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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-13
BLESSED REST.


, Mrs. Mary J.. Woodward Posses Away
Early This Morning.
At the house OF her son-in-law
Judge Lucian Adams. at O'Clock
this morning, Mrs. Mary j. Wood
ward passed from earth after . pain
full illness with rheumatism. She
was the widow of w. f. Woodward
who died in October 1892. the couple
having celebrated their golden. we'd
ding anniversary in 1890. Mrs.
Woodward was born in Wilcher.
England, in October, 1920. and hence
was in her 18th year. Her maiden
name was Mayo, her father, Rev.
Joseph Mayo, being an Episcopalian
clergyman. She was married in her
native country and her home had
been in Rock Island since 1869. The
surviving children are: Mrs. c. A.
Jamison and Mrs. Samuel Seabury,
Peoria; Mrs. Lucian Adams, of Rock
Island. and W. H. Woodward, of
Peoria.
The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon from Trinity
church.
Other Deaths.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Max kautz died this morning, being
but q few hours old.
The funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. c. r.
Wheelan's little daughter Mable &C.
| CURED this afternoon from St. Jo-
seph's church.
Charles F. Carlson died yesterday
l 4,
avenue, Of consumption. aged SO
years. He had been employed for
the past Is years at Deere 4 Co.'S. as
blacksmith, coming to this country
from Sweden 26 years ago. He is
survived by a wife and six children.
| Amusemeuts.
| "Side Tracked with julie Walters
in the leading role, will be witnessed
at Harper's theatre tonight. MIR.
Walters, as Horatio Xerxes Booth, is
said to be a whole show in himself
He hobs up at the climaxes in the
nick of time, and is very amusing
There is enough of the melodrama in
s.Side Tracked" for those who like
it, while the specialties and coined :
features will undoubtedly please
those who go to theatres for amuse.
ment.
An excellent company of artists
will present Belasco & DeMille':
great comedy-drama, 1.-The Charity
Ball" at the Burtis opera house Eas
ter Sunday. among whom are John
Stapleton. who is one of Augustiu
Days famous company of players
Mr.. Stapletonimade his first hit and
also won the regard of his austere
manager by playing on startlingly
short notice the difficult part Of
bitter Edge" the eccentric jour.
nalist in "Love on Crutches," one Of
Daly's great successes. He neglect.
ed, however. to inform the surprised
DAILY, that he had been quietly under.
studying this part for some time or
his own account. After this he
Played a number of leading parts
with the Daily company, achieving
great success in every role he under
took. Miss Bernice Wheeler. the
charming and versatile young ac-
tress, who plays the splendid role OF
Ann Cruger in The Charity Ball.
made her first distinct hit with Sol
Smith Russell in his Worlds fair en-.
gagement. She also played lead
ing part in Mr.. Days celebrated
play. ..7-2O-S." Miss Wheeler is a
very handsome woman, about medi-
um height, with a trim figure; her
face is regular in outline and gifted
with rare power of expression. She
has remarkably pretty brown eyes
and almost classical features framed
i'm soft brown hair coiled on the back
of her shapely head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-13
Don't Go

coughing around. You can stop it
if you want to by using Parks Cough
Syrup. If it doesn't cure you. you
can get your money back. Sold by
Hartz & Whenever.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-13

Practice limited to the eye, ear.
nose and throat. Spectacles fitted
scientifically. Office over Krell 4
Maths.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-13
Young Peou,e'e Cbristiau Union.

The annual business meeting of
the Young Peoples Christian Union
of the United Presbyterian church,
was held last evening. and after dis
posing of the regular business the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Presidential. D. Blakemore.
Vice President-Miss Dora Hartz.
Secretary-Miss Lucy Kaiser.
Treasurer-Henry Stelck.
The social committee announced a
s.German" social and the following
program was then carried out in q
very interesting manner:
Castle by the Sea ura slated from the Ger
man b. Lo' gfellOwj Mis-. Mildred Warnock
Selection (German). .........M Miss Kat" Colts van
organ solo,. ..............M MIS-. ~. & Marsh al
Selection (Geiman) Miss Ella Mulack
Vocal Cuet..
Misses Agnes Swanson and Lury Kaiser
Selection German. 1900. Miss Minnie Frederick
The Lame and the Blind (German) W. l.. Ast-r
sketch OF BlrmAfck Henry Stelck
Cake and coffee were served as re-
freshments by the committee. and a
social time was much enjoyed by all
present.
The herald., 1895-12-29
RUSSIANS LIKE AMERICANS

