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TIIEA1K5US. MONDAY, AUGUST "21, 18)3.
" Oof
THE AllGUS.
Published Daily and Weekly at 1K4 Sec6nd
Arenas, Rock Islaod, III.
J. W. POTTEK.
Publisher,
uni6n
mm
TmiuiB Daily 50c per moo to; Meekly W.ou
par aannm; in adrance fl .SO.
AH eomuunlcatlona of a critical or anrumenta-
tt character, political or religions, must have
ml name attached for publication. No men
m steles will be printed over fictitious signatures.
4aoymoa communications not noticed.
Correspondence solicited from every township
i Kick Island county.
Monday. Acgist 21, 1893.
Lawkesce, Kansas, is saiil to be
overrun with spiritualistic mcili-
The Decatur Republican says that
shepp arc now in the market daily
Cbsjjijinp; to lc killed.
The Massachusetts senate bas been
setting the praiseworthy example of.
holding- night sessions. There is no
reason why legislatures should not
ITet in some of their very best work
alter dark.
Massachusetts may be overstocked
with women but such is not the ca9a
in the country at large. A census
bulletin shows that in the United
States there are 1,500,000 more male,
than female persons.
Japanese children are taught to
write with both hands. A Jap would
be a good sort of a fellow to havo
around a newspaper office when the
staff was short-handed and the fore
man was yelling down tho tub for
"opy."
Count Tolstoi is coming over to
onr world's fair. Wonder if he will
still keep up his work as a cobb' r.
Xf he will open a cobbler's t.hop on
the fair grounds, wo will guarantee
that he will have all the patronage
be desires.
Rtoyaed Kipling's father is no
longer a Briti ofliceholdor at La
hore. He de: gnated tho town, in
Iria bock, as "hell with the lid on,"
and very naturally the inhabitants
proceeded to make it extremely hot
for Rudyard's sire.
The only thing in America that bas
made Princess Eulalia change color
thus far is the wild yell of the New
York stock exchange men. Wait till
she hears the Niagara Falls hack
men. If she doesn't fairly run away
then, she will break all records of
coolness for visiting notabilities.
TiiEPchring sea arbitrators still
continue to arbitrate, and the Dent
ing sea seals still continue to in
crease and multiply. If tho soals re
main unmolested as long as the ar
bitrators arbitrato tho whole ques
tion is settled for a generation or
two. On with tho talk; let speech
be unconfined.
New York papers are asking that
claps bo taken to govern bicycle rid
ing. Tho two wheeled vehicle is
now so commonly used that the priv
ilege given to riders is beginning to
be abused. Reckless bicycling is as
dangerous to pedestrians as reckless
driving. If wheelmen do not want
their sport to become unpopular they
will join in framing regulations.
No one objects to the bicycle rider
who has due regard to the rights of
others in the streets. Always, if she
is feminine, and when he doesn't
bend his back double, if he is mascu
line, the considerate cyclist is a
pleasing sight But those fellows
that scorch through city thorough
Xares with an air of having bought
the town need to be regulated with a
stalwart club.
People are now beginning to de
mand ""summer reading" and usk for
literature as light and gauzy as their
summer flannels. But still the irre
futable fact remains that a man who
likes Shakespoare in January likes
him just as well in July, and a man
who is fond of "Old Sleuth"in August
Is just as fond of him in December.
A man does not regulate his literary
taste by tho thermometer.
No sight ever seen by man is more
striking or more impressive than
thoso tiny shells that bore geniua
and inspiration aeross the Atlantic!
When the caravels that did this are
placed boside some of our big lake
ships thoughtful minds will wonder
if, after all, the world contains to
day genius to bo compared with that
of the middle ages. The "little
cradles" of Columbus should receive
a royal wcloomn.
The Chicago Herald states a sclf
Tvidcnt fact as follows:
During the tariff battle William II.
JSpringcr should be at the head of the
committee on ways and means. His
-service in congress, his knowledge of
the question at issue, his ability as a
deader, constitute his qualifications
lor the post. But above and beyond
Ihis, he is a western man. It was
the west that won the light against
McKinleyism, and it is to the west
that the democracy must look not
only for its immediate strength, but
Jot its recruits in the future. Mr.
, Springer is imbued with the western
spirit of revolt against the federal
protectionism with which some of the
eastern democratic states arc tainted.
Jle is the logical loader in the cam
paign for tariff reform, and the west
will not be satisfied unless he shall
be given the post. .
COLUMBIA'S EMBLEM.
Blazon Columbia's emblem.
