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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
Fcrils OF Q Joke In Germany.

This story illustrates the perils of
practical joking in Germany: Eighteen
months ago four gentlemen Of leisure
from the Rhine co6Atry went to the kir-
mess in Bullay. They rode about with
a cabby and drank wine until they were
overtaken by the conditions of mind
and body which accompany these per-
formances ut German festivals. Then
they began to dispute with the cabman
as to the weight of his horse and cab.
Eventually they offered him 80 pfen-
nigs-or about l2 cents-a pound for the
whole cquipage. He accepted the offer.
The horse and cab went On the scales
and registered 8, 900 pounds. The whole
outfit was worth about S75, so the cab
man hastened to surrender it and de-
mand his IL cents pound, or $500 in
all. Tho four gentlemen of leisure then
protested that it was all q mistake, a
joke, in fact, and they couldn't think of
paying $500 for a $s5 equipage. They
went away. but the cabman sent horse
and cab after them by express c. o. d.
When the four gentlemen of leisure
refused to follow the practical part of
the joke farther, the cabman sued them.
He carried OH the case from court to
court, in response to their appeals from
each successive decision in his favor, and
two weeks ago obtained the final judg-
ment III his favor from the high court of
justice in Coblenz The costs meantime
had risen to $40, SO the four gentlemen
of leisure were ordered by the court to
pay 5000, all told. That is the total cost
of the practical joke about the cabman' 8
$75 outfit, excepting the private retain
ers which, for the defense Of the four
jokers through the steady legal fight Of
u year and half, are said to amount to
about 5000 more. The Bullay cabman
has bought a pair and victoria and has
gone to Berlin to carry men with titles
and spurs On their boots.-New York
Sun,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
His NJ usical Choice.

"Eothen" Kinglake was q great friend
Of Nine. Olga de Novikof during her
sojourn in England, where one feature
of her entertainments was afternoon
musicals to which none but dilettanti
were invited. On one occasion Kinglake
presented himself, and as an intimate of
the house was admitted. He retired to a
corner and listened attentively. Madame
was surprised, but pleased, and ap.
preaching him said: (Which order OF
music do you prefer, my friend-cIassic.
Italian or the Wagnerian school? Ifancy
you do not know our great Glinka?''
II assurcdly am fond of music, he an.
swercd. but my taste is perhaps pc
culiar. As an instrument prefer the
drum" Madame took measures to pre-
vent his being admitted to these Assem-.
blies again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
Should Plays To Printed

Moliere objected to the printing of his
plays on the ground that they werc
meant to be acted on tho stage. with the
costumes, scenery and illusions per-
tanning thereto, and not to be read in
the closet. 1t was also inferred that
Shakespeare entertained the same notion
as Moliore, seeing how indifferent he
was Us to the fate Of his plays SO long as
they were popular on the stage. There
is also the explicit declaration Of Hey
wood in the following terms:
ct hath been no custom in me of all
other men courteous readers) to COM
NIT my plays to the press. The reason,
though some may attribute to my own
insufiiciency, I had rather subscribe in
that to their severe censure than by
seeking to avoid the imputation of weak
ness to incur greater suspicion of hon.
esty. for, though some have used dou-
BILE sale of their labors first to the stage
and after to the press, / here proclaim
myself ever faithful to the first and
never guilty of the last
The author of the most successful
comedy Of modern times exhibited the
same Indifference to, or rather dislike
of, the printer. When 1.-THE School For
Scandal met with SO brilliant a reccp-
ton, from its first appearance ON May
6. l777. Ridgway, the publisher, agreed
with Sheridan as to its publication, but
he never succeeded in getting the manu-
script He applied to the author in vain,
and mt length got an answer. Sheridan
&l,<A 10, L.. 4 N \
ing to satisfy himself with the style of
the play. but had not yet succeeded.
The printing Of the play was done in
dependently Of the author. He presented
u manuscript copy Of it to his married
sister. Mrs. Lefanu, at Dublin, to be
disposed of for her own advantage to the
managers of the Dublin theater. This
brought her 100 guineas and free admis-
sions to the theater, and it was from the
manuscript thus procured that the Dub
lin edition was printed and
Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

CONSUL LEE CALLS ON wEYLEH.
Interests Himself on Behalf OF a Newspa.
Der Snapshot Man.

