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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20
OPENS TOMORROW.

WcnaL's Presbs terian Board of Missions
Of the Northwest.
The Goth annual meeting of the
Woman's Presbyterian Board of Mis-
sions OF the Northwest opens its ses-
sions tomorrow morning at the
Broadway Presby terrain church.
There will be preliminary confer
! ence OF officers of The board with synod
ical and Pre>b yterial officers tonight.
The convention will assemble a. 10
o'clock tomorrow morning with Mrs.
Henry H. Forsyth president. Miss
Katherine Gest organist and Mrs.
j. X. Scott leader of the singing.
The exercises begin with the by N n,
'.Ye Servants Of God Your Master
Proclaim" Then will follow scrip.
ture reading and prayer and the ad-
dress of welcome by Mrs. j. Ross
Mills. with response by Mrs &. A.
Harmount. Mrs. w. B. Jacobs will
read the minutes Of the last meeting
and then will follow o duet, Jesus
My Savior" by Miss Dorrance and
| Mrs. Wallace. After the appoint.
ment of committees there will be
syDodical reports from Illinois, Indi.
ana. Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and
Colorado, and the rendition Of the
hymn Der the Gloomy Hills OF
| Darkness. This will be followed
by Mrs. Hugh Taylor's missionary
address ON Laos and reports OF for.
eign secretaries. These will be rs
follows: Japan, Mrs. Laura v
Angle; Korea and Pekin, Miss E.ler
Ward China. L. K. Stevens; Siam
Mrs. w. e. Craig. The hymn tine
Morning Light is Breaking" will
close the morning program.
The afternoon exercises will opeu
with the hymn, Hail to the Bright
ness OF lions Glad Morning." fol.
lowed by prayer. with report oil
home secretaries by Mrs. Rober,
Wells. Then will come IN address
on Korea by Miss Susan Doty, and 9
SOLO BY Mrs. Wallace. The reports
OF foreign secretaries will then be
taken up again in this order: Africs
and Syria, Mrs. Charles A. Wilson
south America. Mexico and Guate.
Dala, Mrs. w. s. Candee; Persia
Miss E. G Alling; India. Miss M. P
Halsey. Then will follow the hvmu
triumphant Zion Lift Thy Head. ,
then will come the young peoples
hour, and the hymn go Labor on
Spend and be Spent"
In the evening Raw. w. S. MARQUIS
ID. D.. will preside; Miss Agnes Biz.
by will be organist, and there viii,
music by the quartet composed Of
Mrs. Scott, Miss Dorrance, DR.. Nc.
Candles and Mr.. johnson. Their.
will be music, ..Hark, Hark NV
Soul" missionary address by Rev,
Hunter Corbett, of China, and one
by Rev. Dr.. n. d. Hills, of CHICAGO,
aud solo by Miss Wallace.
The following will be commits
stoned for missionary work in for.
eign fields during the boards session
here: DR.. Eva H. Field, Chicago:
Hiss Addie Halle. Omaha; Miss Edua
J. Bisssll, Minneapolis. and Miss
May McDermott, Ripon, Wis. Miss
Anna Edwards, of Chicago, who has
completed her first year IN the pre-.
Paratcry course for this work. will
also be present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20
Mo.ins's New Aoministr alton.

Mayor Sweusson, reelsct Ted to the
executive chair in Meline, selected
his administration officers at last
night's meeting of the city council.
The attaches OF the fire aud police
departments were all reappointed
So was the city engineer. II. G. Pad
dock. Peter Nelson was given the
street mission srsbip, Donald
Stewart was given bridge tender and
Charles Miller, city scavenger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20
Buckien's Arnsca save.

The best Salve in the world for
Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum. Fever Sores, letter. Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions. and positively cures
PILES, or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price IS cents per
box. For sale bv Hartz g. Uilemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20
River Riptets.

