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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
What to DO.

When a young woman asks you to
go with her to choose a pocketbook and
tells the clerk she wants one $50 long"
measuring space of six or eight
inches with the first finger of each hand,
it is just as well not to express your
surprise that it isn't to be dainty, sill
yer mounted affair that accords with
her costuming, and when she chooses an
enormous seal leather affair with lots OF
compartments for bills and checks ana
numerous other such articles it is safe
to decide that Charley still lives in
her memory as she i. his. and when she
talks aboat the marking and takes the
peDCi! II & De- s-niAed way and ar
sweTs tbs sGiaslr 2:i's remark about the
letters wiki = s, wage III write them e
why. lis time t. turn yocr back and be
awfUily interested IN something else
Buffalo News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
Furnishing an Eskimo Dog,

The worst punishment that can be in
fiicted upon a conscientious leader Eskimo
dog is to reduce him to the ranks, and his
abJect demeanor as he sorrowfully sinks
along with his tail between his legs is al
most heartrending. On the other hand, the
dog that has been promoted at once assumes
a self conscious strut. The old adage that
dog will eat dog was proved repeatedly on
my Alaska trip. On one occasion dog re-
ceived no food for nearly five days because
we had through the bungling of lying
guide underestinated the length of a march
and had run out of the supply of dried
salmon, which forms the sole diet of the
Eskimo dog.
In consequence we lost half dozen Of
our faithful animals by starvation, trial
which to me was more agonizing than any
personal suffering. Inever saw during this
period of miserya single sign shown by any
one of the team to satisfy his cravings upon
the body of his fellow.-A B. Schanz in
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23

of 20 yeors. has tried to care for them
and give them their medicine. with near.
ly all the others in that delirious condi-
ton that enes with this fever.
A the meeting OF the Twin CITY Col
umbian comm ttee last evening, Chair
man Velie presided and there was fair
attendance UfInembers from both cities,
including Lieut. Thompson from the ar
sensl The canvass in Rock Islsnd is TO
be completed today. when the papers are
to be semitic Moline The next meeting
will be held when the work there is com
pleted
George Giddons. of the Ramsay Nor
ris comtdy conpsuy. has made ire
mendons success in Joseph" He as
sunes the title role in the comedy. and
critics a'e unsr imous in saying that he
has created Il character which will live
longer thsn The Private Secretary. ~
Mr. G idcns WIS for several years the
principal comedian Of Charles Wynd~
hams London company, and made a
greater bit than Wyndhsm. on the lat
ter's several American tours
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23

The Weat her Forecast.
For the next Sc hours. clearing and
warmer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
Promising architects.

The firm of Hamms.t & Buford, archi-
tects. Office in Mitchell & Lynde's block,
is worthy of especial mention in these
columns. Mr.. Hsmmatt's established req
utation as an accomplished and skillful
architect is well known throughout this
and neighboring cities. end held in favor
able estimation Mr.. Clark II. Buford,
the junior member, will be readily recog-
mixed as one of Rock Island most prom.
ising and deserving young men, born and
reared in this city. and whose reputation
for personal integrity, natural ability and
social standing are particularly gratifying
to his numerous friends and creditable 10
himself. Both by natural aptitude and
by educ alton he is well endowed ard
equipped for the duties of his profession.
A graduate of distinction at our city High
school, he spent the following three years
in close and careful study of his profess
sion in the office of practical architect
and during the year last past has contin-
ued the same line of study at the Illinois
university at Champaign. Being thus
thoroughly, practically and scientifically
prepared, his proficiency merits in high
degree the confidence and patronage OF
his fellow citizens, and the ARGUS fee 8
assured his success will be commensurate G
with his personal worth and ability.
AS competent and trustworthy architects
the firm of Hammatt e Buford stands
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
Nrw I,.-Is IA MEscnnsln.

MADISON. Feb. . In the senate the fol.
lowing bills Were introduced: Declarin.
valid ana binding contracts OF minors in
certain case w,r, -ucn minors make mis-.
representation upon which tne other
party relies; regulating the liability OF
hote! proprietoys and making the death Of
any person in an inn from escaping gas
prima facie evidence of care.cssucss on the
part OF the owner limiting the number OF
terms of county treasurers to two; appro-
priating money for the erection of a new
fish hatchery.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23

AS preventive of the grip. Hood S
Ssrsaparilla has grown into great favor.
1t fortifes the system and purifes the
blood.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
VIII Succeed in suicide.

MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 23.-Walter Harri-
son, of Bowling Green, O., shot and fatal.
~ injured himself here Tuesday with sui
cidal intent. a 3S-caliber hammerIess re
volver was used The ball entered the
right temple and was found at the base Of
the left eye, having passed nearly through
the head. The young man was still alive
ten hours after the shooting and at times
aDpeared conscious
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
He should Go to Paris. Tex.

KNOXVILLE, Ter n, Feb. 23-Miss Rachel
Callahan, Lying four miles from Sweet
water, has been fasting for the greater part
of forty days, which expires next Satur-
day. She is now Frustrated in bed, but re-
fuses to eat till forty days expire. Her
brother whipped her severely to make her
eat, but without effect. The fast is caused
nv religious fanat-cism
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
Work ofthe Tynes.

The editor who At the last moment had
TO substitute dead" for ill, " but who
forgot the qualifying adverb, furnished
his readers with tie surprising news that
"our esteemed fellow citizen, Simon
Smith. is lying dangerously dead
Washington New
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23

The taxes for 1899 are how due and
may be paid 10 the undersigned az Hurst
& Donsldson's Office in Masonic Temple
block. Please bring your last wears re-
ceipt, which will enable the collector 20
fad your descript:on on the tax books.
WILLIAM J. GAMBLE
TOWNSHIP Collector
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
Yellow Tever KITls a sctentist.

LEwIsBUEG, Pa Feb. 23.-J. G. Owens,
3 well-known scieI list of Lewisburg, Pa,
died recently of yellow fever in Honduras
while making excavations for Harvard
university and collecting exhibits for the
archaeological exhibit at the Worlds fair.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
Washington, d. c., and Return.

For the Inaugural ceremonies At Wash
ing;on, d. q. March 4, the G r |. &
p. road from Feb. % TO March 3, inclu-
sive. will sell rouui trip tickets good to
return TO March - 81 greatly reduced
rates. F. II. PLUMMER.
Ticket Agent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-23
Ernzcr Nratcr Not rnre.

The popular idea that water is puri-
fed by freezing has been again dis
proved by recent careful experiments,
which show that the average amount of
impurity retained by the ice is 34.3 per
cent of organic matter. AS organic
matter is the more Objectionable of the
two, the case is worse than was for
merly supposed.-New York Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-06
An Erroneous Idea.

Allspice is not, as many suppose,
mixture of several kinds of spice. 1t is
the fruit of single tree, the pimento,
and the name is derived from the fact
that the berry forms singular COM
bination of the odors of cinnamon, nut
megs and cloves. The island of
Jamaica produces nearly all the all
spice that grows. The pimento tree is
evergreen and the flowers grow in dense
clusters these develop into small,
green, aromatic berries, the size of
black pepper. If allowed to ripen they
become pulpy and lose some of their
purgency. For commercial purposes
the berries are gathered when green,
carefully dried in the sun and after
ward packed in bags and shipped.
Pimento trees grow in many parts of
tropical America, but nowhere do they
thrive as in Jamaica. The trees are
never planted by man and receive no
cultivation worthy of the name. The
seeds are dropped by the birds, and the
rains and the tropical sun do the rest.
Surplus trees are cut down and become
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-06
Riding a Camel.

