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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
Tedious Work of Old rooknalscrs.

During the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries monks frequently isolated
themselves from the world and repro
duced the Bible in illuminated MANU.
script. The work was necessarily slow
and in no instance was it accomplished
in less than 30 years. Guido de Jars
was producer Of these illuminated
manuscripts. and beautiful specimen
of his work was sold along with the
books of Sir W. Burrell in 1890. This
copy OF the Bible had occupied half a
century in its production. A note ia the
beginning Of the manuscript in Jars
handwriting indicates that he began his
tasl, in l244 and did lot conclude it I'LL
1894.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
4 HARVEST OF HUMAN HAIR

Millions Of Pounds Every Year Get Tangled
Up In Commerce.
Perhaps there is no staple article
about which less is known by the aver
age person than human hair ms an ar
tlcle OF commerce. II will doubtless
surprise many when it is stated that
the dealers III human hair goods do not
depand on chance clippings here and
there, but that there is a regular hair
harvest that can always be relied upon
1t Is estimated that over 10000, 600
pounds of human hair are used amu-
ally in the civilized world for adjoining
the heads OF women. In New York city
alone over four tons OF this class of
goods are imported yearly.
Not little Of the hair used in this
country said New York dealer to
the writer, comes from the heads Of
American women, and it is fully as fine
IN shade and texture as the imported ar
tloie We Lad Il big harvest during the
craze that the fair sex had not long ago
for having their hair cut short Many
thousands OF women who then had their
locks sheared have since bitterly regret
ted ii, as in many instances their hair
has grown so slowly tina: they have
been compelled TO wear wig or a
switch since the fashion changed. After
the majority of women reach the age of
80 the hair seems to partially lose its
vigor, and if cut it will not grow long
again.
''Two-thirls of the ladies nowadays
use false hair more or less. The decree
of fashion, or the desire to conceal de-
feet or heighten a charm, is the reason
OF course. One woman, for instance.
has high forehead and wishes to re-
duce 1t III appearance. Another has
worn off the front hair by continued
frizzing and would like to conceal the
fact Both make use of a front or ton
piece, with a choice of many styles
Ladies wigs cost from $50 to 5000;
half wigs, top pieces and switches from
$40 to $50, according TO quality.
The largest supply of hair comes
from Switzerland. Germany and tho
French provinces There Is n huunu
hair market i'll Merlans, in the DEPART
ment of the lower Pyrcuees, held every
Friday. Hundreds of hair traders wall;
up and down the one street Of the vii.
lage. their shears dangling from THEN
belts, ana inspect the braids which tn,
peasant girls, standing on the steps al
the houses, let down for inspection. II
bargain is struck. the hair is cut and
the money paid on the spot, the price
varying from 60 cents 10 50 in ouI
money.
% y woman's hair may grow to the
length of 6 feet, and | know n lady
who has been offered and refused $500
for her crown Of glory, which is oyel
feet long. 4 single female hair will
bear up a weight Of four ounces with.
ont breaking, but the hair thus heavily
weighted must bo darl, brown. for blond
bair freaks under a strain Of 2Is ounces.
There are some 1900 importers, manu-.
facturers and dealers in human hair in
the United States.-Washingto Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

ago at Plymouth, Mass. The whole
American army was present - it
numbered 20 men. Miles S.andish.
the backward lover Of Priscilla. sat
at the feast. while Priscilla served at
the tables. The story will appear in
the Eovenbe issue of the Ladie s.
Home journal. Here Indians and
whites sat down together by the ta-
bies set in the woods, and enjoyed
the roast turkey, oeechnuts, clam
chowder, fish, salad, cakes. fruit and
other delicacies provided. It was at
this historic dinner that the frs,
oysters were served. The iIlustr a.
lions OF the article chow portraits on
the Pilgrim fathers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
MODERN CHICKEN COOPS.
The Once Familiar Laths Have Given Wa,
to Wire Netting.

