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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06

Chicago. The naval parade of Friday will
be under command of Captain Berry, of
the revenue cutter Michigan, and it is
expected that fleet of twenty-five or
thirty vessels, and large number of ex-
meet the caravels and escort them TO the
exposition grounds. s5~
Entertaining the Vice President
Vice President Adlai Stevenson spent an
enjoyable day at the fair as the guest of
National Commissioner Oscar b. Hundley,
of Alabama. Director General Davis ten
dered his private launch TO Mr. Hundley
for the day, and n party composed of Vice
President and Mrs. Stevenson, Commits
sioner and Mrs. Hundley, Governor and
Mrs. Prince and Mrs. F. l. Albright (of
New MeXicOl Mrs. Bruce Douglass and
Mrs. j. w. Thomas (of Nashville, Com
missioner {. X. Holiday (of kansas), and
Hon. b. NJ. Allen (of Birmingham, Ala J,
embarked from Electricity building. The
party went about the lagoons and cruised
out upon the lake TO the battleShip Illinois
Here an informal reception was rendered
the vice president by the officials in charge
of the vessel and salute of twenty-one
guns was fired in his honor After the
party returned to the grounds they were
entertained at luncheon by the vice presi-
dent at the "Clam Bake" on the lake
shore
Venezuela's Pretty Headquarters
D.Fancisco E. Bustamenta. minister
from Venezuela to the United staees--slF..
II. Rivefo Saidivia, consul general, and DR..
Manuel P. Toledo, commissioner from the
republic of Venezuela spoke at the open
ty1cv nt hn 10
General Saldivia complimented the exc
cutive commissioners on the result of their
work He referred to the civil var through
| which the Venezuelan republic had re-
Gently passed temporarily pro rating the
commercial activity of the couatry. Vene-
zueia, phoenix-like, had arisen from its
| ashes The consul general referred to
Washington and Bolivar as the fathers
of their countries, the greatest general
the American continent had produced
Venezuela celebrated the eighty-second
anniversary of her independence and in her
name he extended welcome 70 the nations
| of the world
Description Of the structure.
The outer walls of the structure are
covered with ivies and vines, which form
| contrast to the delicate tints with which
the whole is painted. Beautifully located,
the interior is even more charming. The
| high walls are hung with oils which one
| would hardly think could come out of
Venezuela. The statues of Columbus and
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
,aken OH rne oog, sprang at Darnng

shaken OH Jne aog, sprang at Uarnng
again.
This time he fastened on the professors
hip, and tore a piece out of his trousers,
also breaking the skin and drawing blood,
making the situation much more perilous
Darling tore himself away and faced the
lion. The cane with which he Furnishes
the brutcs was on the other side
of the cage, and the enraged
lion was between 1t and the professor.
Again the lion sprang, but the professor
lodged him and gained his cane All this
time there was intense excitement in the
audience, and Mrs. Darling, just outside
the cage, was imploring her husband to
escape.
But it Us fight for supremacy. If
Darling failed in reducing the brutes to
submission he could news face them
again. With stick in hand he ordered the
lions out of the cage All obeyed except
Pasha. The professor strobe up to him
and as he was about to spring struck him
. sharp blow and followed it up with a Sc
we're whipping. The lion was cowed, And
after he had been put through his PAGES,
ending with the professor standing on his
neck, the scene ended, and the audience
cheered to the echo
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Chicago.

