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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

throughout those ANXIOUS uays mas
pictured ruin to bank and factory and
store, is unacquainted with the resources
Of his country as they stand today, and
fails in his appreciation of the abilities of
our people. Those memorable months
ought to be fruitful in lessons to our peo-
pie. 1t cannot but lead to better con-
sidered financial laws on the part of our
national legislators.
"No experimental legislation will be
undertaken again. The experience
through which we have passed has been
so costly that no party, no matter how
strongly entrenched in power, will from
this on ever attempt to juggle with the
business interests of the country for the
sake of political advantage The laws
regulating the monetary system will here
after be the laws which govern the worlds
trade, and being such must make our
people rich beyond compare.
"ln conclusion let me speak what know
to be the sentiments of the American peo-
pie when | say that to the conservative
wise, and Jndicious course pursued by the
bankers of shis country is due in the larg-
est measure the fact that there has not
been greater depreciation. The politician
and the carping critic may find fault, but
the thoughtful citizen unbiased and un.
preJudiced, seeking neither votes nor noto.
rlety, knows that the course which has
been pursued here and elsewhere by the
interests here represented, has prevented a
panic that would have gathered within its
sweep every business interest in the coun.
trV'
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
GOOD TIMES ARE A-CoMING.
But the Iron Trade Review Is Not Blow.
ing Any Horns.

But the Iron Trade Review Is Not Blow
ing Any Horns.
CLEVELAND, Sept. l5.-The Iron Trade
Review says: No setback has come to the
tendency toward better things, but at the
present time it will be long time before
the old volume of business will come back.
Here and there better run of shall orders
Is reported, but buyers are feeling their
way and waiting. In raw iron markets
there has been large movement, but prices
are as before. Stocks in buyers hands
were never so low, and were the usual
amounts OF pig carried at foundries and
mills the statement of stocks in makers
hands would show a decrease
The active blast furnaces Sept. l num-
bered l32, with weekly capacity of S5, $40
tons, against 169 active Aug. l. with a
capacity of 10.,C42 This means that the
production of pig iron at the beginning
OF this month was at a rate of 4. 500. 600
tons year, or about half as much as was
produced in 1892 Coke iron production
Sept. l was at the rate of 50, 9,076 tons a
week, or 100000 a year, which is "A per
cent. or the coke iron produced last year.
There was total accumulation of coke
iron in August of $1,000 tons, nearly all
In the Pittsbnrg district and the two val
leys.
Some sales OF Bessemer pig at Pittsburp
are reported at Sl2.5O Billets show fur
ther weakness, a number of orders being
taken at $40 80 by sellers anxious to get
tonnage sufficient to start their mills.
Structural material has been a somewhat
better market Of late, and the outlook for
building contracts, particularly in the
east, promises continuance of moderate
Improvement
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
DOWN AT JACKSON PARK.
Novel Reception at the woman's building
Other Celebrations