The Once Familiar Laths Have Given Way
to Wire Netting.
Men whose memories go back saw,
40 years will remember that in those
days when a man wanted to build a
chicken coop he bought a bundle or two
Of laths and built it, There are mighty
few lath chicken coops built nowadays
Even the smallest chicken raiser, who
keeps few in his back yard, makes his
coop or runway Of poultry netting. The
chicken house, or shelter, is made of
boards, often of two thiclnesses and
with tarred paper between, for better
protection from the weather, and with
openings at the bottom and under the
projecting roof for ventilation.
Laths We're cheap; poultry netting is
still cheaper. II is made of steel wire,
galvanized, in various widths and in
various sizes of mesh. The netting most
commonly used is six feet wide, with a
two inch mesh. The chicken raiser sets
up a frame and tacils the netting to it.
Narrow nettings of smaller mesh are
used in various ways TO keep in little
Understandings foot wide small
mesh netting to run around at the base
of the Enclosure. the regular netting
being set above it, thus increasing the
total height of the netting. Sometimes
the small mesh netting is run around
inside Of the regular netting, thus MAX
ing the lower part Of the netting double.
Sometimes it is used to make separate
small Enclosures within the large run
way and perhaps to make a number of
small Enclosures to keep separate broods
of chicks apart. The narrow, small
mesh netting is made up to three and a
half feet in width
There is nowadays use for wire net
ting in chicken houses. A netting with
q square mesh is laid on the floor of
chicken houses to keep out rats and
mice.
There are now many large establish
ments in this country for the raising of
chickens for commercial purposes, for
market and fer breeding, and there are
as many men as ever who raise chickens
at home, from the many who keep a
few in the back yard, with a simple
| chicken house and coop, TO men who
raise many chickens and maintain an
elaborate plant for their breeding and
keeping. But under whatever conditions
| they are raised, chickens are rarely seen
| nowadays i'll coops made of laths, such
as were familiar 40 years ago.-New
York Sun
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
Somber and Terrible Was the Scene a
the Moment of Totally,

Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd, writing in
The Atlantic of an eclipse seen in ia
pan, says: Just before totality, to &C.
Cur at 2 minutes after 3 O'Clock, went
over to the little lighthouse, taking
up my appointed station on the sum-
nit, an ideal vantage ground for q spec
tacle beyond anything else ever wit
messed. Grayer and grayer grew the
day, narrower and narrower the. crcs-
cent of shining sunlight. The sea faded
to leaden nothingness. Armies OF crow 5,
which had pretended entire indiffer-
ence, fighting and fiapping as usual ON
gables AND tlagpoles with undated fer-
vor, finally succumbed, and flew of
with heavy haste to the pine forest on
the mountain side. The French man-of-
war disappeared i'll the gloom, the
junks blended iii oolorlessness, but
grass and verdure suddenly turned
strangely, wildly yellow green.
1T was moment Of appalling sus-
pense Something was being waited for
The very air was portentous. The fiocks
of circling sea gulis disappeared with
strange cries. One white butterfly fiut-
tered by vaguely.
Then an instantaneous darkness
leaped upon the world. Unearthly night
enveloped all things With an indie
scribable outflashing at the same sec
ond, the corona burst forth in wonder
full radiance. But dimly seen through
thinly drifting cloud, it was neverthe-
less beautiful, a celestial flame beyond
description. simultaneously the whole
northwestern sky was instantly flooded
with lurid and startlingly brilliant
orange, across which fioated clouds
slightly darker, like fiecks of liquid
flame, while the west and southwest
cleaned in shining lemon yellow. 1t
was not like sunset; it was too SOM
Der and terrible. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
The New York World, which q,

The New York World, which as
sisted in the defeat Of the demo.
cratic ticket last fall, speaking OF
the effect OF the election in Greater
New York upon national politics.
says: $50 far as the World is con-
oorned. il we hal to choose today =
tween this incredible BETRAYAL OF
good government, the republican
treachery and fraud on the one side
and Bryan ism on the other side, we
should unhesitstingly choose Bryan
ism. Indeed. Mr.. Bryan's chances
for 1900 are looming up in every
state" The World is not alone in
this change Of heart. as many demo-
cratic newspapers that supported
McKinley's election are waiting for
the opportunity to assist the cause
OF "Bryanism."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
CLOSED THE ROOM.
Does the Ghost of Washington Still Stalk
Through the Old Mansion?