CHICAGO July ).
Following were the quotations on the
board of trade today: Wheat-July, opened
SIC, closed 641s; September. opened 704c,
closed CSC; December, opened 'islc, closed
1874. CornJuly, opened $3.50. closed 1850;
September, opened i21sc, closed Az; Deem
beropened 391Sc, closed 3915c. Oats-July,
opened 2Sc, closed GJ6c; September, opened
2o1zc, closed 261sc- Pork-July, opened sissy,
closed S1S.75; September, opened 5000, closed
Ss0.M Lard-July, opened ss25, closed $40.
Live Stock: The prices at the Union
Stock Yards today ranged as follows:
Hoss-Estimsted receipts for the day "a 600.
left over about 200; quality good; market
sales ranged at S5.UG6.l5 pigs, S6.O0G6.30
light e5.s5Ga0 rough packing, S6.0016.25
mixed, and s6.GGS25 heavy packing and
shipping lots.
Cattfe-Estimated receipts for the day,
., 600, including 1000 Texans; market rather
slow with Texans weak and l5d30c lower and
otllsr grades of lGc; quotations ranged at
s5a515.6 90 choice TO extra shipping steers, S4.60
@5-0 good to choice do, S4.1014.50 fair to
good, s3Sc4.S copmon to medium do, $3.50
g40 butchers Steers, Se5oS36o stockers.
So. NeA. 40 feeders, s1.25G3.oo cows e3.2514.W
heifers, S2.5GG4.W bulls, S2.3l14-25 Texas
steers and S3.OOGS.0O veal calves.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for theday IL 900;
quality fair: market fairly active and prices
strong; quotations ranged at S3.75G4.70
SIS natives, sAOOG6Oo lambs, and spring
lambs at s3.5o460 90 per 100 lbs.
Produce: Bufter-Fancy separator, I9I1G2Oc
per lb; fancy dairy, l6G17c; packing stock, IL
Gl314c. Eggs-Fresh northern stock, l21xc per
dozen. Live Poultry-Spring chickens, li9
II per lbi old hens, 10c; turkeys, 10l4Gllc,
| ducks. aGloc; geese, S3.5a150O per dozen.
New potatoes. 81 7512. 50 per barrel. Apples
Choice to fancy, S3.f5G4.O per barrel. Straw
| berries-Michigan, 50G75c per 1eqt case.
Honey-White clover lib sections, 159l7c;
| broken comb, loo; dark comb, good condition,
| 10Glsc; extracted, 69,Sc per ID.
New York.
| New YORK, July 5.
Wheat-July, 70l6c; August 731s9732sc;
September, '5140755sc; December, SO5sGsl14c.
| Rye-Geuiet- steady; western. 55d5Sc. Corn
No. firm. quiet; July,
| i9c; september, 491514
| Oats-No. dulland
| state, 36a.42c; western. -
! steady; new mess, SI9.00
| Steady; steam rendered.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
Notes of the Exposition.

Interest in the music congress conferred
about hall of the Art Institute, where the
women musicians began their meeting
The hall was crowded to the doors when
Mrs George +. Carpenter called the con-
gress to order and in brief address well
coined the visitors. The Amateur Editors
continued their discussions
The steamship Tuscarora, of the Lehigh
Valley line, reached here today from Buff
falo with Governor Pattison, Chairman
Harrity, of the Democratic national COM
mittee, and other distinguished Pennsyl-
vanians on board.
sour National Emblem" in letters of
bark over the front of pavilion tells the
story of the booth which was opened en-
the Fourth in the Womans building
Misses Alma Turner, of Fort Worth, Tex,
and Emma Tobin, of Austin, Tex, are in
charge, and here everybody is invited to
cast vote for national flower. Arrange
ments are making to receive votes in the
different state buildings also
The paid attendance yesterday dropped
10 70 223
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
OPINIONS ON THE eeARY LAW.
Justice Gray Sustains 1t and Justice Fuller
Condemns.

Justice Gray Sustains 1t and Justice Fuller
Condemns.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-The opinion of
Justice Gray giving the decision of the
majority of the supreme court sustaining
the Geary anti-Chinese law and those of
Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer,
dissenting, have been flied. Justice Gray
held that it is in the power of the con-
CESS to do as it pleases with the matter of
admission or deportation of aliens and that
it can make any conditions it chooses, re-
gardless of treaties, and that these are
not RENEWABLE by the conrt.
Justice Fuller says that the claim that an
alien can be made subject to the powers as
serted against his treaty rights is to saywhat
is not recognized by fundamental law; that
the law directs the performance of a jul
dicial function infiicting particular pun
ishment, without a judicial trial; that it
is in effect a legislative sentence of Danish
ment, and assuch absolutely void.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
The Local Markets.

GRAIN, ETC.
WheaI-74I76e.
Corn-z0c.
Oats-29031c.
Hay-Timothy, slaOO; upland. sIo0lf; slough
$500; baled. SI0.O0l11l 90.
PRoDJCE.
Butter-Fsir 10 choice, 20t creamery, zoe
Eggs Fresh, 141s15.
Poultry-Chickens, I2Hc; turkeys ~
ducks, Rye; geese, 1Oc.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Apples-S4 90 per Dbl.
Potatoes-S5093c.
Onions-S4 GO per Dbl.
Turnips-60c per bn.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn led stea
4641sc; COVE and neifeIs, 2HG3kc caiv
4G5c.
Hogs-7G7Hc.
Sheep@GL5c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06

WAsHIEGroN, July 6-Hon. Moses Kelly,
ex-secretary of the interior, died in this
died in this city, aged "a. Mr.. Kelly was
from New Hampshire and came to Wash
ington during President Pfere's admins
tration. President Buchanan appointed
him secretary of the interior to fill out the
term of Jacob Thompson.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
Southwest silver Convention.