per SnasS-ShOt Man.
HAVANA, June 6.-General Fitzhugh
Lee, the new consul general for the Unit
cd States, had a long conference with Cap
tain General Weyler yesterday Calixto
Garcia is reported to be near .Jiguancy,
province of Santiago &c Cuba. General
Linarcs, forces were transported to the
military line at Tea, near Baracoa, pro.
vince of Santiago dc Cuba. They were able
to land quickly and with the loss of only
four rien, the troops being protected by
tho fire of the gunboats.
Consul General Lee has interested him.
self in the case % Artist Thomas D..wley.
confined in Moro castle iucomunicado.
When he called on General Wcyicr with
his predecessor yesterday he explained to
Weyler that the artist hid been sent 70
take pictures FOR newspapers in the Unit
I'd States. General Weyicr promised Gen.
eral Lee to recommend that this case Ia
attended to at the earliest opportunity. BE
did not authorize General Lee to sec
Dawley ut the Fortress, as the law prohib.
Its prisoners being seen. and its provisions
could not well be evadcd. ZEE declared.
however, that General Lee might see tho
prisoner today ut the palace.
Both parties to this interview declare
that the coming of General Lee to Cufs,
Is with the purpose of healing whatever
difficulties exist between the respective
governments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
Old Coaching Days.

The old coaching days, as far as con-
venience for travel was concerned, were
the dawn of the great days of our pres
emit rapid means Of communication. The
20 years or so in which mail coaches
waxed and flourishcd and finally died
out before the incursiOn of railways and
steam engines have decided flavor of
romance attached to them, and no doubt
the coming and going of stagecoaches
lent certain amount of color and in
terest and life to the country places and
towns through which ran the great main
coaching roads. The Bath road. the
Dover road, the York road were high
ways of communication along which
rolled the heavy private coaches and
chariots Of the country magnates, and
the stagecoaches with their steaminG
horses passed the various stopping
places with the regularity Of clcckwork.
These stagecoaches, with their COM
plement of coachmen and guards, af-
forded endless subjects of interest and
illustration to the artist and the literary
men Of the day. Imagine Charles Dick
ems without stagecoaches and denuded
of all his vivid descriptions of the
scenes such as those in the yard of the
White Hart inn, High street, Borough,
in 'Pickwicl, p" or of the mail coach OH
the Dover road in "a Tale Of Two
Cities 1t is difficult for the present
generation to realize the fatigue and
the wintry cold of such long journeys,
when frozen feet were enveloped in a
little straw, and a SHAWL folded
round the neck was thought to be fit
protection against the keen night air, a
strong contrast to the luxurious cush-
Toned carriages, hot water tins and fur
lined rugs and greatcoats of the present
day.-London Spectator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
SHALL BOYS GO TO couLEeEr


SOmo Arc Fitted For Life. and Others Are
Unified by College Training.
Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D. D., in
his paper to young men in The Ladies'
Home Journal, discusses ''Shall We Send
On. Boy to College?" answering the
query with the assertion, THAT depends
q great deal on the boy" He announces
himself to be q thorough believer in the
college. but holds that 1T might not be
best for him (our boy) to go to college,
it might not be best for the community
that he should. College can fit q man
for life, and also it eau unfit him.
There are styles of education that dis
qualify the student for doing what he is
competent to do, without qualifying
him to do that which he might like to
do, but for which he lacks and always
Will lack the prerequisites As general
principle, the moro q man knows the
better, but SO long as the present order
of things continues great amount of
very ordinary work will require to be
done. and ordinary people will do ordi-
nary work better than extraordinary
people will and be great deal more
comfortable while doing it. Eordes OF
both sexes are entering college for the
reason that they do not enjoy doing
commonplace things The result is that
commonplace things are left undone.
and nncommcnplace things fare still
worse. Agriculture is the material basis
Of q nations strength and prosperity.
We could dispense with either lawyers,
doctors or ministers better than we
could with farmers.
Probably we should not quarrel SO
much if there were fewer students of the
law, should not be sick SO much if there
were fewer students of medicine, and
should not be SO wicked if there were
fewer students of theology. All of these
could contribute literally to the ranks
Of the agriculturalists with advantage
to the professions and to the grain and
vegetable markets. / am not disparag-
ing anybody. neither am saying that
it would not be a good thing, in itself
considered, if every one, however ma
terial or mental his occupation, could
receive all that the finest school or col
lege training could confer, but that is
not practicable at present and never will
be till people get over thinking that
there is disgrace attaching to the do
ing of ordinary things
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
eEAs SAWED THE ,oas.
Strange Tale Of wcods1ca and the e.
fects Of NincS Pse.

