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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-14

EAAA-NSE hA1hLN1 NtNIOtA Ailt'iAS Ni''NAN'
about the gateway waiting for the last
bulletin from Srndringham. This bUlle
tin contained the information that no i'm
provement had been noticed during the
day. The duke has not lost consciousness,
and seems fully 10 realize his serious con-
dition. He asked that Fuller, his valet,
who has taken care of him since he was
child, should be summoned. Fuller was
accordingly hurried off to Sandringham.
Princess of Wales Seriously Ill.
Last evening it was announced that the
Princess of Wales was seriously i'll,
and fears are entertained for her life
should the duke of Clarence die. She has
not been strong since the serious illness of
Prince George and this sudden calamity
has completely overwhelmed her.
At latest advices the condition Of the
duke Of Clarence was reported to be if any
thing better
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-14
BOTH CLASSES AND MASSES ANXIOUS.
EnsIi>hmen of All Conditions show Sym
pathy-Thc Princes May"

EnSlishmen of All Conditions Show Sym
pathy-Thc Princes May"
At l o'clock an immense crowd had
gathered about the gates of Marlborough
House, the prince of Wales London resi-
dence, As soon as the bulletins from
Sandringham hall were received 10y tele-
graph they were posted on the gates The
crowd was composed of people of all kinds
and conditions and expressions of the
deepest regret Were openly made for all
members of the royal family who were
threatened with the death of one of their
number. A large number of workingmen
were interspersed among the crowd and
they were especially noticeable for their
bearing of deep respect and sympathy.
The Sick Mans Fiance Favorite.
There in no denying the fact that the en-
gagement of the duke of Clarence and
Avondale TO Princess Victoria Mary of
Teck, Princess May as she is affection
Rtely called has endeared him 10 the hearts
Of the English people, more particularly
those of the working classes, with whom
Princess May has always been a favorite
because OF her kind and unassuming man
ner and her many charitable deeds. For
her, in the sudden and intense sorrow that
has come to her, there is nothing but love
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-14

and painful. The
chances Of recov-
cry, while not
really worse than
Thursday night,
certainly are no
better. Everybody
feel for Princess
May, who, with
all her self-con-
troll, must feel her
lover 5 IL l n g : s
more keenly than
any one else. For
three hours last
night a dense
+l,rppp GROUNDED
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-14
THE MARKETS.
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CHICAGO Jan I3.
Following were the quotations on the board
Of trade today: Wheat-Jauunry. opened
S5iac, closed S651-: February, opened $3.50,
closed S7Ssc; May, opened pL5c, closed glLpc.
COrn-Januarv, opened $3.50, closed ;slSc, Feb
ruary, opened $50. closed ;SlSc: MAY, opened
4lc, closed HllC. Oats-Jauuary, opened and
closed 9I4c; February, opened and closed
2alSc; MAY. opened Sic, closed 3lJ4c Pork
January. opened Sll 3!1%, closed Sll.40; May,
opened Sll-6'12, closed SLID. Lard-JAnu-
AIRY, opened S62o, closed S6.27IE.
Live stOck-Prices at the Union stock yards
today ranged as follows: Bogs-Market
active, packers and shippers buying freely.
Pigs in light lots sold at b. decline, while
heavy lots sold at &c advance; sales ranged ~
Sa25G4.U pigs, S&s044.G5 light. S3N4lW
rough packing. 81 aJd 4.2N mixed. and S4G5G4S
heavy packing and shipping lots.
Catte-Market moderately active on local
and shipping account. but feeling rather easy.
owing to large supply; prices 5G.l0c lower:
quotations ranged at S5.udLJ.1o choice to eX-
ira shipping steers, S4sG949O good to choice
do, S36kG4. As fair to gOol, S2.@sd3.j0 common
t. medium 40, S29G@360 butchers steers,
s. 2l@.275 storkers, 81 ;a03.2I Texas steers,
S2.G0M2s5 feeders. S1O0G2S0 COWS sI24
GI3g0 bulls and S2.255t6.2b veal calves.
Sheep-Market fairly active and prices ruled
&c lower; quotations ranged at S3.75G5.8l
westerns, S3,5WjGJ natives, and S4.j0G6.a
lambs.
Produce: Buttcr-Fancy separator. $3.50
SOC per lb; dairies, fancy fresh, 2lG25c: pack
ing stock. fresh, l}dl5c. Eggs-Fresh can
died, loss OF, 20 per doz: ice-hoasc stock, i8n
l5C. Dressed poultry Spring chickens, poor
SQec per 10; good TO choice, 9lsdlOc; ducks so
lie; geese, 11lnc; turkeys. choice, lie; fair to
good, l0G10y%c; poor. S59c. Potatoes-Heb-
rons, SD5i:S3c per bu: Burbanks, 5} I35c; Rose,
8)d2 for seed; Peerless. SJd:SJ Tor seed: com
mon to poor mixed lots 20G25c. Sweet Do
tatoes, Illinois, Sl.50 1225 per bbl. Apples
Common, Sl.-l La per bbl: good. 81 -: fancy,
SEQ Cranberries- Cape Cod, S65gd..O per
bhl; Jerseys, $3.50 6.00.
New York.
New York. Jan ID
Wheat-No. . red winter cash, Slm.s4: Feb
ruary. slGs; April, Sl9l IA L03lS; May, SlG,lS
Corn-No.2 mixed cash. sc; January h2asc.
February, bic: March 5llac; May, Sic Oats
Quiet, but steady; No. mixed cash, 36l5 1850
May, 511.c. Eyc-Duil and weak; 9iaQac for
whole range: state. 9SL5c delivered. Barley
Steady; two-rowel state, 65c: No. = Milwaukee
quoted at 7iGr73c. Pork Steady and mod
erately active: mes, SaI50lo15. Lard-Quiet
January, Sh.6; February, $685. March, S67l
Live Stock: Cattle Trading extremely dull
and slow for all grades and prices fell OF l0c
per loo los: poorest TO best native steers S350
@i.7D per lul lbs; bulls and dry cows, sI9js
$40 sheep and Lambs sheep, steady; mbs
dull at reduction of g. per 10; sheep 500
6.5H per l0l lbs: lambs. SGG1dsGl Hos Nom.
nina ls steady: live hogs. S390a4SO Iol
100 lbs
| IN making lard pals a machine J. IN use
! by which one man with one boy as tender
can produce as many rs was formerly pro-
I Guced by ten skilled men.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-14
HOW LONDON WATCHED THE NEWS.
Great Excitem ent in the Metropolis Over
the Illness of the Prince.