The bounteous, golden corn!
Eons ago c f the preat sun's glow
And the joy of the earth 'twas born.
From Superior's shore to Chili,.
From tho ocean of dawn to the west.
With its b Miners of preen and tasseled sheaiu
It sprant: at the sun's behest, ,
And by de w md shower trim its natal hour ;
With ho ley and wine 'twas fed ,
Till the go Is wore fain to share with men
The pert ict fcat outspread.
For the ra "est boon to the land they loved
Was the corn so -rich and fair.
Nor star n r breeze o'er he farthest seas
Could fii d its like elsca here.
In their m liest temples the incas
Offered the heaven sent maize
Grains wrought of gold in a silver fold
For the mn's enraptured Raze,
And its harvest came to the wandering tribe
As the geds' own gift and seal.
And Mont-'zuma's festal bread
Was male of its sacred meal.
Narrow their cherished fields, but ours
Arc broad as the continent's breast.
And lavisl as leaves and flowers the slieaves
iirinit plenty anil Joy and rest.
For they strew the plains and crowd tha
wains
When the reapers meet at morn.
Till blithe cheers ring and west winds sing 1
A song fc ir the garnered corn.
The rose n ay bloom for Ensland.
The lily :'or France unfold.
Ireland mi y honor tho shamrock,
Scotland her thistlo bold.
But the su eld of the great republic.
The glory of the west.
Shall bear a stalk of the tasseled corn.
Of all our wealth tho best.
The arbutus and the goldenrod
The heat t of the north may rhecr.
And the mountain laurel for Maryland
Its royal clusters rear.
And jasmine and magnolia
The cres of the south sxlorn.
But the wi Je republic's emblem
Is tho bo mteous golden corn!
Edna Dean l'roctor in Century.
MUSIC WITH MEAL8.
Fisrobed In the Street.
There is a yonng colored damsel in
Washington whoso soul is at present
filled with wrath because of tho sum
mary action taken by a society woman
to whom she had loen handmaiden.
With way? that are dark and tricks that
are vain the young woman proved her
self conversant by making away with
articles of value. Among these was a
silk dress of which her mistress had been
especially tond. Though accused of the
theft, the v-oman stoutly denied it and
took herdismissal, vehemently protesting
her innocence. Not long afterward, as
the danght r of Ham was sailing down
the street in all the glory of the stolen
garment, she came upon her mistress
rapidly wt Iking toward her with the
look of a g:-eat purpose in her eye.
Retreat vas impossible, as was a fail
ure to comply with the astonishing de
mand that she then and there divest
herself of t ie gown. As the alternative
was to lie immediately handed over to
the police, the perturbed yonng woman
did as she vas bid with all speed possi
ble, and in as brief a time as it takes to
tell the tal 3 she stood with her ebony
perfections exposed to public view while
in an opposite direction her former mis
tress walke 1 away, bearing in triumph
the stolen roperty. Kate Field's Wash
ington. How Not to Exterminate the Indians.
Let us not vigorously crowd the Indi
ans to abandon tribal -organization. If
this is don before they are ready for it,
they will s irely lapse into degradation.
Let them remain in cotipact bodies on
reservation ! to help one another over the
change and do not compel them to com
mingle and compete with the white race
in a struggle in which they must be hope
lessly doomed. Slowly by law and by
instruction teach them the value of our
property la .vs. Do not force citizenship !
upon them, but let them sue for it. We
should hold ourselves ever ready to grant
it, but let tl.em first discover its benefits.
If such a policy is maintained for two
generations more, the problem will be
solved the remnant of the Indians will
be saved and absorbed in modern en
lightenment. Major J. W. Powell in
Forum.
Mixing Melodies.
What on the lips of the "intellectual
doubter" w raid have been only profane
sarcasm was irresistibly funny because
of its innocence, when Lewis, his im
agination fired by the first opera he had
ever witne-wed, inextricably mixed up
Moody and Sankey and "The Mikado"
as follows: The duy following his at
tendance at the latter performance he
burst upon the scandalized maternal
vision attired in imitation of his admired
Ko-Ko in a patchwork crib quilt and a
feather dut ter in his hands waving ac
centuation :o each syllable as he capered
about chanling:
The will of the Lord be done, lie done.
And so you hud better succumb, cumb, cumbl
Washington News.
One Respect In Which Oklahoma Hotel
Keepers Are Vp to Date.
The hotels of Oklahoma up to last fall
were few and far between. Having tried
several with little satisfaction, a party
of hungry "tenderfeet" was directed by
a commercial traveler to a little place
on a corner. The commercial man said
it did not look inviting, but it was clean.
