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THE AltGrUS, MONDAY JULY 15. 1895. THE AKGUS. PubUtitil Paily aod wokly at 16H ScennJ Aienoe, Kock Irland. I.I. KnUro.l at (be yol OlHco as avconil c'a" matler. J. W. PoTTEIt PUBLISHER. TERWS Daily. 10 o.-ut per week. Weekly, I2.U0 per annum: in advance. $1. W. All commnnicaiiotw of a cflticai or arpimrnta tire character. ulitul or re'-ii-'iooa, ma: have l:al name aliattud for vM'c:l,i"r- No uch article printed over fl tltioiia aiguaturt. Corrcfpoml.ncc ioliciied from cvarjr tomurulp In lluck l-vand county. , Monday, Jclv 15, 1895. Axu now 'tis said that President Cleveland is thinking seriously b-ariiing to ride a wheel. i.f Thk Keck til: Constitution-Demo, crat claims to have linen the lirst paper in Iowa to g :t olT a pnn on the liuwkeye republican gubernatorial ticket Drake nud Parrott. The press of the state should give the C. I), a leather button. Utah when dclinitc-ly admitted will be the forty-liflh of the states. It will probably be a closely con tested slate, too, and there is no way of telling how it is likely to go in the first presidential election in wbicb its votes will be recorded in the elec toral college. In the contest for ter ritcrial delegate in lti'J2 the demo crats carried Utah by a plurality of 5.8G. In the election ut last So. vnmber the republican plurality was 1,813. Tiik.sk aie the live states of the country in which the democrats at last year's elect ion lost the most heavily, and which now are more democratic than ever before: South Dakota, Kansas, Nevada, Colorado and Nebraska. The northern state in which the democrat., polled the largest percentage of the toal voe is New York. Connecticut. Indiana, Kliodo Island, New Hampshire. Cali fornia. New Jersey, Illinois. Massa chusetts, Wisconsin, anil Ohio fol low in the order named. Ilnllot Reform In New York. Nt w York Sun. Since 18'JO, when the ballot re formers, ho called, got their lirst foothold in Albany, the system of voting bus been changed 83 often that only individuals skilled in the knowledge of the intricate of the law for votingcan tell precisely what they, anil other citizens, are ex peeled to do and what legally they are prohibited from doing. This year there will be still another a lili Hon to to the inconveniences. Here tofore the legal registry of voters has shown the age ami residence of the applicant, together with the duration of his residence in the state, county and election district, and the date of his citizen papers, if he is a natur alized voter. This vear, in addition there is to be entered as a condition of registty a statement of the voter's height, approximate weight, color of hair, peculiarities of voice and speech, and visible marks on face. The latter designation is probably meant unusual visible marks, for the ordinary citiz;u with eyes, nose and mouth, expects these features to be ncceptcd as the most clearly marked ones upon his visage. The new -identification law" is intended to deter repeaters from registering un lawfully. Mate t'nlveralty ImyroveinmU. The appropriation of $124,000 by the legislature to the state university has rendered it possible to strengthen and develop the existing work and to mull it forward into new fie'ds. At the meeting of the board of trustees, in commencement week, in prove ments and additions to the eijuij luent and to the instructional fo- were determined on. I. c'-oIcJ b the legislature among ino ao propriations for spec:fi.! ibjct is one of S150.000 for tin e:cc tion of a library building. Tl. appropriation is available iinmedi aielv and the committee on building and grounds is considering plans for the early erection of the building The committee has offered premium amounting to f 1,203 for compctitiv desiirn. The building will be lire proof, and architecturally will be a adornment to the campus. Beside the appropriation for the new build ing. the legislature set aside the sum :l.W0 a vear for accessions to th library. The magnificent new eng neering hall, which was dedicated last November, is still iu process ot internal equipment and the nniver sitv appropriations include- fj.O'H' for the completion of the f jrnishinpr. t his, in addition to the amount al ready expended, will make the build ing one of the best equipped in ttat country. The equipment of the col. lege of'engineeriug wi.'l be much en larged during the year by the expen diture of f 10,000 for additional ap- 1 im: aiifux mamn Cut Your Wisdorr) Teetb J PLUG. . the best Chewing Tobacco in the world, it sLORILLARD'S. paralus and appliances. In connec- un with the