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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-03
DULUTH GRAIN.

DULUTH. Aug. market was extreme
ly dull yesterday and there was little or
no trading. It opened unchanged at 6SHc,
sold at 69c at 9:35, at 68Xc at GAS, at 6SNc
at 1925 at 69c at 1920 and then slumped
to 6SMc at LOS. closing at 6SAc The mills
last week ground SO, 1876 bbls of flour and
shipped 1865. The railroads received
166.600 bbls and shipped 1880. Cash sales
wer very light. aggregating about $1,000 bu
at Nc over September. Cash sales: $4,000
blu No. l northern. 69Mc; 500 blu No.
northern, 69Nc; 1000 bu No. 1 northern,
69Ac; 3 cars No. 2 northern, &c; 2 cars
No. northern. 66sac: 1 car rejected. 8 lbs
of, 63hc; 5000 bu fax, September, 97c;
$1,000 blu September fax, ss%c; 1000 bu
October fax, 96hc; $4,000 bu October fax,
96Ac; 5000 blu October fax. &c. Close:
Wheat-No. 1 hard, cash, 71hc bid; Sep
TENDER, 70Ac bid; December, 70Mc bid: No.
2 northern, cash CSC bid; September, 6S%c;
December, 69hc bid; No. northern 69hc
bid; oats, 22h Q22c; rye. 50hc bid; barley,
SAC: fax, $1.01N bid; September. 96%c bid;
October 9Sc bid; corn. 29Ac. Car inspec-
ton, wheat, 1923 cars; corn 10; oats, 3; rye,
II; barley, 4; fax. 9. Receipts, wheat,
1858 blu: corn. 1927; barley, 757. Ship
ments. wheat, 6,397 bu oats, 1887; barley,
80 0OO.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-03

Puts September corn . - 29x
Calls on September corn ..... ,.,..,, 8O1f
Cash quotations were follows: Flour. easy;
No. spring wheat 671tc: No 8 spring wheat
Tgssc: % red. 7o07o1sc; No: corn. 30hc;
NO oats. 23025c: No. 3 white, 21%@25Hc;
No. rye. Sec. No. . barley. 34@sSc: No. max
seed. sSh9s7c: Northwestern, 81; prime timothy
seed. e. 4zk meas pork per bbl 81 65@DS. Is; lard
per 100 lbs. s. zoos Is; short ribs sides doose).
N.sS@s. Is: dry salted shoulders (boxed), 5h@5Mc:
short clear sides (boxed). $5.15Qo rs: whisky.
distillers' finished goods per gal. 1.26: No.
$3.50
Receipts-FIour, 1s.ooo bbls; wheat IS, 900 bu;
corn. So 900 bu; oats 8S9 900 bu; rye, 1000 bu
barley. 5000 bu. Shipments-F1our. 13. 900 bbis;
On the produce exchange yesterday the butter
market hrm; creameries. 13h@17c: dairies 12@
12hc
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-03
NEW worry COTTON.

NEW YORK COTTON.
NEW YORK, Aug. a-The cotton Market
opened quiet yesterday. with prices point lower
to point higher and ruled dscouragtngly duli all
through the forenoon Sentiment all SIDES
appeared to be strongly opposed to a policy Of
aggression and activity. but favorable to con.
ported stagnant trade at Lverpools
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-03

THE DAYS RESULTS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-03

EGGS--The market is little stronger Cur
/ rent receipts offered at 10'sc and 1Oc bid
Eggs put up for cold storage must be strictly
| frst-cass and free from checks. cracks. small
| or dirty eggs. They should also be put up in
| white wood cases, with odorless filters. cork
| shavings top and bottom. Such stock Will
| bring a premium Of from AM1c per dozen.
Quotations are:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-03

