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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09
,as returned from her visit to Linds-

has returned from her visit to Linds-
borg.
Fred. N. Taylor, Of Aledo. and
Miss Maggie 8. Montgomery. Of Rsy-
nolds, were married last Thursday
BY Rev. T. 3. johnson, of Edging-
ton.
Information concerning two nicely
furnished rooms with first class
board in strictly private family in
good location can be obtained 1T this
Office.
A. J. Cook. . former resident of
Rock Island. 10 here from Pasadena,
CAL, on . visit to his daughter, Mrs.
Jennie Johnston, 738 Fifteenth
street.
The FIRST of tho regular golf
matches on the island occurred Sat.
urday afternoon. The game will be
played every Saturday afternoon
hereafter.
Several of the aldermen took
trip to Clinton ON the steamer Wi.
mona yesterday. as the guests of
Capt. Streckfus. They had very
pleasant time.
Walter Hincher, of Moline, was
arrested Saturday on information of
Joseph Bay liss, q restauranteur, who
charges him with keeping an open
tipping house on Sunday.
There was quite q mix up of cycles
bearing workmen from the island on
the avenue leading down to Rock
Island Saturday afternoon, in which
three Of the riders were painfully in
jured.
James Wagner and Mrs. Margaret
Meyer. Of Davenport, we're married
Saturday evening by Justice W. F.
Schroeder. the ceremony being per-
formed at his home on Thirtieth
street.
James O'Connell, Of Pittsburg,
grand master machinist Of the Inter.
national Association of Machinists,
States Attorney c. j. Searle. of this
city, and NJ. j. McEnery, of Moline,
Will be orators at the tri-eity Labor
Day celebration to be held at Moline,
Monday. September 6.
The union meeting at the Central
Presbyteria church last evening
brought out a large attendance, con-
sidering the warm weather. The
address Of Mrs. Nellie r. Burger was
forcible arraignment of the liquor
traffic and was listened to with the
greatest Of interest. Mrs. Burger is
an eloquent tslker.
Arrangements are under way for
a district Y. NJ. c. A. field dsy,
which is to be held in Rock Island
Sept. 8. The local association, un-
der whose auspices the event will
take place. has a meeting tomorrow
evening, when the location will be
selected and the prizes determined
on. Y. NJ. c. A. district field day, is
always ATTENDED by great deal Of
interest. and the boys are going to
try to make this years q hummer.
Rock Island, Sterling, Dixon, Gin.
ton Galesburg. Morrison. Davenport
and Monmouth, will contest for the
district championship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09
WIN Give Another Test.

There were 30 many people who
failed to witness the fire department
exhibition Of a week ago that Mayor
Medill has concluded to give another
public test under the direction of
Fire Marshal Greene, of Chicago, be-
fore his departure. This will occur
tomorrow night in front Of the Gen.
trail engine house. as before. The
maneuvers will be precisely the
same as those Of week ago, all the
companies being called olt, and q
rope will be stretched about the en-.
closure in which the people will
stand who witness it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09
An Unfaithfol Husband.

Anna c. Cromer. Of this city, has
begun suit in the circuit court for di-
vorce. She says that she was mar
ried Dec. 4, 1895. to William Cromer,
with whom she lived until Feb. p,
1896. Mrs. Cromer charges infidel-
ity, and names as correspondent
Cora Cook, . woman who makes her
abode in q shanty boat on the Mis-
sissippi at Muscatins. at which point
1t is alleged he is now living. Mrs.
Cromer has retained Mai. Beardsley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09
Now Perfectly Clear.

my face was covered with PIN.
Piles and nothing that l tried would
heal them until l began using Hoods
Sarsaparilla. After taking two bot
ties the pimples were gone, and now
my face is perfectly clear. l was
also troubled with q weak back, but
it is stronger since taking Hoods.
Mrs. J. Kreinbrink, Jr., box 1854,
Blue Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09

The yield Of wheat in France. owing
TO the careful cultivation Of the soil and
the large quantity of guano and other
fertilizers employed, is IL bushels per
acre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09

Before You Fside Your wheel
Be sure You shake into your shoes
Aliens Foot-Ease. . powder for the
feet. It keeps your feet cool and
comfortable, prevents sweating feet,
and makes your endurance ten. fold
greater. Over 1000 wheel peo-
people are using Aliens Foot-Eas
They all praise it. Ladies, insist on
having it. 1t gives rest and comfort
and prevents smarting, hot. swollen.
aching feet. At all druggists and
shoe stores. 25 cents. Sample free
by mail. Address, Allen s. Olmsted,
lie Roy, N. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09
CITY CHAT.


