Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-09

Be little BIZ cadiier cad than any other
color OF American VERY often. ne said,
L sell a one cent bunch OF kind,iny % a
colored man who lives I'D FIVE or SIX
flights. and he always wants it delivered.
We also handle kerosene. and IL would
make old Ben Franklin or Horace Gree
ley GUS 70 see tall. robust negro. wear
ing ChuInley oysrooat and a new mich
cane. buying an ink bottle full Of kerp-
s=ne, and getting II sent home ID his
lodgings
BENJAMIN Franklin was not above
honest toll. and he wasn't ashamed -
Be- caught IN the act lie had pride
which held its head high IN the presence
u rOval laZi1ess. and most heartily
shook hands with plebeian industrv. II
times got close he was EoI too proud %
discharge the nurse and lat h. wife take
are Of the children. He was never
ashamed % discharge a ssrvant or a
public duty.
Franklin visited foreign powers dur
ing his Official capacity, and often re-
mained for week az a time Over and
over again his royal host, taking pity On
Franklin. whose little bag contained
nothing evidently but a few sheets Of
hotel stationery and sausage, would
careisssly leave his own manicure set
and beautifully embroidered nighrie In
Ben's room. but they were never used.
With large and versatile jackknife.
which could DO anything from opening
barrel OF cider up to pruning an apple
tree or pairing the frog OF a horses foot,
Franklin trimmed up his nails. and as
for his slunber robe no king was smart
enough 20 learn what his habits were in
that regard.
Could he today go into the apart
rnents Of young man who / too Door
. marry" and see the large collection Of
ornamental articles which ara about g
Necessary 20 human existence AM hi
man comfort a. an octave lenaya,--v -
to government. mule. ne would make
few desultory remarks which would
read well in a scrap book
L would D. almost an insult 70 Ph.la-
delFhia 70 close a letter dAr4l ter.
without referring o NJ WaaAnaEsr.
Every one knows him and many t--!a
with him. did not visit the sto-a this
t1p because / knew I would have %
trade with hired hands, and when I 90
there 20 t-sde | want % deal with John
himself. | often 90 there % attend a
remnant safe, and you'd BE- surprised q,
sc what get for three or four dollars.
l got glngh2l enough for two shirts
and a pair Of Yockethan ikerchiefs there
once FOR SIX saillincs, and Il wore Ike
iron.
| got pair OF kip boots there two
ye-r- ago that are good vet. AMI Won can
get - good a little grintstOne there for
al purposes a. you can get IN New York
:or the same money. | ike 70 Sc a
bright. able man get ahead, a FitzSim-
mons said % Dempsey the other day a,
New Orleans
The animals IN Paramount park. |
think ara superior 10 ours az Central
park IN some respects. though there Is
one style Of babcOn here at the zoolog-
lcal gardens that has led such a se-ien-
ta-y life that his trousers are pretty
shiny where they have been sat on 50
earnestly.
The bears ara favored a little higher
than ours. think, and the Australian
bird cage Is less nelodiops. ! cage full
OF tropical birds all singing az once takes
me back to that bright summer afternoon
when an active young man in the far
west who had recently graduated tried
to FL my teeth.
Bolivar, the big elephant, Is here. He
Is large and very beautiful b-asr. with
trunk at each end. l like 70 stand
for hours and fool with one Of these
large. reversible mammalia.