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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
No Argument

Can alter the facts in the case of the
compound versus the Pure Goods
IT is not a matter of sentiment or of
opinion alone. 1t IS question OF
getting what you pay for.
1t ought not TO be necessary to
urge that what is worth having at all
is worth having right.
Our advertising appeals are ad-
dressed to those who know good
thing when they see it. We are
pleased to address your intelligence,
and not your cupidity. We want
you 10 see for how little money really
Fine Wines and Whistles can be had
if you wall 90 TO the right place for
them.
As the only Wholesale house in the
city holding the legal right to sell by
the bottle. we can save yOu money on
your purchases and you are spared
the risk of buying adulterated goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
ADcubtinE Father.

One warm midsummer day Steve
found himself seated under the old
Baldwin apple tree, with the half hull
of q red hearted watermelon in his lap.
Old Mr.. B., busy with the other half,
paused now and then to ask Steve
about his new job, how many cigars he
smoked in n day. what they cost and
what he paid for his fine clothes. Pres.
emily he wanted to know what they
cail.- his boy on the road-conductor,
brakeman or what?
'rhey call me the general freight
agent. father" said Steve.
That's n mighty big name, Steve
eyes, father; it's rather a big job,
too. for me-
But We don't do it all, Steve. Ye
must have hands to help you load and
unload?"
ooh, yes, have q lot of help!'
"And the company pays them all?"
Eyes"
GLOW much do they pay you, Steve
50 day."
Steve almost strangled on a piece of
core, and the old gentleman saw that
he had guessed too low.
"ThreeT" he ventured.
"More than that, father"
aye don't mean to say they pay ye
as much as fi-v-e?'
Yes, father; more than %"
The old man let the empty hull fall
between his knees, stared at his boy
and whistled.
Say, Steye.'' he asked earnestly,
''are We worth it?"-Lippincott's Maya
zine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
TAKES A HIGH PLACE.
Stands Well In the Estimation of
the People.
Attention is Naturally Excited When
Anything Is Praised by People
Whom We Know.


Whom We Know.
a thing that stands high in the est
nation OF the public, and which i,
especially recommended by Rock ISL
and people. naturally excites our at
tention more than if our own people
did not praise the article. Such a
thing is going on right here in Rock
Island every day. people are praising
Morrow's Kid-ne- Oids, because they
cure. There is no deception, no hum
bug. they do positively cure, and we
furnish the evidence.
Mrs. Agnes Mcdonald, 523 Eighth
street. Rock Island, says: II was at
tackled with severe pain across the
small of my back caused from disor-
cred kidneys. also with spells of nerv-
business. Learning about Morrow's
Kid-re-oids procured package and
took them according to directions,
and was soon entirely relieved of all
my troubles"
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills,
but yellow tablets, and sell at so
cents box at all drug stores and at
Bahnsen's drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manu-
featured by John Morrow & Co.,
Chemists, Springfield, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
BRONCHITIS CURED.

DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-H Honey is the best cough
comedy we have ever used My wife had Sc
Sere case OF bronchitis and throat trouble, and
. sample bottle relieved her to such an extent
that bought dollar bottle for her and she is
now almost fully recovered. We will never be
without DR.. Bells PineTar- Honey in our
house.-T. A. wilburn, Taylorsville, Ky.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
Discomfort
After Eating.

PEOPLE WHO SUFFER AFTER EATING,
feeling oppressed with sensation of fulness and heavnes
and who frequently find the food both to dsend and pain
fully hang like heavy weight at the pit of the stomach or
who have Bilousnes Nausea, Fatulency Headache and
Constipation should use WARMERS SAFE CURE after
meals unpleasant consequences of inefficient
Digestion.
By MINING WITH TIE FOOD in the stom-
ach and helping digest it, by exciting flow OF the gastric
juice the food and by strengthening and nvgoatng the
circulation and soothing and removing kidney Weakness
the physical and forces of the body augmented
and the general health and strength permanently built
TWENTY YEARS-ONE-THIRD OF LIES
ALLOTTED SPAN-ths medicine has been a household
favorte for all forms of Kidney Disease and all stages OF
hillary Troubles You make experiment, mistake, in
using medicine endorsed by every civilized De
lays are expensive. Begin day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
The Appetite of a Goat

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose stomach and liver are out of
order. All such should know that DIR.
Kings New Life Pills. the wonderful
stomach and liver remedy, gives a
splendid appetite, sound digestion and
a regular bodily habit that insures
perfect health and great energy. Only
25 cents, at Hartz q Ulllemeyer's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04

