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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-03

II the administration persists in
sustaining Alger it will have to take
the consequences, that's all about
that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-03

ALGER and Tanner are examples of
the evils that sometimes come from
raising up men into places of great
responsibility on the strength of what
they know about politics only.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-03

THAT would seem to be Dreyfus to
he excited about that they have over
in Paris.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-03

Truth wears well. People have
learned that DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are reliable little pills for regp-
lating the bowels, curing constipation
and sick headache. They don't grippe.
T. III. Thomas, a. j. Riess and NJ. F.
Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-03
Household Gods.

The ancient Greek believed that the
Penates were the gods who attended
to the welfare and prosperity of the
family. They were wOrshipped as
household gods in every home. The
household god of today is DR.. King s
New Discovery. For consumption,
coughs, colds and for all affections of
throat, chest and lungs it is invalua-
BILE. 1t has been tried for quar-
ter of century and is guaran-
teed to cure, or money returned. No
household should be without this
good angel. 1t is pleasant to take
and safe and sure remedy for old
and young. Free trial bottles at
Hartz. & Ullmeyer's drug store. Reg
ular size so cents and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-03

Democratic Nominations.
For State Treasurer
M F. DUNLAP.
For Superintendent Public Instruction.
PERRY o. SILVER.
For Trustees State University,
DR. JULIA HOLMES SMITH
NAPOLEON b MORRISON
JACOB b. SELLER
For Representative In Congress, Tenth
District,
FRANCIS z ANDREWS.
For State Senator, