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passes over his shaven and queued head.
The sports of the Chinese children are
quite as various and interesting as those
OF their white brothers and sisters. They
play with dolls, tops, marbles, balls and
kites in the same ways, and some of the
games which have been handed down to
them from centuries, long past are identi-
cal with those played time out OF mind by
our own young folks.
''Tag" they play With great zest, and as
theJ are very wary and feet of foot the
child who occupies the position of "lock
moe" or sit" Is American children say,
finds it a rather difficult and extremely
exciting task to capture any one 10 officiate
in his stead.
blind mans buff" is also played as
Am erican children play it, with the excep.
ton that it is considered absolutely neces-
sary to use for the "blinder'' silk hand
kerchlef OF the gayest colors.
Many of the games played by boys and
girls together are something like those
played in our kindergartens. The chill
dren, whose voices though thin are gener-
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makes guerrilla-iike forays upon them
and kicks the stick in every direction but
the one desired with equal force and dex-
terity.
"Battledore and shuttle.cock" is favor
ite game with both young and old, but
these 1.-THE and active people use their
feet instead of the parch M Uncovered bat
tledores with which American children
bit the winged piece Of velves-covered
cork. l.
Tho game Is called tack yin" in
Chinese, and the ''yin" is either fish
bladder inflated and ornamented with
feathers or small snakeskin similarly
treated. The many different directions
in which a Chinese boy kicks during an
animated game OF tack yin is little short
of marvellous, and as his interest and ex-
element increase his legs. which at first
seem to be merely rather unusually
Timber, appear to become possessed of
joints which turn in every imaginable
way without occssioning the slightest IN
convenience to their owner. He can 'box
the compass" with his twinkling feet as
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Wal" they are fully as restless and mis-
chievous as white children; but in the
presence of their Chinese instructors they
are models of department and assiduous
application to study. Moreover, they pay
their Chinese teachers the compliment of
wearing to their schools certain long blue
gowns, called school gowns" which are
supposed to be very honorable" and to
place upon the shoulders of their wearers
a burden of personal dignity which is
weli-nigh crushing.
A child who descends to anything ap-
proacuing levity or light amusement
while arrayed in this garment becomes at
once an object of scorn and reproach to
his associates. But when, after a most
sedate walk home, the heavy response
bility of the gown is laid aside, the serious
and decorous student becomes instantly
metamorphosed into q shouting, jumping,
hilarious young creature, whose aim
seems to be to get the greatest amount Of
fun possible out OF every spare hour that
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SOME CHINESE CHILDREN AS THEY ARE SEEN IN CHINATOWN

