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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
What q Kurd Is Like,

In color they are usually no darker,
and often not nearly so dark, as south
ern Europeans. The eyebrows and lash.
es and eyes are generally black, and
nose aquiline and fine, and the mouth
well formed. The face is long and oval,
while i'll stature medium height seems
to be general. The chin is.shaved, the
mustache alone being left, and over it
no end of trouble is taken with comb
ana wax. The hair is usually shaved!
along the top of the crown, but left
long on either side, though little or
nothing of 1t is visible, owing to the pc
culiar and Characteristic manner in
which the men deck their heads. The
Kurd's costume is distinctly his own,
and except in the south, where he has
come more or less under Persian infiu-
enco, he never abandons it. A high silk
pointed cap crowns the head, round
which is woven u number of silk scarfs
and handkerchiefs i'll skillfully arranged
disorder.
The favorite colors for these turbans
are dark claret and gold, with here and
there narrow stripe of some brilliant
hue. The rough fringes are left hanging
down, as often rs not covering the eyes
and ears of the wearer and adding not "a
little to his fantastic appearance. Over
white linen shirt, with sleeves that
end i'll points more than a yard long, so
that they touch the ground, silk coat
is worn, crushed strawberry being the
fayorite color, though cherry color and
white satin are almost equally com
mon. These coats are made collarless
and open at the neck and fold across the
breast. being held i'll place by a wide
silk sash skillfully folded and inter-
twined. In this sash the long pipe and
curved dagger are thrust. s
Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Kissing.

An English journal prints the follow
ing: "A very disagreeable habit of the
king of Portugal is that he kisses his
male friends. The princes of our reign
ing house all do this, and of course it is
common enough abroad; but, thank
heaven, SO far this nasty looking ono
matter how really innocent) habit has
never become fashionable in this coun-
try. 1t is of course all mere question
Of etiquette, but let us fervently pray
that Englishmen when they meet with
or part from their friends will never get
to think it the correct thing to kiss one
another. Etiquette in parting varies all
over the world. In America the men
shake hands and the women kiss one an
other and sometimes cry, for the Amer
lean ladies are champion weepists. In
France and in Italy even more the wom-
en weep, while the men kiss and hug
one another almost as vigorously as if
they were in wrestling match. An
English woman shakes hands with a
man of her acquaintance, while in Spain
she always gives her hand to be kissed.
1t makes the same sensation in Madrid
for man to take a woman's hand and
shake it as it would i'll London for a for
eigner to seize lady s hand and kiss it. "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
The Shop Has Brains.

The tendency of successful business is
to enlargement, and with enlargement
come n new multitude of agents, a new
variety of markets, new kind of COM
petitive danger, to avert which absolute
ly requires mind. The very number of
his employees compels the great trades
man of our day to become a judge of
character; the very expansion of his
market drives him to study many coun-
tries. many tariffs, many laws, and his
extreme danger from competition makes
OF him an artist, chemist and critic.
The process is slow, because he is al
ways governed by the idea of selling,
and he often learns rather to know pub
lie taste than to know what taste is and
to seek in his purchases the popular
rather than the good, but still the proc
ess must develop his mind.
Spectator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
A Tramp's Trick.

"Say, partner, yer from New York,
uin't yep l heard one tramp say to an
other the other day as they sat summing
themselves OH opposite sides Of the path
i'll Union square.
The weary gentleman addressed made
an evasive reply intended to create the
impression Of a negative without being
one Ill terms.
eyes, y'aro," continued the first in
an aggravatingly persistent tone of
voice. I've been watchin yer, an
yer've been keepin that foot O. yours
movin all the time yer was asleep, an
tn amt but one place in this country
where the gazabos learn that, an that S
i'll City Hall park, New York, where
yer have to give the cops some kind O.
excoos while yer settin up sleepin or
they'll run yer in. I've been there,
partner, an l kin do it myself.
"But, say" and the voice assumed a
confidential, contemptuous tone, "you
don't have to do it in this town. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Aroma and Bouquet In Wines.