The morning papers heralded the informa-
ton that the regiment would move the
following day. Things were becoming seri-
Gus at the front, and every man was need
ed. Warwick's preparations were few and
soon made. He wished that the hour for
departure might be hurried. He would
find difficulty in passing the time. He
dared not trust himself near her. He had
too much pride for that. Besides, he would
not be welcome. He restrained rising
throb as he realized that he could not say
goodbye to the one OF all the world he
loved the most. He had often in his
minds eye folded her to his arms on just
such an occasion, for he had often thought
he would be among the first to respond in
time of need. He recalled the admiration
in her eyes when he had declared his patri-
otism and had sworn to do or die il war
should come. He relinquished the little
dream now with pang of regret. Then
again wave Of bitterness swamped his
reason. Sentiment disappeared. He felt a
malicious satisfaction in the thought that
he was going to war without word to
her. What great changes had day brought
forth.
He felt quite himself now, and busted
himself about the recruiting Office all day,
pausing long enough to write a long letter
to his distant mother, apprising her of the
step he had taken. He wrote no line cal
culated to let her know of the life he had
led She believed him prosperous. He
preferred that she continue to think so.
II he should be killed in battle, he would
leave her no sorrowful memories save that
occasioned by his death. If he should be
spared-please God he would be different
man.
The streets were alive with excited thous-
ands when the regiment moved away. Wild
cheers rent the air, flags were flying, drums
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
APoLoelzeD FOR INTRUOING.
The BashfuI Student Thought the Venus
of Medici Was a Living Eather.

The BashfuI Student Thought the Venus
of Medici Was a Living Bather.
A funny story of modest man is
told by Aubrey de We're in The Century
Magazine. After 80 years seclusion
within the walls of his college a certain
venerable fellow of Cambridge univer-
sity thought it was time for him to see
little of the world, and he accepted an
invitation from an early pupil who was
entertaining large party i'll great
country house. AT dinner he sat next
to the young lady of the house. Their
conversation fell upon baths, and she
happened to mention that she took a
shower bath every morning to invigorate
her system, adding, when he inquired
what a shower bath was, that it resem-
bled very small round room; that the
bather took his or her stand III the CEN
ter of it, and upon pulling a string was
drenched by q sudden flood of water from
above.
Next morning the recluse rose at his
usual honr-6 o'clock-and being of an
inquisitive temper thought it well to
explore carefully what he had never
seen before-a large country house. On
pulling open a door he found himself at
the entrance of very small circular
apartment, one of those in which house
maids store away old brushes and house
hold articles past their work. In the
center of it stood a plaster cast of the
Venus of Medici. The venerable man
recoiled, closed the door and walked i'll
the park till summoned by the breakfast
bell He took his seat, and the host ask
ed whether he would have tea or coffee.
But he had reflected on what good man
ners imperatively required, and his an
swer was:
My lord, can neither partake of
tea nor coffee, nor any other rejection
until have first rendered my humblest
apologies TO the interesting young lady
whom l now see dispensing the choco-
late and on whose sanitary additions
this morning as she stood III her shower
bath 1 was so unfortunate as unwilling
" 10 intrude- "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
SickrOons.

A medical journal urges, sensibly
enough, that in the present extravagant
expenditure in house building a little
money should be laid out in arranging
for a sickroom, built ON the sunny side
and equipped with at least the simple
means for isolation and care of a sick
person. Ventilation should be we'll con-
sidered. The walls may be of washable
material-paint tiles or covered with
waterproof bath paper. The plumbing
should be out of but convenient 70 it,
a little of the time and money invested
in libraries, bathrooms and oriental par
Tors spent on an apartment whose use in
an emergency not unusual 10 frail hu-
manity may insure the comfort and
safety to the family that is necessary to
the enjoyment Of the more luxurious
rooms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
M Dnnht Ahnut IL.
Times.

do you play by note:' inquired one
of the summer residents of Blueville of
the violinist of the Berry Corners or
chestra, " which had been discoursing
ear piercing strains ut a lawn party.
"Nivvcr note do Oh play by, sorr, -
replied Mr.. Flaherty, mopping his heat
ed brow with a handkerchief of sangui-
nary hue.
''Ah, by ear, them" said the sum-
mer resident, with a smile of gracious
interest
''Nivver an ear hilps me, yer honor, !"
responded Mr.. Flaherty, returning his
handkerchief TO his capacious pocket.
Indeed! May 1 ask how you-what
you do play by, them" persisted the in
quirer.
by main strin tn, be jabbers, - said
Mr.. Flaherty, with n weary air, as he
plunged his ancient instrument into its
green bag. IAN 1t s moighty dry wurrk,
an that 5 thruth, sorr. ~ outh's Com
paniOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
THE MAGNETIC GIRL.
IN ExplanattJE of How Her Tricks Nfsy
Easily Be Duplicated.

