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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-04

HAU1HEY BEEN POSTED.
Wien the south les: its slaves.
Througa the north's ue-decsed braves.
1t CO I'd ave gotten plenty instead
With no ice help want Sd
To the whole COLI ~ Haunted
IN paper f1at everyone read
WANTED.
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WANTED-A COOK ENQUIRE AFTER
7" eo'ciock az soc Twentieth street.
"ANTED-FIvEG GENTLEMEN: BIG PAY:
w portrait business. Apply to y. z2Ii
Forth avenue.
FOR RENT.
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EoR RENT-A NICE FLAT. INQUIRE
Il ut 100 Third avenue.
TOR RENT-TwO LARGE STORE ROOMS
II on corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth
street. Reidy Bros.
TOR RENT-FTvE-RooM FLAT. sis EIGH.
y teenth street. Inquire OF J. ID. Taylor.
e04 Nineteenth street.
ENoH REST-FCRNISHED ROOM. VERY
II convenient to business center with hot
water heat AddressX. Y. T., AnSrs once.
EfOR RENT - SEVEN Room HOUSE ON
Second avenue: modern converierces;
also SIX room house, by L. W. Hurst.
FOR SALE.
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- $50 TO 81 500. a v location you desire
Reidy Bros.
ENOR SALE-A FINE COTTAGE. LARGE
Il lot. Ia South Heights; can be had at a
bargain. Rcidy Bros
LNOR SALr-i5 COTTAGES RANGING
II from 500 to ~ 200 in price In different
localities. Reidy Bros.
E'Of SALE-A GOOD .-RoOM HOUSE ON
- Twentieth street; large lot; can be had a
low Inquire N taken soon. R=idy Bros.
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TOR sALE-A GOOD BARGAIN IN A LOT
\ on Fifth avenue. between Fifteenth and
sixteenth streets; 50xico. Reidy b os.
L'OR SALE-A GOOD LARGE Broom COT.
iage on Fourth avenue; lnrre lot. paying
included, splendid bargain. Reidy Bros
Toe SALE-A MODERN HOUSE OF NINE
\ rooms on Eighteenth street between
sixth and Seventh avenue, a good bargain
Reidy Bros.
LNOR SALE - $500 WILL BUY A FINE
4 place on Twenty-second street south OF
Seyenth avenue; large lot: good bargain.
ReiGy Bros.
nor SALES. 800 WILL BUY a SPLEEN
u did Groom house: lot 75xl50. large barn
easy terms; well located and hirh and dry
Reidy Bros.
ENoR SALE-Two PIECES OF RESIDENCE
a properly on Twentieth street. new and
modern. VIII take other property in trade
or part payment. Reidy Bros.
EOR SALE-A TwO-STORY HOUSE
large lot, splendid barn. paving clear on
fl1th avenue near Twenty-sixtn street. Car
be bought cheap. Reidy Bros.
nor SALE-A NEW MODERN Hor-sE on
Il Fifth avenue and Twenty ninth street
near old Warner residence: will take SIM
piece OF property In trade. Reidy Bros.
ENCR SALE-A DOUBLE HOUSTON FIFTH
\ avenue: all modern improvements: rent.
for s36 per month: upper pare of lie CITY. =
good bargain for investor. Redy Bros
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Zoe SALE-A SPLENDID BARGAIN o.,
twenty second street. between Seventh
ana tighth avenues. two dwelling: viii nav n
per cent clear on investment. Eeidy Brus
II Hotfoot Dsde A a. : u. No g,J;s
s'd Dusky De-: perfect markings ard dead
game. Z. II. Has, 20 Harrison street. Day
export.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-04

TKx Assus. only loo 9 week.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
She Was Not Engaged.

Mrs. E. had changed girls, and was undergoing the usual catechism at the hands of her kitchens future ruler. After succession of damsels from "the ould dart" her husband had strenuously insisted that she try 'an intelligent and cleanly American girl" He had found such a one and was sure she would prove treasure. The lady of the house even thought he might not be mistaken, so trim and neat was the newcomer.
 "Yes. Pm splendid washer" that person said, "and I can iron shirts to beat Chinaman-I always did up fa- ther's at home. always had time, for, you see, know how to manage. Flat things, sheets, tablecloths, napkins, I fold and lay around ill the chairs; they come out beautifully smooth when you have sat on them day or two. And that reminds me to ask, where had you rather put them, here in your chair or your husband's?"
 It took Mrs. B. sometime minutes to recover speech. but finally she managed to say that on the whole she feared she would not suit domestic so progressive. New York Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
A Gibraltar Legend.

