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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
SOLDIERS RETURN RICH.
Find Thousands In Gold and Silver
In Luzon-Bring Home RI5O.OOO.

Find Thousands In Gold and Silver
In LuzOn-Bring Home S15O,OOO.
From trustworthy source it was
learned recently that two companies of
Montana volunteers who came back to
San Francisco from Manila on the
transport Zealandia brought with them
$150,000 in gold and Mexican silver.
This treasure was first discovered by
two men at Caloocan. They were the
first to enter the town, which was very
rich. The two Montana men entered
a large mansion, but found the place
deserted. They then went into the
garden and in a corner saw traces that
the soil had recently been dug up.
They prodded the soil with their bayo-
nets and soon struck something hard.
Digging down. they uncovered a large
chest, which contained thousands of
dollars in gold coin.
The men who found the gold treas
ure took all they could carry Then
they uncovered a large chest filed with
Mexican dollars. The men of the two
companies were lined up and marched
through the garden, and as each man
passed he scooped up double handfuls
of silver and filed his pockets, says
the New York Times. On the voyage
over on the Zealandia poker was the
favorite pastime, chips being worth 50,
and no limit. Some of the men had as
much as $1,000 each in gold and silver,
and with the purser there was deposit
ed $4,000, for which no receipts were
given. the purser simply keeping a
memorandum of each mans sack.
Besides the treasure brought home,
the soldiers left thousands buried in
different places in Luzon, trusting to
maps and markings to secure it after
being mustered out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20


tween the two departments. Eacn
gave an exhibition for me and re
sponded TO an alarm of fire. ] was re-
Quested TO turn in an alarm and state
which of the departments was the
more efficient; but, noting the intense
rivalry between them, declined to do
so. i answered the questions on our
fire system and gave the citizens and
city authorities suggestions where the
service might be improved Yet l must
say that the Havana fire force COM
pares favorably with the best Volun-
teer departments in the United States.
There is one thing. however, that they
do need. and that is more financial as
sistance from the residents of Havana.
OF course a paid department organized
as is the force in New York would be
an improvement on Havana's force,
but there would be no money TO sup
port il.
''They have very few fires in Hava-
ma. but only three months ago three OF
their tiremen were killed at an exhibit
ton by the collapse of an old wall.
There are no windows in the houses
and no fires. and they use charcoal for
cooking purposes. The volunteers are
all handsome. athletic young men. Be-
fore leaving l promised the municipal
authorities that l would send them
documents showing how the fire de-
partment of New York is organized.
when we arrived at Havana, Chap
lain Chadwick, formerly of the Maine,
who was on the steamship with us,
acted as interpreter and accompanied
me in my inspection of the fire depart
ment. General Hawley, L. s. A; Cap
tain Lucien Young, L. $. N, the port
warden, and Major Rathborne. L. S.
A, the postmaster of Havana, extend
ed to us every courtesy. Corporation
Counsel Whalen, Mr.. Halloran and
party remained on the steamship at
night, they having been in Havana
before, while l staid at the Hotel Ingle-
terra.
81 believe that there is splendid OPP
portunity for American capital in Ha-
vana, but business there at present is
very dull. The Cubans say that Ameri-
can capitalists spoke in glowing terms
of building up the country, but those
who came to Havana with money
wanted $1,000 worth for So and did
not get it. \ good American hotel,
with good accommodations, would take
in Havana, and cable cars would be of
great service. The streets are wide
enough for automobiles, and while
there l saw one operated by woman.
1.-The military authorities have done
for Havana more than civil authorities
could accomplish from a sanitary
standpoint. The harbor is filthy, and
the government is opposed to dredging
ii, but is about to carry out the idea Of
Colonel Warning and construct n canal
to the ocean. This, the port warden
informed me, would clear out the har-
Dor in the course of n year or So"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
SOME OF THE BEST.
There Are Also Many Others of
Equal Force.
Good Qualities That Put the Stamp OF
Excellence Upon This


