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The advocate., 1896-05-20
Gardening on Board Ship.

The ship Mowhan, on leaving Belfast
for the United States, took on board as
ballast two thousand tons of Irish soil,
which, when levelled off, made quite
stretch Of ground, and as the soil Of Ire
land is proverbially fertile, the ships
company proceeded to put it to good use
by planting a stock of cabbages, leeks,
peas, beans, and so on, in it. The seeds
came up all right, and the plants
flourished finely, and when the ship was
in the tropics, grew with great rspidity.
The crew and the ships apprentices
amused themselves by wedding and
cultivating the plants and all had green
vegetables to their hearts content. AS
they came round the Horn the garden
was replanted, and by the time they
reached the equator everything was q
bloom, and all the hands feasted on fresh
garden vegetables daily. The only
drawback in the garden were the weeds,
which grew 80 rapidly that they could
hardly be kept down, ard the drove OF
pigs which were kept in the farm-yard
attachment, and which on several occs-
sions, when the ship was bucking into a
nor'easter and rolling heavily, broke out
Of the bounds and made serious inroads
on the garden. The last pig was killed
and served up with green vegetables just
before the Mowhan entered the Columbia
river. On the arrival of the Mowhan at
Portland, U. S. A., the Irish soil was
discharged on the wharf, and piled up
neatly, so that any exiled patriot who
desires a bit Of the "ould sod" can be
accommodated.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
The Father Of Waters.

The Mississippi river is, in many re-
spects, remarkable stream. Including
the Missouri, it is 400 miles long, the
longest In the world, except, perhaps, the
Nile, the exact length Of which is not vet
determined, It's system drains an area
OF 1,l47OO0 square miles, on which there
is an annual rainfall Of $500, ,OOO, 100000
cubic feet, Of which the river carries
away 18, 8,9OOOO0,OOO,OOO. AtNew Orleans
it is 5000 feet wide, and though at the
bends 1t broadens to a mile or mile and
half, this remains the average width
for 1000 miles, the junction with it Of
many important streams making it
deeper but no wider. It annually trans.
ports to the gulf s12,5OO,OO0,OO0 pounds
of sediment, or enough to cover a square
mile Of ground 241 feet deep. More
money has been spent in itsYmprovement
than on any other river on the globe and
still it remains almost unmanageable.-
st. Louis Globe. Democrat.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
CalcImlne for Wall and Ceiling

Soak one-quarter of pound of glue
over night in water. Add pint of clear
water in the morning, set in a tin vessel,
and put it in larger one Of boiling
water on the fire, stirring until dissolved
and decidedly thin. Put five and one-
half pounds of Paris white into a large
pail; pour over it hot water, stirring all
the time until it is the consistency of a
very thin paste; stir In the glue, mixing
the whole thoroughly, and taking care
to have it smooth. If too thick, add hot
water. Dip your brush in very often
while at work, and stir frequently. Too
much glue will cause it to crack. Apply
with good whitewash brush, making a
thin layer, Before coating the wall, all
cracks should be filled and smoothed
over with plaster of Paris. Calcimine
may be tinted easily by mixing with il
The advocate., 1896-05-20

ordered with the best results, where
exhsusting illness has reduced the body,
or quick growth needs extra nourish-
ment. This fact is given by the Dairy,
the leading dairy paper in England, and
is worthy of thorough investigation. II
the statement can be established and
verified by careful experiment rs an
actual fact, it should prove a rich
bonanza for butter makers. The thing,
however, is at least worth investigating.
Southern CWltiUotOr.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
HOME READING
A CHAPTER ABOUT CHILDREN.

Keep o watch on your words my dBrlings,
For words are wonderful things:
They are sweet, like the bees fresh honey
Like the bees they have terrible stiDgs;
They can bless like the warm, glad sunshine
And brighten lonely life
They can cut, in the strife or anger,
Like an open, two.edged knife.
Leb them pass through your lips unchGllenged
II their eTrSnd is true and kind
II they come TO support the weary,
To comfort and help the blind.
II bitter, revengeiul spirit
Prompt the words, Let them be unsaid;
They may fash through brain like lightning,
or fall on q heart like lead.
Keep them back, II they're cold and cruel,
Under bar and lock and seal
The wounds they make, my darlings,
Are always slow to heal.
Msy peace guard your lives and ever,
From the time Of your early youth,
May the words that you daily utter
BE the words OF beautiful truth.
The PGnSy.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
CrOOkedness Doesn't Pay.

