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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
TOWN TALK.
Pay your water rent.
Leaf lard at Gilmore's,
For insurance, E. j. Burn

4TCehA AiA ~ os -
For insurance, E. j. Burns.
List your property witt Reidy Bros.
f. E. Mangold, leading photographer.
Lemons Is cents lozen at Hor-
toms.
Bargain prices on child ren's cloth
ing. Sommers IL La Vele.
Children's wash sailor suits, worth
so and IS cents, only % cents. The
London.
The police station is to be removal
ed. A new barn for the ambulance
will also probably be built.
1t is reported the brownies are to
give an excursion to raise funds with
which TO buy Fourth of July fireworks.
Call for and drink Care & Ohweil-
er's bottled goods. The,T are not only
made of the purest water but the best
material that the world produces.
Quebec, America s Historical City, ~
is the subject for the lecture 10 be
given by Supt. X. q. Young at Au-
gustana college this evening, under
the auspices of the Western Illinois
Summer Normal school
Only 50 cents for the, double fun
trolley party to Black Hawks Tower
and gorgeous japanese carnival at the
inn by the Broadway foung people
this evening. Plenty of cars, no
crowding and a loyal good time.
Can you use a long covered hack or
a 2-horse express wagon? For cash
or on time. If so, see Eastman. 17124
Second avenue. Both are at Stuhr's
wagon shop on Third avenue, between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets.
Rev. ID. NJ. Hazlett will deliver a
free lecture on The Application of
the Golden Rule TO Present Day Indus
trial Problems" under the auspices
of the Young Peoples association, at
the Broadway Presbyterian church at
s O'Clock tomorrow evening.
The Rock Island postofiice, in ac-
cordance with the regulations govern
ing first-class postof1ices, will after
July 1 open all departments at s
O'Clock a. m. and viii close the re-
spective departments as follows:
Money order department at 5 o'clock
p. m; registry department at 6
O'Clock p. M; stamp department at
1880 o'clock, and general delivery at s
o'clock p. m.
People having tickets for the tcle-
phone girls excursion didn't mind
the chilly atmosphere Of last night,
500 of them swarming to the Seven
teenth street landing and getting
aboard the steamer City of Winona
and barge and enjoying Is mile
glide down the Mississippi. 1t was a
very successful affair. The excursion
lists danced to the music of Bleuer's
orchestra, partook of the delicious re-
freshments dispensed bv the hello girls
and had fine time generally, return
ing home about IL 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the city clerk Office, Rock Island.
until Monday, July II, at O'Clock
p. m, for constructing the improve
ment ordered by an ordinance entitled
as follows:
IAN ordinance for the improve
ment of Twenty-second street in the
city of Rock Island, state of Illinois.
from the north line of Third avenue
to the north line of Tenth avenue"
And for furnishing all the materials
and doing the work according to the
plans and specifications on file at the
city clerk office. Blank bids will be
furnished on application.
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check in the sum of five hun
dred ($500.0O) dollars on some Rock
Island bank, payable to the order of
the mayor of said city, which shall
become forfeited to said city in case
the bidder shall fail to enter into con-
tract within ten G0) days after the
awarding of said contract. with ap-
proved sureties to execute the work
for the price mentioned in his bid and
according to the plans and specifica-
tons in the event that the contract
shall be awarded to him. Contractors
are required to furnish samples of the
brick with which work is to be done.
Brick used in the work must cor
respond with the samples in quality
and style.
Rock Island. ILL.,, June u, 1899.
III. G. SCHAFFER, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
CONDITIONS IN THE ISLANDS
Observer SherIer Receives Copy of Ha-
yana's Weekly Bulletin.


vana's Weekly Bulletin.
Observer Sherier is in receipt of a
copy of the weekly crop bulletin is
sued June 6, at Havana, Cuba, to-
gether with a circular letter from the
department at Washington detailing
the progress being made in establish
ing the work of the weather bureau
and its climate and crop bulletin SER
vice in Cuba and Porto Rico. The
Havana bulletin is pretty good eX-
ample, being printed in both English
and Spanish, and containing reports
from correspondents scattered over
the island and a summary as well of
the condition of tobacco, sugar cane,
sugar beets, citrus, fruits and rice,
in the states of the union that raise
these crops extensively. The bulletin
brings the states and the islands in
to touch with each other in manner
that enables producers and buyers in
both to know what is going on.
Both in Porto Rico and in Cuba
many voluntary stations are already
reporting climate and crop conditions
regularly TO the central stations at
Havana and San Juan, and additional
stations are being located right along.
A telegraphic summary of the condi-
tions in Cuba is now received every
Monday in Washington for incorpora-
ton into the report on conditions in
this country issued every Tuesday.
The weather bureau seems to have
adapted itself to expansion about as
readily as any arm of the government
SarriPa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30