Strange Tale of 9 wcods1ca and the En-
fects Of Ninco TIE.
81 dent like to repeat story aboat
Sullivan county unless / know it IS
true said Phil Kinney. M. Kinney
never tells story except with the most
serious countenance, writes a CORE
spondent of the New York Press.
"a farmer" he said, from Forest
burg was here recently, and he told me
of an experience he had out in tho
woods. and I'll give up my dinner if I
don't think he told the truth. You see,
he is pne Of those honest cid fellows
who drink hard cider around home. He
says plain cider doesn's hurt him, but
when he comes here he winks at me and
says, Put little in nv cider.
well, sir. he was getting out rail-
road ties down where he lives. He uses
in doing it one of those big, double
handled cross cut saws.
''Says he: was a-sawin away out
thar in the snow, with my little fox
terrier nosin round in the bushes after
jacks, when he sudden like puts his tail
twixt them slender legs O. his'n and
digs out fer Eu,n. / kinder looked
round, but blessed ef could set them
eyes O. mine ON enything out the Or
binary. kept on a-sawin till it gifts
time to cat my old woman's bits.
L set down Oh a log an ct away,
an sets the pail down when I was
through, III I saved my mince pie fur q
little later. fell into dczc, an when
come to waz half skairt orten my
boots by blasted big black Esar sittin
longside an eatin my mince pie. knew
better'n to try to get up fore he could
swat me with his paw. So sets still,
a-shakin and a-shiverin. Purity soon
heard them whistles ALLOWING fer l
O'Clock down i'll Por. Jcrvis. Then the
funniest part O. the hull business COM
menced. That they're bear jes' wipes
his nose in the SHOW an gees over an
ketches hold that saw and went to work
a" BY gosh! WIZ expectin that he
would do some sort O. trouble to it, an
it wuz the only saw I he'd. But he
didn't He sawed OFF four or five logs
jes' the right length, an then he saw
the rest O. that tree WIZ too small fer
use as ties, an he looked round fer an
other tree. But there wuzn't none down,
SO he sets the saw up agin tree an
goes Off.
II said to him them continued
Phil, 'You better have u little more
cider. He took q big drink and then
another. Then he says: Phil. don't
want You to laugh at me, but went
down there mex day, an cut down SIX
trees, an l put two mince pies an the
saw longside tho first enc an went an
hid behind q tree. I waited till z
O'Clock. but that blasted bear neye,
showed up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
An Ielapd CITY.

Greater New York consists of Is is.
lands-just as many as there are now
stars in our flag. 1t might be called the
Island City. Read the names of some OF
the larger: Il. Manhattan island 2.
Long island. 3. Staten island. 4.
Harris island. 5. City island. 6. Riker's
island. .. North Brothers. island. 8.
South island. o. BLACKWELL island. 10.
RandaNs island. IL. Wards island.
IL. Berr:an's island IL. Governors is
land H. Barren island Is. Coney is.
land.
Many small ones in Jamaica bay have
IS large names. One inland island,
Marble Hill, near Kinssbridge. has been
made by the government channel cut
through Oh the Harlem river improve
ments.-New York Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
Eaeiish Ship Names.

The naming of ships is one Of the
difficulties that the admiralty overcome
BY using the old names over and over
again To adopt q new name into the
navy seriously interferes with the serv-
ice signal books.
The old names are in the code, and
are as convenient for the ships of today
~ for those Of Nelson's time. But the
introduction Of o new name necessitates
IN alteration in all the books. That is
why the old names survive generation
after generation. World
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
Publication Notice.
i socr I. az Ia dov.24.' &c