Novel Reception at the Woman's Building
Other Celebrations.
CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-There was a novel
and interesting reception at the Woman's
building at the Worlds fair last night
when the priesthood of the Orient and Oc.
cident met in the assembly hall of the
building. Among those present were
Most Rev. Dionysius Lattas, the arch
bishop of Zante, Greece; Archdeacon Ho-
mer Parates; Count a. Bernstorff, of Ber-
lin, representing the Lutheran church:
Professor Minas Tcherag; Bishop B. w,
Arnett African Methodist Episcopal; J.
p. Leollsaker, of the Greek church; II.
Dharmapala, Ceylon. head of Buddhists of
southern India; 2. c. Mozoomdar. India;
Rev. DR.. Bsrrows, DR.. Frank Bristol,
Rabbi Z. G.. Hirsch, and others. Several
brief addresses were delivered.
Today there are no less than four new
celebrations going on at the park-Ver-
mont, Costa Rica, Mexico, Kelley gold
cure). Besides this Kansas continued her
celebration with a concert in the morning
and another this afternoon, while tonight
the Kansas jubilee will be held in Festival
hail, Mrs. Lease being one of the speakers
a feature of the Ohio celebration yester-
day was the dedication of the bronze mon
ument in front of the Ohio building. Gen
eral Brinkerhoff delivered the oration in
eulogy of Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Chase,
Stanton, and Garfield, all of whose figures
stand on the base of the monument, which
is crowned 10y a female figure of Ohio.
Because the souvenir tickets to the fair
have been stolen and used twice they will
not be received at the gates hereafter,
but viii be exchanged for daily tickets
One gatekeeper had stolen 100 of the
souvenirs, so it is said
Michigan continued and closed its cele-
bration with a concert at the state build
ing
Total paid admissions at the fair yester-
day We're 1913, ,06O, which brings the attend
ance for four days very close to that of the
same four days last week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Sept. Ia.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: Wheat-September.
opened 6S3sc, closed 61I6c; October, opened
69c, closed 6S1sc; December opened 7211c.
closed 515sc. COrn-September, opened 421sc,
closed Ale; December, opened 4214c, closed
4l13c; May, opened 4534c, closed 4i5sc. Oats
September, opened 2655c C osed 2656c; Oc-
tober, opened &c, closed 2e1sc; May.
opened 3l5sc; closed 3l3sc. Pork Septem-
Der, opened S16.25, closed SIC 30; October,
opened, Sl4.5O, closed, Sl4SO; January,
opened Sl3.65. closed Sl3.75. Lard-Sep.
tember, ened S8.55. closed $50.
Live Stock: The prices at the Union
Stock yards today ranged as follows:
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day, 26, 900;
quality fair; left over, about 1900; market
moderately active and rather unsettled:
prices were &c higher early and later ruled
weaker; heavy 51lOc lower; sales ranged at
S4.9J66 10 pigs, S5.Sj96.50 SO light S5.501S.75
rough packing, S5.75G6.40 mixed, and $3.50
G6.30 heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the day
16,001; quail ty fair; market rather active
on local and shipping account; good grades
rather firm at former figures; other qualities
steady, but not Quotably lower; quotations
ranged at S5.0(05.p choice TO extra shipping
steers. sa.SO0i.90 good to choice do, sa.70
mon to medium do, S2.s51S.50 butch
ers' steers, s2.0)92.75 stockers. sa.5063.O0
feeders, sl.4O9 .sJ cows s2.2563.IU heifers,
Sl.5)G3.5O bulls, S22103.l0 Texas steers,
81 5o13.S5 western rangers, and S!.50S5.5o
veal calves.
Sheep-Estimatei receipts for the day,
1l,OO0; quality fair; market rather active
on local and shipping account and
prices well supportedi quotations ranged
at S2OOO3.50 per lUJ lbs. Westerns. Sl.eO13l0
Texas, SI.909i25 natives and S2.75G525
lambs.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, 24lk9
&c per lb; fancy dairy, 2922c; packing
stock, I4c. Eggs-Fresh stock. lie per doz.
loss off. Live poultry-Spring chickens. &c
per ID; ROSTERS, &c; turkeys. l00lc; ducks,
&c; geese, s3.0016.0J per doz Potato toes
Wisconsin Rose, 75c per bu; fancy, 7sc;
Sweet potatoes-Jersey, $500 per bbl; Bal.
timore, sS.2503.5o. Apples-New, fair to
choice, S2.O012.75 per Dbl. Honey-White
clover, lib sections. l2Is Gl4c; broken comb.
Oc; dark comb, good condition, 100l2c; ex-
tracted, 61sc.
New York.
NEW YORK, Sept. II.
Wheat-September, 7ass073s4c; October, u
G74sSc; December, Il 7-l60175sc; May, S4lz0
s4Ac. Corn-No. dull AMI steady
Rye-Quiet and nominal. Oats-No. 2 d IL
and easier: state, 39160lI5c; western. $50
4lhc; octob-r, 81 2-1oGa294c;
The Local Markets.
GRAIN, ETC.
Wheau-74G76c.
Corn-42c.
New oats 26c.
Hay-Timothy;s oOGS9.eO upland. IS s.OoessOo;
slougt, So 0oGS7 90; haled. Sl0OO19. 90.
PRODUCE.
Butter-Fair 10 choice, 2215t 023c creamery, ,25c
Eggs-Fresh, 13c.
Poultry-Chickens, 13c; turkeys Ish ducks
12Hc; geese, 10c.
FRUIT AND vEssTABIEs
Apples-S5 00d S600per Dbl.
Potatoes-60c170c.
Onions-6Oc per bu.
Turnips-4Oc per bu.
LIVE STOCK
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fed steers
494hc; cows and heifeIs, 2IkG3l4c calves
1850
Hogs-5Hc
SheeD-5C.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Only Waiting for the Senate.
ANSWERS A FEW CRITICISMS.
His Hopes of Better Times the Result o
a Study of Facts.

