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Inst Ont of Great Men.

the country is always "just out" Of
great men. The death of the poet Lowell,
the perpetual invalidism of Whitman
and the great age Of Whittier have led
many papers of late to lament the decay
Of American poetry. These great mas
ters Of their art, we are told, will leave
no successors behind them. Bat great
men, fror> the standpoint of their con-
temporaries, never leave any successors
behind. This is due to the fact that a
great man is not visible until he has re-
coded to great distance. He is uss;ally
measured pretty accurately after he is
dead. After Washington, Hamilton,
Jay and Jefferson died the lament was
raised that the age of statesmen had
passed. The great heroic figures of cur
history had passed off the stage of action
and left no successors. This lament was
raised, too, when Webster, Clay, Cal
houn and Jackson were in the full flush
of their remarkable powers.
After these great men had left the
stage of action the lament was again
raised that the age of great men had
passed. To be sure, the presidential
chair was occupied by an awkward
backwoodsman from Illinois. But Lin
coin was called a vulgar story teller, an
irresolute, vacillating, good natured
man, well meaning enough, but with &c
executive ability. Charles Sumner was
in the United States senate, but he was
called a visionary bookworm, full Of
fanatical theories, but possessing no
practical craftsmanship. Now we look
back to the time of Lincoln and Summer
and say, There were giants on the
earth in those days" So the world Is
always lust out" of great men. simply
because it does not appreciate coed
thing when it sees it-or it must see
good thing a long while before it can
properly estimate its qualities. YANKEES
Blade,
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Ignorance About ostriohes.

Americans in general must be in pos
session of Il vast fund of varied, accu-
rate and well authenticated ignorance
about ostriches. This is the conclusion
reached by a reporter after an hours
conversation with a professional ostrich
farmer. The gentleman is Mr.. 81. G.
Reid, who paid $4,000 and gave five
years hard work to acquire what he
knows. He is a Scotchman of education
and intelligence, and has rare faculty
of making people take an interest in
what interests him. He has spent sew
eral months in teaching Californians
how to get little profit out of ostrich
Iarming.-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat,
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A Big Yield.

C. Il. Bullock, of Mortified. Mimi.
has obtained 1870 bushels of potatoes
from one acre of land, This is said to
be by far the largest yield ever known,
300 bushels being usually considered a
big crop. That the l.l29 bushels were
all raised on one acre of ground is sworn
to by number Of Trustworthy people OF
the vicinity Mr.. Bullock will net 1896
for his product, nearly all clear gain.
Last year he would have made 5000 oil
the same yield, as the price of potatoes
was high then. The farmers in the
vicinity are considering these figures
and thinking Of potatoes a good deal
New York Sun
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1t is not so often that the band which
plays "a: the ocean promenade of Asbury
Park treats the seaside pilgrims to the,
Star SpangIed Banner" but when il
does the applause is furious, Strangers
are surprised at the outburst until the3
learn that it was this band which was
on the United States ship Trenton when
she was driven ashore in the cyclone at
Samoa, and which struck up the ma
tional anthem in the moment CT danger
+iciting cheers from the British frigate
hat was drifting by The band is com
posed chiefly o: Italians, and its MEM
5ers are an unusually modest as well as
melodions set of Observation-Disclosures
| edHer
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Jose Cardova, who was 10S years old,
is dead. The cause of his death was ole
age. He has been working as laborer
up to two years ago, when he quit. inca
paciiated.
jose Cardova was born in New Or.
:eans, and was twenty-seven years old
and serving in Old Hickory's army when
the latter beat the British out of that
city. Before he left New Orleans he had
acquired the English and French Ian
guages in addition to the language of his
father, and after be moved to Nacogdo.
ches. Tex. he was such well Informed
man that it did not take him long, in the
rude Mexican conditions prevailing
there, to build hp,a competence.
The fortune went. though by some
process not clearly recorded, and in 1886
he moved to San Antonio, where he has
since lived. He lea; es a wife, aged
ninety-eight years.-San Antonio Elk,
press
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Buying Her Own Truck.

II believe in the thrift Of the rural
citizen" admits woman who has been
suburban resident with 4 taste for
raising vegetables, LAS my lima bean
plants, though we'll grown, showed a
reluctance to yield any harvest, have
been buying this vegetable, of which we
are all fond, of man who lives near
and who came to offer me some one day.
Sy the merest chance, a day or two ago,
| discovered that his source of supply
was our garden-that | have been pay
ing during a fortnight for ny OVID
beans. New York Times.
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Playing War.