While in Chicago 1 saw the announce
ment of an electric girl who included
in her repertory a new trick, or at least
one that ! had not yet seen. a stick
about four feet long and as thick as a
broomstick was produced, and and an
other gentleman We're requested to hold
1t in q vertical position before us while
grasping it firmly in both hands. The
girl, standing in front of and facing us,
placed the palm of her open hand against
the lower portion OF the stick, resting
it ON the side nearest TO us and farthest
from herself. After rubbing her hand
up and down for a few moments in or
der Ito make better electric contact, :"
as we We're informed, and after enjoin-
ing rs to hold the stick perfectly verti-
cal, we were told to press down ON it as
hard as we could.
This we did until the veins seemed
to stand out on our foreheads; but, ex-
ert ourselves as hard as we could, we,
two strong men, were unable to press
down hard enough to make the stick
slip past the open palm of her hand.
Had the girl grasped the stick with her
two hands, am sure she could not have
withstood my downward pressure alone.
L
to the floor. But there she stood, with
but one open hand bearing against the
side of the stick, and both US could not
by our united efforts force the stick past
that wonderful hand. Surely there
seemed something uncanny about this.
But it is very simply explained.
The whole secret consists in insisting
upon the men holding the stick in a
vertical position. When the girls open
hand is first placed against the lower
portion of the stick, she moves it two
or three times up and down, pulling
gradually more and more against it. As
this tends to pull the stick away from
the vertical, she insists that the men
keep it straight. Thus cautioned, they
will exert more and more effort until,
when she feels that the pressure against
her hand is sufficient, she instructs them
TO push down with all their might.
They do so and imagine that they are
exerting a tremendous vertical thrust,
whereas. their vertical effort is actually
very slight-insufficient even to over
come the friction of the stick against
her moist hand. The men are really ex-
erting a tremendous effort, but are de-
ceived as TO its direction. With their
hands tightly grasping the upper end of
the stick they are really trying to force
the other end of the stick against the
palm of her hand.-N. w. Perry in
Casters Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
BEFORE MATCHES CAME.
The Flint and Steel and flashlights and
TaIlow Dips of Our Ancestors

TaIlow Dips of Our Ancestors
To the present generation it may seem
next door to the incredible that in the
first years of the reign of William "
there were no lucifer matches In lieu
thereof there We're only long matches or
splints of wood tipped at each end with
melted suiEnur, and before the compli-
Gated system of dipping the sulphuret-
ed match in concentrated sulphuric
acid came into use these matches were
kindled first by striking a light with
flint and steel and then causing the
spark to ignite a small quantity of tin
der, an inflammable substance usually
composed of partially burned linen
This simple adjunct to the process of
obtaining light had been in use all
over the world from time immemorial
The French finder was called anna
dou," word the etymology of which
has been fiercely contested, some phi
lologers deriving it from the old French
adjective "amadou, " equivalent to am
orous, and conveying the moral idea of
the sweetly agreeable sensation of the
hand coming in contact with very soft
substance, while others trace it to the
Latin lad manum dulce.'' The French
finder was often made Of the spongy
portions of mushrooms and other fungi,
and prior TO the introduction of lucifer
matches the manufacture of amadou
was one of considerable Importance.
The cryptogamic substance was beaten
on a block somewhat after the manner
of felt until it became homogeneous,
and it was then impregnated with a
solution of salts of inter or simply pull
"a
fabricate delicate kind of amadou
which is used in surgery for stanching
hemorrhage. As for flint and steel, they
have as completely faded out from our
domestic economy as they have from
firearms, and the finder box is so rare
ly seen that it might well be included
in an exhibition of old social curios-
With finder and finder boxes has also
vanished the rushlight which, when
William Cobbett was a boy, English
cottagers used 70 make for themselves
by gathering rushes and dipping them
successfully in melted tallow until suffi-
Gent thick adipose matter was obtained.
In houses where refinement was sup
posed TO prevail the rushlight was
invariably placed III "a japanned tin
shade perforated with circular orifices,
and the insomnolent invalid had the
pleasure of contemplating a large
number of round spots of light on the
ceiling, reflected from the rushlight
screen. dips, another form of tallow
candle, much given to suffering. which
smelled abominably, have also died the
death, and mold candles" which
strove to emulate wax ones in their
form, but hardly succeeded III doing so,
have been superseded by cheaper can
dies, almost as shapely and as light
giving as the old and costly spermaciti.
Seventy years ago gas was little used.
There were no railroads, few steamboats,
and no lucifer matches; yet, as Mr..
Walter Besant might put it, the world
went very well then. Tele-
graph
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
WHY WOMEN MAKE POOR DETEcTIVES
A Secret Service Man Says the Opposite
Sex Make bad Spies.

