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THE AliGUS; SATURDAY. O OTOBE H '24, 18Q1. CITY CHAT. Watch for Young. Wait for Youog'a opening. Fine Catawba grapes at Boos'. Young's grand opening next week Fancy Michigan peaches at Biros'. II. J. Lowrey, of Obir-airi, U in tlie cliy today. Nice California peaches, paira and gripes at Boras'. II. D. Mack went to Chicago last Bight on business. Kate Claxton in the "Two Orphans" at tbe theatre tonight . P. H. Haston, of Kansas City, is visit ing with friends here. W. A. Bowles of the Orion Times, was In the city yesterday. Go to Clemaan & Salxmann's for car pets and oil clo'.hs. ' ' . Fine extension tables and dining room chairs at 0. O. Huckstaedi's. Mrs. Col. Martin, of Florida, is visiting ber neice, Mrs. 0. P. Bowen. P. L. Mitchell left this morning on a Twit to his daughter at Indianapolis. The right place to buy wall paper and the right prices is at George SutcliCe's. 8. R. Wright returned from the K. P. convention at Springfield this morning. Hoi. Bin. T. Cble leaves tonight for Sao Antonio, Tex . on a business trip. Carpets and oil cloth, the largest assort ment in the city at O. O. Iluckstaedl'a. Mrs. August Herkert has broken ground for ber new borne on Seventeenth street. T. C. Ark rain, of Nashville, Tennes see, is in the city on a short visit to friends. The grand annual masquerade of the saw mill boys will be held at Armory hall this evening. T. H. Thomas has returned from Chi cago. Mrs. Thomas remains for a more extended visit. Just restived a new line of sideboards and dining room tables at Clemann & Salzm inn's The bitchel rs of tbe Methodist church will enter a.n their friendsTuesday night Admission 10 cents. A new line of book cases and writing desks just received at Clem an n & Salz mann's. They are beauties. A meeting is to be held at the Harper house this evening to organize a sort of local traveling mn's social club The greatest crash in prices in tfie his tory of ou: ity at Young's opening the first of the week . Watch frr it. The sum and substance of Bros Wells' report to tbe postrnister general oa the Rck Island po-tofaje:"I I I I-I-I I-I " W. Billon and James Williims were each fined $10 and costs by Magistrate Wivill this morning for disorderly con duct. Loirs Mobr, of this city, arrested here for the larreay of a watch in Worth cunty, Iowa, was sentenc.d to 30 days in the county ) ail there. Mrs. J. J Johnson, who has been visiting with friends in tbe city for some time past, returned to her home in Omaha this morning. Mrs. George Weaver of South Moline died yesterday of paralysis, sged 70 years. She had resided in tta'. city over 50 years. Her aged husband survives ber. H. F Lamp has opened the coal office formerly belonging to Bailey Davenpor corner of Eleventh Street and Tenth, avenue, and is nojv ready to fill all orders. Buy your wall paper while George Sutcliffe is cleaning ont his fall stock, and while be is selling it from 20 to 80 per cent lower than any other dealer in the city. For R?nt A house of.fi ve rooms, also rooms for light housekeeping, and fur nished rooms for lodging, all between T wcit t'a nd Thirteenth street on Third avenue. J. L. Bi&n. S. A. Marschall will serve a grand lunch at his place this evening to which be in vites bis friends. Joseph Rosette, the harpist, has been engaged for tie after noon and evening. Do not wait for cold weather, but while the weather is fair to do ycur re novating and house cleaning, and buy your wall pa par of George Sutcliffe; the only'exelueive wrll, paper housee in the city. Tbe C , R. I. & P. railway company has b f gun the wcrk of raising its pas i enger depot to grade. This work and also the paving of the property about the depot will be pnshed as rapidly as possible. The little 4 year-old daughter of C A. Miller residing on Eleventh street, was bitten through the right hand by a vi c ons dog late yesterday afternoon. The bind was badly lacerated, but no serious results are anticipated. Morris Rosenfield has commenced the excavation for his new residence on. Seventh avenue and Nineteenth street, Steve O'Connor having the contract. It will be one cf the handsomest and most imposing homes iu the three cities. Seme wandering Gypsies took posses sion of Mrs Webber's yard on Elm street las-, night and as they seemed disposed to rua things to suit themselves the po lice were notified and they were requested to "move on." Miss Mahoti, of New York, will be at Mclntire Bros, Monday and Tuesday with a full line of sizes of "Her Majesty's conets." Those who have been fitted are delighted with the corset Miss Ma hon wishes to explain its merits whether you buy or not. Messrs. Kemble, Enowlton and