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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-11

WAsHINGToN, DEG. IA call for the
condition of national banks at the close
Of business Wednesday, Dec ., has been
made by the comptroller Of the currency.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-11

WASHINGTON, Dec ll-Major General
Schofield has issued an order that all men
who enter the army shall be vaccinated by
a medical officer, and re enlisted men shall
also be vaccinated unless they bear the
mark Of previous vaccination.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-11
Was Joseph Bonapar,e,s Nessepp.r

NEW YORK, Dec. ll.-Alexander D. Car
man, lifelong resident, died in Borden
town, n. j Wednesday in the s4th year
of his age. When boy of II he was en-
pioyed as messenger by Joseph Napoleon
Bonaparte while residing here, and re-
mained in his service many years.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-11
Failure of Lumber Dealers.

NEW YORK. Dec. ll.--Messrs. Higgins
Bros, Wholesale and retail lumber deal
ers. AZ l9s Eleventh. avenue, have assigned
10 Patrick Moore without preferences.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-11

Average From Value ofthe Cereals as Re-
ported to ''JucIe Jerry
WASHINGTON, Dec IL. The returns OF
the statistical reporters of the department
of agriculture for December, duly consoli-
dated, make the average farm value of
the current crops of the year: Corn, AZ 9
per bushel: wheat, S. 8; rye, - 4; barley,
81 o; oats, 32.2; buckwheat, 81 4; potatoes,
81: tobacco, cigar leaf, IA per pound;
manufacturing and export leaf, IS; hay,
$3.50 per ton. Condition of the growing
wheat reported at s. J. The price of corn
Is 20 cents per bushel more than the aver
age OF ten years from 1885, and only 04 of
cent less than the average for the decade
from 1870
Value of the Wheat Crop.
The value of the wheat crop is 25 cents
per bushel higher than the average of ten
years from 1880. and has been exceeded
only once lin 1889 since 1881 Returns
showing condition of the coming crops
OF winter grains are not generally fav or
able On the Atlantic coast some injury
Is reported to early sown areas from the
Hessian fly. The season was not favor
able for seeding in tie south, on account
of continued dry weather and germina-
tioa was slow from the same cause. Rains
in the late autumn have improved the
DrOSpecf
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-11
THE MARKETS.
Chicago.

Chicago.
CHICAGO Dec. 10
Following were the quotations on the board
of trade to-day: Wheat-Decemher, opened
927sc. closed a214c; January. opened and
closed 95l4c; May, opened and closed eS34c.
Corn-December, opened SIC, closed 55I1c;
January, opened 4434e, closei 45I2c: May
opened i3Ac, closed $3.50 oats-December.
opened Sjc, closed SSjSc; January. opened
ami closed 3-1@c; May, oTened and closed
SPs'. Pork-December, opened SS3l, closed
Ss.3'l2; January, opened Sll.0I12 closed Sll.l5:
May. opened Sll.52IS. closed Sll.s5 Lard
-Decemorr, opened and closed S6.05.
Live Stock-Prces at the Union Stock yards
ranged as follows: HoGs-Market mod
erately active on packing and shipping ac-
count; feeling weak; prices l0e lower: sales
ranged at ss.4 GtS.50 pigs, SS.S5a365 light,
S3.5jD35a rough packing, S3.55d3.SJ mixed,
and S3.7563.9p heavy packing and shipping
lots.
Cst:ie-Market slow az weak: 56Dloc lower;
quotations ranged al S5.5jd6.l0 choice
TO extra shipping steers, S5CodI5.70 good
TO choice DO, S4luG4y0 fair 10 good, S30l
G4oo common to me sium do, SS.slG425 butch
ers' steers, Sl.soGJ2.5J stockers. S20oa3oJ
Texans. S2.4 Nt42j rangers. S2.5Dlj - feed
ers, $l.OG3.5) cows, SI2li52-.j bulls, and Ss.sj
G525 veal calves
sheep Market rather active anl prices
slightly lower. quotations ranged at IS J156
40 Westerns, - ~ 80 natives, and - - .5.2a
lambs
Produce; Butter-Faucy separator, &c per
h; dairies, fancy, fresh, - &c packing stock,
fresh, l+8ljc. Eggs Fresh candled. loss off
2i}Sd1lc per doz: ice house stock, lSlsfglslsc
Live poultry Old hens, 6c per 10; spring. &C:
rUoStcr>, &c; mixed turkeys. 9cI0.:
ducks, mixed, &c; geese, Si,uI 800 per doz.
Potatoes Hume grown. 4lil5Jc per sack; Wis
consin ana Michigan, common 20 fair 30;
good - choice, ';3asS. per bu: sweet pot toes,
Illinois S2.tFs - per hhl. JERSEYS = 5q51g
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-11
THE WHEAT AND CORN CROP.