A Secret Service Man Says the Opposite
Sex Make bad Spies.
women are not good detectives,
said an experienced secret service man
on being asked his opinion. ITO begin
with, there are many places to which 4
woman cannot go without exciting sus-
picion, and this defeats her object at
tho outset, but beyond this woman is
untitled by nature for detective work.
I'm the first place, she jumps at a con-
clusion and acts ON it in opposition to
all human probabilities, possibilities
and reason. As a rule, a woman does
not reason. She looks on thing as she
wants it to be or thinks it ought to be,
and will follow that theory. She is led
by prejudices, favors or ,sympathies, re-
CARELESS of facts.
LAS detective she is sometimes a
success in ehtrapping a man, but her
work generally ends in a blunder which
betrays her. She is persevering only
when moved by passion. She does not
look at a case dispassionately. She at
once decides that he or she is guilty or
innocent and works on that theory.
"a woman enjoys the mysterious, and
she is so elated at her position as detect
i've that she is unable to conceal her
identity or the secret Investigations of
a case
Women are even failures in running
down criminals of their own sex. A
woman criminal will mislead a woman
detective by working on her vanity,
credulity or sympathy. and, worst of
all, if the detective be attractive and
the man criminal handsome-welI,
man is better for detective work, and
besides a woman will sell ont a case,
and cheaply at that, relying upon her
sex to escape punishment if detected. "
New York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
NOVELS AND coNsoNANTs.
A Close Look Into the Way They Ar
Formed and Used.


A Melville Bell of Washington, in
his note on Syllable Consonants, 5" read
at the second session of the American
Oriental society in this city, said:
What Is Is a vowel: What is con-
sonant? What is syllable?
"a vowel is defined as a nonfriction-
| al emission of the voice or of unvocal-
ICED breath through an oral channel.
with momentarily fixed configuration.
| Vowels therefore run smoothly into one
| another by merely altering the shape Of
| the oral passage without interrupting it.
"A consonant is defined as an inter
ception of the breath or voice by oral
stoppage, or by emission through side
channels or through narrow chinks.
| The change from one consonant TO an
other thus involves a motion of the ar
| ticulating organs, producing, with more
or less audibility, puff, flap or sib-
iliation.
THE two classes of elements meet in
ee, V, 90, w. a syllable is any vocal
element uttered with 4 single impulse
of voice. All the vocal elements in a
syllable must be clustered together with
ont admixture with nonvocals, but any
number of nonvocals may precede or
follow the vocal cluster without affect
ing the syllable unity.
THE consonants ], IN, II, when they
are final after consonants, frequently
form syllables without vowels, as in
bottle.
THE test of good pronunciation is
TO give each syllable its own distinct
sound, so that in the most rapid utter
ance the ear can trace the boundaries
of every syllable. But the syllable
sounds must be true to customary pro-
nunciation.
The name consonant, If held to i'm
ply an element that cannot b q pro-
nounced without a sonant or vowel,
would be a misnomer, and its use
should in that case be discontinued in
scientific menology. Vowels are the
soft and plastic substance of speech.
Consonants are the articulations or
joints on which vowels and syllables
turn. Their proper name is, therefore,
'articulations, not consonants.
Phonetic elements make syllables.
Syilables make words. Words are to be
considered as the syllables of clauses
Clauses must be carefully individualiz-
ed, for they are the syllables of sentences.
Divide your sentences into their logical
units or clauses, and indicate within
the clauses all their phonetic units or
syllables, and yOu will fulfill the grand
fundamental precepts of delivery. -
Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
Ancient rse 9th. Mace.

The ancient use of the mace intro
duces Us TO n remarkable instance of
ecclesiastical casuistry. The clergy was
forbidden TO shed blood, and as thus the
sword was inhibited this might have
been thought sufficient to keep them
from the battlefield. But not so; they
adopted the mace. Though they could
not cut a mans throat, yet might they
break his head So Bishop Otho half
brother Of William, fought alongside of
the conqueror at the bitter battle of
Hastings with great effect. the brothers
being, as you may say. "a pair of nut
crackers. Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
KIPLING'S KIND ACT.
A Story About the Famous Author That
Is Not Unpleasant.


