supply for II, and so IN the
case of the handkerchief holder. The
difficulty has been met and conquered,
apparently, and the autumn belt comes
forth with new clasp attachment. 1t
is made of oXidized or tiligree silver,
and it is worn on the right side directly
under the arm.
The favorite handkerchief for the
fall Is made of the thinnest, sheerest
material possible, and is finished with
d narrow hem. One corner is embroid-
cred with large and heavy monogram,
the larger the better. 1t is to be worn
fastened directly in the center of the
belt clasp and tucked in so that the
corner containing the monogram shows
plainly. For the patriotic girl there are
handkerchiefs embroidered with a regi-
mental decoration or the stars and
stripes, while for the girls with beaux
to their strings private signals of
yachts or clubs are in evidence.-N. Y.
Herald. .
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

The small son of the people and his
little sister were inside the great West
Philadelphia church for the first time.
"Um-m-my! but it's a beaut place"
he whispered. Il bet people wot belong
here comes every time dey can Her
breath came to her in little gasps. Her
soiled little finger pressed on his with
thrilled intensity. Her eyes Toasted on
the splendid chancel. Heaven mus be
mex door," she said. They hardly
moved throughout the service, and
never let go each others hands, for it
wasas strange land. AT last the sweet
voiced procession of choir boys came
down the aisle. At its head was a slim
young seraph, with face as fair and
pure as the linen he wore. Faint, dark
circles beneath his eyes completed the.
ethereal effect is dem angels?" the
little girl began, but stopped short, sur
prised at the reok on her brother
face. Dat kid in fronts Bill Griggs,
wot | licked last week fer swipin' tings
from ole Mrs. Maguire's apple stand.
He amt got over dem black eyes | gev
i'm yet. Come on, let's git out" His
face was stern and set as they went.
She furtively wiped a tear-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
sREg :! "
1nlH14zl!\p7Ea
A MAN WHO HAD NO CHANCE.
Discussed Labor Problems Over the
Saloon Bar While His Wife
Took in Washing.

Well" Morris Cleburn said, as he
entered the door of his home one day,
Il can't get work. A man has 10
chance these days. l was talkin' it
over with Hill jest now, an he says it's
the same with him. No job nowhere!"
Mrs. Cleburn looked up from her
ironing.
Il find plenty to do" she said, quietly.
"Oh, yes, you women hev things al
your own way, anyhow. As Hill seq
"Where did you see HMM the sa-
loon?"
Mr.. Cleburn was annoyed.
why, yes. jest dropped in there
as l was passin' to speak to a man that
owed me. There wasn't no harm in
that, was there?"
mo. Did he pay you?"
Eyes, of course he did"
"Where is the money!"
Money? Oh, yes. 1--we got it
here in"
Mr.. Cleburn made a fine show Of
searching in his pockets and then ex-
claimed:
I've been robbed! had that money
right here when"
Mrs. Cleburn looked up resignedly
when you went up to the bar to set
tie the labor problem with Hill? Well.
don't look for it. The children and l
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

one had only to step directly from the
deck into the boat. There was still
some delay to make sure that the ships
stern had grounded, and still more be-
cause of the extreme politeness of the
officers, who considerably offered me a
Steadying hand to step into the boat.
Lieut.. Commander Wainwright stood
on one side and Lieut.. Holman on the
other; each offered me hand l sug-
gcsted the propriety of my being the
last to leave. and requested them to
precede me, which they did. There w2s
favorable comment later in the press
because | left last. 1t is a fact that I
was the last to leave, which was only
proper; that is to say, it would have
been improper otherwise; but virtually
all left last. The fine conduct of those
who came under my observation that
night was conspicuous and touching.
The heroism of the wounded men | did
not see at the time. but afterward good
reports of their behavior were very
common. The patient way in which
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
INEBRIETY IN WOMAN.
Reasons Why She Becomes EnsIaved
to the Appetite of IntOXicat-
ing Drinks.

