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Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24

Our best customers are plain featured
women and rich young men,, remarked Il
florist, gently spraying n plaque of maiden
hair fern and lilies of the valley. ''Ail
New Workers buy flowers. They think no
more of paying for orchids than you do of
picking poppies in n wheatlield. We fill
something like 50 regular orders dCy for
corsage bouquets of violets, and without
exception the bills are sent to honely
women. They seem to crave beauty in Some
form. and there is always the chance of
creating the impression that an admirer
sent the flowers.
Another harmless but very amusing
dodge practiced by ugly or passe ladies is to
have box of roses directed to themselves
at home. We are told to write Gentleman
left card ON our business ticket, and
after enjoying the romance of receiving IN
anonymous gift they come around and
promptly but privately settle up fo-
charges. .'-Brooklyn Eagle.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24
Great Rock Island Route
TO THE EAST.

Best Dining Car Service in the World.
The Rock Island is foremost in
adopting any advantage calculated
10 improve speed and give that lux
ury. safety and comfort that popular
patronage demands. Its equipment
is thoroughly complete with vesti-
buled trains. magnificent dining
ears. sleepers and chair coaches. all
the most elegant. and of recently i'm
proved patterns.
Faithful and capable management
and polite, honest service from en-
ployes are important items. They
are a double duty-to the company
and to ravelers-and it is sometimes
a task difficult of accomplishment.
Passengers on this line will find little
cause for complaint on that ground.
REMEMBER
The Great Rock Island Route runs all
regular trains to Englewood subur-
ban station, close to Worlds Fair
grounds, and you can save time and
trouble by getting off at that point
and avoid the crowd in the city.
For full particulars as to tickets,
maps, rates, apply to any coupon
ticket office in the United States,
Canada or Mexico. or address:S
JNO. SEBASTIAN.
Gen1 Tkt. & Pass. Agt.. Chicago Hi.
Z. ST JOHN, Gen1 Mgr. Chicago, III.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24
Little Girl. Experience in a Lighthouse.

Little GiTIs Experience In q LlSntnouse-
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Trescott are
keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at
Sand Beach, Mich. and are blessed
with a daughter, four years old. Last
April she was taken down with
measles, followed with a dreadful
cough and turning into fever.
Doctors at home and at Detroit treat
ed her, but in vain, she grew worse
rapidly, until she was a mere "hand-
fui o. bones Then she tried DR..
Kings New Discovery and after the
use of two and half bottles, was
completely cured. They say DR..
Kings New Discovery is worth its
weight in gold, yet you may try n
bottle free at Hartz & Ullemeyer's.
STRENGTH AND HEALTH.
If YOU are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. If LA
Grippe" has left YOU weak and weary,
use Electric Bitters. This remedy
acts directly on liver, stomach and
kidneys. gently aiding these organs
to perform their functions. If you
are afflicted with sick headache, you
will find speedy and permanent re-
lief by taking Electric Bitters. One
trial will convince you that this is
the remedy you need. Large bottles
only soc, at Hartz IL Ullemeyer's.
BUCKLEN-S ARNICA SALvE.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum-
Fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chilblains, corns, and all skin erup,
tions, and posi- lively cures piles or
nc pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Hartz Il Ullemeyer
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24

DCTUTt UUU -iTttT. est medicine Known; ask
druggists for WooD s PHcsPHoDINE: il he offers
some worthless medicine in place OF this, leave
his dishonest store. enclose price in letter and
we will send you by return mail. Price one package
81: six, S5; one will please six will cure; pam
phlet in plain sealed envelope, stamps; address
WOOD CHEMICAL CO.,
13l Woodward avenue. Detroit Mich.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24
ZOA-PHORA,
"DISEASES OF WOMEH AND CHILDREN"
book Ucrth dollars. sent sealed for 1Oc.

Reader, suffering from any complaint pe
worth everything to you. Letters for advice
seen by our physicians only. ZOA-PHORA CO
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24

z. ,. SCDGOW.
S1De-i1-a1ts1
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24
Turning Rust to Good ADVANTAGE.

a Hessian lieutenant by the name Of
Ludwig Won Siegen noticed the effect of the
dew upon his gun barrel, which had be-
come rusted from the dampness. Some
time after he experimental upon the dis
covery and obtained what is now known as
mezzotinto. In the year 1643 he engraved
q portrait of Princess Amelia of Hesse by
its application.-BostonH Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24
WOODS .PHOSPHOOINE,
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.