One of the stock of ancient legends relating to the Rock of Gibraltar, from which the passing griffs were formerly regaled, relates how young Scotch subaltern was on guard duty with a brother officer, when the latter in visit ing the sentries fell over precipice and was killed. When the survivor was re- lieved from duty, he made the custom ary written report in the usual form, Nothing extraordinary. And this brought the brigade major down upon him in a rage. "What! When your brother officer on duty with you has fallen down precipice 400 feet high and been killed. you report nothing ex- traordinaryr" "Weel, sir, :" replied the Scot calmly, "I dinna think there's onything extraornery in it, ava. If he had fa'en doom four hunder' feet and Lot been killed-weel, I should hae ca e that extraornery.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
A Racial DiKarence.

There can be no question that very
 msSy ef the differences, mental and
 bodily, that exist between the aver age Frenchman and the average Eng lishman are caused by the distinct methods of education that prevail on the different sides of the channel You would not like your sons only school ing to be obtained in France. On the other hand, you have pretty distinct belief that if French boys were sent over here young enough and put to good English schools, they would grow up into very fair sort of Britons. A typ ical story of the ways of French school boys, with their ushers, is reported in recent morning papers. Some spirits had been smuggled into one of the dormitories-a thing, we fear, not al- together unknown in some English establishments. It is even conceivable that the English master who discovered the bottle would have confiscated it to his own use, but this would not have been at the invitation of his pupils. But the French pion in question was contented to make one of the party, and as he was not so used to rum as his pu- pills, he got so terribly drunk that he died. Happily for the French boys, their compulsory military service gives them an opportunity, later on for learn ing little discipline. Mall Ga Zette.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
THE TWO REEDRlRpS.
A Little Fable In Which May Be Found
 Ealuahlo Lesson.

A Little Fable In Which May Be Found Valuable Lesson.
 The fall of the year was we'll nigh it's close. Each fitful gust brought in it's van focks of belated songsters, sweep ing onward toward their winter haunts in the south.
 There is one bird, however, that lin- gers long among the marshes of the north It is the "reedy," as he is called by the boys. One morning two reedies left their feeding ground and directed their course as if in quest of a more tempting one farther inland. You might have fancied from the larger one's eau tious, leisurely flight that he was the wiser and more temperate, and that the other was needless and extravagant.
 Soon they arrived at a pleasant valley. Winding its way through the low lying meadows, which already seemed to wither as if in dread of the coming frost, there flowed sluggish stream. The birds regaled themselves for time on the dainties that the beds of swamp grass scattered at intervals along the bank had to afford them.
 The one of the calm disposition be- haved at his meal as if he were not wholly taken up with the demands af a ravenous craw. The other, however, was different, and so absorbed was he ill eating that he did not hear the shrill "tweet, tweet," of his companion.
 The note was uttered as in alarm at some unwelcome news that the wind brought him. Flakes of snow fell down gently on the ground, and still the feathered gormand worked away with his bill The snow increased; the wind swayed the banks of tall grass in the marsh until they fairly groaned beneath the blasts.
 Then the thoughtless bird, awakened to sense of his danger, tried ill vain to fly. A victim to his greed; he was frozen by the cold, and found swampy grave.
 His brother, the philosopher, roasted that night under the cave of a southern manor house, lamenting in his reveries the fate of his greedy companion.
 So from this fable learn the lesson of ever needing the voice of discretion. Philadelphia Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
Vinegar by a Quick Process.