The United States consul general at
ST. Petersburg, Johu Karel, who is in
Washington, was banker AMI success
full lawyer in Chicago before hs entered
the service OF the government; being
first sent as consul to Prague under
the Cleveland iministratlou. He is
about As years old, has extremely dark
hair and eyes, and, though native of
Bohemia, is III trough American ia
style and sentiment. In colversation
with Il reporter Mr.. KArel said:
"lf the Unite States has one genuine
friend among the powers on the other
side it is Russia. The ear aud his
subjects are disposed toward us N The
,indest way, and al American will get
better tred, ment in Rus ia than I'll
zen Of any Other government. l have
mad practical experience of this. 1t is
a common thing, the result of not
knowing their laws, that an American
travelling in Russia will neglec to have
his passports v,sed, that is, approved
by Russian consul. AS the laws are
very strict. this neglect is apt to get
the traveller into trouble and cause
him annoyance and detention by the
authorities Ga numerous occ .slons
[ have seen these regulations waived in
favor Of citizen Of tue United Ststes.
1t would not be done in favor OF sub
jet of any Europe IN nationality.
This is an indication OF the general re-
spect and good will borne by them for
this repubiic. "-Washington Post.
The herald., 1895-12-29
THEIR BOY WAS RESTORED

One OF the most remarka able cases
ever known in the history OF spiritual
ism is ssitating the community in the
vicinity of Westfield, s. d. Several
months ago Henry, the 14-year.old son
of John Small, well'to-do farmer near
the village, died Of consumption, after
lingering illness of over year. The
what advanced in y ears. Henry was
the only remaining chi d of large
family, and for long time the family
were quite inconsolable. They are
sp,ritualists. however, aud, aftera time,
began to tell their frien Is that they
had received several visits from their
dead son, who had told them that his
absence WAS only temporary, and that
he woul be with than again in few
weeks.
Among the. lads companions had
been u scandinavian n.ued Nils Lar
sen, by aged II or Is, whom John
Small had for several years employ I'd
AS An assistant ia his farm work. Nsls
WAS an orphan, and had not even a
uaar relative living. A few days a o he
informed his employer That be had seen
H-u, Us spirit ia u dream, and thar, AS
his own death would make little ditfor-
! ence to anyone except himself, he had
cousenel to Withdraw from hts body
in favor OF his old como ide, 10 order
that the latter might be near his par
ents. The chang, he said. would be
N 41e the following night.
The next day when he appeared he
actually seemed to possess not only
the voice aud manner, but all the
ch4rac eristcs OF the dead boy. His
body alone rem ,iued unchanged. The
old couple we're at once convinced of
the Renuinness of the transformation,
and Immediately took the young man
into their home as their own son. In
order to have everything in due form
they will, however, 1t is said, form ally
adoot hun, and make him heir to their
property.
One or the most remarkable feat
of the case is that, while young Small
WAS we'll educated and Larsen had re-
| oeived scarcely any school * and
| spuke English with strong foreign
accent, the latter sesms, since the al.
legged TRANSFER of souls, TO be possessed
of all Small's requirements, speaks
good English, and shows none of the
marks OF the Scandiuavian's former
habits. Even the more skeptical among
The herald., 1895-12-29
HEALTH AND HARD TIMES

IL am in hurry" said Mr.. Charles
j. E. Parker, billiard expert and man
about-town, to another man he met on
Dearborn street last night.
billiards? No. Billiards are Just
trido quiet just now, though I see a
match or two in the near future. Just
now I am go ng TO New York in the in.
terest of the cottin industry No, that
isn't strange; l was in com mercial life
before I went into the billiard business.
"How's the coffiu business? LIS bad.
I don't suppose you ever gave much
thought to that profession. It's funny,
though fact, that in financially hard
times deaths are few; the mortality
rate goes down to zero. Account for
it? Sure thug. When money is plenty
people load up their stomachs with
large cold bottles, small, hot birds,
angel food, r iquefort cheese, aud i'm
ported asparagus. This, mark you, on
stomach originally built to accom-
modate pork aud beans and h4pj 4cke
acts disastrously. Hence busy days
for the registrar of vital statistics and
the undertaken. When money is scarce
the ordinary citiZ-n returns to Ills
natural diet of corned b sef and cab
bags AM potatoes wi, b their jackets
on. Tnen come the cold days for the
coffin builder, and the registrar afore-
sal sticks his feet up on his desk and
smokes cigarettes all day.
"Cotfiu trust? Us dead. Used to be
known AS the N ,tional Burial Casket
association. That's dead and buried.
Business all split up nowadays. One
lot OF firms furnishes the caskets, an
other the handles you cling to when
cJnvryinx yonr dead friend down stairs,
still another has a monopoly of supply
ing the 'studs,' or little nails that deco
rate the box, viii yet another does q
land .otfice business in shrouds. Let
me take your order for frilled shroud?
NJ? Well, good by" and the casket
fend dehantly Int another cisare to,
grinned. and disappeared in the gather
ing gloom.-Cnicago Inrer-Ocean.
The herald., 1895-12-29

