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Evening star., 1895-07-27
WHISPERS AND WIND.

A Fur ther Contribution to the Litera-
ture of an Interesting Affinity.
From the indianapolis Journal
That feller," said the man with the
ginger beard, as the smooth-shaven new
settler drove by, that feller, when 1
knowed him out in Kansas had a set of
goat trimmin's that would discount PETER.
And he lost 'em in the funniest way"
Got 'em shaved OFF," asked the grocer.
trying to be sarcastic.
Much to the surprise Of the man from
Potato Creek the man with the ginger
beard replied:
That's jest the way. Exactly"
When the man with the ginger beard had
enjoyed the grocer's surprise he continued: !:
Course, he didn't have to have 'em
shaved off. but after the way they took
to actin he allowed that was the best
thing he could do. You see. they was a
seen 'er a-comin'. an by the time he got
the cow and the dog and his wife an chill
lern In the cyclone pit they was so little
room that he had to leave his head stickin'
out. Purity soon along comes OIL ST."
"Old 81 who?" asked the grocer.
TT might have been old 81 Hubbard. but
this time 1t happened to be ole 81 Clone.
Well: that there wind took them fiowin'
'im" e"oNeu
And he lowed after that 1t would he
safer to go smooth. suppose?" asked the
man from Potato Creek.
Hardly. Ketch any Kansas man taxjn,
on his whiskers fer any sich frivolous
reason. But the ellicktricity, 'er some
thing had sot 'em so that they Wouldn't
grow no other way than jist round and
round l tried to persuade him to leave
'em that way. seein' as how he had tbe
fir est neck comforter ever a man had in
them whiskers. but he was too dadwormed
h'gh-minded,- an keeps 'em cut clean off
now" va
The man from Potato Creek SLOWLY gath
cred up the two burlap sacks that served
him as saddle, put them on his yellow
mule and rode homeward, pondering, pom
dering.
Evening star., 1895-07-27
Her Suspicion Aroused.

From the Louisville Post.
She got off the Indiana train with n big
bundle that she could hardly manage, and
as I had nothing to do took pity on her
and offered to carry it to the ferry dock.
in which direction she seemed to be going.
She acquiesced, and we went to the dock.
On arriving she took out her purse and
handed me dime. with the remark that
1t was not much of a walk, but she thought
1t was worth a dime. I thanked her. and
told her that my services would be free
at which she asked me what carried her
bundle for IL not for pay.
piled.
"'TaiAst natural, TALL" she replied.
Well, I can't take your money" said +
She sudfed minute and said: 81 can't
make out whether you intend to pick INV
pocket or steal my bundle Young feiler
you'd better stop your bad ways or you'll
go to the bad place"
Til do it," replied.
That's right" she said, "do it, and when
you come over to Indiana you Jest inquire
Tor Mrs. Jones. and I'll give you good din
ner. II ever hear of your gettin' hung
I'll tell folks that you had good streak in
you, anyhow"
Evening star., 1895-07-27

ers in the factories Of the state. Neverthe-
less they form new and numerous class
winch Is. increasing yearly.
They are not even the buralists, the state
tobacconists who sell by virtue Of appoint
ment by the government the cigars and
cigarettes made by the government. These
latter, known to every tourist, seldom have
the actual appointment in their own right:
they are merely paid to do the work by
ladies of the great world. high in politics,
VINO In the present regime of equality OBJ
tain appointments as tobacconists and
draw three-Quarters of the profits Or the
buralist is a wine merchants wife, who can
obtain votes. All the girls who sell to-
bacco are mere clerks of these more IA
vored DANES, and have their food and lodg-
Ing, with $40 a month. 1t is not this gov
ernment employment. which careful moth
ers solicit for their dear ones, to sit daily
dealing out the crapulos and fnfectados,
and two sous of smoking or one sou of
snuff.
OF modern French government employ
ments for women the lowest Is that of lay
nurse in hospitals. These employees are of
war: the girls of the halls" who do the
work of sweeping, cleaning and bed max
Ing, and the "surveillantes" who are real
nurses.
The female post office and telegraph
clerks. who. during the past three years
In Paris, have been replacing men so gen.
orally, are of a very different social class.
They are girls who have passed successful
and are furnished with the highest moral
recommendations. After three months of
working without salary they begin with
$3.50 year, to arrive, after ten years of
experience, at a salary of $500 a year,
which thereafter never increases. 1t is a
post of of this kind that the anxious par
ent desires for her child and all the in
fiuence of family will be employed in
getting it. Lay school teachers have rath-
er better pay, and their places are even
more desired In general 1t is the ten
dency to throw open more government
places to women yearly. Already the great
majority of small clerical places in the ad-
niinistradons of tobacco, postes and tele-
graph, state railways and state savings
banks. are given up to women. This is
the highest mark; and until there are wo-
men policemen, women cabmen, BARRIERS,
tailors, firemen and dog catchers, 1t must
stay so.
Domestic service need not be taken ac-
count of in this notice; 1t is a peculiarly
feminine occupation, and it will always
appeal to those who are feminine enough
to embrace it. After looking over the
Evening star., 1895-07-27
"Fir.t Water, Diamond.

