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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
A City with Two Carriages.

There are only two carriages in town.
One belongs to the archbishop, and the
other carriage is the property of the
government and one of the perquisites
that pertain to the presidential power.
1t is an ordinary landau, imported from
Paris in pieces and put together by To-
cal talent, and Il native artist has
painted upon the panels of the doors
a brilliant reproduction of the coat of
arms of the republic, about a foot
square, in the national colOrs-green,
yellow and red. This is greatly adj
mired by the populace, who see the
carriage only occasionally, on state &C.
casions, when it is drawn by four big
black horses wearing harness heavily
mounted with silver and decorated
with rosettes, tassels and streamers of
the national colors.-La PaZ (Bolivia)
Cor. Chicago Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
A COTTON PLANT.
The Story of One shown on the New
York Exchange.

The Story of One shown on the New
York Exchange.
There is a story still told to visitors
to the New York Cotton Exchange
which always amuses its tellers quite
as much as its hearers. 1t concerns
very superb specimen or the cotton
plant which was brought into the eX-
change one October morning years ago
and placed in the center of the pit
around which gather every day the
men who buy and sell millions of bales
of the white staple every month.
There had been bad weather in Tex
as that season. with reports of irrep-
arabic damage to the crop, but this
superb plant, laden with bolls through
out its six feet OF height and coming.
as it did, from Waco, i'll the most inn
portant cotton section of the Lone Star
State, was exhibited as conclusive
proof that the stories of n ruined crop
were certainly false. All New York's
big cotton operators came to look at
it and to admire it, and most of them
remained to sell a few thousand bales.
IF that is what Waco can produce"
they said, 1.-The Texas crop alone will
be big enough To put cotton down i
cent or two per pound
Late in the day. however. there
Strolled into the exchange Il Shrewd
old farmer from one of the cotton
states east of the Mississippi. He had
heard of six foot cotton plants from
Texas, and he wanted TO see one. \
single look at this specimen was sufti-
cient.
"Humbug," he said. THAT plant is
made of wax. and it grew in South
Fifth avenue"
And so il proved. The hoax had
demonstrated what its authors assert
ed. that very few people in New York,
even among cotton brokers, would
know a cotton plant if they saw one
New York Mail and Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
LEARNING TO SMILE.
One of the Hardest Things For the
Gymnast to Do.

One of the Hardest Things For the
Gymnast TO Do.
THE thing / found hardest to learn
in my business was to SMILE" said q
professional Gymnast who did a very
clever speciality recently at one of the
local theaters. II started out in aero
battle work when 1 was only u years
old as one of a family of five. My
instructor was Charles Mcdonald, an
old time circus performer and one of
the best of his day. While he was put
ting me through my PAGES he was
continually yelling: Look pleasant!
Look pleasant And my main trouble
for years was in following that same
order.
mo matter how hard tried l would
forget myself, and when l. was doing
an extra hard turn l was certain to
make horrible faces, screw up my eyes
and grit my teeth. 1t took all the eff
feet out of my act and must have
seemed very funny TO the people in
the audience. Often, after performing
some difficult feat, / have been morti-
fed TO hear n roar of laughter, and at
last / determined to either learn how
TO smile or quit the business L got
the knack at last, and now it has be-
come a sort of second nature.
THE point is n great deal more i'm
portant than one would suppose. 1
know an eQuilibrist, for instance, who
is very popular on the vaudeville cir
cult, not so much on account of the
difficulty of his act as the smiling ease
with which 1t is apparently done. You
would never suppose from his face
that he was making any special exer
ticn, and that of itself gives remarka-
BILE grace and finish to his work.
Il am not the only one in the bust
ness, however, who has found ii hard
TO smile at the right time. Almost ev-
cry ballet dancer, eccentric character
dancer and skirt dancer has had trou-
BILE on the same score. Most of them
finally acquire n horrible fixed grimace
that is supposed to be a smile, but has
no more suggestion of merriment than
a brick wall. 1t is produced by cult
waiting n certain set OF muscles and
made to appear and disappear on the
principle of pulling n string. Or
leans Times-DemOcrat-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
The IEIIest Bennt.

Probably the ugliest beast in the
world is a monkey, n grewsome look
ing animal called the bearded saki.
This is so utterly grotesque a beast
that it would scarcely be safe to let a
child or nervous person see il. The
ugliness is not of an amusing kind. but
of an evil, sinister nature. The beast
has sort of beard and a countenance
unlike anything else in shape and lines.
The monkey itself is not particularly
savage, but is so hideous that the ma
tives of its country. South America,
say that no beast of prey, however
hungry, will tackle IL. Even a hungry
Jaguar will starve in Il cageful of sakis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
MACREADY ON THE STAGE.
The TraGedinn V4ns Not IA Pleasant
Man to Act With.

