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Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
An Original Suicide.

Whether il was Voltaire or some othel
Observing, meditative Frenchman who
said, ''All Frenchmen are actors, and
the wcrst are usually on the stage" "
does nS: particularly matter for the
subject in hand. While we have reason
to be sure of the correctness of the final
part of the aphorism, we have not time
to show why we do not agree with the
last. 1t is not a scene at the assizes
that we are going to describe, although
scenes worthy of the Opera Comique
are constantly presented there. 1t is
suicide.
A we'll dressed gentleman descended
the Quai des Tuileries and, seating
himself beside man who was fishing,
lit cigar. He then offered one to his
neighbor and plunged into the river.
cigar, cane silk hat and all. The fish
erman, who was quick TO recover from
his establishment, plunged after him,
but the first struck out and swan away.
The other regained the bank in disgust.
The former shortly returned and,
while treading water before his tenn
porary acquaintance. tossed him a
handful of goldpieces. At the approach
of Il number of persons the strange
man produced another handful of coins,
which he swallowed and, diving under
the water, did not reappear. His body
was found five hours later, and, as there
was nothing discovered by which to es-
tablish his identity, it was taken to the
morgue louisville Courier Journal.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

In his speech at the St. Louis anti
trust banquet Congressman Champ
Clark outlined what he believes will
be the action of the democratic ma
tional convention when it promulgates
the platform of 1900. As prophecy
of the democratic action the utterances
of Congressman Clark are worthy of
special study. His Prognostigations
are as follows:
Il. We will not only reaflirm but
readopt the Chicago platform of 1896,
word for word. syllable by syllable,
abating neither jot nor title of that
second declaration of independence.
-. We will put into our platform
as strong an antitrust plank as the
American language can make-the
American language. mark you, not
the English-which will restore to
every citizen of this republic the in
alienable right to earn his bread by
the sweat of his face, which will guar
antee to every laborer the enjoyment
of all of his wages. which will once
more make possible the competition
which was supposed to be the life of
trade until the republican party ere
ated countless brood of trusts which
are sucking the life blood of the great
body of the people. In my judgment
the best way for congress to smash
the trusts is to place upon the free
list all things used or made or sold by
the trusts. Then let both congress
and state legislatures make it peni-
tentiary offense to form. conduct or
he interested in a trust. and these
cancerous eXcrescences will be Topped
from the body polite.
%. We will declare emphatically
and unequivocally in favor OF the pre-
servation of the Monroe doctrine in
all its vigor and against the criminal
idiocy of cOrrupting and destroying
our institutions by making American
citizens out of 1O,000, 900 heathen
Maylays under the equator.
II. We will declare in unmistak-
able language that we will put n sud-
den stop to the wicked and wanton
waste of the peoples money-which.
as evidenced by the recklessness of
the Fifty-fifth congress, amounts to
practical contiscation.
IS. We will proclaim everlasting
hostility to government by the sword
and government by injunction, both
of which are being foisted upon the
country for the benefit and at the be-
hest of the trusts and jobbers of every
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
The Montana Brand of Poker.

A Montana man, speaking of how
poker was played in the state in the old
days. said: Senator Clark used to sit
in little game in the Silver Bow club,
in Butte. He generally played with
Marcus DAILY, Haggin, Hearst or some
one of those big fellows. and they en-
joyed themselves. On one occasion a
New York drummer dropped into the
club while the game was on. He had a
card with a two weeks run on the
club. Well, he see DAILY, Haggin, Clark
and another fellow sitting in the game,
and he sashays up, pertlike, and says:
Well. gentlemen, any objection to
my taking hand?'
No says the players. cheerful
like, and then this drummer he pulls
out a thick roll and peels off a 800 bill
and chucks it on the table Gimme
chips for that says he, and looks
around, ruffed up like. He goes and
hangs mp his coat, and when he comes
back and sits down there lays that bill
What's the matter. gentlemen p
he says, huffy like. .Ain't my money
good?'
Why. yes, to be sure.' says Mar
Gus DAILY. Clark, give the gentleman
one white chip.
''Well, that gentleman from the eff
fete east he nearly drops dead, he does,
and he goes out to get some of the
mounting air"
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
Notwithstanding that it is governed
by a grasping hand

