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J. MI I, THE AUG US. Published Da:ly and Weekly at 184 Second Are- uav nuAiBtRUUi I II. J. W. POTTER. Publisher. Tbkk Daily, 60c per month; Weekly, $3.00 All com manic ttons of a critical or arsmmenU tve churacter. political or relirfous. man hare WH tor paoncation No each arti ii ;-"";uunj not noncea. B Rock Tcepdh, Febrcakt 3. Ib91. A 6irl of 15 at Atlanta, Ga., was re cently divorced from one hmband and as just taken another. Foes in London have lately been thicker and blacker than for years, and gas is fre qucntlj lighted at midday. Rkdwcod trees 400 feet high acd thir teen feet in diameter are found in Wash ington. A convict in the Colorado penitentiary has invented a eallows that compels crim inals when sentenced to death to become their own hangmen. Is the treasury of the sultan of Turkey is a gold craille, studded with diamonds. It is kept under guird in Constantinople and in it a dozen eulUns have been Ttcked. Arnold Koch, of St. Louis, brother of the famous Dr. Robert Koch, says that the latter is the third of thirteen children, the fim nice of whom wire boys, and that he was uncommonly studious as a toy, stujire lichens and uo?ses under the microscope while the others were playing. Louisiana has the largest farm in the world. It runs 100 miles north and south, aad tweDtrfive miles ea9t and west. It soat fSO.OOO te fence it. All cultivation is done by steam power. Three men, with cable ropes and portable engines, plow fifty acres per day. The Southern Pacific runs through this farm for a dia ance of thirty-six miles. Correspondents are taxing their de scriptive eloquence in efforts to set forth Ihe heau'.y of the bride of voiine, J.imes R. Garfield. One of these enthusiasts winds up Lis pen-picture by saving that "she beitiLs like a star in a world of au Stls," which 9nmehow doesn't seem to mean much except, perhaps, beer on the frt of the waiter. Roe Cooiilin and Lydia Thompson net by chance at a hotel table in Albany lhc other week, and to the surprise of some observers, fell to exchanging rem iniscenccs in a very social way. Duiing their talk the fact was developed to an interested few that Miss Coghlin first came to th'19 country from England when a "girl, with Miss Thompson, playiDg a subordinate part in a company under the xanagement of the latter. Secretary Wisdom s sudden death at the banquet table at Delmonico's Thurs day evening l ist naturally created a pro found sensation throughout the country. The secretary was a man of robust phys ique and apparently vigorous health. That the death messenger should have come to him so suddenly, striking him down while in the full tide of a success ful career, in the center of festal scenes, surrounded by a bright and brilliant com pany, is another startling reminder of the ancortaioty of life and the vanity of all that poor humanity strives and struggles Sor. Rev. Samuel Bats, of Bowling Green, Ky., is a daisy. He not only furnishes spiritual consolation to the souls of his congregation, but to their bodies as well. On Sundays he dispenses the gospel and on week day6 sets out good old Kentucky bourbon to his thirsty parishioners, also cigars and tobacco. He has been making a good thing out of this thrifty mingling together of secular and sacred pur suits. But he has struck a snag, in his broad and liberal interpretation of the command to "be all things to all men," as recommended by St. Paul, and left our venerable relative, Uncle Sam, entirely out of his field of view. In sell ing whisky he may have been violating the divine law as interpreted by most of the churches, and for this he has not up to the present time been c died to ac count. But he has also been violating the internal revenue law of this country in not first obtaining a license. For this he ia called to account and now lan quishes in jail, without any bail, and un til he gets out bis cocgregation will go dry seven days in the week. Gnardlng Againat Counterfeit Hills. The Lounger was Hitting in a notary's office the other day when a man came in to make An affidavit to some papers. The notary's charge was twenty -five cento, and the man handed him a $2 bill. "Do you know whose picture that is?" the notary asked in a genial tone, pointing to the portrait on the bill. "That's llaucock," replied the stranger. "Is it?" The notary did not seem to be certain atont it, and putting on his glasses he held the bill up to the light and scanned it closely. "Yes," he said at last. "I guess yon are right. It is Hancock." Then the stranger received his change and went away. "I always do that with people