The CITY council, at n special meet
ing last night, called by the majority
mem bers, disposed of a number of ur-
gent matters. The partial report on
the reservoir of the engineering ex-
perts, the synopsis of which appeared
in las. nights Argus, and which is
given in full in the official proceed
ings on another page, was read, and
ordered placed on file. Bids for fur
nishing cement for the reservoir con-
struction, which it is proposed to
carry forward with all possible dis
patch, were opened.
The license and markets committee
was authorized by resolution offered
by Aid. Wheelan to receive bids and
plans for boat house and wharfboat
for the levee. A report will be made
to the council at an early date, and it
is highly probable the warehouse
question will be soon disposed of to
the satisfaction of all concerned.
An ordinance was passed changing
the right of way of the Rock Island
81 Eastern Illinois Railway company
so as to allow track on the south
side of Third avenue between Forty
second and Forty-tifth streets. Under
the right of way ordinance, granted
during Mayor Knox's administration,
it was stipulated that the track should
be located north of Third avenue. A
petition of property holders protest
ing against the adoption of the amend
ment was read. Aids. Lawhead and
Gall supported the petition. They
also believed the Terminal company
should be made to fulfill the promise
il made of contributing toward the le-
wee improvement before asking furth-
er favors at the hands of the city of
Rock Island.
Ordered to Make an Accounting.
Mayor McConochie was ordered,
upon motion of Aid. Wheelan, to fur
nish to the council an itemized ac-
count and names and time of all peo-
pie employed on city work and show
by whom said work was ordered, the
mayor and street and alley committee
having been going ahead with work
without the sanction of the council.
1t was unanimously ordered that
Twenty-third street be widened from
Ninth to Tenth avenues
Aid. johnson had an armful of
resolutions that he was DESTROYS of
having considered, but as it was a
special meeting to pass on only such
business as was mentioned in the call i,
the Second ward representative was
obliged to fold his grist and await
another opportunity. "Boney" got
so warm under the collar that he
asked and was allowed to retire from
the council chamber.
Another special meeting will be
held tomorrow night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
AT McCABE'S.

1t is surprising how much kitchen
can be had out of little cost
in handy helps
Our housefurnishings are crowded
together more than they should be
we'll have to stand it until the new
building goes up-but there's profita-
bic picking from the tumble. mean
time.
These hints:
Wood towel racks. 3 arms, DC.
Nutmeg graters, 1c.
Ice planes. 23c.
Screwdrivers, SC.
Ice picks. Sc.
Clothesline holders, 4c.
Individual butter moulds. &c.
Mustard spoons. &c
Fine strong linen Irvine, 10c.
Enameled handle rolling pins, &c.
Kitchen candles, 1c.
Coffee mills. 15c.
Gas lighter sticks, Toe.
Salt boxes, sc.
And we could go on this way. col
umn after column.
L IS. MeCABE . co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
SQUARED ALL ACCOUNTS.
Balances on Company 4 Funds Applied to
Good Advantage.

