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Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
MAIL TO THE EFARN[R
County is Already Enjoying the
Benefits of Rural Free
Delivery.
ROUTES THAT ARE IN OPERATION
Two Leading From MiIan-Peti-
tions in South Rock Island
and AndaIusia.

Tne free delivery of rural mail in
this county, although begun but few
months ago. has already demonstrated
it's value, and efforts are being made
to have the service extended as rap
idly as possible. EIrly last fall the
first route, called route No. 1, was
established. running out of Milan.
1t lies for the most part in Rural
township. covering and connecting
the Monmouth and Knoxville roads.
The second route. called route No 2,
lies for the most part in Bowling.
extending to within a mile of Taylor
Ridge and going almost to the county
line on the south.
Each route is about twenty five
miles in length, the act under which
rural mail routes are established re-
quiring 100 families within a circuit
of % miles. Each family to whom
mail is delivered has box placed at
the side of the road along the route
with the name and "U. S. Mail'' upon
it in plain letters
Not All On the Route.
OF course not all the parties who
have mail carried live on the
route. and some of them go mile or
more for the mail after it is delivered.
At one corner on route No. 2, running
out of Milan, there are II boxes for
persons liviug on the intersectiDg
road.
The boxes are owned by the parties
whose names they bear. They are
bought from a firm that makes a
| - fao or ri
There are two kinds. a plain wooden
with steel post costing So. Both are
provided with locks aud one key will
| fit all the boxes on a route.
The carriers use light, covered
wagons drawn by two horses aud con-
structed after the plan of an ordinary
milk wagon. There are pigeon holes
arranged about the interior and the
| mail is sorted before the trip is be-
gun. The carrier, is of course, bound
| by contract to start on his route at a
certain time and to have fni she'd
! within given number of hours. He
gets $500 per AMMAN, and is on the
road every day in the year except
Sunday. Some carriers follow the
practice of reversing the direction on
alternate days so as TO equallze the
time of delivery all along the line.
More AccommOcat atIOns.
Two other routes are contemplated
in this vicinity, one heginning in this
city and covering practically the
whole of South Rock Island. and the
other beginning at Milan and running
west into Andalusia township. The
petition for the former is being cir
culated and Postmaster Thomas is
lending the proposition hiF support.
The petition for the other has the
requisite number of names and is
ready to forward to Washington. OF
course the postof1ice department is
flooded with similar petitions, and
some time must elapse before new
ones receive attention.
Otto Hatzenbuhler, of Detroit,
United States inspector of rural free
delivery of mail, arrived in the city
this morning and went to Milan this
afternoon to look after the delivery
routes centering in that village.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Special Lots far This Week.

To start the embroidery season with
a rush, we offer the following lots at
the cost to import:
1000 yards Cambria Edgings
and insertions, worth &c, at,
yard ...........- Z3C
1850 yards fine Cambria Edgings,
manufactured to sell at to
12c, will go quick at &c and. sc
At 10c yard extraordinary lot of
high grade work in Edgings and
Insertings, none worth less
than 1Sc, all at, yard. -. IOc
At 124 yard beautiful lot of Flounc-
ings, Edgings and Insertings in
Cambria and Nainsook, worth
Just double, take them at.... I2lC C
These are the greatest EN- mbroidery
values ever placed before the pur-
chasing pu blic hereabout. Handsome
All-overs Handsome Nainsook and
Can't brio matched sets, at unusually
low prices.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Cant. o,Connor,s Rirthdar.

Capt. John O'Connor's 18th birth
day anniversary was made the occa-
sion of happy gathering of friends
at his home. 14t7 Fourth avenue, last
evening. Capt. O'Connor was pre-
sented pretty silver cup and saucer
The evening was devoted to cards,
and at midnight a bountiful spread
was partaken of. The guests were
Messrs. and Mesdames Ainsworth,
Hetter. Lattig. Barker, Grotegut. Eug-
lin and Swanson.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Democrats Meet.