cestors to sleep for centuries past, but she
never rocks and rarely 'cuddHs" it.
When the baby grows too strong and
active to be kept within the bounds OF
blankets it is promoted to the dignity of
under-garments and slip or sack of some
warm material.
At the age of 1 year the national cos
tune of blouse and trousers is assumed.
Generally three or four blouses of vivid
coiors and different lengths are worn, the
shortest on the outside, and the trousers
are always left to flap loosely about the
feet of the girls, while those of the boys
are tied closely about their ankles.
For the first six years of its existence q
Chinese child OF any station is as thor
oughly happy as mortal can be, for il is
petted and INDUCED IL all possible ways
by every one with whom it comes in con-
tact.
baby is king all over the civilized
world, but nowhere is his sway more ab-
solute than il is among the Chinese. The
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most vicious and blood thirsty high
binder will lead straying little one back
to it's home with solicitous gentleness,
and there is no storekeeper or peddler so
poor among them that he cannot, now
and then, put little gift into some baby
hand, even though the chubby owner of
the hand has no shadow of a claim upon
him.
As rule the children are. in their own
way. extremely pretty. The yellow,
parcb ment-llke skin of later years is
in early youth exquisitely clear and
smooth, of a pale, cream color, just
sraded with olive, and of wonderfully
fine texture. Their eyes are bright and
intelligent, their hair. though coarse.
glossy and weli.cared for. and even the
babies who can scarce stand steadily upon
their feet have quaint air of dignifed
reserve in the presence of strangers which
adds greatly to their infantile charm.
After the sixth birthday great and sud-
den change comes into child's life.
Babyhood is past, and. according 10 the
traditions of their people, the time for
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work and study and discipline. strict, con-
slant and unrelenting, has arrived.
The fiyst and last law of Chinese fam
lily Is obedience-blind, unquestioning
and instant-and the child who is careless
or rebellious finds every misdemeanor
visited with punishment as severe as il is
inevitable, and the patriarchsl govern
ment thus instituted continues through
out the lifetime of the parents.
Disrespect shown toward older people is
considered almost as an unpardonable sin,
and a properly brought up child never
dares to treat a grown person of his own
race with other than the greatest defer
ence and politeness.
Oddly enough, too, neither father nor
mother object TO their children being
chastised by any neighbor or acquaint-
ance who considers them deserving of
such domestic rsproof. There is no
"sparng the ROD" among the Chinese,
nor is family discipline thing of whim
and words. 1t is severe, unvarying and
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than it is with American children. No
two-legged steed. ram ping and champing
in a twine harness, does for them; their
horses are mostly of the saddle variety,
and they have four legs, and lively ones,
every one of them.
1t takes three boys-two large and one
small-to play horse" satisfactorily in
Chinatown. One of the former is the
head. shoulders ana forelegs of the ami
NAL. Another, bending at right angles,
places the top of his head III the "smail"
Of his comrades back and, as they inter-
lace their arms to keep steady, becomes at
once the body and hind legs of the horse.
The actual resemblance to horse thus
produced is ss comical as it is surprising,
and when the third boy climbs into the
saddle and proceeds to train his mettle-
some charger The sight is one to bring
tears of laughter to the eyes OF the veriest
misanihrope. This horse can kick and
rear and plunge and buck like the worst
tenn pered Mexican mustang that ever un-
willingly exchanged freedom for slavery,
but he can also amble as smoothly as q
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continuous, and, as the children soon
learn this and govern themselves accord
ingly, the homelife is, in the main, quiet
and pleasant.
Although girls are considered IN all
ways inferior to boys, thew have many
privileges in our San Francisco Chinatown
which they would not have were they
born in the Flowery Kingdom.
While some of the poorest families vir-
tuaIly sell their small daughters by ..hir-
ing them out" for term of year, for a
lump sum, paid in advance, many Chi
nese send theirs to the public or mission
schools and give them an equal chance
with their brothers as far as early educa-
ton is concerned.
As pupils the children are said by their
teachers to be equally bright, quick and
tractable. They particularly excel in
drawing from models and sketches, ard
anything that requires an accurate and
observing eye and initiative ability, but
they are slow to originate or to apply ab-
stract rules to actual practice.
In the schools taught by the "Fong
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mandarin 10 the poorest coolie, look upon
the baby Mongolian with an affectionate
kindness which is es genuine as it is
universal.
The Chinese married woman who has
no children considers herself if not ac-
tually disgraced at least most unfor-
tunate and unhappy person, and she un-
ceasingly spends both time and money in
various rites, the object OF which is to
propitiate the stern deites whose disfavor
she thinks she has innocently and un-
Willingly incurred.
The Chinese wife to whom the fates are
Kind, unless she is mission girl" passes
the time usually devoted to the prepara-
ton of layette by endeavoring to in
huence by certain observances and cere-
monies the sex-boys being always
Observation-Disclosures and worldly future
fof the little one to whose advent she looks
forward with unaloyed happiness.
No dainty little garments, marvels of
softest fannels and finest cam brics, ex-
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-<UCH little funny self-important
J362 beings as they are. trotting along
@9C the steep and narrow pavements of
Chinatown under the escort of their proud
fathers, their plump and smiling mothers,
anxious-eyed slave girls or their older
brothers or sisters.
They are always arrayed in colors
brighter and more varied even than those
which dye the plumage of the most bril-
liant of the parrot family. Their tiny,
white-stockinged feet shuttle unsteadily
along in the white. wooden soled shoes
peculiar to their race. and their night
black locks are crowned with curiously
fashioned embroidered caps, from which
depend as many festoons of ribbons, beads
and silken braids as the family purse can
supply or the family taste demands.
Taken altogether the Chinese child out
for holiday is a sight that, although fa-
miliar to San Franciscan eyes. never
ceases to be interesting. The eyes of the
"Fong WaT' gaze at the small specimen of
Orientalism with curiosity alone, but the
Chinese, one and all, from the high-rank
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believe; but it is quite possible that long
continuance of heavy rains may have
submerged the plateau on which the
mountain rests, which is only 5000 feet
above the sea. In Oriental countries alter
nations of freshets and droughts are of
common occurrence. 1t is quite easy to
conceive deluge so tremendous that its
record may have fingered in the traditions
of the place, and may have been trans
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II. NJ. Stanley has now entered into his
ffty-seventh year. The famous explorer,
who was born near Denbigh, and whose
original name was James Rowlauds, was
placed, at the age of 8, in the st. Asaph
Workhouse and was kept there for ten
years, after which he tried teaching. At
the age of Is he sailed as cabin-poy to
New Orleans, where he was adopted by
merchant named Stanley, whose name he
took.
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nitted to posterity with poetic exaggera-
ton. The story of the ark is common the
world over, and Noah himself figures
under another name in many liiteratures.
On the day after the destruction of
Pompeii the sun was never seen, and the
SKY was so clouded by ashes that even so
intelligent PHILOSOPHER as Piiny doubted
whether the end of the world had not
come. The augurs were quite sure that it
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had and plainly discerned in the phe-
nomenon proof tnat the pagan deities
We're enraged at the public neglect of
their affairs. 1t was much easier for the
common plebeian to understand this than
to realize that the accumulated tufa OF
twenty centuries had fsuddenly been
elected from the volcano and that it
occupied large space in the air.
JOHN BONNER.
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ladys palfrey, and the "baby children"
are often treated TO long and enjoyable
rides in this way by their kindly older
com panions.
The Chinese children are fond of pets,
white mice and rats being their special
favorites. while poodle dogs and cats are
much liked. They are rarely cruel to any
animal and are not quarrelsome among
themselves.
The older children are early taught to
care for the younger ones, and whenever
two of the same family are seen together
the Older child invariably has the hand of
the younger clasped closely in its own.
Even during study hours in school they
beg to be allowed this privilege Of "hold-
ing hands" which seems to give feeling
of security and protection to the one and
a sense of affectionate responsi bilitv to
the other. FUNEGAL MCVAHoN.
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Over 91,1O0,000 is spent yearly by Lon
don on funerals.
The herald., 1897-04-04
Monev in Bank