SILVER CITY, \. NJ, July 6.-After lis
tening to numerous speeches on the silver
question the Southwest Silver convention
adopted resolutions declaring that the
present situation was the result of a con-
spiracy of the money power" and demand
ing the free coinage of the white metal at
the rate of 1898 to l. The convention adj
iourned sine die.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06

ENTRANCE TO TURKISH THEATRE.
Bolivar outside the building designed by
A. NJ. Turin are made of bronze and are
considered among the finest pieces of
statuary on the grounds The exhibit
rooms contain splendid displays of copper
ores, gold quartz, coffee, cocoa beans, CO
coanuts and other products of the sort.
All go to show the wonderful undeveloped
resources of the South American republic
and it is a most excellent display when
the size of the country is taken into con-
sideration.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
WIN Save the Merchants' Profits.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-Secretary Morton
has instructed Enos Harnden, of Michi-
gan, recently appointed purchasing agent
of the agricultural department, to here
after buy the seed for the'use of the de-
partment direct from the grower, thereby
saving the profits that have accrued TO the
middlemep.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
Cholera Deaths in Southern France.

LONDON, July o.-The Lancet says that
there have been 74 deaths from cholera in
the souths IN part of France since May, and
during the past four weeks 13s deaths from
the same disease in Marseilles, thirteen in
Cette and fifty-one in Toulon.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
Death of a Naval Officer,

New YORK, July o.-Commodore Samuel
Lockwood, of the United States navy, died
in Flushing in his Goth year. He was
born in Connecticut in 1903 and entered
the navy when II years old.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
FRleHTFuL SCENE AT THE CIRCUS
One of Hagenback's Lions Tries TO Eat
Professor Darling.

! There was scene at Hagenback's circus
that nearly precipitated panic. Pro
fessor Darling gives daily exhibitions of his
remarkable control of five big lions, and
in driving three of them to a chariot one
of the trace chains snapped. The big
Pasha was in bad humor and he sprang
at his trainer. In the cage, which incloses
the whole arena, was also the professors
big blood hound, and he sprang at the lion,
thus saving his master. Three of the lions
then got into fight, while Pasha, having
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-06
ROCK ISLAND. THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1893
CARAVELS COMING.
Welcome Prepared for the
Ships of Columbus.
EXPECTED AT CHICAGO TOMORROW.

Description of venexueIa's Pretty Build
ing-That Enemy of the Demon" Gets
OFF Very Lghtly-The Vice President
Has a Pleasant Day at the Fair-Sensa-
tional Scene at Hagenback's Circus
Doings of the Management.
CHICAGO, July 6.-Elaborate prepare
tions are being made to receive the Column
bus caravels which are expected to arrive
in Chicago tomorrow The caravels have
made the voyage from Spain under the
command of Captain Victor Concas, of
the Spanish navy, and are now slowly
vending their way up the great lakes to
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-28
BOSSY ON A TEAR.
A Florida Cow Overcome After Eating a
Claret-Soaked Watermelon.

