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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
High Prices In Richmond.

General Hor;r,, Porter. in his Cam
paigning With Grant" in Tho Cen
fury, deals with the preparations scr
the final campaign. General Porter
says:
IL was seen that Grant, by his opera
lions, was rapidly forcing the fight to a
finish. The last white man i'll she south
had been pat into the ranks, the com
municatious Were broken. tine supplies
were irregular. Confederate money was
mt fabulous discount, and hope had
given place 10 despair. The next even
ing one of Onr scouts returned from a
trip to Richmond and was brought to
headquarters in order that the general
in chief might question him in person.
The man said: The depreciation in the
purchasing power of gray backs, as we
call the rebel treasury notes. is so rapid
that every time | 80 into the enemy's
lines L have to increase my supply of
them. On my last trip / had to stuff my
clothes foil of their currency to keep
myself going fer even couple Of days.
A barrel Of flour in Richmond now
costs over $1,000 and suit Of clothes
about Sl.2O0. \ dollar in gold is equal
in value TO 800 in graybacks. Then,
so much counterfeit Confederate money
has been showed in through our lines
that in the country places they don't
pretend to make any difference between
good and bad money. a fellow that
had Come in from the western part of
the state told me pretty tough yarn
about matters ont there. He said:
Everything that has picture ON it
goes for money. If you stop at hotel
and the bill of fare happens to have an
engraving of the house printed at the
top, you can just tear off the picture and
pay for your dinner with it,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Practical Test.

Dom Pedro, the last emperor Of Bra
Eli, was man of q practical turn of
mind, as. the following story told Of
him by Spanish newspaper we'll illus
trates:
He once gave an audience to q young
engineer who came to show him new
appliance for stopping railway engines.
The emperor was pleased with the idea,
but wished to put it to practical test.
DAY after tomorrow, said he,
"have your engine ready. We will have
it coupled to my saloon carriage and
start. When going at full speed, I will
give the signal to stop, and then we
shall see how your Invention works"
At the appointed time all was in
readiness. The emperor entered his car
riage, the young inventor mounted his
engine, and on they sped for several
miles as fast as they could go. There
came no signal, and the engineer began
to fear that the emperor had fallen
asleep. Suddenly the engine came to a
sharp curve around the edge of cliff,
when. to his horror, on the track direct
~ ahead of them the engineer saw a
huge bowlder.
He had just sufficient presence of
mind to turn the crank of his brake and
pull the engine up within a couple of
yards of the fatal block.
Here the emperor put his head out of
his car window and demanded to know
the cause Of the sudden stoppage. The
engineer pointed to the rock, and, much
to his surprise, Dom Pedro began to
laugh.
Push it to on side and go on" he
said calmly.
The engineer obeyed, and, kicking
the stone, was still further astonished
to see it crumble into dust before him.
1t was nothing more or less than q
block of starch which the emperor had
had made and placed ON the rails the
night before. Round Table.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Antiseptic Surgery.

The medical value of cleanliness has
not been fully appreciated until within
the past few years. Indeed it is even vet
scarcely allowed its full importance.
There are yet in the medical profession
men who seem to forget that cleanliness
IS often of quite as much importance as
surgical skill. One of this sort of men,
dentist, with tolerable practice, re-
Gently demonstrated his right to be
called back number by most objec-
t!onable performance, and one of which
he is no doubt guilty every day of his
life. In giving gas he used a cork at
tachsd to string to keep the patients
jaws apart while the gas was being ad-
ministered. The cork was dirty and
covered with the marks of goodness
knows how many teeth. 1t was soaked
with saliva. and yet This doctor put it
precisely IN this condition into the
month of patient who wished some
teeth extracted. Such an act as this
should bar any man from practice. If
there Is 10 article better than a cork to
keep the jaws apart, then the cork at
least ought to be cleansed in some way
after each time of using. New York
Ledger
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
NEVER WAS IN A WRECK BEFORE
Bryan Can't See Why the Disaster Was Not
WOrse-HOw He Got Out.