Vinegar may be made in very short time by a sort of Altering process that can be handled by any person of ordi- nary ingenuity. 4 large barrel has a perforated shelf fitted in few inches below the top. From the holes fall ends of pack thread, which are knotted at the upper end so that they may not be drawn entirely through. Glass tubes are fixed in the shelf as air vents. The lower edge of the barrel is filled with holes placed about six inches above the bot tom, and siphon carries off the liquid that accumulates below this point. Di- luted alcoholic liquor, slightly sweeten ed with honey or with extract of malt, is slowly dripped through the holes in the shelf and runs through beechwOod shavings that have previously been steep ed in good vinegar. The liquor, which should be kept at temperature of 75 to S5 degrees F., filters down through the threads and over the shavings to the bottom of the barrel, whence it runs over through the siphon. After awhile the temperature in the barrel rises to about 100 degrees F., the chemical ac- tion going on meanwhile. It is neces- sary to pour the liquor again and again through the generator before it is satis factory. From three or four to half a dozen filterings are usually sufficient, though more are sometimes required, depending good deal on the quality of the materials and the temperature at starting. New York Ledger.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
Diamonds.

Henry Ward Beecher took pleasure in the wonderful colors of precious stones. He cared for them not as jewels, but as crystallized dewdrops and sparks of hv- ing fire. Ruskin, too, is said to carry diamonds loose in his pockets, just so that he may take them out and flash them in the sunlight for his own delec- tation. And now the learned men have discovered what women have known al- ways-that diamonds came down from heaven, for no power on earth was great enough to produce them. This is how scientists claim to have found out the truth we knew from the beginning. It seems that in South Africa experts have been puzzled finding in blue earth, the natural bed of the rough diamond, stones which had been fractured, and it was evident that no upheaval of the soil could have effected such result Then the wise heads bethought themselves to see whether there were any traces of diamonds in meteorio iron, and sure enough such traces are said to have been found. So now all the world is ready to believe that there are really diamonds in the sky. Speaking of word pictures, where is there one which could bring the diamond more plainly into view than this?
 Oh, the wonderful laughter of lighti
 Oh the genius of color at playl
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
The Cows In the Mortgage.

There is a man in Taylor county who knows how to mortgage cows. The Montezuma Record knows this man and vouches for him. The man is 8 farmer, and recently collector called on him for the payment of a note se- cured by chattel mortgage.
 The farmer was obdurate and gave no satisfaction that he would ever pay the note. Finally the collector said:
 Well, I'll have to take the II COWS named in the mortgage.
 "Oh, no, you haven't got a mortgage on Il COWS on this farm.
 "Why, yes, have." And the collect or pulled out copy of the mortgage and read as follows:
 "'One red and white COW, one COW spotted red and white, one red COW with white spots, one COW with white spot ill forehead, one red COW with two white hind feet, one white COW with red spots on side, one white and red COW, one red COW with two white fore feet, one white COW with red spot on shoulders, one red COW with white spots on hips, one white COW spotted with red.' Now, how do you like that?" continued the collector.
 "Oh, that's all right. I see you've got Il mortgages on my old red and white COW. There she is down in the pasture. The boys will go down and help you catch her !''-Atlanta Consti- tutiOn
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
4 Model Citizen.

If anybody SAnts model for citi- zen of the highest class, he may find it in this eulogy of Boston man, written by friend who was worth having Martin Brimmer, freed from private care, dedicated himself, to the common veal; he took his part in legislation, in charities, in education, in cultivation of art. He mingled in all public affairs mot only mingled, but led. Nature had made him prepossessing. His dig nifty, his deliberation, his reserve were imposing, his gentle courtesy was win ming, and when at last he uttered a few pregnant words in judicial tone the majority of his hearers fancied that he was but expressing their sentiments, while the minority decided that opposi- tion was vain. The fusion was com. plete,"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
Maine,s Meanest Man.

A wealthy resident of York county lost his wife few weeks ago. Her ill ness was prolonged and no doubt ex. pensive. But that was the poor woman E misfortune. not her fault. However, her thrifty husband cheered the fina! weeks of her life by regularly sitting down by her bed each day and detailing how much her sickness was costing him, striking a trial balance for the suffering wife's benefit every day. At last she died-the doctor, who knew of the husbands singular methods of cheering a sickbed, said there was nc 1oubt about it-and while she lay ill her coffin the bereaved spouse, deep in thought, picked up one of the dead wife'S shoes and carefully figured on its sole with bit of chalk the sum total of what the sad affair had cost him. This grieyous statement of facts is solemnly made by the Bangor Commercial, which eongratulates the woman on being dead. How about the man-could he be any deader?-LewiSton Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
Girls Out of School.