There is something inexpressihly re.
pelling in the supercihum h'iSte of q
camel as he looks scornfully at you
with his nose in the air. But over
came my repugnance and mounted one,
after receiving careful instructions how
to retain my seat while the brute is get
ting up.
1t was we'll enough while he walked
but when he began to trot at brisk
pace l devoutly wished myself astride
on an humber animal. But how was 7
to stop him? There was no bride,
only rope attached to the left side of
the brute's mouth. At that rope |
tugged, with the effect merely of MAX
ing my camel trot off to the left.
[ had been told that if l wished to
make him go to the right that 1 must
hit him on the left side of the head
with very short stick with which 7
had been provided for the purpose.
But that was moro easily said than
done. How was I, from my giddy
perch, to reach the creatures head
across that long stretch of neck?
[ tried it and nearly lost my balance
for my pains-no joke at q height of
some ten feet above the pebbly sand.
One of the officers, however, saw my
plight. stopped, uttered some gurgling
sound, and then the camel, exposing
its teeth and protesting viciously, knelt
down and dismounted, silently VOW.
ing that never again would I chose that
mode of locomotion.
My deliverer, who exchanged his
donkey for my camel, laughed heartily
at my discontinue. But I had my
revenge speedily, for in the exuber-
ance of his gayety he allowed the camel
to rise unexpectedly, and was pitched
head over heels to the ground. He
was not hurt, and he joined in the
laugh against himself as heartily as he
had laughed at me.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-06
Old Flint, Steel and Lights.

We fail to realize the boon conferred
upon us by the invention of lucifet
matches, not perfected until the present
generation. The old strike-a light,
still manufactured at Brandon, in Suf.
folk, required o flint, steel, and tin,
der box. In Buchan the steel was
called the flourish or feerish. Many
still living have seen the flint, steel and
avn (alum) paper used by the stane-
knapper at the roadside to get light
for his pipe. For domestic purposes
the tinder was kept in its box, which
was in two parts-a box to hold the
tinder and a lid to extinguish it, the
latter sometimes arranged to serve as
candlestick, An improvement on the
avn paper was the spunk, or birthstone
match, tipped with sulphur, and used
to get a flame from the tinder This
was universal from 1900 to 1860
In the olden days candles were taxed
articles, and it was the duty of Burns,
as an excise officer to see that the tax
was not evaded. He generally looked
the other way, however, as when, pass.
ing through the kitchen one night at
William Lorrimer's, of Kennishall,
where the guide wife was busy making
candles, he merely remarked:
Faith, madam, ye're thrang the
NIGHT. and passed into the parlor.
There were two substitutes for can
dies. The one was the ancient oil
lamp, the croosie (creuse) triangular
metal saucer with an upright hook at
the base to be hung up by. There was
an inner saucer, to graduate the use OF
the oil. At the apex of the angle was
the flame, coming from a wick made of
the pitch Of rushes. which must be cut
at full moon, as the fame was supposed
to wax and wane with the moon if cut
at any other time. The other substi.
tute for the candle was the bog canl,
1t was made by splitting up the resinous
logs Of the primeval frs that are found
imbedded in the bogs. They were left
to dry at the fireside, over the cruck or
chain that held up the pot over the fire.
The candlestick, called the peer.man,
was a stone with hole in its centre,
into which was fixed a pillar of wood
about four feet high and tipped with
cleft piece of iron, into which the can
die fitted. The nose of the candle was
always turned to the door.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-06
Follies of Wise Men.

The characters of many men who are
deservedly famous exhibit contradic-
tions which never cease to puzzle
the student of human nature. The
wonderful logic of Bacon dissipated
the errors of two thousand years of
wrong reasoning, and it is not too much
to say that he first taught the average
man to think correctly. Yet while he
was shaping the future thought of the
world, he stopped to the most contemp-
tible sycophancy to flatter the learned
fool whose hand could bestow the sor-
did favors he sought. Avaricious in
the extreme, he could yet see his SER
wants pilfer the odd money he left
about the house, and only say "Ay,
ny. poor knaves it is their portion"
Modest as the greatest scholar of his
day, he was also one of the most osten.
tatious of james courtiers. On one
occasion, during royal progress to
Newmarket, this "meanest of mankind"
as Pope described him, gave a peasant
ten pounds for bringing him some
fruit This, by the way, was too much
for the penurious jamie" WHO
promptly reproved the extravaganza
with My laird, this seems the way till
the Beggar's Bush"
The great Kepler, while making as
tronomy possible as n science, not only
accepted all the absurdities of astrology.
but believed that the earth and the
planets were huge live animals moving
through space by muscular force and
that men and the brute creation were
parasites upon them. or a more inno-
cent and pleasant, but still curious ma
ture, are the intellectual peculiarities
of such men as Descartos, Newton,
Doctor johnson, Sir James Stewart,
Goldsmith, Blair and Adam Smith. 1t
is on record that Sir Isaac Newton once
asked friend to dine off she fowl that
had been brought for his own dinner,
forgot all about it, and then believed
that he had himself dined when he af-
terward found the bones lying on the
dish. Doctor johnson, in most things
a thorough materialist, implicitly be-
lieved in second sight, always began to
walk with tho same foot, and never
would step on the line between two
paving stones. Sir James Stewart, tho
father Of political economy, made
compact with very dear friend to the
effect that whichever died first should
try to revisit the other at a certain spot
and hour, and, after twenty years of ex-
lie, went to !hat spot every day to the
end Of his life, expecting the engage.
ment TO be kept.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-06
GIRLS DON'T ALWAYS KNOW.