Accidents come with distressing
frequency on the farm. Cuts. bruises,
stiDgs, sprains. DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil relieves the pain instantly Never
safe without it. For sale by Mar
shall & Fisher, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
blessed Hour of Our Dinners"

Said the poet and the meal is really
enjoyable when eaten at the dining
rooms of the Mrs. Clark company,
15I-153 Wabash avenue, Chicago, or
at the restaurant for men only, on
the seventh floor of the Association
building. 153 La Sale street, which
is also run by this company. The
cuisine and service are unexcelled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
Clearing Sale of ladies'
Winter Apparel.
ladies' CapeS.

so cloth cape made of
heavy novelty curl
goods, SO inches long.
lined with mercerized
sateep, Thibit fur edge,
reduced to. .........
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04

It's the little colds that grow it on
big colds; the big colds that end in
consumption and death. Watch the
little colds. DIR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup. For sale by Marshall & Fisher,
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
LII Hammer saIxe

doesn't cure your piles. your money
will be returned. 1t is the most heal
ing medicine in the world. All drug.
gists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
ladies' Skirts
ladies' Waists.

$50 plaid waists, re-
duced 10 .............
$3.50 braided flannel
waists reduced to.
$3.50 black satin waists,
tucked and corded cut
To-.
s. back taffeta silk waists
corded front and back,
cut to.
$6.9S black tafTeta silk
waists, tucked yoke
from o.. corded back le-
duced to ............. <
75c black sateen waists
reduced to. ...........
$3.50 mercerized satcen
waists reduced to. 49,.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-04
CONSUMPTION CURED.

I have sold Pine-Tar- Honey for one year.
Find IL splendid remedy and good seller.
Sold five bottles to Miss Stella Howell, of this
place, who was considered to have consump-
ton She is now in good health. j. T. Ora
ham, Druggist, Grantsburg, Ill.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14

There are a few wcmen who are I'm
the trade as business. They are out
early and late, always on hand for the
first issue of the Extra" and they
push themselves forward quite as ac-
lively as the newsboys hustle. Such
women do not resort to subterfuge.
They do not play for sympathy, nor do
they claim any favors because of their
sex. They rely upon their push, en-
ergy and perhaps love Of the excite
ment Anyway, they go about 1t like a
merchant who knows his goods have
merit and that II is his business to
proclaim that fact far and near
There are few quite old women In
the business Of selling newspapers on
the street, and their age and feebleness
oblige them to have regular place to
sit down They have regular customers
who buy of them out Of honest sym
pathy because 1t is their chief If not
their only means Of support, and rarely
ever Is change asked when nickel is
given. This class, as a rule. are neat
and clean In appearance and express
their gratitude with their eyes rather
than in words. 1t may be said that
there are no young women In the busl-
ness of selling newspapers on the
streets In Chicago, but there are mum
ber of girls ranging in age from to IL
years, and nearly all of them are bold,
persistent and always chewing gum.
They look untidy and seem to have no
ambition to better their condition.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
HOW CHINESE ARE ARMED.
They Have Great Faith in LANTERN

They Have Great Faith in Lanterns,
Which They Garry Everywhere.
A large part of the success of Chi
nese armies in times past has been
due TO their ability to strike terror to
the hearts of their enemies, so every
corps has its regiment of terror strik-
ers, dressed in the most preposterous
costumes and drilled in Outlandish
poses, acrObatic feats and facial grim
aces.
Another peculiar part Of a Chinese
soldiers equipment is his lantern. 1t
Is not to be supposed that they. could
see their way 10y night unless each car
ried a light, and in one of the recent
attacks on Tien-tsin the Chinese forces
advanced, each soldier carrying his
lantern. The allies waited until the
Chinese were within easy distance and
then opened on them with a rapid-fre
gun, whereupOn the Chinese fed, leav-
Ing their lanterns on the field.
Still others of the Chinese forces are
armed with their ancient gingals, the
first of firearms invented, loaded with
powder and shot and touched off at the
vent with stick Of lighted incense.
These old guns have been in use among
the Chinese for upward of 1,5OO years.
But alongside of these same regi-
ments are Others using almost every
known kind of modern arms and drill
ed In the tactics of all the great mill
tary powers. Over fifteen makes of
modern rifles and muskets are known
to be in use In the Chinese armies, and
great decentralization has frequently
occurred by the dealing out of ammu-
milton for one kind of gun to a regl-
ment that used another. In the main,
however, the Chinese have been apt
pupils, and whether trained by Rus
slams, Germans, French or English Of
ficers they have come to use their wea-
pOns with deadly effect.-Leslie's
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
WOMEN WHO SELL PAPERS.
Comparatively Few of the Sex In In,
business In Chfcaoo-