the Illness of the Prince.
LONDON, Jan 14.-An immense crowd of
people surrounded Marlborough House all
yesterday waiting for news from the bed
side of the duke of Clarence and Avon
dale, and anxiously expecting the posting
of the next bulletin from Sandringham.
The crowd had gathered to read the morn
ing bulletin. but when th7 fact set forth in
it had become known the crowd could not
be persuaded 20 retire, and it was openly
admitted that the bulletin was SO worded
as TO leave no doubt that the worst was to
be feared very soon. Hundreds of people
would not be satisfied with reading the
news and insisted upon having the news
confirmed by personal inquiry at the doors
of Marlborough House.
sad Vigil for His Mother.
The Princess of Wales, who is said to
have been in constant attendance upon
her son since the moment she was in
formed that his illness was of dangerous
nature, is reported to he Frustrated with
grief and fatigue She tenderly nursed the
sick prince night and day until yesterday
morning her strength i said To have al
most completely given way under the
strain she has been subjected to. In fact,
the princess may soon be confined to her
bed unless she Immediately takes much
needed rest. The Prince of Wales has also
shown much Alteration to his suffering son.
and the Princess May of Teck has not left
the palace from the hour the young princes
condition was announced to be serious.
The Queen Kept Informed.
A constant stream of kilograms and other
messages of sympathy is pouring in at
Marlborough House and being filtered into
| Sandringham palace. The queen is in
formed every hour as to the condition of
the sick prince, and was much disturbed
| by the news of yesterday. Prayers for the
| princes recovery were offered Tuesday
| night in a number of churches in this city
and throughout the country The conCre-
cations were hurriedly called together by
! special summons issued 10y the clergy, and
many other public expressions of grief and
| sympathy with the royal family have
taken place among the loyal subjects of
her majesty. \ number of social enter
tainments which were to have taken place
have been indefinitely postponed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-14
TO THE HON. LOCKI,Ess SIMPSON, WASHING

TO THE HON. LOCKLESS SIMPSON, WASHING
TON d. G.
DEAR SIR:
oft--warmheecy-full regular made---fnest
splendid value at so Cents--now 23 cents at the
London Sixty dozen is all there is, and to give all
chance quantity is limited to six par-l-2 dozen
Ito each purchaser.
Less than p price.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-14
New York.

IN making lard pals a machine i IN use
by which one man with one boy as tender
can produce as many rs was formerly pro-
Guced by ten skilled men.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-01-13
A Man With a Slate.

"HAndss me building over there.
Can you tell me what il 10, sir!" asked
a New York Times reporter Of u
Harlsmite whom he saw leaning up
aEainst a gas posi-.
The Harlemite made no reply, but
began fishing IN his evercoat pockets
Presently he handed ont little slate
One corner Of the slate he put in his
mouth, and then went fishing with
both hands for slate pencil. It tack
him probably a miRute and a half to
nnd it, Though to the reporter the time
seemed much longer. The pencil
found, the man spat on the slate, and
rubbed it clean with the tails of his
Goa. Then he wrote something on
the slate and hanled il to the reporter.
The repArter took the slate and read
what the mau had written:
~ am d. m. Write what you wish
to say On this slate"
The reporter tack tho slate and
wrote: al suppose ID. m stands for
deaf mute. I'm sorry for ysu, old
man. Very sorry Indeed. But what
l desire to know is what the building
over there is.'
"Ovsr whereg" wrote the Harlem.
lite.
Why, directly across the stree /.
Don't you see the building I'm talking
absut!"
"Br'ck buildings"
yes"
with brownstene trimmings?"
"Yes."
"The one where they are just paint
ing the front doors?'
Yes. that. it; what is it!' wrote
the reporter, c"nsratulst,ng himself
upon having made the Harlsmite un.
derstaad what he wished to know.
BY this time the slate had become
SO covered with Pencilings thnt there
was no place whatever upon which the
Harlcmite could write an answer. So
he spat ON the slate again and polished
II of once more with his coat tails.
Then he wrote:
"Dont know"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-01-13
6 august
Flower

For two years suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said stomach was about
worn out, and that l would have to
cease eating solid food for time at
least. l was so weak that l could
not work. Finally on the recon-
mendation of friend who had used
your preparations
A worn-out with beneficial re-
suits, I procured a
Stomach. bottle of August
Flower, and COM
menced using it. 1t seemed to do
ME good at once. I gained in
strength and flesh rapidly; my ap-
petite became good, and l suffered
no bad effects from what I ate. I
feel now like new man, and con-
slider that August Flower has en-
tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in its
worst form. JAMES E. DgpER1cK,
Saugerties, New York.
w. B. Utsey, St. Georges, S. c.,
writes: have used your August
Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an
excellent remedy. Q
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-01-13
CIVILIZATION.
Its Advancement illustrated by
the Astor Babv's Wealth.

the Astor Babv's Wealth.
There was recently au article in the
New Nation that is worth reading and
thinking abeut in u country where all
arc created free and equal"
The Astor baby, recently bern In
New York, il heir 10 $3.50. .0OO, 900, said
the writer. Would il not bc we'll ts
illustrate this by the use of few
figures,
AT 6 per cent. the Interest is $1,000.
900 per year, or $4,000 per day for
3OO working dags. 1t therefore would
require 2O,oOO. workingmeu at $l.50
per day to pay tho interest-and some
body must pay it, Or, lsok y liu.e
further. When the baby is 81 years
old, the $50, 900 900 has doubled twice
and Is S6OO,O0O,000. Then an army OF
10000 men must work 10 pay this in
interest; but it must leave ut least 81
per day for the laborer and bis family
for = subsistence. Then it will take
an army OF 100000 men to keep this
fortune up.
Allowing each laborer to be q nan
Of family, it follows that ne less than
1,2OO,OO0 persons are interested in the
fsrlune sl that 15O times Il milliouairs
baby. And this IL called an advanced d
age OF civilization!
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-01-13
Many persons who have recover

Many persons who have recovered
from 10 grippe are new troubled with
4 Persistent cough. Chanberlain's
Cough Remedy will promptly loosen
this cough and relieve the 'lungs,
effecilng permanent cure in . very
short time. so ceat bottles for sale by
r. n. King and Knapp + Laws CO.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-02-27
Platinum In Russia.