MAN 10 ACT " I'm.
Macready was i dreadful man to act
with. You had the pleasant sensation
of knowing that you were doing moth
ing that he wanted you to do, though
following strictly his instructions. He
would press you down with his hand
on your head and tell you in an under
tone to stand up. Mr.. Macready was 4
terribly nervous actor. Any little
thing which happened unexpectedly ir-
ritated him beyond endurance.
One night at the Park Macbeth"
was the play. Mrs. Sloman. an old
fashioned actress, dressed Lady Mac
beth in the manner which prevailed
in her early life, in black velvet, point
lace and pearl beads. IL the murder
scene part of his dress caught on the
tassels of her pearl girdle. The string
broke, the beads fell to the floor softly
with Il pretty rhythmic sound, distinct
ly heard through the intense silence
of the scene.
This SO eXasperated Mr.. Macready
that he was almost frantic, until, with
the final lines of the scene, 'Wake,
Duncan with the knocking, oh, Would
thou couldst," he threw Mrs. Sloman
off the stage. with words which hope
were unheard by the public and were
certainly unfit for publication.-"Auto-
biographical Sketches" by Mrs. John
Drew, in Scribners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
A BULKY RECEIPT.
The Bank Deposition Had Something
to show For His Money.

z
to Show For His Money.
4 man with a German accent and a
fierce red mustache walked into one of
the banks the other day and announc-
ed that he wanted to open an account
He was directed to the proper official
and from n well worn belt extracted
500. This sum he handed through the
window.
The bank official showed the big sig
nature book toward the depositor for
his signature. Just then the officials
attention was attracted in another d.
rection. When, second later, he turn
ed around, the man with the red mus
tache was coolly walking toward the
door with the book, which contained
the signatures OF all the depositors in
the bank. tucked under his arm
The assistant cashier yelled:
Hold on, there"
But the Teuton pursued his even
course toward the street.
The official rushed from behind his
counter and caught the new depositor
Just as he reached the door.
What are you doing with that
book" demanded the bank official an
grily, laying hold of the precious vol
ume.
''Why, l thought that was the receipt
for my S5OO!' answered the German,
completely bewildered.
In the same bank a well dressed wo-
man called to deposit $500.
The assistant cashier pushed the sig
nature book toward her, after receiv-
ing the deposit.
Sign your name there" said the Off
cial, indicating the proper place.
The woman took up the pen and
made show of writing, but the steel
point never touched the paper. After
n few more fancy fiOurishes in the air
the woman handed back the pen, say
ing:
Last summer l used to write my
name all right, but for some reason
can't do it now"
The bank official directed her to
make an "X" in the book.-Chicago
Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
MANAGING SMALL BOYS.
How Some Mothers Take All the
Spirit Out of Them.

How Some Mothers Take All the
Spirit Out of Them.
81 am always made sorry when l
ride in the cars, through the shopping
districts particularly" said the wo-
man 10 n newspaper man, Ito see the
mothers i'll treat small boys. 1t is
ethical cruelty, but quite as disastrous
as physical i'll treatment might be, it
seems TO me-
81 see poor little fellows of and 8,
nice little men who would be manly if
they were allowed to be, pushed into
that seat and out of il into another as
if they were so many little dummies.
They usually are very nearly that, for
seven or eight years of such pushing
and pulling is enough 10 take all the
spirit out of n small boy unless he
has unusual vigor of character.
"A boy of that age ought to be be-
ginning to look out for his mother and
finding seats for her. Occasionally
sensible mother, who treats her boy
like Il human being. is to be found. and
it is n pleasure to see the two together.
1.-The boy who is dragged around like
little muff during the early part of
his life is apt to come to himself after
time if he is not entirely ruined, and
then he goes to an opposite extreme, is
rude and self asserting, while lie is try
ing to establish an equilibrium, and
the mother can't iTaagine what the
trouble is.''-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
Wherein They Differed.

DIR. Emily Blackwell, one of the pio-
neers of her sex in medicine. heard a
young physician deliver a fierce dia-
tribe against opening the doors of the
profession to women. When he ceas-
ed. she asked:
'Will you please tell me one reason
why they should not practice medi-
cine:"
Certainly. madam. They haven't the
muscle. the Drawn, the physical
strength
Il see, sir. Your conception of
sickroom is 4 slaughter house. Mine
Is not.'-San Francisco Argonaut.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
An n1u.trIou. Ne,rrbox.