Comparatively Few of the Sex I'm the
business In Chicago.
There are not many women I'm Chi.
cago who follow the business of selling
newspapers on the street, but those who
do are not lacking In persistency. saws
the Chronicle. They have several ad-
vantages over boys, one being their
sex and age, which appeal to buyers Of
pap2s; another Is a commotion on the
street does not divert them from their
calling. Their memory of faces is re-
markable. When man buys paper
twice OF woman he Is looked upon as
a regular customer, and if he does not
keep II up from day TO day she puts on
the look of one who Is injured. This
little trick works we'll Not few men
will make 1t a point to defer purchas-
ing until they reach her street corner
Not few men regard the patronizlng
OF such persons as a sort of charity and
that makes them like to put themselves
out little TO do It. All these charac-
terlstlcs OF men the woman yender of
newspapers understands and with ev.
cry sale there goes with the paper a
look aud smile which make the buyer
feel In his soul that he is amellorating
the condition of the poor and he comes
again.
Nearly all women street yenders of
newspapers In Chicago are consider
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
Portland Mark ct.

Wheat-Walla Walla. 56@56AG
Valley, 81 &c; Bluestem, soc per bushel
Flour-Best grades, $3. 10; graham,
$3.50.
Oats-Choice white, 42c; ChOis
gray, 40c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $l5.OO@l5@
brewing, $l7.00 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $500 ton; mid
dlings, $40; shorts, $l5; chop, $l5 pei
ton.
Hay-Timothy, S1l@12; clover,$e
$50; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per tOn'
Butter-Fancy creamery, 45@5Oci
store, 27%c.
Eggs-l9c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, lSc;
Young America, lac; new cheese lOS
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $3.OOe
400 per dozen; hens. $3.50; spring.
$2.00@3.00; geese, $6.00@7.OO per
ducks, $3.O0@4.0O per dozen; turkeys
live, l4@16c per pound.s
Potatoes-40@ SOC per sack; sweet'
2@24c per pouna.
Vegetables-Beets, 81; turnips, VI
per sack; garlic, &c per pound; csO'
bage, &c per pound; parsnips, Vi
onions, | &c per pound; carrots, Sl
Hops-2@8c per pound.
Wool-Valley, 15@l6c per pound,
Eastern Oregon, l5@16c mohair' 70
per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wetnen
and ewes, sac; dressed mutton ~
712c per pound; lambs, SIC.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, So'v%
light and feeders. $3.50; dressed
$5.00@6.50 per 100 pounds. !,
Beef-Gross, top steers, 81. OO@4.''@s
cows, $3.5O@4.O0; dressed beef, 6ae
re per pound.
yeal-Large, 61a@71ac; small "
SIC per pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
"She's MY Mother.

1t was at the close of the knights
Templar festivities in Denver, and the
depot was crowded to Its utmost capac-
ity-the platforms We're packed with
humanity like sardlnes In a box. 1t
was impossible to move foot in either
direction.
Suddenly through train backed in,
and what a scramble and rush there
was. 1t resulted, of course, in a solid
wall of humanity.
At once lane began to open up in
that almost impregnable wall, and the
wonder of those there was how such
seeming miracle was possible.
Looking to his right, the gentleman
who related the incident, told me that
he saw coming toward him a hand
some, rosy-cheeked, full-bearded young
fellow, at least feet in height, broad
chested and a giant of healthy young
manhood. In his arms, held close to
his heart, was thin gray-headed old
woman, in the last stages of the dread
ster-consumption. AS he came
along, he kept saying:
She's my mother, boys; she's my
mother"
Caps were off; laughter stopped.
"Stand back. boys; stand back; it is
his mother" passed from lip to lip.
That's what opened the lane for this
big boy and his mother, as he held her
TO his breast, where in the years gone
by she had held him and nursed him
when he was as helpless as she was
now.
Maybe she's gone by this time, and if
she has, I'll wager that she's up there
near the gates of pearl, and when that
big, young fellow approaches it she'll
say:
Lord, please let him in: he's my boy
and he didn't forget his mother. -
Denver Times.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
silencing the Boaster.