"Aroma and bouquet" said q we'll
known wine expert, ''are too often tax
ell to mean the same thing in Wine
Flavor pertains especially to the liDger-
ing aftertaste of wine when swallowed
Aroma and bouquet appeal only to the
smell, and the former exists in the grape
itself. while bouquet only manifests
itself long after fermentation is COM
pleted. Bouquet is never present except
III the purest wines. 1t seems to arise
from union of several agreeable odors,
and any mixture would surely destroy
1t. There are no truly fine wines with
out strikingly marked agreeable bou-
quet, and where all other qualities are
of equal perfection the bouquet makes
the distinction that gives to the wine
Possessing it always the preference. -
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Uncertainty and Certainty.

Two men met unexpectedly in the cor
ridor of down town office building.
''Hold on, William! What's your
hurry? How are you? You look worried.
Anything wrong?"
mot much, but, to tell you the
truth, I've just left -, and I can't
tell whether he has lied to me or not.
How are things with you:"
$50 so. I've just had big disap-
pointment, Il ats all
'You take it easily"
''Think SO: I've had a deal on hand
for three months, and expected to close
it out today, but this morning the other
party told me frankly that his princi-
pals couldn't take it up. Now it's of
my mind and I'm glad of it,
"Sure there's no funny businessT'
'Sure"
Il wish I was. So long,"
One man smiled and the other scuwl.
ed.-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Oze Way to Tell Time.

"What time is it:'' asked the jani-
tor of down town Office building.
The old fellow reached into his vest
pocket, pulled cut battered silver
watch, looked at it intently, and then
taking a pencil from another pocket jot-
ted something down ON bit of paper.
Next he reached into another pocket and
pulled out a second watch, the compan-
ion of the first, looked at it and again
jotted something down Oh a bit of paper.
Then he began little computation on
his slip Of paper, after which he an
nOunced:
''At the time you asked, sub, it was
jnst-21 minutes past 3. That's exact"
Much cbliged,"I said. "But will
You kindly explain to me why you had
to look at two watches and go through
all that figuring before you could tell
me:"
why, You see, suh," he replied,
this here watch that l carries in NV
vest is a mighty good watch, bat it loses
jast ten minutes every day. This other
watch that L carries in my pants is Just
as good, but it gains ten minutes every
day. So first / looks at one, and then l
looks at the ether, and then l takes my
pencil and figures out the average be-
tween the two. That way l gets the
time exact, sub. Buffalo Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Value of CelerY Root.

The root Of the celery plant is not as
widely appreciated as it should be. An
authority cited by the Boston Journal
says Of it:
1.-The root of celery has been sadly de-
spised, outraseously misunderstood. 1t,
too, is at the service of man during
greenless months, when, so feeble is his
Imagination, he seldom scars above
sprouts. 1t may be boiled, and then
white sauce well becomes it; it may be
fried in close embracing bread crumbs /;
1t may be fashioned into puree; it may
be stewed. Why let it linger longer, the
wallfiower of the green grocer's stall?
Celery, in root and bunch, soothes-a
rival to opium. Eat it for which of its
many excellences you will, only see that
you eat it. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
A DOG THAT REASONED,
las Noew when 1t Was Safe to sieep on
Els Masters Bed.

