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THE ABGU8, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. It 95: Has proved in thousands of cases and for many years to be the peerless remedy for this dreaded disease. It relieves promptly and works a permanent cure. For tale ererywhere. Price, $1.00 per Bottle. THE Dr. J. H. UclEM KEDICINE CO., - St. Louis, Eo. A HAND SAW IS A GOOD THING, BUT NOT TO SHAVE WITH." APOLIO 13 THE PROPER THING banks. Thb Molinb State Savings Bank, Momhb, III., Office Corner Fifteenth St. and Third Are. CAPITAL $too,ooo.oo Rueeaerie the Xoilae eertnp Bank Organlaed 1S81 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits Onfinlaed under State Lews. Opea (mm a. m. to I p. m.f mod Wednaedaj and belordaj Blfhte from Ttolpni Qf ncR; roam BaianR, - - President f llraaa Daauae, Vie President C T BnmiT, - Cashier TtTtS: Poaris oauma, Bnua Disuse, B B AimwoT, Obo B Xdwabo, C W HaasawAT, O A Boaa, C B AiBiwoara, 'W B Adam, W W WaUe. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTOBJTBTl. a. e. onmraur. s. . eoanaUY. Connelly it Connelly, Attorneys at Law. Olttca acton d floor, ore attlcaoU at Lynda1! baak. Money to ksaa. Jackson Ac Hurst, Attorneys at Law. Oak la Koek Illand national Baak bnlldlBf. a. a. wsaaat . e. fc. atuah Sweeney 4c WsJker, Attorneys and Councellors at Law Oflee la Beagetoa's Block. Charles J. Bearle, Attorney at Law. Letal baalarae of all klnda nenewtle atteneed it, eutfe'e aMoraey al Mock lelaaa mull OKe, teeteff!-e Block. McEniry Ac McEnlry, Attorneys at Law. I money oa food eeearltyi anas eoHee- tlone. nfrrna, kltebell Lrede, beakers, omoo, roewtk BVwk. ARCHtTKCTS. Drack & Kernr, Architects and Superintendents. Room II, Mitchell Ly ill bill ill . Second Geo. P. Standohar, Architect. Plaa aa4 eapemteadeaee for all elaee of Balldtaee, Room a and So. Ml Khali Lynda BaUdiast. Take elevator. rBTBIClAjra. Dr. "W. H Ludewig Specialist ot Eye, Ear Nose and Throat. OnVe la Treeaven't new balldlaf, corner See ontora'a etraet aad Thtre arena, hook lalaad. Tclevfcma Ho, luM. Dr. Chaa. It: Robertson, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Only. Oaten, Watttaker Block. aoathweat corner Third aad Brady areata. Davenport. Iowa Roobm IT aad 1!. Boon: I ioUa.au, llotp.au OMTIBT9. Dr. John E. Hawt horse, DENTIST. DENTIST. DENTIST. DENTIST. few Ooetal rarlore, over !UrU A Cncwcr a drag .lore. Third arcane and Twentieth ttrret The lateet appotntatat for -kilted dental work. crTTorioa. W. A. Darling, City Engineer. vm i,Bile n A Ladc' buildirg. Brit's Disease Is the most dangerous of all kidney diseases. Pains in the back, irreg ularities in the urine, swelling of the limbs or abdomen, are the first symptoms. , Dr. J. II. CsLcsn's LivcrssKidzay Dslci FOR HOUSE-CLEANING. $2,000 GIVEN AWAY DOCTOR ? 318 Brady Street, DAVENPORT. The Boston Dental Parlors have generously presented to the people of Rock Island 2,000 cards, which, on presentation at their oflice, are received as a credit of $1 on any work or dered. We hope by this to reach more people and show them how cheaply good work can be done. IE EXTRACT TEET1 IITHODT Mil And Guarantee all work. Crown and Bridge work a specialty. See Our Prices. SUrer Filling. 80 cent aad up Gold Filling and op Gold Crowns,.. 15 Bet of Teeth $5 But act of teeth S3 Open 8 a. m. to 8:30 p. m. Coma and are ne. We can aire yon monry Open Sunday! for extract! ig from S to 10 a. m. TEETH Without Plates. Boston Dental Parlors. Over Winecke's Tailor shop. IIS Brady (treat .... DAVENPORT, la Herman Detjens Real Estate And Insurance, Desires to list property for sale, and will look after and person ally supervise renting, etc., for outside residents. Iaoo.no a Specialty Represents a reliable line of high class insurance companies. Room 2, Buford Block. Seventeenth St. and Second Avenue BEFORE STARTIKQ TO THE am exposition OR FLORIDA WINTER RESORTS Make up your mind to go via the St Louis & Cairo Short Line The "Hollv Sprinjrs Route" from St Louis. Fast Time, Low Rates, Lib eral Limits. Through Pullman Sleep ers. Geo. E. Lary, Gen'l Pass. Agt. St. Louis. Mo. II. II. BRIGGS, Real Estate. Insurance. Loans ASD HOUSES TO REST. Office 