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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
NUMBER 80.
SHADES OF BLACK SKIN.
A Journey From the Land of PaIefaces aud
Back Again.

familiar human example will make
.his general muddlness and uncertainty
Of nature realizable to every one. If we
see negro in the streets of London. we
Immediately recognize the broad differ.
ence that marks him off from the com.
mon mass of white men by whom he is
surrounded. But that of course is only
because we take an individual instance.
We say quite dogmatically: "This man
is black, thick Tipped, fiat nosed. call
him negro. These other men are white,
thin Tipped, sharp nosed. call them Eu-
ropeans."
Quite so. That is true relatively to
the small area and restricted number of
cases you have then and there examined.
But now suppose you go on to the Sou
dan and start from thence down the Nile
through Nubia to Alexandria. At first
on your way you would see few but
thoroughly negroid faces-black skins,
thick lips, flat noses, etc, according to
sample. AS you moved northward into
Egypt, however, you would soon begin
black or nearly as black as ever, the fea-
lures were tending slowly on the aver
age to Europeanize.
Yet there would be nowhere spot
where you could say definitely, Here I
leave behind me the Nubian type and ar
rive at tine Egyptian" Never even could
you pick out three or four men quite GER
tainly from a group ON some riverside
wharf overshadowed by doum palms
and say ON the evidence of skin and fea-
lures alone, "These men are Soudanese,
and the remainder are Nubians."
Then, if you went on still through 81
mai and Palestine-the regular eastern
tour-you would find at each step the
tints getting lighter and the faces mort
Semitic. Passing. farther through Con-
stantinople, Athens, south Italy, you
would observe at each change a lighter
complexion and more European style,
till at last, as you crossed Provence and
approached central France, you would
arrive pretty well at the familiar Eng
lish type Of face and feature.
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

queried He greeted me courteously
and took me by the hand. This ring
that ] wear is his gift"
AS he spoke he showed me, without
pride, sapphire of great size and
beauty. Then he relapsed into silence,
and amused myself by picturing the
event in my mind. | would that had
seen that meeting between the heir of
the holy Russian empire and the simple
Arab chief. Looking into his grave
gray eyes and at his tall, slight figure,
the broad shoulders not yet bent, though
the white beard he was strolnng told of
many years of life, and in spite of his
tattered blue robe, l easily conceived
how he had been treated-courteous
IS became prince.
Before the setting sun touched the
horizon a boy from the village brought
large plate of food and bottle of wa
ter and set them before us. The sig
nal. B." | cried as white puff of smoke
rolled away from the citadal walls, and
at the same instant the sun sank behind
the desert
The sheik seized the bottle of water
and drank long and eagerly. When his
thirst was appeased, he belched loudly
and handed the bottle to Ahmed, who
drank eagerly, too, not emitting the
curious after grace.
Then they devoured the food vora-
ciously, the old man beckoning me to
join. After we had eaten we sat and
talked far into the night under the
golden stars. The distant city CLEANED
fairylike with myriad lamps, and the
murmur of its thousand voices came to
us through the silent air.
Ramadan was dead. The fast was
over and the feast begun.-Pall Mali
Budget.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

Many eccentricities are pardoned in
musical geniuses, especially by those
who do not suffer from them. Unfortu-
nately the object of n musicians s wrath
is quite apt to be unable to appreciate
why he has offended.
One can fancy tho possessor of the
unframed voice who figures in the fol-
lowing story thinking hard things of
the celebrated composer Ramoau.
One day Rameau while calling on a
lady fixed stern glance ON little dog
who sat in her lap and was barking
good naturedly. Suddenly Rameau
seized the poor little fellow and threw
him out of the window.
What is the matter?" asked his
hostess, much alarmed.
''He barked false!" said Rameau in
dignantly. Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
An Oversight.