From the Chicago Record.
What do you mean by the expression
first water?"
'"The expression first water when ap-
piled to a diamond denotes that 1t is free
from all traces Of color, blemish, flaw or
other imperfection, and that its brilliancy
is perfect. 1t is. however, frequently ap-
piled to stones not quite perfect. but the
best that the dealer has, and they may be
Of only second quality. It is almost impos-
sible to value q diamond by its weight
only. Color. brilliancy. cutting and the gen.
eral perfection Of the stone have all to be
taken into account. OF two stones, both
f1awless and of the same weight, one may
be worth 5000 ard the other $4,000. Ex-
ceptional stones often bring unusual prices,
while 'off-color' stones sell from $50 20 500
a carat, regardless of size. The poor quail
tiles have deprecated SO much in value
that some are worth only from one-tenth
to one-fourth what they were worth twen-
ty years ago. This is specially true Of
large stones of the second or third quail
tty."
Evening star., 1895-07-27

whole ground of women's work in Paris
the writer is more struck than ever with
the desirability of being a bright we'll
dressed femme de chambre in a rich fam
lily. If the private servant of madame be
pretty. Intelligent and tasteful she may
will have easy work, continual tips, may
be always washed, perfumed and freshly
dressed will live always in an atmosphere
of wealth and ease. Compared with the
dragging life of shop girl and the brain
splitting calculations of post Office clerk,
the bright young woman, who piunges
resolutely into the tide of upper-cass do
mestic service-not as Companion" but
as maid openly and frankly-chooses
wisely. STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1895-07-27

they work only in their shops. and often
give the soiled clothes, especially the heav-
Ter parts. out to lavoir. They make 60
cents day, in a congenial atmosphere of
chat and laughter. fortified by a real lunch
at 3 pm, given by the patron.
Below higher ranks of working women
those employed in making clothes, there are
artificial flower Makers workers in gold
and silver lace and fancy trimmings, burn
ishers. shoe sewers. bead workers, book
stitchers, and compositors in printing
offices. or these the gold and silver braid
and lace makers undergo the longest ap-
premiership and lead the honestest lives
Their pay is from seventy cents to a dollar
O day. A good flower maker receives from
81 to S1.2O day, but work can only be had
during four or five months a year. How
many other little professions the working
girls of Paris exercise after this painful
fashion, never finding steady employment
throughout the whole year. Is one of the
great scandals of the capital
The actual sewing girl is more in view.
In dress she follows the fashions, wears a
nat instead of going bareheaded like
some tastefully selected imitation jewelry,
and, II her underclothes are often badly
cared for, and her shoes run down. her
skirt will nevertheless be hung with ele-
neck and ears with regularity, she always
Is well braced up in her corset, and has her
race made fragrant with cheap violet
powder. This is the sewing girl employed
lshments of equal chicness in the environs
Of the opera.
Among the younger the most privileged
are the trottins, who are permitted to carry
home the gowns to those who have them
made, rich ladies sure to give a handsome
tip.
Aged from fifteen to seventeen years, she
trots through the city, making long stops
before the jewellers windows, cracking nuts
with her teeth, or biting into green apple,
lending pretendedly Indifferent ear to the
offers of the vieuX messeurs, and taking
frank delight in ''pasting' them, or, as the
word is, sending them to the swing" ie..
to throw them down. Despite their affecta-
ton of bonne tenue, the sewing girls of
Paris are of but indifferently regular con-
Duct As to the real salary of a good sew
ing girl, the maximum. taking account of
the dead season, it cannot average over
seventy-ive cents day. This is good pay
Lor sklilful sewer, not of a cutter or a
inter. These latter. being artistes NAV
nope to gain as high as $1,000 a year with
Worth and other houses of the first class,
Evening star., 1895-07-27