Els aSSSrS He'd.
No one that knew Bombshell ever
doubted that he reasoned and thought.
Gut occasionally / would find a stranger
who was not inclined to believe it, and
then l would tell him the following
story: Ny parlor was front casemate
which opened by an arch into my bed
room, back casemate. a casemate
may be described as room in the wall
Of a fort, generally intended, in war
time, to hold gun or powder, while in
time of peace many of them, like mine,
are fitted up for use as quarters for Off
GERS and soldiers.
BOmbsheil had his own bed in the
back easement, but he preferred my bed
and wonld use it whenever he could. 1
had tried - break him OF the habit, but
had not been successful
One day he came in wet and muddy,
ard, as usual. curled up on my white
connterrane. The result was awful As
much Is hated to do so, felt obliged
to give him thrashing.
never caught him Oh my bed again.
He would still get on it; but, no mat
ter how quietly came i'll, would al
ways find him on the floor, though
could see from the rumpled condition of
the bed that he had been on it, and Of
ten the spot where he had slept would
still be warm.
One evening I went out, leaving
Bombshell lying by the parlor stove.
Out Of curiosity peeked through the
half turned Stats of my shutters and
watched him. From my position 1 was
able to see the whole of both of my
rooms.
For awhile Bombshell did not move /;
then he raised his head and looked at
the door; finally he got up, stretched
himself, yawned sleepily, walked to the
bed, jumped up, and put his fore paws
On 1t. Standing in this position, a
thought struck him, and he said to him
self:
Suppose that my master hasn't gone?
he Will catch me and then shall get Il
licking. I'll go and make certain that
he is not coming back.
l know that he said this because he
took his paws off the bed, walked eau
tiously back to the front door, and, with
his ear close to the crack, he listened.
At last, satisfied that had really gone,
he trotted back to the bed, jumped Oh
1t, curled up and went to sleep.
After such a clever act I thought that
he had earned his sleep, so l went away
and left him. Nicholas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
A Beginning In Literature.

For my first effort to sail the sea of
letters 1t occurs to me that I ought to
say that my fathers literary reputation
cannot be held responsible.
l had reached Ito take step back
ward Ill the story the mature age of ID.
l was little girl in low necked ging-
ham dresses. l know, because 1 remem-
Der had on one (of a purple shade and
Incredibly unbecoming to half grown,
brunette girl one evening when my
first gentleman caller came to see me-
felt that the fact that he was my Sun
day school teacher detracted from the
importance of the occasion, but did not
extinguish it. 1t was perhaps $3.50,
and, Obediently to law and gospel,
had gone up stairs.
The actual troubles of life have new
er dulled my sense of modification ut
overhearing from my little room at the
head of the stairs, where was strug-
Cling to get into that gingham gown
and present a tardy appearance, a voice
distinctly excusing me ON the ground
that it was past her usual bedtime and
she had gone to bed. Whether the an
gulsh of that occasion SO far aged me
that 1t had anything to do with my first
literary undertaking cannot say, but
am sure about the low necked bingham
dress, and that it was during this par
ticular year that determined to become
an individual and contribute to The
Youths Companion.
did SO. My contribution was accept
ed and paid for by the appearance in
my fathers postoflice box of the paper
for year, and my impression is that
wore high necked dresses pretty soon
thereafter and was allowed to sit up till
O'Clock. At any rate, these memora-
BILE events are distinctly intertwined in
my mind. Stuart Phelps in
McClure's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
THE BLOND eRAkEMAN's STORY.
1t May BE Read With Profit by Present
Day Record Breakers.

1t May BE Read With Profit by Present
Day Record Breakers.
The Railroad club met Tuesday even
ing in the usual place, and after short
business session the boys drifted into
shop" conversation. The fast run Of
the general managers special from Hope
to Missoula was commented on, and
the talk Oh fast runs became general.
Several stories of remarkable time made
on different occasions We're related, and
when the blond brakeman got the floor
he saw he was expected to break the rec
ord. And he did.
Speaking Of fast runs" said he,
"why, that little Montana Union line
lays over anything l ever saw. No Dutch
clocks or anything else to hold q man
down there. l worked for that road
when Bob Smith was dispatcher, and
when he told the boys to wheel 'em'
we all knew what it meant. One day we
We're going north and were delayed in
various ways until we reached Stewart.
Bob wired the con. at that point that he
wanted our train to get to Garrison Just
as quick as God would let u.s. We had a
clear track when we started, and it
wasn't long before the telegraph poles
looked like a picket fence The biggest
burst of speed was reserved for the
home stretch-from Deer Lodge to Gar
rison-l1 miles. We didn't stop at Deer
Lodge, but as we approached that place
the engineer sounded the whistle as
usual, and You may take my head for a
football if the SLOW sign in the CARR
son yards wasn't passed by our train be-
fore that whistle had ceased to sound. I"
This made the boys look weary, but
the 'braky" hadn't finished yet. He
continued:
We'll, we put our train away and
were resting ourselves when we glanced
up the track and saw dark streak ap-
preaching at a lightning gait. We were
astounded for an instant, but as it slow
ed up we readily recognized it as the
shadow of the train we had just brought
ill.,"
And the boys all rose up, and after
presenting the relator with regularly
signed license tho club adjourned.
Missoula Silverite.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
It Wasn't q Generals Egg,