1t seems there was one incident Of the
recent attack on Fishers Island not down
On the bin. 1t had been arranged that
the invading force should in due season
capture the island, and directions had
oeen given accordingly, but 10 one had
thought to mention the fact.to the great
bull that lords it over the pasture where
the struggle occurred. When he saw
that there was danger of losing the island
ne lowered his horns and raised his tail
and charged upon the combatants. rout-
ing the hospital corps and threatening
to clean out the whole a=luy.-Hartford
Courant.
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Eridenee Of tne snn,s YariahiTitr.

We cannot rest with the assumption
that. since the sun is evidently no Mira
ard no Sirius, therefore it is practically
an unchanging radiator which for an in
definite period will continue to cause
the earth to bloom IN the benefcent eff
'fulgence of its life inspiring rays. A sun
may affect the welfare of its. planets
either through the gradual mutations
which it undergoes in the course of its
evolution. or through the more rapid
and violent changes that characterize
the stars that are ranked as variable
We have seen that most of these latter
belong to the third and fourth classes,
but there is reason to suspect that the
majority of all the stars are variable to
4 slight degree. and evidence of varia-
bility in the case of the sun is furnished
by the phenomena of sun spots.-G. P.
Serviss in Popular Science Monthly.
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Am odditr in Pnlntinn

The provincial cities of France are
just now being entertained by a remark.
able artist, one who displays wonderful
skill in her own peculiar style of paint.
ing. With plates of various colored sand
before her, she takes the sand in her
right hand and causes it to fall in beau.
tiful designs upon table. A bunch OF
grapes is deftly pictured with violet
sand, Z leaf with green sand and relief
and shadows with sand CT the colors tc
suit Vixen this has been admired by
those artisticalIy Inclined, it is brushed
away and is soon replaced by u bouquet
Of roses or some other object, all done
with great dexterity and delicacy. Even
the finest lines aye drawn with streams
of sand, all as distinct as though draw
with an artists brush.-St. Louis Re
aublic
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Railway Car Heating by Electricity.

1t is reassuring to know that the
deadly car stove," which has played
such CHASTITY part in hundreds of TRACE
dies, will soon be seen no more. An ad.
mirable system of electric heating foI
cars has been invented, which is so cheap
and easily operated that its universal
adoption is simply matter of time.
The railway company on whose road
this system has been tested by a course
of practical work speaks of it. in the
highest terms, and the travelling public
is not less gratifed at the comfort and
safety which is now assured. After the
sad experience of the dirty and gaseous
condition of the average coal heated car.
the absolute cleanliness and absence OF
odors, together with the even tempera
ture of car electrically heatedg is a
revolution in mod.rp ear heating.-New
York y aiar~crrt
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The champion sleepwalker story comes
from Fort Dodge, Ia. Here it is:
Henry Lynn, Livermore farmer.
arose in a somnambulistic trance at ar
early hour yesterday and walked
eighteen miles before he aN,oke. 1t was
nearly noon when the sleeper came to
his senses and found that lie was plod
ding along the highway near Aigora.
Several neighbors met the man during
his long tramp and exchanged greetings
with him, nevertheless he was not
RTOused,"
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Hair Not Protected.

The Berlin courts have decided that a
lover may cut OF his sweethearS's tresses
and yet escape with light sentence.
even if it be proved that the act was in
spired by malice and with view OF
spelling the young LADY, outward appear
ance This decision has been arrived at
in the case Of a girl who sued herex-lover
for conspiracy alleging that he robbed
her of her>blord locks with the object
of injuring her personal attractiveness to
such a degree that she would be glad to
accept his offer of marriage. The case
it appears. has been before several courts
and finally reached the supreme court
of the Prussian realm, which decreed
that AIRY might cut OFF 'Arriet's hair;
but could only be punished for assault
and sentenced to months impris
onment.-Ladies' Pictorial
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A COW near Thompson, Ga. that got
her tail caught somehow in tree, made
trouble worse by going around the trunk
until she wound up like a clock. She
then became frightened, and giving 3
lunge pulled the tail out by the roots
Afterward the tail was found as de
scribed by the animals owner.
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A Cincinnati rat, desiring comfortable
quarters, utterly regardless of expense,
fashioned its pcst out of $595 worth of
greenbacks which it found in a drawer.
The owner Of the greenbacks has confis-
Gated the nest, aud sh9Ws Il to her Wis.
itorS
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APHORISMS.