n
Claret-Soaked Watermelon.
Not long ago, when the mercury
down at Ocala, Fla, was climbing near
the top of the tube, two young men de-
cided to agreeably surprise their young
lady friends by treat of iced water
melon for dinner, says the Capitol.
After studying over the matter awhile
they decided that an ice-cold melon
was not good enough-did not begin to
show their appreciation of the young
ladies-so they went down into their
pockets and purchased two bottles of
the finest claret in the city, emptied
them into the melon, then sent it to
the hotel, with instructions to place it
in cooler place. This was done, and
all would have been well had not the
hotel folks decided to treat the guests
to fine melon the same day. The
rich, wine-flled melon lay side by side
with the melon favored only by ma
ture, and yet the sameness on the out
side remained undisturbed. At the
proper time the colored factotum was
ordered to prepare the hotel melon for
the table. (No one except the young
men knew anything about the wine
being put in the melon.) AS soon as
the knife laid the melon open the
peculiar odor satisfied the waiter that
it was spoiled. A brief consultation
was held and the unanimous verdict
was that it was no good. 1t was taken
out and placed in the COW lot, where a
mild-eyed Jersey lay dreaming the
hours away. The bovine, knowing a
good thing when she saw it, was soon
on the outside of the melon, wine and
all. Now, two quarts of wine is a
pretty stiff drink fer even COW, and
it soon began to tell on her. and for a
time she made things lively, trying to
stand.on her head, kicking up her heels,
trying to waltz, Juggling at the fence
with her horns and acting as if she
was half crazy to paint the town red
in her own way. Finally the heavy
debauch proved too much for her. She
took the hiccoughs, staggered around
awhile, fell down and began snoring
just the same as any other bum. Since
then she has refused to eat plain melon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-28
ARTIFICIAL PEARLS.
The Highly Ingenious Chinese Method %
Producing Gems to Suit.

The Highly Ingenious Chinese Method %
Producing Gems to Suit
The processes by which the Chinese
produce artificial pearls are as remark
able as they are ingenious, says the
Washington Star. This business con-
stitutes quite an important industry.
1t Is confined to two villages in the
northern province of Chihkiang, which
is in a silk-producing region. In the
months of May and June large guam
titles of mussels are brought in baskets
from lake thirty miles distant, and
the biggest of the mollusks are Sc
lected for the operation that is to be
performed.
Into the shell of each mussel is in
troduced q number of small objects
which it is intended that the bivalve
shall coat with the pearly substance it
secretes. Sometimes little pills of
earth are used. Such pellets are made
of mud, taken from the bottom of
water courses, dried and powdered
with the juice of camphor-tree seeds.
In the same way are employed dimin-
utive images, usually of Buddha, but
often of fishes. They are made of lead,
cast very thin by pouring the molten
metal upon q board which is carved
with the impressions.
To place these nuclei inside of the
mussels is process of no little deli
cacy. The shell susually opened with
small instrument of mother-of-pearl,
and the mantle of the animal if gently
lifted. At the same time the images
or pills are laid in two rows beneath
the mantle. The shell is then permit
ted to close. Finally the molluslSs are
deposited in canals or pools five or six
inches apart, at depths of from two to
five feet in lots of 5000 to $4,000.
In November the mussels are col
lected and opened. The animals are
removed from the shells and the pei
let's or images are detached by sharp
knife. By this time they are fastened
tightly to the inner surface of the
shells and have become covered with a
coating of nacre. The next process is
to cut away the matrices of earth or
lead about which the artificial pearls
have formed. Into the cavity thus
made in each one is poured melted
yellow resin, and the orifce is artfully
covered over by piece of mother-of-
pearl.
The pearls formed about the earth
en- pellets are fat on the bottom and
in shape are somewhat:more than hemi-
spheres. They have much of the luster
and beauty of the real gems, and are
sold at rate SO cheap as to be procur-
able by all who care to possess them.
They are employed to a considerable
extent by jewelers., who set them in
tiaras and various ornaments of female
attire. Those made from images are
employed as ornaments and amulets
on the caps of children. A few shells
are sent to market with the pearls adj
herring, for sale to the curious or super.
| ctitiouc
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-28
An ImperiOus Prince.

A funny story is told about the little
crown prince of Germany, who is only
thirteen years old. One day, when at
play with his brother in the royal
nursery, terrible crash reused the
emperor, who was busy in his study.
AS the emperor is very fond of manag-
ing his household himself, he hurried
to the nursery to learn the cause Of
the disturbance. AS he entered the
room the little princes drew up and
gave the military salute, as they had
been taught to do. When asked to ex-
plain the cause of the noise the young
Prince William Frederick said: "My
brother and / had little difficulty,
and l was obliged to show him who is
crown prince in this establishment"
"Very good; I believe in discipline"
said the emperor, and l think l had
better show who is emperor in this
establishment" and with that he
picked up the little prince and gave
him rather severe spanking to make
him recognize higher authority still
than that of the crown prince.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-28
TYPES OF BAD MEN.
characteristics of the Frontier Desper-
ADDE'S Who Held Life Cheap.