Grot- jan left this morning on a north bound Milwaukee train for a day's sport with rod and line. When they return it may be necessary for the fish commission to restock the adjacent waters with fish, and it may cot. Dr G. L Eyster returned this morning from Kansas City where he attended the annual convention of the American Pub lic Ileal i h association which represents the medical fraternity of the United State, Canada, Mexico and a number of the states bf Central America. The next meeting will be held in the City of Mex ico. The government of Mexico has offered to take care of the delegates from the tine tbey reach the Mexican line until they h ave the country aud to bear all expenses while there. AN EGOTISTICAL EPISTLE. Boss Wells is Not at All Slow About Puffing Himself. AMample of Vain 4lory f Which It Would be II lfflealt t Fin m Far all r 111 nw "I" DoTblfi. Tbe lOndon;Miirortuoe. The news of tbe London's misfortune detaile 1 in last night's Argus was re ceived everywhere with expressions of surprise intermingled with profound re gret, while the hope was generally ex press! d that tbe enterprising proprietors might so arrange their affairs as to again resume business. The failure of such a business house is a source of regret alike to all classes of business men, for tbe Loiidon's method of advertising has helped every class of business in Rock Island, and the business man who talks against the company talks against his own interests and the interests of the city. This rao-nin? a large number of add!' ti onal attachments were filed, the total liabilities now aggregating something like fzu.uuu. Cakes Without Eggs, Observing housekeepers quickly learn that Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is far superior to other brands in the fact that they never fail to make the finest pastry, and if they wish to be economical they can dispense entirely with eggs and can use a less quantity of butter for shortening purposes. The advantage is not alone in the saving effected but in avoiding the trouble and frequently the great difficulty of securing eggs that are fresh. Th:s is often a serious trouble. Cakes of various kinds from the informal Griddle Cakes to the stately Bride Cake can be made with Price's Cream Baking Powder, which insures light, sweet and hand? some cakes; or when used for Griddle Cakes to be eaten hot enables their production in the shortest t pace of time, always tender -and delicious. Dr. Price's is the only Baking Powder that contains the white of eggs. None so pure ! None so wholesome ! . Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is re ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia, Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the purity of this ideal powder has never been ques- tioned. '" - If Mr. Wells does not get the reputa tion of being a model postmaster it will not be the fault of Mr. Wells himself. As a matter of course it docs not make any difference to the public in general what kind of a postmaster Mr. Wells is, so that the government tailor at Wash ington is satisfied, and that be may be satisfied, he hu called upon Mr. Wells to write up a little account of himself and how he does things. Tbe latter has complied with the suggestions of his superior, and the result is about as remarkable a parcel of egotism as could be put together. As an apology for the boss' vain glory thus expressed, the Union makes the strange confession that the re port followed tbe postmaster general's public flattery of Mr. Wells' methods and before, in fact, be knew- them, and in which the Rock Island office was termed "a model office." But without dwelling at any length on the unfortunate revela tion that Rock Island should have merely come io for the praise so freely bestowed by Mr. Wanamiker on all his political un der office holders.and that the stereotyped application, "a mxlel office," was no particular distinction after all, the public will be apt to devote its atten tion with more or less interest to "Post master Wells' personal report," which tbe Union has come so mysteriously into possession of. To the mind of the aver age citizen it would appear s'rinee that a citizen holding a public offise should deem it necessary to explain that he had given the office, "close personal attention, as without that, no business ran be a success, and I have looked on the post office as being my business during my term, and not a side show." But there are a few other qiite entertaining little passages in the boss' personal epistle of which the public should not be disprived the privilege of reading, and hence they are reproduced in The Argus in the most condensed form: "I have now eight