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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30

the same. The unfortunate doctor tells
you this. He says 1t has human form
and is always with him in cloudy weather
and sunshine, end, to dispose of its being
sun shadow, says it is often on the same
side with the sun. THIN he states that it
is only on his walks for exercise that it
comes to his side from the gloom Why is
that? Because he has completed his labors
with material things and goes forth with
restful mind. His whole being is ready
to receive his guest, and he welcomes it
and lends an ear to its promptings. That
he is not a spiritualist is readily seen, rs
he asks for a scientific explanation. Spir-
itualism is science much dcridcd and lit
tie understood, but in it lies the only
explanation of DR.. McKahan's case
Throughout his whole 20 years the pres
ence has been Siere, but he has refused to
recognize 1t, and even now he scarcely
knows what II is 1t will continue with
him to guide, counsel and comfort him
just as the flesh and blood presence of the
original would do were it possible for it
to accompany the sorrowful man on his
lonely strolls.
DIR. Carl Borck explains the strange case
from the point of view of an oculist. He
says the hallucination is of brain origin.
There is a species of phenomena often
met with in the practice of oculists and
recognized by them as subjective sensa-
tions Of light Persons who are totally
blind and to whose optic nerves no light
can penetrate think they see flashes and
sparks of light and even the most beauti-
full colors. The sensation of form percep-
ton is never present, however. The rea-
son for this is that the irritation of the
optic nerve which causes the sensations
is suffuse. 1t is not caused by any particu-
lar form o. substance and therefore no
sensation of form is produced This man
sees form. His hallucination, therefore,
does not come under the head of subjective
impressions. but is purely of brain origin.
would not say that we see with the brain
and not with the eye. 1t is probably more
nearly correct to say that we sec with both
Certainly sight is impossible to ono with
out the other All We know about sight
is that an inverted image is photographed
on the rctina, which is simply another
name for the optic nerve, where it spreads
out to receive the impression. From the
rctina it is flashed along the optic nerves
to the brain. If the optic nerve should be
severed, total blindness would cnsue, even
though everything in front of the retina
was normal and the inverted images were
photographed just the same on the retina
On tie other hand, though the optic
nerve is all right and the connection with
the brain not disturbed, if disease shuts
the light from the retina absolute blind
ness cnsucs, although, rs have said, irri-
tation of the optic nerve may produce sub
jective sensations of light.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30
CANNlBAl ANIMALS.
Degenerate Feline Mothers Who Eat
Their Young, I..

up to few years ago." said Director
Smith of the Central park mcnagcrie, sit
was impossible to raise n litter of feline
animals in captivity. Animals differ in
traits as much as human beings They
degenerate as easily. a lioncss that has
never eaten her cubs may do so at any
time. When this has once happened, she
is incurablc. OF course the male parent
Is the worst offender in the matter of can
nibalism. Usually he is separated in time
TO prevent him from indulging his unnat-
ural appetite. Even then, though, the
young lions in captivity have hard time
1.-The mother gets excited about some
thing. She picks up cub by the nape of
the neck and walks around with it nerv-
ously. Very likely she draws "a little
blood. Then it's all up with the young
one. The taste of blood Is too much even
for maternal instinct, and the cub is
crushed like choice morsel.
Until had little house built inside
the cage and induced the lioness to get
used to going in and out Of it we never
raised litter of her cubs here. In their
natural state the cat family always seeks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30
BREAD RIOTSK SPAIN.
Frenzied Mobs Terrorize the
Degenerate Kingdom.
WILL ANARCHY SAVE THE THRONE!
Cries of Hunger Also Heard In Italy and
France-Bread Beyond the Reach Of
the Poor-Starvation Strikes at Dynas-
tea

More terrible than American battleships
is the cry of the Infatuated Spanish multi
tudc for bread. Nearly every national
revolution in Europe has been begun by
means of bread riots They are the terror
of monarchies and the despair of repub-
lies. Yet there is a plausible theory, adj
vanced by Horatio S. Rubens, that the
present riots in Spain may save the reign
ing dynasty and afford way to end the
war with America without the collapse of
the Spanish government. Men with
empty stomachs think only Of something
to eat, not of politics or wars, In fact,
these bread riots will PROVE the salvation
of the Spanish monarchy. If they had
not occurred, the humiliation of Spain by
the United States would have caused a
revolution and the throne would have been
destroyed. But now the cry for bread
rises louder than any patriotic cheers, and
the people are willing for peace at any
cost if it brings food
The underlying motive of the riots is
not political, but economical The advance
in the price of wheat will also increase the
suffering of the Spanish people, and so
another pressure is brought to bear to ter
inmate the war speedily The people,
ignorant and cgotistical naturally relied
on the statements of their government rs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30

