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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-06
MCIntyre-ReCk Dry Goods Co.
and 1911 Second Avenue Island Ill.
Midsummer Trade Markers.

Midsummer Trade Markers.
chop or two taken of the prices of quite a few
good items this week.
While they last so Silk Waist Patterns. very pretty
styles at, each CSC. They will 60 very fast at this
price.
Some decided bargains in Silks close the
We also throw out slightly mussed lot of Infants
at the attractive price Of 4sc. They have been Csc
75c 81 and $25; you can have any of them for 4sc.
500 yards all Silk Grosgran Ribbon in No. most
~ at per yard Sc. worth taking along.
Wash Goods.
lot of very good lines wish to close at price,
$50 yards fine Printed Lawns. Dimities, etc. value
15c, 16ac and 1sc. at only 1Oc.
Is pieces of Anderson's genuine Scotch Zephyr
Bingham. value 25c. at 15c
Anything left in Crepon Plisse Crepon del indie,
ETC.. worth 1Sc and 25c, at 1Oc.
Ladies Neckwear
half dozen lines OF Ladies' Neckwear
price. go -
Small lots Of Ladies' Underwear greatly
prices. o." ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-06

proposals FOR ORDNANCE sUPPLIRs.-
I Rock Leland Arsenal, Rock I-'and, ILL.,, Aug,
:, 1898 ,seaed proposals, in triplicate, will be
TEN BER 2, 1898, for furnishing Dyed Cotton
Duck, Tin. braes, IRON, Copper and Brass Rivets
Leather, Thread. Rope, Duck, Paints. oils
Chemicals, Paper. Cleanii z and Polishing Materi.
ais, Files. Lumber, ETC.. curing n seal wear end.
inR June 80. 1886. LETS Of supplies needed with
full instructions. etc can be had on application
70 COL. A. r. BUFFING ION, Comdg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Comfort i'm Walking.
From Harper's Bazar.


Whether the foot is we'll or ill-shaped, no
one will walk well with it who brings it
Down as the squaw does-that is, with the
weight upon the heel The connection
which the spine has with the heel causes
the JAR when the heel first touches the
ground with the weight of the body on Il,
to be felt even in the brain; and uncon-
sciously the brain and body try TO defend
themselves. and interfere with the whole
business The ball of the foot-that is, the
portion at the base of the great toe-should
first touch the ground, the heel coming
down Immediately afterward, but with the
shock spared or distributed. This gives
every rart CT the foot and every joint of
every toe its proportion of work and fair
plsy; and that all are needed any one
knows who ever lost little toe or even
the first joint of any other. Virgil told US
that the goddess was known by her gait:
but what with high heels and pinched toes
and Uncertain steps, we are afraid that
very few women would be taken for god
desses nowadays if they depended for Ii
upon the way they trip along city street or
forest path with feet not quite as deform-
ed as Chinese lady's are, but by 10 means
the feet that kindly Mother Nature gave
item.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
POWER OF DEVIATION.
What Mos Been Noted in the Case of
Successful Business Men.

From Harper's Bazaar.
Business is business" says the man
vowed to that life, and so it is unquestion-
ably, but equally personality is personality.
Leaving the latter out of consideration
will throw business calculations about as
far astray as those of the astronomer who
does not allow for personal equations. This
the successful man of affairs fully under
stands.
When it can be recognized there is moth
ing more interesting than watching the
actual consultation of business man with
the promptings of his own souls equations.
Such power of consultation is not pos
sessed by all, and invisible with many of
those who have it.
1 remember hearing a young business
man describe such rare revelation in an
interview with an older business friend
known as the keenest financier. The propo-
s;tion which the young man had to present
was reasonable, seemingly sure of success,
and he himself believed in 1T enthusiastic
cslly
Il laid it before the old fellow he said.
zone by one meeting and explaining the
vexed points he raised He ceased ques-
tioning me finally because the patent value
of the proposition seemed proved SO far
words go. He nodded affirmation as each
heading was checked off. I felt emboid-
ened to ask, What do you think of it, sir?'
And then l saw curious sight. The old
fellow sat motionless, looking away into
space, his blue eyes growing innocent and
far away as a childs who is listening for
a distant and familiar voice. l could have
sworn he heard something which did not.
Finally he turned to me with smile and
shook his head. I can't exactly believe in
your plan' he said. 1 sat staring at him.
| knew, and he knew, that his reason was
convinced; it was an instinct alone that
held the cid man back-an instinct in which
he superstitiously trusted, and on which he
obstinately acted 1t was the most extra
ordinary thing l ever saw. The more so
that events have proved the warning voice
gave him private information which was
more than correct The plan failed dis
maly, as too well know
Extraordinary or not those who come In
contact with successful business men will
see the same phenomenon repeated over
and over in greater or less degree. Call 1t
a genius for affairs what you will this
curious power of divination remains still as
unexplained a mystery as any other kind
of second sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
CHICAGo.s VEGETARIAN CLUB.
Students Who Thrive Oh Garden
Sass" Mt $3.50 Week.