I dont Enow," said the notary to the Lounger when the stranger had gone. "Yon see it give m a fine chanee to see if the bill ia a intertett." Mew xorK 'in Dune. THE UNREDEEMED. Oh. an elegant meerschaum pipe am I. My couch is a velvet case complete. And many companions round me lie As we steadily stare at the stony utreet. For fate's unkind, and the mootliH have flows Since the sacred fire on my altar gleamed; No f ;-inl have I, for I'm left alone Along with the rest of the unredeemed. There's a volume there, a birthday gift That a tnoi h.?r bestowed on her only son ; But he's loajr been out on the world adrift. And bin parents' race ou earth te ru? "To My Darling Boy," so the sentence eoes You may read Inside, and she doubtlesn dreamed Of a future bright for the lad who knows? But the book lies here with the unredeemed. There's a diamond ring that was often worn By a handsome pink tip fingered belle. And many a vow was duly sworn When it first was placed where it looked so well But the faithlea jade had a stony heart; She was false when fortune frowning seemed. So the ring went back, and their ways apart. And the bauble's come to the unredeemed. A petticoat yonder 'a up for sale That has long been left for a paltry sum, But the woman that pledged it looked so pale. As though by weariness overcome; She'd a Liar child, and it. tnr k.j Her motherly heart had planned and schemed. Till she had to come to the shop, she said; And the garment is here with the unredeemed. Aye, we are a m.jst mysterious crowd Of pledg-!5, the sign of col J neglect: Some of us once were wondrous proud. Some of us claimed the world's respect. Now we are ticketed, all may spy. Time our appearance has scarred and seamed. Never a purchaser conies to buy: Who will iuvest iu an unredeemed Scraps. THE WEB OF LACK Some lutls wfcilo aeo a voune Italian couple who h.id come to Paris in search of fashionable Ue became customers, of mine iu my capacity as a broker and baiAcr. rvi i jq e nsiand was oZ very high birth, aud had resigned his commission na r captain of carairy at his marriage. The wife was very pretty, very rich and the daughter of a great railway contractor. Their estab lishment was luxurious, sober and serious. me Husband used to speculate on the Stock Exchangre, but with prudence. I met them at Trouville. dined with them in the winter and hunted with the count on his grounds near Goetz. One day about two months ago I was returnine to mv office aiter rne last board when my clerk stopped me and told me, with a strvnee ioo&, that a iaiy was waitiua: to see it. A iauy I could not guess who she was. Mv tiers sua sne was 3'oung. elegantly dressed -i v. , , . . and appeared violently agitated and afraid the nonce would come. I was .(- W but would not let mv clerk su.sne.ct it. I walked boldly forward and found rny charming Italian countess. She rose qnick ly, and, with her f yes filled with tears. stretched out her hands to me. Ilere you j;re at last." she said. "I have leen here o lon I was so afraid you would not come." But, ni.ulaine. what is the m;..r..r? What procures me the pleasure" .-ae made a fv.-veri.-di "re and said in a tense voice: 'Do not sneak listen to mv Whut 1 have to say is so terrible that if I delay au insulin, i snail never nave the courage to teil you. es, it is cruel, but I must speak. Only you can save me!" "Save you!" es. Do not look at nit I shall have more force to tell you what you must be tout." We exchanged alarmed looks. I listened in horror. What could t his woman, proud, intelligent, accustomed to every situation and protected by all possible safeguards, have done to be placed ia so terrible a pre dicameut? "Oh, mon Dieu'" I heard her murmur. "IIow can I make such a confession? 1 would rather die. And yet my husband my son! She wrung her hands, and her convulsed features expressed the mont com plete despair. "fiut madame," I. cried with emotion "tell me at once, since you see in me a pos sible savior. Do not leave me in doubt. What has happened? What have they doue to you?" She grew deadly pale, and from her trem bling lips fell the avowal: "Two hours ago at the Magasins at the lace counter of the Paradis des Dames I was arrested for stealing!" "For stealing!" I repeated mechanically, so absurd did the idea seem to me. "Yes, for stealing a piece of lace!" "And that piece of lace" "Was lound on me!" "Why, some Bhoplifter, fearing to be caught herself, must have slipped it into your jacket without your knowing it." "Xo!" The word fell like a utone on my head. I looked with stupefaction at this well born, carefully nurtured girl, delicate and re fined, who sat