Two trains of steel gondolia cars,
each train consisting of so cars, are
to be shipped from Jersey City to
Alexandria. Egypt, where they will be
run, by the Egyptian railway in the
path of civilization blazed along the
Nile by Gen. Kitchner. Should the
experiment be successful, il is said
that the English government may
hereafter use steel cars on all of its
colonial railways in the tropics.
American steel cars were selected to
run on the railway by the English au-
thorities. as it was believed that these
cars could stand the severe climate
of the Nile better than wooden cars.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

TIE plot under which the French
army officer, Dreyfus, has been made
to suffer thickens, and from present
appearances not even the idolized
Marchand on his victorious return
from Soudan explorations will real
ize what frenzied Joy of the always
overwrought French metropolis means
compared to what will be the recep-
tion of the long imprisoned and cruel
~ prosecuted Dreyfus. But in the
meantime where does lola. the real
source of this vindication. and who has
paid dearly for it, by the way, come in?
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
Had kidney Disease a1Years.

G.. A. Stillman. merchant of Tam
pico, H., writes: .'Foley's Kidney
Cure is meeting with wonderful sue
cess. II has cured some cases here
that physicians pronounced incura-
BILE. L my self am able to testify to
its merits. My face today is a living
picture of health, and Foley's Kidney
Cure has made it such. 1 had suffer
ed twenty-severr years with the di-
sease, and today l feel ten years
younger than did one year ag0.
can obtain some wonderful certificates
of it's medical qualities. -
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
HOw'S This,

We offer one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and tinan-
cially able to carry out any Obliga-
tions made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN IL MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price % cents
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

THAT awful country" is the
phrase applied by Gen. King, the Amer
lean soldier and author, to the Philip
pines on his return after nearly year s
service in the army in the islands.
He further states that the struggles
into which we have precipitated our
selves may continue Indefinitely. The
only gratifying part of the news Gen.
King imparts is found in the story he
tells of the bravery and courage of
the American soldiers under the ter
rible hardships they must endure in
fulfilling their duty to their country,
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
WEATHER FROGS.
Small Living Barometers Which Are
Imported From Germany.

Small Living Barometers Which Are
Imported From Germany.
Attached to glass sided box seen in q
bird store window was placard mark
ed Weather Frogs. Within the box,
perched on two long wooden rods, plac-
ed lengthwise of it and nearer the top
than the bottom, like the higher perches
in birdcage, were number of the
weather frogs themselves Some just
then were brown, and one was green.
They were little tree frogs of kind
found through Europe, those in the
window having been imported from
Germany
When full grown, these tiny tree
frogs may be little more than an inch
in length. They take the color of what
ever object they may be resting on
brown for wood, green if ON leaf;
placed in blue glass jar they will be-
come blue. They may be heard but not
seen, so closely in color do they resem-
BILE whatever they may have perched up
on. They are called weather frogs be-
cause at the approach of rainy or
changeable weather they jump into the
water, at the approach of clear weather
they come out again.
In captivity the weather frog is kept
in glass jar or globe, which is cover
ed at the top with wire screen. Wa
ter is put in the bottom of the jar, and
at convenient height is placed some
thing for the little frog to jump up on.
The weather frog in captivity is fed on
flies in summer and in winter on meal
worms ItSfood must be alive. Wealth
er frogs sell here at retail for 90 cents
apiece. Considerable numbers of them
are brought to this country. New
York Sun.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

THE requirement by Germany of
the Spanish possessions in the Pacific
other than those which the United
States deprived the ancient power of
may or may not be of deep or grave
concern to this country. The fact
that the United States now has a war
ship and another one on the way. to-
gcther with n commission to avoid a
rupture in the south Pacific islands,
where Germany has interests, is not,
however, altogether insignificant.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
The recent death of CASTELAR,. Spain

THE recent death of Castelar, Spain 5
greatest orator, may be tittingly re-
called. 1t was in his famous speech
in 1869, on Cuban emancipation that
CASTELAR, closed his peroration with
this eloquent apostrophe to Abraham
Lincoln: Until, at the last, that
nothing might be wanting to his glory,
not even martyr iom, like Socrates,
like Christ, like all redeemers, he fell
at the foot of his finished work, upon
which humanity will forever shed its
tears and God his benedictions.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
His Nice Way Out.