"See here" said satan to his friend
Beelzebub, 1--WE have overreached our
selves. You insisted that we must put
into the brain of man to invent instru-
ments for his destruction, and we have
SO done. Man has made gatling guns,
mitrailleuse, chain shot, giant powder,
dynamite-every day he effects some
new combination which insures greater
destructiveness.
well, then," said Beelzebub, "all
is well.
what fool you sre" sneered sa-
tan, with asperity. Don't you see
that we have made war so costly that
these manikins won't fight?'
"Ah," said Beelzebub in despair,
why didn't l reflect that these people
are always calculating expenses. -
Kate Fields Washington.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
THE LION PATH.

dare not
Look-the road i8 very dark
The trees stir softly, and the bushes shake;
The long grass rustcs, and the darkness moves
re-thcre-beyond-
There's something crept across the road just
nowi
And you would have me go9
Go there-through that live darkness hideous
With stir Of crouchlng forms that wait TO kill7
All, lookl See there-nnd thcrc-and there
again
Great yellow CLASSY eyes close TO the groundl
Looki Now the clouds ure lighter can see
The long. slow lashing Of the sinewy tails
And the set quiver of strong jaws that wait
Go there7 Not II Who dares TO go who sees
So perfectly the lions In the pathT
Comes one who darcs.
Afraid nj first, yet bound
On such high errnnds as no fear could stay.
Forth goes he. with the lions In his path.
And then
He dared n death Of agony
Outnumbered battle with the king of beasts;
Long struggle In the horror of the night;
Dared and went forth TO mect-O ye who fearl
Finding an empty road and nothing there
A wide, bare common road. with homely fields
And fences and the dusty roadside trees
Some splitting kittens maybe In the grass.
Charlotte Perkins Stetson In Boston Wom-
ans Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
The Lights Went Out.

His royal highness the Prince of Wales
was present at a noble lords once to-
gether with all fashionable London, and
after dinner the best musicians, both
vocal and instrumental, were preparing
to display their talent, when suddenly
out went the light, and performers and
audience were left in total darkness. AS
the light was electric and was supplied
from private engine which had chosen
this inopportune moment to go COM
pletely wrong, there was nothing for the
giver of the feast to do but to collect all
the available bedroom candlesticks and
empty bottles and stick candles all over
the place. The effect was most comical
and seemed to cause amusement to every
body but the host. San Francisco Argo-
naut.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
Explaining q Prevalent BelIef.

A superstition very prevalent among
workingmen is the injurious effect sup
posed to be exercised by the suns rays
falling upon their tools. The best tools
made for use In tropical countries are
subjected to exactly the same amount
of tempering ms those made for home
use, although they are to be used un.
der a greater heat.
A heat greater than any which reaches
this earth from the sun would be re.
quired to affect them.
No metallic or other matter is equal
ly susceptible to heat as the sand of
in India, is composed. 1t has been
found heated by the sun to almost 200
degrees #. But to affect the temper Of
steel more than double this temperature
is required. In the steel used for II
lancet the temperature of the metal
must be brought to 430 degrees, in RI.
zors and surgical instruments to $50 de
grees, in penlinives to 40 degrees, in
scissors and chiseis to 400 degrees, in
axes, planes and pocketknives to $40
degrees, in table knives and large
shears to $50 degrees, in swords and
watch springs to $50 degrees, in fine
saws and augers to 500 degrees and for
hand and pit saws to 600 degrees, or to
three times the greatest heat of the sun
felt on this earth.
AT 800 to $50 degrees soft steel and
iron become much deteriorated in power
to resist persuasive action and strain,
but their temperature can never be
raised to such degree as this by the
heat of the sun.-New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
Butler and Father Ryan.

When General Butler was in COM
mand at New Orleans during the rebel
lion, he was informed that Father Ryan,
priest and poet, had been expressing
rebellious sentiments and had said he
would even refuse to hold funeral serv-
ices for dead Yankee. General Butler
sent for him in haste and began round
ly scolding him for expressing such
un-Christian and rebellious sentiments.
General" the willy priest answered,
you have been misinformed. would
be pleased to conduct funeral services
for all the Yankee officers and men in
New Orleans. San Francisco Argo-
naut.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

1t was in large department store that
gilded youth drifted up to the candy
counter.
do you know" he said to the pretty
young woman in charge, ''if were the
proprietor of this establishment should
dismiss your
"Why?' she asked Indignantly.
"In order to give the candy a chance"
he answered.
And she gave him 1t pounds Of rs cent
candy for 80 cents. Detroit Free Press.
A combined Photographic ana visual
telescope has been finished and placed in
position for DR.. Jansen at Meudon. The
two lenses We're made by the Henry
Bros. of the Paris observatory, and the
mounting by Gauthier of Paris.
The men in the Caucasian settlements
In South Africa outnumber the women
by 10 to !, and spinsters are rare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20
Action Well Taken.