161S Second Are., Rock Island. Har oa head 40 lota ta Snath Rock hlaad on eeey lertea; Jot oatauia the city limit.; good win; lot inn, m tbnp Iwgnin. Ten lou ..,M,iIa,,lnT, . entrain aveaae. . Anaialwrorpiecca of property in for i talc ana reat. . AN ASP AND DEADLY. AMERICA'S MOST DEADLY SNAKE IS THE PICHU-CUATE. It la FoaaA Sa the Sonthwest Even Snake Channel Are Afraid of It A Tiny Thine, hut It Kilat Terr Quickly A Writer Telia of Hla Firat Meeting With One. ' The sonthwest is more liberally snp- Dlied With venomous thincm fhan nne rithpr area in fhn TTnimi Tn Knm. ing deserts, in the inhabited but arid exyaiiBea vi xnew juexico auu Arizona, the rattlesnake abounds, and in wvprai varieties, including the strange and tieaaiy "sidewmrter," Urotoins cerastes. The so called tarantula really only a gigantic bnsh spider, bnt none the less dangerous because of the misnomer is decidedly common. Scorpions are none too rarA in flip snnrhprn rvirficma rf tha territories, and in all parts centipeds oi i to o incucs long are ircqnent ana ncitrhborlr. Bnt tho rhipf distincrinn of the region in this respect is the pres ence or ine picira-cuate, tne deadliest snake in North Auiericx The pichn-cnate matches the worst serpent of India. Not only the most highly venomous, but the tiniest and most treacherous, he would be also the most dangerous but, luckily, he is the rarest He is the only true asp on this rfintinpnt mifl ii flic TT, i f Ktifn. io never found outside of New llexieo and Arizona. That he was also known to the ancient Mexicans is apparent from his name pichn-coatl, an Aztec word, which was brought np to our territory by the Spanish conquerors. My first meeting with one was in Valencia county, N. M., in June, 1890, on the sandy flanks of the Cerrodel Aire. I was out hunting jack rabbits, iu company with some Indian friends, and had dismounted to stalk, leading my net horse hr the bridle. Mr on a small chapparo bush ahead, when suuaenly Aiazau snorted and reared backward so violently as almost to un hinge my arm. I looked about in sur prise, for Alaz;ui was too good a horse to mind trifles. As there w as nothing to be Feen, I started to pull him forward. Again he protested and with evident terror, and chancing to look at my very feet I understood his ftar and felt very grateful that his senses were better than mine, for in another step I should have walked upon my dcatli. The only thing visible was a tiny ob ject, not nearly so large as a good stag beetle merely a head and perhaps an inch of neck. But it was the most frightful object in its kind that I had ever seen. The head, certainly neither so broad nor so long as my thumb nail, had a shape and an air of condensed malitrnity imnossihln in .losm-iim Tf seemed the very essence of w ickedness ana nare, iainy bulging with deadly spite, and growing npon one until it looked several times its actual size. The ugly triangle (which is the distin guishing mark of all venomous snakes, being formed by the poison gland back of each eve) told me nt nnm th.ir. A in. zan was keeping np his reputation never did he shy at a harmless snake and the tiny horns, which added a pe culiar and grotesque nideonsness, left no doubt that this was n. ni"Mn He had buried himself most to the head in the gray sand, against which his up per skin was barely distinguishable, and iiiua iii umunsu was waiting lor Eome thing to turn on. Turning Aiazau loose, I knelt at the safe distance of a yard to study the lit tle creature, which fairly swelled with murderous rage. It not only struck madly at the chapparo switch I thrust to it, Tint at last, evidently discerning ma me uiame lay back of tho switch, actually folowed it nn. and with cnpli agility that I had to jump up and back w unout loss oi time The idea of re treat never seemed to enter tlinr. fl:i head. Sometimes he wonld lie and puff ont wun impotent rage, throwing his mouth so wide open that it seemed the venom must start, and sometimes he glided toward me, his head an inch above the gronnd, with an attitude w men seemed to say, "Stand still there, and we'll see who langhft. " At last I killed him. He was neither larger round nor lonirrr