CITY CHAT.
Hynes vulcsnizes tires.
Hynes repairs bicycles.
Fra Diavalo at the Tower.
Lees Little Gem is the best broom.
Crslls 4 Co., stylish livery turn
eats.
p. J. MsHugh spent yesterday in
Peoria.
Smoke Tri-City Flyer made by Mic
Huesman.
Tonight the last night Of opera At
the Tower.
Miss Mamie Meenan is visiting at
Galesburg.
p. E. King and family are visiting
in Michigan.
Percy Scott is visiting at his home
at Galesburg.
George Sudlow left for Milwaukee
this morning.
G. +. McNabney. Of Hampton. was
In town today.
Mrs. DIR. f. NJ. Sala leaves tonight
for Keokuk on o visit.
Mrs. L. H. Greer and children are
visiting at Waukon, Iowa.
You will do we'll to attend the
Gustus school Of business at Moline.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Munro and
daughter have gone to Lake Ke-
gonsa.
The internal revenue collections OF
Deputy j. H. Lamont for last week
were e169.7O.
Rev. j. II. Cannon and Henry
Burns have returned from q O.days'
Colorado trip.
Mrs. A. j. Taylor and children
have returned from months outing
In the country.
Tonight the opera season closes at
the Tower. Fra Diavalo for the clos.
ing performance.
Jackson & Hurst have money to
loan on real estate. Terms reasona-
BILE and no delay.
Fred Haas has returned from q
pleasant 2-weeks' outing with his
children at st. Paul.
Will johnson left yesterday after.
noon on the steamer Sidney to enjoy
the round trip to st. Paul.
For rubber tired traps and buggies
order Of Cralle & Co. Carriages with
careful drivers at moderate rates.
George Price and W. NJ. Reck have
gone to Minneapolis to visit Q few
weeks with their old friend, Tom
Lee.
w. Albert Brooks, Of the Hobbs
Remedy company. Is in the city look
Ing after the interests Of the COM
pany.
Your last chance to hear the Her
bert Opera company tonight. Go
and hear Fra Diavalo at the Watch
Tower.
The stock OF the deiunct Porter
Printing company, at Moline, has
been bid in by c. +. Hemenwsy for
5000.
Jackson & Hurst have money to
loan on real estate. Terms reasona-
BILE and no delay.
Mrs. j. j. Reimers. accom- panied
by her daughter. Miss Anna, and
sons, Charles and Fred, is here from
Evanston, for visit.
The Chicago Times Herald of yes
terday contains 2-column article
devoted to Lieut.. Schwatka's route
to the Klondyke country.
De- "
new officers Of the Christian En-
deavor society of the Aiken street
chapel tomorrow evening.
Clarence Gambler. Of Port Byron,
left this morning for Michelinda,
Mich, for few weeks visit with his
friend, Gould Hill, Of Moline.
Mrs. j. b. Peet. Of Eleventh street,
has been notified OF the serious ILL
ness Of her daughter at Omaha, and
she leaves for that city tonight.
- Excursion to Muscatine Tuesday,
Aug. 10, given by the Anthony club.
Tickets, so cents; children. rs cents.
Boat leaves at S:l5. Good music.
The remains Of Mrs. James Bsgley
were laid at rest in Calvary yester.
day afternoon, funeral services being
first held at St. Joseph's church.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Swanson, OF Linds'
borg. kas.. are visiting President
o. OLSON, Of Augustana college
Miss OLSON. DR.. Olsson's daughter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09

When bilious or cossive eat Q Cas-.
oares. candy cathartic. cure guaran-
teed. 10 oanta. Is cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09
Beautiful Camping 0rounds,

Beootiful CAnplnG 0founds.
Woodward's park. season Of 1897.
The finest excursion ground between
Rock leland and Clinton, Iowa.
Camping supplies, bosts. ice. etc.
WILLIAM d. WOODWARD. Prop,
Port Byron.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09
ne WsssAss We Hay Have.

Conditions are favorable for local
showers tonight and Tuesday.
Tho weather Is largely cloudy from
the Mississippi river to the Rocky
mountains; there are. however,
local clear areas OF considerable size.
ShowerS have fallen ct intervals from
New Mexico aud Utah northeastward
to the lake region. Rain Is falling
this morning In northern Texas.
Today's temperature, 72.
@. z. HUNT, Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-09
Before Yoa Ride Y our wheel

Hoods pills act easily and
promptly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-22
A TYPICAL WORKING GIRL.
Her Opportunity For Going About,
and What She Thinks.