c. i. srAuLpING, Acting secretary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
BY F. MARION CRAWFORD,
of Ca~dius' cd Roman Singer and
Many Other Stories That Haze Taken Rank
Standard Literature
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH

tinued with unfagging devotion, and still
the deep accompaniment Of the ancient
organ sustained the mighty chorus Of voices.
The gospel over, the people sank into their
seats again, not standing, as is the custom IN
some countries, until the creed had been
said. Here and there, indeed, a woman.
perhaps a stranger in the country, remained
upon her feet, noticeable among the many
figures seated in the pews. The Wanderer,
familiar with many lands and many VARYING
traditions of worship, uuconsciously noted
these exceptions, looking with vague
curiosity from one to the other. Then, all
at once, his tall frame shivered from head to
foot and his fingers convulsiyely grasped the
yielding sable on which they lay.
She was there, the woman he had sought
go long, whose face he had not found in the
cities and dwellings of the living, neither
her grave in the silent communities of the
dead. There, before the uncouth monument
of dark red marble, beneath which Brahe
rests in peace, there she stood; not as he had
seen her last on that day when his senses
had left him in the delirium of his sickness,
not in the freshness of her bloom and Of her
dark loveliness, but changed as he had
dreamed in evil dreams that death would
have power to change her. The warm olive
of her cheek was turned to the hue of wax,
the soft shadows beneath ner velvet eyes
were deepened and hardened, her expression,
once yielding and changing under the breath
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
rBY CABLE TO THE p1sPAToH.l

LONDON, Jan. lit is estimated that
the railway strike in Scotland has cost the
parties more or less directly concerned
e25O, 1000, of which e1oO, 900 is accounted
for by decreased traffic receipts. The real
struggle has from the first been on the
North British road, and the men claim that
there they are practically in q position as
satisfactory as upon the first day of the
strike. In regard to the Caledonian and
Glasgow Southwestern roads, it seemed last
week as though the strike had failed; but
to-day there is some ground for hope that
many of the men on those lines may be in
duced to come out again. a--
Roughly speaking, Zoo men seeded from
the strike, but they were mostly weakened
brethren, and the 5000 or more remaining
out are nearly all stalwarts. The majority
of the deserters returned to work because
they could see no prospect of support from
the outside. But since then help has been
given in generous measure. and at the press
ent moment the strike fund unspent amount
to Ella, 900. The trades union awakening,
which commenced last week, is now COM
plete. 1t has been tardily realized that the
question at issue in Scotland is as much the
recognition of unionism as a reduction OF
the working hours, and the conviction has
spread all over England tnat the scotch
railway directors must not be allowed to win.
Tomorrow, organized trade demonstra-
tions in support of the Scotch strikers will
be held in nearly every large town in
England, and collections will be made,
which, it is hoped, will amount in the ag-
gregate to 100000. At this moment the
labor leaders have under discussion a COM
prehensive scheme for cutting off the supply
of fuel to the Scotch railways, and for more
etfectually preventing the companies obtain
ing labor in England.
The coming week, will therefore, in all
probability, witness a big colliery strike,
accompanied by troubles on English rail-
ways. The reports of riots and outrages in
connection with the strike have been grossly
exaggerated, the fact being that the strikers
have behaved on the whole with COM
mendable moderation in the face of con-
siderable proYocation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18