seclusion from the birth of the cubs to the
time when 6cy can run about by them
selves. Knowing this, we always try to
screen 'cm off here and so prevent the
mother from becoming angry or excited.
Il have known lions, bears and pumas
to eat their young here, but never any of
the Illuminating animals. Cannibalism is
not unknown, of course, among birds.
Fish eat their young and reptiles swallow
theirs when danger approaches as a means
of protection.
NO never knew camels, hippopotami
or any animals not of the feline spccics To
Kill their young, though rampant males
will sometimes bite one another, and in
their natural free state they will eat por-
lions of other wild beasts, apparently more
in rage than through appetite.
Among birds several distinct cases are
conspicuous where the cannibal habit pre-
vailed. some Brazilian scriemas were
bred in an eastern aviary. Once they de-
stroyed their eggs and twice If not oftener
they devourcd the single nesting which
Matched out. Where rhcas are bred in con-
fincmcnt the male undertakes the duty of
incubation, rs he does in the wild state
and the hen bird must he separated from
her chicks lest she destroy Them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30

On at various corners. He tried to urge
her. inside the car number Of times,
but she refused to CO. In this fashion
the two rode across the bridge and half
way to city hall before he weakened.
The anticipated jeers Of the people be
knew would be en- Market street in the
center OF the city were too much for
him, and, throwing away the biggest
end OF his cigar, he sullenly said,
well, If yen won't go inside without
me l suppose I'll have to trot along"
Then he took seat away up in the
front end, and she settled herself beside
him. Meanwhile the whole car smiled
audiblY. Inouirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30

to the glory, profit and victory which
would result from a war with the United
States They have now been rudcly awak-
ened to its terrible consequences. A starv-
ing nation cares nothing for national
honor
The queen now has an honorable excuse
to give her people why she must sue for
peace. Tho Carlists view the riots with
mingled horror and distress. They know
they mean death to their cherished plans.
The dearest ambition of Weyler may be
defeated by these same maddened, starv-
ing mobs. For once they may prove the
bulwark of royalty and not the dcstruc-
ton.
The price of loaf of bread counts but
little in the eyes of the rich man save in
an abstract and ideal scnse. Even the
American workingman, with his relative
ly high wages, can remain indifferent
thereto. But in Europe, where the wages
of labor are small beyond all American
conception, and where the workingman is
expected to keep his wife and his family
on 81. 80 and 81 week, the increase in
the price of II loaf of bread even by few
cents Is n matter of vital consideration
and entails the suffering of the pangs of
hunger
Perhaps no better illustration of the
subject can be given than the figures Just
published by the French government
According to these, the annual consump-
ton of wheat in France amounts to 1870,
100000 hcctoliters, whereas the annual
production does not exceed in the best
years 10000, 900 hectoliters, and last year
amounted to only 50, 900, 900 hectoliters,
so that $4,000, 600 hcctoliters have to be
imported from abroad, and it is hardly
necessary to say that whenever, through
one reason or another, there is any partic-
ular scarcity of grain the brokers and
dealers as well as the domestic farmer take
advantage thereof to increase the price to
as high a figure as is possible.
At the present moment the price of
grain in Europe is higher than at any
previous time for 90 years. Indeed there
are some authorities who allege that there
has been nothing in the present century to
compare with the phcnomenally rapid and
extreme rise of wheat during the last
week. Today wheat is mt 81 90, and it is
only necessary to recall to mind that when
wheat stood at that figure 120 years ago
in France the entire country rose in in
surrection owing TO the severity of the
sufferings of the people caused by hunger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30
Naturally Inferred.

whats the name of the girl across
the street,
I've forgotten her last name, but
know she is Name somebody"
Main somebody! What an ideal
name for footballer's sweetbearti'-
Indianapolis Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30

The principal varieties of the opal
are the precious Tor noble). the eirasol,
the cachelong, the hyalite, the hydro
plane, the astoria and kind exhibiting
dendsltis markings, generally called the
moss. When the colors are broken into
small masses, it is sometimes called the
tarleuu;n. lstfE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30
White Crochet '.
Bed Spreads
Gents Furnishing
Department

Gents fancy percalc wash shirts, tie
with each shirt, fast colors, ono
cheap at Soc, June sale.
Gents fancy twilled light dress shirts,
made Of the best material throughout,
tie with each garment, AcG
Gents soft-bosom shirt, white band COL
lar, separable cuffs, cheap at EFG
15c, June sale.
Gents fancy madras shirts, white band
collar, separate cuffs, made OF the best
material, cheap at sl00, 7cG
40 dOzen-One case-of gents balbrig-
gan shirts and drawers, cheap ORG
at 39c, June sale. each EO
Mems fine ribbed shirts and drawers,
would be cheap at 40c, ono
June sale. each ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30
Crockery
Department.
A Big Offering of fine
SiiverplafcJ Ware.