Although Russia possesses almost in
exhaustible mines of platinum, there
are only two laboratories in the coun-
try which prepare the precious metal
for commerce. The raw material is
sent from the Parmian government,
where it Is found, to St. Petersburg.
and thence, for the most part, to Eng
land, where it is refined. During 1883
only thirty-one puds. OF LOSS pounds.
were refined in Russia The price Of
platinum went up between 1885 and
1890 from 5000 to $4,000 rubles Fer pud,
or from about "a to 1856 rubles a pound
In the Cos it was believed worthless by
the gold miners in Siberia, who used IL
often as shot
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-02-27
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

IT requires, on an average, ten
pounds of grain to feed incubator
chickens ten weeks At first they will
need less than one pound week and
at the last more.
THERE is good common sense in the
in junction to increase the feed grad
ually when preparing a COW for a test.
a month is not too long for prepare
ton. If too rapid progress is made. it
is almost certain to cause indigestion,
of which the least bad effect is waste
of food.
A NOTED western man riding across
the country and noticing thousands
of acres of corn stalks standing in the
fields from which the ears had been
ierked, said: The farmer is conduct
ing the only business in the world that
allows n man to lose forty five per cent.
of his capital stock and at the same
time live"
UNDER proper management either the
wool or increase should pay for keep
ing while the other should be profit,
but sheep cannot grow wool or furnish
nutritious milk to lambs if they have
only sufficient food to maintain animal
life. J. requires more food during win
ter VIII IN the animals have no shelter
than when they were well protected.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Maine
Farmer cures collie in sheep by dissolv-
ing two tablespoonful of EPSON salts
in about a half-pint of warm water,
and adding one tablespoonful of essence
of peppermint Open the Sleeps
mouth and insert small funnel in it
The boy pours the salts while hold
the sheep. In about two hoyrs the
shesp win be al right
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-02-27

steemed oyster house has been pur.
chased and upon it will be erected an
eight-story marble building for the nc.
commodation of the city post office Of
the national capital The selection Of
this site has already enhanced the value
of the steamed oyster mans property to
the extent of fifty thousand dollars.
Fortunately for the rest Of mankind
in this city no patent was applied for
by the discoverer of this culinary
method. Consequently there are half
a dozen excellent places in Washington
where steamed oysters can be had with
out the payment Of an exorbitant price.
In many cities the summer is the social
season, and the ice cream girl leads her
escort to the dyspepsia dealer. Here,
however, the winter is the gala time,
and after the thcater it is customary
for gentlemen to escort their guests to
the restaurants where steamed oysters
are served.
Sitting before a long marble top
counter table one evening recently in
response to my inquiries the sable oys-
ter shucker said: 1--WE works seventeen
hours cherry day. We gets five dollahs
a week. s'pohts wife an fo' chillen.
pays eight dollahs a month TO- rent
Ia ~ "dSh Az UPS WV SSSS AAou
de gentlemen here, couldn't s'poht my
family. l gets ten cents from some
folks, an twenty-five cents from n good
many; an sometimes rich folks comes
in an gives me de change out'n n five.
dollah bill. Once l got two dollahs an
a half from one man. De av'rage tips
amounts to from twenty to thirty dol
labs a month. So yer sees, boss, Use
maxim a purity good Twin"
learned afterwards that the obse.
quious servant who bowed very low
when he accepted my pour boir is the
owner of several houses from which he
receives a monthly rental which would
make many n newspaper man feel as
though he were the owner OF shares in
the Golconda or bonanza mines. Never
theless, while he is working with the
succulcnt bivalves and the succulent
suckers who give him tips" his wife is
doing washing and ironing by the day
or week, and adding constantly to the
worldly Accommodations which her am
bilious, not to say avaricious, husband
has set his heart upon. The dear peo-
pie who imagine that the freedmen in
Washington are not competent to care
for themselves do not understand the
conditions and circumstances of these
people. They live on oysters and pie;
and the fairness of the earth is theirs
SMITH D. FRY.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-02-27
ORIGIN OF SILK CULTURE.
For Many Centuries tho Chinese Alone
Made the Fabric.