Oh Louie nepuUtCs
The Illinois State Federation of La
Dor, in session at Belleville last week,
did well in tabling the resolution de-
claring that workingman or members
Of trades unions should not become
members of any militia organization.
In the first place. the Illinois State
Federation of Labor should leave the
Illinois workingman little personal
liberty. 1t will not be tolerated,
even in a federation of labor.
to take away from laborers
the last vestige of their American
Independence.
But in another and broader view
the action of the federation in tab
ling the anti-militia sesolution is to
be commended. The Republic has
been the most persistent opponent of
great militia appropriations of ILL
nois. But as long as the supporters
OF such appropriations insist that a
large military force is necessary to
put down strikes" the workingman
should see to it that the ranks are
not filled with the enemies rather
than the friends of labor. Let him
assert by going into these organiza-
tions that he is friendly to every
honest movement for the preserva-
ton of the peace and the security of
life and property. Let there be no
class distinctions in the citizenship
Of Illinois. And, above all, let there
be no creation of distinctly Mill
tary class as distinguished from an
other class which is not admitted to
the soldiery.
A militia system made up of the
honest workingmen of a state can be
trusted to perform every public duty
of citizen soldiery. If any man
asks more than this lie: him subsidize
his own Hessians. But let it not be
understood in Illinois that working
men propose to allow the state mill
tia to fall into the hands of their en-
emies of public order.
We wish the Belleville meeting
had been as sensible in dealing with
every question before it as it was in
dealing with this one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20
THE DREAMER.

When am sleeping in my bed,
The little people in my head
All sport and frolic, dance and play
As they never do by day.
They play at being king and queen
Or catching fairy folk unseen.
They act out giant, troll or gnoma.
Or IN far Afric's forests roam.
They go with Sindbad on his trips
Or take command of pirate ships
And capture galleons of Spain.
Pearl freighted, on the Spanish main
Yet each one still pretends he's mo.
While am sound asleep. you see.
They play, run and shout and leap
And yet I'm lying fast asleep.
They have such jolly lots Of fun
And see such sights. Yet never one
VIII wake me up that may go
To share the joys that please them -
And II wake and try to hear,
Or at their frolics try to peer,
Then all the sly things in a trice
Are quiet and demure as mice.
-Arlo Bates in st. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

employees last summer cost the Chi
cago railroads $40. 900. 600, and the
railroads OF the entire country possi-
bly, double that sum. He had them
in his power and they were abso-
lutely powerless to help themselves.
Naturally the railroads are aroused
to the need of eXtricating them
selves and their properties from
position that leaves them at
the mercy of corporation
which has proved itself deaf and
dumb and blind to the interests of its
business associates.
The usual quarterly dividend of q
per share from the net earnings, pay
able Nov. Is to the stockholders of
record, was made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

A COMPARISON of the prices of
goods last week with the cost one
year ago was made by the New York
World in 6-column article. The re-
suit proved n reduction in the cost
Of the necessaries of life Of from Is to
20 per cent. According to these fig
ures it costs less to build house
than it did then. It costs less to fur
nish il. And when you come to live
in it, it costs less to buy canned veg
etables, fish. fruit. kitchen utensils,
hardware. clothing. tinware, shirts.
drawers. sheets, blankets, towels,
rope. Irvine. oils. paints, and in fact,
pretty nearly everything that enters
into daily use. This is the result OF
democratic tariff Legislation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20
sheriff. Aaie.