NEW YORK, April 3.-The weekly bank
statement shows: Reserve, decrease, $!,-
229. IT'S; loans. decrease, N,745.5oo; specie.
decrease, $4,000; legal tender, decrease. 81
S44, 100; deposits, decrease g. 1876 500; circula-
tion, decrease, $4,000 The banks hold A7,-
666 SIS in excess of legal requirements:
The Financier says: The steady liquida-
ton in loans, which has been feature OF
the bank statement for several weeks
past, appears rather strange, In view or
the demand for money needed to pay Gus
toms duties and for purely mercantile pur-
poses The decrease in loans reported FOR
the :/eek just ended may be explained on
the ground that the operations during the
first few days were of nature to en-
courage heavy LIQUIDATION, but the state,
ment evidently does not show the actual
conditions of the banks at the close of bush
ness on April Sd. The customs payments
have been a confusing factor in this par
ticular. During the last six days. for ex-
ample. the banks must have lost something
like 5000, 600 TO the treasury on customs
account They lost at least this amount
two weeks ago and the result was shown at
once in an actual decrease in cash holdings
Now, with the same heavy disbursements,
the loss for the week in cash Is only 81, $685.
100. AS the net. interior receipts during the
same period were probably less than three
quarters of a million dollars there is dis
crepancy for which it is difficult to account
The reduction in deposits is 81, 1896 500 anu In
excess reserve 81 ,229. IT'S. These figures Will
be changed considerably within the mex.
leW uuys DIS d res uil VI eiAc HSdNy uiNiucH
disbursements, the greater part OF which
came too late in the current week to affect
the statement. Domestic exchange at in
terror centers has shown a marked tend
ency to advance of late and reports show
a broadening tendency in the money mar
ket. The furry in Boston, which sent cali
money to 4 per cent, was an incident be-
tween banks alone, but Philadelphia and
other cities are beginning to feel the first
effects of a better feeling in increased de-
mand on the banks. The anxiety over the
tariff bill is retarding industry to some
extent but aside from this feature the sit
uation, from a banking standpoint, might
be a good deal worse than it is.
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ease to the supreme court. The introduc-
ton In the senate of measure 10 iesaiize
railroad pooling under the supervision OF
the interstate commerce commiss sion aIso
had somewhat exaggerated erect IN en-
encouraging buying of stocks, In the same
way the subsequent announcement or
Senator Cullom that there was no chance
for thebil to pass or be considered at this
session, added surprisingly to the erect
iveness of the bear raid which ultimately
broke the market again on WEDNESDAY.
The effective instrument In achieving the
break was the anthracite coal group. the
bears made the coalers the base of their
operations into other fields. These tao
tics of the bears were effective in driving
down prices of the general list in retarding
the improving tendency which had been
manifested after Monday. The money
market has shown an easier tendency, the
mercantile inquiry which has been sus-
tanning factor nearly having abated. There
was a moderate demand for funds to effect
bond Withdrawals, which subsided before
April 1st. The bond market moved pretty
much in sympathy with the stock market
but thee hanges were less noticeable aside
from the st. Louis Southwestern issues.
which fiuctuated sensationally on various
rumors. Comparative prices show losses
generally, averaging about a point for the
leading issues. The aggregate sales were
Sc. .232000. The government bond market
was well held throughout. with especial
firmness apparent in the closing dealings.
The sales were SIPS, 500.
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ON CHANGE
What Was Done Yesterday on Wall
Street