Balances on Company 4 Funds Applied to
Good Advantage
Don b. Shaw, of the committee
which last summer devised the plans
for and collected the provisions for
shipment to Company A, while the
boys were in camp at Camp Alger,
near Washington, last evening, turned
over to Capt. McCouochie the re-
mainder of the funds left in the hands
of the committee at that time, and
also of the amount collected for the
funeral of Private BleGsoe. The
amount left from the two funds was
a little over $40, which REIN bursed
the members of the company for a
small bill of expense exacted by
the railroad company at the Wash
ington end before the car would
be delivered, Notwithstanding that
the committee and Division Agent
Mack, of the Burlington, had at
the time taken every Precaution to
see that the car would go through
prepaid. The committee, after at
lending to all the expenses at this
end, also paid the expressage on the
clothes the company sent home prior
to departure for Santiago and Porto
Rico, and as said, had balance left
which settles with the company mem
bers for what they were obliged to
pay out before they could get their
provisions, and leaves a small balance
over. The turning over of the differ
ence was delayed until the company
had formally reorganized There is
still a balance in the fund collected
for the reception of the company on
it's return, which was in charge of a
committee made up largely of the
mem bers of the committee which ar
ranged for the provisions, and this
will be turned over by the chairman,
T. II. McNevin, and Capt. III. A. Nc
Donald, to liquidate bill of expense
in Moline hospital for the care of
one of the company during sickness
after the return home. Thus Rock
Island will have cleared all expense
entailed in connection with the COM
panv, and taken care of its sick as
we'll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
Advance in Price of Horse shoeing.


Owing to the continued advance in
the price of horse shoeing material of
from % to 40 per cent, we, the under
signed horse shoers doing business
in the cities of Rock Island, Moline
and vicinity, find it necessary to make
an advance in the price of horse shoe
ing On and after July l, 1899, prices
will be as follows:
New shoes, each NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SOC
Resetting shoes, each -..... -. 25c
New bar shoes. ............ zoe
New handmade shoes for buggy,
carriage and driving, per horse, 81. so
New track shoes, per horse, So and
up.
Resetting track shoes, per horse,
$3.50.
Stations in service, extra charges
according to extra work on shoeing
same. No rebate or discount will be
allowed under any circumstances.
(Signed,) John Gibson, Michael
Corcoran, V. Dauber, Phil Weber, w.
A. Martindale, G. w. Robertson,
Smith & Hause, j. III. Maucker, and
George w. Bland, Rock Island.
Stephen Eiker, c. S. Albertson, n. r..
Ziegler, l.. a. Knowles, j. III. Brum-
baugh, j. A. Munroe, G. A. Lila, H.
Bickford and A. Moosman, Moline. j..
ID. Miller, Barstow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
A STIMUlANT.
And A Sorry Friend to Some
systems.

Coffee acts like stimulant to me.
l can for time accomplish considera-
BILE more work, but then L am dull
spiritless. nervous, week and irrita-
bic. Coffee acts like 4 slow poison on
my father, giving him inward pains
and feeling of being generally up
set. Continued use always makes him
ill.
He is very fond of the beverage and
has been in the habit of drinking it
two mornings, say, then skipping a
few days and taking it two mornings
again. 1t he took IT the third morn
ing. he was invariably sick. tbs two
years now since we had the first
package of Postum. We have been
using it ever since. to our very great
benefit.
A lady friend who is the wife of a
prominent clergyman in New Haven,
(whose name / am not at liberty to
give) was complete nervous wreck
from the use of coffee. About year
ago she began the use of Postum and
continued in it. Six weeks after start
ing she had lost all her former nerv-
business. had grown plump in the face,
and her health was better than it had
been for years. She is a splendid
walking advertisement, and is most
enthusiastic in the praise of Postum,
telling all of her callers of its merits
and urging them to try it. Kate Aus
ten, Hamden, Conn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30

w. Nj. Gallagher, of Bryan, Pa,
says: For 40 years have tried var
ious cough medicines. One Minute
Cough Cure is the best of ALL" 1t
relieves instantly and cures all throat
and lung troubles, coughs, colds,
Group. whooping cough, Ia grippe
and pneumonia. For sale by T.
II. Thomas. A. j. Reiss and NJ. f.
Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30

Last fall I sprained my left hip
while handling some heavy boxes.
The doctor called on said
at first it was a slight strain and
would soon be well. but it grew worse
and the doctor then said / had rheu-
matism- 1t continued to grow worse
and could hardly get around to work.
i went TO the drug store and the drug
gist recommended me to try Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. i tried il and one
half of 50-cent bottle cured me en-
tirely. / now recommend it to all my
friends--F. A Babcock. Erie, Pa Il
is for sale by all iirst-class druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
Give the Children a Drink

Called Grain-O. 1t is a delicious, ap-
petizing, nourishing food drink to
take the place of coffee. Sold by all
grocers and liked by all who have
used it because when properly pre-
pared it tastes like the finest coffee,
but it is free from all its injurious
properties. Grain-O aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. 1t is not
a stimulant, but health builder, and
as well as adults. can drink
it with great benefit Costs about
as much as coffee. 10 and
25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
Circumstances Alter Cases.

