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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28
A NEW FURNITURE STORE
VIII be Opened by John spIIger In Ire
mann Block.

John Spilger, the well-known down
town contractor, has concluded to
EN- bark in the furniture business in
this city. He has a considerable
knowledge of the business from the
fact that he was a cabinet maker in
Germany previous to his removal to
this country, and the knowledge thus
acquired will stand him in good stead
in the selection of his stock. He left
at noon today for Chicago. Milwau-
kee and Grand Rapids, to purchase a
full line with which to begin business.
He has leased the two store rooms on
Third avenue, east of Tremann's
meat market, and will occupy them
April 5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28
working e4Hour. a Day.

There's no rest for those tireless
little workers-Dr. Kings New Life
Pills. Millions are always busy, cur
ing torpid liver, jaundice, biliousness,
fever and ague. They Danish sick
headache and drive out malaria.
Never gripe or weaken. Small. taste
nice, work wonders. Try them. 20
cents a box at Hartz & Ullemeyer's
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

Next Sunday evening the Chase
Lister Theatre company will present
for the first time here the up-to-date
farce comedy, in four acts, entitled
the MAN from Kokomo." 1t is said
to com pare favorably with MY
Friend From India" aud plays of
that sort. The prices will be 10, 20
and 80 cents.
The Boston Congregationalist says
of Ernest Seton-Thompson. who is to
lecture at Harper's theatre April 3,
afternoon and evening: "Mr. Seton
Thompson's first Boston lecture, in
Steinert hall, for the benefit of the
Animal Rescue League, was so over
crowded that many turned away dis
appointed; so he repeated it as a spe-
cial treat to children on St. Valen-
tines day in fremont temple to over
2 600 people old and young. How
we'll they enjoyed it, many a giggle
and delighted exclamation testified.
Grown people carried away an i'm
preston of the lecturers strong SYM
patty for animals. He looks forward
to the day, which has even now be.
gun, when hunters shall go out into
the wilderness with cameras, instead
of guns in their hands"
1t has finally been settled that
Stuart Robson, the eminent comedian,
will play an engagement in Daven-
port this season in "Sbe Stops to
Conquer. The date which has been
arranged after weeks of negotiation
between Manager Kindt, of the Burtis
opera house, and Manager Arthur, of
Stuart Robson, is Tuesday, April 9.
This announcement will undoubtedly
serve as a magnet to draw one of the
largest audiences of the season, for
MIR. Robson is admittedly in the fore
most ranks of American actors, while
the comedy, "She Stoops to Conquer, !"
written by Oliver Goldsmith, is one
of the most prominent contributions
ever given to dramatic literature.
Mr.. Robson's supporting company is
reported to be the strongest that has
ever been associated with the distin-
guished actor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28

Countrefeits of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve are liable to cause blood
poisoning. Leave them alone. The
original has the name DeWitt's upon
the box and wrapper. 1t is harm
less and healing salve for skin dis
eases. Unequalled for piles. B. h.
Bieber and Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28
COUP
ON POLICE FORCE
Deputy Sheriff Nicholson Cap.
lures a Man the Blue Goats
Are Looking For.
oVERTAKBs HIM ON A TRAIN
Keeps Him at County Jail Over
Night and Gets Him Out
of Town.

Deputy Sheriff w. F. Nicholson
sprung a neat coup on the Rock Island
police last night, capturing man for
whom they were looking keeping
him over night at the county Jail.
and getting him out of town without
a blue coat being the wiser.
The prisoner was Ben Sanford,
wanted at lie Claire for rape, alleged
to have been committed yesterday.
The police received information that
he was coming this away about 6
O'Clock last evening.
EIudes Iowa Officers.
Deputy Sheriff Nicholson was at
Port Byron last night and he also
learned that Sanford had eluded the
Iowa officers and reached this side of
the river. He discovered further that
the fugitive had been seen between
Hampton and Port Byron.
Starting out On his trail afoot,
Nicholson caught up with his man at
Hampton and saw him board the
night C., M. IL St. p train for this
city.
Arrested on Train.
The officer also got aboard and
when the train was well under way
placed his man under arrested. After
keeping Sanford in the jail here over
night, Nicholson took him back to
Port Byron on the morning train and
handed him over to an officer from
across the river.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28
The NimbIe NickIe is
Better than the Slow
Dollar.

Let us save you some money on
your shoes. Moderate prices and
good shoes is our motto.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28
Salvation Army NTeetings.