Ihere aren't many machine teachers
in the field yet and competition isn't
so fierce as it might be nor wages as
low Whether the pay is good or the
occupation desirable depends altogether
on what you've been brought up to ex-
pect of life. If you've graduated from
the ranks of the ordinary machine oper-
ators who work by the piece, ten hours
a day, for from 81 to 81 week, you
think 1t a piece of rare good luck to
get $12 and all your expenses, board
and railroad and steamship fares, and
the opportunity of seeing the country
One girl employed in showing folks
how to make cigars by machine has
travelled ell over the continent and has
had two trips to Europe since she be-
came machine teacher four years
ago. She is very young, not quite 90
When she is at home she lives in a lit
tie country city in a tiny cottage I'M
der hill. There is piano in the par
Tor, an ingram carpet on the floor, a
few cane rockers, an upholstered chair
or two, a few photographs and books.
Roses grow up over the porches, there
are beds of old fashioned flowers and
tiny garden patch that the mother and
younger sister and brother tend with
care, While they wait with pride the
home coming of the beloved bread win
rar.
Perhaps it is the all things sweet
about this home that makes the ma
chine teacher almost regret that the
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occupation requires so much travelling
Its very much better pay than l can
get at anything else I can do she
saws. land so l must stick to it. be-
cause. YOU see, when there are four Of
us and only two working, all the money
we can lay hands on comes in handy.
It's very lonely though, being away
among strangers so much. don't like
hotels, and being in a boarding house in
a strange place isn't much better.
don't get among the kind of people I've
been used to all my life, and I'm not
like some girls who are always wish
ing they could get acquainted with flne
folks My folks are all working people,
and all my acquaintances at home are.
too And they go to my church, and
are of my nationality. That seems to
make a difference My cousin, who is
a writer, says she feels it, too, only
she calls it having the same back
ground. Whatever it is, miss my ac-
quaintanees in the ladies' auxiliary Of
the A Q. H and the young ladies So
daiity almost as much as my home.
The first time went to England [ went
first cabin, with the man that OWNS
the new patent and his wife, and, gra-
cious, wasn't lonely and unconfort-
able? They were kind as could be, too.
L wished had gone in the steerage. /
felt as if 1 could have talked to the
people there. I suppose | take just
many baths as they do-the cabin folks,
l mean-and I'm American enough,
even if we're only generation or two
out from Ireland, to feel that we're just
as good as they are. but I wasn't at
ease. Ny clothes weren't the same sort,
and 1 hadn't had the same chances at
school. I can play the piano and sing
q little, but don't like the same things
they do, Their acquaintances seemed
to think me a new sort of animal, or
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else l got SO morbidly homesick l
thought so. But in some ways of
course, ] like travelling about. You
learn a great deal. When l was in
London I went to see the tower and the
houses of parliament, and all the places
Of interest I could find out about. The
worst of it was having to go alone most
OF the time. met few working wo-
men over there. but somehow they
didn't seem at all like the girls I know
al home. Do you know, they all seemed
TO drink lot of beer, and they didn't
like it because / said I never drank it.
None of the girls l know here would
drink intoXicants in company, and very
few would drink at home with their
folks.
Il went to work when I was a few
months under II. 1t was in vacation.
and / stripped tobacco. I went because
we needed money at home very much,
and was the Oldest. Work in cigar
shops was easiest to get, and l knew a
CARL that worked in a shop, that's WHY
went there. After a while they wanted
a girl 20 paste labels on cigars. [ was
always quick with my fingers, so they
took me up to the packing room to do
1T. After a while l could make So a
day. Then there was strike and no
more work. 1t wasn't on the work / did
they struck. but it threw me out Just
the same l don't believe much in
strikes, but I wouldn't work during one
just the same. Working people have
TO stick to each other. When the strik
ers went back to work was put on a
new machine that our boss was trying.
1 made very good wages for a while at
that. Then an improved machine was
invented by one of the members of the
firm, and they asked me to try it.
could make If do moro u-oyly t1,,y CIV
of the other girls, so they asked me
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-22

