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THE ARGUS. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1900.., Useful and Beautiful Articles Appropriate for Holidays, Tailor Made Suits, Dress and Walking Skirts, Silk and Wool Waists, Jackets, Box Coats, Capes. Wrappers, Petticoats, Dressing Sacques, Far Scarfs, Collarettes, Jackets and Millinery. Now for an Enormous Decem ber Business. In the useful practical articles, this store ofTcrs jou the most attrjclivs stock at a Guaranteed Saving of 15 to 33 Per Cent From the regular sellirg prici- and in some instances for half what yon can get the same goods for elsewhere. BEE 114-116 West Second Street, Patterns that Please at Prices that Please. Don't worry about the fit, stye and workmanship. We attend to that. We want pleased patrons, the kind that stay- We care for the quality, you care for the price. Imported Goods at Domestic Goods Prices. LAPITZ, THE TAILOR. 321 Brady Street, TOO C M.SOLV MISS IT ir TOW CO CKS0N1L1 P Mfflm Rock ballast, heavy steel, modern locomotives. Nock signals and electric headlights. vestihuIeJ trains, fast time, convenient schedules. Observation, Cafe and Parlor Cars, Drawinroom Sleepers. Free Reclining Chairs and Palace ).tv Coaches you get all these when you travel via the IJueen & Crescent Route. Through daily tcrvLc from Cincinnati t (-h.iit.incKxr.-i, Atl.inta. , . J ville. New Orleans. Ijiksninjilc-, M. Augu HAVANA 1 TjT!i J inJ 1 ':;t t") V. A BcVlcr. N. P. A.. 1 1 ? A Jam O.i. jijo, for free horks, naps anj informal rAClKITI Notice of Final 8ettlmnt. rotate of Maria Siiutoe. deceased". To the heirs of :! fsiaic yiiuMebiTfhf rutinfilthnpn iiirtT the 5 h (1st of January. H'l. the a3mim-raenr of said estate will present to the mnmijeoii'l of Kno Ilnd eountv. at Rock Inland. 1 it noi. bt fnal reoert of his. et and d injr. x such amiisi ratoranrt alr the court lobe discharged f r co aaT aed U farther duties and re-ponsiMltie oonneced with saH estate. an-1 bis admiOKration thereof, at which time and olac to may b oreent and resist such application If you choose to do o. S. R KiitwoiiiT. Administrator. We have made Preparations to make This month show a lib ral Increase over the Immense business of a Year ago. Our stocks Are more extensive, Greater in variety And choicer in Selection. HIVE Davenport, la. Davenport, Iowa. VIA THE QUEEM CHCSCCHT ROUTE. Birrninch.im. As!w- St., ation nsui str, o Xotleo of Final ftettlemant. F St ale of Jermnnh IVe 4Jiatie. deeaed Public notice la hereby lyen that te un Jcr".fned administrator h this tfav fl'ed his deal report and settlement a such in the count t c urt of Rock Island eoanty, and that an oi-derbaa t-en entered b Md murt m-p-ovine the savl rfnort unleaa ob;ect'ons thereto o cau to the contrary be shown on or be'o-e the nth day of itecemb'. A. I. lJif, and upon the tinal approval of aaid report te said almlniiitrato will a It to be dis charge). All persons Interested are notified to t'enl Hock Island. Ill , Vot. 27. 1J00 J. H. rusTK. Administrator. GAllfORNlAj TKCY SLEEP HANGING UP. I Slothr. and Bat Suspend TBeairlren Wltbool Exertion. Tlit-re is oiw ai.iu.al which lives en tirely in trees, but is able to maintain Us position d bring slumber without tlie least exercise of muscular force. Tnis is the sloth, common In the forests of tropical America. Its long claws are so bent that they hook over the branches and allow the creature to hang upside down like an animated hammock. Cu riously enough, the hammock appears to be a South American invention and is universally employed by all the In dian tribes of the Amazons. Perhaps the primitive human dwellers in this region took to sleeping in hammocks after observing the habits of the sloth. The great ant eater, which is both a kinsman and fellow countryman of, the sloth, has an enormous tail, which it uses in a very remarkable manner. I recently saw two of these strange aul inals lying together asleep, and they had arranged their tails so cleverly tliat their whole bodies were hidden from view. Moreover, it was evident that this caudal covering would afford excellent protection from the weather, for the central solid part of the tails acted as a kind of ridge pole over the highest part of the sleepers' lodies. so that the lng fringes of hair sloped downward on each side like the thatch upon a roof. Like the sloths, many kinds of bats sleep suspended by their hrxiked claws without any muscular exertion what ever. Some of the large fruit eating bats of the tropics, which do not sleep in holes like the sjM'cies common