In the County court June term, A. D. isss.
Cn,rles H. Brsndenbnrg W. Mary 4. CIT,
widow. Jennie Devoe, Jacob ". Gift, Matilda
Phillips. Sarah Adams. Calvin Git. John n. 6 let
CQra Ellis, Ida Ely. William Gitt ana George A
WiRgins.' administrator Of sstste Of Rii1sbsth
Bradley. deceased. =
Petition 10 sell real estate TO pay debas
TO the shove named defe1dsntc. Nsti,da
Phillips, Sarah Adams, Calvin Git and william
GIFT
Afidasit OF the nop-resideDce Of Won. Nss,;aa
Phillips, Calvin Git snd William Git, anl aGds-
VII that you. ssraa Adams. cannot be foond 90
that process ean be served upon ron, and thai
upon dtteent inquiry your plsce Of resndeucs
cannot be a:cesisined: notice b hsreby Owen %
you and each o. you thst the abovspsu,e Detj.
TONER has died IN the eaid oourt his nc
ttion aeafnst you for leave 10 sell real erfase %
psy debts; thas suHmons be- been fseued IN
esid eause ssainft yoa. Feturssbls 70 TIE yune
term, A.. D., 1875. Of said CONT, and
that sad e.nse vas on de mt day
o. Jane. A. ID. 1oss - essA court oo1z
tieusd 10 the Aueust tern Of ssid ~osst 70 q
begun and holden II the couss house In d. city
Of Rock Island. IN saiA county Of Rock sslanA, on
the Ar.e Monday Of Ane1st. 4. D. 1soss Of
wn1eA 49, nd pseoe poe MI appeaS - pjea1,
answes o. de0er TO - pss1sica II yoa zee IT
Dated e Roek 1slaaA, NJ. tbs II oay q Jone,
Clssk o. ssid CounSs Coat
evDr 4WAHKnn. soaie4feU fW Pss1fasns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
A Boys Composition on "Hens. >

Hens is curious animals They don't
have no nose. nor no teeth, nor NO ears.
They swallow their vittles whole and
chew it up in their crops inside of them.
The outside of hens is generally put in
to pillars and feather busters. The in
side of hen is sometimes filled up with
marbles and shirt buttons and SIGH. A
hen is very much smaller than good
many other animals, but they will dig
up mere plants than anything that amt
hen. London Tit Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
IN WHIST.

No matter what your partner coest
Remain arbaus ond bland.
Don't even say his game is one
You cannot understand.
The more misplays1;iat ne may mako
The more You'll smile and say
Xou ofte.l make like mistake;
Did IL but yesterday.
If adversary should revoke,
Don't claim the penalty.
% little slip like this is one
That every day We sce."
Ard shr AID he merit it or not
Pay CO .pliments On skill.
Don { mlss this opportunity
OF gaining his good will.
The others will not ike il
II You win the game each day
80, when gaining, praise your partner:
It's his scientific play.
Showing joy or disappointment
You must manage to resist
II you'd have the others love you
And be popular at whist.
Brooklyn Eagle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
LEGAL.
Notice of Final Settlement,

Eeta.e OF Daniel r. nste rmacher, Deceased.
Public notice Is hereby given that the UNDER
signed. Robert Doonsn. executor, has this
day hled his final report and settlement
rs such in the county court Of koch
Island county. and that an order has been
entered BY sad court approving the said re-
contrary be shown on or before the sOth day
OF June. A. ID. 1875, and upon the final ap
pr0val Of said report, the eaid Robert Doonsn win
ask for an order Of distribution and will aleo ssk
TO be discharged. Ali persons interested are no
titled to attend
Rock Island, H., June !, 1898
RotEIT DooxAx,
By G. j. SEARLv, Attorney
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

Hostess-Well, there is one very
creditable thing I can say about my
husband. We have lived together over
20 years now. and during all that time
have never heard him swear once.
What do you think Of that?
Guest-I think it the most remark
able case Of self control I ever heard Of.
Boston Courier
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
Masters Sale
STATE OF ILLINOIS, f,

S s of lLLlNOISs es
In the circuit c,urt. in chancery. Foreclosurs
General No. 1893.
j. F. Robinson. troetee for Oscar A. Barnhar
vs.. Howard Chandler and Mary &. Chandler.
Public notice Is hereby given that in pursu sncs
OF derrec entered by said court. in the above
entitled cause, on the 12th Jay ri Hsy, A. ID
1896, 1. klWtn x. farmeEter. master in chsncery
of the faid circuit court Of Rock Island county
vii on Saturday. the 1.th day Of June. A. D.,
1896. at the hour Of O'Clock in the afternoon q,
the north door OF the court house, IN the city o.
Rock Island. in the said county and state. cell al
pubic vendue to the highest bidder foi
each, all ard singular, the following described
premises and real estate in said decree mentioned
situated- in toe county Of Rock Island and ststc
OF Illinois. or 70 much thereof ~ may be Deces
ear 10 rssiefy said decree. to-wit:
The west half t1f) Of the northeast quarter ~ :
snd the porthweet quarter n4D Of the sou;h-a-l
quauer ~. all in section thirteenth n3), town.
chip sixteen (l6) north varRc ave 80 west Of the
9Th p. M. containing 1j0 acres more or less.
lated Nay %, 1896. ELwH z. PABnENTrR,
Master in Chancery. Rock leland county, Ill.
b. X. ksxw0RrHr, Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
Itch n &