extension of tbe cqaip. merit for engineering, tbe work of he college of engineering wil! be much further improved and facili- atcd lv the addition of a new ma- hinery ball and the reorganization I the niecnantcal sbops. lbe work astronomy has been long bam- x'red from lack of proper equipment. be legislature, however, has made an appropriation of $15,000 for a new stroiiomical observatory with the atcst improvements. J he general equipment is to be en larged and improved and the course of construction broadened NAPOLEON'S ORIENTAL DREAMS. lie Longed to Follow In ttie Footsteps of Alexander the Great. Bonaparte was a child of the Mediter ranean. L he lixht or its sparkling wa ters was ever iu hi: cyos, and the fasci nation of its ancient civilizations was never ab..cnt from hU dreams of plory. Hid proclamations rinir with classic al lusions; his festivals were adorned with classic ceremony, lu infancy lie had knowu of Genoa, tno tyrant of his is land, i strong in the splendid commer cial enterprises which Btretched east ward through tlio Levant and beyond into the farther orient. In childhood lie had fed his imagination on the histories cf Alexander the Great and his conquest of oriental empires. In youth he had thought to find uu open, door for his am bition when all othorj seemed closed by taking service with England to tliare tho renown of those v.-l:c were lrailding up her eastern eripiro IT".pnoiuted i:i this, lie turned with tha i juio laci of success to Rr.; sia. u'.mu'.y England's ri val ou the continent of Asia. It is perfectly comprehensible that throughout Lis early manhood his mind should havo occasionally reverted tj the same ideals. The conqueror of Italy and Austria nn.rht hope to realize them. Was he not master of the two great maritime commonwealths which Iiart once shared all eastern trade between them? England's intrusion upon the Mediterranean basin was a never ceasing rritaticc to all the Latin povcrs. Her commercial prosperity and her mastery of tho seas aggravated the exasperation of France as threatening even her equali ty iu their ancient rivalry. Iroia tho days of the first crusade all Frenchmen had felt that leadership in the recon traction of Asia belonged to them by virtuo of preoccupation. Ardent rcpnb licans, moreover, saw France s mission incomplete iu the liberalizing of the continent, and the department of marine under tho directory stamped ltd paper with tlio r.ie.tto, "Liberty of tho Seas." Imaginative forces, tho revolution ary svstem and tho national ambition all combined to create nbiquitous en thusiasm for tho conquest of tho Med' iterranean. To this tho temperament aud training of Bonaparte were as tho spark to the tinder. It was with willing ears that tho directory heard his first suggestions about the Venetian isles and sttbscqncutly Iris plans for the captu: of Malta, which was to bo followed by a death blow to England's supremacy in the seizure of Egypt and tho dismem berment of Turkey. W. M. Sloano'a "Life of Napoleon." in Century. A SPIDER FARM. A Simp Bottler Tina Recruited tlie Spider Against Ilia Foes With Sacecsa. A simp bottler has improved upon tho prison lesson of Bruce, lie lias taRcu the spider into partnership in the work ing of one of his most important oepart ments. Flies, cockroaches aud other iu- seets, attracted by his sweets, and en couraged by tho genial utuiosphero of his buttiina room, used to interfere with his work, get iuta his bottles, steal his goodd and "worry him to death." Ko ha.- recruited the sjrider aain.st his foes nud vanquished them. Some 0,000 Fin ders now make their homo oil the ceiling and walls of his bottling department. Their webs aro everywhere, and they bo have theiisMdvi-swiih great intelligence. i?aid the butller to an interviewer: "Thcso creatures know moro than a great many ix-oplo. Spiders do not care for sweet things, and never drop into ny vati or get into my bottles. I never disturb them cscept to feed them occa sionally. Tiiey appear to know my call, and will come out cud feed from my hand, cr tako a fly from niy linger. "Ihey shut themselves up during most of tho winter months in tho little nests yon see stuck like daubs of mud about the ccilhig. When winter comes, I brush away the webs. They prefer to weave new ones every spring. "Each May they reappear ready to unravel tho silken fabric that is stored iu their little bodies. It is jnt about then that the flies have hatched their first yoang. If the spiders appear earlier, the crop of fiie would soon give out. "I haTo been only running this spider farm for two years, but