1t pays to be honest in every profes.
sion. We do not say this because it is
the proper thing to say and the fashion
to say such things. But because we firmly
believe that honesty pays in the end.
The man who sells eggs that he knows
are not fresh, or puts the largest apples
or potatoes at the mouth of the sack, or
praises the COW he sells more than she
deserves, or in any other way tries to
overreach his neighbor- and by neighbor
we mean any man-Will sometime be
obliged to confess to himself that he has
lost money by SO doing, and all this time
he has such dreadfully poor opinion of
himself. .-AmericG9a Farmer.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
Did You Ever Try IT.
The Pdnsy.

Unless your children are perfection"
/ opine that they sometimes become
cross. Pehaps a little wholesome dis
cipline will relieve them OF their mo-
mentsry pet. But when they have
'spell Of the fusses," which continues
for several days, be assured something is
wrong, and decide that ls not case "of
mind over matter" but Of matter over
mind. Nine cases out of ten you'll find
the difficulty lies with their digestion;
something must be done, and that
quickly. Bear in mind that there ia
difference between Indigestion and
constipation. The former consists Of
separating the food into nutritive and
non-nutritive elements, the preparing 1t
by the action Of the various juices for
conversion into blood. 1t is possible for
ones food to be quite thoroughly digested,
and yet the person be troubled with con-
stipation. The nou-nutritive substances
may be so crowded into the narrow
space allotted them as to cause great
difficulty and much pain.
When this alone is the case, as have
said in former article, there is nothing
80 beneficial as the use Of glycerine sup
positories. But whore the etroubleis is with
the stomach, something Of a different
nature is required. And for this purpose
recommend senna tea; not merely for
children, but for grown people as we'll
From any druggist procure a dimes
worth Of SIENNA leaves, using about the
same amount Of these as for common tea
Steep in the same manner, then pour off;
flavor with sugar and cream, and drink
(Use plenty Of milk or creamy This tea
when made as weak as it should be fol
children, has very pleasant taste, and
is most efiicacious medicine; the more
80 because the little ones do not imagine
for a moment that it is medicine. Admin
lister this each eve, or allow them tC
drink it for supper for few days, anC
you will find that their peevishness dis.
appears most effectually.-EHG Bartlett
Simmons, tn Farm and FireSide.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
How to Have a Soft Skin.

A velvety softness and whiteness may
be given to the skin by using pure cas-
tile soap and oatmeal during the process
of bathing. In order to accomplish this
very desirable result, small bags, COM
posed Of thin cheese cloth, about five
inches square, should be made by ma
chine, and each one filled loosely with
the following mixture: Five pounds OF
oatmeal ground fine, half a pound Of
pure CASTLE soap reduced to powder and
pound Of fiDely-powdered Italian orria
root. These ingredients should be thor
oughly mixed together. The oatmeal
bags should be used as a sponge, being
dipped in warm water, when they will
make a thick, rich lsther.-FarmerS
Voice (ChicGgO).
The advocate., 1896-05-20
How to Feed the Brain.

Feed the body as it ought to be fed;
give it good and wholesome nourishment;
use the proper amount and kind OF
exercise; and the brain will be all right,
if you keep it going. It is not myster-
ious something, subject to different sets
of laws from the rest of the body. Eat
ing undue quantities of fish, or anything
else, so that the phosphorus may some
how get into the brain and illuminate it
is useless, not to say foolish.
The best way to keep the brain bright
is to keep it clear; and this may be done
by seeing that the blood is pure, and
active, and hesitates among the organs
Of thought only long enough to feed
them. -E0eTy1Ohere.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
A Three.Cent Meal.

New York has restaurant where a
full meal can be had for 3 cents.
For l, the eater gets a bowl of coffee,
very good coffee, too, and slice Of bread,
not cut thin. If he wants to indulge in
gorgeous square meal, he buys bowl
Of nourishing pea soup for another cent,
and gives an additional cent for two
more slices Of bread. There is q full
pint Of coffee, and there is a quart Of pea
soup. All are clean and Of good quality.
The proprietor makes it pay He buys
bread day old by the barrel for 40
cents. His tramps and vsgrants thus
get better bread than their rich fellow
citizens do.-E0erya0here.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
The Things a Woman Can Do.