NEW YORK, April 3.-There was little of
interest in todays short session of the
stock exchange beyond the movement to
cover over Sunday at the close which was
especially marked in the coalers, indicating
the large short selling during the week in
those stocks in the course of raids by
bears to break the market. The opening
was weak in response to the declines in
American securities on the London ex-
change. The covering movement in coal
ers set in after the first hour and Wander
blt stocks were also in demand. the i'm
provement exteding through the list. The
general market closed firm with slight
losses. The week in Wall street has been
marked BY the passing of the extreme
point in the pancky condition of investors
minds over the Transmissouri decision.
Monday marked the extreme point of the
depression caused by the incident The
buying movement which set in after that
day scattered CONSERVATION among the
bears. The main cause for the strength
in the market was the forcible assurance
of the authorities in western railroads that
they had no intention of departing from
the schedule of rates then in force. The
relief of mind thus afforded was added to
by the decision of the conference of the
different counsel to the trunk lines that
the Joint Traffic association should con-
tinue in operation during the appeal Of its
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Mining Stock Sales

The sales on regular call at the San
Francisco stock exchange for the first
three months of the year were as fol-
Iows:
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S155,S26,262

The amount required to settle balances
hast month was se,7S0045. against $7.7sa,-
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BOND NOTES

The city government of Pawtucket, K.
T recently awarded $4,000 per cent
bonds to N. W. Harris & Co of Chicago.
The same firm has secured s25,OoO Duval
county, Florida, 51a per cent bonds:
The demand for the new West Chicago
Street railway bonds now being sub
scribed for is reported as excellent.
The New York bond market mas re-
f1ected steady offerings for London and
continental account of the middle grade
and speculative issues, which were fair
ly we'll taken by local dealers. although
general concessions in values were
forced except in the gilt-edged bonds,
which were strengthened by investment
purchases.
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Duties on Imports

The customs house receipts for duties
on imports at San Francisco for the
month of March and for the first three
months of the year compare as follows:
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Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
were as follows.
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Dividend Notes

The Napa Con Quicksilver Mining
company's dividend of 10c per share was
paid on the 1st inst.
The Pacific Lighting company will pay
a dividend of 35c per share on the 5th
inst
The San Francisco Gas and Electric
company paid dividend of SOC per share
on the 1st inst. This is the second by
the new corporation.
The Market-street Railway company
will pay a quarterly dividend of 60c per
share this month
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London Markets

NEW YORK, April 3.-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram says
The stock markets were lifeless but steady
today. Americans were INCLINED to i'm
prove. Money was easy, the money sup
plies being increased by the repayment of
;e1 000. 900 in English treasury bills. and
$500 600 in Chilean treasury bills. On Mon
day over ;e6 000, 900 in consols and other
dividends will be released. thus flooding
market with cash. A decline in the bank
rate is looked for on Thursday.
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THE NEW YORK BANKS.