The City of Wirona and Verne
Swain we're tie only boats in port
today.
The water is falling at all points
south of Des Monss Rapids. 1t is
rising there and a. Keokuk, and is
stationary at St. Louis. II is 1880
at the Rock Island bridge and fall
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20
A R. CURTIs AND WIFE


RaPhiel. the great occult scientist,
palmist and c!airvoyant. tells every
thing concerning business, love. law
suits or private matters. removes
troubles. bad luck. 1901 Second
avenue. Entrance on Nineteenth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20

We desire to express our heartfelt;
thanks to our friends for their loving
sympathy shown rs during the i'll
ness and at the death of our loved
one. F. r. CURTIS AND Sox.
MRS. MADDEN.
A Z. CURTIs AND WIFE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys
and bowels Never sicken, weaken
or gripe: 10 cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20

That year after year the same patrons find it
pleasant and profitable to trade at our store.
Our goods are such that they give entire salts
faction, and we pride ourselves on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20

To Cure . Cold In One Dsy.
Take laxative Bromo Quinins Tab
lets. All druggists Refund the money
II 1t fails to cure. IS cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20

Hoods pills are the best family
cashariic- Easy to take. gentle, mild.
p cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-20

Before the horse 10 stolen. Purify.
enrich and vitalize your blood, and
build up your physical system before
disease attacks you and serious sick
ness comes. Hoods Sarsaparilla
will make you strong and vigorous,
and viii expel from your blood all
Impurities and germs of disease.
Take Hoods Sarssparilla now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