characteristics of the Frontier Desper-
ADDE'S Who Held Life Cheap.
The wonder grows whence sprang
these men, who, with pistols on both
hips and knives in their belts, were
ever eager for some fray, and when no
one could be found to accommodate
them picked quarrel and then killed
their fellow-man.
The peculiar dangers that attend the
pursuit of gold seem to bring out, in
enormous degree, all the latent vic.
iousness in man, and the interest is,
where did such men hide themselves
when in more peaceful parts, or
did the mere sight of the precious
metal or the Unsuitable greed to obtain
it transform respectable citizen into
an animal in contrast with whom a
royal Bengal tiger would be sociable
and almost companionable?
l asked this question, says a writer
in the San Francisco Chronicle, of H.
]. Crow, of Los Angeles, one of her
most prosperous and adventurous bust
ness men, who had founded Idaho City
and had followed mining in many
states and territories, about the char
acteristics of these "bad men" and
whence they came.
"You could generally bet on it" said
Mr.. Crow, "that they were from the
southern states, and seemed to have
had dark experiences before they had
penetrated into the mines. AS a rule
they were lazy men, possessed with al
most animal strength, and were utter
" devoid of remorse. Indeed, these
men-and 1 have known several-ap-
parently felt that they owed nothing
to society and had no responsibility. 1
saw three men hanged together one
day and heard one say to the other:
"'Well, Jim, go ahead, I'll meet you
in hell in minute, and when it came
his turn to swing he shouted: Three
cheers for jeff Davis They actually
feared nothing and held their own
lives as cheaply as they took Others.
Where these men disappeared after the
mines gave out, or whether they ever
became peaceable citizens, I cannot
say. know several have adopted the
latter role, but it would take very lit
file provocation to make them as blood
thirsty as when they sought victims in
| Idaho"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-09-28
The MISTAKE OF SCIENCE.
A New Argument on the Much Discussed
Question of Miracles.

Question Of Miracles.
A homely illustration is sometimes
more telling than volumes of fne-spun
argument. The author of the specula-
tions entitled along New England
Roads" says that a set of village
worthless was one day engaged upon
the problem of miracles. 1.-THE laws of
nature are what we all have to depend
on" said the young doctor, land they
never change. It's certain that if you
plant potatoes, they won't come up
pumpkins. You know that as we'll as
I do, Stephen" Stephen was an elderly
man, hard-featured and sunburned,
with shrewd twinkle in his eye. He
spoke in mild, inquiring sort Of way,
in vivid contrast with the doctors self
opinionated tone.
81 don't know much about the laws
of natur', but 1 suppose you mean
somethin' like this, that when let go
this jack-knife it'll fall to the floor"
and be stretched out long arm hold
ing an open knife by the blade between
his thumb and finger.
Exactly" said the doctor. "That's
the law of gravitation."
"And it's sure to fall, and needn't
be afraid of a miracle? Look here,
doctor, where did the law come from
that binds it to fall? What made that
particular law?"
1.-THE learned men who have investi-
gated the laws of nature have not yet
found their origin" said the doctor,
honestly. "They will in time"
"And you can't tell me what made
the law that binds that jack-knife to
fall DOWN."
mo, 1 can't. It's enough to know
that it will fall"
"No chance of anything supernatur-
al? No miracle?"
Nonsense! let go the blade"
Stephens thumb and forefnger separ-
ated, and remained apart The jack
knife was not on the floor. 1t was
hanging to the wooden ceiling over
head, its blade buried half an inch deep
in the soft pine. For about ten Sec
onds no one spoke. Stephen was look
ing at the doctor. "Somethin' super
natural happened, didn't itP" asked he.
you jerked the knife up yourselfp'
"Well, that want nat'ral was it?"
The doctor hesitated.
"Now see here, DOCTOR" said the old
man. "Just tell me how old your law
is that the jack-knife's got to fall
down."
millions of years. just as long as
there has been anything to fall"
"And how old is the law that said my
jack-knife must go up there, and stick
its blade in that white-pine ceiling2
Just three minutes and half by the
clock. And if that's so, it's always just
as like as not that whoever made the
thing go down will make it go up with
out me or anybody else KNOWN what
made it go. Your science is all right,
doctor, just as long as it talks about
what it knows; but when it don't take
into account that somethin' may inter-
fere, why it amt with any more'n a
last years almanac to tell Teller what
the weather's goin' to be-"