An interesting meeting of the Rock
Island Democratic club was held last
night at Turner ball. 1t was devoted
to discussion of the political out
look for the spring, all being pleased
the democrats can rec aim control of
the city government if they will but
get up and dust. as it is apparent on
every hand that the people have
enough of the present administration
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
ARE TO IMPROVE LAND
IN WEST END OF TOWN

Carl Heipenstell has purchased a
half interest in "a acres of land owned
by ex-Ald. William Roth. and which
lies between First and Fifth streets,
and south of Thirteenth avenue. The
land is in the neighborhood of the
proposed new factory site. and the
owners are understood to have under
consideration plans that will event.
uilly rebound TO the industrial value
of the community.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
The Modern Way

Commends itself to the well in
formed, to do pleasantly and effect
ually what was formerly done in the
crudest manner and disagreeably as
well. To cleanse the system and
break up colds, headaches and fevers
without unpleasant after effects, use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy,
Syrup Of Figs. Made by California
Fig Syrup company.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06

A powerful engine cannot be run
with a weak boiler. and we can't keep
up the strain of an active life with a
weak stomach; neither can we stop
the human machine to make repairs.
If the stomach cannot digest enough
food to keep the body strong, such 3
preparation as Kodol by sppsia Cure
should be used. II digestse what you
eat and it simply can't help but do
you good. b. III. Bieber and Hartz &
UIemeyer.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Ambulance Calls.

Mrs. w. j. French was taken from
her home at 1910 Eighth avenue to
st Anthony's hospital in the ambu-
lance yesterday.
Ray Reno was removed from 2525
Fifth avenue to the hospital
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
FOR BUFFALO EXPOSITION.
Capt. Harris Visits Arsenal In the Interest
of the Government.

of the Government.
Capt. Peter G. Harris, of the 9th
infantry. in charge of the government
exhibition at the Buffalo exposition,
was visitor at Rock Island arsenal
today, spending last night at the Har-
per house. He came here under au-
thority from the war department to
look over the manufactures of the ar
senal and to select such articles as
nigh be needed to contribute to the
attractiveness and completeness of the
di play at Buffalo.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
MCCABE'S.
The New Embroideries.
10000 Yards to Select From.

This week we place on sale our en-
tire Importation of fine embroideries
direct from the makers in St. Gall,
Switzerland. New designs together
with improved means for making en-
able US to show handsomer EN- mbroid-
cries than ever before, and at much
lower prices.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Rheumat,sm CURED In = Day.

Mystic Cure for, Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 8
days. It's action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause ard the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cents
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second
avenue, Rock Island; Gustave Schle-
gel & Son, 220 West Second street,
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Notice.

All druggists are authorized by the
manufacturers of Remick's Eczema
Cure and Remick's Pepsin Blood
Tonic to refund the money when
they fail to cure any case of eczem
or skin eruptions.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Notice.

1 her. by give notice that 1 will not
be responsible for bills contracted by
nay wife, Mrs. V. Hansen.
Rock Island, ILL.,, Feb. 6, 1901.
F. HANSEN
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06

For the weakness and prostration
following grip there is nothing so
prompt aud effective as One Minute
Cough Cure. This preparation is
highly indorsed as an unfailing rem
edy for all throat and lung troubles
and its early use prevents consump-
tion. 1t was made to cure quickly.
B. Il. Bieber and Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
AFrightfuI BIunder

VIII often cause horrible burn
scald. cut or bruise. BuckliD's
Arnica Salve will kill the pain and
promptly heal it. Cures fever sores,
ulcers, boils, corns, all skin eruptions.
Best pile cure on earth. Only 20
cents box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by Hartz & Ullemeyer druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Special Display and Sale of
New GinghamS.

This week we open up five cases of
handsome dress and shirt waist
Ginghams.
125 pieces handsome Ginghams, new
est designs. values / &c
yard, at per yard ...-...-.. IOC
125 pieces Scotch Ginghams in all the
latest colorings and weaves,
will be sold at. yard 1880. I24c
Rock Island Argus., 1901-02-06
Inventory Discoveries.

Packed away in bin in an obscure
corner of our basement storeroom
we found II dozen brown Turkish
bath towels. large sizes, worth 20
to soc, are badly seiled, mussed
and dirty, while they last,
pick them lively at, per pick IOC
Remember, while they last. Don't
expect to find them all clean.
Closing out all the hand sleds at I5c
Ladies' 25c wool hose, ribbed
and plain :. ..... IOC
Children's heavy ribbed wool
1Sc mittens for or........ &c
We find too high pile of heavy
12c Canton flannel, so we say &c
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
A GREAT Day.