That was an inducement the party had
not heard of in that section, and it
t?rned in for supper. The dining room
was one in which the family lived. A
folding bed stood in one corner. ' An old
time bureau was opposite. A box stove
was in the way, and about it were
several old fashioned rockers. A few
family pictures huhg from the wall,
with tho old, old motto, invoking tho
blessing of tho powers celestial on the
household. The party asked for eupper
and was told to be seated until the meal
was prepared. Two girls, delicate and
with much weariness in their faces,
spread the table. When the meal was
brought on, they simply said, "Supper is
ready" and disappeared.
The party gathered about the meal,
and it was agreeably disappointing.
While it was being devoured that is the
best word to use, even at this distance
from tho table tho two girls camo into
tho room, accompanied by their mother,
a woman whose hair was white and
whoso face was a study. There must
have been a time when she was beauti
ful. They came in as if they had been
billed for the occasion. They went to
one corner of the room, and then tho
party discovered that there was one of
those oldtimemelodeonsin an out of the
way place. The mother took her place
at the keys, and as the mournful melo
dies responded to her touch the daugh
ters sang, "Nearer My God to Thee,"
"Nellie Gray," and then "Lorena."
Think of "Lorena" on a melodeon in
Oklahoma! The party having finished
supper, one of them paid the bill, and
then the music ceased. It was a ques
tion which no one of that party was ever
able to agree upon, or they had not up
to last accounts. Was the music of that
night for the purpose of entertainment
or to forestall the possibility of dupli
cating any of the orders? Chicago
Tribune,
A Problem That Is a Problem.
A group of gentlemen were gathered
about the desk engaged in earnest en
deavors to figure out a mathematical
problem brought over by a prominent
young member of tho New York bar,
who 6tands to loso 100 on a wager if
his own solution is wrong. Hero it is:
A column of troop3 5 miles long is or
dered to a point 2." miles distant. A
courier starts simultaneously with tho
rear of the column and reaches tho head
thereof. Returning, he meets tho rear
of tho column at tho point where tho
head originally was. Both the troops
and the courier are to travel at a uni
form rate of speed. How many miles
does the courier traverse?
It looks simple. The young New York
er said it was simple and that it didn't
take a mathematical sharp to figure that
the courier journeyed even 50 miles. The
man who made the bet with him was a
Philadelphian, and he called in Professor
Thunder, a teacher of mathematics, sai l
to be the greatest cspert in tho Quaker
City. The professor figured r.t it svwhile
and said it was plain that the courier
covered over 50 miles, but just how much
more he wouldn't undertake to s:.y off
hand. The man from Gotham was not satis
fied with the Philadelphia professor's
conclusion, so on reaching Washington
he hunted up Professor George Hill, the
clerk to the house irrigation committee
and and export in mathematics, who in
turn referred him to Professor Wood
ward of the coast and geodetic survey.
His answer was fent in and appeared nt
tho bottom of a long sheet of algebraic
equations. It was CO. 3 miles. And still
the New Yorker is not satisfied. Before
giving up the $100 he is going to have the
opinion of the professor of mathematics
of Columbia college. It will take no less
an authority than that to shake his be
lief in the correctness of his own cipher
ing, which, he admits, was not done with
the help of quadratic equations. Wash
ington Post.
Just Like a Man.
Mrs. Stocks If we move into that
cheap house , we'll lose caste.
Mr. Stocks Don't care if we do. It's
the liest we can itlTord without runninir
hopelessly in debt, and besides it's a com-'
fortable plase anyhow.
Mrs. Stocks Huh! Just like a man.
Only so you can be comfortable and pay
every little bill as quick as it comes in,
you don't c ro what the world thinks.
New York Weekly.
The Dom nion of Canada has an area
of 3,457,000 square miles and comprises
one-sixteenth of tho land surface of the
globe. It is the largest of all the British
possessions, Australia, the next in size,
containing ,944,G28 square miles.
The boy who is whacked, cuffed,
kicked, hal:' starved, overworked and
otherwise iieglected, generally, if he
keeps out f prison and does not die,
makes the h ist man. Exchange.
Fogg has about made np his mind that
life is hardly worth the living in these
days when a man has to keep posted on
so many things that are not worth know
ing. The oldest statue of the world is of
the sheik of an Egyptian village. It is
believed to le not less than 6,000 years!
Old. ' ;
The Great Eastern was the largest
strip ever bu It GS0 feet long, 83 broad,;
60 deep and L'8,627 tons burden. j
Trns Economy.