t linn nn wu. nary Pad pencil; a cold, leaden gray ou the back, but underneath rosy as the mouth of a conch shell. The fangs were tiny, not much more than an eighth of an inch long, and as delicate as the tini est needle. A wondrous mechanism, this mouth, with its two automatic needles, so infinitesimal, yet so perfectly compe tent I opened the ugly little jaws wide, pressing npon the sides of the head, and when the recurving fangs had risen from their grooves in tho roof of the month and stood tense a stream so in conceivably fine that the eye could bare ly note it spurted from each, and in the space of two or three inches melted into invisible spray. Yet that jet, finer than a cobweb strand, was enough to give swift death to the largest and strongest animal that walks. When tho hunt was over, I told my Indian chums of the pichn-cnate and asked them many questions. They all knew of the snake, though several had never seen one, and all agreed that it is extremely rare. The crotalus ranks among the Pueblo divinities, and their charmers have no difilcuty with that steady going and respectable reptile. But even among these people, with whom the cult of the rattlesnake has such astounding features and where un til recent years every Pueblo kept a sa cred rattlesnake in a sacred room, with rpedal priests to attend him, the vil lainous little sand viper is accursed. Even those who have "the power of the snake" can do nothing with him. He scorns to be tamed even by the drop ping npon bis head of the mystic pollen of the corn blossom. C F. Lnmmis in New York Sun. In England and Scotland milkmaids believe that if they forget to wash their hands after milking their cows will go dry. This superstition is diligently fos tered b Um ownjars ot the cows. BLOOD SPOT IN ITS PULP. Tire "Mtke- Aah Tbontfct e A' peculiar species of fruit is tho "Mike" apple. It has a fair skin, an -VJellent flavor aud is extensively prop agated in the vicinity of Norwich, Conn. Each individual apple exhibits some where in its pulp a red speck, like a tinge of fresh blood, and thereby h antra a strange legend. The apple obtains its name from Mi cali Rood, a farmer who lived npon the ontlands of the Cnnnertiimt town in tho eighteenth century. The son of Thomas T J M . a . . ... nuuu, one or Aorwicn s early settlers, Micah tilled his fertile acres with all the zest of youthful ambition. But of a sudden his habits changed. He grew idle, restless and intemperate. He lost all interest in both work and worship. His cattle were neglected and nis neigii:xr8 shunned. Some attributed the change to witchcraft Others hinted at insanity. Winter wore away, spring returned, and the orchard of Micah Rood burst into blossom. On one tree, it was then observed, the flowers had turned from white to red. The superstitious neigh bors wondered.especially as Rood seemed drawn to this tree by some resistless fascination. August came and the red blossoms developed into fruit. When the large yellow apples fell from the branches, each one was fonnd to con tain a well defined globule, known thereafter as "the drop of blood. " The freak of the apple tree deepened the mystery of Micah 's behavior. Con jecture fallowed surmise, and soon it was remembered that during the pre vious fall a foreign peddler had passed through Norwich aud had spent the night at Micah Rood's. He had never been seen again. Some one suggested that the young farmer had murdered him for his money and buried the body ander the apple tree. Search was made for the body of the stranger, bnt in vain. Nor was any trace of his stock found among the possessions of the nnhappy Micah. If a load of crime rested upon the conscience of the suspected farmer, it never forced a confession from his lips. His farm drifted gradually to decay, and, too broken down toreclaim it, he wander ed about town, disordered in mind and body. He died in 1728, but while the blood spotted apple continues to giow his name aud history will be perpetuated. New York Herald. LI HUNG CHANG CARRIED HER. Chlnm'a Viceroy Took Literally an Iavita tioa to Escort a Lady. Speaking of the first meeting of Li Hung Chang and John W. Foster, on which