Again we call your atten-
ton to our large line OF fine
silverplated ware which we
are now showing in
some of the latest and most
popular designs, syrup pitch
org Crn1n, p,.Nhorr e,,12r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30
"A GH0STLY GUARDIAN.
Blind Dr.. McKahan and His
Spectral Companion.
EVER FAITHFUL DAY AND NIGHT.
IL the Mysterious ATTIC ndant Some Friend
From the Spirit World or Merely the
Creation Of a Disordered Mind?-whst
Experts Have to Say.

DIR. F. McKahan Of Clarksburg, ". Va.
Unprotected by ghostly guardian. Though
blind, he sees 1t hourly. II comes to him
out Of the darkness and gloom and walks
by his side, pale and silent When he sits
alone in his room, it Is there. Inthe midst
Of bis family circle it fingers near When
he walks along the street, it walks with
him-a human form, apparently clothed
In human garb. To Others II is invisible,
but to him it is living, breathing reality.
In letter to g medical journal Dr. Nc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30

Flags,
Bunting-in large quantities at old
prices. We have not taken ad-
vantage of recent big advance.
lCeCreamFreeZers
Zero Ice Cream Freezer, 2-quart,
S1.15.
3-quart Freezer, S145.
4-quart Freezer. $1.65.
6-quart Freezer, $2.25.
White Mountain Freezer, 1 quart
90 cents
2-quart Freezer, S1.65.
3-quart Freezer, 81 90.
4-quart Freezer, $2.15.
6-quart Freezer, SITS.
Peerless Or Iceland Ice Cream
Freezer. the best. II does the work.
II requi' es no experience to make
luscious cream in 3 1-2minutes.
2-quar. ST 6S, 3 quart $1.o8, f.
quart $2.15. 6-luart SITS, s-quart
1915. 10-quart SIS, ~ quart $5.75,
IA quart S6.75.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30

Cameras.
LENSES AND PHOTOGRAPHIC
SUPPLIES.
La Cross, jr., the little wonder size
3 3-4x4x5, for 21ax2R picture,
price, including
ssss!s plate $50
La Cross, ST., the only camera in
the market that takes a picture
3%x3T and can
be depended z SO
0PCh lOr " ~
Including one double plate holder
No 2 Peek a-Boo camera, a first
class practical instrument possess
ing all the advantages in easy
manipulation and results of cam
eras selling for twice as much.
Size 411ax6x7 for 3 1-2x4 1-2 picture
camera including one
seSS!s plate 400
No. 3 Peek a-Boo, size 8 1-Sx5 SIX
6 7-8 for AXIS picture, camera an
Guiding one double
plate M
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-30
Wash Goods Dept

Fancy printed lawns you have all been
waiting for-Others would call O1C
cheap at &c yard. June sale %
Fancy Tambour and Lappett's lawns,
big lot medium and light colors, cheap
at l2lsc and l5c, all in one lot. z1C
June sale. ..............(2
Fancy figured striped emb. Swisscs.
cheap at Zoe, light and dark COL &c
ors. yard, June sale j.
Plain white India linons, cheap at &c
Sc yard, June sale j.
Special values in plain India linons-
Victoria Lawns and Persian Lawns
will go in this June sale at reduced
prices.
Checked and striped Nansooks in plain
white goods, also dimities worth z1c
l2Ec yard, June sale ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01
WeekIv Mnrl.et Revier.