Promptly and perma.
nently cures all forms OF
Nervous Weakness, Ennis
sions, Spermatorrhea, I'm
potency and all effects of
abuse or eZcesses; beer
prescribed over IS years
in thousands of cases; is
the only reliable and hon
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24

Coughing leads to consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough
ut once
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24

When Baby was sick, we gave ner Castorfa-
When che was Child, she cried for Cslstora.
When she became Miss she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children, she gave them Castorfa
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24
Children Cry for
Pitchers CaStoria.

Lanes Family Medicine moves the
bowels each day. Most people need
to use ii.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1893-06-24

Accommodation trans leave Rock Island al
s.OOa M and S 70 .. m: arrive at Peoria $50 p.
N. and lis g.. m. Leave Peoria 600 q N and
Z rs D. N; arrive Rock Island ( :1J p. m ana LIS
p m.
All traiusr n de'lv except SEnda-
All plsse - --ain- arrive anc depart Union
1euot. Peoria
Free Cnai- g, on fast Express n-tSeen 'tock
lsIond aud 'eDrIa. h0tn directions
through r!cxct- AL oh'nt-; baggage cdeckeo
.nrOugh 10 de-r rination.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
FAIR WOMAN'S WORLD
INTERESTING STREET AND
HOME GOSSIP.
Come of the Very Latest Designs in
Wearing Apparel-The Anne of Austria
ColIar-Notes of the Ever Changing
Modes.
The Bodice In Its Variety.

The variety in corsages for the
spring and summer seasons is some
thing which cannot well be estimated
in numbers, The designers have been
busy all winter, and now no two
models of their showing seem alike.
They appear in styles that are historj-
cal, picturesque, severe, coquettish, ex-
tremely masculine, or essentially fem
mime, in effects fanciful or practical.
Again they breathe of inspiration from
all the armies and navies where sugges-
tions have been plentifuliy furnished
for natty braided military coats, mems
Jackets and marine blouses. Close
copy has been made of exclusive
models, designed originally for the
nobility of Europe alone, and the
peasantry of every country on the face
Of the globe has provided ideas for the
modelling of hundreds of other waists,
coats or corsages speedily to be in uni
versal circulation. Corsages which are
shirred, plated and crossed in front,
not. content with all this, have the very
popular faring revers in addition,
which in summer will spread
apart and leave a slightly open
throat. Palmer oorsages will be en-
bellished with corselets of every de-
scription. Low evening corsages will
be as diversified as high ones. Some
have plastrons and revers, others
dainty draperies of lace and velvet
ribbon, or are finished with fchu of
rich creamy lace. Some of the new
French corsages, both high and low,
open on handsome vest or plastron,
with the sides prolonged in slender
tabs. The long, elegant lace scarfs,
which formed the almost invariable
feature Of our grandmothers' wedding
outfits, figure gracefully on several
sorts of corsages, high, open or low.
One of the pretty modes of utilizing
them is to drape them as berthas over
V-shaped open corsage, the ends
falling straight from the waist in
front or carried to the back and caught
together very loosely. Some of these
scarfs, in either black, white or cream
colored lace, measure three yards and
one-half in length.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
Refreshments in Chur CHI.

At an English church once there
was very large congregation, and
the rector, seeing that there was only
one aims dish, made signs to rustic
from the chancel entrance to come to
him, and babe him go into the rec
tory garden through glass door
into the dining room, where there
had been slight rejection before
the service, bring dish from the
table, take it down one side of the
north aisle and up the other, and
then bring it to the clergyman at the
place from which he started. The
rustic disappeared, reappeared with
the dish, took it as he was ordered,
and presented it to the people on
either side of the aisle, and then, ap-
preaching the rector, whispered in
his ear, Give done as yer told me,
sir. I've taken it down yon side the
aisle and up t'other-they'll none Of
'em ave any" No order had been
given to empty the dish, and it was
full of scuits!-Argonaut
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
A Feminine Poet Laureate.