An amusing anecdote is given in the
Madras Mail about Calcutta life of a
bygone generation. 1t relates to Lord
Wellesley Duke of Wellington) and is
as follows: The great man had been
given bad egg for breakfast, and
smiling at it he called to his valet !:
"Lamell, bad egg! What an atrocious
thing TO have given me"' The valet
hurried mp with serious face, examin-
ed the egg closely and then exclaimed /:
i entreat your forgiveness, my lord.
The stupid servant has given your lord
ship i'll mistake an aid-de-camp's egg"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Administrator Notice.
Estate OF Mary &, Hoffman. decea

Estate OF Mary G. Hoffman, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ad-
ministratrix OF the estate Of Mary G. Hoffman.
late OF the county OF Rock Island, stat.. Of
Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that h..
will appear before the comfy court OF Rock Island
county, at the ONCE Of the clerk Of sad court in
the city OF Rock Island, at the February term on
the arst Monday in February next, at which time
all persons having claims against raid estate are
notified and requested IL attend, for the purpose
Of having the adjusted.
All persons indebted TO said estate are request
ed to make Immediate payment TO the under
signed.
Dated this 20ih day OF December, A. u. 1898.
GRACE BUFORD, Administering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Masters Sale.

Stair OF ILLINOIS.
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
In the circuit court in chancery. Foreclosure.
General No. $3.50.
John Crubaugh VS. Myra Walker ana George w.
Wrlker.
Notice is hereby given that By virtue Of a de-
cree OF said c,urt- entered in the above entitled
cause, on the st1 Gay II December, A. ID 1885, /
shall on Saturday. the let day Of February, A. D.
1895. at the hour OF O'Clock the afternoon, at
the south door Of the court house, IN the city Of
Rock Island in said county of Rock Islaud, tn
satisfy rad decree. cell at pubic vendue. TO the
highest bidder for cafb, that certain Parcel Of
land. rituste in the county OF Rock Island, and
state Of Illinois. known and dercribed e fol.
lows, fO-wif:
Tine west ninety five f95, feet OF lot rumher
"a ard the west nIuety-fye t%5) feet Of lot
number eight 80 and 50 the north thirty %,
fee OF lot numner niTe 80 all in Stevens adci.
ton 10 the city Of holine.
Dated ct rock Island, Illinois, this 18th day ol
December, A. D.. 1sB.
ELwIN =. PARMEyTRR.
Hasfs1 In theacery. kock Island County, Ill.
JkcKson q HuRsT.
Co0paalnAnt's eolictton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Knew What He Would Do.

1t was Gardiner youth Of very ten
der age who, when asked recently by his
maternal parent the solemn question,
What would you do if mamma We're
taken away:" quickly blurted out. 81
wonld take my meals at Mrs. Haley's. -
The Lads worldly response knocked tie
pathos out Of the scene in double quick
News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
LEGAL
Administrators Notice.
etate of Elizabeth Parker. deceased

The undersigned having been appointed admin
strator of the estate OF Elizabeth Parker,
ate Of the county OF Rock Island, state
Of Illinois, deceased. hereby gives notice that he
will appear before the county court OF Rock Island
county, at the Office Of the clerk Of said court in
The city OF Rock Island, at the March term, on
the firsr Monday in March, next. nj which time
all pcrs rs having claims against said estate are
notified and requested to attend, FOR the purpose
OF having the samc adjusted.
All persons indebted TO said estate are reQues-
ted to make immediate payment To the UNDER
signed.
Dated this 2lst day Of December. A. D.. 1895
CHARLES 5. PARKER. Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
Ertate Of Eliza Waugh, decease,