Chicago feels big every day, but if she
can feel bigger one day. than ANOTHER it
will be April 25. On that day "a new
era" will be inaugurated in trans-Atlan-
tic commerce, for then the steamship
Northwestern, built in a Chicago ship
yard, manned by Chicago crew and
loaded with products of the great West
flour lard meats, agricultural imple-
ments, lumber. logs, copper and copper
ore, will sail from Chicago for Ham
burg, via the great lakes, ST. Lawrence
river and Gulf of st. Lawrence to the
Atlantic ocean. On the following day,
a sister ship, the Northtown, will sail
from the same'port for Liverpool SINH
larry laden.
There can be no doubt of the i'm
portance of this performance, and Chi
cago will be justified in emitting few
extra crows in celebration of it. 1t will
be the beginning of a big business
which will help Chicago even if it
doesn't help some of the great railroads.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12

had light supper with the Rabbi
Fromm, with whom he spent the rest Of
the evening. The Rabbits death two
years ago was a severe blow to Baron
William, who found in his conversation
a help to pious life. The baron had a
sweet, grave countenance. Nobody
ever saw him dressed otherwise than in
black and rather clerical-ooking coat
and a silk hat. l hear that he took a.
deep interest, which he showed in prac-
teal ways, in the Jewish movement in
Palestine. But, as he liked to so quiet
ly through life, he avoided coming for
ward conspicuously as a patron of 1t.
Though Judaism is nationalist as Uni
tarianism, it gives wide scope to mystic
natures. Baron William was a mystic.
He had that feeling for Jerusalem that
a Moslem has for Mecca, or Catholic
for the altar at which the priest cele-
brates mass. 1t was not thing to be
reasoned out, but felt. The soul-feel-
ings make suggestions, like music that
no words can convey.-Paris Cores
pondence of the London Truth.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
NOT OLD, THOUGH SEVENTY.

Morris Steinert isn't an old man, If he
is seventy, but he has the honor love,
obedience, troops of friends" which
should accompany his age, and which
do much to console a man for being
seventy. The celebrations Of his seven
tieth birthday have been notable trib-
utes to notable man. AS musician,
business man and author he has been
remarkably successful. He has also
been remarkably successful in Impress
ing the community in which he has so
| long lived with his goodwill, friendli-
ness and other human qualities. He is
now pleasantly reaping a part of that
which he has sowed. His three-score
years and ten sit lightly upon him. He
has sons and daughters near him. He
has the respect and appreciation of low
ers of the art for which he has done so
much. And he has numerous friends to
whom he has endeared himself by his
friendly quality. He is in good health,
and his capacity for enjoyment of life
is large. That he may have many more
pleasant years is the wish Of all who
have been interested in the very pleas
ant and fitting notice which has been
taken of his entrance into his SEVENTEEN
year.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12

difficult to interview Minister WI Ting
Fang?
New Reporter-Dead easy! All l had
to" do Was to answer uestions.-Colum
bus (Ohio) State Journal.
The teacher asked the class wherein
lay the difference in meaning between
the words Sufficient and enough"
" Sufficient answered Tommy, lis
when mother thinks it's time to stop
eating pudding; enough is when |
think 1t is."-Tid-
Dear" said the young Mrs. Jellus,
II thought you ought to know; there's
a married man who is violently in love
with me-" "What?" he cried. who is
he?" IF tell you will you give me
those earrings / wanted?" Yes. Who
is it?" "You."-Philadelp Press
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
GINNING ON IT,

| Richer and richer. The latest returns
put the per capita" of money in the
United States at $3o.66, against s1S.5S in
1873, when "the crime of 1879 was COM
mitted The money in circulation was
$26.93, against $22s2 in 1890, $1941 in 1880
and $500 in 1873. There was never so
much money in circulation per citizen
as now. The net public debt in 1868 was
$67.10 per citizen and the interest charge
s3.4s, whereas in 1900 the net debt was
$14.52 and the interest charge A cents
per citizen. The net revenue last year
was s7.43 per citizen, against $40 in
1894 and slO97 in 1868, while net ex-
penses were last year $3.50 per citizen,
against $5O1 in 1895. s4.22 in 1886 and
$1021 in 1868.
A per capita" of $So.66 isn't exactly
an embarrassment of riches. but it is
cheering to know that each one of us
has that much in the general fund, even
If we can't use it to buy things with
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
Curtains.