A certain man was very much given
to Dragging about grand relations and
connections. though he was not al
ways quite convincing.
On one occasion he was particularly
tiresome, holding forth about LADY
Blank, whom l met yesterday CON
nectlon of mine through Lord So-and.
So and the Earl of Nobody" and so on.
A Scotsman present said, quietly:
THAT reminds me O. man knew.
who said he was relation o. the Duke
O. Argyll, and explained it this way:
The dukes piper's sisters wee laddie
has wee doggle that's ain brlther to
my aunt's wee laddie's doggie.'"
The boaster was silent about his
grand relations for the rest of the even
ing.-London Tlt-Bits.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14

ably past middle age, and their make.
up is one of genteel poverty of 81 have
seen better days" Some who sew dur.
ing the day spend an hour or two in the
later afternoon and early evening sell.
ing papers, because they need the recre.
alton and air, besides they make lit
tie money out of 1t, which is a great
help TO them In meeting expenses.
There are a few newspaper sellers
who fetch child with them TO the
street, which serves as a manufacturer
of syppathy. The child may belong to
the woman who has It. and il may be
borrowed for the occasion. The latter
becomes pretty self-evident fact when
the child does not always put in its
appearance, and especially SO when the
child bears no likeness of the woman
and they act one toward the other as if
there was no bond of relationship exist
Ing between them. The chlld's part in
the play for sympathy and trade Is a
conspicuous one. Ii II Is not too large
II Is carried in the woman's arms while
she stands and on her lap while she
sits, but in any event II Is kept we'll
to the foreground as a childish appes!
for patronage. IL Is a good card. and
even men and women who believe Il is
all play cannot always resist the
promptngs of their sympathy. Such
women move from place TO place. They
are on one street corner to-day, another
tomorrow. and somewhere else the
next day. They do not work for regu-
lar customers-that is. those who bor-
row babies for the occasion.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
WEEKLY TRADE REvisS
Labor Conditions Affecting BO,,,.
the East.

Labor Conditions Affecting Rn,,.
the East. "0'lA~
trade says: a
The volume OF business does NJ.
terially enlarge at the East, ana A. !. ~
is only moderate improvement "a
West and South, but il expectatio,. % y
greater activity when politics css'.
disturb are realized, current onsrs,,. '
will be found to have laid a subs,aOs
foundation. The most important Ivy
OF the week in the industrial wo,lS I
the agreement on the tin plata y 'a
scale with the amalgamated s.."' rs
tion, granting about S per cent ady,s
to 35. 600 hands long idle.
Prices of grain are little o,,
good crop reports coming in freelv .
the effect is being neutralized hv - W
foreign estimate of a worlds o,cn y
low requirements. "
Business in iron and steel prod.
steadily increased, and mills ara @ m
actively employed. October | il m |
toned as the probable date Of a Osn,., N.Y.
resumption.
Railroads have iefused to maLo
ductions in freight rates, which !, ~,
hoped would increase exports. '"
Last weeks shipments Of boots -,
shoes from Boston were only "a Sr
cases, against 7l,277 in the urevi.'
week, and for the year thus far ths 4
crease. compared with 1899 \.
amounted to 254,315 cases. :
Sales of wool at the three chief P,.
ern markets declined to 2Sss %.
p unds, against 4,234, 700 pounds I
the previous week; 9,245, 200 last vs,
In the woolen market then i,
rather deceptive appearance Of pre,s'
activity. Bulk of business in nss
lines recently put out a substitute /,
Standard goods and lower price
Failures for the week were lax \
the United States, against 1872 la
year. and "a in Canada, against lOhs
year.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
China TO outstrip Janan.

When the outside interference which
is now inevitable shall have removed
or modified the existing bars to trade
China will leave Japan far behind from
the industrial standpoint. The Chinese
are as remarkable for their CONNER.
clal morality as the Japanese are for
the opposite; they are more solid, better
balanced, take longer views. and are.
in short, more merchants and less ped
dlers than the same class in Japan. and
the natural resources of their immense
country are such as Japan cannot hope
to compete with, poor as she is In min
eral wealth and subject TO the most
disastrous natural commissions.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
DIADEM GOLD ORE.
Good Showing Made at the Baker city
ssmpling Works