I iiud my littlo partners indispensable. They will not endure iu the place a single tly cr inject that is a plunderer of sweets and sir ops." Pituburg Dispatcu. A Tattooed Snake. Tho sailors of tho gulf cf Mexico and tho eauatorial regions of tho Atlantis ocean amuse themselves and also turn an occasional honest penny by capturing both largo aud small snakes of tho xx riety known as the lemon boa and cov ering their bodies with tattooed letters and designs. One ot Uiese living in;iuu scripts was recently exhibited at Egyp tian hall, Loudon, which had the whole of the third chapter of Genesis and some pieces from Punch tattooed upon his back iu iudeliblo letters of various col ors. Thousands of these tattooed snakes are annually disposed of at Rio do Ja neiro. The buyers generally kill these snakes aud cither skin them or preserve the entire reptile in alcohoL Suehqieet mens are highlv prized by both Euro pean and North American collectors cf cariosities. fct. Ixiuu Kepablic. Tax Akgcs delivered every even Ing at your door at 10c a week. A BUSINESS ROMANCE. i. ,l. iw. , ik. r.h r Biw ble Youur Mao. I A vonns man who was working as ,.Wk- i ir-irHirtinf. honse had ccca- sion frequently in the course of business to call at a certain large manuiacrunug estabbshmc-nt The bead cf tho concern took a fancv to him. One day he asked, tho young man what salary ho was gct tiug", what his ch:incc3 of promotion were and so on. lie was told ana uica said to tho yonng man that he thought thero was a belter opportunity for mm in his oflico than in the house where ne was then employed. Tho yonns man replied that nesuouia of coerce like to better himself, bat that hia engagement would not permit him to leave for some time to comc. Tho head of the house said he thought ho might induce his employer to let him go. ITe accordingly wrote a note to tho senior partner of tho iiniiorUng house, with whom he was on intimate terms, saying that he had formed a lik ing for tho yonng man, that ho ix-licvod there was a better opening for him in his office aud asking that he be released. Tho next day the yonng man cams back with a letter in which his employer. whilo expressing re.rret ot losing bis services, said that ho recognized the larger opportunity offered him, aud, as he didn't want to stand m his way, re leased him. Tho clerk went to work in his new position and so conSnncd his cmplovcr's good impressions that his promotion was rapid. He went from one rcspousiblo position, to another until be was next to the manager ot the house. A short time ago the manager died, and "our hero,"..iiow no longer a yout: man of course, bnt still in the primo of life, took his place at a salary very nearly if not nnifc aj largo as that of tho presideut of the United States. New York Recorder. Cnstoots of I'ollsb Women. In Poland princesses and peasants wear around the throat several rows of huge coral heaths which aro supposed to bo lucky the bigger the beads the great er tho luck and tho dingy looking mer chants of tho "Zwierjenetz" (Je.wi.di quarter of tho town), at Cracow, realizo small fortunes from tho salo of theso exval necklaces, for a Polo of the lower classes will almost sooner go without food or without her beloved "vodki" (brandy) than forego this cherished or nament. The "grandc dame" is so loath to separato from her lucky beads that, when donning evening dress with its paraphernalia of pearls and diamonds. she carries them in her pocket or in the inside of her corsage. Whilo ou the subject of Poland, I may add that tho orthodox Jewesses there with whom the country literally swarras aro easily distinguished, apart from any physical mark of race, by tho silken wigs which tluy arc forced to adopt cu tho morrow of their wedding day. Their religion exacts that on the wedding night the tresses should full under the bites of a pair of silver scissors, aud the niassa- cro is so complete that, shorn close to the scalii, they conceal the tkull under a hideous construction of coarse silken strands, highly ornamented in incstcar.es with baniLi of black velvet sewed with small pearls and turquoises. New York Tribune, A llnnsfholil Treasure. D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. i., says that he alwavs keeps Dr. Kind's New Discovery in the house. and hi3 family has always found the very best results follow'its use; that he would not be without it, it pro curable. II. A. Dykcman, Irur;ist, CatskiU. X.. says tuat lr. liiuj s New Discovery is undoubtedly the best coif'h remeilv; that he has used in his lamilv tor eight vears, and