r. d M \ tHs
Come and get Curtain bargain,
housckeepersl for there are ,hous-
ands Of pairs bought direct from
one cf the greatest manufacturers.
especially for thi; event;
15o PAIRS CROSS STRIPE CUR
tains. Special price for this sale
-$1.15 pair
GREAT VALUE IN PLAIN MUSLIN
Curtains, full 212 yards long and
40 inches wide, with French seams
and pretty full ruf1es. Only-89c pr
FIGURED MUSLIN CURTAINS. ALL
new patterns, including the wreaths,
the bow knots, stripes and dots;
regular $1.25 quality for SOC pair
ARABIAN CURTAINS. CHOICE
elegant things In the popular new
aristocratic Arabian curtains.
They're doubly valuable because
they are as strong and servlceable
as they are beautiful.
$3.50, $3.50, $3.50. $3.50, s7.75 and $3.50 UP
POLES WITH BRASS
and silver trimmings Complete for
this sale loo. each.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
HOME RULE WANTED IN BUFFAA

| HOME RULE WANTED IN BUFFA 10.
The mayor of Buffalo has marked
mot accepted" on the bill interfering
with home rule in that city which was
recently passed by the legislature. This
| bill changes the control of the Depart
ment of Public Works, and Mayor
Diehl points out that there has been no
public demand for the change. The To-
cal legislature has not asked for it, the
Charter Revision Commission has not
recommended it, the Merchants Ex-
change and the various business organ
izations do not favor it. And the May
or adds: The bill is obnoxious to the
citizens of Buffalo. It's origin and it's
motive are repugnant To all who have
the interest of the city at heart, The
boldness of it's sponsors and the ease
with which similar legislation is' pro-
crossed at Albany at the dictation of a
local party clique has alarmed the peo-
pie. To acquiesce in its passage would
be an indefensible sacrifice of the prin-
ciple of home rule-a surrender of the
right of the people to govern them
selves in local affairs. It's enactment
would be legislative favor to a polt-
ical clique al the expense OF the taxpay-
ers. 1t means the surrender of the
great public works of the city to party
dictators. 1t means higher taxes and
poorer service. 1t is a step backward
a return to old conditions.
The mayors protest seems to be en-
tirely proper 1t may not save Buffalo
from the new deal, but it ought to.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12

II would not die unknown to fame" ! said;
II feel, within, the power to do and be
Something, if | We're but unfettered, free
TO work in my own way, by fancy led.
Why must toll that others may be fed?-'
Others who little reck the cost to me,
For none SO blind as they who will not
see.'
Dear heaven, If | were only free!" l plead.
But when, one day, my hour Of freedom
came
! kissed the broken shackles had lost,
And knew my freedom gained at too great
cost;
And now ! neither strive nor long for fame;
For who can work, with none to help or
care?
And who would win what no dear one
may share?
Carrie Blake Morgan.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
AND FUTILITY OF
TOON-WRECKING