Emporia, Kan. Sept. 1O-William :
Bryan was interviewed by a reporter as
10 MS experience in the collision. He
said: Il have Travelled thousands upon
thousands of miles on railroads and T
was never in a wreck before. 1 did not
feel the shock very severely where
was, but fre-n the way things looked 7
cannot for the life OF me see why We
were not all killed. The scene presented
was the most terrible l ever saw. If
has made an impression on me that cam
not leave me during my lifetime
is 1t true you We're the first man to
reach the ground from your car and 90
TO the rescue of those who were in
Jured?' PLEASE don't say anything
about that" Bryan replied, with a den
recat!ng gesture.
Bryan. accompanied by David Leahv.
a Topeka newspaper man, were in the
smoking coach of the bound train.
They were discussing the days events
at Buriingane, where the Nebraskan
had been the attraction for thousands
OF pople. when they heard a crash, then
an explosion. In moment the lights
went out and steam and gas from the
coal smoke filled the car. Before they
Souiu q move. the car was pushed
forward with tremendous force, and il
seemed to toss in the debris like a Grim
pied ship at sea- Every moment thew
expected it to turn over. The car finally
stopped, and as it did so began to catch
lire from below. The two men jumped
out of the same window without their
hats or baggage, which were afterward
burned. and escaped practically without
a scratch.
Many acts Of bravery and nerve were
displayed. Claude HOLSTER, of Topeka.
mad both his legs broken and shattered
In half a dozen places. When his res
cuers laid him on the grass beside the
track he turned to one of the group and
asked If he would pull through When
assured that he would live il he was
brave, he sad: Am not brave? Look
at my legs dangling, and then ask me to
be brave
William Frisbee. engineer Of the fast
mail, whose residence is in Topeka, was
conscious UT il he died He said: Il DID
NOT see the ether train until came upon
II turned on the air and jumped. I
presume 1 Cannot recover, but will Gle
as eravely as / can. 1 want you men TO
leave me ano help the victims that are
more unfortunate than am"
A. B. Adams. who is amoue the In.
5ured. was on his way to Nexico erum
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

the oDce redoubtable Thomas Paine,
shen about 81. Contemporaries repre-
sent him at this date as not only fallen
upon evil days, but dirty in his person
and unduly addicted to spirits. That
the general appearance of the author Of
the Rights Of Man" was ''mean and
poverty stricken" and that be was
much withered and careworn" RAIN
bach admits. and he moreover adds that
he had sunk into complete insignii-
canoe and was quite unnoticed by the
government" But he also describes
him as fluent in speech, of mild and
gentle demeanor, clear and distinct in
enuAciation" and endowed with an
exceedingly soft and agreeable voice"
words which, in this connection,
somehow remind one Of Lord Popping
toms philesophic eulogy of Miss Hoy.
den. Certainly they scarcely suggest the
red nose and dilapidated parsonage who
drank brandy and acclaimed against
religion in his cups with whom modern
records have acquainted us. Long
mans Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Getting Married.

In ellis Quest of the Golden Girl"
Richard LIE Galliene, inone of his omen.
ing chapters says:
Undoubtedly the incest way to get
married is on the sly, and indeed it is
at present becoming quite fashionable.
Many young couples of my acquaint-
ance, who have had no other reason for
concealing the fact beyond their own
whim, have thus slipped off without
saying word to anybody and returned
full blown housekeepers, with at home
days Of their own and everything else
like real married people-for, as the
old lady said to me, You can never be
sure of married people nowadays unless
you have been at the wedding"
The author then further PHILOSOPHERS
as follows:
Il don't know myself what getting
married feels like, but it cannot be
much more exciting than watching
other people getting married. Indeed.
l always get something like palpitation
of the heart just before the priest utters
the final fateful words, Il declare Won
man and WIFE Half second before
you were still free. Half second after
you were bound for the term of your
natural life. Half second before you
had only TO dash the book from the
priests hands and put your hands over
his mouth, and though thus giddily
swinging on to the brink of the preci-
pice you are saved. Half a second after
Gan the kings horses and all the kings men
Cannot make you n bachelor again.
'It is the knife edge moment betwixt
time and eternity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
In his late dissertation Concern

In his late dissertation Concern
ing Hard Times" Hon. Thomas b.
Reed, writing in the Illustrated
American, declares that there is q
regular succession Of prosperity and
adversely. Of adversely and prosper
ity,. which varies in causes and ap-
pearances. but which Is substantial
ly the same cc1'pry after century,"
He adds: "The alienation OF good
times and hard times antedates the
pyramids" While Speaker Reed
was looking into the matter, as
the Quincy Herald observes, he
might have given fresher interest to
his topic by showing whether in all
the tide OF time he could find any
parallel for the concurrence OF hard
times and billion dollar congresses
which has shaken the foundation OF
credit and confidence of late years in
our own beloved country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Available prescr,ur,on.