No matter how m any hundred dcscn ofnn
ottur medicine are offered for a dollar, Dr
Picice's Golden Medical Discovery is the chea
eet blood-pnrtaer sold, through druggist, be
cause it's guaranteed, and jonr money is refnnd
ed if it doesn't benefit or cure.
With its use you only pay for tie good you get
Can yon ask more?
You have noticed
th.ic route houses always seem to need
ft J.tmti2g ; they look tinzj, rusted,
nJe.l. Otnars s.lvay3 look bright,
c!?n, f j.-.h. Th: owner of the i rst
"piavi -.:5" with "cheap" mixed
ptia:., - ; the i-eccni paints with
Strictly Pure
W hite Lead
Th- i"rrt rp-rl.s three tines as much
for pau;t i.i i.vs ysars, and his luild
la i li rST il3 z 3 well.
AItij :;c cv-yood7 hnows that -ood
pain: c?.n e.-ilv b? had ty usinjj strictly
pura Whit j Lead. The difficulty is
lack of ca-. a i:i nclectin-r it. The fol
lowsnj brands are strictly pure White
Lead, " Old Dutch " process ; they are
standard and well known established
by the test of years :
' Southern" " Red Seal "
"Collier" "Shipman"
For any color (other than white) tint 1
tne itricti7 fure White Lead with
National Lead Company's Pure White
Lead Tinting Colors, and you will have
the best paint that it is possible to put
on a building.
For aale by the most reliable dealers in
paints everywhere.
If you are froing to paint, it will pay you
to ssnd to us for a book containing informa
tion that may save you many e dollar; it
will only cost you a postal card to do ao.
NATIONAL LEAD CO.,
1 Browtw;-, Sew y-rlfc
Chicago Branch,
Aamte and Fifteenth Street.
YOUR HEARING.
Is it Gradually Growing Duller ?
Catarrh Causes it Stop
it Now.
Mr. Peterson's case illustrates the
danger of allowing these troubles to
run on, and should be carefully read
bv everyone.
A verv large per cent of these cases
of deafness and roaring noises is due
to the extension of catarrh to the
eustachian tubes and inner ears.
Many of the most remarkable cures
that have been accomplished by the
physicians of the Scott Medical In
stitute have been in the restoration
of hearing lost or dulled from ca-
tarrhal extension. It is folly to wait
for a trouble like this to iret well it
self. It don't get well, but always
gets worse, until trcrrncntlv tne hear.
ing is entirely destroyed. A thor
ough course of treatment with a ca
pablo specialist, who goes right at
the cause of the trouble and removes
it, is the only hope.
Dr. Wilson ami his medical asso
ciates cure all cases of deafness
caused by catarrh.
l-alii-s and Kinc;iiiK NoiseH.
r
a -
S. A. I'ETEKSON,
Andover, III .
Mr. Peterson says he is c-u-r-e-d.
and as well as he ever was. Dr.
Wilson says he is c-u-r-e-d. . Write
and ask Mr. Peterson if it is not so.
To the fuMfe.
Dr. Wilson has reported a case
like the foregoing, each week ortwo.
for the past three years in the tri
city papers. In the case of Mr.
Peterson, Dr. Wilson would state, he
has lived in Hock Island county for
over 30 years. He is director of a
lire insurance company, and is also
connected with the management of
Augustana college. Is he a man to
be relied on? Let the public judge.
Within the past three months Dr.
Wilson has published the statements
and pictures of a number of minis
ters who say under their own signa
tures that they have been c-u-r-e-d
at tho Scott Medical Institute, Can
they be relied on as telling the truth?
Let the public judge.
Dr. Wilson has noticed a senseless
tirade against him by a young iirm
trying to do business in the tri-cities.
Some three weeks ago Dr.-Wilson in
serted in the papers astatement to the
effect that he would notice this baby
tirm no more in print. Todav he
says the same thing. It is no pleas
ure for us to work for nothing.
Dr, Wilson has business interests
at stake in this state. The "blowing
firm" have nothing to lose here
nothing that can be touched there
fore we decline to "bark where we
can not bite."
Dr. Wilson wishes to' announce
to the general public that his diplo
ma is registered with the county
clerk in this city and shows he has
practiced medicine years before
either of this "great tirm" entered
practice,
Should we condescend to answer
this "great firm" in the manner in
which they assailed the Scott Medi
cal Institute, we could bring forward
proof, which we have held in our
Jiossession for months, that
would make them beat a hasty re
treat from our city, or wish they had
never opened this discus .-on.