There are many things man cannot do.
There are some things woman can do.
Recently the Boston Times, in a spirit Of
fairness, admitted, and even proclaimed,
that there are some desirable things a
woman can do. Here are few:
She can come to conclusion without
the slightest trouble Of reasoning on it,
and no sane man can do that.
Six Of them can talk at once and get
along first-rste, and no two men can do
that.
She can safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he is getting one under his
thumb-nail.
She is cool as cucumber in tight
dress and half dozen skirts, while a
man will fume and growl in one loose
shirt.
She can talk as sweet as peaches to a
woman she hates, while two men would
be punching each others mead before
they had exchanged ten words.
She can throw stone with a curve
that would be fortune to a baseball
pitcher.
She can say "no" in such low tone
that it means "yes."
She can sharpen lead pencil If you
give her plenty Of time and plenty Of
pencils.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
Don't Make People Tired.

Any man who, by pleasant word or
bright remark without any sting to it,
can leave you something nice or divert
ing TO think about, is a benefactor. He
is always welcome everywhere as a
CLEAN Of sunshine on a dismal day. To
be such person one must not comment
on all he sees or knows, but mention or
call attention to only the best or most
cheerful side Of things. Don't the Gym
ical, sneeripg, fault finding, critical fell
low, with bis nose always in somebody's
business, fll your body and soul with
"thst tired feellng?"-Dro0erS Journal.
The advocate., 1896-05-20
Butter as a substitute for Medicine.

1t is one Of the pre- blems which con-
stantly have to be solved by our doctors
how to supply sufficient food to lubricate
the human machine, which is an absolute
necessity, especially in winter, remarks q
contemporary. Young people, growing
quickly, nervous invalids, all suffer from
wasting diseases, such as influenza, and
are often condemned to a course Of cod
liver oil, which, however, seldom agrees
with q weak digestion. Our medical
men have lately hit upon the pleasant
fact that butter is almost, if not quite,
as nourishing as cod-liver oil; and as it is
much easier to assimilate, large doses
can be given with impunity. A quarter
Of pound Of good butter, spread upon
very thin slices of bread, can be taken
with ease in the day by a patient who
cannot digest cod-liver oil, aud is now
The advocate., 1896-05-20
Henry Ward Beecher's Advice to His Son.

Henry Ward Beecher'S Advice to His Son.
From a letter once written to his son
by the famous preacher, we take the
following wise hints, which are good for
all young men-and young women, too:
You must not go into debt. Avoid
debt as you would the devil. Make it q
fundamental rule; No debt-cash or
nothing.
Make few promises. Religiously OBJ
serve the smallest promise. A man who
means to keep his promises cannot afford
to make many.
Be scrupulously careful in all state
ments. Accuracy aud perfect frankness,
no guesswork. Either nothing or ac-
curate truth.
When working for others, sink your
self out Of sight; seek their interest
Make yourself necessary to those who
employ you, by industry, fidelity and
scrupulous integrity. Selfshness is
fatal.
Hold yourself responsible for higher
standard than anybody else expects of
you. Demand more Of yourself than
anybody expects Of you. Keep your own
standard high. Never excuse yourself to
yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a
hard master to yourself, but lenient to
everybody else.
Concentrate your force on your own
business; do not turn off, Be constant,
steadfast, perseyering.
TIE art Of making ones fortune is to
spend nothing; in this country any intel
ligent and industrious young man may
become rich il he stops all leaks and is
not in a hurry. Do not make haste; be
patient.
Do not speculate or gamble. Steady
patient industry is both the surest and
the safest way. Greediness and haste
are two devils that destroy thousands
every year
Lastly, do not forget your fathers and
your mothers God. Read often the
proverbs, the precepts and duties en-.
Joined In the New Testament.
The advocate., 1896-05-20

If castor oil is applied to a wart once
day for month the wsrt will entirely
disappear. In many cases it will not
require 80 long time.
The advocate., 1896-05-20

Youths Companion (price el.75)
with the ADVOCATE, both one year for
02.26.
The advocate., 1896-05-20

yellow ocher, Spanish brown or indigo.
Squeeze through bag into the water -
Farm and FIreStde.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-12