gotten In the lumber room Of the universe.
tarnished and overlaid with the dust of
ages. Eastward, before the rail which
separated the high altar from the people,
wax torches, so thick that q man might not
span one of them with both his hands, were
set up at irregular intervals, some taller,
some shorter, burning with steady, golden
flames, each one surrounded with heavy
funeral wreaths and each having q tablet
below it, whereon were set forth in the Bo-
hemian idiom, the names, titles and quail
ties of him or her in whose memory it was
lighted. Innumerable lamps and taper be-
fore the side altars and under the strange
canopied shrines at the bases Of the pillars,
struggled Intellectually with the gloom,
shedding but few sickly yellow rays upon
the palIid faces OF the persons nearest to
their light.
Suddenly, the heavy vibration of single
pedal note burst from the organ upon the
breathing silence, long drawn out, rich,
voluminous, imposing. Presently upon the
massive bass great chords grew up, succeed
ing each other in q simple modulation,
rising then with the blare of trumpets and
the simultaneous crash of mixtures,
ffteenths and coupled pedals to deafening
peal, then subsiding quickly again and ter
WludtluS IN one long sustained common
chord. And now as the celebrant bowed at
the lowest step before the high altar, the
voices of the innumerable congregation
joined the harmony OF the organ, ringing up
to the groined roof in an ancient Slavonic
melody, melancholy and beautiful, and rem
dered yet more unlike all other music by the
unde6nable character Of the Bohemian Ian
guage, in which tones softer than those of
the softest Southern tongue alternate so
oddly with rough gutturals and strident
sibilants.
The Wanderer stood in the midst of the
throng, erect, taller than the men near
him, holding his head high, so that little
of the lights from the memorial torches
reached his thoughtful, manly face, making
the noble and passionate features to stand
out clearly, while losing its power Of illumi-
nation in the dark beard ;and among the
shadows of his hair. His was face such
ss Rembrandt would have painted, seen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18

ing Of pale men and women, whose eyes
were sad and in whose faces WAS written the
history OF their nation. The mighty shafts
and pilasters of the Gothic ediice rose like
the stems of giant trees in primeval forest
from dusky undergrowth, spreading out
and uniting their stony branches far above
in the upper gloom. From the clerestory
windows of the nave an uncertain light de-
scended half way to the depths and seemed
to float upon the darkness below as oil upon
the water of well.
Over the western entrance, the huge fan
tastic organ bristled with blackened pipes
and dusty gilded ornaments of colossal size,
like some enormous kingly crown long for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
rn1 CABLE TO TEE prsrArcH.l

LONDON, Jan. E.-If in these constitu-
tional days there remain any Irishmen with
a hankering after dynamite, they may pro-
ceed to weep over a lost opportunity. For
more than a couple of hours last Thursday
night, all Downing street, with the Treasury
and Foreign Office, was without its accus-
toned military protection, thanks to the
hasty, not to say reasonable, action of Pri-
vate Josiah Jones, of the Guards.
That warrior went on sentry go"
Thursday evening, and it was his
duty to keep a vigilant lookout for dyna-
miters, burglars and other Objectionable
persons. The weather was Of Arctic sever
ity, and the warmest part of the guards
mans uniform was his bearskin headgear.
1t was clearly Private Josiah Jones duty
to freeze to death rather than desert his
post. Jones, however, seems to have ar
gued that his contract with Queen Victoria
did not include sentry duty at the
North Pole, or something nearly equivalent
to it. He told a passing policeman shortly
after midnight that "he would be blamed if
he would stand 1t much longer" and when
the policeman looked back from the White
hall end OF the street he saw Private Jones
climb over the railings into the park. Such
an event as the desertlon of sentry on duty
being unprecedented, and, consequently
not provided for in police regulations, the
policeman held his peace and went on his
way.
When the officer of the guard went his
rounds two hours later, he found a rifle and
an ammunition pouch in the sentry box,
but Josiah Jones was missing, and is SO to
this moment To-day the erring man sent a
parcel. containing his uniform, with a not
over-polite note, to the effect that the war
authorities might find someone else to freeze
in them. The object OF sending back
the clothes was to avoid prosecution for
stealing them, charge which is always In
cluded in the Indictment against deserter.
But for all that Josiah Jones is not likely
to escape with less punishment than five
years penal servitude should he be caught
The shock of the discovery of an empty
sentry box would have been almost the
death of nervous statesman like Sir Will
lam Harcourt, who, when he lived in
Downing street, during Gladstone's last ad-
ministration, had the street and house
guarded with detectives and never stirred
out without an armed escort.
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like the leaves of lilies; also yellow pine,
with its arrowy spires of verdure, and its
relative, the stately sugar pine. But the
finest of all is the sequoia gigantea.
The average height of these trees is about
275 feet, few falling below this, while many
range above 300 feet, or about the height OF
our Court House tower. The foliage of
sequoia saplipg of 500 or 600 years. growth
is dark bluish-green in color, while the
Older trees frequently ripen to a warm vel
low tint. The bark is cinnamon brown,
purpled in the younger and in shady por-
tions of the old. Then in winter the trees
break forth In universal bloom myriads Of
small four-sided conelets crowd the ends of
the slender sprays, coloring the whole tree
and when ripe, dusting all the air and the
ground with golden pollen. In these pods
untold millions OF seeds are ripened annu-
ally, and, according to one investigator, the
product of the smaller northern groves
would In fruitful year suffice to plant all
the mountain ranges of the globe.
As most readers are perhaps aware, there
was quite controversy over the naming of
the new park. Lafayette n. Bunneil, of
Homer, Minn., and r. NJ. johnson, of the
Century magszine, suggested that it be
named "Wa-ha-we-nah," because the trees
are so called by the Indians of the locality.
Secretary Noble maintained, however, that
it should be derived from the scientific name
of the magnificent trees, for the preservation
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18