in southern latitudes, but which hang sus pended to the branches of trees in the open air, adopt a position which it would le difficult to beat for economy and comfort, f JouM's fruit eating bat, oiiinion in tli!" warmer parts of Aus tralia, suspends itself upside down by one hind foot and wraps its body in the tentlike folds of its wing membranes, which extend right down to the an kles. Its shoulders, to which the mem brane is attached, are humped up so as to act as 'eaves to shoot off the rain, and when asleep it draws its head un der their shelter and nestles its nose among the warm fur of its -hest. SAVED BY PALMISTRY. Taltered Inrilt (final Prove III Case ly linnlnK Ilia llnmla. "Iteasoniiig from anteciMleiit proba bility," said the Justice to a prisoner with a soppy hat and a turned down mouth, "I would say that when this p.ilii-eni.'iii accuses yon of being a mi m p h-; Is speaking with a high re gard for the truth." "Knowing little about logic." the de fendant replied. "1 am unable to say whether I am guilty on that proof. Hut by palmistry 1 am innocent. My life line is good, my capacity f:r hard work is simply astonishing, and my confidence in my own ability is su perb." "Score on" for palmistry. Now hold up your hands." They went up. "I can't tell whether you have work ed by the looks of those hands." said the justice. "Hut in the interest of the spread of knowledge I will digress and say to you that an article known as soap was invented some years ago." "Never heard of it," said the prisoner cheerfully, "and I know just as much aliotit my guilt or innocence as I do aliout soap. You might try me by a jury of my peers." "Your peers are too busy telling fairy tales to bartenders on this muggy Horning to come out to help the ends of justice. The dollar they'd get for jury service would make them die of heart disease." "A doctor told me I'd never have that." the prisoner said. "I'm not intensely Interested in the state of your health." the justice said coldly. "I don't know whether you're a tramp, and neither do you. I am in clined to the opinion that you are, but I guess no policeman will arrest you ln-tween here and the corner." The prisoner made the trial trip suc- cessfullv and was seen no more. Chi cago Journal. "Low Xeck ninnera." A few days ago a lady in pursuit of a cook was interviewing and being inter viewed at a certain employment bu reau. I snail want you to go into ttie countrv with me." she remarked to the mighty iersonagc, who was eying her from head to foot. "Vest, mam; and do yez have low neck dinners. mamV" Mrs. Cook Inquired. "'Low neck din ners:' What do you mean by that?" said the lady. "Well. mam. do yez eat yez dinner in low neck dresses? 1 hev a fri'nd who says she'll not take no place unless the family eats in low necks, an I thought I wouldn't either." So this is what we are all coming to! Not even otir domestics will endure "plain living." and if one wants a $' cook she can't have her without prom ising to "cat ia low necks." Ioston Herald. The Dos' Watehf nines. The dojr's watchfulness, so much and so thoughtlessly Iaudtd as the expres sion of his devotion to man. is merely the instinctive watchfulness neeessarv to his safety in a wild state anil is a characteristic which he would exorcise quite as readily for his own kind and the preservation of his lair as he would for the benefit "f man. When be barks at strange dogs or gives warning at night of the approach of strangers, it should not lie overlooked that he con siders his own home is ilistnrlcd. though it may be the home of his mas ter. Miih henils on the ioii:t of view. It. Waters in Forest and Stream. Afloat and Aebore. "How about that Atlantic liner?" "Oh. she's safe enough. There's rumor ashore that she's afloat." "That's g.xx!. I heard there wm racier sfioat that she was ashore." PRESENTS FOR HIS WIFE. The tVorm'i Starr of Bow Ha Final- .Came to Tom. "Hello, old man! What have ycra in all those bundles?" asked a gay, airy young bachelor of a careworn, solemn looking young men as they met in a suburban railway train. "Presents for my wife," was the sen tentious reply. "It's her birthday." "Well, what are you bringing your wife in that package from your tai lor's?" gayly pursued the bachelor. "Trousers,"' was the answer. "What?" "Yes, I rcieat trousers. Just you listen. On my birthday my wife got me three or four beautiful lace hand kerchiefs, such as women carry at aft ernoon teas and such places, and a black velvet hat with high feathers, one of the three story kind that ob struct your view of