carriers with from two to four deliveries pet day, which are made promptly and to the enti e satisfaction of the public." ' I have my carriers, in the business part of the city, make two collections at night, one at 7 for all mails going south and west, and one at 9 for trains going east.'' "I use Bradstreets Commercial Report to find firms where letters have been missent to Rock Island. It seems that when a man begins to write the name of a town beginning with "R," be pu's down Rock Island. Nearly all these letters can be delivered by using a Re port. Where a letter is directed to a firm not in Rock Island and they cannot be found in report, I return them to the tender, explaining that no such firm is in this city." "I use the telephone to find how mail trains are for time, and if they are too far behind the carriers are sent out with the mail on band." "I pay oft 13 railway postal clerks, and do not hesitate to ask for all the informs tion I want on tbe subject of sending let ters. Tbey are so well posted that tbey can be of great assistance to the postoffl -e. and I find them very accommodating. "I try to make the money order system popular, and am glad to say that tbe bus iness is increasing all the time; more for eign orders are issued than eyer before, and the public are pleased with the con duct of tbe money order department To make a postofflce popular the postmaster must study to please tbe public. In conclusion tbe boss has one of his funny attacks, and this is what strikes him as fitting finale of a business post master's report to his superior, on how (o run a public office: "Pay particular attention to the 'kick ers,' for tbey can tell a postmaster lots of things he doesn t know be prompt in answering icquiries equally as prompt in loosing up lost letters, parcels, money orders, postal notes, etc. If he does all this and the public are still dissatisfied, he had better resign, "and go" not west. but south, where if tbey don't like a post master mey win tin mm. After reeding Mr. Wells' remarkable letter it is just possible to imsgine that Rock Island would not have suffered to any considerable extent if the author had begun his public career iu the sunny climes of which he writes so intelligently pictures and had the vocal organs neces sary, he would causa words to express these ideas. He then related the strange story of a family living in the deep wild erness of Minnesota. The father and mother are mut?s, the three children bad not seen, only occasionally a trapper for a few moments, any humau being, and yet when discovered they were using over 100 words, mostly names, expressing cor rectly the pictures of things around them. From many illustrations given we were led to understand that if parents knew the meaning of the names given their children they would in many cases make different selections. Five hundred years before Christ the Arabs taught language more wisely than we do cow; for tbey taught the beginnings of words, while we toss to our children words without num ber that, to them, haye no meaning. The original source of language cannot be de termined, but 2,200 years ago the priests in tbe temple at Banores chanted the hymns of the Yedos. The English sol diers broke into this temple and carried large fragment! of these hymns to Lon don where tbey became tbe wonder of philologists from every nition, and it was soon discovered that here was a per fect language; so it was called sans ript. Tbe audience was interested in learn ing that the human tongue is the only one so constructed as to articulate sounds, and that Darwin had to confess publicly that that fact broke his charm of evolu tion, this phy .ical characteristic clearly proving that man is an individual species. According to the speaker's view there are six languages only, three being feeble and three strong. In order they were given: Chinese, language of China, Japan, etc.; Hamitic, language of Africa, and Oceanic, Unguage of Australia and adjacent isl ands. The strong ones are, American, Semetic and Argan. The American language is the ore spoken by tbe Indian, tbe Semetic tLe one spoken by the descendants of Shem, and the Aryan the language spoken by the peop'e of India and Europe, being composed of tbe Sanecrit, Latin and Greek, with the subdivision, Celtic, Angles-Saxon and Normm. Through the Norman we get our Litin words, which make up twc-fiflhs of the English language. The other three-fifths come from a blending c f Angles end Saxon, which gives the name Anglo-Saxon. For several centuries after the Nor man conquest, French was tbe only re spectaba languaga in England, and in tbe time of Henry VII even, a penalty was laid upon teaching anything but