A young poet laureate, and o woman
as we'll, is a pleasant, If unfamiliar piot-
ure. One likes to fancy the chaplet
resting on white, unwrinkled brow.
And the poet laureate of the Chicago
Fair is all of this, and society girl
much sought after besides, 1t all hap
pened in such an interesting way, too.
On presenting volume of Shelley's
poems to favorite brother she wrote
upon the fly leaf an ode to the author.
The brother, struck with it's original
ity, sent it to the Century, where it was
accepted, to the delight of Harriet Nun
roe's friends and the wonder of the poet
herself. Her book is receiving ELUSIVE
praise from the press, though the critics
are inclined to condemn it as mediocre.
Her Commemoration Hymn has brought
her more recognition since it was writ
ten than the average poet receives in q
lifetime,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
A STRIKING STORY,
The Intending Settler Then Marched
Back Again.

Some years ago many stories were
circulated in regard to the Free
Grant" district in the Northwest of
Ontario, says the Argonaut. One of
the most striking was given by man
who had intended to settle in that re-
gion, but had changed his mind Hav-
ing been Hospitality entertained on
the day OF his arrival by the man who
was to be his nearest neighbour, the
intending settler, in company with
his host, who was an old resident, sat
on the stoop after dinner, admiring
the really majestic scenery. The
house dog, who had been making a
fine meal of scraps, finally seized
particularly large and tempting bone
and galloped with it down the
valley, and finally disappeared over
the summit of a lofty hill that bounded
the prospect. why, what's the
matter with your dogP" asked the
newcomer. "Nothing's the matter
with him. said the old resident; II
calculate he's set out to go and bury
that bone" BURY that bone!"
calculated the other; "why, man
alive, be must be miles away by this
time. He was running like steam
engiue!' "Yes," replied the old
resident, II noticed he was going a
pretty good gait but, you see, the
soil around here is kind of rocky, and
he knows he's got to go matter of
eight or ten miles before he finds
good earthly place to bury that bone,
and he calculates to get back before
dark, l presume. The intending
settler returned to England.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
The Bounty of the Ostrich.

In each wing of an ostrich twenty
six white plumes grow to maturity
every eight months. Seventy-fve short
feathers besides are plpcked for tips
from each wing. Sixty-fve of the tail
feathers have common value. The fe-
male ostrich lays seventy eggs year.
Think of it, you women who are MAX
ing dozen corset covers for "a cents
and furnishing your own thread.
Think, you wives who ask your hus-
bands for a quarter once week only
to be questioned what you did with the
quarter you had week before last
What an investment an ostrich would
be! All the feathers you like to wear
yourself and nearly 800 year besides
from single bird. The goose with the
golden egg industry is quite distanced
by this bird of the desert which dimes
contentedly on shingle naile and
thrives on broken china.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
Notes of the Modes.

Some handsome tailor-made Partisan
gowns u both Venetian brown and
dark green cloth have vests in pink
cloth dotted with bronze beads.
The newest plain street jackets are
tailor-made, three-quarters length
double-breasted and straight in front
with the back faring below the waist
to fall full over the wide skirts.
The newest shades of blue are not
the dark navy blue tints, but those in
gray blue. However, green prevails
above all colors. An odd but popular
combination is green and violet.
Among the new shades is a red
called Virginia creeper, from the FROST
tinted leaves of that vine. 1t is color
mnch used for house gowns, and COM
bines handsomely with black, chamois
color and with some shades of green.
Some very elegant cloth and camels
hair dresses have the seams Tapped on
the skirt and stitched twice, as on
wide hem. Buttons and simulated
button holes extend from the waist
portion and often the whole length OF
the skirt on either side of the front.
The new gowns for morning wear
and travelling are of mixed tweeds or
hop-saclking in the newest colors. They
are made with the habit bodice, which
is an all-round basque fitted by darts
and seams, with flap seams in the back
and with the front cut away to show a
plaid vest.
A favorite trimming for lenten toilets
of black armure, faille and Victoria
silk is finely watered MORE Franchise.
These trimmings consist of single
extra-wide band or several narrow
bands around the bottom of the skiI'Ss,
with the addition of full sleeves, cuffs,
plastron and empire girdle.
Very beautiful patterns in black
Chantilly and Spanish guipure are i'm
ported in a variety of widths for nrna-
menting skirts, trimming Russian
blouses and for Breton, Henri Deux
and other capes. The narrower widths
are used for bretelles, shoulder capes,
zouave and Elton jackets and coquille
trimmings.
Stylish but simple dresses are of
grayish-blue and black mixed tweed,
with a round waist, seamless except
under the arms and turned back in
wide revers of the material from vest
of black Muscovite silk, The revers
ire piped with bias fold of the Mus
covitte silk; they start from point at
the waist and widen out over the
shoulder and in the back form wide
collar.
Not only have women appropriated
masculine fashions, but also masculine
fabrics. Their street coats and also
their whole costumes are Of melton
cloth, dark check, barred or fecked
trouserings. At first 1t would seem
that these cloths were expensive, but
really they are not SO, for II takes but
few yards for costume al they are
fifty-two inches wide and, as the say
ing is, they wear like iron.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
POSTED ON BUSINESS.
Gould Have Run a Bank, But Objected
to the Cashier.