FIom the Chicago Advance.
We are watching with much interest the
development and results of a vegetarian
club which has been started in the interest
OF students of Chicago University. It is
of course a private enterprise; has been in
existence about a year; began with less
than a DOZEN has now a membership of
about thirty, its full complement, and is
obliged to turn applicants away for the
lack of necessary facilities The uniform
price for board is $3.50 per week, and it is
claimed that the menus compare favorably
with those of ordinary meat-eating clubs,
where the members pay $3.50 and 81 per
week. We quote from a small pamphlet
setting forth their system:
I'VE use fruits. grains, vegetables, nuts,
dairy products and eggs-in fact, every
thing of the nutritious sort, except the
flesh and bones of other animals. The
variety of fruits and vegetables is so be-
wildcring. and the possible infections in
their preparation are SO nearly endless
that the most exacting epicure may be sat
isffed.
I'VE sit down to our breakfast table in
the morning, and there comes before us a
bowl of oatmeal and cream, it may be
barley flakes, wheat greats or some other
of the dozens of farinaceouS preparations.
Instead of this we may begin our break
fast with plate of fresh fruits tempt
ing dish of fruited toasts or fritters. Fol-
lowing this may come eggs in some of the
multiple ways in which they are served,
wheat cakes or mullins and maple strip,
baked apple Saratoga waters and Welsh
rarehit, with cocoa, coffee and milk as
beverages. Our luncheon may be Of chop
ped cabbage with olives, spaghetti with
cheese. corn bread, baked squash, sutana
puffs, nuts and rasins and milk. At dinner
we have our SOUPS and croutons-the most
delicious soups. too-sweet or Irish pota-
toes Boston baked beans, mushroom GRO
qUets or cauliilower, sliced tomatoes and
celery, with a dessert of strawberry short
cake Teas, iced and hot, and lemonade
or cherry phosphate are our invariable din
ner beverages.
1.-THE menus of no two days are alike
and in the daily preparation OF the menus
care IS taken to supply the demanded
amount of albumenoids, carbohydrates and
minerals
AS to the effect of this diet upon the
individual the pamphlet goes to say:
After few weeks of fruits and vege-
tables there will come over you feeling
of buoyancy and emancipation that will be
truly beautiful Physically you will feel
clarified and refined, your brain will be
more obedient your muscles will be newer,
your temper will be less unbridled, you will
be heartier and healthier and your con-
science will enjoy complacence that only
the purified feel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
ATLAsTA's FOUNTAIN.
Magic Combination of Spray and
Electric Lights.