The weakness in the cotton market
noted week ago continued early i'm the
week, and prices declined some points
mid-week then sprung up Increased act
WITTY with quite a marked decree o.
strength, resulting in n gain of Is TO q
points. This little squirt seemed to take
its start from the news of a probable
early cessation of the war, with a few
complaints of less favorable crop pros
pects. However, the frmness did not last
long, as prices fell back about 10 points
on Friday and Saturday. August closed
3 points higher at 5S4c; October, points
at oslo, while January closed s points
higher, at cole.
In the main, crop reports have been
favorable and no great failing off in the
condition can be expected in the bureau
report on the 10th. On the other hand
prices are abnormally low, and it certain
ly appears that the crop is somewhat later
than the average owing TO lack of fore
ing weather In July and it is, therefore
more liable to deterioration between this
stage and harvest Buying at present
figures and lower can hardly result in
any very heavy loss and may pay very
good profit.
Wheat was weak almost all the week or
fine crop weather, and increasing receipts
of the new crop. September closed 5$4c
lower at 64d641sc. There was a SHARP
break in the July or spot delivery, es-
pecially during the last few days. the
weeks decline exceeding 10c. The market
has now fallen enough to make a fan re-
action in order but anything like high
prices for wheat this year are very I'M
likely, unless everything should go on a
boom in the fall.
Corn was variable; advanced 1c early
fell back 15sc, rose 1c again, and then fell
about &c, finally closing lac lower, al
339sc for September. The market was
due to more or less general rains in the
drought districts. The market looks heavy
at the moment, but appears to be pur-
chase on the breaks.
Provisions broke heavily In the middle
of the week. but later regained about halt
the decline. Pork closed SOC lower, Sep
TENDER, $9.4712; ribs, 20 points lower; Sep
TENDER, $5.471a. William T. Williams.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01

Editor Morning News We should have
Porto Rico absolutely. As a nation we
should adhere 10 the purpose expressed in
the outset respecting the island Of Cuba.
We should have a coaling station amongst
the Ladrones. We should have a coaling
station forever at the Philippines. and
should be permitted in the settlement TO
have dictatorship over all those Islands
until our indemnity is paid. Spain sues
for peace at the very moment when she
knows that Porto Rico and Manila are
virtually in our possession. That lis in
keeping with Spanish diplomacy L. c.
Myers, Fla, July 81.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01
BOOK NOTICES.

"spain's History" by James A. Harri-
son, introduction by G. Mercer Adam.
The Werner Company publishers, Akron,
o. Cloth, $1.5O. The present war makes
this volume timely one. That this is a
reliable history is vouched for by the fact
that Prof Harrison is its author. The
history of Spain is always interesting, but
it is particularly so at this time. This
history, although short, contains all the
average reader cares to know of the sub
ject. The matter is presented in such an
attractive style that it cannot help being
Interesting
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01

no less chara cteristic of their authors; and
all are interest ting, cheerful and whole
some, affording a diversion that Is both
nutritious and palatable. The fiction, how
ever, is by no means all than is noteworthy
in the number. The S. S. Mcclure Com
pany, 141-155 East Twonty-ffth street,
New York city.
The American Monthly Review Of Re-
views for August reviews the Santiago
campaign by land and sea from start to
finish. Winston Churchill, who wrote
so acceptably on Admiral Dewey for the
June Review. describes in this number the
wonderful battle with Cervera's fleet, and
his article is illustrated in part from Hem
ments remarkable Photographs of the
Spanish ships taken the day after the
fight. John A. Church, formerly of the
Army and Navy journal, contributes
fuh account Of the Santiago land fighting,
and his article also is illustrated from new
photographs. Park Benjamin writes on
the work cut out for the eastern squadron
under Commodore Watson. Altogether
the Review again shows It's ability 10 keep
well abreast of all important military and
naval movements, and to exhibit a clean
pair Of heels 20 all its competitors in mag
ABINGDON. Review of Reviews, 10 Aston
Place, New York city.
The August number Of The Century las
a number Of features Of special tlmeH-
ness. Mrs Mary Bradford Crownnshield
writes a striking romance Of a Spanish
American dictator, the title of her story
being +Sangre de Cristo." Frederick A.
Ober, late commissioner 70 Porto Rico for
the Columbian Exposition contributes a
paper on 1.-THE Island Of Porto Rico" IN
which he describes the characteristics Of
the land and the people and tells Of the
vast resources OF the island. Osgood
Welsh, an American sugar grower. brings
out new facts in "CuBa as Seen from the
Inside" Both of these articles are fully
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01
STATISTICS OF THE PORT.
July Arrivals and TOnnage-VesseIs
and Their Rigs.

