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Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04
Not the Same Genesis.

A well known divinity professor, a
grave and learned man, had five daugh-
ters, whom his students irreverently
named Genesis" Exodus" "Num-
bers," "Leviticus" and deuteronomy"
Beginning his lecture one day, the
professor said, Gentlemen, 1 wish 10
speak to you about the age of Gene
sis"
Roars of laughter came from the
students.
Genesis is not so old as you sup
pose" continued the professor.
More rOars-so long continued, in
deed, that the worthy man had time to
think before he made the next remark.
He said timidly-and he managed to
hit the mark this time:
Il may not be thinking of the same
Genesis as you arer"
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

The criminal libel proceedings in
stituted in Cook county by Editor IL.
ii. Kohlsaat, of the Chicago Times
Herald, against those concerned in n
recent attack upon him appearing in
the Chicago Inter-Ocean, has served
TO demonstrate the tactics employed
by the republican papers. politicians
and office holders of the state to put
into circulation anything that may be
good campaign literature, as it is
termed. regardless of how far it fol-
lows the lines of truth or who is af-
fected or how seriously. The end and
aim with the republicans is TO get
votes, no matter how, by what inllu-
ence or by what representation or
Misrepresentation, and it is only the
disclosures that are the consequence
of internecine disturbances that af-
ford the public a glimpse of the des-
Perate and desPicable methods en-
ployed.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04
DREAMIAND.

. I heard him laugh in his sleep last night,
heard him laugh in his sleep, =
And softly UP to his bel crept, -
As softly as l could creep
. And / bent above him as he lay,
bent and whispered low,
go beautiful dreams that 10 childhood come,
], too, your joys would know!
And listened as soft he laughed again,
listened, and then l sighed -
I wondered where he was wandering
While Dreamland's gates stood vide
{ For could not follow where he went,
For my wings had been clipped by cIe'
And only those who can soar on hlgh
May enter sweet Dreamland fair
1 But 1 could patiently watch anc wait
! And love him as there he lay,
Tor Dreamland'S wonders he'd tell TO me
When back he came with the day
So 1 was glad when he laughed in his sleep,
Was glad, and l knew no pain.
For led by the hand Of my laughing boy,
Dreamland was my own again.
Morning Guide.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

TANNEK, the demagogue and cheap
politician, is now attempting to create
the impression that he is in favor of
reducing the standing military
strength of the state by limiting the
National Guard to one regiment. This
talk comes with startling freshness
from one who is going about the state
upholding the administration policy
of Imperialism which can mean but
one thing and that an expanded and
constantly expanding military power
on the part of this government.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

OLIVE SCHREINER is the leading
literary woman of South Africa. She
was born in Capetown in 1862. Her
mother was English. but her father
was a German Lutheran clergyman.
She has spent her life among the
Kaffirs. Like her brother. w. p.
Schreiner, premier of Cape Colony,
she is a bitter opponent of the i'm
perial aggrandizement policy of Cecil
Rhodes. She has written n letter
taking strong ground against tine
British occupation of the Transvaal
and denouncing everybody on the
English side connected with the pre-
sent war.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

IT is positively announced by the
Washington correspondents of the
administration press that congress
will promptly and emphatically sup
port the Philippine commission and
the administration and will pass a
Joint resolution declaring it to be the
intention of the American government
to retain possession of the Islands, "
etc. This is because the administra-
tion wills it So, and because the pro-
gram to be followed has been al
ready laid down by his majesty, Will
liam /. Senators and representatives
throughout the country will please
take note accordingly.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04
Mrs. Barnard Thanks
MRS. PINKHAM FOR HEALTH {


GLETTER TO MRS PISKHAM NO. Is,ooz1
DEAR FRIEND-I feel it my duty to
express my gratitude and thanks to
you for what your medicine has done
for me. 1 was very miserable and los
ing flesh very fast, had bladder trouble,
futtering pains about the heart and
would get SO dizzy and suffered with
painful menstruation. was reading
in paper about Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, so wrote to you
and after taking two bottles felt like q
new person. Your Vegetable Compound
has entirely cured me and L cannot
praise it enough. Mrs. j. o. BARNARD,
MILLrowN, WASHINGTON Co., Me.
An Iowa woman's Convincing Statement.
Il tried three doctors, and the last
one said nothing but an operation
would help me. My trouble was pro-
fuse flowing: sometimes l would think
/ would flow to death. l was so wealA
that the least work would tire me.
Reading of so many being cured by
your medicine, made up my mind to
write to you for advice, and l am so
glad that did. l took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and Liver
Pills and followed your directions, and
am now well and strong. shall recon-
mend your medicine to all, for it saved
nv life. Miss A. P, Box 81 ABBOTT,
Iowa.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04
A Mistake.