Those girls who are just leaving school will for awhile rejoice in their freedom, though it is to be hoped that there are some among you who will feel just a tinge of regret at saying goodby to the familiar round of duties. The am- bitious, who are preparing for college or profession, will be busy and, there fore, happy and contented, but the oth- CTS, those who have nothing definite in mind, will do we'll to consider the ad- vice of a celebrated physician who says {: "Get a hobby. If you cannot find pleas ure in geology, natural history, astron- omy, collect old china, make scrapbooks or albums. You need some such interest in order to keep you in health" Read ing is not enough, household work, un- less you set out to do some one thing and aim constantly to accomplish it, will not satisfy. Society success will please you least of all, you thoughtful girls. Charity, if we'll directed, by those who know its pitfalls, is admirable, but girls just out of school cannot undertake philanthropy on their own account with any hope of being of much use to the community. ty.-Brookly Eagle
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
How Crockett Lived.

s. R. Crockett, the Scotch writer, has been telling how he used to raise the heat when hard up student in Edin- burgh. He lodged with friend over 8 great coal station, and he used to go out in the evening and pick up the coals which the carts had dropped in the streets. Sometimes" he says, "I grew so bold as to chuck lump of coal at a driver, who invariably looked for the biggest lump on his load to hit back with, which was what wanted. Thus the exercise warmed me at the time and the coal warmed me afterward. And occasionally we got large enough stock to sell to our companions, and buy a book or two. But wish, here and now, solemnly to state that I never, never condescended to lift a lump off a cart, at least hardly-well, unless it was manifestly inconveniencing the safety of the load or overburdening the safety of the horse, you know"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
..No Mans Land" the Place.

It is now pretty we'll settled that the pugilistic contests will be pulled off i'm mediately north of El Paso or near No Mans Land, which is said to be in dis pute between Texas and New Mexico. Bill Bradburn of Chicago will be spe- cial referee for Dan Stuart at all the fights. He is to assist the official referee in matters under the control of the lat ter. but which are hard to watch by any one man-such, for instance, as watch ing seconds, timekeepers and friends of contestants, and keeping them from transgressing any rules while the ring referee is busy elsewhere. New York Sun
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
Engine of Death

Eugene Paul Brand has just submit. ted fearful weapon to the German Minister of War. It puts all inventions in the sphere of death-dealing instru- ments in the shade. The Brand contri- vance is gun, which is not loaded with powder. but with compressed gas. A single charge will suffice for 2,5OO shots. and vOlleys of fifty shots each can be fired in rapid succesSion.i' This Brand new invention is one of the numerous and improved methods of killing people that advanced civilization is now de- manding. His activity in destroying lives will doubtless win for him mon- ument.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
AMONG THE SHEAVES.

OLord, the fields are ripe with corn; The laborer goeth singing; His joyful heart is heavenward borne On music's pinion winging; The sky is fair, with here and there A downy cloudlet sweeping; Lord, in this time of happy cheer What do I with my weeping? Oh, shame, among the golden sheaves To stain the day with mourning! Oh, shame on him who idly grieves, Gods harvest blessing scorningl The heavens above look down in love; The earth smiles back victorious: By hill and vale where'er you rove The harvest fields shine glorious. But on my soul sadness lies,
 Made deeper by the story Of natures patient sacrifice
 Thus perfected to glory. Each faithful heart hath borne it's part. The autumn treasure sharing, But I, I only know the smart
 Of failure and despairing. O Lord, had all these weary days, These wasted weeks of grieving, Been spent in showing forth thy praise, had had corn for sheaving. Not empty hand and empty land Had been my harvest measure, Nor sad and stricken should 1 stand, A mark for thy displeasure. Lol yet there comes thought to me; see the poor and lowly With pended head and pended knee Go gleaning, gfeaning slowly. They did not SOW, they did not now; Dropt ears is all they gather. Wouldst take such labor even now My gleanings, O my Father?
 -E. E. Kitton in Good Words.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
SAD SCENE AT AN AUCTION.
Which Was Followed by GIeefuI Chuckles
 Few Hours Later.
''Who bide si