Health and strength carry us
through dangers and make US safe i'll
the presence of peril. A perfectly
strong man with rich. pure blood.
has nothing to fear from germs.
Hs may breath in the bacilli of con-
sumption with impunity. II there
is q weak spot where the germs may
find an entrance to the tissues, then
the trouble begins. Disease germs
propagate with lightning like rapid
ity. Once in the blood the only way
to get rid of them is to kill them.
This is what DR.. Picrce's Golden Med
zeal Discovery is for. 1t purifies tn.
blood. That means that it kills the
germs. but that is only part Of what
it does. 1t assists digestion by slim
ulating the secretion of digestive
fluids. so promoting ass initiation and
nutrition; purifies and enriches the
blood and SO supplies the tissues
with the food they need. 1t builds
up strong, healthy flesh and puts
the whole body into disease-resist-
ing state.
Send 81 one-cent stamps to cover
cost Of mailing only. and get his
book. The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser. absolutely free.
Address. Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, 663 Main street, Buffalo,
N. Y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-12
SOCIAL CIRCLE DOINGs.
Fort Ar metyons Carbon. Knights Of the
Globe. Gives . Dancase Parry.

Fort Armstrong Carbon. kn.ghts cf the
Globe. Gives . Dancing Parry.
Fort Armstrong Garrison 80,
Knights OF the Globe, gave a delight
full dancing party at Industrial hail
last evening. Orto's orchestra pro-
vided the music. At midnight
luncheon was served. The affair,
in which about fifty couples partici-
pated, was 10 charge Of these COM
mittees: Arrangement and invita-
ton. Spencer MattisoD, r. A. Donald
son. Joseph +. Schneider. Phillip
Wiicher, W. L. Gansert, T. S. Mich
ols. William Stewart; reception, Il.
A. Donaldson. Spencer Madison, j..
T. Francis. G. II. Sheldon, M. j.
Young, w. A. Darling. +. ID. Taylor.
e. j. Larkin. j. +. Robinson, George
Schneider, W. Il. Mcintyre. Robert
Kuschmann, S. Il. Stoddard; floor. W.
l.. Gapsert. Willism Stewart, A. j.
Lloyd. Joseph +. Schneider, F. S.
Nichols.
Lodge Election and Feast.
Last evening Island City camp
500. n. W. r., elected officers as fol-
lows:
V. C.-Cbarles Wu,ff, Jr.
W. A.-D II. Smith.
T.. B.-Fred Ksnn.
Clerk. f. Hellpenstell.
Escort-Charles Sunley.
Charles Creiger.
Sentry-William Creiger.
Manager-B. ID. Showalter, three
years.
Physic:ans-Drs. Bernhard and
Bradford.
Delegate-G. H. McKown; alter
nate. John Hetter.
After the session the memb ers en-
joyed banquet on the second floor
of the new Turner hall, which T.
Luchmann spread. Then followed
piano and either music by tho Misses
Luchmann, and vocal selections by
Emil Jacobsen. W. G. Maucker. act.
ing as POSTMASTER, called for miscel-
laneous speeches and number re-
sponded.
Other Events.
Mrs. I. Huber and the Misses
Huber have issued invitations to q
reception Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Lyman Ellinwood was sur-
prised by party Of friends at her
nome on Fifth avenue Thursday
evening, the occasion being her
birthday anniversary.
Eudora Rebekah Degree lodge IS
gave a dancing party at Armory hall
last evening. Sixty couples were in
attendance, and to the strains OF
Bleuer's orchestra kept mp the terp.
sichorean pleasures until another
day bad dawned. 1t was a gr.a,
social success.
The Schnell Social and Literary
club gave the first of series of card
! parties at its rooms in the Industrial
Home building last night. There
were seven tables, progressive
Clique being the order OF the even
ing. Miss Alice Kane carried of the
honors, the prize being beautiful
celluloid bound volume Of "Ths
Lady of the Lake"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-12

Coming rnss,rs-s, ru,., essameo,s.