There are many reasons why YOU
should take Morrow's Kid-ne-oids in
preference to any other kidney prep
aration. First, Kid-ne-oids are sci
entific preparation. Second, they are
tablets, which is scientific form of
preparing medicine. Third, there are
| never any bad effects from their use.
Fourth, they act directly on the kid
neys. They are strictly kidney and
nerve tonic. Fifth, you do not bave
to stop work while using Kid-ne-Oids
A 50-cent box contains enough for
about 2-weeks' treatment. People
use Kid-ne-oids because they cure
kidney ailments.
Mrs. Harriet Atkinson, residing at
No. 4lS Ninth street, this city, SAYS:
My husband died few years ago of
Bright's disease. l have four chill
dren. three of them with weakness of
the kidneys, which of cour.e they in
herited. They did wet the bed at
night and their clothes in day time;
the ages of the three affected are the
three eldest ones, aged respectively
II, and years. / have given Nor
rows Kid-De-oids to all three of them
and they are entirely cured of this
weakness in the day time, and it is
seldom that any of them wet the bed
at night now | am still giving them
Kid-ne-oids and / know from what
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids have already
done that they will cure them entire
ly. procured the Kid-ne-oids at
Bahnsen's drug store"
Kid-ne-oids for sale at so cents
box at NJ. F. Bahusen's drug store.
A descriptive booklet married upon
request by John Morrow & Co., chem
lists, Springfield, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
]. r. BCRkHART, n.
MRS. HADA n. BUREHART, n. D
DIS. BURKHART & BURKHART,
Physicians

Once Tremaun block. once hours 20 ~
Rock Island, Ill. Night calls answered from
ornoe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20


Fire Commissioner Scannell returned
to his desk 1T fire headquarters the
other morning after his journey to Gu
ba and gave his views on Havana and
its fire affairs. says the New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Day and night during my stay in
Cuba | was OH the go. The cleanliness
of Havana is marvellous. If New York,
Boston. Chica 90 or other cities desire
TO know how to clean a city, let them
learn from Havana. l understand that
only a few months ago the filth of
many Of the streets. courts and houses
was awful. The remarkable change Is
due entirely to the grand work of the
late Colonel Warning, and it is my be-
lief that justice TO Colonel Waring' s
memory demands the erection of a
monument 10 him on Cuban soil.
"ArchiIecturally Havana is the most
beautiful city l know of on this conti-
nent, not that there are not more beau
tiful buildings elsewhere, but there are
fewer ugly ones there. The architec-
ture of Havana is classic and correct.
Besides architectural beauty, the city
is well constructed from n builders
standpoint, and this statement is also
the assertion of Charles Dana Gibson.
Where will you find n city with SO
large a proportion of brick and cement
walls and partitions, cement and tile
floors. well constructed roofs. stairs Of
marble and iron that are almost fire.
proof? ! should say that under nor
NAL conditions the insurance rates
tboro cbouI1 ayarorp loss than I'm any
city of the United States-that is, TAX
ing into consideration the height and
construction of the buildings.
The fire department of Havana
found to he in excellent condition. con-
Sidering that it Is n semivolunteer sys-
TEN. There are two separate fire de-
partments in the city. One is called
the municipal 1t receives some assist
ance from the city authorities. The
other is the commercial, of which the
best citizens of Havana are members.
It derives its support from these MEM
beers. only the drivers and the engi-
neers being paid.
The firemen i'm Havana have nine
pieces of apparatus. all told, and they
are not of the more powerful type. But
larger engines are not necessary. Ow-
ing to the GOOD water supply and the
construction Of the buildings. The lar
gest building in the city is the German
club. and il is only three stories in
height. They have street fire boxes,
but most of their alarms are sent by
telephone, the volunteers being sum-
moned by Il large bell.
There is the greatest rivalry be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
FIRE FORCE IN HAVANA.
Commissioner Scannell Tells
About His Visit to Cuba.
DEPARTMENT IN FINE CONDITION.

Firemen Divided Into Two Condi-
tions. Municipal and CONNIE cial.
SemivoIunteer Department - Few
Fires In the City-Result of Amer
ican Military Rule Seen In Ha-
vana's Cleanliness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
Rheumatism Cured In a Day.

Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in l to 8
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. IS cents.
Sold by Otto Grotian, 1901 Second
avenue. Rock Island; Gustave Schle-
gel & Son. 220 West Second street,
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20

Accidents come with distressing
frequency on the farm. Cuts, bruises,
stiDgs, sprains. DR.. Thomas Electric
Oil relieves the pain instantly. Never
safe without it. For sale BY Mar
shall & Fisher, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
c. T. FOSTER, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon

once between Third and Fourth avenues on
twentieth street. once hours: 70 II q. m,
20 p M. and to p. N. Night calls from
ofce Phone 40S4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
JOHN K. SCOTT
PHYSICIANS.
z. II. FIRST, M D.
DIR. CORA EMERY REED,
Homeopathic Physician.