A service of song and recitations
will be given at the Salvation Army
hall by the juniors of the army Satur-
day evening at s. An enjoyable
and instructive time is expected. The
small charge of 10 cents will be taken
at the door for the purpose of aiding
the Sunday school and the local work
of the corps.
April and 5 Ensign Wall, of st.
Louis, will be in Rock Island and will
speak and sing both nights at the
hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28

Cures dizzy spells. tired feeling
stomach, kidney and liver trou bles
Keeps you well all summer. Rocky
Mountain Tea taken this month.
T. Il. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28
There's q best
in Everything.

Whether it's bread or beef
steak, clothing or carpets,
there is always best. THERE
is A BEST IN PICTURES
AND 1.-THE BEST IS NONE
TOO GOOD" if it is for you.
OF course you don't sit for
your photograph every day,
so when you do, demand the
best. You will get it at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28

GA sT % ~ = A.
Bs.r, III. n The Kind You Have Always Boggh
''s. q &sxaZzzU
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-28
The
BlakSlGC
Studio.

1922 Third Ave. Telephone
1888. Miniatures in Carbon.
Visitors welcomed.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
pAsrA1ooKs HiTIR 1lxtSo.
They Used to he Worn BuftARs Ney>o
Heard OF in TheaH
Days.

An old clothing merchant inN Chicago.
whose sons have been his Successors
for many years, was in the store the
other day for the first time in seven
years, reports the Tribune.
II suppose you have no pantaloons
with lining" he said to his eldest boy,
who replied that he had never heard Of
such a thing.
1--WE used to keep them in stock, "
continued the father. "As rule I
think most pantaloons with lining
were homemade. Your mother made
the first ever saw. and wore EN-.
think the lining WAS Of some sort Of
cambric. But there were few of my
old customers who bought ready-made
clothes OF me, many years ago. and
they insisted that their pantaloons
should be lined. They had an idea that
lining made the fit better. But the
tailors employed hated the work. and
always charged more for putting in
the lining.
"One of my customers, who wouldn't
live long il he had to wear ready-made
clothes now, took fancy to pair Of
unlined pantaloons. but refused to
make the purchase unless had lining
put in. That was in 1880. My tailor
said he never heard of such thing,
but l insisted. He had to take the
pantaloons apart-unstitch the seams
and then put in the lining 1t took him
over week to do the job. The Gus
toner got mad in waiting and refused
to take the pantaloons. l sued him
and got judgment, and he wouldn't
speak to me for over year. Isaw him
pass the house last week riding with
his grandchildren in An automobile.
suppose he would have got hot i'll had
reminded him of the time when he
wore lined pantsloons. and he had
straps to them besides, so as to keep
them in shape. ! remember when q
man who didn't wear straps to his
pantaloons WAS not considered we'll
dressed. and that was right here In
Chicago"
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
MARKED SALNON RETURN.
Many OF the Tish Como Back to Thsis
SHawaisG Groaaa Every
rOuFth YOaR.

A. c. Little, state hsh commission
er. is commencing to get results from
scientific experiments conducted dur
ing the las; four years. with the OBJ
ject of ascer,aining what proportion
of young salmon turned ou, by the
state fish hatcheries return every
fourth year to their spawning
grounds. He has procured numerous
fish tails from the Columbia river
fishermen which bear certain marks
placed upon them before the fish
were Sc; loose at the Kalama hatch
cry. These fish are spawn Of the
salmon caught in 1897. and are, there
fore. four years old. None of the tails
were obtained in previous years,
again proving that salmon return
only every fourth year, says the San
Francisco Call.
The fact that the run OF salmon on
the Columbia river has been unex-
pectedly large this year is believed
to have been due almost entirely to
the great number OF Ash turned out
by the Washington hatcheries on
streams tributary to the Columbia
Several of these hatcheries have not
been established long enough to get
direct returns in the form Of marked
tails
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN.
This Name PsrDstaatss A. Error SaiA
to Have Been nsAs ~ Noted
Chemist.