Does the Ghost of Washington Still Stall,
Through the Old Mansion?
1t was customary in the family Of
George Washington to shut up unused
FOR two years room in which death
had occurred, says an exchange. So,
after the death Of the first president in
the stately chamber with the great four
poster bed which is still shown to visit
ors, Martha Washington, with her lone
ly heart, nightly climbed the attic stairs
to lie in low ceiled, sloping rooted
room with one window-a room intol-
erably hot IL summer, with little or no
means Of securing draft except by a
triangular opening where the lower cor
ner Of the door had been cut off to make
room for the passage of the cat. Martha
Washington died before the two year
period had ended.
If she had occupied the death cham
Der, would she have seen the ghost of
her dead husband? They say that the
stalwart, stately figure of the brave
general stalks through the passage with
martial tread and clank of astral sword
in spectral scabbard
Again and again it has happened that
people detained at Mount Vernon on the
business of the Mount Vernon associa-
ton have declared, on waking from a
sleepless night" that they had heard
the CHESTS sword and stride and seen
its tall, commanding figure, dressed in
the old uniform that il life it wore.
No lights are permitted in the old
house, for fear of fire, except during the
meeting of the regents, and then only
candles. Ghosts are said to love dark
or i'll lighted houses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
MY MAMMALS r:.Nns

1wish you'd see my mammals hands
And the things that they can do.
She says they re every ugly ones"
But don't believe fhas's true
They re pretty, all the same. TO me,
And mighty clever too.
She says she can't do anything.
But l see her work ali day.
She writes long things on paper.
Which she says are mot much pay"
She sews. knits and cooks sometimes
land she spanked me yesterday.
She makes nice cake and candy.
And stockings she can darn
Why, the other day found her
withdrawing our barn.
And often ! do have TO sit
And hold great hanks of yarni
wonder If my mammals hands
Ever stop to 60 to sleep.
Why, they re busy when they hear me say
Pray God, my soul 10 keep"
Some night when she's not looking
III Just run in and peep.
L. Speyers in New York Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

CHARLES A. DANA. the sage OF
journalism, the last of the old school
which furnished SO many bright
lights in anti-bellum and war days,
has passed from the scenes of life's
activities and struggles. The great
paper which he made and for which
no lived Is without the guiding
genius that gave it the recognition
IL enjoyed. The field Of newspapers
has lost an ideal, the country o great
influential figure, the world has lost
man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
No Need to C-.

Don't cry, Buster" said Jimmieboy
after the catastrophe Napoleon didn 4
cry every time his brother hit him acci.
dentally ON the eye"
81 know that, retorted Buster. "Na-
poleon did all the hittin ON the eye his
self. Harper Bazaar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
Chronic Rho Cured.

DR.. II. 3. Hettinger, Indianapolis,
Ind says: "For several months after
spraining my ankle l was severely
afflicted with rheumatism. l finally
tried Detchon's Mystic Cure for
rheumatism, and in four days could
walk without NV cane; two bottles
cured me sound and well. Sold by
Otto Grotjan. druggist, 1901 Second
avenue. Rock Island, Gust Schlegel
II Son, 22o West Second street, Day
export.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18


This is the best medicine in the
world for al forms Of coughs and
colds and fo- consumption. Every
bottle is guaranteed. 1t will cure
and not disappoint. 1t has No equal
for whooping coughs, asthma, hay
fever, pneumania, bronchitis, la
grippe, cold in the head and for con-
sumption. 1t is safe fer al ages,
pleasant TO take, and, above ali, e
sure cure. It is always well to take
Or. Kings New Life Pills in connec-
ton with DR.. Kings New Discovery,
as they regulate aud tone the stom-
ach and bowels. We guarantee per-
sect satisfaction or return money.
Free trial bottle st Har.z g. Ulle-
meyers drug store. Regular sizes
80 cents and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

The best Sslve In the world 10,
Cats, Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Sal,
RheuTn, Fever Sores, letter. Cbapped
Hands, Chilblains. Corne, and I'll
SKIN Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles. or no pay required. Il Is guar.
snteed to give perfect satisfaction OK
money refunded. Price IS cents per
bcx. For sale by Hartz q Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
Working Woman Home Association.
p s. Peoria ST., Chicago, Ill.