occasion the Chinese viceroy en tertained a woman at dinner for tho first time in the person of Mrs. Foster, the Washington Capital vouches for the following story, which is one of the best illustrations of true oriental cour tesy, combined with the peculiar serious ness and matter of f actness of the Chi nese mind, ever related : When she was introduced to the vice roy, Mrs. Foster wondered how she was to be taken into the banquet room. Some time before, it seems, Li Hnng Chang had been guest of honor at a din ner given by thb Russian embassador, and being asked to take the embassador's wife to the dining room, ptoceeded to comply with a literalness which aston ished all the guests. The viceroy is a giant in stature, and the embassador's wife being a small woman, he had no difficulty in picking her np bodily and carrying her to the table. Mrs. Foster did not yearn for such honor aud called npon her husband's diplomacy to arrange that she should be escorted in a less vigorous manner. Mr. Foster's tact was equal to the occasion, and when the doors were thrown open Li Hung Chang led the way, and Mrs. Foster followed him. Compensated. The epigrams of Voltaire, the French philosopher, were often ruthlessly sar castic and severe. He could, however, exercise tact and gentleness, and as is usually the case with brilliant persons those qualities became him wonderfully well. He met the famous statesman Tnrgot and cordially inquired about his health. "It is as yon see," replied Turgot, "I am tormented with gout. I can hard ly drag my feet about. " "You remind me of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar, M. Tnrgot." "Yes," assented the invalid sadly, "yon are right, poet,,, the statue had feet of clay. " "And a head of gold," cried Voltaire warmly, "remember that, a head of gold." Youth's Companion. KMUac Astride. The new woman is only copying after the ancient dame when she rides astride, as is now the fashion of the royal prin cesses and the leading equestriennes of both England and America. Joan of Arc rode astride at the head of the French army, and Queen Elizabeth used to ride to falcon hoots in this fashion behind Lord Leicester. It was only in the sixteenth cenrnrythat the sidesad dle came into use in England, and women rode astride in Germany until the close of the eighteenth century. In most foreign countries the fashion of riding on one side bas never been adopted by women. Chicago Tribune. Both Ave famritoa. "Your Etory is a little vague at one point," said the publisher, and the young woman naturally wanted to know the whereabouts of the alleged vagueness. "Where yon say," explained the pub lisher, "that 'she, defeated in argu ment, had no recourse bnt to woman 'a most effective weapons against the tyrant man.' Now, do you refer to tears or flatirons?" Cincinnati Enquirer. All men's souls are immortal, bnt the souls ef the righteous are both im mortal and divine. Socrates. PERPETUAL. MOTION MACHINES Hie Ever tVllliMC. Kever Kadinz Searck For Saeb Mechanical Contrivance. Closely allied to the periodically re curring claims for the production of per petual motion are the class of exhibi tions which have been profitable to their inventors by organizing - compauica through active promoters, npon evi dence, for hvfonce, that a few drops of w ater can produce a pressure of 10,000 pounds per square inch, as though this was tantamount to the performance of a useful ammnt of work. Again, there is the line of psendo ex perimentation, based npon the oft re peated assertion that harmony of sound can set up such motion as to produce large mechanical effects, such as the rotation of machines, or act with ex plosive power in guns. All such devices may properly be considered as perpetual motion machines, for in such cases the power manifested is much greater than that required for its initiation, and it must follow that the machine, after supplying itself with such initiatory excitement, will have much surplus en ergy left over for nsefnl purposes, if the facts are as stated. In fact, such surplus energy has been looked for by the pro moters, but has not yet so far revealed itself as to render feasible