get 10 cents, but these great Industries
have always ruined women and small chill
the real proletariat the most miserable
easy-soers of debauch beneath their pa
rents eyes. Morality is scarcely known to
them. They do not furnish pleasure to the
eye; but as they dwell apart in quarters
which are hardly Paris but in name, they
are ignored by all well-thinking people.
Factory working Is not picturesque-not
even picturesque in Paris.
1t Is a very different CORDS of working
women in which Parisians take pride and
interest. The washerwomen of Paris num-
Der $4,000 souls, and all are thought to be
loud, gay, hard drinkers and hard workers
IN their middle age and fine and flirting in
their young. Trilby was a blanchisseuse de
fin. Each year in nlid-Lent Paris has a great
parade. and one which takes the place now
OF the carnival. 1t is the washerwomen's pa
rade. Joined In by all the students of the
Latin Quarter. The laundry corporations
of all Paris join in it, electing one great
queen (who regularly Is the daughter of a
large proprietor) and several subqueens, to
ride In glory, with gold crowns upon their
heads.
Among the laundresses there are degrees
of social standing. The lowest is that of
the washerwonlan pure and simple, but
who is neither pure nor simple. She never
does her work at home, but brings her
bundles OF soiled clothes to the river lavoirs
or washing places there to spend her days
in mingled riot, drink and work The work
Is very hard. and there are constant fights
to get good places. The poor women, al
though middle-aged and strong, find the
damp. heavy work d true hip-breaker. and
80 they must resort to drink, which makes
them gay. Their pay is from 60 to 80 cents
a day, plus o'clock tea (which is COM
posed of a glass of absinthe, taken at 3
pm.0. invariably offered by their employer.
But all is owed or drunk up in advance.
Badly viewed by her janitor, detested by
the neighbors, dreaded by the grocer and
the butcher, scolding and violent, the femme
de lavoir Is pushed back on all Sides Her
rare vigor of body alone permits her to
continue such life.
The real blanchisseuses are clean, coquet-'
tish. frequently nice and often pretty. Their
work Is not so much washing as ironing, as
Evening star., 1895-07-27

tures chivalrously. Nowhere within the
pale Of modern civilization do girls and wo-
Men do 50 much work and for so little pay
as In the Paris which their gayety and CO.
Quetry adorn.
OF al the factory workers, those in the
employ of the French government itself
the hands of the match and tobacco mo-
nopolies-have the worst lot. The pay in
each case Is a derision. The tobacco work.
ers have so cents a day, the match workers
have GO cents a day; the 10 cents difference
In favor Of the latter Is intended to make
up to them the ruin to their health which
Is accomplished by the phosphorus. 1t Is
true that the cotton factories of the sub
urbs pay their spinners only 30 cents a day.
and that weavers think they do well 20
Evening star., 1895-07-27
Reward.
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record
Noblest words have not been spoken
For the greatest throngs to hear,
But are breathed in accents broken
Into lonely sorrows car.
NOblest thoughts have not been written
And embalmed by printers art,
But have soothed one mind, sore smitten.
Are engraved on one sad heart
Noblest vict'ry ne'er has lowered
Where the grass drank rain of red,
But has crowned mistakes recovered
Or reproachful words unsaid
Evening star., 1895-07-27
He Took 1t With Him,

From Parsons Weekly.
Scene-A chemists shop in Holborn. To
the assistant enters an Irishman. He
points to pile of soap.
Assistant-"Well?"
Customer-'1 want lump of that"
Assistant-"Thank you. Will you have Il
scented or unscentedw
Customer-"Tn take 1t wild me-"
Evening star., 1895-07-27
Written for The Evening Star.
On the Potomac,