Il believe it, said my lord, dryly, III l
believe nothing else. But you have lost
the throw And, that being SO. may I beg
that you will descend again? l am 10th to
use force in my own house Mr.. Cassel,
your case. If you are wise, therefore, /
firing quietly
Have no fear; l will 60" the man an
swered. with sufficient GOODNESS. Il should
not have come up but that I saw that
square,oes there smuggle out the girl, and,
as no one was looking, ii seemed natural
to follow"
oh said the duke flashing a glance
at me that loosened my knee joints. He
smuggled her out, did he?'
He could not do much less the con-
spirator answered "Sne saved his life
yesterday.
"Indeed?"
Aye. when Ferguson would have hung
him like dog! And not far wrong. eth
er! But mum! L am talking And save
him or no, 1 did not think the creature
had the spunk to do the thing. No, 1 did
not"
All" said my lord. looking at him at
tentively.
NO. And as for the wench. your
grace" and with the word Cassel drop
ped his voice-"she Is no more than a
child You nave enough. 1t is all over
Sacre nom de pieu. let her go. my lord
Let the girl CO.
The duke raised his eyebrows. Il see
10 girl" said he, slowly. of whom are
you talking, Mr.. Cassei?''
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demand may cause decline in the value
OF a stamp. Not org asD n stamp listed
a ST. fell TO $50. The cause of the slump
was the discovery of n large number OF
these stamps in an old safe IN London.
stamp Spectators have to watch the news
papers very closely for facts like this.
Most OF the stamp catalogues are issued al
the beginning OF The year The stamp
sreculator refers TO them to learn the value
OF a stamp. II he does rot know Of a
change In value occurring after The publ
cation Of the catalogue, he Is likely to be
swinGled.
With rare stamps selling at 5000 ard
S4.WD each, of course there are bogus
varieties on the market. Most or the
valuable stamps have been cuunterfeIted.
Every good stamp collector knows where
certain stamps are-in some cases there arc
only stamps of a certain Kind in existence
and If counterfeit Of one of these rare
stamps Is offered to him. he detects the
fraud. But Il IS not possible to keep track
of the 81 and s. or even the $40 and SO
specimens. And when one of these is Of
Tered to a collector. he must trust to on
examination 10 prove whether 81 is genuine
or bogus. When he IS not sure OF his own
judgment he submits II to an expert: and
the profession of expert ia stamps now
has many followers. The worlds expert
IN American stamps is a ST. Louis LAWYER
named Tiffany He receives stamps from
all parts OF the world for Judgment. Only
a few days ago a packet came To him from
Germany. He examines the stamps under
a microscope, tests the gum on them and
uses various chemical tests to prove their
for this-which is another burden added to
the many under which the ardent stamp
collector staggerS.
GEORGE GRANTHAN BAIN.
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into it, the duke answered in measured
tones. which showed pretty clearly that
in spite Of his good nature he was not
to be led blindfold. They can have
nothing to say that will reflect on me.
And l am sure" he continued slightly in
clining his head in a courteous fashion,
borough"
Celia va sans dre! answered the earl
in voice so unconstrained and with ges-
ture so proud and easy that If he liked,
some have been found ready to assert, he
showed a mastery of that art alike amaZ-
ing and incredible. "And of Lord Godol-
phin Also
by God, yes!' that peer exclaimed. in
such a hurry to assent that his words
tumbled over one another.
lust so. l say so, my lord" the earl
repeated with a faint ring of scorn in his
tone, while Lord Godolphin wiped his fore
head. But innocence is no shield against
calumny and If these rogues can prolong
their lives by lie, do you think that they
will not tell one? Or even ten?"
"Ay, by God. will they!" cried Godol-
phin. "Or twenty. I'll lay the long odds
to that
My lord bowed. and admitted that it was
possible.
so possible, Lord Marlborough contin-
ued lightly and pleasantly, that it is not
long since your grace, unless 1 am mis-
taken, suffered after that very fashion.
I have no mind to probe your secrets. duke.
God forbid. I leave such tasks to my Lord
Portland. But unless l am in error, when
you last left office advantage was taken of
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questioned her not half an hour before, it
was on me that his eye aIiGhted; and his
hrst words were proof that he suspected
nothing
Are YOU better?" he said. pausing with
the kindness ard consideration that so weu
became him-nay. that became no other
man so well Il am glad to See that you
are about We shall want you presently
What was IT,
And then. If I had answered him at once
i have no doubt that he would have passed
on. but my teeth chartered so pitiably
that could only cape at him. and on that
seeing in a moment that something was
wrong, he looked at my companion and
recognized her. i saw his eyes open wide
with establishment. and his mouth grow
stern Then. But what-what. sir, is
this?' he cried. And what do you
lie said no more. for he reached that
word the door beside me opened gently and
a man slid round II. looked saw the duke
ard stood. his mouth agape. a stified oath
on MS iips III was Cassel. his hands shack
led.
AT this fresh appearance the dukes as
constituent may be imagined, and could
scarcely be exceeded. He stared al the
door as If he questioned who still remained
behind II. or who might be the next to is
sue from it, But then. seeing / suppose
something whimsical and bizarre in the
siiuation-which there certainly was.
though at the time l was far from discern
ing t-and being a man who in all cir
cumstances. retained a natural dignity he
smiled: and. recovering himself before any
one OF Us, took tone between the grave
and ironical. MIR. Cassel?'' he said. I'm
less my eyes deceive me? The gentleman
saw few minutes ago?"
The same. the conspirator answered.
1auntiiy, but his anxious eyes rowing he
side and behind the duke. belied his tone.
Then, perhaps, my lord answered. TAX
ING out his snun box and tapping 1t with
a good-humored air, you will see, sir. that
Your presence here needs some explana-
ton? May | ask how you came here?',
The devil / know. or care you grace,'
Cassel answered Except that l came in
10 your house and with no good will. and
n i could have found the door, should NOT
have outstayed my welcome"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04