From the New York Evening Post.
The Stieringer fountain stands in the
very middle of the main division of the
lake. which is within easy view Of every
part of the grounds. The site originally
chosen was the center of the plaza; but
this had several disadvantages. A crowd.
for example, could gather around it and
intercept the view of those behind, and it
would be in danger of dwarfing by con-
tact with the long lines of the paths and
the acreage of green turf. In the middle
of the lake, however, o crowd can gather;
a surface Of smooth water annlnl!ates all
standards of proportion; and, most striking
consideration of all, the lake will act like
a mrrCr, and not only expand the appar-
ent size of the Illuminated fountain, but,
by rejecting back upon it some of its own
light, vastly heighten its brilliancy.
The fountain, as ii stands today, IS moro
suggestive Of the confederate ram MERIT
mae in q dry dock than of anything else.
1t is hard for the observer TO rid his mind
OF the impression of arraored vessel on
stills. The operative part of IL is raised ten
or twelve feet above the bed of the lake
now almost dry-On a wooden scafolding.
Climbing ladder and going inside, the
nautical impression is still further en-
HANGED. for here is surely the space be-
tween decks of a quaint vessel, broader at
the bottom than at the top all around.
with a horizc ntal outline suggestive of an
oak leaf, 100 feet long by 80 feet wide at
the widest part OIL the middle ScauOpS, ana
perhaps ten feet of head room. The frame
is of wood, and over that is heaped Stag
from an iron furnace. that when the
water is let into the lake, the body Of the
fountain will look from the shore like n
low-lying island of rough stone A wilder
ness of pipes confounds the tininitiated
sense inside. These all lead from the
pumps to the perforated piping on the roof.
The pumps will be five in number, with a
capacity of 21,0O0UOO gallons in twenty
four hours The pumping plant at the cx
position, it may be remarked in passing,
is larger than that of the city of Atlanta,
with its permanent population of 10000
souls
The pipes on the top of the fountain will
be so pierced to throw their waters UP
in the form of wheat sheayes, ring cur
tains. geysers great and small, sipgly and
in rings, oscillatOrs, lily jets, paraboIas
and mist bank. This last is novelty in
hydraulics, and its effect is to envelop the
fountain area in dense mist of spray,
which makes a most effective body for il
Illuminating in colors. Twenty-one hundred
orifices will be used for the various figures
designed, and the water will he forced
play at pressure of 100 pounds to the
square inch.
The illumination of the water figures will
be effected through circular openings in
the roof of the fountain, in which colcrless
glass is set as in a sl1yiight Underneath
this will be passed the plates of colored
glass which are to give the water it's sew
eral hueS, and beneath all will be placed
twenty-three of the most powerful electric
lamps than can be procured-casting an
aggregate beam of 100000 candle power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04

than he made looking for all the world
like blind thing come cut of a coffin, l
hope never to see Luckily for US, there
was no affection lost between him and Miys
Dora. Talk he might. the day was rare
when she did not plan some excursion with
my raste1. They spent hours together out
at Fontainebleau or Versailles; were half
their leisure time at the picture galleries,
the other half at the cafes and theaters.
l saw them walking arm and arm in the
gardens; saw him kiss her when she went
to her painting in the morning; l saw him
kiss her when she came home again to
dejeuner, and l began to think that after
all he was right and L was wrong. Then,
all of a sudden, the trouble came, and
woke up from dream like men reused
by artillery fire.
Michel Grey had disappeared. For the
first time since we had been at the hotel
he had changed words with my master
over the dinner table. 1t did not come to
blows, but the hands OF the people around
alone kept the two men apart, and Sir
Nicolas was heard by twenty folks TO say
that he'd beat the life out of the American
with his hunting crop. That night and the
next Michel Grey did not sleep in his bed
at the Hotel de Lille. At 10 o'clock two
mornings later his sister Dora was knock
ing at my masters door. wanting to know
what he had done with him.
I can see her now, with her pretty hair
streaming down her back and her face
that flushed that she might have been rub
bling her cheeks with a glove. Many wo-
going off ike that; but the quarrel stuck in
her head, I suppose, and she was as scared
as rabbit. When Sir Nicolas came out
to her, she was no longer gentle with him
as she had been before this, but stamped
her foot and spoke angry, with quick,
biting words.
Well" she cried. where is he? You
know of course?"
"As God is my witness know nothing"
said he.
But you were with him last-you were
the last to speak to him
Indeed. and 1 was; and when he'd done
with me. he went straight to his bed room.
Dora, it's not lies that I'd tell you at such
& time
Then where is he-what has happened
to him-what shall / tell my father? Oh,
they love him at home: indeed they do
She began to cry at this, and my master
took her hand.
"You POOR little thing" said he, drawing
her head down upon his shoulder. Would
7 harm him. whatever he was-and your
brother, too? Don't We see child, that he's
Just gone off in a bit of Il huff, and viii be
back before your tears are dry. Yen be
the FIRST to laugh when he walks in here"
HE is not the man to do that" said she,
though she was no longer angry. Il am
sure of it. I dreamed of him all night.
He is dead, Nicolas
Now what should Sir Nicolas do when
she sad this but give her a great kiss,
and burst out laughing.
Dead" said he. then I'm thinking we
should get ready for the waking. and ask
him to crack the first bottle. Bedad! he's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04