The guests at my table at the lunch
con were Professors Gneist and Hoff-
man and Won Bunsen- While thus re-
freshing ourselves. both physically and
mentally, Hoffman told the following
story of Faraday. whom he had known
very intimately. They were walking
one day together through the streets of
London, where both were then profess
ors, when Faraday stopped a news
boy and bought paper. Hoffman ask
ed him why, with his house supplied
regularly with all the papers he need
ed, he stopped TO buy paper from a
boy in the street. Faraday replied, Il
was once a newsbOy myself and sold
papers on the street"-John Bigelow's
Recollections in Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
TWO MEAN TOWNS.
The Stories Tint the Travelling Men
Told About Them.

They were talking about bad towns.
THE meaneSt place | ever was ill.,"
said the man who travels for a Chicago
house. sis down in Massachusetts. Say.
do you know what happened while l
was stopping there once? y man had
fallen through a hole in sidewalk and
sustained injuries that resulted in the
loss of his right arm. He sued the city
for DANA EeS, and the case was tried
before n jury, which, the papers said.
was composed Of representative citi-
zens. Well, what do you suppose they
did to him? Brought in Il verdict in
favor of the city, holding that mas
much as he was left handed his injury
didn't amount to anything"
YES" the cigar man said, that's n
pretty mean town. l admit, but know
of worse one. This place is in Penn
sylvania- An acquaintance of mine
down there was injured some time ago
in pretty much the same way the man
you mentioned got hurt. He fell on
bad sidewalk and lost one of his legs.
He sued the city, and didn't get any
thing. L never heard just why, but
probably because the jurors didn't be-
ieve he needed more than one leg in
his business. seeing that he was a bar
Der and couldn't hone razor or shave
n man with his foot anyway. But
wait. l haven't come to the point at
which the real meanness developed.
Being poor man. he couldn't afford to
buy a cork leg, so he had to get along
with n wooden peg, and one day while
he was crossing the principal street
this peg in some way got wedged be-
tween Il couple of paving stones right
in the middle of the street car track.
1t took them nearly an hour to get him
loose. and what do you suppose hap
pened then? Blamed if they didn't go
and fine him so and costs for obstruct-
ing traffic" '-Chicag 90 Times-Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
The ONE SURE THING.

There are sounds of laughter and singing
And sounds that OF woe make part,
As the earth to its fate goes swinging,
But love is lord of the heart,
And cloudy or fair the weather
Some souls will be drifting together
And souls be drifting apart.
Dark evil may lurk in the byways,
StiI blinking in wrath at the dawn,
And the terror leap forth on the highways
OF the sword from its scabbard withdrawn,
But cloudy or fair the weather
Some souls Will be drifting together
And souls be drifting apart.
Though unmoved by the poets dreaming,
Men tarry too long in the mart
And grow cold in the pride Of their scheming
Yet love Is lord of the heart,
And cloudy or fair the weather
Some souls will be drifting together
And some be drifting apart
w. T. Talbot in Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
The Limit.

Put your tongue out" said the doc
tor to 4-year-old Gilbert.
Little Gilbert protruded the tip OF
his tongue.
NO. no; put it right out" said the
doctor.
The little fellow shook his head
weakly, and the tears gathered in his
eyes
Il can't. doctor" he ventured at last.
Its fastened on to me"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
Dogs and Men.

The puppy, as such, thinks every one
is his friend As he grows up he curbs
his enthusiasm When an old dog with
gray jowls, he only glares at people
who call TO him. Human beings have
many canine traits. including four
teeth of the sort used by mans best
friend.-New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

Quick is the succession of human
events The cares of today are seldom
the cares of tomorrow. and when we
lie down 1T night we may say to most
OF our troubles. I'VE have done your
worst, and we shall meet no more
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
Reading.

Read not much at time, but medi-
tate As much as your time and capaci-
ty and disposition will give you leave,
ever remembering that little reading
and much thinking. little speaking and
much hearing, is the best way to be-
come wise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
A Cniaue Notice.

The following is n copy of n unique
notice affixed to the church door at
Whitechurch. London: Missing, last
Sunday, some families from church
Stolen, several hours from the Lords
day, by number Of people Of differ
ent ages, dressed in their Sunday
clothes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
Golden.

Judge-Was the stolen jewelry gold
or silver? Well, why don't you an
swer?
Prisoner-Don't you know. judge.
what silence is?-Fliegende Batter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

Travellers by rail in Brittany often
glide past GUingamp without remem-
herring that il was here that was pro-
duced that useful fabric bingham.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

The soil of Egypt at the present day
is TILED by exactly the same kind Of
pillow that was used 5000 years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
Fl. S. RACHMAN
Reliable Grocer,
No. 1905 SECOND AVENUE.
Telephone l24e.