Ou- Working Woman's Home As
sociasior used Eoley's Honey and
Tar elk years age, ard are using i.
today. 1t has always been a favor-
ite, for while It's taste is not at all
unpleasant its effects are very ben O.
fetal. 1t has never yet disappointed
us. Wishing you all possible sue
cess. sincerely yours.
LAURA G. FIxoN, Mgr.
For sale by T. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
Perhaps She Came Down Too.

She-So YOU are engaged to Miss
Spry?
He-Yes, but it's big come down
for me
She-Why, thought she was such 4
sweet girl
He-She is, but she rooms on the
first floor and I'm on the eighth New
York Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

Mamma, didn't the conductor say
Blue island:"
eyes, dear"
why, it amt blue at all"
"No, dear"
Mammal"
"Well, dear?''
TT amt an island either"
"No. dear"
Mamma, what made the conducto,
say Blue island, when
Hush, dear"
Mamma, IL was the railroad I'd
have conduct hat hnowed''-
Whack TriLune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
Fer Over Ei.sy Yeara

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie. and
- the bsst remedy or diarrhoes.
Twenty-Five cents q bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

THE sofficial ballot in the city Of
New York this year will be twenty
seven inches wide and eighteen in
ohes long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
Rare Felicity.

She-Such lovely bargains as there
are at that new place!
.He-Ah?
She-Yes. silks at IS cents, and in a
store so small that hundred persons
crowd it to safocatioE!-Detro.t jour
nal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

A cold. Neglect. Pneumonia.
Grief. Had Foley's Honey aad Tar
been used. this story would have
had q happier ending. For SAFE by
T. II. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

das' sry 10 cent boz @: Cascare.s,
the fines. liver and bowel reguIstor
ever made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

GEN. BLANCo, like all his predeces-
sors, believes there is more power in
tho tongue than the sword.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

Literary.
Tho first Thanksgiving dinner WAS
celebrated in this country 27s years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

To Cure . Gold IN One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. CSC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18
Not In Her Class.

Il understand their engagement has
been broken"
YES. She says she was deceived. He
had only 6 century runs TO his crcdi:
instead of 16, and ar she had IA herself
he was clearly out Of her class. Chi
cago Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-18

I'm Boston the monkeys can ride the
bicycle"
That's nothing. Boston parrots have
been quoting Emerson for years and
years and years. ''-Detroit Free Press.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-24
RELIGIOUS.


Nine couvicts were confirmed in tn,
| Episcopal church at the Frankfort pen
| iteutiary.
Rev. Sam Small has been admitted e
the Georgia Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. He will preach
in Atlanta.
The report comes from Tazewell,
Tenn. that Mahala Mullins, the noun
tain giantess, has become the mother
OF bankruptcies.
Rev. j. T. Sharrard. after two years
OF faithful service of the Christian
church here. will preach his farewell
sermon next Sunday morning.
The Rev. Williams, who died at Eli
zabethtown, was not brother of the
late w. l.. Williams, as we stated.
Miss Dolly b. Williams writes US from
Lexington that her uncle is named
Samuel Williams and that a dispatch
from him saws he is in good health.
Rev. j. II. Spencer, ID. D., leader Of
the anti-Whltsitt movement among
Kentucky Baptists, and the first one To
attack his statement, died at his home
at Eminence. For years he had been
one of the largest givers in Kentucky
to Baptist churches and schools, He
had just completed history of the
Baptist church in Kentucky.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-24
FARM HND TRADE.

J. +. Cover has about. completed a
nice residence on his farm near Tur.
nersville.
Wood ~ Lynn bought Of w. II. Tray.
lor, the distiller slop for 100 cattle at
&c per bushel.
ESTRAY.-Bay mare, side Of mouth
split and barefooted Reward. Geo.
Love, Kingsville.
John Murphy bought in the Cedar
Creek section bunch OF heifers at &c
and some steers at 3tc.
J. II. Boone took mixed car load OF
butcher stuff and stockers To Cincin-
natl Wednesday, which he bought in
this counCy at II TO % for the former
and 81 for the latter.
The Anderson News says +. Il.
Wright sold three Barred Plymouth
Rock pullcts that took the premium
at the Central Kentucky Poultry Show,
at s. each. One Indian Game hen
brought him s.
Weihl and Monte Fox have bought
from Farris g. Whitley 233 export cat
tie, TO go January lst. at At. Same
firm sold TO Levi Miller, of Pennsylva-
mia, car load of long yearling mules
at s37. l.. X. Rogers sold TO Shell Har-
bison two tive-year-year-old harness
geldings for 1926, and TO l.. III. Hudson
three cavalry horses at s75 To $780,
Advocate.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-24
w. p. WALTON.
SIX PAGES.