On the Potomac.
Far on the golden sunlight fell
Across the forests tender green;
With breezy shadows thrown between
The sunny woods Of hill and dell.
Above the sky was filed with dreams
And fraught with many a downy cloud;
The wild-birds warbled sweet and loud
In shadows brown, or golden CLEANS.
The waves were whispering soft and low,
And singing to the inner heart;
Songs from the world Of care apart
OF golden days Of long ago!
The day had changed from gold to brown:
Down on the rivers bosom-heayes
The hours like a shower of leaves
OF days brief autumn drifted down!
Then twilight crept across the day,
And touched the utmost reach with night,
The river In the fading light
In silv'ry shadows slipped away!
ANNIE JEANE PERKINS.
Evening star., 1895-07-27
She smelled Burnfne Puint.

From the New York Despatch.
First Debutante-"My cheeks are all on
fire"
Second Debutante-"I thought there was
a smell Of burning painty'
Evening star., 1895-07-27

America, far, has stumbled on a differ
ent way and that our sisters may be trust
ed well to stand In shops nor need they
fear to do SO.
For this and many other reasons 1t is
the fierce desire of every mother who must
have her daughter work in Paris to secure
employment i. .above all. most desired
Ladies of the administration" The phrase
has bizarre sound to French ears even
to this day. To many it suggests the gay
the streets by night, the guardians of the
chalets de necessitie, or the match work.
Evening star., 1895-07-27
HE FOUND GOLD
Col. Morrison Relates His Experience
as a Forty-Niner.
TIE TRIP ACROSS TIE PLAINS
He Made His Little Pile and Then
Came Home.
SOME POLITICAL VIEWS
EHE TRIP ACROSS fHE PLAINS
SOME POLITICAL VIEWS
Copyright, 1885,,

the House of Repre-
sentatives, father Of
the horizontal" tar
if bill, member Of
the interstate COM
merce commission
and possible nominee
of the democratic
party for President
of the United States,
has the reputation of
being O. difficult
man fn inforx-iouy
Evening star., 1895-07-27
Not the Correct Color.

From the New Haven Union.
Mrs. Newed-"I have brought three of
these eggs back to change them.
Grocer-"They are quite fresh, am"
Mrs. Newed-"No doubt, but the shells
are brown, while my new eggcups are
blue"
Evening star., 1895-07-27
Small Pay and Long Hours for
Partisan Wage Farmers.
how WOMEN ARE EMPLOYED
All Grades From Washing Clothes
to Government Places.
DOM ESTIC VICE
Special Correspondence of The Evep,u. Star

French working girl,
the streets of Paris
b e C o m e, for the
stranger as for the
denizen, a never-fail-
ing Eden of sur
prises, and the heart
bounds at every turn.
Yet the bounding
heart does not cause
the Partisan to has
ten, full of gratitude,
to aid these bright,
CoIyra po0uG or q q
Rock Island Argus., 1895-12-07
LEGAL.
Publication Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,

STATE OF ILLINOIS. l..
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
In the circuit courI. to the January te m, A. D.,
iSg6
Peoples National bank Va c " Mosher and Isa-
bella r. Mansfield, widow OF Herry Mansfield.
deceased; Henry Mansfield, Jr., now Henry
Mansfield; Nathaniel Mansfield. Eliza II
Mansfield, Margaiet Mansfield. now Maryare'
Mansf"li Green; Sadie Mansfield, now Sa' sll
Mansh ID Newton. ElerOr Mansae'd, now
Eleanor Mansfield Ross, Isabelle + Newton,
Fannie Blakesee and Louiss Z MQsher. only
heirs flaw OF Henry Manifold, deceased.
fiidavit OF the non sidence Of above nan ed
defendants, G W Mosicr ana Louise Mosher,
impleadei with above sefend. nts, Isabelle +
Mansfield. widow OF Henry Mansfield. Cecciscd
Henry Mansfield, !r now Henry Mansfield; M
thaniel Mansfelc. Eliz. II MANSFIELD Margaret
Mansfield, now MargH ret Nam lie Id GrN.u: sadie
Mansfield. now >ar all aiau- field Newton; Elcsror
Mansii:ld now Eleanor Mansfield Ross. Isabelle
Newton aTd Fannie Bake. .lee, havin. been
& ed in the clerks o5ice OF The circuit
c 'ur' 81 sail county, notice j. therefor, here
tlat the complainant fled his bill Of com
plant in the id couIt the chancery .ine
theIeO. on the 2lst dsy Of August. A. d. 1896
and that an aiins Summons has been issued out OF
said court; wherein said emit is pending
returnablc on the :irst Monday in the month .oi
January ieXt.
Nov. uul.ss you, the said NJ n-r .siecnt dc
PENDANTS above named, e. w Mosher and 'ouist
J. VI osLer. siIa persoI ally be and appear befoi,
the said circuit court on he fist day OF tn,
next term thereof. to be holden at Rock 1slani
~ and for raid couEty, On the fret Mondsy T.
January next. 1886 and plead. answer or Gcmu
Z, the said com'lsinants bbl e complaint. tn,
same aud the matters therein charged and stste,
viii he taken as confessed and decree enterc,
Gailst you according 20 the prayer OF raid bill
GEORGE L. W. GAMBLE, CLERK.
Has X BUToBD, Compiairants solicitors.
Rock Island. lA.. Nov. 70, 1925.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-12-07
EDUCATION In ROCK ISLAND.