Tonight at Harper's theatre will
be presented the drama. The Boy
Tramp" The Cincinnati Euauirer
says Of it: +" The Boy tramp Is o
title which does much injustice TO q
really good play. The company is
an excellent one. each member being
capable OF giving an interesting por-
trayal Of the roles assigned them.
The scenery and mechanical effects
are good. The play contains many
striking novelties which one would
do we'll to see."
OF "The Prodigal Father" to be
seen at Harper's Theatre tomorrow
evening. the Boston Herald remarks:
1.-The Prodigal Father furnished a
large audience At the Columbia thea
tire last night with any amount of
fun and frolic There are few pieces
OF the same order that are fuller Of
chances for a good company, and
this production of The Prodig.
Father is in the hands of capable
people. There is tramp, a police
| man, dude aud a numb Der OF other
| people, all OF whom are indigenous
to the soil Of farce comedy, aud they
keep ut the fun making from the b.
ginning to the end OF the perform
ice. OF pretty girls there are five
or six. More than half the time the
plot Of the piece goes out Of sigh,
| altogether aud on its ruins rises a
host of performers with songs and
dances and limitations. This part IL
the performance entirely satisfac.
tory. The audience last night was
of that opinion. for it went off into
storms Of applause for the best fsa-
lures"
The up-to-the-times comedy. Town
Topics" with metropolitan
comedy casts is to be the attraction
at the Burtis opera house tomorrow
evening. 1t is a fret class attrac.
! ton, and one Of the most popular
| that ever left New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-12
Grand Christmas Concert,

A grand Christmas concert will be
given at Augustana college Tuesday.
Dec. 10. at 8 O'Clock. Thorough and
extensive preparations have been GO
ing on for long time for this con-
cert. G. Wennerberg's oratorio.
The Birth Of Christ." and Hsndel's
grand Christmas chorus will be rem
dered by the Conservatory chorus.
Male quarters, solos, etc., accom-.
panied by piano. organ and orches-
ira. 1t will be one Of the hes. COO
ceTts ever given in this vicinity.
General admission IS cents; reserved
seats 80 cents. sold at Augustana
Book Concern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-12
Papa Takes Her Home.

What was considered the happy
marriage Of a well known down.
town couple has come to q somewhat
romantic termination. and. too. be-
fore the honeymoon is scarcely over.
The lady attended a dancing party
given by one OF the social organ.za-
tions few nights ago. The hus-
band, owing TO other business, was
unable to attend. but waited patient
~ for her return. Bot size came not.
The next day he fouod that his
wife's father. who attended the dance.
suspectirg that her married life was
not all that she expected, babe his
daughter return to the parental FIRE.
eide. And she returned.
The husband is now also absen.
from his familiar bsunts. In the
words Of Checkers" "thc matrimo.
nial banistcr is full Of slivers."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-12
THE MCKINLEY BANQUET.
Colo1sd Folks Give ~ Benefit for Their
Now Church.

COiOfeu FOLKS GIVE ~ Benefit Tor Th0lr
Now Church.
Colored folks gave a Mckinley
banquet and literary and musical en-
tertainment at Killers hall last
evening for the benefi. OF their new
chspel. The hail was filled, many
whites being present to extend q
helping hand to the colored people
in their stroke of enterprise. Rev.
j. w. Washington, pastor of the Sec
ond Baptist church, presided. The
hall was nicely decorated with patri-
otto colors. Kew. Murf. Of Daven-
port, pronounced the invocation.
The addresses Of the evening were
made by Z ID. Sweeney and Rev. j.
L Phillips, of Moline, the former
speaking on "The Relation Of the
Colored People to the State" and the
latter on "The American Negro"
Then an excellent program was rem
dered, those taking part acquitting
themselves very creditably. The
Burris orchestra interspersed the
numbers with selections. There
were vocal solos by Miss Nav Bur-
ris, Mrs. c. L. Moore. Mrs. r. b.
Battles, E. Green, Miss Sarah Pier
son. Mr.. Rivers; piano solos, Miss
Mamie Taylor, Miss K. A. Morrison,
Miss I. Adams. Miss NJ. Toliver, C..
c. Hill, Jr.: piano duets, Misses j.
and l.. Terrell, Misses K. A. and Z.
4. Morrison; recitation, Miss Ger
trude Mays; defamation, Mrs. II.
Hoskins; GRAFTON, William II. Moore.
Then came the grand march to
supper. which was led by A. II. Daw-
son. A neat sum was realized from
the banquet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-12
winter Tourist Rsts.

Now In effect via the Chicago. Pc.
oria & St. Louis Railway. TO southern
winter resorts Cheap rates to Mo.
bile, Ala, New Orleans. La, Jack.
sonville. Fla, Hot Springs. Ark. and
other southern points. The direc,
and short line for the south. For ia.
formation call on your local agent OF
address the undersigned.
W. j. MCLEAN.
c. r. & r. A., &. r. q St l.. X. X.
Springfield, Ill.