the stage in the theater. They looked mighty well on her, and she asked me if I wasn't hav ing a nice birthday, "Well, I didn't mind that very much, but when Christmas came I got anoth er deal of the same sort. I gave my wife a pretty gold ring. She gave me a turquoise ring too small to go over any of my knuckles, and she vyears it now next to the one I gave her. But that wasn't the worst of it. She got her sister to give me some after dinner coffee cups and my sister to make me a lot of lace doilies. That was all I got for Christmas. "Tomoirow is my wife's birthday. In this package I am bringing her a pair of trousers which I had made to lay measure and which I shall wear. In this parrel is a pair of the very best patent shoes, size S' j. a good deal too big for my wife; in this package is a box of cigars, and In my pockets I have a new meerschaum pipe and a packet of tobacco. Now, I don't see how she can fail to have a happy birth day. Do you? I hope she'll enjoy It, for I want to get even for all the pret tv things she has given me." London Tit-Hits. THEY WERE ALL SCARED. A Caae of Hiithnii) Robbery With a Peculiar KndioK. What the hero of this story kicks about is the fact that his wife forgot her sacred word never to say auything regarding il. His business keeps him out late, and he frequently.cai rios con siderable money. When footpads are reported in evidence, he gets as near home as he can by street car and then takes the best lighted route to his house. fine night he had reached the front of iis own place and had just drawn a long sigh of relief when the order "Hands up:" startled him into compli ance. One man held a gun in the im mediate neighborhood of his ear ami nnother systematically robbed him of everything worth carrying off. The or der then was that he walk around the block so as to defer the use of his tele phone, and it was clearly stated that, any attempt to turn back, run or call for help would result in his being assassinated. r.efore lie reached the corner it struck him that the voice of one of the men sounded familiar and then that its owner was a near neighbor 'greatly given to practical joking. Hack he went on tiptoes, his revolver in his right hand, and surprised the footpads as they were dividing the spoils. He made them lay everything on tho walk, and when they straightened up await ing the next order he discovered that Ixith were total strangers. His hand dropied from sheer terror, and then the robbv'rs ran one way, while he sprinted the other. Half an hour later he, his wife and a lantern, a revolver ami the hired girl went out and found his money," watch, papers and diamond pin. His wife simply ruined the story bv telling It first. Detroit Free Press. ,A Clever Canary. A lady wno had lost a canary hap pened to be attracted by a bird that was hopping alout in Its cage in the front w indow of a house in New York. Thinking that it looked very like her own. she knocked at the house door and asked a few (juestious about it. She was told that it had been found one cold morning sitting on the win dow sill and was taken in and cared for. The lady said her bird could per form the pretty feat of picking up a pin and sticking it in the carpet. l?o ing allowed to test this bird, the cage door was opened ami a pin thrown on the Moor. The canary at once rlew down to it. picked it up In its bill and cleverly stuck it upright in the carpet, after which it burst into song, as if re joicing at its success. The folk of the house, be!ievii!jbe lady had proved her ownership of the bird, permitted her. says Little Folks, to take the songster away to her home. On tbe KdKr. A little bov fell out of the bed at his home in Idlewild some nights ago. and when his mother and some of the oth er members of the family teased him :ibout it he felt verv much as if he had done something disgraceful and cried as if his little heart would break. His mother saw that she was on the wroncr tack, so she ceased to tease hitn. and made the others juit doing so and made a show of sympathy' by asking: My child, now on earth uni you coute to fall out of bed?" ! flon'f know, mother" he renlied. "unless I went to sleep right where I got in. Memphis scimitar. rockrlrd the Insalt. At the close of a performance givii as a benelit to John Krongham. the ac tor and dramatist, "ne of the audience threw ujmmi the stage a purse of gold. r.roughar.i picked it up and after exam ining it said. "Ladies and gentlemen. c:rcuinsia!i-cs -oii!pcl me to pocket the insult, but. looking grim. "I should like to ce the man wbo