= II there Is one thing moro than
another which gratifies MS, it is the
great volume Of hearty thanks which
come from grateful parents for the
cures Hoods Sarsaparilla has effected
upon their children. The agony Of
despair turns to unspeakablc Joy as
mothers and fathers see dreadful sores
and eruptions gradually yield to the
potent purifying power Of this great
medicine, and bright boys and girls
given perfect health. Read this:
- "Whcn my baby was four weeks old,
scrofulous eczema broke out on his body.
lilo became literally covered with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

How do You feel. Bill?" asked the
sympathizing friend.
Some better" answered the wound
ed cowboy. Il guess it won't be long
fore kin get round an get square -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

d. WNl1nasr Iu1aian P1ls 0lnensnf vm en-
ma tlssalnG. ulssssted - issAinx pGlsaL d
sssWss ne tun0s, afisys - itehisg . eoes,
80 - epsaleies. gives instant rslIsf. u. WI.
49, fs1laa Pf,s Ointment Il pssparsd only fos
pDss a1d ftehng Of DO prtvats parss, - nssAane
-. 1veu ~ y guagsatssd. osad b dug.
-. ~ ~ nal. fsr - eszts ~ y ~ bs9.
49, 1nl11neoasiAg es0UMv. RssUs1ssa
C1sv11anA, o.. ~ ~ IN -,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

When six months old the breaking out
healed on his body, but his head, face and
arms were terrible sight. Irassed many
sleeplcss nights holding his little hands
to keep him from scratching his face. I
cannot tell " that kesuifcrcd wit he sores.
One doctor ATTENDED him q year without
avail. No one thought he would ever get
well. He was almost year old when I
commenced to give him Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. He soon grew SO much better that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

Aunt Jane-In my young days, Ev-
elyn. girls amused themselves with q
spinning wheel
Evelyn-But aunty dear, you ought
to see my wheel spinIDetroit Free
Pre0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

California has been named the Gold
en- State. from the mines CT precious
metal discovered in 1648, which have
since proved a source of enormous riches
to that commonwealth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

Carriage drivers in France receive
eAS2 . week. in England IS. Is. in Ger
many %. 81 and in Italy %. 60.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

BAECEI oyA, June 6.-After the Corpus
Christi procession here two brass bombs
similar to those used in the Liceo theatre
outrage in November, 1894, were found in
street near the cathedral Several an
archists have been arrested on suspicion
of having planned n bomb outrage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08
ReEormcrs stir on the Ragged r;dr..

PREIoRlA, TransvaaA, June S.-Thc ex.
ecntivc council. after a long discussion,
has postponed the final decision regarding
the release Of the four reform leaders, Col
onel Francis Rhodes, John Hays Ham,
mond, Lionel Phillips and George Farrar,
until June IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-08

Children osy 10,
Pltcherse caoeOsso.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
Death Of Lite Eugene Murray.

The happy home Of Mr. and Mrs. f
G Murray was darkened yesterday by
the shadow Of the death angels wings,
who came and bore the spirit of their
little son, Eugene, 10 the world beyond.
His death occurred At I7:4o o'clock
yesterday afternoon. after an illness Of
about q month. He was something
over year old At the time Of his death.
Some three weeks ago Mrs. Murray
carried the little sufferer TO Aiamance
county In hopes that the change would
be beneficial, but he continued TO grow
worse and Tuesday she brought him
home again and yesterday the end
came.
The funeral service will be conducted
from the residence on Morehead Ave.
nue. this morning Al II o'clock, by Rev.
J.. Is. Turnbuli. after which the remains
will be inferred in the city cemetery.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-18
Personal MENTION.

R. II. cowan spent yesterday in Raj.
eigh
Geo. w. Watts left last evening fol
an extended northern trip.
Mrs. Hughes, of Burlington. is in the
city as the guest Of Mrs. ]. H. Shelburn
Marion Cobb went down TO More.
head City Yesterday on pleasure trip.
Rev. l.. b. Turnbnii who went over to
Richmond Monday on business, return
ed home last evening.
Horner Winston, son Of r. w. Wins
ton went over TO Oxford yesterday
morning for few days outing.
Prof. r. L. Flowers Of Trinity colleee
and Prof c. W. Toms Of the graded
school, left last evening for Asheville to
attend the Teachers Assembly. Prof.
Flowers will 90 from there to his home
At Taylorsyille. +.