Special attention to dlseas OF women and
children also diseases of eye, ear, nose ano
throat ONCE hours-g:30 to ~ a. m, 10
N. S2I Sixteenth street, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20

Chapped hands. cracked lips and
roughness of the skin cured quickly
by Banner Salve. the most healing
ointment in the world. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
Raiiway-Tickets can be purchased or
baggage check ed at r / ( p Twentieth street
depot. or C.. Z. l. tE y depot corner Fifth ave-
nue. and Thlrty-hrst street. Frank II Plum
mer, agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19
A Christmas Story


Il nebber knowed nuttin' tall
bout no daddy ner nanny ner br'er
ner sister myself. Yo' Jug Charles is
all de fadder-all de kinlashuns 1 eb-
Der had. Wen he foun' me he tuck
me en- de hornets nes' en- tuck off his
en- brung us long home ter Missis en-
say:
a. foun' dis yer in de woods, Miss
sis-en faint no rabbit ner squirt dis
time, faint no kim er varment. Hits
sum'pin OATS too dark skinned en-
diff'unt ter be a buckra en- too bret
skin ter be a niger, en- dar amt
smitch er merlater look needer bout
hit. All 1 knows is dat hits a liz
gal-chile dat hits moughty weak en-
hongry, en- yer tbs, Missis. 1 GIBBS hit
ter yer fer a keepsek 'twel yer fins de
owner. Mebbe yer mought fetch hit
up by han, en- bimeby mebbe hit kin
pay you back for all de trouble
huntin hen's-neses en- pick up chips
fer you. I'll wait fer my jacket 'twel
you kin wrop blanket 'roun' hit
"DIdn' nobody know wedder I wuz
free bawn or bond bawn, so dey thunk
dey bes' git outin free papers fer me.
Yo' ING Charles tuck session er my
feebleness FUN de frs, and he alters
Helped me ter git ODER de bad places.
l knowed l wuz his'n, en- one day at
ter / wuZ growed ter be a CONAN
year'd he lax ter a got drownded pro-
jeckin' wild dem vile oxens a dribin'
too fur in de fo'd in a flush. So 1 went
ter i'm en- 'seeched i'm please not
dar'- debil en- be wenturesome wild dem
'stractedminded oxens, en- he say:
"'G1ong in de house, gal, you dom
keer eff l duz git kilt er drownded
mar one, fer dey tells me you gwine
marry Caesur Bailey
Il say:
lung Charles, 1 amt gwine
marry nobody widout you'll hab me-
den he say:
'Nettie, eff dat's de trufe, gal, 1
dem oxens.'
''Twa'n't long after dis TO yo' ING
Charles en- me wuz mar eide owner
done foun' me-
The blowing of horns and popping of
fire-crackers had made Christmas
many hours old when I was aroused
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19
Written ESpeciaIlyfOr
The Ell PaSO Daily
Herald.

Come way fun dat kyart 10 dem
pies you ter def wun er de yudder,
you year, Granny, you better call deze
yer chillun way eff you don want some
er ole Missis' prop'ty ter git kilt, en-
Patsy you better glong back ter de
greet house wild liz Missis, too, fer deze
yer Christmas things is all nailt up, en-
yer's a paper FUN Marse Santa Claus
wild strick instructions dat all deze
Christmas doin's is ter be sot away in
de sto'-house 'twel he comes hisse'f
Christmas Ebe's night, en- dat eff a
hbin' soul so much ez totches wun er
de boxes er peeps thoo de cracks, er
chen down ter queshuns bout watts in
side any er 'em dat all de things will
;tu'n fun w'atsumeber dey is ter ash
'es en- sinduZes en- dar won be nuttin'
fer nobody wen Chris'mu comes sho-
muir
This alleged threat of Santa Claus,
which was only the bill of lading, that
Uncle Charles, my grandmother's
foreman, took out of his hat and trag-
icaIly unfolded. and waved at us with
one hand while with the other he
fiercely grasped the steer yoke, was
more potent by far than the fear of
being hooked er trompled ter def"
so We skunk away and contented our
selves watching with wonder-eyes from
our respective distances.
I, with my face pressed against the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19