to go to places where they got chance
to set them up on trial and show what
they could do. When l went to Europe
first il was to show off the machine
and get capitalists to buy the Euro
pean rights. My mother thought it
was an awful risk, I was SO young, but
our dear old pastor said: My child,
you're young, but you've good sense,
and have been rightly brought up and
Wen all pray for you so you won't lose
your head and that's how I got into
the work.
What do 1 read? Well, when I'm
home 1 don't have much time to read.
I make most of my clothes, and help
mother with the family sewing. I used
to be on two or three committees of
the ladies' auxiliary and the sodality,
and I have to go around and visit my
friends. Besides our societies. have en-
tertainments and dances ana fairs and
regular meetings. When I'm travelling,
though, it's different. I've read most
of Dickens books. I like him. think
he knew great deal about working
people. I like Longfellow's 'Evange-
line too. I tried Shakespeare, but he
was too deep for me, guess | couldn't
seem to understand him. A friend gave
me the stories of his plays in prose,
and 1 liked them very we'll l went to
see Richard III once, but somehow 1
couldn't get enthusiastic. / liked
Hearn's Shore Acres better, and 1 like
Whiteomb Riley's poems, don't you?
One of our members in the auxiliary
recites The Goblin IL Get You and
Knee Deep in June fine.
"Of course know lots OF men who
work at the trade. and some times 1
hear that they say L oughtnt to. be
going about teaching girls to run that
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folds. and. Ike the yoke, may be lined
or not. A puff of pleated foulard sup
plies the necessary fullnas5 at the
shoulder. A ruffle of taffeta and lace
finishes the wrist
The cut and drapery of new skirts
further reveals the sentiment forming
of plain soft fabrics. All stiffness in
material as we'll as form is discarded.
Gauze, mousseline and chiffon are
shown in lavish filmy decorations, and
for more ostentatious wear the re-
appearance of entire gowns of beautiful
costly patterned lace worn over a col
ored foundation viii be INDUCED in by
those favored by fortune. Chantilly in
various widths, appropriate for the
skiint and bodice. is the lace most gen
orally selected: also Irish and Venetian
points. Valenciennes will fail into dis
use with the Wane of the summer eX-
cept for the trimming of under clothes
and elagent regligeeS. The newest use
made of lace is in the form of vines,
broader at the base and terminating
in narrow tendrils at the top. These
vines are appliqued on, and the same
design is used in miniature on the
waist and sleeves. On the latter the
design runs upward from the wrist and
finishes over the slight fullness. The
same pattern is followed out in en-
DrOlQery or DrdldlnS Tor WOODEN street
costumes and tailor made gowns. The
latter often have the skirt front in
shape of panel or apron, outlined
with passementerie or soutache braid
ing. The loose waist continues in ia
vor, which, of course. will necessitate
the belts of velvet, satin, or silk, a new
form of which'shows the closing at the
back with a high rich buckle bent to
fit the form.
Silk and wooden gowns are frequently
trimmed with velvet, a new weave of
which is called 'epingle,' and looks
very much like the uncut velvet of
seasons past. 1t IS so rich looking.
particularly in the favored shades of
gray, that it will be employed consider
ably by the milliners. An exquisite
large winter hat has form of silver
gray chenille and felt braiding with a
wide brim and high fiaring crown. The
brim is raised at the back, where it is
trimmed with knots of silver gray vel
ours epingle, forming a graceful cover
ing for the puffs into which the hair is
arranged at the back of the head. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-22

puppies and carrier pigeons eating out
of the same dish together You would
be amused.
A pretty cat, called Bebe, sleeps on
my bed every night, and when she
thinks ! ought to retire. she commences
TO talk and go toward the stairs, to and
fro, until I am ready. Another angora
has learned the habit of pulling all the
pins out Of my dressing case cushion.
She takes them out, one at a time, and
then from her mouth drops them on
the floor.
1t is also remarkably strange that
angoras have their favorites among
people. Two pretty maltese kittens
would for Mrs Vests mother turn
sommersaults, but for no one else.
When bathing in the Geauga lake the
owner of the kennels VIII take in Royal
Pasntik. lie viii go in her arms, enjoy
it greatly, and when taken out beg to
go in again. There are plenty of
charming anecdotes about these cats,
who seem to understand all that is
said to them. When Mrs West turns
her steps eastward she is pretty sure
TO bring with her from two to six an
goras or maltese TO replace those which
are sold when vacancies occur. She
affirms that take them all in all, they
are charming companions, and in many
respects are as human as men and
women" and that the maltese sell as
we'll as the angoras, and often better
SO beautiful are these cats in appear
ance that they have hair three inches
long and, Of course. much time is given
in keeping them spotleessly clean.
Thoroughbred cats are generally fond
of dogs and are sagacious in the ex-
IRENE. One cat, a special favorite Of
the owner OF the kennels, knows when
she has on evening dress. and viii
never attempt to get in her lap until
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-22