has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a reme dy so long tried and tested? Trial bottles free at Ilartz & Lllemever s drug store. Regular size 50c and $1. DID VOL EVER trv Electric bitters as a remedv for vour troubles? If not, get a bottle now and tret relief. This medicine has been found to be particularly adapted to the relief nod cure of all reiuale complaints, exerting a won derful direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have loss of appetite, constipa tion, headache, fainting spells or are nervous, sleepless, excitable, melan choly or troubled with dizzy spell! Klectric Hitters is the medicine you need. Health and strength are guar anteed bv its use, Larsre bottles only 50 cents at Ilartz & Ullcmeyer's drug store BlCKLEJf S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for cuts, braises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin eruptions, and positively enres piles or no pay required, it is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. tor sale bv ilartz A Liliemeyer. Rheumatism Cored la a Day. "Mvstic Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia radically cures in one to I three days. Its action upon the sys tem is remarkable and mvsterioas. It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately disappears. The hrst dose greatly bene tits d cents. Sold by Otto Grotjan, druggist. Rook Island, and G. Schlesrel & Son., 220 W. Second street, Davenport. TkenEaby wmaafck, wegmehrCaoriv. ab 7H a Child, ahe cnul tur Caaoria. aba became Mlsa, ibe cfcnig to Cadcrtk ska had CUIdres, tbm gantbos ( Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. - HOW MANY WIVES ARE THUS? ne "T irtura m Miould Have to 1110 ROO1 wife is always good. Xoth- I-uis imt out. one niay cave nenrai E'a, a i.psy cook cuu twins wiio always ciI "" 'oos crccs or Ejieas nastuy, ana sao ai- ways sees tnai dinner is ready at tne proper moment. Tho children may have mumps, chicken pox and lr.easles, r.nd the plumbers may have i topped the Cro ton water because they are fixing the main pipe; tho baker, butcher cud milk man may present their little bilk with exasperating frequency and with re proachful remarks appended, and the iceman may havo "struck," but when husband comes she always smiles beau tifully and has something nice and cool all ready in the refrigerator. She never mentions diigrccab!o bills to the partner of her soul and never asks for money , bnt sho is always nicely dressed in cool. Gated muslins, or good, rich cashmere, or something like that. No dowdy calico wrappers on her. She makes everything herself out of noth ing elegantly. She is charming. All tho men envy him. bnt Bhr. .:ev. r flirt. S!,o is nlw:1TO so glad to have his ma live, with them, and to tako her advice iu everything. But, most of alL when ho comes homo at 4 o'clock in the morning, walking very feebly and with exceedingly weak knees, she never casts a doubt upon his statement that "they've been taking j stock down at our place, " whatever may bo the season of tho year, and she al ways pities him for having to work so haid. Philadelphia Timci She Ruined Her Health at Schoo1. Sad, but needless, ith proper care and the use of oa-rnora ai needed periods, her splendid intollect might now be supported ny peneci physical powers and graces, bold bv T. II. Thomas and Marshall & 1- isher. I'ilm! Piles! I'llm! Dr. WllUani' Indian Pilu CUtmint w:Il c re tlind Llccdin?. nicer tied an l Helena ;i i s. It alirarbK the tumors, nly lbe itching at once. acta a a noultlce. give in t-jnt relief, tr. Wil liams' iLdian file olDt ic.it i re;'nrcd cnlr for pi'.cs anil ilciung cf tbe rriratc partr, and tothn g e!o. Everj u i m puarantcd. Sold vj uru- glstf, atnt by mail, f jr 51 cent i anl ?1 per box. Williams Muncfacturin company, rroprlctorj. Cleveland, Oliio. Sold by T. II. TLoxnas. The Akgus, 10c a week, delivered every evening at ynnr door. YEARS OF INTENSE PAIN. Ir. J. IT. Traits, drop-gist and physi cian, Ilamboldt, Kcb, who suffered with heart disease fcr four years, trying every reme:".y and all treatments known to bim- seltand fellow-practitioners; believes that heart disease Is curable, lie writes: "I wish to tell trhat your valuable medi cine has duno for me. Fcr tour years I had heart dinearo of tho very worst kind. Sev eral nliysiciaas I consulted, said it was Rheumatism cf the Heart. It was almost un- endurable; with shortness o breath, palpita tions severe pales, cnablo to slocp. especially on the left side No pea can de scries my suffer ings, particularly lurin tbe last months ot those tour weary years. CR. J. H. WATTS, I finally