would dare to repeat it!" I ;4 a i 1 nff " I J free lledlam. The word "bedlam" is a corruption of the word "I'.ethlehem" and originat ed as a synonym for chaos at the time when the house of IJethlehem, occu pied by a sisterhood of Loudon, became an insane asylum. The treatment of the insane in the early part of the six teenth century was not well under stood, aud. according to the theories then prevalent, it was necessary to frighten the patient out of his lunacy. All sorts of awful expedients were re sorted t;. among them "surprise tloors." which slipped from under the feet: 'surprise baths" and floggings at the periods of most severe illness; henee. the name "bedlam," the result of in eorreet spelling, possibly, came easily to stand for awful things. Ior Sir. McKlroy. Mrs. McKiroy- Where is Mr. MrKl roy V Junior rartner fbuie out to g-.t a now ribbon for he typewriter. .Mrs. MeKlroy (glaring at the blond girl at the little side deski He has. has he? Well. Mr. MeKlroy will just buy some ribbons and other things for his wife and daughters. That person is all Huffed up with ribbons now. I Denver News. .luxt Saved II In Life. It was a thrilling escape that Charles Davis, of Bowerston. (J., late ly bad from a frightful death. For two jears a severe lung; trouble con stantly grew worse until it seemed he must die of consumption. Then he began to use Dr. King's New Discov ery aDd lately wrote: -It gave in stant relief and effected a permanent cure." Such wonderful cures have for 25 years proven its power to cure all throat, chest and lung troubles. Price 50 cents and $1. Every bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free at Llartz & Ullemever's drug store. Kheamatlam Cared In a Day. Mystic Cure for Kheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. It re moves at once the cause ard the dis ease immediately disappears. The first dose greatlv benefits. 75 cents. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1501 Second avenue, Rock Island; Gustavo Schle gel & Son, 220 West Second street, Davenport. Sl.OOO Worth of Uoocl. A. H. Thurness of Wills Creek Coal company, Buffalo, O., writes: "I have been alliicted with kidney and bladder trouble for years, passing gravel or stones, with excruciating pain. Other medicines only gave relief. After takiDg Foley's Kidney Cure the result was surprising. A few doses btarted the brick dust, like line stones, etc., and now I have no pain across my kidneys and I feel like a new man. Foley's Kidney Cure has done me $1,000 worth of good." For sale by all druggists. Go3hen, "III., Genesee JPure Food company, Le Koy, N. Y. Dear Sirs: Some days since a package of your Grain-O preparation was left at my oflice. I took it home and gave it a trial, and 1 have to say J was very much pleased with it as a substitute for coffee. 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Weak Memory, Mental Delusions, or any other condition due to nervous exhaustion poaitivelv cured. CATARRH, Dyspepsia, Asthma, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Blood, Kidney, Llvei and Skin Diseases can Le quickly and permanently cured by our advanced system of rrodl cine. VARICOCELE is the most active cause of Nervous Debility. Why trjat months with others Then we guarantee you a permanent cure In seven days by our paint's methods. Hydrocele cured In three days no pain. WOMEN suffering from diseases peculiar to their sex should consult as. We have cured many cases riven upas hopeless, and we may be able to curs you. Surgical operations performed at your home if desired. Abdominal and brain surgery aspeolalty. - THE QUESTION OF YOUR HEALTH is a vital one therefore you cannot afford to place your cane In the hands of those who have had little or no practical exper ience In the treatment of chronic diseases. DR. WALSH'S large private practice and extensive experience as snrgeon-ln-chief of St. Anthony's Hospital together with the fact that be has cured hundreds who were pronounced incurable by others during tne ttve years he has been located in Daren port, proves conclusively that he la the physician you should consult If you want to get well Best of reference and crodentiali Curable Cases Taken. " ?ot wrU- Hundreds cured by mail. Only Boars, It to IS a. m., S to S and 7 to 8 p. m. 8nnday 11:30 to l:SO p. so. Office 124 West Third Street M'Culiongh Building. Davenport, la. Rock Island Savings Bank Booh Island. 