before me overwhelmed at having to acknowledge that it was not by chance that the lace was found on her per son. "Why why" I stammered. "Why, it was I, of course, who took it. I stole it don't you understand?" she cried, almost beside herself. "You, madame?" "Yes, I! How did it happen? I don't know; but yet it is so. "I had already made several purchases, paying for them all, when 1 saw an exhi bition of laces they had at the Alagasius. There were some marvelously beautiful ones, particularly a point d'Alencon, re markably fine and high, of a royal design, and I stopped to admire it. Seeing this the clerk forced it on my notice, and spread it before me, and carried away by an in comprehensible impulse I sat down. He unrolled it, twisted and turned it about, showed it off against the elvet, and I, my eyes fixed on the fine meanderings of the harmonious design, gazed as if fascinated. I no longer heard the honeyed and stupid voice of the clerk; I was absorbed by the adorable lace. My reason was nlioliahed, nothing remained of my instinct.s, tastes and ways, and in the vacuum of my mind I found nothing but an intense desire 'to possess the precious tissue. I would have done anything to get it. I felt that I must have it, no mutter bow, and that without delay. The clerk talked on and on. I heard him saying that it was an extraor dinary bargain; that the design was unique and would never be reproduced; that the price was only 200 francs a yard; that last year it would have been 2,000; that only queens wore such lace! There seemed to be an accent of scorn in his voice, as if he were saying, 'Such marvels are not for an ordinary woman like you.' "He added, 'We have some very cheap Valenciennes.' With a turn of his hand he rolled up the point d'Alencon, and leav ing it before me rummaged in the big shelves behind him, bringing out a num ber of very pleasing patterns, and dis played them with as insinuating seal as when he had been showing the master piece which he seemed to have forgotten, bat which I devoured, letting my eyes feast on it constantly without being distracted by ai ything. like a wild beast patiently watching its prey. Just t hen he was called by a fellow clerk, to whom he replied im patiently, 'Don't you see that I am busy?' 'But the other insisting, after excusing himself to me he quitted his place for a moment. That moment sufficed me. When he returned the piece of point d'Alencon was beneath my jacket. "Hi eyes seemed to me to fix themselves on my visage with sarcastic insistence, and the tosie of his voice changed. I noted the difference. Had he divined that I was a thief? He could not have seen me, as I took the point d'Alencon from beneath all theYaienciennes, and yet he no longer urged me to buy, as if he were thinking: 'It isn't worth my time. This woman is no cus tomer. She steals.' "An insupportable heat suffused my face, and I suffered so that I shut my teeth so as not to cry out. I was on the point of throwing down t he lace on the counter and saying, 'I only wanted to see if you would miss it.' But then a voice rose in me cry ing; 'But then you will no longer have the laces which have turned you into a crimi nal. It is impossible for you to give them back. Tou must have them, you adore them, t' ley are part of your flesh and blood. It. won d be torture to tear them away from you. N'o, no! Go. hurry away, carry them of with vou!' And I could not re sist. I was no longer myself. I was car ried away by a monstrous instinct. I com prehended Tiotli;i;g of what was gointf on in my n addened brain, and yet I recollect ed all the steps of my moral f.ili with atrocious pret iion. I rose and said, 'De cidedly you have nothing to tempt me. "I inclined my he.nl to the clerk and walked slowly away through the crowd, longing that I could dare to run, so half dead I was wiih fear. My he ut leat as if tt would break, my legs treu:!ed. the per spiration roiled down my fort-head, and I tried to smite, thinking that nil the people who M:rvi.;i ied and pushed against ir.e h ere on l lie alert to us -ovt r rae. At that moment, and n hen on'y tr;i st.-;. fret., the d.xir, a ir:i-aui of r. :i..n iil.iii.itied my brain, li was h., if ;, ,-'.r;a:u separation me from 'he light had been suddtuly ton. away. I saw my fond net clearly. I fell into a horror of mysci;, and turned to p. it back ihe piece of lace on the counter. A second u-rror more intense than that which had preceded evcreame me. Sup pose that in liic iimtaiit my conscience was saving mi from myself I should lose all by attempting to repair my fault? No, I could not turn I aek. I must go, I must escape t,i ickly, but without taking the stolen treasure, wir.hont remaining thief. I loosened t ie lace inside my jacket and let it tali on the floor. Instantly a voice le hiad me h:ii1. 