II was l27 years on the 1st OF An,
gust since Joseph Priestley discov-
cred oxygen. He called it dephlogis-
ticated air. Scheele. who separated
il about the same time. empyreal
air; while Condorcet. more happily
than either. suggested vital air. La
voisier named it oxygen-literally the
acid maker-and in % doing perpet-
uated an error. says London Express
1t is not oxygen that is the essen
tinl element in the formation OF
acids, but hydrogen, so called be-
cause it helps to form water. The
early chemists would have hit the
mark better II they had interchanged
the designations; for oxygen eonsti-
tutea the great bulk OF water, and
hydrogen is a constituent of all acids.
What's in name in this case is q
chemical Misrepresentation. Priest
ley little knew how wide was the
range OF the element he had found.
Oxygen forms one-fifth Of the atmos-
phere, eight-ninths of the waters.
and. taking altogether. one-half Of all
the materials of the globe. so far as
they are known. As carbon is the
basis of all the organic substance OF
the world. so oxygen, the supporter
Of life and combustion, represents its
living energies.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
rR1t1s Of FASHION.
PSxtty Tanciss That Are Now II ~
vor WITH Followers Of
Fine DFssa,

Gloves for the elbow-sleeved gown
are shown with lacing Of gold or silver
cord from waist TO elbow on the outer
seam. The same thing is seen in shoul-
der length gloves and the lacing Is
not only decorative but also useful in
fitting the glove to the arm and keep
ing it in place. says the New York Sun.
The latest thing in presents for the
golf girl is q pair. or many pairs, OF
the startling red or green silk golf
stockings. with huge monograms en-
broidered ON the knees. The red
stockings have the monogram in
green, the green ones in red. and the
girl who will not embroider pair for
her chum is no true friend.
Wonderful colorings and designs are
appearing in the new silks, the manu-
facturerx seeming to have counted con-
fidently on increasing popularity for
the Louis XVI. and Louis XIV. modes.
These exquisite brocades and stripes
will make stunning coats, and the
beautiful pompadour silks will be
used more than ever,as foundation Tor
chiffon. mousseline and other semi
transparent materials.
Jeweled lace is . fad in both Paris
and London, and is gorgeous toilette
detail even il slightly barbaric. Many
q grande dame wears real sewels OF
great value sprinkled over her old
point, but the ordinary woman can ac-
complish wonder, by buying the imita-
tion stones which are sold for the pur-
pose and applying them artistically to
handsome heavy lace.
The latest imported French lingerie
shows all the seams joined by narrow
beading instead of being sewed as
seams. On some OF the garments baby
ribbon is run through all OF this be ad-
ing, but that elaboration is not conxid-
cred necessary.
A bit Of feminine folly which Is. so
the corset makers say. becoming more
common than ever before. consists In
having the skirt hook on the front OF
the corset and the garter clasps and
fixtures of the garters attached TO the
corsets made OF gold and often jeweled.
| Corset and garter sets for this pur-
pose are shown in all of the swell cor
set shops. and the prices OF the sets
run from ten dollars to sums that rep.
resent mild extravaganza.
The display OF art jewels at the Paris
exposition has had much 20 do with
spreading taste for the unusual and
unique in jewels. and the jewelers.
shops are full of odd and beautiful ex
amples OF the art work. There is a
greater call for hand-wrought gold
work than ever be fore within the mem
| ory OF this generation. and IL is diff
cult to fnd goidsmiths who are equal
I to the demands OF this new fad. One
! Arm noted forA,s exclusive designs has
a series OF birthday rings, designed for
the Paris exposition and altogether
charming The sign OF the zodiac is
used for the motif in the carving OF
the ring. and the birthstone. in ca
bochon form. is shown somewhere in
the de2ign. but not conventionally set.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
CITIES SPEND HUGE SUNS.
sage In HsOrnOus Public
lapr0veDsnts. 4

In no previous period Of the worlds
history have so many cities been busy
at the same time with extensive and
costly public enterprises. The dali.
reader Of the news Of all countries
cannot fail 70 have noticed that the
closing years of the nineteenth cen
tury and the opening year of the TWEEN
tieth have been marked by the begin
ming or the continuance of municipal
undertakings the total cost of which
will amount to hundreds of millions of
dollars. says the New York Tribune.
In London and Paris and in other cap
itals Of Europe local railways. under
ground and on the surface. are in
course of construction or will be begun
at an early date. The tendency to i'm
prove the facilities for local transpor-
tation is widespread and seems now to
have become irresistible in many quar-
tiers. Progressive communities with
ample resources and conspicuous for
population and Advancement are en-
tering upon notable tasks for the bene
At OF their citizens and of strangers
within their gates.
Rapid transit is q watchword and
rallying cry both In the eastern and
western hemi,pherss. and armies of
wage-earners are toiling in subways,
on elevated roads and on the street
levels in dozens and scores of we'll
known places here and abroad. But
the principal cities Of the globe are
concerned with other great works
than those which will effect the swift
distribution Of hosts of passengers.
Schemes for the construction of new
locks and piers on the most ambition.
scale, for the deepening and broaden
ing Of harbor channels and for the
opening OF wider avenues Of commerce
and trade in he best-known ports of
various counties are more numerous.
and are planned on more generous
lines than in any former era. And the
provision Of more abundant supplies
Of water for cities which consume
huge quantities is drawing millions
upon millions Of dollars from munich
pal treasures in the United State. and
in other countries.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
IN TIE SAHARA.
YseasA Government Piaas . Regular
Service for the Great
DS0SVt.