By virtue OF Gn execution and fee bill
No G5s4 iesned out Of the clerks Office Of the cir.
cult court Of Rock Island county, and state OF ILL
nois. and to me erected, whereby I am COM
msnded To make the amount OF = certain jndg
mcnt recently obtained agains; Robert Il Tay-
lor. IN favor of Rebecca Taylor. out OF the lands
tenemenfs, goods and chartels OF the said
defendant. Robert b Taylor. have levfd upon
the following property. to-wif: NE souiheas;
quarter u OF the southeast quarter a. of zee.
ton nine te). town hip No. sixteen (I6). north.
range four az west Of the fourth t4th) principal
me rldian. in the county Of Rock Island ard state
OF Illinois. this End Gay Of October. A. D.. 1894
Therefore. according to said Command. shall
expose for sale At public auction all The right
title and interest of the above named Rober,
Taylor. in and to the above described property
on saturday, the :ath day OF October. 1894. q;
: O'Clock y. m, At the north door of the
court house in the CITY of Rock lei.
and, in the county of Rock Island and state of
Illinois, for cash in hand. to satisfy said execution
and fee bill. c. d. GORDON
Sheriff OF Rock Island County, Illinois.
Dated ct Rock Island this 2nd day of oc,o.
Der, A. d. 1894.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20
The Great Water Wheels q. Niagara.

The Great Water Wheels At Niagara.
The water wheels are not all Of the
same size. Those employed in the trans
mission Of power to the machinery of
the paper mill were, when they were
put in, the largest ever made. They
were capable of generating as much as
1000 horsepower each. But they are
mere pygnlies in comparison with those
which are to supply power to the great
dynamos. Each of these has been built
with the purpose Of developing as much
as 5000 horsepower, which is about
the power required to drive an ordinary
ocean steamship from IL to Ii knots an
hour. There are to be three of these
mammoth turbines, and their hand
maids. the dynamos, are sympathetical-
~ colossal in their capacity to generate
electricity.-McClure's Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

"'Our hero sat in the corner of the
railway compartment devouring his
newspaper, read Miss Myrtle Dolau
from the latest acquisition to her paper
cover library
HE wor devouring what?" asked her
father, with sudden interest
His newspaper. the book says" re-
piled Myrtle
go an wild yez! Oh fought 'twor q
mon ye wor readin about, an now. be
the powers, he turns out to be a goat"
washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

THE United States court has ruled
that Levi p. Morton's alien coachman
must 90 back to England. he having
been engaged by the New York re-
publican gubernatorial candidate in
violation 70 the contract labor law.
The incident coming up at this time
when Mr.. Morton is attempting,
through the influence OF his wealth,
to obtain possession Of the executive
chair OF the state and under the pre-
tensed republican theory that he is a
friend to American labor is GER
tainly very inopportune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Pullman Palace Car
company was held at the com pany's
Office at Chicago Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Pullman was present in person
and took charge of the proceedings.
He and his friends will remain in
control Of the company for another
year. the dissatisfied element among
the stockholders having found it inn
possible to organize an effective op-
position. The year 1884 includes
three Of the latest months of the
Worlds fair business-August, Sep
TENDER and October-when earnings
mounted to fabulous figures. 1t also
includes the months OF the great
strike this year. period Of terrific
loss. The extra earnings from
Worlds fair traffic amounted to over
$1,000, 900. The losses attributable
to the strike could not have been less
than 81, 100. 900.
However. the question of the net
financial results Of the year is the
least Of the troubles of the Pullman
stockholders. They have matters Of
greater importance weighing on their
minds. 1t Is not the past or the
present that concerns them most
wholly, but the future. They fear
hostile legislation ut the several state
capitals next winter, and also at
Washington. But it is not the fear
Of hostile Legislation that is causing
the Pullman managers the greatest
uncasiness. They are confronted
with o real and genuine terror, in
the form Of the bitter hatred Of the
railroad interests. The personal OBJ
stinacy Of George N. Pullman and
his refusal to treat with his striking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

j. W. Kelley, of Batavia, N. Y.
conductor on the N. Y. c. railway.
and one of the best known men on the
road. says of Parks Tea: For 10 years
/ have suffered from constipation.
Tried everything and found nothing
of lasting value. Having heard so
many talking of Parks Tea, tried it
without much hope, The first dose
moved my bowels easily and now l
am cured. 1t works like magic. Sold
by Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20
EXEGTTOK'n NOTICE i,