French. There was originally but one language, and that that ' condition of things, the speaker held, would again be seen. The ladies were told that they must form clubs for the study of languages, for it was fashionable. WORD WONDERS. An Interesting L,rrtore at the High Mrhool I.at Ermine. The assembly room of the nigh scbot 1 was well filled with teachers and pupils last evening to hear Prof. Bixby lecture off the "Beauty and Wonders of Words He was introduced at 8:15, and for an hour, by his entertaining manner and rare enthusiasm, held bis audience. The lecture was more valuable as an incentive to a thorough study of language, than as an addition to knowledge. The speaker went on to illustrate bow many words were formed from a single root. He said there are only 497 difler edt root words in all the languages, yet in the Eoglish language Alone tiere are 14, 000 words. He mada the statement also that it is possible for tbe human 'kvoice to express 43 distinct tones, and the best ed nested English scholar never U9es more than 10. 000 words. He further said that words ought always to represent ideas, or pictures in the mind, and that whenever a human being became possessed of those B. Birkenfeld offers tor sale his entire stock of books, stationery, confectionery and toys, ice cream parlors and fixtures complete. Also his property for sale or rent for any number of years to suit parties. A handsome complexion is one of the greatest charms a woman can possass Pozzoni's Complexion powder gives it. A DBKAM OF H4PPIHE8S May be followed by a morning of "La Grippe." Easily, and why? Because the displacement of covering In bed, a neglected draught from a partly c o-ea wuiaow, an open transom conne'tca wun a windy entry in a hotel, may convey to your nos trils and lungs the death-dealinc blast. Terrible and swift arc the inroads made oy this new des troyer. The medicated akoholic principle in Hotetter'a btomacb Bitters will check the dire complaint. A persistence In this preventive of ita further development will absolutely cteckma'e the dangerous milady. Unmedicatrd alcoholic stimulants are of little or no value. The Jim me dinm is the Bitters. Ko less e fflc scions is it io cases of malaria, billiousness, constipation, rheumatism, dyspepsia and kidney trouble. Tha weak are usually those npon who a disease faetena first. Invigorate with the Bitters. 'When Found Make a Note Of.' When the professor ttrikes the key his apt pupils will make a note of it with no un certain sound. MusVans would do well to make a note of this address 1726 Second Avenue -where is located the musical emporium of D. Roy Bowlby. JVlcNTIRE The Events Of the Week: Bros. Thursday, Oct 22, repreeen- tatives of one of the largest cloak houses in the United States will place on exhibition in our cloak department their entire line of capes, jackets and wraps of every description. An unusual opportunity for seleot ing a stylish wrap from a very large assortment. Thursday, this week. If you don't care to purchase we will be pleased to see you anyway. Souvenirs For mi . ray, Saturt, Jt day. Oi-t. ... i at -""us ana will show 11 of the "Her xr.t ,heN to an i, room will be in pm corsets Peifmiy mat yon will mn,inu . merits of this w,.?0 whether . ,ul fori time or ret. ' Some pleasant 6urwi you tins we,k iu Btw crsrrt la ul utitriiuiw patterns -fQnTl esrrT K' i ti D,uia' uvenirrBh!rtSft iui yuu. McINTIRE BROS,, Rock Island. IIHtm., THE LARGEST STOCK OF Furniture and Carpet IN THE THREE CITIES, NOS. 1525 and 1527 SECOND AVE. AND 121, 123 and 128 Sixteenth Street. CJi CIEMANN & SALZMANN ROCK ISLA5D. ROUND OAK STOVES iVre tlie Best. Why bay the imitations? for all others are only thaJ when you cai buy the genuine BECKWITH ROUND OAK For nearly the same price at John T. Noftsker'i Who Las also a fine line of WOOD MANTLES, HEARTHS, GRATES, ETC. Sole agent for the celebrated ACORN AND ALADDEN STOVES AND RANGES, Cor. Twentieth Street and Third Ave. McGUINNESS' EUROPEAN HOTEL, 113 and 115 Brady Street, . DAVEXPOET, IOWA. ROOMS-50c to $1.00 Per Day. A. BLACKBALL, Manufacturer of all kinds of -BOOTS AND SHOES- Gcnta' Ftn Shoe a specialty. Repairing done neatly and promptly . A ttaare of your patronage respectfully solicited. - 1618 Second Avenue. Koct Island, Ii B. F. DeGEAH, Contractor and Builder, Office and Shop Corner Seventeenth Bt. . . "R.vA TslflllC and Seventh Avenue, J I.OCK WAll kinds of carpenter work a specialty. Plana and estimates for all kinds of btiicW fninlshed on application. Qavenport Business College, COMPLETE IN ATT. DEPARTMENTS. FOB CATALOGUES ATlTlRltSs J. C. DUNCAN, Davenport! If s V J1 is. THE POSITIVE CURE. I I SLY BKOTHER8. M Warren BU Hew York. rriceWets.1