111. Incorporated Under the State Law. Monet Loaned Ok Personal Collateral Ob Rkal Estate Secubitt. OFFICERS J. M. Buford, President. John Crubauftn, Vice President. P. Oreenawait, Cashier. Be. an business Ju!7 s, :?, and oaeuplea S. . corner of Mitchell new bu'ldlna'. JOHsT M. PABIDOH. PAIJIDON & SON PAINTERS AND DECORATORS Piper Hangers, Shop 419 RtvantMinth Notice of Publication Chancery. State of Illinois, I Rock Island County, I M' In the Circuit Court In Chancery. Hulda Strand vs. Charles Sir and. In Chan eery. Affidavit of non-residence of the defend ant, Charie Utraud, havlnjr been tiled In the clerk's office of the circuit court of said coun ty, notice Is therefore hereby trlven tu the said non-rcsldent deferdant that rfae complainant has tiled her bill of complaint in said court, on the chancery side tberecf. on the id day of June. 1KC0. and that thereupon a summons Is sued out of biiid court, wherein sa'd buit in now pending, return t,i i n the third Monday io toe month of September next, as is by law re quired Now. u Die km you. the ttaid non-resident defendant above named. Charles fctrand, hbail perotia,ly be and appear befote raid cir cuit court, oo the tirst day of the next term thereof, to be bolden at Hocic Inland in and for the said eountv. on the tirt Monday in May Dt-xt. arjd plead, answer or demur to the said complain an is bill of complaint, the nase and the matters and thintfs therein chanced and stated will be taken as confessed, and a de cree entered against you accorain? to the prayer of sld bill. GroKCE W. G vMiiLK, Clerk. Rock Island. Illinois. Dec. . E. Ii. Cctkh. Complainant's Solicitor. Executor's Hotle. Estate of Charles W. Negus, deceased. The undersigned bavins; oeen appointed ex ecutrix of the last will and testament of ;barles W. Ne?us. late of the county of Rock Island, state of Illinois, deceased, hereby (fives notice that she will appear before the county court of Rock Island county, at tbe county court room. In the .city of Kock is land, at the February term, on the fint Mon day In February next, at which time ail per sons havlr.f claims against said estate are cotlSed and requested to attend, for tbe pur pool having tbe same adjusted. All persons Indebted to said estate are re quested to majce immediate payment to tea nodersfxned. Dated this 4th day of December. A. D. 1900 Ioa M. Nxocs, Executrix. aDQays pain in the liver, pain in the kidneys, pain over bowels, dragging pain, bearing down pain. San Francisco, Gala. DR. J. E. WALSH, Pormerly of Cblnafro, e-Surgeon-lo -Culef of bt. Anthony's hospital. Four Per Cent Paid on Deposits. DHiECTORS H. S. Cable, John Crubaugh, H. I. Hull, K. W. Hurst, Wm. Wllme Phil Mitch L. Simon, i. M. Buford John VoUi. SnllAltnrr J salmon and Hur HENRY A. PAKjr ON CMlclmlacrs, Etc Honk fslafcrf Publication Notlce-Cliaucery. State of Illinois, Rock Island County. I In tbe circuit court, January term, A. D. ltfol Kvalrvinvs Charles Irvin. In chancerv Aftldavit tb.t ihe resldenceof Charles Irvin Is unknown and that on dlllnent Inquiry his place of residence cannot be unctrialnc", having been bled In the olllcc of the clerk of said circuit court of Rock Is land county, notice Is bereliy Klvcn to the said defendant, that the cori-plaiuanl has tiled her nlil of compialnt In said court, on the chancery Mde thereof, on ihe UImI day of Nov. . U. VjiH), and that a summons thereupon Issued out of said court Hif-iost said defend ant, returnable on the 7lh day of January. A. I). I'jOI, to the circuit court ol a d Itoek lilanil county, to be ho'den at the court rouse In tbe city of hock Island, as is lv law required. Now, therefore, unless you, tbe said Charles Irvin sha 1 personally be and ap pear before tbe said circuit court of Kock Island county, on the first day of the next term thereof . to be holden at the court bouse In the city of Hock Island in said county, on the 7th day of January. A. U. 1101, and plead, answer or demur to the said complain ants bill of comoltint. the same, and tbe mat ters and thiniff therein charged and stated, will be taker, as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to tbe prayer of said bill. In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my band and affixed the seai of said coMrt, at my ufllce in Kock island, this 21st day of No vember, A. D. IjOI. (,r'K W. Gamiii.k. Clerk. SK4HLK & Marshall Complainant's feolicl wir. Nov : A. V-. Don't Be Fooledi Take tbe cenolne, original ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA M.de only by Madison MctfU cine Co.. MadiMMi. Wl. It k"rp you well. Our trr.'to mark cut on each package. Price, 35 cents. col& ! bulk. Accect no Hux.iTutm tate. Ask your drag T. U. Thomas, sole agent. ' A