counting death. When her work comes
hard, and makes her nervous, fretful and
respondent, and she has stitches in the
side, pains in the back or abdomen, and
headaches, she lay be certain that some
thing is radically wrong.
local doctor, with limited field of OBJ
servation and experience, will probably say
that the fault is in the stomach, liver or
heart. Generally he is wrong. The fault
is probably in the delicate and important
organs that really constitute womanhood.
They are weak or diseased. Ii such is the
case, only doctor of known reputation and
wide experience should be consulted. A
letter to DR.. r. v. Pierce, for thirty years
chief consulting physician to the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
n. Y, will secure the free advice of prob
ably the most eminent specialist in these
diseases in the world. Dr.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription has been used with success
by tens of thousands of invalid women.
Over oo,oco have acknowledged its merits
over their signatures. II promptly cures
all weakness and disease of the organs dis.
tinctly feminine. All medicine dealers.
II have been q great sufferer from female dis
eases, writes Mrs. c. c. Clark, OF New Rome
Floyd Co.. Ga. " was confined to my bed three
years, and not able to sit in my chair but very
little. got one Of your pamphlets and read 4
and sent and got three bottles of DR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. took the medicine and re-
ceived 50 much benefit from those three bottles
that was induced to take more. therefore
sent and got nine bottles. I took them and they
completely cured me-"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill.
iousuess and constipation. One a dose.
They never grippe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
The MiddIebury Stamp.

from The Chicago Record.
One of the most curious legacies I have
heard Of was that of an ardent stamp COL
lector who died a few years ago, and in his
Will provided that his collection should be
distributed among surviving stamp COL
lectors in England who possessed examples
of that rare and valuable stamp known as
the "Middlebury." which was issued by the
town of Middlebury. VT, before the days
OF government post offices. 1t took several
years for the executors to determine that it
was impossible to carry out this beuuest.
because there are no Middlebury stamps in
England, and therefore they wisely decided
to leave the whole lot to the British Muse
UNI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
Their First Quarrel.
From Puck.

Fosdick-"Did you hear what Mr. and
Mrs. Bride quarrcled about, and which
threatened to break off the enhancement
almost on the wedding day.
Keed:ck-"No. What was IT,
Fosdick-"McBride wanted 10 arrange
their wedding tour that they could fol-
low the New York Base BAH club on its
circuit
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a Fit subject.
From Punch.

From Punch.
Lunatic Suddenly popping his head over
the asylum waiD-'What are YOU doing
there?'
Brown-'Fishng"
Lunatic-''Caught anything"
Bro wn-''NC'
LunatiC-"How long have Won heca
there
Rrown-"SiS hours"
Lunatic-"Comc insidc.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
The Midst of the Battle.

From Puck.
Aid-de-camp-"General Weyler has or
dered the second column forward"
Official Correspondent-"Kindl inform
him that it's not all set up yet-our type
setting machine broke"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
STITCH STiTcHJ
STITCH

The woman
who bends her
back over a sew
ing machine for
many hours each
day needs TO be
S TT on & a n d
healthy in every
way, or she is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
S H R { W SBU R Y"
BY STANLEY j. WEYMAN.

Copyrighted 1891. by Stanley j. weyman)
Written for Th. Evening Star.
Chapter NAA-iGniinued From Last
Saturday. star.
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la fille-ne valait pas beaucoup?" said
the early, curiously. ~.
Pas de tout!' my lord answered, and,
smiling, shrugged his shoulders. "Rien!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
The Col umbian Issue.


Not all stamps increase in value greatly
In fact. stamps have been known to de-
crease. The Columbian issue is a case in
point. When Postmaster General Wanna
maker was planning this issue, he figured
on paying the cost of the new designs out
Of the sale of stamps to collectors. In this,
he was disappointed, as he acknowledged
in one Of his annual reports. But In spite
of the lack of interest In the stamps shown
by collectors, some SPECTATORS got the idea
when the printing of stamps was stopped
that when they could not be had at the
post offices they would go quickly to
premium. So they laid in large stocks and
waited for the rise. 1t came quickly when
the post offices announced that they had
no more. There was an immediate demand
for the stamps and the price went up to
nearly double the face value of the set
The face value was s1G34; the advertised
price at the beginning Of this year was
$31.S2 But there was a reaction. The de-
mand did not equal the supply, and the
price of the stamps has gone down steadily
until the set is quoted at So 10. The best
selling of these stamps is the 81 denomina-
ton.
Other reasons than the discounting Of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04