hundred pupils and has well-nish
ou'grown its present quarters. The
high school should be regarded with
| pride by every citizen, for as an edu-
cational factor its value in the COM
munity cannot be overestimated
Under the management of Mr.. Hal
sey and his efficient corps of teach
ers. most excellent work is being
done. In the study of the languages,
mathematics. literature and sciences,
the most approved methods are en-
ployed and the results are good.
The board of education as it is able
seeks to add to the library and appa-
ratus.
Included in the corps of teachers
are three special teachers, who give
the instruction in music. drawing
and calisthenics, and the work ac-
complished in these branches is very
satisfactory.
Kind Words for Former Superintendent.
1t is, perhaps, not too much at
this Jurcture to speak of the part
taken by S. S. Kemble in the up
building of our schools. He was
associated for 81 years with the
school work of the city. during the
last IA as superintendent. and to
him. more than any other person,
their present status is due. To
teachers and pupils he was staunch
friend, and his blameless life and
| true moral worth made him a power
| Tor good in the community.
Granted good schools, fine build
! ings, conscientious teachers and ap-
proved methods. there is still another
| important factor in the proper e,!u-
cation of children, viz: the cooper
alton OF parents. Many parents
scarcely know the name OF the
teacher to whom they have entrusted
the education of their children, and
fail utterly in sympathetic apprecia-
tiOn of the efforts put forth. We be-
speak closer relation between the
school and the home, and this can
be brought about by frequent visits
| Of parents to the schools.
| NORA c. HAMILTON.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-12-07
LEGAL
Notice of Publication.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY, o

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY,
In the Circuit court. January term, Is96.
Rock Island Savings Bank. 8 scorroration, vs. Virgil
n. Blanding. Annie +. Bland!ng. Frank Haller
and Henry Lempfert. In chancery. General
No 39i..
Affidavit Of the noa-resden.c n the above
named defendant. Fiank Halier. implicated with
the above defendants, Nir.il VI. tlanding. Anne
E.Blanding aud Henry Lempfert. having been filed
In the clerks office OF the ci'cuit court OF said
con- notice II therefore herebyg to the sa,d
non-rcsiccnt defendant that the COM painant q ed
its bill Of complaint In sad court. on the chan
cery aide thereof. on the s6th day of November,
1906. and that thcreupon q summons iseucd out
uf said court. wherein suii ia now pendIUg. re
returndblr on the first Monday In the month Of
January next. ~ by law required. Now. IN
less yop. the said nonresident defendant above
nam Il. Frank Ualler, shall personally be snd
appear before the said C'scuit court on the fret
day Of tho next term the reof, To be holden al
Rock Island In ard for he SAID county, on the
fret Monday In January next, aud plead. answer
or demur tn the said bill of complaint.
the zane ard the matters and things
therein charged and stated will b. taken as con-
fesscd, ami a decree snt red against you accord
ing to the prayer OF said bili.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island, Illinois. Nov. 20. A. u. 1895.
JACKSON & lluEsr. Ccmplainau's' solicitors.