In cases of dyspepsia, nervousness,
catarrh, rheumatism, eruptions. etc.,
the circumstances may be altered by
purifying and enriching the blood
with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Good APP
petite and good digestion, strong
nerves and perfect health take the
place of these diseases. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is Americas greatest medi-
cine and the best that money can buy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30

Backache should never be neglected.
1t means kidney disorder which. if
allowed to run too long, will result in
Bright's disease, diabetes or other
serious and often fatal complaints.
Foley's Kidney Cure is guaranteed for
kidney disorder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30

Cut, bruise or sprain quickly heal
ed with Banner Salve, the greatest
healing remedy in the world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
CITY COUNCIL CHAT.
Urgent Matters Disposed of at
, Last Nights Special
Meeting.
REPORT ON RESERVOIR Is HEARD.

to Receive Bids and Plans for a Wharf
boat-TerminaI Ordinance Is Amended
Mayor Ordered to Make an Accounting of
CITY Work Done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30
ANY Old Sore.

Hoods Pills cure biliousness, sick
headache.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-30

To7EA.
sesuths 1Ihs Kind You Haze llszE Bosgtt
's. q &Mzezg
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-12

American side Of the Yukon. It Wa
sixteen pages. 8 by u inchea. bound
and neatly stitched by the publisher on
her sewing machine. and every COPY
was sold as soon as it was bound. min
esus standing in line in front Of the
Whirlpool ONCE waiting their turn for
the privilege of paying u COPY FOR
the little sheet. Since then some OF
the difficulties that beset its path ~
the start have been overcome-notabfy,
the trouble to secure paper-and now
the whirlpool is printed on fine manila
paper. That the editor Is possessed
Of large bump Of humor is shown In
the columns OF the Whirlpool, for even
the ordinary local happenings are re-
corded with frontier breeziness that
Is quite refreshing. Mrs Wright has
comfortable cabin, which Is also the
publication ONCE OF the Whirlpool, and
she declares that she will not return
to San Francisco until she makes her
pile" which she confidently expects to
do from her mines and from the queer
little sheet, which was established more
to give employment to busy hands and
brain than in the hope OF profit, but
which is already earning a handsome
income. that will be applied to devel-
oping her mines.
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-12
The Thumb Mark Test.

1t seems an astonishing thing that
the natural signature. the impression
of the thumb or finger-tip. is not used
to greater extent than it is for purposes
Of Identification. II the thumb be
lightly pressed upon surface smeared
with printing ink. and then pressed
upon clean paper, an impression is OBJ
tained which is distinctive for the par
ticular individual who owns the mem
ber. No two thumbs or fingers are
alike in the arrangement Of their null
titudinous lines, and n seal which can
not readily bo mislaid or lost. The
French police use this test to assure
themselves OF the identity OF a pris-
oner; but surely the system could be
usefully extended. A newspaper cor
respondent who recently pleaded for
such an extension OF the thumb-mark
test stated that once wnen abroad he
was in great straits for money, al
though he held cheques for considera-
BILE amount, simply because he could
not prove his identity. II the local
banker had only had an impression of
his flnger-tip, as well as authority to
pay. all difficulty would at once have
vanished.
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-12
EYES ARE TAXED IN VACATION
Many Feel the Effects of Their Outing
in Impaired Vision.