Dr. Wilson's plan has always been
"let our patients talk for us" And
when he has to "blow his own horn"
for the sake of deceiving the public,
he will take down the sign "Scott
Medical Institute" and close his bus
iness. Does this look reliable? Let the
public judge.
Treatment, 5 a month.
evp:ky curable disease
TREATED.
SCOTT
Medical Institute.
221 Brady street, Davenport, la.
OvEif Ameiucan EXfliESS Co.
SPECIALTIES: Catarrh, Eve,
Ear, Nose, Throat, Lungs, Nervous
Diseases, 'Skin Diseases, Chronic Dis
eases. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 11 a. m., 2
to 4 p. m.. 7 to 8 p. m.
On Sundays the office will be open
from 9 a. m to 4 p. m.
House Raising and Moving-
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Raising brick buildings especially
Address E. A. ROUNDS,
1515 Se'.eith Avenue. Box 121.
Rck Island Bu&gy
-manwaoturrrs or
V N ft M
I ; 3A J f
Phaetons, Surries, Buggies, Spring and Farm Wad
It will pay you to cill aid get our L.v Prc,,
Before Buying.
Factory and Ware Rooms on Sixteenth street between First and Second av, :
, Retail trade i; v ...
J. T. DIXON
Mekchant Tailo?
And Dealer in Aen's Fine Woolens.
1706 Seconu Avenue
INCORPORATED I'NDER THE STATE LAW.
Roek Island Savings Bank,
Rock Island, III.
Open daily from 9 a. m. to 3-p. m., and Saturday evenincs from T to s o'clock.
Five per cent Interest paid on Deposits. Money loaned on Perc-a' c
lateral or Real Estate security.
P. L. MITCHELL, Pres-L F. C. DKXKMASN, Vice Prest. J Si. BVFORD. c
dirictorb:
P. L. Mitchell, F. C. Denktnann, John Crubacch, Phil Mitchell II P u.r' t .
E. W Hnret, J. M. Bnford, John Volk.' "
Jackson &, lie rst. Solicitors.
BeCan bu.inesa Jnly 8, 1S90, and occupy the southeast cornerof Mitchell & Lji.cV t tr.
SEIVERS & ANDERSON.
CONTRACTORS and BUlLDERb
All Kinds ol Carp9iiter Work Done.
General Jobbing done on short notice and satisfaction pnarantfod.
Offio and Sioi 721 Twelfth Stnot.
KOCK L-LAN3
Established 1B80-18US.
ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST.
Save money bv buying your Crockery, OJas&vare, Cut
lery, Tinware. Wocdware, and Brushes, at the Old aid
Reliable 5 a- H 10 Cents Store.
MRS. O. MITSCH'S. 1314 Third Ave.
A. BLACKBALL ,
Manufacturer or a!l kinds of
BOOTS AND SHOEfi
Gents' Fine Shoes a Specialty. Repairing done neatly 'and promptly.
A snare of Tonr patronage respectfully solicited.
1618 Second Avenue, iRock Island. L.'
R i. HCDSON.
M.'J. Parks;
HUDSON & PARKER,
CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS
All kinds of Carpentering promptly attended to. Estii
farpisbed when desired.
Shop cor. First ave ard Seventeenth st. Rock Island
Roek Island Brass Foundry
AND ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK.
AT kinds of brass, Drotiao and aluminum brome casUng, all shades and tec-.sre X
a specialty of hrass metal pattern and artistic work.
Sbci OTTici-AtlHl First Bit.Ei.iri,rFeiry landinp, . mCK:.IA:
J. MAGER, Proprietor
Qpoarja. jE&o use Baloo:
GEORGE SCHAtfEE, Proprietor.
1601 Second Arenne. Corners Sixteenth Street. . Opposite liarter'sltfr.:-'
fhe choicest Wine. Liauors. Beer end Cisars alwavs on H:f
Free Lunch Everr Dav . sandwiches Funls"e.t on i on cue
Steam
J. Ma CHRISTY,
mmm or wx m m
Cracker Bakery,
Ask Tour Grocer for Them.
SPECIALTIES:
The bnsty Otst'- m o 1 r r j
C.J. W. SCHREINER,
Contractor and Builder,
1121 1123 Fourth aveiue. Residence 1119 Fourth arenne.
Plans and rpectflcattoti furnished on all classes of work; also aper.t for Wilier" Paten'
suiuv RllLds.somethiiit! new. gtylisu and desirable
BOCK ISLAND iK

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