An old gentleman of 50 having taken
to the altar 4 young damsel of 10, the
clergyman said TO him:
The font is at the other end of the
church"
What do L want with the font 2"
said the old gentleman.
"Oh, 1 beg your pardon" said the
clerical wit. Il thought you had
brought this child to be christened."-
London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04
Getting Even With Her.

She wished TO break it TO him gently.
81 have decided" she said, "to return
your ring"
He, however, was resourceful man.
who did not believe in letting a woman
get the better of him.
You needn't bother" he replied. 81
buy them by the dozen."-Chicago
Post.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

II John Riley Tanner can only be
kept on talking. the rank and file of
the republican party in Illinois may
yet get show in the next state con-
yention
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04
The Height of oratory.

"And is Rockford so much OF an ora
torT'
Man. he could describe n boarding
house dried beef supper in such Ian
guage that your mouth would water
with Observation-Disclosures Herald. 49,
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

REGARDLESS of all else, those who
saw the Jeffries-Sharkey fight at
Coney Island last night cannot COM
plain that they did not get their
monev's worth.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

The people of Ohio will not be won
dering so much about what happened
TO Jones next Tuesday night as what
happened to Nash.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

UNLESS the Beers are not interrupt
ed pretty soon. it will take something
on the order of blacksmith or an ex-
pert locksmith to get the British un-
der Gen. White out of Ladysmith.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

The Quincy Herald says that Grant
was the only good Tanner turned out
in Illinois. Such comparisons even in
a Joke are odious.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

The sign Shut the Door has been
busted of and restored to commission.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

Some sort of drink from barley has
been made in Germany ever since the
country was known.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

Schurz sees Peril in Imperialism.
Three years ago now the repuUli-
cans were lauding Carl Schurz as one
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04

If you have dryness of the nose
and throat, constant hacking and
coughing, enlarged tonsils, dropping
of mucus, stopping up of nose. full
ness and noises in the head, mouth
breathing, offensive breath; if you are
pale, weak, losing flesh, and have a
tendency to DEAFNESS or CONSUMP-
TION do not let it increase from day
to day.
Consult the German-Eaglish Spec
ialists and receive assurance of a
speedy and permanent cure.
Catarrhal Deafness, Bronchitis, Catarrh of
the Throat, Stomach, Bowels. Liver,
Kidney and Bladder
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The remedies and methods en-
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study and research during many years
of hospital, private and special
practice. They are without eXcep-
tion the only successful ones before
the medical profession today.
By means of costly appliances found
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are enabled to bring healing agents
directly to the diseased parts, there
by producing cures in cases that have
tried all other means and failed.
The best physicians frankly admit
that this is the only way of perma-
nently curing catarrh and catarrhal
diseases.
Their EIectro-ChemIc System
in combination with medicine is prov
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debility, defective memory, mental
delusions, sleeplessnessness, threat
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Women suffering from nervousness,
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Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-04
Der Democrat Bldg.

eos West Third Street, Davenport.
Hours-9 to II a. H., 2 to and
to p. M. Sundays, to II a. m.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
THE HAGERSToWN FAIR.
An Interstate Exposition of AgrfcuI
turaI Products and Farm Animals

turaI Products and Farm Animals.
HAGERSTowN, Md, Oct. 1.-THE an
nual exhibition of the Agricultural and
Mechanical Association of Washington
county opened here yesterday with a
large attendance on the Fair Grounds. It
is the forty fourth exhibition of the assoc
iation. and will continue four days. The as
sociation includes Washington, Frederick,
and Carroll counties, Nd, Franklin and
Adams counties, Pa; Berkeley and Morgan
counties, w Va, and Clarke and Loudoun
counties, Va, thus making the fair an in
terstate exposition. The arrangement and
display surpass all previous exhibitions.
Preparations have been active for
months and extensive improvements have
been made for the event On the grounds
has Just been erected a handsome exhibi-
tion hall costing $1,000. and large additions
to the departments. There are over 5000
entries in the exhibition hall, and the dis
play OF paintings and other works of art
is very fine The cattle EXHIBIT is the
finest ever seen in this part of the country
The total number Of cattle. hogs, and sheep
entered is 200. The Vanderbilt Biltmore
Farm, near Ashevilie, n. c., shows fourteen
head of fine Jerseys and a lot of Berkshire
hogs. An entrance fee of 81 per horse is
charged this year. The horse show in
cIudes the finest stock in the country
Battery NJ, Seventh Artillery. in charge
Of Captain McComb, is star attraction.
The total number OF race entries is lot, the
purses aggregating 800.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
Stealing IN VIII CANADA
An Increase in the Number Of I'm
desirable Immigrants.
A Treasury Official Says That They
Gain Admission Despite the Wig
ilance of Government Inspectors.
Many Sent Back-Congress to BE
Asked to Enact Remedial Laws.