Sometimes Reject the Most Brilliant and
Best of Suitors.
Rejected lovers may find consolation
from the knowledge that some of
the cleverest and handsomest men
have been refused, and that they have
nevertheless managed to live on and win
fame and fortune, says the Brandon
BuchSha~. Shakespeare is generally
credited with considerable knowledge
of humanity and its ways, and he de-
scribes Romeo, the prince of lovers, as
being rejected Ly the fair Rosalind
only just before Juliet fell in love with
him.
A certain John Scott once proposed
to a Miss Allgood. While smarting
under her disdain he happened to enter
a village church during divine service,
and there for the first time he saw the
pretty Miss Surtees. He wooed her
and as the father would have nothing to
say to him. he induced her to elope,
and this though three wealthy suit
ors were already at her feet. John
Scott lived to be the Earl of Eldon and
Lord High Chancellor and never re-
gretted the day Miss Allgood rejected
him.
Byron was refused several times. He
proposed to Miss Millbanke, great
heiress, and was rejected, though the
lady expressed wish to correspond
with him. He then proposed to an
other lady, and his suit was rejected,
too. Nothing daunted he renewed his
proposal to Miss Millbanke, and this
time received very fattering accept
ance. They lived together, however,
very unhappily.
One of the most persistent suitors
who ever proposed and was rejected
was the eccentric Cruden, compiler of
the Concordance to the Bible. Miss
Abney, who had inherited a large for
tune, was the subject of his attentions.
For months and months he pestered her
with calls and letters. When she left
home he had papers printed, which he
distributed in various places of wor.
ship. asking the congregation to pray
for her safe return, and when she re.
turned home he issued others asking
the worshippers to return thanks. Mrs.
Abney never became Mrs. Cruden.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-06
The Rialto Bridge,

The bridge of the Rialto is name to
conjure with, but, honestly speaking, it
is scarcely the gem of the composition.
There are, of course, two ways of TAX
ing it-from the water or from the up
per passage, where its small shops and
booths abound in Venetian character;
but it mainly counts as feature of the
canal when seen from the gondola or
even from the awful uapereto. The
curve of its single arch is much to be
commended, especially when, coming
from the railway station, you see it
frame with its sharp compass line the
perfect reach of the canal on the other
side. But the backs of the little shops
make, from the water, graceless col.
lective hump, and the inside view is
the diverting one.
The big arch Of the bridge-like the
arches of all the bridges is the boat
mans friend in wet weather. The gon-
dolas, when it rains, huddle beside the
peopled barges, and the young ladies
from the hotels. vaguely fidgeting,
complain of the communication of in.
sect life. Here indeed is little of
everything, and the jewellers of this
celebrated precinct-they have their
immemorial row-make almost as fine
a show as the fruiterers. 1t is univer-
sal market. and fine place to study
Venetian types. The produce of the
islands is discharged there and the fish
mongers announce their presence.
All ones senses, indeed, are vigor-
ously attacked, the whole place is vio-
lently hot and bright, and odorous and
noisy. The churning of the coporeto
mingles with the sounds-not indeed
that this offensive note is confined to
one part of the canal. But just here
the little piers of the resented steamer
are particularly near together, and it
seems, somehow, to be always kicking
up the water.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-06
PEARL FISHING.
WHERE AND HOW THE PRECIOUS
ORNAMENTS ARE OBTAINED.