berrT1l, Aug. f0.-Our model is design
ed especially for the American Indian
summer, the fame of which is extended
the world over. The color com bina ton
Of ohangeable moss green and bright
blue is suggestive of natures aspect
when she dons her richest, most vari-
able colors while bidding farewell to
our admdring gazes before she retfres to
rest.
The skirt of our model illustrates the
tendency toward trimmings, which bids
fair TO increase as the year advances,
in spite of the long lived favorItism
which the plain skirt has received. Our
skirt has a plain, rather narrow foun-
dation of bright blue foulard printed
with a scroll design in moss green. and
is lined with moss green satin Three
rows of ruff1es simulate an apron over
skirt with deep points in front and
reaching higher at the back. Each
row of ruffies consists of a wide and
very full pleated ruff1e of changeable
blue and green exactly matching the
cologs in the foulard, and serving as a
BACKGROUND to set off the gathered
hource of real valencianres lace. head
CO ~! u IISIA ION IlIlIIICI y IUlQ Oh IHOSS
green velvet. A wide 7ounce of fou-
lard extends below the lower row of
ruffles to the hem of the skirt and lends
the appearance of additional width to
the latter. The full blouse is of finely
pleated foulard. which is gathered in at
the waist line by a belt of folded moss
green velvet. The miIliner's folds and
ruff1es, these fashionable garnitures of
the season. are repeated in the bodice.
The yoke is composed of valenciennes
insertion and moss green velvet MILL
ner's folds, and may be lined with moss
green satin or remain unlined. accord
ing to the taste or comfort of the wear
er. A ruffle of changeable taneIa under
gathered valenciennes lace headed by
a milliner's fold of green velvet sur
rounds the yoke. The collar of folded
green velvet has at the back a. ruclhe of
lace and taffeta, and a bow of green
velvet held by a handsome buckle of
simili. A butterfly bow with similar
buckle also covers the closing of the
belt at the left side. The tight sleeve
is made of insertion and milliner's
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vided for in the future.
The latest in toilet silver is hand en-
grayed. The finish is either French
gray or FURNISHED, and the figures gen.
orally floral designs, are engraved, as
are ones initials or monogram. In some
very handsome sets of this style this
silver is heavily plated with gold before
the engraving is done. This is the
newest style of silver gilt. Aside from
being handsomer, it cannot be distin-
guished from solid gold. it possesses
enc great tue 1t is not nearly so
easily tarnIshed as silver. The style
next n new ness TO hand engraving is
the empire, which comes in silver, bur
nlshed or French gray, which by the
way. takes the place of oXydized, and
in silver gilt. It is not so expensive as
the hand engraved, but little more so
than the old style. which showed heavy
figures really nodded, though they were
supposed to have been hand carved.
For powder and bonbon boxes, the
favorite designs show many jewels in
their heavy gold or silver tops. The
handsomest of these boxes resembles
squatty sugar bowls of elegant cut
glass and so large as to be used for
cracker jar Indeed, a girl who receives
one of these elegant affairs may well
be puzzled as to whether she must
IIsanh lnS SlNer LOT q powder DOX, a
bonbon box, sugar bowl or a cracker
jar. The dealers themselves acknoWl-
edge to be puzzled.
Among the smaller silver articles and
jewelry there are new styles and de-
signs galore. The newest in belts, vi
naigrettes, purses and bracelets are
heavily jeweled. Indeed any and every
article of silver or silver gilt that can
be, is jeweled. The latest belts are of
flexible rose finish silver gilt. with large
jewels the size of the end of a mans
thumb. about two inches apart THESE
jewels are set in filigree silver gilt and
connected by two braided ropes of sill
yer gilt, while loops of silver gilt chain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-22
Notice to Contractors

Proposals are solicited for the fol-
lowing works on the new Alta club
building: Carpentry, sheet metal, plas-
tering and cement work, painting
plumbing, steam heating, electric wiz
ing. structural iron and steel, orna-
mental wrought iron work and one
hand power elevator.
Proposals to be delivered on or before
Aug. so, at II O'Clock a. m. Right re-
served to reject any or all proposals.
Blank forms and particulars may be
obtained at the Office of Fred A. Hale
and Thomas A. Green, jr., architects,
Hills Commercial block.