tried '. Miles' New Heart Cure, and was surprised at tho result. It put new lifo into and raado a new mac c? mo. I have not had a symptom of trocble since and I am satisfied your medicine bas cured me for I have new enjoyed, slr.co taking it Three Years of Splendid Health. I might edd that I am a druggist and have sold and recommended your licart Cure, for I know what it bas dene for mo and only wish I could stato more clearly my Buffer ing then and tho cood health I now enjoy. Your Nervine and other remedies also give excellent sattf action." J. II. Watts. Humboldt, Neb., May 0. !. Tr. Mllrr. Tfoart Cnrei In sold on a Bositivo puarantee that the first bottle will benefit. All aruKRistsscu itai u, o doitics uiikh it will bo sent, Drepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. Miles Mtdical Co, tlknart. laa. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure Restores Health HARDWARE! I I Mixed House And Floor Paints, Lawn Mowers, Rubber Hose, Refrigerators, Wash Machines, Etc., Etc. FRANK ILL 1610 Third avenue. Jo tin Volk 5c Co, CONTRACTORS rOU3E BUILDERS. I Manufacturers ot Sash, lioors and Blinds, And all kinds-of Woodwork for Builders BidiBg, rknrtng. Walsaeoubig lk atreet. bat 4th and It m m iriiiui ii Mini i ii h- r . (WOHAN'S FRIEND.) Li the BEST REMEDY for GIRL, WIFE, MOTHER. Sold by T. II. Thomas and Mar shall & Fisher, druggists. BANKS. The Moline C - r - --r- C mmrs R mv c Moline, III., Office Corner Fifteenth St. and Third Ave. CAPITAL $100.000.00 8nreo the1 ItoIIn Sarinci Dank Urgjnizea isu 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits. nrfrin'sc d nndcr Slate T.awa. Ulicn from ( t. m. to I p. a , and wedneacay anil Saturday nujnla trum Ttoepm Officers: I'outkb SsnnrEit, - - Prcfidint Iltiua Daruko. - Vice Proaldent C F naaaJiWAT, - - Cashier Trusters: I'oaTEB SKtitKER, llnua Dm.txn, II II Ainbwoutu, Ceo II EnwaKns, C P II KB KKWAT, C A Rosa, C R AiNswouTn, W II Adams, . W W Wells. Western Investments . GUARANTEED REAL ESTATE LOANS llcde for pr va'. partirr tn the g ren rjKH of the a cat by tho Orchard State cf Orchard, Neb Bank E. V Daut, President. J. S. Daut, Cashier. KEFEHEXCES. MltoSoll h T.vr.fla. lmnVcr. J F Koiiiutun. cacb cr Kock hlanfl National I Dsns. C C Ca-tcr. v D. llcnry Dait's Siua. Lolca le grocers. Corn cp ,ud-Lco solicited. Huesing & Hoefl AGENTS. Representing among other time-tried and well known Fire Insurance Com panies the following: Rrwho&tit d.-rmnn Inn Pj Roelieptc r. N T WetelirrteT Fire p.cw lore Knff.iM. V Buffalo Gcr i sn Sprinir rrdon Oerman Fire " Pbilariulptaia ..... ... i ootia. in .. Mancbceur N II New llamp-hire Milwaukee Mechanics ' ...milwaukee. Wi .New Uaven, Coiid Security Office Corner Eishteenth stree'. I and Second Avenue, second floor. Telephone No. 1017. ROCK ISLAND, ILL. ESTABLISHED 1868. "The Old Reliable" HAYES &. CLEAVELAND, InsflMce Agents, Representing over Forty Million Dollars of Cash Aetets. rriRE. LIKE, TORNADO. ACCI r DENT, MARINE, EMPLOY. ER'S LIABILITY. INSURANCE. Bonds of Suretyship. Office -Becgrton's block. Pock Is and. I Secure our rate ; they will interest you. ' J. M. BUFORD, General . . . Insurance Agent Thaeld Tire an 4 Tlma-MM OoBptalat NrtMatad. Prcapuv ml tates uknu ssy re!Ubl coapaay caa sCa Tonr Pairor.w la aollcttM. JaltC VAII Torutu tinpt. Copper -)c 111 Bf.mti. Hiir Writ COOI4 lam ED V ro. aI Msmlt Xeaai. Tl . tor mmu aim a aya. HI u It tea. -1 U IN CAKES ten. FOR GENERAL BLACKING APPLIED AND POLISHED WITH A BRUSH Soli by Henry Dart's Sons, Wholesale Grocers. Rock Island A LIGHT WHECL. o rte Mr GRF-OEFUL DURfBLL5 BEfaGTIFrUL Fitted witi tl)c (ireat "d. 6- j e All Rambler Bicycles McCABE BROS., Sole Agents. DAVIS co: DKAT1KU AND VKNT1LAT1NU KKUISKKR3. Ilcadciuartcrs For Lawn SprioKlers, - 112 and 114 West Seventeenth street. Telephone 1148. WILLIAM E&IG i The Fashionable lias the most replete line of new patterns in imported and domestic suitings in the city. 1707 SECOBti AVCNUE. J. SPILGSH, Contractor and Builder. Shop and Residence No. 811 Third avenu. Mm4m M mm la I Jl iri.twjg,- .SUN PASTE FOR A QUICK AFTER-DINNER SHINE APPLIED AND POLISHED WITH A CLOTH Morse Bros. Props.Can!on.Mass,USA. 1 V'IW.'W a"t a Tires are Fully Guaranteed 1720, 1722. 1724 12G nd 172S Second Av. Hose, Reels, Etc. Merchant Tailor HOPPE, THE TAILOR, 1803 Second Avenue. Jul Clearing; Sale OF Millinery, Silk Waists, Duck Suits, Wrappers, At Tremendous Kcduc. tons. Trimmed Hats At Half Mm. We sell more pailor hats and keep tbe best pra-lo for tbe least money than anj boute in tbe tri ed lies. ee r Hive, l5J 114 W. 2d. St., Davenport.