The automobile has invaded the
desert of Sahara. Several French
men have made trips recently
through o large part OF the vnxte
country in southern Algiers with
such success that the French govern
ment has officially undertaken a
series Of tests. A project for q reg
ular service of control and revictual-
Ing has resulted The government
plans TO connect the various oAses
by regular lines OF automobiles. says
the Chicago Inter Oceon.
! Since Frances greed for territory
has impelled her to spread the boun-
daries Of her African possessions far
into the Sahara desert. the problem
of keeping open lines of communi-
cation and supply has been mos, Sc
rious- AT present camels are used
to transport the necess,yJ goods and
provisions from oasis TO oasis and
80 carry the mails. But 1t II hoped
now to change this.
1 Camels can go about three days
without wnter. although to be kept
In the best of condition they should
have water every day. Their normal
rate OF travel Is from three to hve
miles an hour. although the best
dromedaries will make ten miles an
hour and keep it up for ten hours .
day.
With these limitations. the prob
lem OF communicating across the
desert between points over 400 miles
apart has been an extremely difi-
cult one. And farther to the south.
where the GASES are more remote and
the temperature often reaches 1873
degrees. the task has been practical
ly an impossibility.
The experiments made have shown
that gasoline automobiles can far
outdo the camel as means OF trans
portation in dry countries. Trips OF
800 miles in length can be accom-
plished without great difficulty.
Twenty miles an hour il attained in
many parts OF the desert. and the
best speed of the camels can be prac-
tically doubled anywhere. Besides
this. high temperatures have no ef-
feet on the running Of the machines.
and the amount of goods that can be
carried Is largely in excess of
camel's load.
| In the desert Of Sahara there are
between 100000 and 2,500, 900 square
miles. The exact extent of the waste
i, of shifting sands is unknown. A
part of II is now open to some de-
gree Of civilization. through the long
distance travelling powers OF the
camels. II tho automobiles prove as
great q success in the desert as the
preliminary experiments promise. an
other large part Of the desert will
become tributary to civilized man.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
sciHfcr AND INDUSTRY.

An English clergyman named Bacon
il making balloon accents in and
around London with view to ascer-
tanning the sources of London fog.
In the coolest parts of Siberia a
rainbow may sometimes be seen all
day long in cloudless sky. 1t is
supposed to be due to fine particles
of snow in the air.
The Marconi station installed on
the Nantucket lightshlp has proved
TO be very successful and several
transatlantic steamers have been
able to communicate successfully
with the shore by it's aid.
1t IL asserted that the number OF
compound locomotives in use in this
country (as compared with simple en-.
gines) averages rs per cent. of the
whole number in use in freight and
passenger traffic.
The danger Of living in house that
harbors consumptives is illustrated
by the fact that of 6,273 patients Of
ficially examined by the German i'm
perial board of health 2,177, or 347
per cent, belonged to families that
included other victims of tuberculosis
An English steamship company has
issued a circular letter offering free
passages to delegates from labor
unions who wish to visit this country
to ascertain the exac: conditions OF
labor and wages here, and also what
advantages, il any, we have in the
way of labor-saving tools.
Recent experiments made to deter
mine the loss ensuing by exposing
coal to the weather, unprotected in
any way, show. contrary to general
belief, that il is very small. There
was a gain in the amount of oxygen,
but q loss of carbon, hydrogen and
nitrogen; the loss Of calorific power
was slight.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
TERRIFIC AUTOMOBILINe.
Race Over Seventy Miles a
AoaR At T1aes,