'Madaiae, you have lost somethiug.' "I raised my t yes and stood rooted to the spot. The rlerk who had served me was by my side. He still smiled. I st tmirtered, 'This Is no., my bundle. 'Yes, pardon me! it is yours. It dropped out of your jacket.' Curious f.i. es were already gathered round. eager for i scandal. I cried. Tor pity's sake, not h'-re" "The clei k understood, liowe !, ami mak ing me walk before him. ushered me into a corridor. A door opened. I was in the office of an inspector. How shall I tell you of my fright aud despair? What supplica tion urn i n t pour out to this man who held in his lands my honor, my life and the future t f those dearest to me? lie list ened coldly, and to all my prayers and tears answered in the barshest terms: " 'Yes, yes, we know all that. Its the old story; we hear it every day. 1'ray be assured th: t it no longer deceives us. Every month thousands of francs' worth of goods are stolen from us, and if we do not take s-vere me.-isures we shall 1m: ruined. Who are you, madame? Kindly give me your name and address.' "I crietl oi t. 'Never!' "'Then I must give you in charge of the commissary of police.' " 'But your head partner take me to see M. Bontemps.' "'Impossible! That is expres.-dv forbid den. M. Bontemps cannot lose his time listening to t he ridiculous stories of all the shoplifters v horn we catch. This happens here ten tim s a day. Come, madame. de cide. Your name and address or the police office.' "Then I sa'v that I could obtain nothing from this hardened slave of duty. I could not speak to pronounce my name, hitherto honored, but when the inspector pushed pen and pajer to me I wrote with one movement what he asked for. He looked at the signatt re, and in his eyes I read the suspicion of a false name. And I had not even thought that he would doubt mel In dignantly I tb-ew out my card case and al most flung a card in his face. He smiled to see himself so well understood, and bending down wreite under my name, iu the large and regular hand of "a veteran lieutenant, 'A treated for stealing lace.' I felt the Mood rush to my face like a flame, and throwing myself on the door 1 fled from the laagasin?" Listening to this story from the lios of its shuddering heroine made my blood run cold. I looked at this woman, pale and overwhelmed I y her misfortune, aud asked myself if I were not the sport of a phan tom. I have assisted at many touching scenes during my financial career. Those whom I have helped have been ungrateful, none oi those whom 1 have refused to as sist has killed himself, as he threatened to, so that I am liulo inclined to soften. But this Italian girl was so beautiful in her distress and abandoned herself with such sincerity that 1 warmed in her cause a:id shared in her despair. hat did I lo when out of doors?" she said. "I felt that I had utterlv th rnrn myself away. I should not have vielded. That man could not have given me up to the police, uud if he had the commissary wouiu nave listened, and if not ha, then the prefect. Those men have power, have they not? The;.- can take it upon them selves to save the honor of a familv. nr else what is nuthority worth? Oh, if 1 Had been led into bis presence I should have found wortls 1 should have thrown myself at his feet he would have saved me. Whereas i ow now there exists in the hands of a living being a material, in- lamous, ignomiiious proof of my guilt, which may some day reveal what I have done. I saw the Seine before me as I thought of this, and the desire to throw myself into the river came into my mind. I repulsed it with horror, not from the fear of death, but fnm disgust at the scan dal which such au ignoble end would raise. I hastened awny through the Tui- lenes garden, tn Iking aloud to myself. weeping and so wild looking that every one turned to loo at me. At the Rue de Rivoli I took a carriage to go home, but on the way the impossibility of facing my husband came upon me so strongly that I shuddered. To wl om could Iturn? I have no friends or relat ions here; my father is in Italy. When the carriage passed before your door the sight of your name was like a message from heaven. I remembered your kindness, the delicacy of your char acter, the exceptional probity of your repu tation what more can I say? I came here tOonetaaes on Pif-a page ) An Interesting Situation Is suges-ted in the picture below. -Mo- But then yon must know that Captain King is given to introducing all sorts of interesting sitnatioris all through his 6torie3. We are about to publish "m ARMY PORTIA," One of the Captain's latrst and host se rials. It is probably not neeeswiry for us to snggwt that You Should Not Fail to Read This Story. To M-rve and Carve a I. of Mutton. A leg r.f mutton .houM always lie brought to the table oa its ba.