"And is this the first time you have
experienced the sensation of lover" she
asked.
lit is, he replied.
cam 1 the first girl you ever told
you loved 90 she persisted.
He hesitated. What might not have
come to her ears? "You must remem-
ber," he said at last, show easy it is
for the ignorant and uninitiated to ac-
cept a base imitation for the real
thing. Chicago Post.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

The west is lining up against the
east in the struggle in the republican
party for the control of the next house
of representatives. When the lining
up process is thoroughly completed,
Mark will step in and settle the thing
to his own liking.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

The state of Alabama evidently
does not consider when it takes Gen.
Joe Wheeler up for governor that it
disfranchises a man for high political
honors because he wears the uniform
of a general in the United States
armV.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
A NarroM Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
f. Hart, of Groton, S. D.: Was taken
with bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in and finally ter
minated in consumption. Four doc
tors gave me up, saying l could live
but short time. L gave myself up
to my Savoir, determined if 1 could
not stay with my friends on earth,
would meet my absent ones above.
My husband was advised to get DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, Coughs and Colds. 1 gave it n
trial, took in all eight bottles 1t has
cured me, and thank God l am saved
and now a well and healthy woman" :"
Trial bottles free at Hartz & Ullemey-
er's drug store. Regular size so
cents and 81. Guaranteed or price
refunded.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

We hope that in the goodness of his
heart to the republicans of his OWL
state that President Mckinley has not
neglected to leave few civil service
appointments subject to exemption
about the time the next presidential
nominations come around.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

DURING the month of May 205
trusts were born in New Jersey, with
"A total capitalization of 1891, 250, 900.
This might appal some folks, but it
just nerves Plucky democrats to make
a harder fight against the combines.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

So FAR something like 2,000,000
bogus cagar labels have been destroyed
in Reading, Pa, which, if used, would
defraud the government out of some
thing like $120. 900 in revenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

SINCE the opening of the war with
Spain the entire mum ber of deaths to
the American forces, both on land and
sea, through fighting and the result
of sickness, amounts TO 6,209.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

letter, eczema and skin diseases
yield quickly to the marvellous healing
qualities of Banner Salve made from
a prescription of skin specialist OF
world wide fame, 25c.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

IT is particularly appropriate that
Admiral Dewey should visit the king
of Greece in the Olympia.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

Charles II. Marks, while acting In
the capacity of nurse at the I'd divis-
ion hospital of the 9Th army corps at
Santiago de Cuba, used a few bottles
of Cham berlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea and
found it to work like a charm. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
Truths TerseIy Told.

Foley's Kidney Cure is q safe sure
remedy for all kidney and bladder
diseases. Guaranteed, so cents.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

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 Ii
relieves instantly and cures all throat
and lung troubles, coughs. colds,
Group, whooping cough. Ia grippe
and pneumonia. For sale by II.
II. Thomas. a j. Reiss and NJ. f.
Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

NOR STABLE FORTWO ORTHREE
II horses; all cOnveniences Enquire 1902
Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

'Tisn't safe to be day without DR..
Thomasf Eclectric Oil in the house.
Never can tell what moment an acci-
dent is going to happen. For sale by
Marshall x Fisher. druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

TOR RENT-FLAT. AT 1901 THIRD AVE
Il nue.. Also two store rooms for rent. I7U!
and l7C4 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

WANTED GIRL FOR GENERAL
w hCusework at 2327 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
WANTED.

WTANTED-BOARDER CHOICE ROOMS
w and board at 2226 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

"ANTED-A GOOD GIRL FOR GENERAL
w housework Ut 229 Sixteenth street.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

NOR RENT-BEST FURNISHED, LARGE,
II airy rooms, finest location in the city,
l229 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

"ANTED-TO LOAN MONEY ON DIA-
w mondS watches, jewelry. hardware,
musical instruments bicycles. clothing. Dry
goods. furniture. etc. highest cash prices
paid for second hand goods of all kinds also.
The above goods for sale ut half the usual
store prices. All business transactions strictly
CONFIDENT Al His new number ana location,
1923 Second avenue. Don't forget it. j. w.
Jones. Two rings 13f7.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

NOR RENT-DOUBLE STORE BUILDING
Il at l515-15l7 Second avenue. Inquire of
Henry Carse.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

I"ANTED-A GIRL FOR GENERAL
l. w housework- Call at 7ol Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

SALESMEN WANTED FOR A GOOD LINE
~ of dry goods on commission. Country
trade Address Manufacturer, 20 Ionic stree
Philadelphia Pa.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

T oST-ON TwENTY-SEvENTH STREET
IL between Eiyht-and -a-haH and Ninth ave
nues, pair. of gold spectacles- Finder vii
please return to THE ARGUS office.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

w for accident insurance; one who can de-
vote sufficient time to the business to make 1t
profitable. Address ''E NJ" ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
FOR RENT.