a Study of Facts.
Criticism mas been PASSED by some that
during those months of depression opin-
ions have emanated from the comptroller's
office of such hopeful character that there
must be failure on the part of the comp
troller to appreciate the gravity Of the sit
uation, or else the enthusiasm of youth
blinded his eyes to the flcts. There was
neither lack of appreciation on the one
hand nor youthful enthusiasm on the
other that led to the utterance of such
opinions, but. instead, a calm study of the
facts as they came from an inspection of
the records of his Office. True, from the
1st of January to the 18th of August 154
national banks, under the pressure of var
lous causes, closed their doors, but more
than 800 remained unshaken.
"Surely the percentage of closed ones
was not sufficiently large to make the
most respondent believe the system was
falling. Was there not cause for encour-
aging opinions when it was found that al
most 100 of that number were absolutely
solvent and would reopen for business?
Should the prompt resumption of sixty-one
national banks stronger than at their clos
ing, and the knowledge that more than
half that number were preparing to do the
same. lead TO any other opinion than that
the outlook must be Frightening? Should
the reports of deposits largely in excess of
Withdrawals at each reopened bank. and
returning confidence in each community
where located, be a source Of depression in.
stead of an inspiration to hope2
II could not have spoken other than !
did and maintained the truth could not
have believed in a continued and wide
spread disaster, under the circumstances
as we now find them, and have maintained
my faith in the stability and energies of
the American people; and the citizen who
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
DID 1T AGAIN.
Train Robbers Made a Broad
Daylight Haul.
N MICHIGAN THIS MORNING

A Passenger Train Held Up, the Engine
Crew Covered and the Messenger Forced
to Hand Out s75, 900, Which He Does.
CALUMET, Mich, Sept.'15.-At $50
this morning a passenger train on the
Mineral Range railroad was held up
by four mask highwaymen between
here and Hancock. Two men covered
the engineer and fireman, while
the others ordered the express mes
senger to put the contents of the
safe in a bag which he did, handing
out 49, 900 consigned to the Calumet
Il Heela Mine company. The light
guards and sheriff's posse are scour-
ing the surrounding country.
Two Arrests Made.
HANCOCK, Mich, Sept. 1.-Two
arrests were made here on suspicion
of being implicated in the robbery.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
The ohio Campairn BoomIng

CINCINNATI, Sept. 15.-The campaign in
this state has been fairly inaugurated. In
the early part of the week Governor Nc
kinley spoke to a great turnout of peo-
pie at Akron. and yesterday his compet-
itor, L. L. Neal, opened the Democratic
campaign at Newark. The issues dis
cussed are mainly national. Governor
Mckinley, of course, advocates the pro-
tective system of national taxation, while
Neal insist on the strictest revenue-only
plan, according to the Democratic ma
tional platform.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Horrible Traffic in Hobemi.

VIENNA, Sept. l5.-Two women living
IN separate villages in the district of Kut-
tenburg, Bohemia, who have been arrested.
were engaged systematically in the busi-
ness of numbering children whose parents
desired TO have them got out of the way.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15

CHICAGO, Sept. 15-General passenger
agents of the western roads have been
making quiet canvass of the situation
with the view of ascertaining whether a
largo increase of Worlds fair business
could be secured through further reduc-
tion Of rates. The conclusion at which
they arrived is that no further reductions
are to be thonght of.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-15
Fast Time at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Sept 15-The winners at Jack
son park were: Dancourt, 3-year-olds.
2:22}I-best time by Luzelle 2:IS1I: Atlantic
King, 2;l3 pace, best time 2:11l; Hulda,
free.f .for-all trot, 2:101l-best time by AIix
2:o1Sz.which is the best on record in race.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11
Ready With His Proverb.