The old gentleman had been irving
to instill into his son some idea OF
business thrift, and to help the lesson
along he brought home toy bank
"Now, Tommy" he said, "I'll be
president of this bank and you'll be
cashier. Your mother and sisters
will be stockholders. Christmas we'll
open it and declare dividend. Well
put something in it every day."
The old gentleman put in a dime,
Tommy and his sisters nickel each,
and his mother dime.
"We'll let what l put in represent
the interest on the other deposits"
went on the old gentleman. You
keep track of what the others put in,
and when we open the bank the inter-
est will be divided proportionately
among the depositors."
Tommy said he thought he under
stood, and put down in book what
each one had deposited.
For a couple of weeks all went
smoothly, according to the Detroit
Free Press. Every morning after
breakfast each member of the family
was called upon for something to de-
post in the bank. But one evening
the old gentleman had to GO down
town and discovered he had no street.
car fare-nothing less than ten-dol-
lar billiard he recalled the change
in the bank. He abstracted dime
and went his way.
The next morning when the de-
posits were called for Tommy an
nounced that the bank was busted
and had closed its doors.
why, Tommy, what do you
meanp" asked the old gentleman.
1.-The presidents been monkeying
with the finances" said Tommy, "and
there is a shortage"
"But that was only temporary
loan," explained the old gentleman,
coloring up little.
"Oh, yes; that's what they always
say" said Tommy. THAT'S the usual
custom"
"But it will be repaid at once"
"No use," said Tommy shortly.
"Why notP"
"Huh! guess you don't know
anything about banks" exclaimed
Tommy. when the president gets
to monkeying with the funds the
cashier CUTS the bank while he has
the chance, cause he knows he won't
have it long. Only fool cashier is
going to let the president get ahead
of him"
Tommy" said the old gentleman,
severely, as he looked in the direc-
ton of the woodshed, edo you know
what happens to the cashier if he is
caughtP"
yep" replied Tommy, promptly,
"He generally compromises SO as to
put the bank on its feet again. I'm
willing to pay all the depositors in
full without interest. Seeing as the
president put up the interest in this
case, Iguess 1 ought to lose it, 'speci
ly as I've only got fifteen cents
left"
1t was compromised on that basis,
and the only gentleman has reached
the conclusion that Tommy is destined
to be IL Wall street broker.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
lifetime.

This is the dress that Mrs. Langtry
wears in the third act of her new play,
"Agatha Tylden." The skirt is made
of white MORE, each seam embroidered
in silver sequins, and the hem is
bordered with graduated rows of the
same. The bodice is full and made of
moussebine de sate, dotted all over
with silver sequins; the full puffs of
the short sleeves are of the same, and
draped folds of turquoise blue velvet
catch these up on the shoulders, white
bretelles of the same are of the bodice,
becomingly terminating in rosettes on
the top of the sleeves.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
FIRE IN A COAL MINE.
The Town Of Honey Brook, Pa, About to
Settle Into the Earth.