remarkable Success Attended the Efforts
of an Adventurous Mariner Who Jumped
Overheard in the Night to Escape From
a Brutal skipper.
Twenty three years ago." said Rob-
ert J. Holloway, who is pearl fisher
at Thursday Island, on the other side
of the Pacific, to a San Francisco
Chronicle reporter, Il was an apprentice
ON board an English ship trading in
the Polynesian archipelago, and used
to envy the pearlers and inter island
traders their free and careless life among
the beautiful tropical islands AS is
often the case, had brutal skipper
and this helped me to resolve to run
away from the vessel and throw in my
lot with the pearl fishers.
"One dark night when we were at
Batavia l dropped over the side and
went ashore. Here had no difficulty
in getting employment on one of the
small luggers which was to sail at day
break.
Il spent two years on this little YES.
sci and saved what earned, and hav.
ing by that time what thought suf-
fcient experience I started in small
way for myself, pearling and trading in
beche de mer with the natives. Some
times we had trouble with the savages;
but, taken all through, the risks in
Cured were we'll compensated for by
the large profits in the trade.
In 1875 I had become the owner of
a fine lugger, and I employed eight
divers, all Kanakas, who used no div
ing apparatus whatever, and can re-
main under water several minutes at a
time. This season I was operating in
the Bay of Carpenteria and was ex-
tremely fortunate in getting pearls,
although 1 lost three of my men by
sharks. These men take great risks,
seeming to have no fear of the swarms
of sharks that infest the water. The
divers have large stone attached by
cord to the boat. With this weight in
their hands they dive overheard and
sink rapidly to the bottom. Then
grabbing all the shells within reach
they fill the network bag hung around
their necks and come to the surface
with their cargo"
What percentage of the shells con-
tains pearls?' asked the reporter
We'll, there is no rule" explained
Mr.. Holloway. Sometimes we. don't
get decent pearl in boat load, and
again we may make rich haul in a
handful of them. The small Opaque
pearl is common enough, and of really
little value. One good big pearl is
worth pail full of them.
After fishing on the coast of West
Australia for couple of years 1 tried
the New Guinea fisheries. Here I was
very successful, and in 70 1 settled
down at Thursday Island. determined
to make that my headquarters while
my boats went in different directions.
BY this time had three large p, arl-
ing vessels and employed about fifty
men. At the present time I run eleven
boats and pay about hundred men.
Of course, all the vessels are not
equally successful, some of them often
running me into loss for the year.
Pearls are very fashionable in Eu-
rope, and there is great demand for
the best sorts. 1 do most of my
business with Amsterdam, and I have
it on authority Of my agents there that
three of the finest pearls in a neck
lace worn by the Princess of Wales are
from my fisheries.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-05-06
ROQUEFORT CHEESE.
1t Was What Was Wanted, but the Negro
Thought Otherwise.


A party of gentlemen were about
starting on hunting trip out in Mary
land. They had arranged to go in a
large wagon, take their own provisions
with them, and rough it among the
hills for week or so in approved style,
says the Washington Post When
everything was put in place, and a
start about to be made, one of the
party, who is considerable of gour-
met, suddenly discovered that he had
forgotten to procure some of his favor
ite Roquefort cheese.
His companions were equally fastdi-
Gus in their taste, and halt was or.
dered until the article could be pro,
cured. The man Friday of the expedi-
ton was despatched to leading grocer
with note stating what was wanted
and followed the clerk who took it to
the cheese counter. His education in
matters of refined cuisine had been
sadly neglected, and when he saw the
clerk cutting in half tinfoil-covered
disk. whose interior appeared anything
but desirable to him, from an edible
point of view, he inquired:
"Mistah, what is you Ell doin'?"
I'm getting the cheese Mr. Nj
sent you for, was the reply.
The negro youths eyes expanded.
lis you g-g gwine ter sen Marse
Will dat ar green ,lookin' stuff?' he
gasped.
why, certainly" responded the
clerk.
Den you gotter sen it by some nd.
der pusson sides me. Eff l war to take
Marse Will emmy ole rotten cheese like
dat ar he'd beat me mos nyarly tel
death"
And he refused point blank to take
it, in spite of all explanations.
You des SEN sumbuddy else You
amt goin' to get my back broke wild
none of yo' foolishness. Catch myset
takin' Marse Will emmy stuff like that!
No, sah!'