1t has become tho fashion of literary
photographers TO print whatever stories
of a disagreeble nature concerning Rud-
yard Kipling they can hear or find. In
cidents showing the other side of the
man-the true side, in fact-are rare,
but that this wonderful author is not
quite the literary barbarian which he is
so generally made out to be finds but
stronger evidence i'll little story which
/ heard quite recently.
Not long ago All ambitious young
writer composed his first story. He was
rather skeptical of its merit, and being
a great reader and admirer of Kipling's
work determined to send his literary
firstborn to Kipling for criticism. His
friends tried to dissuade him from the
idea, telling him that he would never
see his story again. But his faith in his
favorite author was strong, and the
story went to Kipling. A week passed
by, and finally nearly month had
elapsed. The young writer suffered keen
~ from the ridicule of his friends in the
meantime, and, truth to tell, his faith
began TO WAIVER. During the fifth week,
however, letter came postmarked
"BrattleborO, VT, and the young
writer opened it with feverish haste.
There was his manuscript, true
enough, but scarcely could he recognize
it. Kipling had evidently put days of
work upon it, making corrections, sug-
gestions and interlineations until the
story contained more of Kipling than of
its original author. With the manu-
script came a letter, in which Kipling
said that he was not lin the habit of
doing this sort of thing, because it took
so much time. But III this case he saw
a good chance 10 make So for particu-
lar fresh air fund i'll which he was in
terested, and if Mr.. - thought the
work he had put on this manuscript was
worth that sum he would be glad to re-
ceive it for his fund and would send a
receipted bill!
The 50 was sent.-Philadelphia
Times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
English Women,s SHOES.

English women are teaching Ameri-
can women some important facts about
footgear. We know today that a toucs.
of patent leather removes the shoe from
street use, except in case of walking to
and from afternoon teas and luncheOns.
That only seal or calf skin suits the pave
ments; that low shoes are to be reserved
for summer wear; that spats are not
good form, except for men, and that
laced shoes are the smart thing for the
forenoon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
A Real SAVING

The Lady Shopper-What: Pay IS
for a lamp like that: It's outrageous,
and won't pay it
The Astute Salesman-You forget,
madam. that the price has been reduced
10 81. 90.
The Lady Shopper Preaching for her
pursel-Oh. very we'll then. I'll take
it.--Chicago Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
Health and Morality,

He who recklessly Injuries his health
does not prove his unselfshness-he
simply curtails his powers of doing
good. And he who Injuries his character
by welcoming evil influences is thereby
infiicting a still greater evil upon the
community. Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
An Apt Answer.

Rubinstein once declared TO some one
that he was descended from one of the
crusaders who accompanied Richard
Ceur de Lion to Palestine ION the
piano presumably, was the smiling re-
spouse-San Francisco Argonaut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26

J. T. DURKHART, ND
MRS. HADA N. BURKHART n. d
DIS. BURKHART & BURKHART,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
DR. s. II. MILLER,
Veterinary Surgeon ana Dcniis,,

Andiseases OF horses and cattle treated on
approved principles. Surgical operations per
formed in a scientific manner. Dogs treated
All calls promptly attended to. Residence
1925 Fifth avenue. Telephone 4IOl. once
and inirmary, i6l5-i6l7 Fourth avenue
(Maucker's staole), opposite No. l ire house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
DIR. CORA EMERY REED,
homeopathic Physician.

Special attention to diseases of women AND
children, also diseases of eye, ear, nose and
throst. once hOurs-9:30 to IL q. m, 20
m 81 Sixteenth street, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
Physicians.

ONCE Tremann block. once hours 8 70 u
an 1 TO 5 and to D. m Phone No. 4G92
Rock Island, III. Night calls answered from
ONCE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
c. T. FOSTER. M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,

once between Third and Fourth avenues on
twentieth street once hours: to II g. N,
ITO D N. and to p. n. Night calls from
offce Phone 1854
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
PHYSICIANS.
z. II. FIRST, M. d.
Physician and Surgeon.

Phone Z on 1857. once, Sz6 Twentieth
street ONCE hours: 10 to IL q. m. 70 and
ITO 8 p. m. Sunday, $50 TO $50 q M lSo 10
y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
DIR. II. EMMETT STEEN,
Davenport, Iowa

Davenport, Iowa
Specialist and expert In she treatment oil
nervous private and all chronic diseases OF
men and women
Hours: 10 TO H. 2 %, 10 g, Sundays 10 TO I2.
Harrison and Second streets, opposite new
Boston store,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-26
JOHN K. SCOTT,

Lawyer.
City attorney OF Rock Island Room
Mitchell & Lynde building.