Inebriety is bad enough in a man,
but in a woman it is even more pitiable,
and, if it be possible, more far-reach-
ing and more dreadful in its results.
With women it would, we think, be
safe to say that the origin of the drink
habit lies in perturbed physical condi-
tions-in fact, that it is a disease, and
not a mere obliquity, as many would
have us believe. The consequences of
alcoholism in women are not so quick
ly evident as in men. In the earlier
stages of inebriety, in those cases in
which there is power of volition, a
peculiar shrinking from publicity pro-
tects some women against the symp-
toms noted among men at a like pc
riod. Two causes may be given for the
lapse of women into inebricty. First is
the nervous condition due 10 Jack of nu-
triton and the wear and VERY of do
nestle life and the demands OF society
an exhaustion for which relief is mis-
takenly sought in the transient aid of
alcohol; secondly, the pain and unrest
incident to disorders of their sex, for
which solace is sought in the anaes-
thetic and paralyzing effects of alco-
hol. In the first case the woman who
flies to drink must be unaware or un.
mindful of the fact that its taking in.
wolves a great risk of creating a morbid
condition that often finds expression
in constant inebriety. In the second
case, the so-called solace, with startling
and sorrowful frequency, ends in con-
firmed alcoholism.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
THE DRUNKEN MAN.
And the Mystery of How He Keep
His Feet and Steers Clear
of Danger.

Drunken men, of course, Go fall
down getaways and that sort Of
thing" said Mr.. Nozzleby, according
20 the New York Sun. 1--WE read about
it occasionally ir the papers, but still
such mishaps are comparatively rare
Men seem to stagger up to the very
verge of such places, and then sheer q
in safety. Probably everybody that
has lived in city has at one time or
another followed some drunken man
with his eye and seen him as he pur-
sued his zigzag course along the side
walk, lurch up to and fairly lean over
the top step of some basement stairs,
seen him still leaning, as though lie
must inevitably ropple over and go
smashing down to the bottom, only to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
LAST MAN ON THE MAINE.
capt Sissbee Requested His Officers
TO Preceue Him on the
WreckeC Shin,

Capt. Charles d. Sigsbee in his per
sonal Narrative of the Maine" in the
Century, speaking of the scene follow
ing the explosion, says:
1T was hard blow to be obliged to
leave the Maine; none of us desired to
leave while any part of her poop re-
manned above water. We waited until
satisfied that she was resting on the
bottom of the harbor. Lieut.. Comman-
der Wainwright then whispered to me
that lie thought the forward ten-inch
magazine had been blown up into the
burning material amidship and might
explode at any time, with further dis
astrous effects. lie was then directed
10 get everybody into the boats, which
was done. 1t was an easy operation;
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22
NONeItN In HINTS.

There is touch of novelty intro
duced into the broad-brimmed velvet
hat this season by lining the brim with
a colored velvet. A broad black hat
that rolls up on each side in manner
that family suggests the equestrienne
is lined with pink. The crown is draped
with black lace scarf, and there are
three waving ostrich plumes on one
side. A pretty idea on another black
hat is an insertion of jets arranged in
the brim. Some broad Eats have rib
toire. a sunken crown is seen on 9TH
ers. and this is lined with a colored
velvet or panne. For colors the bright
French blue seems to be the most pop
ular.-N Y. Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

There is but one way of insuring good
work. the old-fashiOned one of being on
the spot. How do you always manage
to have such delicious meats?" asked
enc housekeeper of another. "Well, |
select a good honest butcher, and then
stand by him" You mean'that you
give him all your trade?" "No; near
that l stand by him while he is cutting
the meat. youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

Friends. the liquor alone is not the
only product of the saloon. 1t is the
saloon influence, the saloon association,
which is Of the greatest significance.
II it were not for this the crimes of
liquor would soon be blotted from the
face of the earth. If all young persons
or even if ali professed Christians
would not allow themselves to be in
fuenced by such association our world
would soon be revolutionized. AS ii
h their influence degrades our society
and rorrupts our politics.-C. A. Her
CulaN.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-12-22

He may not realize it himself, but in
btinct makes known to him that r
once he goes down he can't get up.
Pursuing a straight course you
soon come up with and pass the stag
gerer going crisscross, steering out,
perhaps, as you pass, to avoid collision
with him ~