SALOON WREcKING.
Saloon-wrecking after the fashion of
Mrs. Nation and Mrs Sheriff has often
been tried in this country and always
failed of it's ultimate purpose. Tenn
perance that works by violence involves
such a contradiction of terms that it
! finally repels all who are not under the
| influence OF passionate emotion, and the
spirit of destruction comes and goes
| like fever How can a refined wo-
manhood support such excessesY Mrs.
| Sheriff, turning in the wrath of a
wounded vanity to declare that she
was the originator of the crusade, and
not Mrs. Nation, the same Amazon
splitting open the scalp of a saloon
keeper with bottle, the dsorderly
crowd cheering her on, the young men
following to lick up the dregs of liquor
in the ruined stock-all these things are
disgusting or actually revolving, so that
long-sustained efforts Of the sort to put
down the liquor traffic are impossible
Of previous outbreaks the Ohio cru
sade Of quarter of century ago has
left the deepest impression on the pub
lie mind, but there had been such an
other quarter of a century earlier
still. Old residents of one Of the small
towns on the southern shores of Lake
Erie recall Incidents of fifty years ago
that prove both the antiquity and the
futility of the methods now being en-
ployed. The point of attack was the
hotel" and the usual country tavern
Of the time, part Of whose equipment
was bar. It's proprietor was Ger
man, commonly designated as Dutch
man, and in the period of Incorporate
temperance commonly held responsible
for the appetites of his neighbors, their
weakness Of will and their demoraliza-
ton.
The assailants were all women, and
it Is curious fact which hints at a
general movement Of emancipation that
the two leaders wore boomers. Evil
IDENTIFY the new woman with her radi-
calism Is very old woman. Then, too,
the fathers, husbands, brothers and
sons appeared in the bewildering dou-
BILE role that Is theirs now. Ordinarily
they cultivated friendly relations with
the Dutchman and were in fact his pa
irons and the real sinners. But, i'm
PEELED by manly and gallant sentl-
ment where petticoat or boomers
were concerned, they accompanied the
ladies for their protection and over
awed their ancient crony so that he did
not dare to make a defence.
But he had the law on the women,
them to the county court ten
miles away, and the affair petered out |
with feeling Of safety on the part of |
the crusaders and feeling of unslaked
thirst on the part of the fathers, hus-
bands and brothers, and sons, who re-
sumed their old habits as though moth
ing had happened. 1t will be the same !
story fifty years in the future II such
reformatory methods are employed.
They simply coarsen women without
refining men.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
PROSPEROUS LONDON cosrERs


Sidewalk Merchants Who Make Good
Incomes.
The announcement that the authori-
ties have determined to clear itinerant
street vendors from the Strand has
caused CONSERVATION among the frater-
nifty in London. For clearance means
loss of income and severe competition
In other streets.
1t is difficult, IL not impossible, to cal
culate with any degree of accuracy the
amount of money turned over collec-
| lively in the course of a year by these
people, but interesting figures may be
| supplied by placing on record the gross
receipts of some street traders.
| Many will be surprised to learn that
| a coster In the fruit or vegetable line,
who, though only occasionally seen in
the Strand, is yet aggrieved at the
threatened exclusion, will make turn
over of anything between eight and
twelve pounds per week, full third of
this being profit. The figures very
much, naturally, with the season of the
year and the state Of the markets, but
he is reckoned a poor fruit coster who
cannot make an average of twelve
pounds ten shillngs to three pounds
weekly profit. Despite this income,
which many clerk would envy, tales
of distress are frequent among them,
owing to their universal improvidence.
Fish is not so profitable line of bust
ness, partly owing to the more perisha-
BILE nature of the stock. and fish cos
ter who Is twelve pound man." af-
ter reckoning up on Saturday night,
has no cause to grumble at his weeks
work
The profits of vendors of penny toys,
puzzles and other articles so familiar in
the Strand and elsewhere vary accord
ing to their cost, which ranges from
four to sevenpence per dozen. A pound
to twenty-five shillings is reckoned a
good weekly earning, but during the re-
cent button craze energetic workers had
no difficulty in clearing double this
amount in some instances
The gutter oilcloth merchant calcu-
lates upon a profit of sixpence to one
shilling o piece, according to size, and |
can dispose of forty or fifty pieces in
the course of a Saturday evening alone,
to say nothing of Stacker business done !
during the rest of the week. A street |,
bookseller recently admitted that he |
had never cleared less than two |
pounds week" and. on further inqui- !
ry that does not appear to be much [
above the average. The proprietors of |
those miscellaneous stands, to be found
chiefly in the East End, where every
hing from a violin bow to saucepan
id may be purchased, have difficulty
n telling their profits, as, owing to the
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-12
HO WETER.

Mrs. Polkadot-She is fine nurse
isn't she?
Mrs. Pahducah--1deall Why, I can
go for days without even seeing the
children.-Brooklyn Life.
Don't despair, Edward, even If IA
Their does say you'll be young enough
to marry five years from now"
'Oh, l don't care for myself, but how
about u?"-Philadelphia Times
my automobile can pass yours any
day"
That's all right; pass me when you
feel like it; but, say-don't ever try
to climb over me."-Detroit Free Press.
First Scientist--I hear that your dog
went mad and bit Professor Snagroots.
Any serious results?
Second Scientist-Yes, the poor beast
is barking in Latin and Greek--Chi-
cago News.
Managing Editor-Did you find 1t