body Of it, was sold once before in the early
part of the century for the same purpose.
Napoleon Bonaparte. then at the height OF
his power, was the purchaser, something
ike 10000, 900 francs being the price paid.
part OF which consisted of the Piedmontese
domains. When the latter were reclaimed
Camille Filipo Ludovico, the then Borghese
Prince, received back some of his works of
art.
This collection is one of the finest in the
world, being particularly rich in gems Of
ancient art. It was founded by Pope Paul
", who first gave the family prominence,
while q subsequent marriage into the house
of Aldobrandini, added wealth which en-
abled them to maintain and foster the great
art gallery. Regarding the coming sale, it
may be said that the conditions being so
much different from those governing the
hrst, this last one will no doubt definitely
disperse the celebrated collection.
Soft on the sunset sky
Bright daylight closes,
Leaving when light doth die
Pale hues that mingling lie
Ashes Of rosesl
When loves warm sun Is set,
Loves brightness closes;
Eyes with hot tears are wet,
In hearts there linger yet
Ashes of rosesl
In the year 1873, book called "Apple
Blossoms" startled the literary world as the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18

under the light that Rsmbrandt loved best;
for the expression seemed to overcome the
surrounding gloom BY its own luminous
quality, while the deep gray eyes were
made almost black by the wide expansion of
the pupils; the dusky brows clearly defined
the boundary in the face between passion
and thought, and the pale forehead, by its
slight recession into the shade from its
middle prominence, proclaimed the man of
heart, the man of faith, the man of devotion,
as we'll as the intultive nature of the deli
cately sensitive mind and the quick, elastic
qualities of the mans finely organized, bat
nervous bodily constitution. The long
white fingers Of one hand stirred restlessly,
twitching ut the fur Of his broad lapel,
which was turned back across his chest, and
from time to time he drew a deep breath and
sighed, not painfully, but wearily and
hopelessly, as man sighs who knows that
his happiness is long past and that his liber-
alton from the burden Of life is yet far off
in the future.
The eelsbrant reached the reading Of the
gospel, and the men and women In the pews
rose to their feet. Stillthe singing Of the
long-drawn-Out stanzas Of the hymn con-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
BEDF0RDs ENORMOUS WEALTH.
The Dead Duke Left An Estate Valued at
Ten Million Pounds.

Ten Million Pounds.
nY CABLE TO THE pIsPArCHi
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Duke of Bed
ford, whose remains have just been cre-
mated, was one of the richest peers in
England. He held 118 acres in London
alone, on which were built 2, 912 houses, for
which enormous rents are paid. His estates
in the middle and west of England are al
most as valuable, the royalties derivable
from the mines on his property being
very great, though not so high as % years
ago. Covent Garden Theater and Drury
Lane Theater are built on his land. He
obtained dukedom In 1872 by the death of
his cousin, IRON whom, in addition to the
estates, he inherited about &C. 600, 600. 1t is
estimated that he left about e10, ,000, 200 for
the benefit of his heir, who, as Marquis OF
Tavistock, has long been noted as a man
who never said wise thing or performed
any notable action.
The late Duke had o sort OF mania for
pulling down houses Four years ago he
bought Battlesdeen Park estate for e150, 900,
and his first care was to pull down beauti-
full house upon it, which had cost ESQ, 900
only few years previously. On the other
hand, he built a so-called cottage near Tavi-
stock at cost of $4,000 1t stands in the
midst of the Duke of Endsleigh's estate, in
the park and grounds of which there are go
miles of walks and drives.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18