NEWS comes from Washington that
will make the pie hunters smack their
mouths in glorious prospect of an ear
ly insertion of their teeth into their
favorite Wand. IL is to the effect that
the president has decided to issue an
order about the first OF the year, re.
moving about $1,000 offices from the
classified civil service and divide the
spoils out right ana ieit All the store
keepers and guagers, as we'll as the
deputy collectors, are TO be included,
and the democrats who are holding on
by the skin of their teeth, are quaking
in their boots. We have never taken
much stock in the civil service enact
ments and while we want none OF the
spoils ourselves under any administra-
rion, we believe that the victors ought
to have them. The republicans have
the hide, let them also take the horns
and tail, but at the same time when
they do so, they will go back entirely
on their previous utterances and plat
forms as to civil service.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-24

WE shall not attempt to improve or
the % Chapter of Luke in Christina:
editorial, so with thankful heart for
the blessings that we have enjoyed dur
ing the year as people and as an indi.
vidual and with the compliments of the
season to our patrons and friends, we
commend its careful and prayerful pc
rusal. On the glorious event chroni-
cled there the happiness of the world
has depended and upon it the hope Of
the life that is to come. With CRATE
full hearts then for this priceless boon
to mankind let us spend this happy sea-
son as becomes a civilized people and
not as barbarians and beasts. Millions
of little stockings will be hung up to-
night and anxious and impatient hearts
will await the dawning of the morrow,
May no little darling he disappointed.
but made to feel that Old Santa is in
deed their patron saint.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-24
MATRIMONIAL.

John w. Griffin, aged 20. and Miss
Matilda ELAN, II. will be married at
Peter Elam's in the East End to-day.
Hardin S. Cook, aged Is, and Miss
Serena Young. the pretty l7-year-old
daughter of Andrew Young, Sir, were
married at Highland yesterday.
George Huston, 33, and Miss Emma
Cook. %, were married at Moreland,
on the 2}d and on the same day in the
same town, George Aker, 81, and Miss
Mary Buchanan. sweet Is, were like
wise united.
Mr. William b. Hudson. formerly
foreman on the Corbin News, and Miss
Maize GOoden were married at Jellico,
Tenn, Dec. 10Th. They will reside in
Winchester where Mr.. Hudson has
position with newspaper.-Mt. Ver-
non Signal, oath.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-24

IT is more than probable that it will
cost the government more to take care
of the fellows who went wild goose
chasing for gold in the Klondike than
the men will ever get out of the earth.
The lowest offer TO transport the 3,0O0,-
600 pounds of supplies that Secretary
Alger says will be necessary to be sent
there is $3.50 pound. In other words,
it will take 81 800, 900 of dollars to trans
port 100000 worth of goods. Better
let the fellows starve. They are not
worth saving any way, even if it were
the part of the government to see after
every lot of fool fellows who choose TO
go on a wild goose chase.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-24

IT is very easy to perceive that that
Light Horse Harry Watterson," i:
in the saddle again after his featuring
tour. For two or three days the Cour'
er-Journal has been brstling with fur.
ther proof that he is the most enter
tanning writer in America, no matter
whether he Is writing to suit you or the
other fellow. Every editor who has
ever slung mud at him ought to make
amends these glorious Christmas times
by whatever way they can.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1897-12-24
News Briefly Told

George Wrister was probably fatally
wounded by falling tree at French.
burg.
The Office OF the Southern Express
Co. at Columbia, S. c. was robbed oil
$4,000.
Morris Coots, aged 50, committed
suicide by hanging In barn near
Southville.
Fire destroyed the Auditorium Hotel
and theater at Kansas City, causing a
loss OF $3.50, 900.
Thomas A. Edison claims to have
photographed thought by means of
the Roentgen ray.
A number of political prisoners were
shot to death In Guatemala by order of
President Barrios.