1UAy AuSAO 40 AOO AoANO Va S0t"S
metals.
Wise men hesitate-only fools are
certain. -,
The two-faced man is intensely
visionary. t.
A beautiful thought is a mental
sunbeam.
A good talker is one who never says
too much.
1 would not have slave for wife
-Ingersoll.
ii. The coward does not always bring
up'the rear.
The devils husk never makes
anybody fat.
Make suffering impossible, and Joy
has no meaning.
1t is a blight of the sea that in
dents the coast.
l. You can't tell how much lion
weighs by his roar.
No man is fully saved until he is
saved from himself.
Every man is religious when he
is scared to death.
The devil has more faithful SER
wants than the Lord.
1t seems so easy for another man
to make sacrifice.
o, for grinder man to sharpen
the wits of the wise.
Self-conceit is a rope that the
devil never lets go Of.
A man will get over any trouble
if he lives long enough.
Every man is a volume, if you
know how to read him.
Remember. young man, that stiffness
of neck is not backbone.
Every one can master grief, but he
that has it.-Shakespeare.
God hates sin because it can make
his children so miserable.
Always forgive your enemles-es-
pecially those you can't whip. -
He is wise who never acts without
reason, and never against it.
Many a man is starved into steal,
ing and then whipped for it. :
People who have nothing to give
are the only cheerful givers.
We are all poor just as we want
more, and rich as we want less.
The members of the human family
are silly, and they can't help it.
They are never alone that are ac-
companied with noble thoughts.
Preaching that is aimed at tie
head hardly ever strikes the heart,
Seeking happiness simply to have
it is a very bad kind of selfshness.
Discomfort is the term most men
apply to their neighbors' ambition.
Men philosophy with you in your
distress,it is the women who console.
He who is useful is the incarna-
ton of the highest religion or creed.
The reason men are down on re.
ligion is because it is down on their
vices.
If it. were not for hunger some
men would never do an honest days
work.
There is a very poor, quality of
consolation in imaginary persecu-
ton.
Suffering is chariot drawn by
horses whose faces are toward
heaven.
We do not go to our friends
house to find the skeleton in the
closet.
The laws which control us most
are those which have never been
written.
No pleasure is comparable to
standing upon the vantage ground
of truth.-Fancis Bacon.
The man who goes to church
much hears great deal of preach
ing that hits other people.
Your friends may not know much,
but they know what they would do
if they were in your place.
Into each life some rain must fall.
and you are sure to be caught out
in 1t without an umbrella.
There are people who are faultless
in deed, who are as black as the devil
wants them to be in heart.
We sing, Take my silver and my
gold, and Immediately go into our
pockets hunting for pennies.
Doctor Parr once asked Parson
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-07
The Weather We Nav Exnoc,

WASHISGTOS, Aug. THE following are
the weather indications for tsveniy-four hours
from p. m. yesterday: For Iowa-South-
erly winds; slightly warmer weather, except
stationary temperature i'll northeast portion;
cloudiness and local rains with thunderstorms
Friday afternoon For Indiana-Continued
warm, fair weather: generally southerly
winds: local rains Friday night in mort Invest
ern portion. For Lower Michigan-Increasing
cloudiness and occasional local showers; winds
generally southerly; cooler by Saturday For
Upper Michigan and Wisconsin-Southerly
winds; increasing cloudiness and local rains
or thunderstorms Friday evening and cooler
Saturday. For illinois, Continued southerly
winds and fair weather, followed by local
rains or thunderstorms Friday night and cool
er Saturday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-07
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