Ano 1oWu oI money nrouk, Ta, hpVut "
Settle Into the Earth.
HONEY BROOK, Pa, March 19.-1he
Honey Brook mine, operated by the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal COM
pany, is on fire again. The present
outbreak shows that it is alarmingly
extensive surface near the stripping is
so heated that water flowing over it
is Immediately dried up. Millions of
dollars worth of coal property is i'm
periled. The fire burned SO rapidly
that its origin is mystery, 1t
burned so rapidly at first that
the timbers supporting the
slope gave way, closing that
opening before all investigation could
be made. Every effort made since to
gain access to the mine has been I'M
successful. The village of Honey
Brook, which is directly over the
mine, is menaced by collapse of
earth. Fissures run through the
town. They have been caused by
settlement of earth after the slope
closed up. Gas is accommodating in
the interior and so thick are vapors
that on several occasions it was inn
possible to see any distance. The
people of Honey Brook are in state
of terror.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
A FREAKISH SPRING,
1t Goes Out of Business Ten Months In
the Year,

1t Goes Out of Business Ten Months In
the Year.
The greatest curiosity in West Vir-
ginia, and one of the most wonderful
freaks known in the South, is spring
at Northfield; that is, it is located at
Northfeld during two months of the
year and at some other place during
the other ten. The Virginian end Of
this wonder is engaged in active bus
mess during the two hottest months
OF the year, from July to August 81,
its basin being as dry as the proverb-
ial chip the remainder of the year.
This phenomenal fountain is no toy
water jet, neither is it "seep" or a
"spouty place." on the contrary, it is
gusher almost equal to that mon
ster Florida spring which has already
been described in "Notes for the
Curious" The ten months silence
and two months activity of this Vir-
ginian oddity is not the only phe-
nomenon it presents; it works on the
intermission plan, spouting column
of water of huge dimensions for fifteen
minutes, then relapsing into state
of inactivity for the same length Of
time. The going and coming of the
water is preceded by a strange roar
ing sound, not unlike that of heavy
train passing over a trestle. The
size of the stream does not seem to
diminish from year to year, being al
ways sufficiently large to turn an orr
binary mill wheel.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23

1t is estimated that there are to-day
in the United States and Canada
about 600 young men in every 1000
having reached the age of 80 who are
single. The conjugal condition of
the people in other countries is vastly
different. In Russia 1913 men and 573
women in every 1000 who marry are
married under 20 years of age, while
in England 766 men and 829 women
in every 1000 are married between
90 and 80.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
To Make a Good Pipe Joint.

For making pipe joints to resist
fluid pressure, it is recommended to
take five pounds of Paris white, five
pounds of yellow ochre, ten pounds
of litharge, five pounds of red lead
and four pounds of black oxide of
manganese. After mixing the whole
thoroughly add little asbestos and
boiled lard. This mixture will be-
come nearly as hard as the iron it,
self
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
She Recognized the Quilt.

An old lady, looking out of the
window of cable car in Kansas City
the other day, saw in one of the yards
a silk patchwork quilt, old and faded,
hanging on the line. Instantly she
stopped the car, went into the house
and found, as she knew she would, an
old friend she had not seen in years.
She recognized the quilt as one she had
seen her friend piecing in central Mis-
souri, eighteen years before.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
Baths in Mexico.

Mexico has one evidence OF civiliza-
ton that some other civilized coun-
tries lack. In every city, in nearly
every town there are attractive bath
houses. However mean the town
may be otherwise, the public bath
house is pretty sure to he neat and
attractive.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
FDDnnc mr. UnIITII Sufferers, send for DR..
FhhlIhA lii IllII n Lobb's book fee. 800
" wv" N 18th ST., Phila Pc.
KANSAS: BO0DLERs.
A Senator Was offered Fifty Thousand
Dollars for His Vote.

Topeka, Kan, March 18.-A SEN
gation occurred this morning in the
senate investigation of the alleged
boodler charges made by the Topeka
capital in connection with the Kan
sas City, Kan, police commissioner.
In his testimony Representative Nc
Eleny of Wyandotte county practi-
cally says he was offered several
thousand dollars to vote for W. H.
Rossington for United States senator
by Cyrus Leland. McEleny, in his
evidence, went on to say that the
amount he was to receive for voting
for Rossington was $4,000. At the
conclusion of McEleny's testimony
the investigation adjourned until
Tuesday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-03-23
A relic of the Great RebelIIon.

The table on which the articles OF
agreement for the surrender OF
Vicksburg were signed by General
Grant and General Pemberton is in
daily use in a beer saloon in Vicks-
burg. The saloon-keeper has been
offered a large price for the relic, but
he refuses to dispose of it.