l "Who bids?"
 The auctioneer held up a child's rocking horse, battered and stained. 1t had belonged to some little member of the mans family whose household property was being sold under the ham, mer
 He was utterly ruined. He had given up everything in the world to his cred itors-house, furniture. horses, stock of goods and lands. He stood among the crowd watching the sale that was scat tering his household goods and his heir looms among hundred strange hands.
 On his arm leaned woman, heavily yelled
 "Who bids?"
 The auctioneer held the rocking horse high, that it might be seen. Childish hands had torn away the scanty mane 1; the bridle was twisted and worn by tender little fingers. The crowd was still
 The woman under the heavy veil sobbed and stretched out her hands.
 "No, no, mol" she cried.
 The mans face was white with emo- tion. The little form that once so mer- rily rode the old rocking horse had drifted away into the world years ago. This was the only relic left of his happy infancy.
 The auctioneer, with queer mois- ture in his eyes, handed the rocking horse to the man without a word. He seized it with eager hands, and he and the yelled woman hurried away.
 The crowd murmured with sympathy.
 The man and the woman went into an empty room and set the rocking horse down. He took out his knife, ripped open the front of the horse and took out roll of bills. He counted them and said:
 ''It's cold day when l fail without a rake off. Eight thousand five hundred dollars, but that auctioneer came very near busting up the game. "-Houston Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
White (Tschigorin)- )-Eleven pieces.
FREAK FRUIT TREE.
Bears Different Kinds of Apples and May
 Produce Grapes.

Bears Different Kinds of Apples and May
 Produce Grapes.
 James Mullineaux, residing near Gal 1ipolis, Ky, has an apple tree that was bought for golden russet, and the first year it bore beautiful russets. The next year it bore sheep nose apples. The next year it bore an early sweet crop. This year it was laden with a beautiful large red winter apple that no one knows the name of.
 Mir. Mullineaux is confident that next year he will have crop of grapes from it. or maybe peaches. What causes this wonderful freak of nature is unexplain- able. MT. Mullineaux might think the different varieties of apples came from different gratis were it not that they ap- pear all over the tree.-New York Re- corder.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02

tion, and what he says on the subject is interesting even if you do not agree with his views, as many persons will not, as he is decidedly favorable to the side of Spain. The young philosopher is Senor Arturo Baldasano, Jr., and he is the eldest son of General A. Baldasano, the Spanish consul in New York. Young Baldasauo, together with the other young folks of his family, issues a week ly newspaper called El Mundo, which is circulated throughout the Spanish colony of this city.-New York Recorder.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
Dug Up a Rritish Man.of.vsr,

Workmen excavating in the imperial navy yard at Halifax have found what proved to be the remains of an old fash toned British man-of-war. The timbers are about four inches thick, of oak and in good state of preservation, notwith- standing the fact that they have been imbedded for probably a century. How the hull got there is a mystery
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
A Spanish Boy Editor.

There lives ill New York lad of Is who holds some very decided opinions upon the right of Cuba to be a free country. This is all important question just now, and it will probably not be settled for some time to come. The young man previously mentioned has settled the matter to his own satisfac
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
1cstelle's Astronomy.

Our little Estelle
 Was perplexed when she found That this wonderful world That we live on is round. How 'tis held in its place In its orbit so true Was puzzle to her,
 With no answer in view. ''It must be-" said Estelle, Hike a ball in the air That it hung by string, But he string isn't therc." Della Hart Stone in St. Nicholas.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
4 Venerable Mother.

The First Congregational Church so- ciety of Old Saybrook, Conn. the moth CT of Yale college and of many of the notable Congregational churches of New England, will celebrate its two hundred and fftieth anniversary next spring.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
". O. Judgo III.

". Q. Judge. president of the Ameri- can Theosophical society, is seriously i'll at Fort Wayne, Ind. where he went for treatment for heart disease. His physi- elan is noted western theosophist.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
British Consistency.

Cant arbitrate, says John Bull to Venezuela, "f've got possession and that's enough" 'You must arbitrate Trinidad, he says to Brazil. You've had possession long enough. "-Cleve- land World
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
A Hideous Joke.

Some prankish students stole the hu- man skeleton belonging to the high school at Freeport, Me, the other night, and ran it up by the halyards to the top of the flagpole on the public common.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-05-02
Great Aid to Conversation.

"You play beautifully" exclaimed the lovely vision.
 The virtuoso rose from the piano with a bow.
 "Thank you," he murmured.
 "You made me think of such a num- Der of things to say," the woman pro- ceeded, with undisguised rapture.-De troit Tribune