-k, with the "handle" or knuckle to t!:e ri.'ht of the carve- Cut rros.-,v. i.-, lH--in:;i!i c abnost in the tp.idJla, b;;t a li:t ie nearer the knuckle t!mn the tail. I'ut tl.i. .; its t-iward the rii.t i.ntij you cfiiiie t the 1,-iiie, pr..-e:tlin in the samp way ..:; t.ie other side. If joi. are Bt inlying economy use the lev juicy (dice ear the Ume wkile hot, a the thicker dices are much letter to lie wanned over or eateu C'lld. Cor. New York World. Mexico celebrates ou the r.th of May the Jiunivervary of u great victory over the in vading French army, and most of tLe other Amrirnn rcpuM.r observe the aa nivcrsari. of important ev?c?.3 in their own hi.-rory. A Partial Ilrrorm. iv, Vt'i"u Kill. "Gnvn up sjnokin.:" "No; given up your ci--:rs." N. w Yo:k Sun. Hi-. Word SatUcicnt. B author) Wait n iiiinate, r.id y.i .-:.. youthep:-.' .'s..f -,,iy novel. (;..r Xo, no! I .i-m't w ;":;t any iT-M.s. Yot:r word is e:i--:. p rk. If Tear uoota ia oa lire You put water on the bumiris timbers not on the smoke. Aud if you have catarrh you should attack the disease in the blood, not in the no.c. Remove the impure cause, and the local effect tub sides. To do this, take Hood's Sarsapa rilla, the greit blood purifier, which radi cally and permanently cures catarrh. It glso strengthens the nerves. Be sure to aet only Hood's Sarsaparilla. HOW IS YOUR CHILD? Swift's Specific is the great developer, of delicate child ren. It regulates the secre tions; it stimulates the skin to healthy action, and assist nature in development. There is no tonic for child s s ren equal to Send for our treatise on Elood and Skin Diseases Swur bi-kciKic Co., Atlanta, Ga. ill - TRIPLE m PREPARED l-M FROM l. OJ SELECT FRUITS?: f FrankNadler! w, chemist i, HOCK ISLAND. I'f H ILL. ft A8K TOUB GROCEE FOB IT. HENRY C. SCHAFFEB, DSAI.BR IN SOFT AND HAKD KINDLING WOOD Offloe 1431 Secoad a venae, ootacr Fifteenth at . Telephone V. lUfc Great Clearing Sale February 2d to TO MAKE SPRING STOCK. Will e'v out Urce line of Bed Raoa nd Parlor Sets at coat. alM a (real ti- i , f o:S Chalra wil be aold cheap. ISgPDo net fail to miea this opportunity. W. S. HOLBROOK, No. 103, 105 and 107 East Second St., Davenport, Ia. H. SIEMON & SON, DIALER'S XX- toves and Xinroe- v IPTTIMIIFS, ZlSTAJIJIS, &C, Baxter Banner Cook.nj &ni netting Stoves and the Geneteo Cooking 6tovr. Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Work. 1503 bECOND -1VE., ROCK ISLAND, ILL. J. B. ZIMMER, TIIS VTELL KSOWJf iVl erchant Tailor Star Block, Opposite Harper House. ' h rurfh.a-d for I he Spring and Summer of 1891, A lar rand fior stork thin evr. Then ;ock1 wi:i arrive in afrw daja. Wait aadvpc tfc-a. 1KOORTJRATD USDEH THE THE STATE LAW. Roek Island Savings Bank, ROCK ISLAND, ILL., Open daily from x. a. to 4 p. and vtnrday.'avenlnfa f ran TUB a'cteck. Five per cent Interest paid on Deposits. Monev loaned on Personal. Col lateral, or Real Estate Security emciu: K. P. RXYSOLDS. Praa. f C. DSXKMANJf. Vica-Pra. J. JL BCPOSD. Caal-rr. MUCTOBS: P. L. Mitchell, B P. ReraoMa, T. C. Denkaaan. Joha Ombanri. C. f . Lvade. J. J. Bcjnera. L. fun on, K. W. Banc J. X. Baiord. Jnoi Bcarr, bolxuiora. HP" Will bejrlB bndiTM-M Ji'.j i. is, aad wUl occapv baak.&c reoa vUfc atttcb3 A Lr ontU sew bank ia eampleted. ST. JAMES HOTEL, Corner Ta-fBty-ihird rtreet aad Pounh aveaae. J. T. RYAN, Proprietor. Ttiia hoaae haa juatben r-Urd throajhoul aad ia now ia A N 1 raad U99. It U a srt-c:a $1 0 per day nooaa aad a dealrable fast! hneL 0". lv. CHEISTY, Steam Cracker Bakery, MAjroricnjaiB or cbacxxrb asd biicviti. Ask joar OrKer for tbem. The j are belt fcrf-Speclaltia.; TT C hriaty "0IITBB- aad the CbrW.j "1 ini" ROCK ISLAiiP, ILL. SEIYERS cfe ANDERSON, Contractors and. Builders, ALL KINDS OF CARPENTER WORE DC2T2. tVOeneral Jobbing doae oa abort aoUca aad aatWactloe caarantaed. OfUce anJ Shop 1412 Fourth Avecut ROCK ISLAND ILL. B. Berkenfeld, SO.l roartk Aveaae, Dealer la Confectionery, Cigars and Toys, School Book, Scbocl Sappliea, TableU, XUu. Bte. . NICOLAI JUHL, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, She earaar Twaaty-aacaod itiwt aad Haatt braaaa. BMiAaacf SH v- ..Ttuaiaaatb araaaa. fTiM praparai te aaake aafiaMtoa aa4 e all kftsAa of Caryeater wetfc.' QIT alaa irtaL FROM- February 14th, ROOM FOR i PrtTB I5L.D, n.' i