The most wonderful long distance
speed automobile performance yet
credited to anyone was made by
Henry Fournier. winner of the 1901
Paris s-Bordeaux race, held May 20.
The 34s miles were made in eight
hours ~ seconds. or equal to rate
of speed which would take the win
ner from New York to Buffalo in q
trifle over ten hours. Had Fournier
not been forced to limit his speed to
IL kilometers an hour in passing
through Versailles, Chartres, Cha
teaudun, Vendome, Tours, Chateller-
ault, Poitiers, Ruffic, Angouleme and
Libourne, he would have made an av-
erage speed which would have taken
him from New York to Buffalo in
seven hours, or at rate Of speed
considerably faster than the world
famed empire state express travels.
There Is no question, says the Auto
mobile Magazine, that at some parts
of the journey Fournier went some
what over 70 miles per hour. His
800 miles outside Of towns were made
at an average rate of So miles per
hour. and the average of the whole
distance. including the slowing up
through towns, was over 20 miles
per hour.
The previous record for this race
was held by Charron, his time being
IL hours 4 minutes and 20 seconds.
1t will be seen that Fournier reduced
these figures by nearly three hours.
The second arrival was Farnham, in
Panhard-Levassor, In nine hours
and 40 minutes, while the third man,
Voigt, who also operated Pan
hard-Levassor, was third in nine
hours 40 minutes and II seconds,
both beating Charron's record.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
Tall Telegraph Pole. 4. r.,...

Beaumont. Tex, is noted not only
for its oil, but the tallest telegraph
poles in the United States. The tops
are $50 feet above the ground. They
were erected on the opposite banks
OF the Neches river by the Western
Union Telegraph company in order
to string its cable across the stream.
The span is LA feet in length. This
height is necessary to admit the
passage of ships through draw
bridge, their masts being 100 feet
tall and more.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
SHOES

This department receives ex-
ira special attention and extra
clerks to wait upon the trade these
prices are sure to bring. The stock
comprises the newest styles and
full run of sizes. Come early to
get size.
Fire line mems calf shoes, worth
81 so, closing out price 81 10
Fine lire mems calf shoes, worth
50 so, closing out price 2So
Fine line mems calf shoes, worth
81 so, closing out price 175
Boys shoes, sizes to 81, worth 81 30
closing out price 1.S9
Boys shoes, sizes 10 to ID, worth
$l.90, closing out price 13O
Boys shoes, sizes l3 TO 8, worth
81 25, closing out price LEO
Ladies fine kid shoes, worth 50 so,
closing out price 2.65
Ladies fine kid shoes, worth 325,
closing out price 225
Ladies fine kid shoes, worth 25O,
closing out price 1.S5
Ladies fine kid shoes, worth It's
closing out price 1.2o
Other lines of shoes at same
reductions.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
About to Make a Change.

"What l. he going to do now7"
breathlessly asked the agitated young
woman. with her eyes on the daring
aeronaut, who ives cinging to his
parachute.
HE is about to sever his connection
with the balloon" replied her escort,
ITO accept q position little lower
down" Chicago Tribune.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
wanted No Extremes.

Employment Agent-What was the
matter with your last place?
Domestic-The couple had only been
married a month, an l cudn't stand
tn love-makin'.
Agent-Well, here's . chance In a
house where the couple have been
married ten years.
Domestic-That's too long. likes
peace an quiet.-N. 7. Weekly.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
Castle for Rent.

A London paper printed this unique
"for rent" adyertiseme nj recently: "A
rock built, crenelaied castle, buffeted
by the Atlantic surge, at one of the
most romantic and dreaded points of
our iron-bound coast, in full view of
the Death Stone; shipwrecks frequent,
corpses common; three reception and
seven bedrooms; every modern con-
ven:ence; 10 ss. week. Address," etc.
Daily camera., 1901-10-16
(ARPfIS AND LIh0ltUNS

25 bolts best administer moquets,
worth Sl.25, closing ont price $os
/ 5 bolts melton velvets, worth 10
closing out price .'s
2 bolts moquets, pretty designs, worth
1 Is, closing ont price .9a
bolts tapestry brussels, worth Ito
closing out price 30
4 bolts tapestry brussels, worth 100
D closing ont price .6o
Beat grade lowell wool ingram, worth
; s5c, closing ont price e2
Good all wool ingram, worth Toe,
: closing out price 30
Good heavy mixture, worth 5Oc, clos
. ing out price .SS
Coed cotton mixture, worth 3oc cos
D ing out price ~
LINOLEUMS
0 yards wide, best grade, sl.5o, clos
ing out price $l23
8 Best grade portieres, worth 1.25, clos
ing out price 80
5 Best grade yards wide, worth 100,
closing out price 80
5 Oil cloth, pattern, worth 25, II
yards square, closing ont price 100
8 II yards oil cloth, worth 75c, closing
out price DO
Good grade II yards wide, worth Soc,
closing out Price .59