The Morning News gives to-day the to-
tai number of vessels arriving at this port
during the last month, with the rigs, ma
tionality and net tonnage. The number
does not include the arrivals a quarantine
or Tybee, but only those vessels which
have arrived at the wharves, and have dis
charged cargoes, or are in ballast or load
ing. 1t does not include river or inland
coast steamers, nor does it include vessels
under 100 tons. The arrivals, with the rigs
and nationality, are as follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01

Rigi Nor). 49s tons. Kopn. London; sid
June 16.
Leopold QtaD, 7oS tons, AIariani. Mar
seilles
Maria Liberia QtaD. 44G tons, Parascan-
dolo, CaGiz; sid June IS
Esther (Russ) S34 tons, Louroth. Della
goa Bay; sid June TO-
Aiine QtaD, us tons, Olivari. Sharpness;
sid June 2.
Fristad (Nor), 915 tons, DanieIsen. Cron-
stadt; sid June so.
Maria L. QtaD, 776 tons, Farello, Naples;
sid May II.
Agnes Campbell (Nor), 643 tons, Emilsen,
Rotterdam; sid July A.
Cornelia Dutch, 654 tons, Stramwitz. Rio
Janeiro, sid June 26.
Maria Ratio QtaD, 300 TONS Perasso
Marseilles; sid %.
Lock RAMA (Br), ZOOS tons, Puxley, New
York; sid July p
Mamma (Nor), Sol tons, Kvasse, Nantes:
sid July 6.
Sidney (Swd), 63S tons, Lundh, Newport;
sid July s.
Jamaica GtaD, 6S5 tons, Vale, Galway;
sid July 6.
D. II. Morris (Nor), 1,195 tons, Moe Lon
don; sid July 20.
Adelaide (Ger), Meyer, 1,2S1 tons, London;
sid July 20.
Braemar Br.) 1,O36 tons, Richie; at Dem
cara June %.
Aljuca (Nor), 1889 tons, Gundersen, Rot
terdam; sid July 90.
Annina Qtal), ass tons, Munro, Hamburg
sid July H.
Passat (Nor), ga tons, Aanonsen, Mar
seilles; sid July p.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01
RESULTS ON THE DIAMOND.
Games Played Yesterday by 'he
National League.

Louisville, KY, July 3l.-The Colonies
hold their own until the last two innings
when The Giants opened up on Cunning
ham and batted out a victory Attendance
5000. Score: r. y ~ ,o T.. a.
Tew york 80 o 0 2 0 - u 3
Louisville ...1 0 %
Batterles-Getug and Grady; Cunning
ham and Kittredge
Chicago, July 31.-Two passes, four SIN
giles and a double in the second inning
scored six runs, and gave the Orphans
their ninth victory over the Senators. The
game throughout was replete with sharp.
pretty fielding on both sides. Selbach was
put out Of the game In the NTH for sar-
castle laughter at Snyder's decisions. At
tendance, AGO.. Score: R.H.E.
Chicago .......0 6 0 0 0 ! x-7 IL /
Washington 30 0 0 0 0 0 o. 0
Batteries-Kiroy and Donohue; weighing
and Farrell.
Cincinnati, July 31.-The Reds hit Kenne-
dy very hard to-day making Il four
straights from Brooklyn. ine game was
called on account Of rain while the Reds
were at the bat in the eighth. Attend
ance /6616 Score: RH.E.
Cincinnati ........S 0 0 3 0 x-9 ID 4
Brooklyn ........O 0 ? 0 l 2 0-5 A
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01

Noe dtaD, 51a tons, Diagio, Nantes. sla
d May 49, y Ne'ioa ;
i.'a@ tone (AusO. COS tons. Jurievjcn
lg-'ste; sld May "a. ' ''' 'e'ie"'
s5 ,1 lswdl. i9i tons, Holm, cuxhaven;
milo '',l A. QtaD, G8s tons, schlaaipo. Ham
'1rs; SD May 30 ''''''''''0' - '''i-
'5e .ra Ger. JlS tons Buiow; sid Havrc,
i'e Of Erin (BD, $50 tons MALCOLM Rio
V1to' SID April via Valparaiso and
o ''. sa... Port for New York. Phfadelphia
'' ',i yNo) 1913 tons, sorensen. TI,rbnro.
~ June o. e'' iidr OURS
J5Ga lNor)' $40 tons Duus. Arendal; sid
~, sid June 10. ''' ''-'''' e ''''e"' S'e'-
Fau. g., Corr Pr (Nop 47s tons. Bjorge
Jane 2. ''' i'turzo' Genoa; SID
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-01
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Arrived Yesterday.

Steamship City of Augusta, Daggett,
New York-Ocean Steamship Company.
Schooner George Taulane, Jr., Magee,
Norfolk.-C. W. Howard & Co.
Steamer Ethel, Carroll, Augusta-W. Il.
Gibson, manager.
Steamer Murchison Haddon, Augusta
W c. Wells.