Good Showing Made at the Baker City
sampling Works,
Baker City. Or. Sept. l0.-Returns
from the Baker City sampling works.
for the last carload shipment made by
the Diadem Gold Mining Company,
show net value OF $l,0lS.94. The
report gives eco ounces OF gold, nint
ounces of silver and $1l5.80 value to
the ton. The company's property is
located in the Greenhorn district, about
five miles from Robinsville, and the
owners are Montana capitalists. The
previous shipment ran $l3O.5O TO the
ton and netted $S00.24.
Samples OF ore from the copper
ledges on Goose creek, near the Dolly
Warden. are on display in Baker City.
They show rich deposits OF the red
metal, and those who have visited
there say the district shows a won.
derful surface indication and it is the
opinion OF those who are making the
investigation that the district will be
great producer OF copper whenever cap
ital and practical mining are employed.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Spring-Nevada, 1l@ lSe p
pound; Eastern Oregon, l0@ lac; W.
ley, 16@1Sc; Northern. 90 lOc.
Hops-l899 crop, So @ l5c; ns'
crop, 1900, 10@121ac. -.
Butter - Fancy creamery z00'
do seconds, 21@22c; fancy dsii''
201ac; do seconds, 19c per pound.
Eggs-Store, lie; fancy rsn0n'
22c.
Millstuffs - Middlings, $l7OO y
20.0O; bran, $l2.5O@1S.50.
Hay-Wheat $s@12; wheat . sna y
oat $S.00@l0.50; best barley so.oVe
alfalfa, $6.Oo@750 per ton; s'fa"
25@37 &c per bale.
Potatoes-Early Rose, 500 75c' s O1s
gon Burbanks, 90c@$l; river D1'
banks, 35@65c; new. u @2c.
Citrus Fruit-oranges, yalencns
$2.75@S.25; Mexican lines, 49, y.
800; California lemons f5c@si'ss
do choice $1.T5@2.O0 per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, $l'"e
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, -
inal; Persian dates. 6@61sc =
pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-09-14
IRonDALE WORKS SOLD.
Pass Into the Hands Of Mr.. bill, the
Great Northern King.

"
Great Northern King.
Port Townsend, Sept. l0.-The an
nounced sale OF the Irondale iron FUR
mace to an agent Of James }. HILL
which is said TO have taken place al
san Francisco, September !, has caused
no little comment here. Whether il
means the starting up Of the plant
again, or whether the property has
been purcha sed merely for the water
frontage and other purposes is ques-
tiUn OF debate.
For the past year negotiations ior
the sale Of the plant have gone ior.
ward. The deal was TO have included
valuable iron deposits on Texada ISL
and, B. c., but the owners OF the lat
ter property, the Puget Sound Iron
Company, which is composed OF the
stockholders OF the Irondale property,
refused to dispose of the island iron
mines, so the furnace machinery and a
large amount OF land at and near Iron
dale was sold without the iron mines
IN British Colum bla.
On the lands included in the deal,
but lying some miles from the furnace
at lrondale, are valuable iron deposits
and ore from the mines there was. .Rsed
in connection with Texada ore during
the time the furnace was in operation.
The combining OF the two ores made ex.
cellent iron, and large amount OF it
was used in the construction OF the
crusier Charleston, built by the Union
Iron Works.
There are other valuable deposits OF
iron in jefferson county, in the Olym-
pic mountains, bordering on Hood
canal, and easy OF access TO the Iron
dale works. These iron deposits have
been thoroughly prospected by experts
during the past six years, who were
here in the interest of Mr.. Hill, and
the belief here is that the works at
Irondale will be put in operation again.
The iron works, including machinery,
cost $3.50, 900, but at present are not
worth half that, and TO put the furnace
in operation again would require an
expenditure of 5000, 900. The hot
oven is week, the stack out OF date,
the air compressor being about all the
machinery that could be utilized to ad-
vantage. 1t is doubtful if the works
will be run again as smelling plant,
but the purchase OF the property may
be with view of putting in ship.
building plant.
DR.. H. G. Willison, one OF the
who returned from San
Francisco few days ago, when seen
about the sale of the property, said he
had not before heard OF the deal being
closed, but admitted that agents were
negotiating for the works. He also
said one of the men representing Mr..
Hill passed through Seattle, August |
"a, on his way TO San Francisco, and
the deal might have been consumm ated |
September | as reported.
Some of the finest water frontage on |
Port Townsend bay lies at Irondale.
1t is securely sheltered from all storms,
and the water is of depth of FROM
eight fathoms at the shore to 32 |
iathoms in the center OF the bay. The
place lies abont seven miles up the bay
rom this city.