Editor Morrison, of the Worthing-
ton, Ind, Sun, writes: "You have a
valuable prescription in Electric
Bitters, and / can cheerfully recon-
mend it for stipation and sick
headache, and ., general system
tonic it has no equal" Mrs. Annie
Stehle. 1925 Cottage Grove avenue,
Chicago, was all run down, could
not eat nor digest food, had a back
ache which never left her and felt
tired and weary. but six bottles Of
Electric Bitters restored her health
and renewed her strength. Price SO
cents and 81. Get bottle at Hartz
& Ullemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Could Stand the Strain No LANCER.

a woman who was travelling alone
not long ago wandered one evening in
to hotel parlOr. a pretty young girl
at once rushed toward her and breath
lessly asked what time it was. Some
what astonished, the woman glanced at
the big mantel clock and repeated the
hour. 'Oh, thank you!' said the
stranger, but without any signs of 60
ing away. Il suppose you think it
queer. my asking that" she burst out
moment later, but to tell the truth
didn't want to know the time at all.
Just had to speak to somebody. You see,
I'm on nay wedding trip, and for whole
week l haven't spoken to a soul but my
husband. Why. I've hardly heard the
sound of any ones voice but his. 1t
was really question of my speaking
to some one or going wild. kansas
City Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

Detroit. Sept 10. -Devotees of the
Black feline fren thirty-nine states and
territories responded to the roll call yes
terday morning. it being the ninth day
OF the ninth month, when at 900 a. m,
Shark, of the Universe II. E. Heming-
way. of Wisconsin, called to order the
sixth annual meeting OF the Concatenate ted
order of Hoo-Hoos. The convention
was welcomed in behalf of the Michigan
Hoo-Hoos by John ]. Marten, of this
city. and there were also welcomes on
behalf of the city officials and the Hoo
Hoo club of Detroit: The event has
brought to the city over 1000 members
of the order with their wives and Other
relatives and the insignia of the Black
Cat is eVeryWhere to be seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

\
Chicago, Sept. 9.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: Wheat-Septem-
Der, opened &c. closed 9SAc; December,
opened 95Zc. closed 9S1sc; May, opened
s6e, closed 91Bc. Correspondence,
opened gle, closed BIC: December,
S6Ac. closed S63sc. Oats-September,
l9lsc, closed 19Ac; December opened
20Ac,, closed 21Ac; May. opened 235sc,
closed 24c. Pork-September, opened
ard closed nominal; October, opened
ss.65. closed $50. Lard-September,
opened $4.75. closed nominal; October.
opened s4.273s. closed s4.75.
Produce: Butter-EXtra creamery
l1c per 10: extra dairy. 15c; fresh
paeking g,,l stock. s@se. EGGS Fresh
Turkeys. 1880 per p; chickens (hens),
7h@Sc; spring chickens, &c; ducks, IA
&c. Potatoes-Early Ohio, 47Q50c per
bushel.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Sept. 8.
1000; market moderately active; light
grades were sc lower; others steady ard
unchanged; quotations ranged at $2T5m
4.35 for pigs, $4.00@440 for light, s3.75I
$50 for rough packing, $3.900435 for
mixed. and sS.soQ4.3O for heavy packing
receipts for the day. 11,00O; feeling quite
active: quotations ranged at s5.10a5 so
lor choice to extra shipping steers, $46
@5.00 good to choice do, S4.35@4.7O fair
to good, $3.S5@4.30 common to medium
do, $360@4.25 butchers steers. s3.25m
$50 stockers. $3.S0@4.50 feeders, SI.9OG
40 cows. $2.60G4.40 heifers, 81. 25G4 90
bulls, oxen and stays; $2.75Q39O Texas
steers. $3.20d430 western rangers, and
$3.50@6.0O veal calves. Sheep and Lambs
ESTIMATED receipts for the day, l6. 600:
sheep were steady and lambs = ere
weak; quotations ranged at $2Sas@3 80
westerns. $2.90@3.50 Texans, $24563425
natives, and s3.65G5.10 lambs.
Milwaukee Grain,
Milwaukee, Sept g.
Wheat-Higher: No. northern. 800:
no. spring, Ss1sc; December, $3.50
Confirm; No. 3, SIC. Cats-Steady:
No. 2 white. 21A@22%c Rye-Higher:
No. l. SIC. Barley-Steady; No. 2. acc:
sample. 3o@4ec.
Corn-2702sc.
Hay-Timothy, sT0C5o; Wild, sos
Potatoes-e0c . bushel.
Butter-Fair TO choice, l5c; fresh creamery
Is cents.
Esgs-IeKc
Chickens-5c; spring chickens, cas- per
dozen.
Coal-soft, Ioc
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fed steers, az
gre; cows and heifers, s10sAc; calves, 81.
ssss2-sHesA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Rheumatism Cured In Three D.y..