the construc tion of machines of practical nse and commercial value. The means to carry on exhibitions of such reputed inventions are obtained from widely scattered sources. Gener ally thoso who have furnished the capi tal are not interested in the cxposnre of tho f rands or do not realize that advan tage is being .taken of their credulity, while those who ore not pecuniarily in terested are nfTtirded no opportunity to prove the correctness of their asxnmp tion as to the fraudulent nature of the display. The floating of such schemes is much too easy, as the ordinary tende ncy of the human mind is to freely believe that remarkable results may be obtained from modern scientific methods. This faith leads many to venture at least small investments, in the hope that large returns will be realized, and I fear this tendency will continue to exist as long as faith without reason is domi nant in many minds. Professor Cole man Sellers in Cassier's Magazine. Conldat Sea the Joke. One eveniug last week there 6at in a North Side brer garden two stout old Germans enjoying their pipes and lager beer and placidly listening to the strains of an oreJiestra. In moving his chair one of them stepped on a parlor match, which exploded with a bang. "Dot vas not on de programme," he said, turning to his companion. "Vat was not?" "Vy, dot match." "Vat match?" "De match I valked on. " "Veil, I didn't see no match. Vat abond it?" "Vy, I walked on a match, and it went bang, and I sa'd it vas not on de programme." The otner picked up his programme and read it through very carefully. "I don't see it on the programme," ho said. "Veil, I raid it vas not on the pro gramme, didn't I?" "Veil, vat has it got to do niit the programme, nuyvay?" A weary look came over the face of the first man as he said: "Yon tarn fool! You can't see no choke, anyvay. Zwei beer, waiter. " Chicago Chronicle. At the rearly Gates. St. Peter (from within) Who agi tates the celestial latchstring? Strong Voiced Shade 'Tis I, the new woman. A mere man is with me. St. Peter 'Tis welL Let each state his attributes. New Woman You know me. I came, I saw, I conquered. - The Mere Man My office is to salute, submit and surrender. St. Peter The I's have it Place your sjcophant on the toboggan and step in side. Washington Times. Tha Dierorery Snrod His Lire. G. Caillouette, druggist. Beavcrs ville. 111., says: -To Dr. King's New Discovery I owe my life. Was taken with la grippe and tried all the phy sicians for miles about, but of no avail, and was given np and told I conld not live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in my store. I sent for a bottle and began its nse, . and from the first dose began to gtt bet ter, and after nsing three bottles was np and about again. It is worth its weiirht in cold. We won't keen store or house without it" Get a free trial at Hartz ft store. Ullemever's drng Bheaaaaueaa Carwl In a Day. Mystic Cure" for rhematism and neuralgia cures in 1 to S days. Its action upon the system ia remarka ble and mysterous. It removes at once the canse, and the disease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly relieves, 75 cents. Sold by Otto Grotjan, druggist. Rock Is land and Gust. Schlegcl ft Son, 220 west Second street, Davenport. PUea! rileai PUeal Dr. wniiaaM Indian Pile Oiacaeat will core allud bleediar, aleerated and Itching piles. It abeorba the UaMrs, allays the Itching at once. ;acuaaacooltice,civeeittauat relief. Dr. Wlt I Uaan Indian Pile Off eat la prepared only for i pllea aad itching of the aetrate nana, and nothing eian. very anz m guaraateea. BoM by drur. iciete, eeat by anil, for to ceate and ft nor box. William Maaafaetariac omanany. rronrtetora. Cleveland, U to. BeM eyT.U.TfcunjaaV Whan aha a QaU, she cnad for i aha became Bhav ah dang to a bad QiMrwn, Ae (ana tha . Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. E THE LARGEST PIECE OF ODD TOBACCO EVER SOLD FOR 1 CEMT I mlWtVftrr. .J.w. LC3T CJCta CtS" .1 Si-? v 1 J. ..Ti J"" muoi. tm-u atm woiorn. Tb Cul -l!.-t. ; . H . u Fl KRIWIi', lninkjruiiliiii,i,knkV.Tili.Kl.r.l,t.,i!, rnoir,. Otwu. nnntuae- oa Br. 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