For Many Centuries tho Chineas Alone
Made the Fabric.
Silk culture originated in China and
ancient chronic.ers inform us that the
Expresses OF that country, surrounded
by their maids, employed their leisure
hours in rearing silk worms winding
the silk and weaving it into delicate,
6lmy tissues
For several centuries the Persians
supplied the Romans with this CON-
modify, which was brought overland
from China bv means of caravans.
which crossed the Asiatic continent
in two hundred and forty three
days Notwithstanding the fact that
an immense trade was thus carried
on between the two empires, the
knowledge OF the sil1lworm or the man
ncr in which the silk was produced re-
mained a secret with the Chinese and
was not known in Europe until the
time of Justinian.
At that time two Persian mission
aries who were stationed in India, Wis
tied China and there got an insight
into the cultivation of tho worm and
the art of working the silk into a vari-
ETY. of elegant fabrics. Return
ing to Constantinopl they informed
tho emperor of the wonderful dis
coverics they had made. an infinitely
described every process. He promised
them a, princely reward ii they would
obtain a nun Der OF the worms and thus
establish the making of silk in his cap
ital. This arduous task was success
fully accomplished; the IN onks reformed
to China and by recourse to strategy
procured a quantity OF silk-worm eggs,
which they hid in the hollow of bam-
boo cane.
In short time vast number Of silk
worms were reared in various parts OF
Greece and Turkey, and the raw silk
produced by them was manufactured
in Athens, Corinth, The bes and other
cities.
The breeding of the worms rapidly
extended to Italy and Sicily. and in
every instance proved high Y success
full Large factories were established
in many of the towns in both these
kingdoms, and very soon after the
Chinese and Pcrsians found that their
silk trade had been monopolized by
the Europeans.-Detroit Free Press
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-02-27

specimen in the Cornell insectary.)
nothing is growing, and that they feed
and thrive upon buckwhcat. mustard
and rape. Therefore it is not worth
while to lose the use of the land for q
season. or to grow these crops to de-
stroy them.
OF the insecticides tried kerosene
was effective when used in sufficient
quantities to thoroughly permeate the
soil to the depth of several inches, but
this makes it too expensive for ordi-
nary practice. The same was found
true of bisulphide of carbon, salt,
kainit muriate of potash, lime and gas
lime. The poisoned dough seemed not
to attract the wireworms at all. OF
the methods of trapping employed,
punches of freshly-cut clover Sspped in
paris green water and placed about the
field under boards destroyed a very
large number of the adult beetles, but
none of the bats attracted the larvse-
If this method could be carried out
systematically for term Of years it
would doubtless be effective: but as
the larvae remain in the larval state
three years or more, as observed at the
station and by European writer's upon
the subject, it would prove very slow.
Fall blowing, which is the only effect
i've. practical method of destruction
discovered, also has the same disadvan-
tage, as only the third-year larvae are
destroyed by it. In July of the third
year of their existence the larvae
changes to soft white pupn resembling
the adult beetle in form, and in August
the adult state is assumed, but, strange
to say the insect remains until spring
in its cell in the ground. Any disturb
ance during this time proves destructive
to its life. If, therefore, the ground is
plowed and kept thoroughly stirred for
three or four weeks after July 20 all
these adults will perish and autumn
sown crops may be put in. If this
method of procedure is followed for
three or four years the soil will become
nearly free from the wircworns. Short
rotations of crops can be planned to
bring this about.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-02-27
August.
Flower"

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be.
came burden to her. Physicians
failed. to give relief. After reading
one of your books. I purchased. 2
bottle Of August Flower. 1t worked
like a charm. My w:fereceived inn
mediate relief after taking the frst
dose. She was completely cured.
now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. G. H. Dear. Prop'r WASH
iugton House, Washington, Va. q
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-02-27


The top Of the stove the shells are so
hot that it is simply phenomenal that
the colored men can handle them at all.
The steam arises in clouds OF vapor that
ill the room with their aroma, to the
gastronomic enjoyment of the lovers of
these epicureau businesses. The roast
ed oysters are served in plates which
are almost too hot to handle. AS rapid
ly as possible the shells are thrown
aside and the oysters dropped into the
plate, until n dozen or more, steaming
hot, are placed before the anxiously
awaiting customers.
The late Senator Plumb, ex-Gov. Cur
tin, Congressman Stahlnecker and Cum
mings, of New York, ex-Congressman
Billy Mason, of Chicago, and a number
OF other gentlemen of high standing in
both the house and senate, have had
weaknesses for roasted oysters. Scores
Of times they have taken parties there
after the theater at night in order that
their friends might enjoy with them
this unique feast. One Of the most en-
joyable features Of these oyster roasts
is the absence Of all kinds of alcoholic
liquors. Right here it might better be
said for the information of all who mag
have the pleasure of enjoying this mol
tuscan food, that it is highly detrimental
to drink anything Of an alcoholic nature
while eating oysters. The oysters are
q particularly nutritious and beneficial
food. because it is matter OF fact that
they are almost self-digestible- But
the slightest touch of alcohol hardens
and toughens them SO that they are al
most ipsoluble even TO the best and
most powerful digestive organs,