makers of opinion-the formers of taste.
But there, you shall be no evidence, give
you my word. So tell me all you know,
and what befell you yesterday
I had no desire but to do soon those
terms and one small matter executed; and
not only to do that. but all things mat
could serve him. Nevertheless. and though
l had high hopes Of what l might get by
his grace and favor, l was far from under
standing that that was the beginning Of
twenty years of faithful labor at his side:
of matter Of 1900 papers written under
his eye, Of whole ledgers made up, OF es-
Of rany winters and summers spent among
his books, either in the placid shades of
EyfCrd or in the dignified quiet of ST.
James square. But. as 1 have said. though
l did not foresee all this. l hoped much.
and more as. my tale proceeding, my lords
generous emotion became evident. When
had done, he said many kind things to
me. respecting the peril had escaped. and
adding to their value by his manner of say
Ing them and by the charm which no other
SO perfectly possessed, he left me at last
no resource but to quit the room in tears
Treated thus with q kindness as much
above my deserts as 1t was admirable in
one of his transcendant rank. and assured.
moreover, by my lords own mouth that
henceforth, In gratitude for the service
had done him in Ferguson's room he
would provide for me, II should have stood
Il ought to have stood-in the seventh
heaven OF felicity. But as suffering moves
unerrlng on the track of weakness, and no
man enjoys at any moment perfect bliss
1 had first to learn the fate of the girl
whose evasion had contrived. And when
a cautious search and questions as crafty
ilad satisfied me that she had really effect
ed her escape from the house-probably in
mans dress, for one of the lacqueys COM
plalned OF the loss of a suit of clothes
mad still care. and care which gnawed
more sharply with every hour of ease and
safety.
Needless to say, the one matter on which
mad been reticent, the one actor whose
presence on the scene I had not disclosed
TO my lord. lay at the bottom Of my
anxiety. Kind in action and generous In
intention as the duke had shown himself.
ms magnanimity had not availed to Gust
from my mind the terror with which
Smiths threats had imbued It; nor while
confessiflg all else had been able to bring
myseif to denounce the conspirator, or de-
tall the terms on which he had set me free.
inough had all the inducement to speak
which the certainty that his arrest would
release me could present even this and the
security OF the haven In which I lay failed
70 encourage me to the point OF hazard.
80 strong was the hold on my fears which
this man had comprised, and 80 complete
will.
But though at the time Of confession
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-02
CA8ToRIA.
Tls fac n
agsatufs/ NH@N every
Of ST<AV ZL[[%Lz/ wrapper.

Robt. L. Rogers, the Mulberry ex-
FOUNDER of Blackstone, was in the city
several days this week on legal bust
ness.
Hon. S. W. PEEL, of Bentonville,
passed down the road Saturday on his
way to Hot Springs for the benefit of his
health.
The attendance at ST. Philomena &
Academy has increased to about seventy
within three weeks from the time of
starting.
Thurman Hunt returned from st.
Louis. where he had been buying stock
for Hunt Bros. new furniture store,
Monday
Ajax and Merchants hose companies
met on the diamond Tuesday and the
game resulted in n score of II to 13 in
favor of Ajax.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thompson are
receiving the congratulations of their
friends over the birth of a daughter
Sunday night.
Quite delegation of Van Burenites
attended the afternoon and evening
exercises of the revivalists at Fort
Smith Sunday.
The Van Buren press., 1897-10-02

A personal examination Of the berry
fields of southwestern Missouri showed
that they are cultivated principally on
the fiat system, there being but few
fields in which the rows are ridged.
Plants, as was the case here, are
suffering much less on new ground and
where they had been thoroughly
cultivated than on older and poorly
cultivated fields from drought. The
soil has the appearance Of being
stronger than ours and underlaid with
limestone. The largest quantity raised
to the acre of which a correct account
had been kept was one field which
averaged 300 crates. The acreage. we
were told, had been greatly increased,
but does not compare near with that
here. Sections further south along the
Frisco are taking up the growing ex
tensively.
The fine display of confectionery in
the show window of Edmondson &,
Britt is worth the time to stop and take
a look at They carry the largest and
freshest stock of confectionery in the
city. In fact there is nothing in their
line but what you can find at their large
and well regulated grocery store.