Immigration. to this country" said an
official of the Treasury Department to a
Times reporter this morning, lis on the
increase, but / am sorry to say the new
comers are not of the best class. Just
why this should be l do not know, but
ii is a fact nevertheless. Our inspectors
are vigorously enforcing the immigration
laws, and it is now frequent occurrence
that numbers of immigrants are de-
ported.
During the fiscal year which closed
June 80, 4,061 immigrants brought here by
the steamship companies in violation of
law were deported at the expense of those
companies. About the same number were
deported the year previous. Notwith-
standing our strict immigration laws, and
the rigid inspections made, both at point
of debarkation and at the port of entry,
however, many immigrants manage 10 get
here despite our efforts to keep them out
because they come within the class pro-
hibited by law.
Steamship agents on the other side of
the Atlantic, when they believe an i'm
migrant will not be allowed to land at
any of our ports Of entry, sell the immi-
grant a ticket to the United States via Can
ada. And it is through Canada that many
slip into this country in violation Of law.
The increase in our immigration via Cana
da is constantly growing. Last year t.
364 crossed the Canadian border, while this
year the number is in the neighborhood of
10 900. You see the doubtful immigrant
lands in Canada, stays there a month or
two, watches his or her opportunity, and
slips across the border.
Congress will be called upon this year
TO enact legislation that will put stop to
this evil, and effectively shut out these
undesirable persons. The sooner it is done
the better for the country"
The evening times., 1899-10-11
A New Europenn Wateryvay.

Consul B. III. Warner, jr., informs the
State Department that canal nearly for
ty-two miles long to connect Leipzig with
Riesa. and to be navigable for large ves-
sells has been surveyed and will doubtless
be constructed The canal will be built
entirely on Saxon territory and will in no
way conflict with foreign state interests.
II is estimated says Mr.. Warner, that
the cost of this canal will be higher than
that OF other canals OF about the same
length. This is principally on accouny of
the difficulty which will be encountered In
getting over the watershed. The cost of
the ground and slope work road and rail-
way crossings, lifting work, water feeding.
ETC., will amount to S9.044.0eo. The cost
of the harbor in Leipzig alone will amount
to 81, IA, 600 and to connect the canal with
the PIeisse 1891, 600 win be necessary. Rie-
sa is the grain centre of this Kingdom and
Leipzig is its richest city. The latter, for
a long time has been the centre Of an enor-
nous trade, largely due to Its fairs which
occur twice each yeaT-une In April and
the other in September"
The evening times., 1899-10-11
THE TRUSTEES I'm SESSION.
DiGnftarfes Hold an Annual Meetfns
at the Catholic University.

DfEnftarfes Hold an Annual Meeting
at the Catholic University.
The board Of trustees of the Catholic
University are in annual session today and
will continue their meeting until late in
the afternoon. There are present Bishop
Macs, of Kentucky; Archbishop Riordan.
of San Francisco. Bishop Spalding. of Pc
oria; Michael Cudafy, Of Chicago; Arch
bishops ireland. Corigan, Ryan, and VIII
liams; Bishops Horstmarn, of Cleveland; !;
Foley. of Detroit; Farley. of New York,
and Thomas Waggaman of this city, and
Michael Jenkins, OF Baltimore. The presid-
ing officer is Cardinal Gibbons, chancellor
of the university.
1t is understood that the trustees have
but little business other than purely rou-
tine, to transact, and that the most i'm
portant matter discussed today related to
the work of completing the endowment of
the university. The reports of Rector CO.
naty and Vice Rector Garrigan, the fidu-
ciary officer, and of Thomas Waggaman,
the treasurer, were considered. AT about
1 o'clock the trustees adjourned for mid
day dinner, being entertained by the rec
tor and the vice rector in Caldwell Hall.
Tomorrow the archbishops will hold
their annual meeting at the university. In
addition to the names mentioned there will
be present Archbishops Feehan, of Chica-
go; Katzer. Of Milwaukee,; Hennessey, of
Dubuque; Kahn, of St. Louis; Elder, of
Cincinnati, and Bourgade. OF Santa Fe. II
has been said that the archbishops will
discuss the Catholic situation In the Phil
ippines. Cuba, and Porto Rico, but this Is
probably not correct, for the archbishops
have no Jurisdiction In matters affecting
these territories. Archbishop ChapeIle,
who is ILL., is the apostolic delegate to those
islands. and subject to the approval of
Rome, has absolute power in arranging
church affairs there.
The Pope,s letter on Amerfcanism will
no doubt receive the attention Of the arch
bishops. and it is thought that Cardinal
Gibbons may refer to his conference with
the President.
After the meeting. adjourns the Holy
Cross College will be dedicated. Right
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding, Bishop of
Peoria, will deliver the address in the as
sembly room of Mcmahon Hall, after which
all will proceed to the new building and
witness its blessing by Cardinal Gibbons.
In the evening thirty-five church dignita-
ries will be entertained at dinner by Faith
er Franciscus, superior of the Holy Cross
| Chapter.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
FOUND HIS WIFE DYING.
A Mysterious Attack Upon N Woman
I'm Pennsylvania.