Fire in a Sumner Ulls) woolhouse
| caused damage of $4,000.
| The First National Bank of Oakland,
| Neb., capital 0,O00, has been authorized
| to begin business.
Ex-Governor A. C. Hunt, of Colorado,
| is lying at the point of death at Chicago
| He is "a years old.
A waterspout on one of the Azores ISL
| ands killed six persons and caused great
| destruction of property.
Calvin Peeler, a farmer of johnson
county, was shot from ambush near Anna,
| Ills, and mortally wounded.
Parnell is said to have finally decided to
| visit this country this year and conduct a
| campaign all over the country.
B. p. Hutchinson, the ex-Chicago spec
ulator, is reported to be negotiating for
| the purchase of a New York hotel
Seventeen inmates of the state insane
asylum at Auburn, n. Y, overpowered
| their keeper and escaped. Five were re
| captured
The Roman Catholic temperance con-
vention at Washington finished its bust
ness and adjourned sine die. 1t will meet
| next year at indianapolis.
Watkin James, of Homestead, Pa,
claims to be Explorer Stanley's step
| father. The latter's right name is Henry
Rowlands, and he was born il Wales.
A member of the English parliament
has given notice that at the next session
| of that body he would introduce a resolu-
luton favoring a treaty of arbitration
| with this country
Secretary of State Higgins, of Kansas,
| has come out in letter in which he says
that prohibition is dead issue and must
be ignored hereafter by Republican state
| conventions.
Franz kauffeldt, of New York, poured
napththa into n nest of roachesSSThe
| fumes took fire from a candle, and he got
| rid of the reaches; also the house. The
! fire came near being the death of several
persons.
The letter carriers convention at De-
| troit adopted resolutions asking the pres
| idenU to extend the civil service reform to
| all free delivery offices, and to regulate
the salaries of carriers so that the four
classes shall get 5000, $780, 81 900 and s., 200,
| respectively.
\ vigilance committee, believing that
John Clayton, of Bay Head, " j.. was too
intimate witt his neighbor's wife, took
him out, tied rope to him, and ducked
him several times. Then they cut the
rope into short lengths and whipped him
| until they wore it out. He has disap-
cared, and so has the woman
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-07
The MARKETS.
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug. g.
Following were the quotations on the board
of trade today: Wheat-No. 2August opened
S7Lsc, closed s7ssc: September, opened s6slc
closed SIC; December, opened s94c, closed
stssc. Corn-No. August, opened 57tsc. closed
51asc; September. opened and closed 5Jszc;
October, opened 53c, closed 523zc Oats-No
August. opened and closed 215sc; September
opened 2'3sc. closed 27Lsc; May, opened 305sc,
closed Bic. Pork--September, opened sl0.27].
closed Sl0.35; October, opened sI045, closed
$1,000 January, opened S12.70. closed Sl2.SO
Lsrd-September, opened s6.i7I@. closed g. As.
Live Stock-FollowinS were the prices at the
Union Stock yards today: Hogs-Market
fairly active but feeling rather easy; packers
slow to purchase. shippers filing fair num-
Der of orders; good light averages Sc lower
and other grades 10Gl5c lower; sales ranged
at s3-s'@J5.lO pigs, S4.s0G5.s0 light. $46st4gj
rough packing, S4.solt555 mixed, and S495A
$50 heavy packing and shipping lots
Cattle-Market rather active on local and
shipping account and prices fairly well SUD-
ported; quotations ranged at s.. 7e162 y choice
TO fancy shipping steers. $I99fS5. 60 good 10
choice do, S4.Jod4-S0 common to fair do. 1915
9+p butchers steers, $2so1I50 stockers,
S2ZbG425 Texans. $3.4tl430 feeders. $ly,0.
40 COWS, Sl.50G3.j0 bulls, and 81 51Qt 20
veal calves.
Sheep-Market rather active, and prices
without material change; quotations ranged
at s3.5oG4SO westerns, s3.7595.eO natives, and
So 5015.J0 lambs.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, lsc per
Id; dairies, fancy, fresh, i36l5c; packing
stocks, fresh. l05xa,llc. Eggs-Loss off, l5c per
doz. Live poultry-Old chickens, IOc per Ib;
spring, l0g i01sc; roosters- 5IxGGc; turkeys,
mixed, ga l0c; ducks. s510c: spring, I01I01xc.
Potatoes-St. Louis, early Ohio. sLO0dI25 per
Dbl: Tennessee, Sl-z5Il-Jl, Alton, sIW1I.2E
Kansas, 3949c per bu; home grown. 50160c per
sack. Apples-Illinois. green, 75cGsl.0D Der
Dbl; choice. s1.0oGl25; eating, sI.50gI.75.
Blac ckberries-A Michigan, SO &c per 16-qt case.
Blueberries 81 .s5G2.0 per l6-qt case HuckIe-
| berries sI..51l.4O per 16-qt case.
New York.
NEw IOKK. Aug 8.
whest-No. red winter cash, ssl4c; Au-
gust, Csc; December. sl-0Css. Corn-No. g
| mixed cash. 1ie; August, t7c; September &c
| Oats-Dull but steady; MOI mixed cash, 46c
| August, 514c: September. &c. Rye-Nominal.
| Bariey-Nominai. Pork-Heavy and quiet;
price lower; new mess, sl2.50Sl3J0O. Laro-
Quiet: September. $50; October, s8sl
Live Stock: Cattle-Market firm; but no
| trading In beeves; dressed beef, steady; native
sides. sGS,fc per lh. sheep and LAmhs-Act-
i've; sheep. $3.096T per 100 lbs; lambs. sksO
| 01O. Hoes- MARKET weak; live hoez. S00
$50 per 100 lbs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-07
Earthquake shock at Charleston.