are to be looked upon as resulting
largely from want of self-control, and
it il satisfactory to nots that since the
year 1874, when they reached their
b 6 lest point, these child marriages
hive been steadily decreasing in fire..
quency. 1t is then with some anxiety
aud surprise that we note that some
branches of the royal family SCI m to
separate themselves from the educated
elias es aud to lin the prolstariat
the preparation Of this evil custom of
early marrying.
II is not necessary to go far for ex-
amples. H. II H. the Empress Fred
erlck was married when uuder Is years
of age, while ono Of her daughters was
married when aged II years aud 7
months. OF the daughters of the Duke
OF tdinburxh, one WAS married when
II years and months, and another
when II years aud 5 months old, aud
now We hear Of the eng.g smsnt of the
PrIncsss Alexandra. who was II years
Old on September l.-From the Hos
pital.
The herald., 1895-12-29

of newspaper engraving in the last
thirty-one years. We are prone, all Of
Us, to poke fun a. newspaper lllus,rt-
tons; but until we place the stiff,
hackneyed poses, the conventional ar
bors and trees OF the sos beside the
free curves aud strokes even OF the
chalk plate pictures of 1895, we do not
realize how little we have to grum BILE
atout, or, to put it more truthfully,
perhaps, ,ow much we havs to be
thankful for.
Times were too serious in 1864 for
persitlage ami short paragraphs full Of
trivolity and merriment, 80 these ele-
ments are lacking in The Southern H.
lustrHted News, bat there are short ar
ticles that are above the av rage con-
siderably in true literary merit.
The editorial leader OF Apri! % is,
as becomes editorial leaders In times
OF serious crises, full Of hope and
prophecy of speedy victory. 1t ap-
pears jIst after the brilliant success at
Fort Pillow, and while Grant and Lee
we're, IN iis own language, "daily men,
acing each other on the banks OF the
R4pidan and R+ppshannock." II is
very apparent that journalistic human
nature IN 1860 was the same in Rioh-
mond as in New YORK; vict cries for
ones own side were maRuitied and de-
feats made little of. But, in spite Of
this fact, which surprises nobody, and
which is quite the right thing III war
times, the little 1S-by-12-inch shsets of
the Southern Illustrated Nsws are
more interesting now than In their re.
hellious freshness, and the time may
come when years subscription will
really be worth $40, not in confeder-
ate scrip, neither 'ln county nor indi-
vidusl money" but in Uncle Sans own
certificates, redeemabl4 IN gold in every
cOQhtry of the world.-St Louis Globe-
Democrat.
The herald., 1895-12-29
BEAUTY AS AN EDUCATOR
BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS sTErsoN

BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS STET5ON
1t is a new thing for she little ones of
mankind to go TO >. school called the house
of roses. Do heboy's hall they have had |;
Mr.. Graderiud's georneirica SURROUNDINGS {;
the stiff grandeur of our Fl ,ishng schools
for young ladies'; the plain comfort OF Rug
by and its peers. and the big, OBSERVATIONS
public school building of America, where
the educational effect of hard-tnished
white walls, neatly ornamenied with a
broad band of bla ,kboard, is tried upon
them.
Bnt house of roses! A house tina
savors of fairy land, that has s,rane
curves and cor. .ers dear 10 young i'm gina
ton, ciitncing stairwavs and fl ,wer-
screened roof gardens. airy play ground
trimmed with flowers aud shaded with avn
ing; all beautiful, rich. suggestive, mys-
terious-this is new thing in school
houses. 1cs-
And why not?
We who take such pains to ''make home
beaitifiil," who decorate our churches for
festivals and our halls for any SORT of en-
tertAinment, for what reason under heaven
do we leave our schools so ugly-our
schools, where the mind of the ch,ld is sup
posed to be- trained, " ere he Is sent to be
educated? Can you educate child in an
atmosphere of bl aux, depressing ugliness
and exp. c. him to know beauty and appre-
cate IL thereafter? supp ,se cur la i'd
scape was all black and whlte, and we had
to spend all our ives in ec,angul AZ rooms,
sh aiid Ne b.. even as good as we are now?
The old idea of education has always
Seemed to consider childhood as period
of penal serviiuhe
Today we are beginning to learn that IL
was moi essentially wicked to be young !;
that child's behavior is necessarily DIFF
ferent from grown PERSONS, and should
be allowed for; and that the years In
which children are learning how to be
people should be surrounded with every
wise and lovely influence.
The herald., 1895-12-29
DYKES WAR JOURNALISM
The year 1895 has been full of echoes

The year 1896 has been full of echoes
pleasantness, with some thirty years
and more between Us and April 8, 1865,
seems SO far away, except to few vet
Grams In blue or gray, AS almost to
have never been. With the dedication
of Chiokamauga, Lookout mountain,
Missionary ridge, aud the great battle
ground of Tenues 90 into national
park, "reminiscences have sprung up
on every hand, and battles have been
fought over and over again. Every
Preside that Can date back to the re-
bellion has had its contribution to give
to the spirit of recollection that is
abroad in the land. Some of the most
interesting memories are those that
are revived by the fireside and hat do
not get into print at all, especially in
the states south of Mason aud Dixon's
line. where the battles were fought at
the very doors, and where the actual
incidents of war came home to the
people and abide with them yet, more
wildly than would be possible away
from the scene of action.
But of all the reminiscent echoes
from the ex-confederacy, there are few
in the journalistic line. Once in while
somebody runs across Vlcksburg
newspaper printed on wallpaper dur
ing the siege, Memphis Avalanche or
a Richmond Wing; but journalism in
the south during the civil war was of
minor importance. Pressmen, editors
and reporters were needed Eat the
front" and a courier could bring the
news of battle sooner than u crippled
printing Office could set the type to
tell the uIrefui news. There we're
newspapers, of course, with their lists
of killed, wounded aud missing, and
their more or less authentic accounts
of victories and skirmishes; but those
that could Do depended upon for news
were scarce, and literally publication
hal but few days aud were full sor-
rows.
OF these latter, which eked out pre-
carioUs existence and struggled
through three or four volumes, WAS
the Southern illustrated News, en-
eight-page publication, four columns
to the page, published in Richmond by
Mesr Ayres & Wade, who were at
once editors and proprietors, and prob
ably, if the truth were known, compos-
itors and pressmen, reporters and gen.
eral "hustlers." Two copies of this
weekly, yellow with age and poor ink,
have drirted into the writer's posses
sion; they are valuable souvenirs now
of the slate unpleasantness," but in a
very few years they will be more vslu-
ole curios Of period trat has quite
hi,fa al ia
of one bears the date April %, 1861, land
is fol oAed by an announcement of
terms" that, in the days of penny pa
pers, rather takes away ones breath.
1t reads: Subscriptions, $40 per an
mum; $40 for Six months (no snbsorip-
tions taken for a less time) The trade
supplied at $25 per 100. No county or
individual money TAKEN"
No line il drawn at confederate
scrip. in which, of course, the $40 sub
scription was paid, but even Messrs.
The herald., 1895-12-29

Prominent nong these is the influence
OF beauty; real, true, high beauty. "tl,e
KIND you read about" beauty that shall
keep the memories of nature and the
hopes of paradise fresh in the chill heart,
and that snall put far off the day which
Wordsworth so patheticaly describes,
where "the shadows of The pri-on-hnuse
close round the growing bly," Here there
are shadows of palms and broad banana
leaves across cool. bteeze-swept pave
ments; shadows of delicate frnnds and
teniril, OF bud and bloom; shadows of
arch and pillar and leaf-softened caves
no shadow of the prison-house in the
house of roses From Land of Sunshine,
Sep ember, S9o
The herald., 1895-12-29
Hard. n eaded Wash Nash