I'm Pennsylvania.
NORRISTOWN, Pa, Oct. 11.-Coroner
MeGIathery was today called upon to in
vestigate the death OF Mrs. Ellen Wallace.
aged fifty-three years, wife of William
Wallace. of Conshohocken, upon whose
body was found some ugly wounds.
The husbands story is that when he re-
turned from work Monday night, after
an absence of all day, he found his wife
lying upon the floor. He lifted her to a
couch, and as he did SO she cried with
pain, and said: You are killing me-"
After she had been placed upon the couch
she fell into faint Wallace went out for
a moment, and when he returned his wife
was still unconscious.
He hurriedly summoned DR.. Stiles, but
when the physician arrived he pronounced
the woman dead The dishes used at the
morning meal were still upon the table un-
washed. Upstairs the room was very much
in disorder, and had all the appearance Of
struggle having taken place there. Moth
ing was missing.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
DELMoNICo's COOK DEAD.
A Celebrated Chef Known in TIVE
Hemiapheres.

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-CharIes Ranhofer,
for thirty-four years the chief cook Of
DeImunico's died Monday morning
at his residence, 7S2 West End Avenue.
Ranhofer was cook by descent. and he
belonged to that number which regard
their profession seriously and to. be ac-
quired only by long, and ardnous appren-
ticeships He first came to this country in
1856. when only twenty years old. but he
had already been chef for several French
noblemen and had attained considerable
reputation.
few years ago Ranhofer published a
cook book called 1.-The Epicurean," in
which many of his more famous receipts
were contained. He leaves five children,
three sons and two daughters Ranhofer
had made fortune in his, business His
home in West End Avenue is a handsome
one,
The evening times., 1899-10-11
A Big Commissisn Claimed.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1f.-Deputy Sheriff
Leayitt has received an attachment for
$819.750 in suit brought against William
c. Connor, Of Dallas, Tex, the Dallas. Fort.
Worth and Gulf Railway and the Dallas
Terminal Railway and Union Depot Com
pany by Charles T.. Gregory and James L.
Bell. brokers', ON claim for services. for
finding a.purchaser for and underwriters of
the bonds OF the railways who were, ready
to take the bonds on the terms agreed upon
The attachment was served ON the Mercan- :
tile Trust Company, the Seaboard National
Bank and Thomas n. Hubbard.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
No Right to UgIiness.

The woman WHO IS lovely in face. form, and
temper will afways have friends, but one who
wouid be attractive must keep her health II
st,n Is weak, sick1y, and all run down, size will
be nervous and irritable. II she has constipation
or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause
pimples, blotches. skin eruptions, and wretched
complexion. Electric Bitters is the best medicine
In the world to regulate stonsachy liver and kid
neYs and 10 purify the blood. It gives strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth. vefvsty skin, rich
complexion. twill mahe o. goed-leoking, charm
ing woman of q rundown invalid. Only 80 ecats,
at Henry Evans Drug Store, 93S Street.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
A BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT.
An Action for $4,000 Brough
Against q New Yorker.