" She was a bright young Yankee
school-marm," said Thompson Fl. Hern-
don. "She came highly recommended
to prosperous and aristocraiic neighbor-
hood and not far from Little Rock, few
months ago, and was not long in bnild-
ing up a good school. Time wore on
and her pupils advanced wonderfully IN
their studies. She conceived the idea a
few weeks ago of giving an exhibition of
her most efficient class, and invited all
the neighbors 10 come to the little school
house on Friday evening, that they
might see her and hear for themselves
the progress that had been made by her
teachings. There was a good crowd
present. She had all the little boys and
little girls to stand up. She questioned
this one about one thing, and another
about something else. Their answers
were gratifying to the pretty teacher and
to the parents of the children
Now she said to them toward the
close, 1 want each OF you to repeat some
old proverb.'
said Johnnie: All is not gold that
glitters'
every good said she, very good
abe virtnous and you'll be happy
said Jimmie.
That's splendid. Why, you boys
remind me so much of a school l once
taught in Boston, responded the fair
teacher.
The germ of ambition is the chrysa-
lis Of WISDOM said Willie.
"And so On down the class she went
until she got to Peck Smilh. He wasn't
very bright and she intended TO skip
him, but he seemed anxious TO say some
thing, and she asked him If he knew
any old proverb. He did.
"a stump-tailed yaller dog is the best
for coons,' was his answer.
"Peck's father grabbed him up joyfully
and before he left paid years tuition
for Peck in advance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11
Stop That Hieeousi,.

why don't you stop that hiccOugh-
ing said a gentleman to friend who
for some mo,n ents had been subjected 10
the annoying c0nyulsiye movement of
the diap.i agm.
Il wish ! could. gasped the victim,
+but its no 90. \ fellow tried to scare
me-said my coat Was OF fre-knew i
wasn't-swallowed nine times aine swal-
lows of water-no go-feel like washed
out hand engine, he calculated augrily,
having told his woes in dis5ointed utter
ances and between coughs
"Nell, you are chump,' remarked
the first speaker. Come with me. And
he led his friend into an adjoining saloon.
No, not here, said the other; people
viii surely think I've been drinking
Bat his protests were IN vain. His
friend led him TO the bar and ordered a
heaping spoonful of powdered sugar.
Come, he said, swallow this all at
once" The victim did 50 slowly, and
found 10 MS intense surprise and relief
when the operation was completed thai
the hiccoughs had vanished.
Now remarked the first gentleman.
''for teaching you that remedy III take
Just one with you. Ii is not a part Of the
process, bat its worth the price, isn't it:
As for the sugar, 1 have never known 1t
70 fail 10 cure even the most stubborn
case Of hccOughs. New York Herald
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11
London.s rataI Fors.

The fog that enshrouded the town
from November, 1879, to the beginning
Of 1880 had serious results. The deaths
from bronchitis increased TO 33l per
cent. above the average; those from
whooping cough TO 23I per cent Dur
ing the fog Of lS9l-2 mortality increased
almost as much. The particles prevent
the perfect aeration Of the blood. In
terfering with the interdiffusion Of
gases in the lungs, they impede the OK
dation Of the carbon, and in weak or
ganisms they cause a loss Of vital heat
that frequently ends in death The eff
feet Of smoke fog on vegetables may be
properly taken IS an index Of its effect
on animals.
Horticulcurists in and around London
tell Us that whenever the fog appears
buds drop and many flowers are de-
stroyed. Country horticulturists, on the
other hand, say that the white fOgs dc
not injure even conservatory plants.
The fogs Of 1888, 1891 and 1892 were IN
usually serious IN their effects on flow
ers and foliage. During recent years
the blight caused by London fog extend
ed TO Maidstone, thirty miles away. It
would seem, then, that the area Of the
smoke fog Is sixty miles in diameter
National Review.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11

