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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-23

CHICAGO. May =.
The following were the quotations on tho
Board of Trade to-day: Whea.-May, opened
d'ac. closed asssc; June. opened GSsc. closed
&c; July. opened 6llac. closed 6Asc. Corn
May. nominal. closed ssiac: July, opened
sasc. closed es,ic: September. opened
closed lslsc; July. opened l9isc closed lss4c;
September. opened ls,sc. closed l9lrc. Pork
May. nominal. closed $7.i5: July. opened
S..3'. closed s. .asIs. Lard-May. nominal.
closed $42h; July. opened S4.3sls. closed
$4.S.
ID; extra dairy. l:,sa loc: fresh packing stock.
&c. Eggs - Fres', s.oc'-9 &c per dozen.
Live poultry-Turleys. y peg h.: chick
ems Chens). Sds,zc: roostcrs. 5e5tSc: ducks.
Sdl0c: geese. Sa.Nrd-5.0n per dozen. Potatoes
BurbInks, l:dlsc per bushel; mixed, sdllc.
New potatoes. Sl.5sa2.W per Dbl. Apples
Fair to fancy. se.5la3.5. per Dbl. Honey
White clover. l31l+c per Ii; broken comb.
ia Zoe: extracted, 6d6c. Strawberries-Nich-
igan, 40Gsoc per 100, case.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. May q.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged As follows: Hogs-Esti-
mated receipts for the day. SON; sales
ranged at $s.7OG3+5 pigs. S3sps3.50 light.
S:.aSa3.b rough packing. S3.l593.D mixed.
and $Slo13Sls heavy packing and shipping
lots
Cattle-Estimatei receipts for the day.
1.sp; quotations ranged at Si.Osd4.0 choice
to extra shipping steers, t3.sOd4.l 10 good to
choice do. $l.sssss.0 fair to good. S345G3 50
common to medium do. Sa.3Sa3O butchers
steers. Ss.ssi30l stockers. $3.sis3SO feeders,
Sl.GSd3:J cows. 81 6olt3O heifers - Goa ~
bulls. 3. .5a3s0 Texas steers, and SaD05 %
veal calves
Sheep and Lambe-Estimated receipts for
the day. &.uD: sales ranged at t3.063O west
erns. 81 1850 Texans. g 502AG natives and
$359S.l5 hmha
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-23

years i suffered all a
woman can and live.
Death would havcbeen
a happy release. / was
treated by the best spe-
cialistsin Canada, Eng
land and at home. with
out relief. Had inflam-
nation. liberation, ca
tarrh. retroversion and
hemorrhages. To please
afriend l usedwildOlive
and Myrtle Tonic. They
cured me permanently.
Not a sign left. Have
gained II pounds"
MRS. MAUD A.PRATT
Interplay, Wash. A
full history of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-23

Once Corner Eighteenth stree,
and Second Avenue, second floor.
Telephone No. 1047.
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Her Reason.

q say, sister, got turned down last night"
 "How was tha+P"
 Miss Queershape wouldn't let me hold her hand"
 '.Well, it wasn't because she was so very proper; it was because she didn't want to let you see how large her hand was."-N. |. Recorder.
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A DANGEROUS TASK.
Trials That Beset tho "Izidnaper" in the Performa co of H. s Duty.
DonnybroolS Fair Is OutdonS-Extraor- dinary Methods and Weapons of Attack--A Bath of Warm
 Soap Studs.
lcoPYRIGHT, 1S96.l

In poorest quarters of New York an attempt to arres, a small child, no mat ter what the reason for the arrest may be, is looked upon as an attack upon one of the greatest Of human preroga- tives; the feeling is that everybody, even in such circumstances, is entitled to a flair show" The expression of this sense of outrage by the friends and sympathzers of the youthful eaf- tives often assumes dangerous propor- tions, and results in a state of affairs in comparison with which the legends of Donny brook fair read peace and order, and in which the life of the cap tor is in jeopardy unless timely and sufficient help arrive.
 Officer Meagher, of the Madison street platoon, had an unpleasant experience when he arrested 12-year-old Isidore Schwartz few days ago. Young Schwartz threw a stick at the officer, striking him in the eye. When Meagher arrested the boy he was surrounded by a mob of fully thousand persons, who not only threatened violence, but att tempted to rescue the prisoner Sticks and stones began to fly through the air and every moment the crowd was aug mented by excited men and women. Each and every one of the mob seemed 10 have personal grievance against the officer. Hang him." Down with the cop" ''Take the boy away from him." were some of the cries heard on every side.
 A brick came whirling through the air and knocked the officers helmet off. A shout of approbation went up from the crowd and perfect storm of mis- siles came sailing over the heads of the mob. It began to look as if the officer would have to allow his youthful prison e1 to go and devote his attention to
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keeping himself from being killed out right, when two other officers appeared upon the scene. An unstinted use of their clubs made an opening through the angry mob, and together the three officers fought their way through.
 Many similar experiences fall to the lot of the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, or, as it is locally called, the Gerry society,""
 In many of the East side tenements, among which the society does most of it's work. the Gerry agents are known as "City Kidnapers." The society through it's agents, is always on the lookout for children whose parents are either criminals or drunkards, or who from ill-health or other misfortunes are unable to provide properly for their off spring.
 Agent Vincent T. Pizzara thus summed up the usual experience of the societys agents:
 "An arrest by the "City Kidnapers' in one of these cases is, ten chances to one, signal for free-for-all, go-as-
 
 vorably with the famous Donnybrook fair. where the only rule that held was to hit every head that came up.
 "All the men and women in the tene- ment who are not incapacitated through sickness, age or intoxication take part. All the local feuds characteristic of ten ement house districts are for the time being forgotten. The warning factions make common cause against the com mon enemy.
 "It is a species of guerilla warfare too, for while the bapless agentis trying to pacifv or overcome the resistance met ut the door. some of his opponents will have a shy at him with a broken plate or stove lid from the safe shelter of the stairs: and above the chatter of tongues ard din of battle, those who are unable to take active part encourage their fel- lows and ieer at the Gerry men with remarks that would make pirate feel that he was an amateur in the art of vituperation. Frequently the aid of two, three, and even four policemen is needed to effect the arrest of one small child
 i sew day; ago, one of the Gerry agealGs found little chap at midnight, standing at a street corner with a bum die of papers under his arm, crying bitterly He told the agent that his home was with woman who lived on n neighboring street, but he did not
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 know who or where his own parents were. He was crying because he was afraid to go to the hovel he called home before selling all his papers.
 The agent went with him. found state of affairs that justified him ia taking the child to the society's rooinss but the old woman objected, possibly because she feared prosecution Shs claimed to be the ehild's aunt. and threatened 10 make trouble if he was taken from her.
 The agent. however, took the little fellow,who did not seem over eight years old, and started uptown with him. Hgs had hardly gone ten feet when. on both sides of the street, windows were opened and from them pieces Of coal. wooc. old boots and shoes. bottles, and in fart pretty much everything which could ior made available, were thrown at his head. Not content with this kind of as- sault, the old woman gathered together some of her friends and started into the street to take the child away from the agent
 Then the fight began. The old wom~ an seized one arm of the child, the agent the other, and between them they nearly dismembered the poor boy. The agent had both eyes blaclened and his cloth- ing completely ruined before the pc lieeman summoned could make q way through the angry mobs disperse it with blows from his club. and give the agent an opportunity to reach ear with his. charge.
 The police often raise row for them selves by arresting boys whom they find shooting craps on the street. Sueha ar rests are almost invariably productive of fight. and half q dozen arrests for rioting usually follow. Policeman Dick Gotely, who is on post at the Barge office, knows something about youth ful erap-shooters and the trouble Of making an arrest. He tried it not long ago and was eongratulating himself upon having caught two boys, neither of whom was over 12 years old, in the very act.
 Suddenly from out one of the side streets issued about 100 half-grown men and boys. They surrounded Gotely and his two small prisoners and, with cries of "Tale him awayl" attempted a res
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met his wife while engaged in the work of the Salvation Army. She was her self an officer with a record second to none for successful work They are both, therefore Salvationists of tried experience, and full of the peculiar zeal and enthusiasm that enables the Army people to surmount every obstacle. They go out at the head of an expedi- tion that they have raised through their own exertions, and they go buoyant in spirit, and with a wealth of experience gathered from almost every phase of Salvation warfare.
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aRMl IN THE SOUTH.
rol# Holland Tells of ho Expedi- tion Which He Has Organized.
ra Work Among the Negroes-Muititude of Volunteers and Much Enthusiasm -aiistakes to Be Avoided
 in This Campaign.
IcnpYR1aHr. lSa6. l