A Missouri negro named Wash Nash
is the champion hsrd-headed man.
Last Friday he and Jim Potts we're
fooling with revolver when it went
off, the ball striking Nash in the fore
head squarely between the eyes. The
contact was dangerous for the bullet,
which was f14ttened out. Nash WAS
not even stunned. Nash now Can hold
his place beside the negro woman
whose skull broke into splinters a
chair with which she Was struck.
The herald., 1895-12-29
BOBBY'S DREAM

Dedicated to Mrs Adel's "Casa de Rosas."
His head was pillowed on his arm
The doCrst p WAS so cold!
1t was pit GUS restin place
For grief, at six years old.
But away from smoky London,
In the lendor of the west,
Bobby's cream flew to he shelter
Ola loving woman's breast.
And he built lovely homestead
in that city far away;
Called its name 1.-The House of Roses"
For the chiidren's wo or play.
And the ildren gathe ed to 1t
In such n mbers, and so fast
BoDbys dream Il Il + roe bel vision.
Shall be worldwide fact, at lasti
One fair day the whole earth's childhood
Shall b happy, safe, and Tree;
And the word the xii der arten
OF u pure humanity.
L ORMIsToN CHANT.
London, England, 1893
The herald., 1895-12-29
A New netal

Glucinium is the name Of a new
metal which seems to be destined to
become of great Importance in the
very near future. On account of it's
peculiar qualities it VIII be used es-
pecially for electrical purposes. As
it's atomic weight ia II and its specific
gravity 100, its trac i've power is n
siderably greater than that OF iron and
its conductibility is equal to that of
silver. Glucinium, therefore, is more
capable OF resistance than iron and a
better conductor than copper. and
in addition to all chat it is
lighter than alumni /. If these
claims for this ne< metal ,hould
be confirmed for practical use there
is No doubt that elucinium will be used
extensively for cleo rlcal purposes, che
more 30 rs it's commercial value will
amount to about $40 pound, or $50
times less than the same volume and
ten times less than the same weight Of
platinum.
The herald., 1895-12-29
AVERAGE AGE OF MARRIAGE

The average age at which women in
the diffsr ol4ss,s of society marry
Is not without interest, varying as it
doss, according to Ne ssholms, from
% 16 among miners to 26 among the
professional and independent classes.
It would appear that early marriages
The herald., 1895-12-29

the friends of the family, who main
tain that the whole thing is clever
ruse on the part of the foreigner to Sc
cure good home and Ultimately pos
session of the Snslls' acres, are puz-
zled to account for these phenomena.
Butte Inter- Mountain.
The herald., 1895-12-29
A rlissourl Editors Idea

A Missouri editor offers a years
subscrip' ion to his paper to the young
woman who will write him the best
proposal Of marriage.
The herald., 1895-12-29

The man who prays for congress
gets only 5000 year, and it is the only
real hard job in the whole outfit
Springfield Democrat.
The herald., 1895-12-29

*%D:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-08-21

When the Naval Reserves of Cali
fornia went on their annual cruise the
other day on the United States cruiser
Olympia a number of homing pigeons
were taken along. These birds were
liberated at frequent intervals and
brought detailed reports ashore of
what was going on aboard ship. The
birds for this purpose were furnished
by San Francisco faUcier, but the
Government has birds enough of its
own for the purpose and would have
furnished some of them for the Olym-
pia if that cruisers officers had asked
for them.
The San Francisco experiments
demonstrated anew the value of having
homing pigeons for carrying messages
from sea to land. The United States
army and navy officers already under
stand how important this feature will
be in time of war, and are trying hard
to induce the Government to establish
a regular pigeon messenger service
and to make suitable appropriation
for it.
Lofts are maintained ut Federal
forts in Massachusetts, Rhode Island
and Connecticut. At Annapolis is the
best equipped station in the country.
1t is connected with the Naval Acade-
my, and is in charge of Professor II.
Marion. Pigeons from this loft are
frequently sent to sea on cruisers and
prove useful.
Once a seaman was killed on board
the Constellation when the vessel was
about twelve miles out at sea. Two
birds were liberated bearing messages
which told of the accident and stated
that the body would be sent ashore in
steam launch. Later on the weather
became unfavorable and two more
birds were sent out with messages ask
ing that the Staudish be sent for the
body. The birds were liberated at
o'clock, and at noon of the same day
the Standish was alongside the Cou-
stellation and had brought the four
birds back. New York Press.