The smsllest detail Is submitted to the
shah and Is not decided except upon his
authority His ministers disavow all
initiative and trembie at any executive
responsibility. hnperious, diiigeut and
fairly Just, the shah Is in his own per.
son the sole srbilsr Of Persia's for
tUnes- 81 policy emanates from him.
BE supervises every department with a
curiosity thaf requires TO be constantly
appeased. ard ms attention, both to for
eign and domestic politics, is constant
and unreIuitting. There Is a consensus
CT opinion that he Is the most competent
Jnan H. the country and the best ruler
that il can produce.
Nor xiii any one deny him the pos
Session of patriotism ana Of a genuine
interest IN the welfare OF the nation. Ii
IS no mean criterion Of the strength and
also Of tie general popularity Of the
shah that be IS the first Persian mon
arch who has ventnred 10 leave his do
minions and travel in foreign and infidel
lands, not Is a couqueror at the head Of
an army. but as a friendly visitor, If not
as a volunteer tourist" Persia and the
Persian Question"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11
A Character" in France.

Recently French gentleman, reply
ing TO an inquiry by lady concerning
the character and qualifications Of a
woman who had applied TO her for the
position of cook, and who had lately
been in the gentleman's service, said that
be could not recommend the applicant;
that she was ''extravagant, impertinent
and somewhat given 70 drink" The lady
gave the letter to the applicant for the
cooks position, who Immediately brought
suit for damages against the writer.
The case was decided against the writ
er Of the letter. who was fined and ad-
monished that he had no right to give
circulation TO injurious statements con-
cerning another person, even if the
charges were true.
In order TO evade the responsibility
thus introduced in French law house
keepers have taken TO issuing such ''rec-
concentrations" as this:
This certifies that Nine. Hortense,
late nurse TO my son, aged one year, did
not leave him on bench at the Jardin
des Plantes and go away and forget him
on the 20th of August last"
The certificate is intended to be taken
In a contrary sense. and serves its pur-
pose without laying the writer open 10 a
suit for damages.-Youth's Companion
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11

Once there were two tramps who were
actually looking for work. In the course
Of their wanderings they came upon a
pile Of coal in front Of palatial resi-
dence.
Said the tramp with the inferior intel
lect, Let US engage ourselves TO stow
away this fuel at q price of twenty-five
cents ''Nay, nay" said the tramp OF
superior intellect; '.let me go within and
negotiate.
And he did negotiate and secured the
job at a rate Of fifty cents, of which sum
he gave one-half to his companion to
perform the necessary manual labor, re-
serving one-half unto himself for super
intending operations.
Whereat he of the inferior business
ability, though he had received twice
the amount Of work he expected and at
his own rate of compensation, lifted up
his voice in wrath and swore by various
deities that he had been bunkOed.
Was he right.-Indianapolis Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11
Mhat Men and ,roncn Te11.

There is one radical difference between
men and women that "it may be said
generally Of novelists, that men know
more than they tell. and women tell
more than they know" It may be true
of novelists. Unreal life neither tells all
he or she knows, and the difference
shows in what they keep.
A woman tells the thing that is not
vital. She viii tell some one almost
every detail of her daily life, but let her
have a heart story. and she not only
keepsit locked in, but she lives as though
i had no existence.
a man scorns to relieve his mind Of
little worries by asking for sympathy.
But let a great secret come into his life
he dies unless he tells it to some Que.
He win do it even when it brings him in
the shadow Of death or bitterest dis
grace.-Charles Dudley Warner in Har-
ner'S
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-01-11

Who is this senior for whom the throne
makes way revereDtially--he with lean,
wrinkled face, set mouth, yet with some.
thing Of ~ half smile on II, ever with
dOwncast distracted eye and STOPPING
shoulder, with hands clasped behind his
back and with listless gait--fhis flesh
less, tough looking man with the bushy
eyebrows and the long. lean throat
He is worth looking az, for he is the
greatest strategist Of the age and has
been the ruling soul OF the victorious
campaign Moltke. for II IS he, has been
with the emperor and is probably on his
way home 70 finish Miss Braddon's latest
novel, for when he is not deyising STRAIT
egy he is reading sensational novels. and
his abstraction, as ike as not, is caused
by speculation as 10 which Of the two
aspirants TO her hand the heroine IS ul-
timately TO marry.-Archibald Forbes
IN Scribner's.