sentative railway men and electricians
entirely possible to run trains under this
system, say from New York to Philadel-
phia, or through multiplication of the
power stations from Boston to Washing
ton, or even across the continent from
New York to San Francisco
But whether or not it would be feasible
at the present time for our large companies
TO change from steam to electricity, in
part or throughout, is another question
These are transition days for electric trac-
ton, and it is not probable that any of
them Is at present willing to go to the ex-
pense of equipping electrically consider
able part of its line with a system which
may soon be rendered obsolete by some
new method.
Perhaps we already have this new and
superior method of traction in the COM
bFation steam and electrical engine upon
which Mr. Tesla has been at work for
many months. The invention has been
taken over by the Westinghouse Company,
and it Is probable that it is this applica-
uon OF the Tesla motor that the new aIli-
ance is to develop. This engine is design
ed to do away with the use of the un-
popular and well-abused trolley. Instead
Of drawing its power by wire from a CEN
trail station, the engine generates its own
power by converting steam into electric
energy and then into mechanical BY this
transformation a large per cent OF The
power that is now wasted in steam loco
motion is cor served. From The same
amount of fuel Mr.. Tesla has demonstrate
tain twice as much effective energy, and.
under favorable conditions three times as
much.
The Principle Involved. -.
He effects this saving by means of a
mechanical and electrical osciIlator,"-an
engine which is in itself a dynamo, and
which operates with small fractional leases.
The principle of this mechanism rests ON
the law Of vibrations. With the machine
electrical currents may be transmitted OF
perfectly constant period and at an abso-
lutely certain rate, and so regulated as TO
drive with precision an engine or a watch;
thus, in railroad practice, overcoming the
wear and tear to which cars are now sub
ject by the continual change in steam
pressure. The Tesla ''oscillator" is really
a power STATEN on wheels, instead of a
locomotive designed to draw a train Of
cars. The power which it generates is
communicated to the wheels of the cars
as well as to its own. This is accomplish
ed by applying the principle of the ''ro-'
tating magnetic field in simply passing
alternating currents around each axle.
Thus an even, steady motion is attained
and favorable conditions afforded for a
high rate OF speed.
Nikola Tesla, who is thus helping so ef
fective1y to solve one of the great indus
trial problems of our day, the economical
transmission of power, is still n Young
man in the very vigor Of life. His work
has only begun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04

as dead as 1 am, little woman, and don't
you think any such thing. Whatever put
that into your head?"
Il could not tell you," says she. 1--WE
do not think these things; we know them"
At this he set off laughing again, and
Gid his best to cheer her up-though it
was poor work he made of it at the best.
BY and by, when he had seen nice little
to me, and 1 knew then that he took 1t
verse than 1 had thought he would.
Well" says he, 1.-The fools gone right
enough There's no word or sign yet I'll
begin to think by and by that harms come
to him.
I'm that case. SIR said l. cts a pity
that what was said two nights ago couldn't
watt
How do you mean%' he asked
''Why-it's no good Disgusting it-you
threatened to murder him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
RINGS AND PINS.
They hccome Precious to n Woman
From Pleasant Associations.