EOR RRENT-FURNISHED ROOMS AT 723
Il TWenty-second street.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

"ANTED-AN EXPERIENCED COOK
w Apply TO Mrs. T. a. Murphy, 557 Elm
street.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

"ANTED-A GOOD GIRL FOR GENERAL
| W. houSework. Apply at 500 Eighteenth
| street.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

| WANTED TWO GOOD CANVASSERS
w tose inStallment goods, S25 Twentieth
street, Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

| XNTANTED-A GOOD GIRL FOR GENERAL
| w houSework. Small family 3 Il week
| Apply at 1878 Perry street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

Hoods Pills cure liver ilIs the non-irritating and
only cathartic to take with Hoods SaTsapariila.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

VNANTED- GIRL. PASTRY
w girl and Mattresses. ut Black Hawk inn,
Watch Tower Apply ut Harper house.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

| I"ANTED-PUPLS WISHING TO TAKE
w private lessons in dancing can do SO by
enQuiring at 27l0 Fifth avenue. Jones.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03

MONEY TO LOAN-CHATTEL MORT
WI gage loans By w. H Eastman, f712 Sec
ond avenue. without publicity or removal. He
also makes coilections-hard ones specially
Rock Island Argus., 1899-06-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

EOUND-A POINTER PUP. OWNER CAN
II have same by calling at r l. & z. round
house.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25
FISH PRICES
ARE CLIMBING

ASTORIA. Dec. 2s.--Tsa; fsh ar.
IN demsrs 10 evidenced by the rise
IN the price Of steel heads from ;
centa TO she per pound. and an af-
vance to cents for Chinook sain-
on. The demasd IL growing every
Gay ard Il II confidently expected
BY tfsoas who are In a position to
know that before the winter season
q over the price for saimos will b.
as high as Is cents per pound.
II is @nti-officiaiiy announced.
and with reasonable confidence for
belief. that at the annual meeting
~ the cauuery combine 20 be- held
On January there Will be num-
Der of changes. Several 81 the pres
ent officials would drop out and en-
rage In the eannsry business on Pu-
get sound II is also quite definitely
decidef that the combine vii not
engage IN the cold storage business
reNt season.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25
IVY SAYS HE HAS
NOT RESIGNED

The steamer Cottage city arrived
from Alaska Saturday night with
ABOUT 70 passengers She reports
th~ wurst weather ever known In the
northern waters Near Baranofr isl.
ana the Thermometer was ~ dexrve.
,o~er than has ever been Known
tnere. Among the passengers was
collector 81 Customs ivcy, % Alaska
Pie emphatscally denies the state.
mont that he has resigned.
The Cottage City also brought
Gown capt George n. Ewart. his
VIE. and the crew Of the bark Co.
luaa- The bark left the Hawaiian
islands on Csctsber n FOR Nanairnn.
she sprung a leak of Cap. Fiatt.ry.
was driven out ~ her course. and
finally Vent to pieces on the coast
OF hsranof island. Tho crew made
its Nay 20 Sitks in opcu buatH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25
TARIFF HELPS
THE COM BINE
Iron Orc trust Assisted 70
Maintain Nigh Prices.

NEW YORK. Dec. ss.--The L. :.
supreme court decided on December
that the combination % the six
corporations engaged In manufae-
tarinE water and Kaspips was a
trust and. therefore, tho agreement
among them was void. This case.
known as the Addyston pipe case.
has been IN the courts since iSsa. ny
the agreement the six leading pipe
manufacturers divided the United
states among themselves Each COM
rany was allotted certain territory in
which all the other companies we're
permitted 10 make bids on contracts
but only under the supervision OF the
company IN charge ut the territory
IN unallosed territory the pool would
determine the price 20 be paid by the
eNhsunsr, and would auction Of 10
the highest bidder the privilege Of
supplying pipe az this price The
bonus thus derived. which sometimes
amounted 70 50 per ton. and aver.
ased about 81. was divided among
the members.
This decision II the first under the
Anu~trust act u 1880. which Involves
restraint; % trade by agreement bs-
tween manufacturing companies in
different states hut what does the
decision areetf IL does not touch
thr big corporations that own fac
tories, and perhaps, mines IN many
Inherent states, and. without agree
ments with other corporations. arhi-
tfariiy ffx prIees Neither IL u made
"a apply generally 20 all insterstats
e"tnmerce agreements between in.
duHtrial eoueetns. In fact n does
not affect the status Of the original
pipe companies which are now part
nerA OF big cortp0rafa tr,tsta
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25
IS The WHaRvEs