prosaic days, and editor of the st. james
Gazette until the German, Steinkopf, bought
the paper and ran it on the same lines as he
would an old clothes store, has arranged to
start a new paper in London to be called
the Anti-Jdcobin.
The title has the odor of the last century,
but Greenwood will endeavor to bring it up
to the latter day requirements. Greenwood,
by invariable courtesy and kindness to
young aspirants, has endeared himself to a
brilliant staff of writers, and he will have
all the best talent on his side.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18


iculties. The famous explorer says that
some Of the most important resu Its OF Arc
tic discovery will be without value and
many questions Of physical phenomena,
particularly in geology and natural history,
will remain unsolved until corresponding
observations and collections are made In the
Antarctic regions. The King Of Sweden
and Baron Oscar Dickson, the latter we'll
known patron of polar exploration, are
deeply interested in the matter and will con-
tribute largely to the expedition. The affair
could not well be in better hands than Nor
denskiolk's He has made number OF sue
cessful and scientifically valuable expedi-
tions to the Northern polar country, and is
the only man, living or dead, so tar as is
known, who has successfully made the
northeast passage. Nordenskiold says the
expedition will not leave Sweden before
1892, and perhaps not before 1893.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
Prot. Nordenskiold, the celebrated Swed-
ish explorer, has written very sarcastic letter

to the Geographi-
cal Soci ty of
Paris, anent his
proposed expedi-
tion to the Ant
arctic regions. He
intimates that men
of science have 9
great deal to say
about such mat
ters in the seclu-
sion of academies,
etc., but when it
comes to actions
they always find
any number of in
I.E
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
TER0wN OUT OF COURT.
A Load Of Dust Figures In . Peculiar Legal
Suit.
BIZ CABLE TO THE prsrAroH.,


LONDON, Jan. T.-According to the
London parochial law the vestries are CON-
PEELED to remove household refuse, but may
decline to take away. except at the owners
expense, trlfes which do not come under
Bumbledou's heading OF domestic dust
The scavengers raised this point at
the Lyric Theater. objecting that
rotten oranges, torn programmes,
dilapidated scenery and shreds of muslin
were not the refuse of ordinary honses. The
old manager of the theater and the foreman
OF the scavengers argued the question with
warmth, but without result, aud fnally ad-
journed to the magistrate, the theatrical
man emptying his dust pail into q wagon
and driving the load down to the court for
Che judges inspection.
The magistrate emphatieslly declined to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18
CHAMBERLAIN MocKED,
Kissed and Jeered at in His Own Town of
Birmingham.
ABLE TO THE DIsPAToH.l

Birmingham.
tBY CABLE TO THE DIsPAToH.l
LONDON, Jan. 17.-Joseph G. Chamber
lain has been hissed and Knocked at in hisown
town of Birmingham, and at carefully Sc
lected ticket meeting. His friends declare
that the sinners were Gladstonians, who OBJ
tanned entrance to the meeting by forged
tickets. But Chamberlain well-knows that
they were Tories. who had been invited to
listen to the soothings and batteries of the
man who, they charge, has swindled them
out of their fair share of local ParIiamen-
tary representation.
The incident may appear tridingj but
here 1t is we'll known to be proof that, de-
spite the recent truce brought about by the
lntercession of Lords Salisbury and Har-
tiugton, the Tories in Birmingham still
hate and despise Chamberlain, and will not
vote for him or his nominees at the next
election. This feeling is naturally justif-
able and is worthy of every encouragement
by good Home Rulers, because its existence
will give Mr.. Gladstone several seats in
Birmingham and elsewhere.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18

in California - in
which grow the gi-
gantic redwood trees
known as the se-
quota gigantea-for
a park, has drawn at
tention to these won-
d e erful b o to meal
growths. They are
EN- braced in a belt of
land on the western
flank of the Sierra
Nevada, from the
Calaveras groves on
the north to the head
OF Deer creek on the
south, a distance of
nearly 200 miles. In
this section are to be
found the finest tree
growths known in
th1 world. Here is
the Douglass spruce,
with warm yellow
green, plume lik e
foliage; two kinds of
silver frs that tower
to heights of more
than 200. feet, with
branches pinn a t e d
like ferns and whorl-
ed around the trunk