From Harper's Bazaar.
The love of ones personal property is
instructive, and a woman gets to feeling
for her rings and pins a sort of affection
which is made of a whole sheaf of min
gled associations. The engagement and
but while they cluster around themselves
the sweet memories of the happiest period
of girls life. other rings are almost
equally priced. This one was bought one
summer in Venice or Geneva. 1t Is
souvenir of Il charming trip The other
has been lost and found half dozen
times. and seems to have a mysterious
faculty of returning to it's owner. how
ever careless or unfortunate she may be.
About the opal ring host of legendary
superstitiors weave their shadowy halo
and there are people who cannot be in
are they IN reference to it's bringing Ill
luck in it's wake.
Jewels possess the subtle beauty of flow
ers in less ephemeral shape and texture
Handed down from generation to genera
ton they survive all dynaSt.eS and crashes
or change and time. One may hold in her
hand ring or a pin which was worn by a
reisning belle in the dim antiquity of the
ages when Babylonia and Assyria were in
TIER prime. Men come and go, but gems,
like the earth. abide forever.
A celebrated divine used to carry about
In his pocket a few beautiful uncut gems
loving to handle and to look at the sn1ol-
derng fire of the ruby, the deep cool green
OF the emerald, ana the golden heart Of
the topaz. Surely a beautiful and delicate
fancy to crafty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
LAID TO REST,
Last Rites Over the Remains of Col,
Mcdonald.

The interment Of Col Marshall McDon-
aid took place yesterday at Oak Hill GEM
etery. The services at the grave were pre-
ceded by short service at the family resi-
dence, 1914 r street. The officiating clergy
plen were Rev. DR.. Snyder, assistant pastor
of the Church Of the Ascension, and Rev
DR.. Perry of st. Andrews Church One of
the floral offerings was from the employees
of the fish commission.
The horNaary par-bearers were Col. J.
NJ. Wilson, superintendent of public build
ings and grounds; Col Proctor of the civil
service commission, DIR. G. Brown Goode
of the Smithsonian Institution and Mr.
Faison of the consular bureau of the State
Department. The active pall-bearers were
a detail from the Confederate Veterans
Association, Maj. j. D. Darden, Maj. R. w.
Hunter, Capt. William Brown, Magnus s..
Thompson, John T. CaIlaghan and Col
John F. PrutIen. A delegation from the
Sons of the Revolution were also present
President Cleveland and others sent per-
sonal letters of coincidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Copyright. 1895, by Irving BacheIler.)
Continued from Tuesdays Starr

He said this quite unconcerned, and not
a bit ready to argue the point out with me.
1t was all very well for him to glide over it
in that easy way, but what l wanted to
krow was where had Michel Grey first
heard talk of us2 That the gossip was new
to him was evident from the fact that he
played billiards with my master the very
first night he came to Paris. What chatter
he had heard was heard between supper
that evening and breakfast two days after.
And this was what troubled even in the
face of Sir Nicolas tale about him taking
drugs and forgetting. There's danger
moving" 1 thought, land if you're married
within the month. Nicky, I'm Chinaman."
This is how the thing looked to me then
and for days after. While, on the one hand
Michel Grey talked no more. either to me
or to Sir Nicolas of his suspicious, on
the other hand. could see that he would
have no truck with US, and was doing his
best to make his sister think as he did
That he did not succeed in this is 10 be set
down to many things, but above all to the
fact that for days together he would hang
about the hotel like a man without mind
and was, as ell the world could see. totter-
ing fast to his grave. What drug he drank
CT where he learned the habit, no man
could say, but a more pitiabie spectacle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04

Much of the success of President Faure
as 4 public man is said to be due to his
wife. Madame Faure is domestic in her
tastes, and cares comparatively little for
society, but none the less she entertains
charmingiy, and with the aid of her two
daughters, Madame Rene Berse and Mile
Lurie Faure, she has made the state receD-
tons at the Elysee very different affairs
from the dun, formal functions they have
hitherto been. Madame Faure is an ex-
tremely intelligent womak and her wit and
ready repartee have become a proverb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04

From Puck.
Ten years solitary confinement
The terrible words fell upon the prison.
er's ear, and yet he finched not.
81 am innocent, 1 swear it! but
A glad smile lit up lis eye.
''At last I shall have time to read the
Sunday papers through
And the clanking of his chain made mer-
ry music as he trod exultingly to his dun
geon cell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
From Truth.

From Truth.
They only met last summer, and nobody
knew they were engaged, so 1 suppose her
announcement that she will be married
soon will surprise everybody, don't your"
Yes, 1 know it will be a real shock to
her fiance."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
She Should Have Her Way.

From Puck.
Mrs. Fashion-"I've picked out husband
for you, daughter"
Miss Fashion-"Very well; but want to
say right here, mother, when it comes to
buying the wedding dress, I'm going to
select the material myself"