 with a recklessness born of enthusi- astic energy, the Salvation Army war. riors are ever striving for new worlds to eonauer. Having carried their blue and red banner with it's flaming star of cold into almost every corner of the union. the officers of the great Church Militant find that one race has not re- ceiyed the attention which it's impor- tanee illstifies. The immense colored popuIation of the south offers a field of labor that makes the eyes of the Salva- tionists glisten at the thought of he nossible conquests in that directiop One man in particular, high in author ;tv in Salvation circles. for years past in his dreams by night and his thoughts by day, has had always before him this oreat field for the peculiar work of the army. This man is Col. Holland, who for years occupied the responsible po- sition of second in command of the Sal yation Army work in Canada. When he left Canada to take high position on the staff of Commander Booth-Tucker inAmerica, the colonel brought with him his ambitions to carry the flag of the Salvation Army into the south.
 He carried his ambition in his heart until he reached New York, then pro- ceeded forthwith to besiege the com mander with entreaties to be allowed to lead a Salvation band to the toilers in the cotton fields. Commander Tuck CT had a good many irons in the fire at this time, but Col. Hollands impor- tunity prevailed, and permission was granted to send out calls for volunteers to form the colored contingent, pro- vided the international officials in Lon
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one is obliged to select not that which is prettiest, but the one which would be most missed
 The bow at the back is still there. Not the same bow, however, but bow with out ends and with four loops that stand outright, like those worn on the turned up brims of our last summers hats. Encircling the neck, as basis on which to build, is always stiff, high col lar. Ingenious maids who make their own neclzwear, find white linen collars excellent for this purpose.
 Having secured foundation, the col lar must be adorned. fiounce of lace falling over all round is pretty, and should be deep yellow in color; over it, only at the back, and under no cir cunstanee in front, four square tabs, stifiy wired. They may be of variety of materials, mousseline and velvet be- ing most popular. Beneath them the four-looped bow, and the collar is com plete.
 Another collar, without tabs, is of
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cue. The officer, finding that he woulu
 have use for both hands, let go his hot.
 upon the boys and, drawing his long ing himself As the crowd closed in
 on him he laid about in most ener-s getic fashion, giving and taking blows all over the body. His determined ac- tion angered the mob and there was every prospect of their accomplishing
 their threat of throwing him off the
 dock when he succeeded in drawing his revolver and threatened to shoot if fiie
 mob did not disperse. He is known
 about the Battery as man who keeps
 his word, and, having wholesome fear
 of the gleaming revolver, the mob of
 roughs slunk back into the side streets, leaving one of their number prisoner
 with the officer. The latter's heavy night stick was broken and his uniform
 ruined. but he had his prisoner. and
 later in the evening succeeded in again
 arresting the two small boys who lad
 caused all the trouble
 "I remember Che instance,r said Agent King. who is the veteran Of the
 Gerry society, which was both exciting
 and amusing. I was sent to investi- gate the case of child who had been found half-starved in the street The
 woman with whom he lived claimed
 to be his grandmother. She was a drunken old harridan who ran soda water stand when she was sober enough.
 She used to send the child out to col lect bills, half of which were hasec OH imaginary claims If he didn't collect anything he didn't dare go back home. Well, I went to sec the old woman. who lived on West Broadway. She listened
 to me very quietly and flattered my
 self that this was an easy case. when all of q sudden she broke out into the worst mixture of bad English and jab- bering French. hallooing at the top of
 her lungs for help. The house was full of French people, and in about three | seconds 1, with the kid in my arms, found myself in the midst of Ii French fight. 1 never saw such wild carYyings- on in my life. Arms flew like haiis and tongues rattled like mill-ciapperu.
 was scared, for l didn't know then, sls l do now. that there is many | French fight in which never q blow is struck
 When finally got out with the kid there wasn't a dry thread on either or us. Upstairs was laundry, and the
 women had doueel us with warm soap suds.'
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GOSSIP OF DAME FASHION
Large Hats That Arc -drous
 in Size and Beauty.
To Encireie My Lady's Neck-Ruches and Wired Tabs-overconts for Little Men-What the Horse Show
 Revealed.