gift, did not like children. and was in
soon as they were six months old to
those of her associates who were
blessed with motherly instincts and
were on the borrow. Uncle Charles's
wife. who had borrowed and reared
twenty-seven children, had already be-
spoken little Kriss.
Il wuz a borrowed baby myself"
she explained, zen rs tryin' ter pay
back de borr'in' ez we'll ez tryin' ter
season my heart ter de def er my Ii L
Homer"
Later my dear grandmother, in the
old basement dining-roOm, standing
beside a large many-gallon bowl of
egg-nogg, a silver ladle in her pink
and white hands, filled up glass after
glass of the delicious white beverage
drank egg-nogg on Christmas morning
in old Virginia. All above and around
the big brick fireplace in which a
bright log fire burned and cracked,
hung stockings and socks of all sizes
filled wild Chris'mus gifts wat Marse
Santa 'ad fotch down de chimbly."
Uncle Charles stood on a stool to reach
and hand them down. The first one
was, "a pOssum fer ole MiSsis,'' the
next "a coon-skin fer liz Missis fer ter
aver ober her doll-babies' flo Wild
Then as he took the others down he
would sing out, Chris mus gif', yer's
! yo' sock! Who got de mate? Chris
mus gif', Who got de Teller ter dis
one? Christmas gif'. IDENTIFY dis
stockin' wild it's MATCH" and so on till
down, the last ''thankee, subj and
"Chrls'mus gif' back erg'in" had
been said. Our good old black daddy
rolled up his eyes, wiped his shining
bald head and, suuoenly changing his
gleeful Christmas tone and expression
to his stern and solemn preacher man
ner, said:
'Fo' you all goes 1 wants ter tort
few words ter you; so stop yo' hop
pin up en- down lax you been drinkin'
ole Missis' caper sauce, en- stop crack
in dem nuts en- chompin' dat candy,
dough low dat dis is day fer eatin'
But, den, wy is hit eatin' day? l
AK you all dat. Wy does you sabe yo'
'possum (don' keer eff you kotch dat
'possum a munf ago. 'twel terday,
en- wy, wy does you hab a pot er hog
en- hom'ny, no matter w'atsumeber
else you got? Wy? Hits kaze
Marse Jesus. de blessed Lawd's onlies'
chile, wuz bawn on dis day mo- dan a
nundruu yeahs ago. OATS de 'kazhun
er all de big doin's ebbywhar in de
Ian. Oar wuz greet times yer on de
ye'th en- in de elements, too, endurin'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19

dat day De good Book. lowed dat
chen down ter de styars got mobe on
'em, so vile you-all's stuffin' yo'se'fs
dom fergit 'boutn de glorifikasnun dat
b'longs ter de day.
"'Pent er yo' sins; juk up en- jump
in. Member Ebe; she balk en- mex
halt, en- she tu'nt ter salt. Lub wun-
ner-nudder eff you kin, en- don be
stingy. Wide wat you got wild wun-
ner-nudder. Member de widow Crews;
she didn' hab nuttin' in de worl' but a
ile-jug, en- she gin datsaway ter de po'
MEMBER, too, dat de same li'l' baby dat
wuz bawn terday growed up ter rent
de bars IN twain en- ter suffer en- die
ter perdeem yo' souls fun hell-fiah en-
birthstone. WEEK up dar, niggers! Dis
mawnin' mus er got up too soon fer
you.
de Dressed Sabyer is growed up,
now ter be greet en- stronagin', en- you
mus lub en- fear I'm. Yes: bee skeered
ter def, fer dat is one er His stronag-
inst reman'ments. En- you better be
skeered, too, fer He is dat big he kin
hole ebby one er we-al in de boiler er
one han.
DE good Lawd amt nebber had
but jes' dat one chile: Eff He had er
had mo- chillun den 'co'se dar WI d er
'bleeged ter been mo- Chris muses..
Member wat 1 say, now-don' comb
hai dc ;rhf II.
fergit yo' reckerlackshun en- nebber
member nutuin' no mo-. Amen, =
AMEN =" And Uncle Charles rolled
down his eyeballs and waved the dis
missal of his inpatient listeners.
The old-time Christmas of the plan
southern homes and the old southern
life. The Christmas sermon of good
old ING Charles" is now but
cherished memory in the hearts of the
grave and Saddened men and women
who, as children, used to listen with
awe-struck minds to his solemn ex--
nortations. Inc war soon came to
sweep master and slave alike into
freedom which is thus commented
upon by Nanny Borry:
My ole man is gittin' too ole ter
be a gee-in en- haw-in' lax he is,
but pear lax hits moughty hard fer
I'm ter glib up breckin' in de oxens.
He alters wuz so proud err his ox-teams,
en- proud er his ox-kyarts, too, fer he
use ter stan ter hit dat a ox-kyart wuz
de kingdomes', soshubles', roomies,'
chariotable ebber rid in, en- he nebber
wuz ez happy ez when he wuz a gee
hawin' load er de nayberhood gals
ter ball er ter a camp-meetin'. en-
hit mos brucks his heart ter come
! Continued on 9TH Page.)
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19
By Mrs. LaSalle COrbell Pickett,
MRS. General George E.
Pickett:

window-pane in my nursery, could see
the unloading. and see. too, the little
colored children all huddled up to-
kitchen, pulling down each others
heads and whispering mysteriously
into each others ears as the boxes and
barrels, one after the other. were taken
out and stored away. There was the
barrel of New Orleans molasses, sug-
bottom; the long. peaked loaves of
white sugar under their thick blue
''fools-caps," the boxes of raisins and
figs and dates and tamarinds. and
barrels of nuts and oranges and crack
ers, and boxes of cheese, and slyly
pushed back behind them were some
boxes with the mysterious name of
'sundries,' which name we at once
associated with Santa Claus.
We all loved and feared Uncle
Charles, who seemed to us the viceroy
and confidential agent of the king of
childhood, Santa Claus To the deft
fingers of his wife. Nanny Borry, we
owed many of our daintily trimmed
gowns of drawn work and lace
"Bofe my names is nicknames,
honey" Uncle Charles wife would
say. "W'en yo' ing Charles frs
foun' me 1 wuz insides a greet big
hornets nes'. Whosomeber lef' me
in de woods in dat hornets nes' had
a heap er goodness in dar hearts, fer
1dey pulled de soft. warm hornets nes'
open en- put me in de nice, conf ble
middle part. Dey all named me Net
tie after de hornets nes'. Den wen
my liz boy die (dey named i'm Hor-
ner after dat same hornst's nes) dey
called me Nettie street long 'twel tuck
ter borr'in chillun ter keep my heart
easy count eff der def er lii Horner,
den dey gin me de name er Nanny
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19

by a loving Christmas-gift kiss, and.
looking up, saw the beautiful face OF
my grandmother bending over me.
Rubbing my eyes awake l saw her
holding out toward me beautiful
wadded dressing gown of blue and
pink silk, and a pair of warm worsted
boots. her Christmas present for me.
Putting on the boots and slipping the
wrapper over my night gown, she
gave me a cup of hot milk to drink.
then pushing back my curls led me to
the folding doors, which at her touch
weird and beautiful a picture colored
on little child's heart?
Up in the top of a glittering Christ
mas tree laden with presents for all
was a great white-bearded Santa Claus,
and around about it the little negroes
of the plantation were gracefully
grouped. On one of the branches in
a nest of sol, white cotton was a little
colored baby six weeks old. uncon-
sciously holding in its chubby black
fist a deed which made him mine-a
Christmas present which de angels
had sont me by Marse Santa Claus" my
nanny told me.
At a signal from my dear black
nanny all the little ones courtesied
| or bowed and cried out: Chris SINUS
gif. ole Missis, liz Missis, en- ebby-
body" Then Santa Claus handed
down the dolls. horns. toys, candies
and bags OF marbles to each in turn
After all had been distributed "Kriss
the baby, was taken out of his nest
and l was awarded the great privilege
of holding him in my lap on condition
that 1 would sit fiat on the floor, an
honor which Kriss, who was thus
summarily awakened from his slumber
akin you Christmas gif'." my nanny
alphabetically explained, as she tool,
him from me.
"G'long now, chillun, all hans Ell
you. ter de quarters en- babe yo,se'fs;
member who meked you en- dom dis
qualify 'g'inst de job; put all 20
memb unce en- all yo' 'pendunce in
whose buf-day tbs, en- don drap nut
tin on yo' new cloze ner bre'k up 20
things, en- DON le' me yer no jowerin
FUN none err you. En- you TEX dat no.
hammered baby Kriss. en- glib i'm
sump'n' ter eat. en- dom let i'm cotcf
cole. En- don you let none deze vel
chillun see you, you ole Santa Claus
you, 'twel you change dem cloze Ell
git all dat flour dough offn you. En-
you come long wild yo' nanny
honey, en- let her comb yo' hyar lax a
li'P lady
| The mother of Kriss, my Christmas
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19

Continued on 7th Page.)
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Window Shades.

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