At the corresponding date last year
the surplus reserve was $1,000 675,
against $14146, 500 in 1895.
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BOSTON BANKS.

The First National bank of this city
has declared it's usual quarterly dividend
at the rate of 10 per cent per annum.
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Closing Stocks
he following

NEW YORK, April S.-The following
are the closing stock quotations:
Atchison . lSas do ,pfd,.:;;;....io4, ',oou
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Bank Clearings

The operations of the San Francisco
clearing house for the first three months
Of the year compare as follows:
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Money Quotations

NEW YORK, April 3.--Money on call
easy at 11a@1& per cent; prime mercan-
tile paper 31a04 per cent; sterling exchange
steady with actual business in bankers
bills at 4S7A for demand and at Assn Sc
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ances for the past three months were
500, ,492, ,S72, against s23,6I6, 715 in 1896.
Bond Interest

The semi-annual interest on the fol-
lowinnr hnnds WAS Maid today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-12
avenue. Rev. w. s. Marquis per-
formed the ceremony,

avenue. Rev. w. s. Marquis per.
formed the ceremony.
McCabe Bros candy department
IL q great center of attraction. To-
morrow and for balance of week, fine
wrapped caramels Z cents a pound.
elegant gum drops 4 cents . pound,
extra quality assorted chocolates IL
cents pound. Souvenirs every day.
A meeting OF the local Woodruen
committee on removal was held at
the Industrial home Last evening. It
was decided to hold another meeting
at the city council chambe at 1886
tonight. when all bills contracted for
the demonstrations OF Sept. 80 and
Oct. !, should be presented.
McCabe's hg store blossomed out
Monday morning with cane seat oak
dining chairs ticketed; Free with
a cash purchase Of S or over,
You'll see them again lined clear
along the big FIVE store front. IT'S
one OF the souvenirs for this weeks
9th anniversary sale. There are
many others for each day.
Charles Kruger, Of Hampton, was
beld to the grand jury yesterday By
Justice Henry. Of tDat place. for as
saa!ting and attempting to kill MIR
and Mrs. William Schwartz, an old
couple, who live On Campbelrs isl
and. Charles Wheeler, OF Hampton,
was held as an accessory. j. w.
Quillan. of this city, appeared for
the state at the preliminary hearing.
All the readers Of The ARG Us should
know. If they do not already, that
McCabe Bros. are having their 9th
anniversary sale this week. They
are not only offering the greatest
harvest Of bargains the people of
western Illinois have ever enjoyed,
but they are also giving away hun
dreds Of dollars worth of valuable
souvenirs every day during the week.
Twenty-seven years of successful
business and the return of bursting
prosperity are worthy this most
lavish celebration.
Miss Alvina Pohlmann, of Dayen.
port, graduate Of the Philadelphia
cooking school, class Of '97, has re
turned from the fsir and Cham paign,
where she assisted Mrs. Rorer, the
principal Of the Philadelphia school.
in an exhibition of the system. She
has determined to resume her classes
in Davenport with broader facilities
and accommodations, and has en-
Gagged a school room in the Turner
opera house for her lessons. Miss
Pohlmann is DESTROYS of securing o
class In Rock Island, and will set a
time each week as the class may pre-
fer. All who would like to Join are
invited to call or address her at 40
West Eighth street, or at the Turner
opera house, Davenport. Bridge line
passes Turner opera house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-12

And all other Candies in proportion. We
are the only Palace of Sweets that have
Ailegretti Chocolate Creams for sale. 9th
eIs advertise, but have not got them. We
do not advertise anything 10 mislead the
public. We want your candy trade, and at
the prices we are giving we ere bound to
get it.