Now that the election excitement is well over, woman once more turns her mind 10 thoughts of eostumery. She finds that during the not fight, the mil liner has not been idle; she finds small hats plenty, that sit bewitehingly on the head, adorned with much glitter and many wings; but the magnifieeEce of headgear lies in those of large size These hats all have large crowns, and much trimming, Fumes that rear their heads even high above the high crown, and earess lovingly the soft cheek below, are there in bewildering abundance
 But why speak in generalities. Much more fitting would it be to tell of a
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black mousseline hat, intended, alas, for theater wear. The brim carries the principal material, but the crown is very softly made, high above the wear er's head, of bright green velvet truched In front an emerald and brilliant buckle gleams, to hold in place the first of 8 series of black plumes which droop over the brim, on each side.
 Another example: This time the brim is not straight, but like Old Nep- tune sinks deep on occasion to prepare for higher rising a short distance be- yond. A band of ermine encircles it. that sign of royalty so fittingly worn by the women who reign in the west. The crown of this hat is also tall, but is concealed by outstanding plumes, in eerisse, and a glorious bunch of rich velvet blossoms just below.
 Man is indeed unreasonable if he would have woman refrain from wear ing such hats as these.
 From hats to neck adornment is but a turn of the eye, yet what a new field of beauty is opened.
 Many are the devices used to encircle my lady's neck. So varied are they that
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tend to make a new departure in Sal. vation literature by reducing the prics of this edition of the War Cry to two cents, instead of five cents. as it is else. where.
 There are many ways in which we shall profit by the failure of q previous expedition to the south. The leader Of the former expedition was q eolered man, and under him were white off cers. This was mistake number cs,e. The southerners rebelled against the idea of q white man being subseavient to colored leader We. shall not re- peat that mistake The officers of the former expedition adopted q plan that has been found to work well in India and elsewhere. They lived with the colored people and sought to become identified with them. The only result of this was that they lost caste all around. This was mistake number two. We shall not repeat that either Then they made another and d very bad break. They sent south a colored off cer named Johnson, who, was married to white woman. He narrowly es- cared with his life. The ineensed eiti- zens of Richmond, Va, fired at the man in his own hall. Needless to say, there will be no such danger to the present expedition.
 "All is in readiness for an expedition that will win the southern negro to Christ. They are a beautiful race to work among; enthusiastic. pliable, and rious, when they are so, with piety which surpasses that of any race on earth. am delighted with the prospect of leading such an expedition south. My dream of years is at last about to be realized, and both I and my wife are conseerating our lives to the work"
 Col. Holland is a dark-featured man, with rather sallow complexion. The family consists of himself, his wife, and four children. The colonel has mounted the ladder of Salvation fame from the lowest rung, having been con- verted and brought into the ranks of the army when he was rather wild youngster in his native Ireland. He
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1 Wood browns are also used to a great extent, and tend to soften the general effects. White satin appears on all gowns; even costumes made of tha heaviest materials have vest of it, and the effect is not at all unpleasant.
 Perhaps the most artistic bit of color ing that has yet appeared in the horse show in a gown in which purple, golden yellow, scarlet and brown are combined.
 The skirt is of purple-faeed cloth, with tiny band about the bottom of gold passementerie. The bodice is round, of yellow mousseaine over silk, and has a peculiar corselet of purple velvet, low in front, but extending high in the back to a point that touches the collar Tight-fitting sleeves are of vel low silk, fecked with scarlet blossoms, and increased in shoulder measure by the help of outspreading bows of golden brown velvet.
 A similar bow finishes the neck ruche in the back
 The ambition of the end-of-the-cen- tury mother is to have her boy well dressed. This is more difficult than it appears, since fashions for small boys follow closely those for men.
 Just at present the small boy is sure to need an overcoat, and the mother turns willingly from the blue reefer which has been worn so long. If her boy is between six and eight years of age, she may buy him a. reefer of gray chinchilla, with a narrow, turnover vel vet collar. Such a coat costs from SIP to $15, and is simply irresistible.
 After the boy has passed his ninth year, many coats are available. Par ticularly attractive are the faced cloth and covert top-coats in tan. They come in several qualities and sell from eight to fourteen dollars.
 They are made exactly like the top coats worn by men, have enough pockets to be acceptable to the small boy, and are finished with strap seams.
 ! These coats, however, are totally unfit for school wear, and the average mother will turn from them with sigh.
 Let her take heart and examine those which the salesman is now showing. They are of rough eheviot, mainly brown in color. They are lined with q light, checked flannel material through out, making them doubly warm. The sleeves have satin Things, the collar is velvet, and the pockets are numerous. In every way are they ideal coats for boys. About SIP will buy such a coat, and it may be depended upon to last three winters.
 And the small boy, if ten years or over, tie. THE LATEST.
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Human Tears as Medicine.

A physician who has just returned from ] visit to Persia says that the Persians still believe that human tears are a remedy for certain chronic dis eases. At every funeral the bottling of mourners' tears is one of the chief features of the ceremonies. Each of the mourners is presented with a sponge with which to mop off his face and eyes, and after the burial these are presented to thepriest, whosqu the tears into bottles which he keeps. This custom is one of the oldest known in the east, and has probably been prac- ticed Sy the Persians for thousands of years Mention is made of it in the Old Testament.
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green velvet and has three large silver

green velvet and has three large silver buckles in front
 Buying ruching by the yard recalls old times, and yet ruchings were never quite as they are now. The up-to-date ruche may be of any delicate color pink, blue, yellow, green-and is fully three inches in width. Itsells for about s2.50 yard, and half yard is sufficient for one dress, Ruehing must be put only around the back of the collar-a quarter of yard is sufficient for that and in the back of the sleeves.
 One rule must be strictly adhered to sleeves invariably carry waist decora- tions that are the collar in miniature.
 The horse show has brought to light a new fad among fashionables. It is no less than to select q flower, and build a gown around it, using it's color as a foundation. Autumn foliage will play an important part in house party enter tainments, and it's colors will be largely introduced in the gowns.
 Purple, yellow, red and white, may now be combined in one gown. yet so satisfactorily is it done that one blends into the other without jafring note.