NEW YORK, Oct. n.-Missi Myrtle M.
Davis, of - Madison Avenue. Jersey City.
has sued Clarence NJ. (Duke) Brown for
$50, 600 damages for alleged breach of
promise. The plaintiff is said to be, none
other than Miss Myrtle NJ. Thuriow,, better
known as Lucky" Thurlow, variety ac-
tress, who has been the plaintiff in other
breach of promise suitE. starting with;
Thomas J. Adams, Brooklyn manufac-,
turer Of chewing gum.
August last Miss Thuriow sued the son
of Brooklyn millionaire dry goods deal
er for $4,000, but released him on pay
ment of s19o. Six days later papers were
served on Duke Brown for alleged breach
of promise. Attorney Kurzman denies his
clients identity with Lucky Thurlow.
Browns record in the courts as a defen-
dant in breach OF promise and divorce. suits
covers period from the days Of Fanny
Ward to the present '.@ = ls -
The evening times., 1899-10-11
Fer the Ladies of Fashion.

The feminine folk of this city viii be in
ttrested TO learn that VIM. Schwartz. formerly
OF Baltimore, has opened at II20 Connecticut
Avenue and offers for the carly season TO make
Tailor-made Suits Of the newest imported fabrics
for sS5. Those who acquainted with Mr.
Schwartz's fashion productions viii readily appre.
ciate this offer The most stylish and perfect
fitting garments made by the best tailors' lately
OF New York. se9l-lno
The evening times., 1899-10-11
SMALL DAMAGES RECOVERED.
A Boy Gets $50 for the Loss OF M
Eye.

Eye.
MANASSAS, Va, Oct 1f-The case OF
William H Hayden, IT,, VS.. William
Prettyman, which was tried Monday and
decided in the circuit court here, resulted
in verdict of $50 for the plaintiff. This
was a suit for $4,000, based on the defend
ant accidentally shooting the plaintiff,
boy seventeen years old, and putting his
eye out motion by the plaintiff to set
aside the verdict was overruled by the
court The plaintiff Z was represented by
e. E. Meredith. J.. B. T.. Thornton of Man
assas,. and J. p Jeffries of Warenton, and
the defendant by ERpa sHunton, jr., of
Warrenton ~
The evening times., 1899-10-11

Commercial Congrexss Postponed
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-THE date for
the opening of the International CONNER
ciai Congress IN this city has been post
poned until tomorrow. at 2:30 p. M, 1t
having been found impossible for number
of the foreign delegates to reach here on
the date originally set for the opening
session, which was October 10.
The evening times., 1899-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius F. Randolph have
sent out Invitations for the marriage of
their daughter, Emma Adelia, to Mr.. Her
man Charles Metcalf, Wednesday, October
Is, at the Memorial Lutheran Church.
The evening times., 1899-10-11

Miss Elizabeth Bells, of Hyattsville and
Mr. Frederick 7. Dorton, Of Baltimore,
were married in that city yesterday evening
in Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church.
Miss Hazel Doyle, Miss Jennie Taylor. and
Miss Grace Jackson, all Of this city, were
among the attendant maids. Their gowns
were of white organdie and their bouquets
of pink carnations. Miss Esther Bells. the
maid of homer. attended her sister in a
dainty gown of pink chiffon over pink taf-
feta. fseI
The evening times., 1899-10-11

Mrs Alexander Mallon and her young
son, Harold, have returned from the
Adirondacks, where their summer was
spent.
The evening times., 1899-10-11

Justice and Mrs. White have closed their
country place near Richfield Springs and
are established for the winter at their
residence on Rhode Island Avenue.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
Hoods Pills ,sss,sss. ass ssss By. 3.

fdence. Try them once and you wfiIprefer Them
to all others. Sold by all druggists 25 cents.
The evening times., 1899-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. John Farrell are at the
Virginia Hot Springs.
The evening times., 1899-10-11

Mr.. E. H. Droop and family who have
been abroad for two years will arrive in
New York today.
The evening times., 1899-10-11

An engagement of general interest in So
eial and military circles which has just
been announced is that OF Miss Grace Hal
lam Larned, daughter Of Justice William
L. Larned, OF Albany, to Brig. Gen. John
H. Patterson, U. s. A., who is at present
the guest of the Governor of New York.
The evening times., 1899-10-11

The marriage of Miss Mary Compton AMI
Mr.. John Eckert viii take place at st. Al
bans Church, on the Tenleytown Road, to-
morrow afternoon.
The evening times., 1899-10-11
MAS0NS begin TO ARRIVE
The Biennial Council Of the Order
to Open Next Monday.

Business Plans for the Sessions and
Where They Are 10 BE Held-A
ing-Importnnt Reports to- BE Made.
List OF Officers Who viii Attend