COLUMBIA, ;. c., Aug. From con-
ductors of incoming trains yesterday it is
learned that a decided earthquake shock
was felt at Charleston about midnight
Wednesday. No damage was done. but
the shock was of such force as to rattle
window panes The local papers in
Charleston make no mention of it, and
suppress earthquake news, it is said, for
fear OF injuring the commercial interests
of the city
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-07
stock Of Clothing Burnd.

WEST SUPERIOR. Wis, Aug. THE en-
tire stock of the Oakhall Clothing COM
pany, valued at $4,000. wos destroyed by
fire early yesterday morning Insurance,
distributed among fifteen companies, S37,-
OD1
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-07
Pants at half price.

Pants at half price.
Children's Clothing at half price.
School Suits at half price.
Summer Underwear at half price.
Neglige Shirts at half price.
Straw Hats at half price.
Neckwear at half price.
Children's Waists at half price.
Knee Pants at half price.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-22

NJ Sleeping
via Amercus
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sundayv
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WAITS FROM wAYoROss.
Oncers OF the Eoard of Trade-The
Catholic Fair.


WAYCRoss, GA, May 2l.-At a meeting
of the board of trade Tuesday the following
officers were elected to act temporarily: c..
G.. Grace. president; E. H. Crawley, vice
president; w. r. Mcintosh, secretary and
treasurer. The directors are: H. W.
Reed, w. NJ. Wilson, DR.. J. E. w. Smith,
f. c. Owens aud J. s. Sharpe. A commit
tee was also appointed to draft a constitu-
ton and bylaws.
The Catholic fair Monday evening was a
success. The voting contest between Misses
Daisie Hudson and Chrissie Nelson was
very spirited, resulting largely in favor
of Miss Hudson, who received o Handsome
gold watch. One hundred and fifty dollars
was cleared, which sum is sufficient to sub
stantially raise the church out OF debt.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Young Mems
Christian Association opened their bazaar
Tuesday night in the new Young Mems
Christian Association rooms. The rooms
were crowded and nearly every article on
sale was disposed Of. Wednesday night O
musical programme was rendered, also az
athletic exhibition. The object of the
bazaar was to furnish the new rooms.
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FLORIDA.

The Callahan brick works commenced
operations Tuesday.
Truck growers at Arredondo have not
made money this year.
The Strathmore hotel at Fernandlna
beach will open for the season Tomorrow.
The government Is building a beautiful
park around Fort Marion, opposite tho San
Marco.
q. Y. Siekles Of Gainesville purchased Of
parties 10 Mcintosh Tuesday 90 bushels Of
peaches for shipping
There are no new developments in the
search for Harmon hurry, the murderer
~ Deputy sheriff Robinson u Fornandina.
patrol o. lireInsn guarded Oeala Tues,
aaf nlFhh Several 1fes recently have
s.ssns9 = bplles thst the city "a iufetlea with
taeendiafies.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-22

BEAUF 0RT PORT ROYAL & BLUFF TON, S. c..
STEAMER ALPHA, II. A. STROBHAR,
WIN leave every Tuesday and Thursday, at
II O'Clock a. M, returning every Wednesday
and Friday
Special Sunday trips to Bufston every Sunday
10 O'Clock a. m, returning Mondays.
For further Information, apply TO
c. H. MEDLOCK. agent, Katie's wharf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-22
wAYCROss' MURDERER.

He Declares himself Ready for To-day's
Execution.
WAYcRoss, GA, May 2L-Benjamin
Chambers, who is to be hanged here to-
morrow, says that he was completely con-
verified about two weeks ago, and feels per-
fectly happy. He has requested the sheriff
70 permit him to be baptized by immersion.
Then, be says, his sins will all be washed
away, and he will be ready to 60. He has
been spending his time praying and sing
ing. The sheriff promised to have the cere-
mony OF baptism by immersion performed.