1Isr rzarina. Capt. seamans,
~ tire Quarternaster harbor
~ and wal sail for sas Fran
odzy.
usr City OF Seattle arrived
A3aska saturday evening with
uenxerx. She brought down
cNafncr Brothers. who were
! na5pposed 20 have been drown
ut November at White Horse
6ds-
- f1g Dock on tho south side OF
FoQxtone Point IL 10 be repaired.
no BE- used for sea going vessels.
~ dock win be constructed on
~ side.
On the steel pier at Port Or
Ej|I begin at once. The money
Dr0priated two years ago. but
10 department delays. has
rnx mp. The pier viii be $50
~. and viii cost $4,000.
w. w. Robinson. r.. has
r. FORWARD. free Of charge. on
Ibsrt. al Christmas pres
may be Intended for the
|ren Of the Philippines.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25
c. e. CALENDAR.

The Christian f.ndeavor Calendar,
descriptive Of SCENES In the Philip
pine campaign % the First Wash.
ington volunteers IL selling very
fast. not onfy az hume. but oussida
the state. over a.ooo having been dis.
posed o., and orders are coming from
San Francisco and eiscu here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25

- a Japanese silk mer-
Veg York. is IN the city
- Japan. where ne will pur-
eompiete stock OF goods.
<NIy our goods have come to
via European ports" he
III I shall make the expert
eshipTnng through Seattle
raiRoad across the continent
one OF our greatest lines
this port. n the effort ls
tx1ful II will be on account
railroad rates. While the
~ lower, yet the amount Of
Manufactured in japan for
n larger than ever"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25
THIRD AtEHuE TINE hyTR.
Fsosa sain 81
" " R.ss>s4 Le~es ass A.s< $50

Christmas and Saturday Nstlnecs.
Lsueoin J. Carriers American Naval
Drama
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25
Remember the Maine

Startling In ITS Reaiismi Novel II.
ifs Conctructioni Picturesque and
True to Life In It's Rendition.
See the destruction Of tn. Maine.
the Great Naval Battle Of Manila
Popular prices. Toe. far. 50-c. &C
and SOC.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-12-25
3 OF
.ILROADS
In Vogue on
~ Lines.

are worrying all the
ontry--that is. all the
Il northern roads. Not
eeriosas open wars. but
apr~ea small sore spots
~ hecn entirely healed.
when these will have
4 over u Ear distant.
Knxlsnd San Francisco
= most serious at pres
Dr>ton the ratio has been
05.te. or s. below the
~ from chicago TO Cali
n natural result has been
nxo Into IN. fight. and u
~ affect other points. II
om Chicago that tickets
&sse AZ the Boston rates.
1Ave been sent from
- Windy city 60 hnok-
1nh New York troubles
- an end. Thts start
80 reduced the regular
<orco the st. Paui-c Chic.
y6frn has been under
4ArtH. ~ time. The Soo
nave dt<eovrrpeL after the
- axr~emcns.. that Ger.
ware Violating the COM
eck this nn~fhed OF re-
4se trouble has not yet
end.
at.r and Canadian colon
~ causing trouble to the
The Canadian
Northern r.acfrio would
r1Hh 20 withdraw the cot
yp1n IT. Paul 10 the coast,
~ virtual effect Of re-
ma -eInos fares Co s3A. II
orthrrn Is willing. but
~ not Axrrc 10 this. The
|ndtan eosonist rates have
dify,cuity.
I10n between the south
and the Northern roads
these coionist ratcxs
Southern Pacific claims.
urthrrn lines TO route
Portland. into San
. less than the south
Goses- The Northern
~ arr not doing thiA