Ettate Of Eliza Waugh, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed admin.
istratrix with the will annexed. OF the etfate of
Eliza Waugh. late OF the county OF Eock Island,
state Of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that che will appear before the county court
Of Rock Island county. at the office Of the clerk
of said court, in the city of Rock Island, at the
February term, on the first Monday in February
next, at which time all persons having claims
against sa,d estate are notified and 'cquested To
attend, for the purpose Of having the same ad
justed.
uesied TO make immed ate payment 20 the I'M
ersigned.
Dated this 18th day of Dec. A. D.. 1905
LENA WAUGH
Administratr,x with tie will annexed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10

Paul Louis Courier, when bitterly as
sailed by French professor, quietly re-
marked: Il fancy he must be vexed. He
calls me Jacobin, rebel, plagiarist, thief,
poisoner, forger, leper, mailman, i'm
poster, calumniator, libeler, a horrible,
filthy, grimacing ragpiclser. gather
what he wants to say. He means that
he and I are not Of the same opinion,
and this IS his only way Of putting it. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY,

fling hey for the wind in the barley green.
and the great clouds drifting over:
For the dear brown sails, far out, that lean
To the kiss of the sea, their lover.
Sing hey for the fields of barley green,
With the mad wind rushing over;
And hey for the path that runs between -
Where my dearest waits for her lover. 50
Black and White. :
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10

The war with France lasted from
July 9, 1898, to Sept 80, 1900. and the
number Of men engaged, in the naval
force alone, was 4, 593. The land forces
raised for this campaign cut no figure. q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10

The first man who ever sang a negro
song on the stage was an actor named
Herbert He sat in a chair before the
curtain. he painted his face with black
paint, burned cork being then unknown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
The Hat at the Thea.er Yet Again.

The Man Behind-Pardon me, miss.
can see nothing owing to your hat.
The Woman In Front-True. There is
hothinG owing. l have paid for it III
tuIl.-Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10

Il would die for yonv' passionately
exclaimed the rich old suitor, and the
practical CIR! calmly asked him, How
eoou:"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10

The word land" occurs 30, 543 times
in the Old Testament and 10, 6S4 times
in tho New Testamenk =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10

virginia Is becoming important as a
manufacturing state. having 80, 59I
manufacturing hands, who make prod
uct valued at SIS, 363,s2l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-10
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

ment she made being the one to Captain
Lees, in which she denied all of Flynn's
implied accusations. Mrs. Tierney's rec
objection of Mrs. Shane as May Enright
and Mrs. Kimball has been verified by
others who have known her for several
years past.
AT the police station Flynn refused to
identity Mrs. Shane, and the latter dis
dained to acknowledge passing aeguaint-
ance with the prisoner. The police ap-
peared to be somewhat mystifed at this,
though Captain Lees processes to see in
1T an attempt on the part of some one to
fix the case.
Detectives Byrum and Gibson have sue
ceeded in procuring a partial statement
from Mrs. Benjamin, the Iandlady. She
claims that her son admitted Flynn to the
house on Monday night, but further than
this she knows nothing. Gibson also had
a talk with Tesse Browning, the 16-year-
old daughter of the mother of the MUIR
dered babe, in which she denied having
ever seen Flynn, though he was constant
visitor at the house.
disturbed over the developments of the
last twenty-four hours, though, on the
advice of his attorney, he declines to make
any further statement. He was bit in
dlgnant over a statement made in an
afternoon paper accusing him of attempt
ing to pass a forged check. This point is
fully covered by his former landlady in
the following communication
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 20, 1896.
Editor Cdlt-SIR: The statement in last even
ing's Report that j. T. Flynn grabbed his two
grips and ran away without paying me the 50
ne was indebted for room rent is false and
meant to poison public opinion against him
Furthermore, he never at any time offered
payment by check. Mrs. KATIE GoLDsTEIN,
81 Third street, San Fran cisco.
The Coronec's inquest will be held next
Saturday, at which time Mrs. Browning
promises to be present.