Morton L. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind.
says: MY wife had inflammatory
rheumatism in every muscle and
joint, her suffering was terrible, aud
her body and face were swollen al
m ost beyond recognition; had been
In bed for elk weeks and had eight
physicians but received no benefit
uutil she tried the Mystic Cure for
rheumatism. It gave immediate re-
lief and she was able to walk about
in three days. l am sure it saved
her life" Sold by Otto Grotian,
1901 Second avenue, droggist, Rock
Island; Gust Schlegel & Son. 220 West
Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Schools of Painting.

The Munich Jugend has discovered
five new signs by which to detect the
school to which a painter belongs. %
If he paints the sky gray and the grass
green, he belongs to the good old classic
al school. t2) If he paints the sky blue
and the grass green, he is realist. 49,
If he paints the sky green and the grass
blue. he is an inpressionist. "a If he
paints the sky yellow and the grass
purple, lie is Il colorist. 90 If he paints
the sky black and the grass red, he shows
the possession of great decorative talent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Grand Attack on Spiritualism.

Anderson. Ind. Sept. 10.-The Nation
al Aru-Spiritualist meeting is creating
intense interest, and will continue mex;
week. J. Stanley Grimes. of Chicago
who claims to have exposed the Fox SIS
tiers in 1s49, leads in the exposure OF
mediums. The whole doctrine is fiercely
attacked. Revs. H. ]. Becker. Of Day
ton; Z. II. Caylor. Of Columbus: ]. D.
Hangman, of Adrian, Mich, and W. r.
Covert, of st. Louis, were on the pro-
eramne last night. Many able spirit
ualists were at the gathering, amons
them Moses Hull. of Chicago, and will
challenge the convention for a debate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
A sMUeGlER's TRICK.
He Carried His Wares Openly. Vet Fooled
the Customs Officials.

he Carried His Wares Openly. Vet Fooled
the Customs Officiais.
"All this talk about smuggling re-
calls some of the things learned when
] was in the service" announced a re-
tired crock catcher the other day. New
ways Of beating the government are be-
ing devised right along, and many of
the tricks I discovered are old now.
There used to be more trouble with the
diamond smugglers than there appears
to be at present. l have found the
sparklers in women's back hair, hat
ornaments, followed shoe heels and
sewed up in various articles of wear, in
dog collars, in horses hoofs, in fruits
and vegetables, in trunks with false
bottoms, in pines and cigars. in canes.
ON the nccks of carrier pigeons and even
buried in mems flesh after the manner
OF the kaffir diamond thieves.
But the man who did the slickest
business without ever being suspected
told me about it afterward. He was a
retired detective who had served with
great credit Shortly before resiguing
he claimed to have received a beautiful
diamond ring with three very large
stones from New Yorker for whom he
had been able to save q good deal of
money. 1t was certainly a magnificent
ring. and the matter was duly exploited
in the papers. He professed to be doing
a private business that took him across
the river frequently, and he would Of
ten use the ferry three or four times a
day. He always wore the dazzling ring,
and I looked at it every day for months.
Yet that fellow was making big money
smuggling diamonds.
How? Why, he had a paste ring
made exactly like the genuine one. He
would wear the paste one over, leave it
to lie set with diamonds, wear them
back, have them replaced with paste
and thus carry Oh the game right before
our admiring eyes. We never suspected
the rascal. detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

SENATOR WHITE. of California,
Glasses Foraker, of Ohio, and Spoon
or. OF Wisconsion, as new men in
the senate-both Of them able and
bound to make their mark Spooner.
however, served term in the sem
ate before his present experience.
IL Is distinct compliment to Fora
ker to say that he is an ADLER man
than Spoo1er. 1t would be inter-
esting to have them matched on
the floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
What Made Him Mad.