Look at this price list for
goods which we guarantee to
be the best and cheapest that
has ever been offered:
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-23
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON MINING SHARES.

WALL STREET GOSSIP-New York
stock gossip, reported by H. Holbert &
Son, bankers and brokers, 341 Robert
street, National German-American Bank
building, st. Paul: Strong, Sturgis & Co.
wire us: I'VE have had an unsettled and
uncertain market, much manipulated in
certain lines and neglected in others. 1t
does not seem very healthy one to US,
nor does the general public take the
same desirable interest in it as formerly.
On the contrary, many of the quoted
transactions are matched orders, and all
for effect In Continental Tobacco 1t Is
so-called, have bought the stock sold by
insiders, and that they have been some
what misled. We fancy that the shares
are perfectly good and will rally as soon
as the late sellers have replaced their
shares Manhattan has been very strong,
owing to the closing of the books and
the attitude taken by the lenders Of stock
as regarding their shares and companion
rights. 1t has given to the Manhattan
stock an entirely fictitious value, far
above its merits and its prospects Coalers
are strong and beginning to feel the good
effect OF the late agreement we look to
see thm advance materially after April l.
Money is less active today and the street
is adapting itself to ruling rates Moth
Ing of interest in Metropolitan and moth
ing in the railroad market generally"
March 22.-Money on call firm at 9@5 per
cent; last loan, 31a per cent Prime n1er-
camille paper, s14@4A per cent Sterling
exchange steady, with actual business in
bankers bills at s4S5A "a s511 for demand
and at $4,000. S31l for sixty days. Posted
rates, $4.S494.S .S41a and s4.S61a. Commercial
bills, $4,s21404.S21s Silver certificates nom,
inally 60@601ac. Bar silver, 591ac. Mexican
dollars, 471ac
FOREIGN FINANCIAL-New York,
March 22.-The Commercial Advertisers
London financial cablegram says: 1.-THE
markets here were dull as ditch water
today, but firm on the rise in consols, due
to sinking fund purchases and the Afri-
can arrangement with France London
bought Central Pacifics and few coal
ers. New York supported the latter, but
in the street they were inclined to sag
TREASURY STATEMENT - Washing
ton, March 22.-Todays statement of the
condition of the treasury shows: Avail
serve. s242, 142. 40
LONDON MONEY-London. March %.
American securities opened firm Later
prices eased off fractionally, but upon
the receipt of New York opening quo
tations there was rally and the mar
ket closed firm. Spanish4 closed at
57Ac. India council bills were allotted
today at Is 1-32d Amount of bullion with
drawn from the Bank Of England today
was e40, 600.
BANK CLEARINGS.
St. Paul-s611. .12512
Minneapolis-S1. .0s9, APT.
Chicago-s19, ,s65, ,s6S
New York-s240. 6e2, 1876.
Boston-s25 ISL, ,527.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-23
ST. PAUL MARKETS.