Many Feel the Effects of Their Outing
in Impaired Vision.
1t is not generally known, but is an
unquestioned fact, that the vacation
season is the worst in the year for the
visual organs of many people. There
are several reasons for this. The prin-
cipal Of these were referred to by
leading specialist the other day. Per
sons going away for their summers
rest or coming back to work." he said,
almost invariably use their eyes while
on the train. If they do not read, they
watch the scenery. You seldom see a
person reclining comfortabiy-even on
a high back'-paying no attention
either to book or the fence posts Just
outside the window. The worst of 1t
is that the books that are sold on the
trains are usually in the poorest OF
print. The paper is cheap and thin
and OF a dull color-drab or gray
rather than white. The type does not
show up nearly as distinctly as It
should. When travelling by train and
reading you try to hold the book or
paper steady, but the type jiggles ir-
regularly back and forth as the result
Of the motion of the car and the 3had-
ness of your hand. Your eyes also do
a great deal OF dancing, not only in
pursuit OF the bobbing letters, but In
addition because you are also shaken
about more or less by the motion OF
the train. Imagine the effect on the
muscles OF the eye! First, mind you,
the eye itself has an unsteady rest:
second. 1t is trying to fasten itself on
that which is more unsteady still. I
wonder more people are not bothered
with defective sight. But reading is
not the only Ill. Fix your eye on things
close to the car-on flowers, fence
posts, culverts, trees-and the effect is
as bad as would be brought on by read
ing. Why will people persist in in
juring themselves? You don't have to
have the toothache long before learn
ing its cause and attempting a cure,
but people go on running their eyes
right along for the sake either OF kill
ing or economizing trifie OF time. A
headache is the first warning, but that
becomes common after a while and Is
not needed any more than a headache
that follows unwise eating. There Is
closer connection with the stomach on
the one side and a headache on the
other than most people imagine. but
willing to watch out for its eyes
as well as with them, Just as It is be-
ing taught to take care Of Its teeth"
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-12

SUCCEEDS IN SURPRISING HER.
her until the doctor managed to secure
nurse that evening. And the next
morning her son, who was out west
somewhere, came home and hurried
out to Rose Center. I never met him.
Uncle had made arrangements to meet
us at the lake. SO Clara and I left be-
fore I had time to see the young gentle
man."
"That was hardly fair. Naturally
you were curious to see him."
"Why?" demanded the young lady.
looking at him calmly with her large
gray eyes-very searching eyes they
were at that moment. mot in the
least. 1t was what followed that ex-
cited my curiosity. We were at the
lake about a week when small packet
came to Clara. There was very nicely
worded note with 1t. Although 1t was
meant for Clara-sent to her-I cap
tured 1t. / insisted that n reality 1t
was intended for me-"
"How?" queried the gentleman. 81
confess l am stupid this evening.
hope you won't infer that 1t is my
normal condition"
"Why, that is the point OF my story
Although the note was addressed to
Clara, the contents of the mysterious
package were designed for me. 1t con-
tanned handsome gold pencil case,
with a diamond head. And there was
my name engraved on 1t. laugh every
time I recall the look that settled on
Clara's face as she held II In her hand.
She looked just too stupid for any
thing-and she prides herself on her
quickness. Why. Hester she said at
last, after re-reading the note with ex-
asperating calmness-that's Clara 8
way. I'd had 1t committed to memory
by that time. Why. Hester. Mr.. Court
ney has made such n queer mistake.
He has had your name engraved on
It, Well. when l saw my name, It was
SO whimsical-nnd Clara looked so
stupid that laughed until had to sit
down. Clara laughed with me. We sat
there laughing like two fools. You
know how people will laugh over n
triHe."
The gentleman made n grimace at
one point; he remembered himself in
time, however. Now he was able to
express an intimate knowledge of the
trifies that provoked merrlment.
"Then insisted that Clara. as usual
was ruling me with high hand. Plain
ly, I argued. the young gentleman was
enthralled by my surprising beauty
He was doubtless advised OF the means
she employed to keep me In duress, SO
adopted the only means within his
reach to convey the present to the
proper person."
Gilpin observer., 1899-10-12
Elephant Not n Thief.

A Paris correspondent writes that an
elephant in the Jardin des Plantes has
recently been the subject Of numerous
defamatory accusations. The animal
was accused of being a professional
thief, says the Boston Transcript. The
story went that several visitors to the
Jardin des Plantes, who stopped to
view the elephant. had been relieved OF
their purses. and on each occasion boys
who were present affirmed that they
had seen the animal seize the purse
with it's trunk and carry it to his
mouth. 1t last provincial stopped
in front of the elephant and lost his
purse. He made a complaint and some
boys-the same boys, by the way-ac-
cused the elephant of having taken 1t.
But the animals keeper recognizing
the boys. became suspicious and had
them searched. with the result that
the missing purse was found. The cor
respondents imagination also infiu-
ences him to say that as soon as the
purse was discovered the elephant
showed his great JOY by vigorous
waving of his trunk.