Hamlet, my bonny Prince" said
Garrick, encountering the melancholy
Dane on the staircase of the Stygian
Academy of Music, tell me, were you
mad or were you not?''
"Not until I saw you play me,
David" replied Hamlet. 81 was crazy
over. it for several days. But have for
given you. ''-Harper's Bazaar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

The most popular citizen OF tue
United States today is William Jen-
nings Bryan, of Nebraska. Where
ever he goes the people crowd to see
and hear him, and the enthu siasm is
unbounded.-Springheld Register.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

1T is by no mesns certain that the
republicans OF New York will endorse
the nomination of Seth Low for
mayor. Mr.. Lows desertion Of the
protection doctrine does not please
the followers Of Mckinley. The
probable result will be thai, having
the opposition divided, Tammany
may scoop In the whole pie counter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
ELY BIOS. ,
Sc Warren street, New York CITY.

Bongeld, H., Aug. IA, 1851
am subject to cramps aud collie, and
have used many remedies. but find
Foley's Collie Cure beats them all. -
W. L. Yeats. For sale by T. H.
Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

THf American circus that is about
70 edo" England announces that it
VIII 60 over in two ships. The show
VIII 20 on freighter and the pro-
prietor on a liner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

In 1902, ut the Cafe Jacob. in the
Rue Jacob, an obscure cabaret in an OBJ
soure street. was frequently to be seen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Thomas.

When bilious or cossivs eat Q Gas.
cares, candy cathartic, cure guaran.
Iced, 10 cents, IS cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

Stop drugging yourself with quack
nossrums or .'cures." Get q we'll
known pharmaceutical remedy that
will do the work. Catarrh and cold
in the head will not cause suffering
il Ely's Cream Balm is used. Drug
gists will supply lO-cens trial size
or 5O-cent full size. We mail it.
ELY BROS,
Sc Warren street, New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., OF Great Falls,
Mont, recommended Ely's Crea m
Balm to nae. Il can emphasize his
statement: at is a positive cure
for casarrh il used as directed
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Cen.
trail Presbyterian church, Helena,
Mont.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10

New Jersey with registered bonds
amounting TO 500. eco and a great dealof
other valua2Aes. They were all burned
IN The fire that followed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-10
Straight Talk.

Straight Talk.
That the Wise Will Listen
to and Act as Adj
vised.
Ask sick man about health.
He can tell you more in . minute
Than a we'll man can in q month.
When you've lost it, you'll realize
it.
And when recovered, you'll know
its worth.
Be tied to the house for six
months.
And you'll admire the very mud
and stumps,
And dismal rain-when cured and
out of doors.
Someone has said we are "crea-
lures Of circumstance"
We are more creatures of condi-
TONS"
But we govern conditions largely
today.
We apply special remedies and get
special results.
Specialists are the only successful
phy siciang.
And special remedies are de-
manded.
There are doctors for the heart.
There are doctors for the lungs.
There are doctors for the brain.
Specialists-and for that reason
successful.
Doan's Kidney Pills are specialists.
The kidneys are the battle ground.
They are useless outside these
limits.
But always victors in the field.
Nothing erratic in their trium-
plant march.
They come to conquer and they
come to stay.
It's not q question of helping once
and then "lose their usefulness"
They can DE appealed to n kidney
trouble recurs. and then they will
not be appealed to in vain.
Dosn's Kidney Pills are sold for
30 cents per box by all dealers. or
mailed on receipt Of price by Foster
Miiburn company. Buffalo. N. T..
sole agents for the United States.
Remem Der the name Doan's and
take no other.
For sale b. Marshall . Fisher.