EetAte OF John WArLer, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed execu.
tx Of the laet VIII and testament Of John
warner. late OF the county Of Rock leland
safe Of Illinois. deceased. hereby gives notice
that she viii appear before the county court O.
Rock Island county, at the ONCE OF the clerk OF
said court, il the citvsof Rock leland at the Jan.
uary tenn on the frrt Monday IN January mex.
AZ which time al persons having claims sgAinf,
SAID estate are notified and requested TO stiend
Tor the purpose OF having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said eets.e are re.
euested 70 make immediate payment 10 the IN.
dersfRned.
Dated this 18th day OF October, A. ID. 1924.
CAROLINE L. WARNER, Executrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20
AN AMUSING ADVENTURE.


nal and . Tactful Woman,
A superior officer Of the B garri-
son was some time ago the hero Of
most amusing adventure Colonel q
had received from Mime. " an in
vitation to dinner, but on the day ap-
pointed, and just as he was about to
start, he was seized with a violent at
tack Of neuralgia and decided to forego
the pleasure in store for him. The colo
mel wrote letter of apology, called his
orderly and said:
Guy, you will give this letter to
Nine. " and then go and fetch me
my dinner
Here the plot commences. Guy set
of after carefully secreting the letter
in his breast pocket along with his to-
bacco pouch. He arrived at Nine
VS., delivered his message and
stood rs rigid as statue The lady Of
the house was surprised and inquired
what he was waiting for. Guy replied:
1.-The colonel told me to fetch him
his dinner.
Mime. " saw the mans mistake,
gave certain orders, and the servants
handed the faithful linesman q set Of
dishes emitting fragrant odors. More
over, Mime. v slipped o half bottle
Of champagne into the soldiers pocket
and said:
''You will serve this to the colonel at
DESERT
Guy came back, and, upon my word,
the restaurant seemed to have provided
such host Of good things that the colo
mel got up and took his seat at the table.
Over the soup he slowly began to recover
his appetite, to his no small surprise.
The side dishes made him quite raven
Gus, with the entrees his pain disap-
peared, he was stupefied at the roast
meat and dumfounded at the game, and
still his wonder grew at the marvellous
dishes supplied by his chophouse keeper
At the dessert the orderly, obeying his
instructions, set the bottle of champagne
ON the table. He was asked for an ex-
PLANTATION, when everything came out
The colonel in despair thought the mat
ter over and then gave his orderly 10
francs. telling him to buy q bunch Of
flowers and present It from him to
Mime. ". Then our colonel, salts
fed that he had done his best under the
trying circumstances. settled down in
an easy chair and composed himself to
sleep An hour and q half later the door
opened, and Guy walked in and gravely
deposited two 6 franc pieces ON the Ia
BILE The colonel questioned him with
some anxiety.
1.-The lady paid for the nosegay. %
said the honest warrior. apparently well
pleased with the general turn of affairR
Nine ", ON receiving the bou-
quet, had given the soldier francs by
way Of . tip, ON receiving which the
latter simply replied:
1T isn't s francs. please, ma'am; il
Is 10 france"
Colonel . was confined to his bed
for three days, 70 the great alarm Of the
whole Of the garrison. Progress ulustra
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

An English writer gives specimens
Of the rules of war in vogue among
the Chinese. A sample of them is
the following: Spread in the camp
of the enemy voluptuous musical airs
so as to soften his heart" We are
told that this military maneuver was
held in especial esteem 5000 years
ago by its author. Sun Tee, who is
still regarded as the highest authori-
" upon the art OF war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

READ the facts and figures appear
ing elsewhere with reference to Rock
Island county's proposed court house
and then reflect il the county cannot
afford to make this needful and SUBJ
stantial Investment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

The Presbyterian synod of the
state Of Illinois, which is in session
at jacksonville. is a delegated body.
representing IL presbyteries. ass
ministers, is7 churches and 62. 900
members. The new churches add
cd over 5000 new members last year
and have 10000 scholars in their
Sunday schools. They gave to mis-
sions last year s2sS.OOO and spent in
current expenses $772,O00.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1894.

The new court house completed
will cost from 25 to 80 cents per cap
ital per annum. Is there any lauda-
BILE reason why it should not be
erected?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-20

IT has been suggested that q strong
representative republican ticket in
1896 would be: For president, George
NJ. Pullman; for vice president, An
drew Carnegie. Platform-Love for
the working classes.