PRODUCE-Butter and poultry quoted
higher. Eggs, potatoes and other produce
steady.
The following are the quotations as
corrected daily by Jett & Wood:
Apples--Per Bu-Russet, s4.7595. .25: Bald
win, a. 75d5.50; Greening, s4.75G5.25; 9TH
er varieties. s4@5.
Beans-Per Bu-Fancy, s1.35d1. so; dirty
lots, 60@65c; brown, fancy, s125; me-
dium, hand-picked, s1.20.
Beef = Country-dressed, fancy, case;
Butter-Per Lb-Creameries, extras 1910;
creameries, f1rsts, 1Sc; creameries gath
cred cream. 16@1sc; dairies, extras l5c;
nastsI 16@lee; ss roll and print. 1S@14c;
Cabbage-Home- grown, S3
Cheese-Per Lb-Brick No 1, 11611bc,
brick, brick, No 2, 9@91ac; Limburger. 9@s]Sc;
111A@121kc; primost, 66s1Ac. " '''''i'''''
half 5bl, ssa575 BsE DBL s'a''0' sweet per
and ehasTv sss and dbugle & s. sg bell
Eggs-Fresh, subject to loss off, new,
cases included, 111kc; seconds, &c.
Figs-Galifornia, 1o-lb box, s1,25
tout IersaeTs lake Sex whiesh qs0 Sc or0Dpies
Game-Ducks, mallard, per doz. 81. .5oa5.
canvasback, s5.25@7; brant, per '1 doS'
$4@450.
HfpggacleanNPer fg@5e: maajI, Lb-Heavy, 44c; light,
HoneymLb one tSao sections-Bsuckwheat, 5@sc
extracted amber, 6Q6hc; extracted
white. lie: white fancy, 15c.
Lemons-California, 300s to 3s0s s3.5O0
S.75: Messinas, 300s to 36Os, S. Is.
maple Sugar-Per Lb-Ohio, in bricks.
toci Vermont, In bricks, 1oc; Western,
Mutton-Per Lb-Bucks. SIC: country
dressed, 7@sc; milk lambs, pelts off, 9lb
Nuts-Almonds new, small quantities 1e
TIC; almonds, Tarragonas, sacks. 100
lbs, 16c: Tarragonas, small quantities.
lie; filberts, sacks. about 200 lbs. a69Ihc
flberts, small quantities. 10c: hickory
per bu. S1.50; peanuts, per lb, 50GGc pea
nuts, roasted, 6@7c; .walnuts. s69c; wal
nuts. small quantities. 9Q1Oc; walnuts,
California, soft shell, sacks. 100 to 110
lbs. s1sG1oc: walnuts, hard, less quanti-
Onions-Per Bu-Silver Skins, 40d50c: Red
Globe, 55Q6Oc: other varieties. 30G45c. eo
Oranges = Per Box = California. navel
s3.25@4; California seedlings, So. 506I2- *
Potatoes-Burbanks. 50@55c: Rural 5006
&c; Peerless. 45050c; common and mix
ed, 40q45c; Jersey Sweets, $3@S 25.
Poultry-Countryd ydressed-Spring chick
ems, 12c; hens. 10c; ROSTERS Sc; turkeys,
choice, 10@11c: medium, &C.
Veal-Per Lb-Coarse and thin. &C.; extra
fancy, country dressed, 7h6Sc
BUTTER AND EGGS-Butter = Re-
ceipts: ,475 pkgs; steady; Western cream
cry, 1G9Q22c; Elgins. 22c: factory. 12d14c.
Eggs-Receipts, 1885 pkgs; flrmer; West
ern, 145sc: Southern, 12I14c
Chicago. March 22.-Butter firm; cream
cries, 14Q201ac; dairies, 111R@l1c Eggs
firm: fresh, 12c.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-23
CLOSING, HOWEVER,, SHOWED A
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN FOR
THE DAY
NERVOUS FEELING PREVAILED
Tobacco Stocks scored LOSSES
Coalers Made Material Progress
-Grangers Showed u Somewhat
Hardening Tendency There
Was Good Support Accorded the
Bond Market

NEW YORK, March 22.-The market
mad highly professional appearance to-
day, with marked irregularity In the spe
cialties, where interest centered. and
moderate improvements in the railways,
which were comparatively neglected. An
easier tendency appeared early, sympa
thetically, with London quotations, and
prices moved nervously in the general
market, while among the specialties
fluctuations were in many cases sensa-
tional Sugar after a slight decline to
l6S then rallied, moved about aimlessly,
and finally jumped to 1863, eased off, but
retained 6@ points of It's advance. Brook
lyn Transit dropped off sharply, but, re-
covering, left off fractionally above yes
terdays figures. Manhattan was lifted
over points. Third Avenue regained
much If its loss Of yesterday, closing S
points higher on the day. in connection
with amendment Of the Amsterdam ave-
nue. bill. On talk of an extension of the
local gas war Consolidated Gas dropped
points, half of which 1t regained. Con-
tfnental Tobacco and American Tobacco.
fell as and N respectively, and left off at
the lowest. New York Air Brake plung
ed down IA points on offerings and re-
covered only 3.
Fears that the Westinghouse injunc-
ton suit against General Electric might
disrupt the friendly relations of those
companies, there was break of over 3k
points in General Electric, although IL
slight rally followed. American Steel
and Wire was strong, and Federal Steel
was sympathetically so to lesser ex-
tent.
The coalers, particularly the Readings
and Jersey Central, made material prog
ress upward until realizing In the Read
ings caused an easing; off from the best.
The grangers showed a somewhat har-
dening tendency, and the market closed
strong -~-.-~-
Good support was noted in some posi-
tions in the bond market, but there was
liquidation in other sections which caused
some irregularity. The increased ease to
call money Influenced more general buy
ing of the better known semi-speculative
mortgages. Total sales. $2,075, 900. United
States new 4s reg. advanced y, and Unit
ed States coupons and the IS A, the old
as coupons gained Il in the bid price.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by Charles H. F. Smith &
Co, members of the New York stock ex.
change, Pioneer Press building. who have
special wires to Chicago and New York
Following prices are bid: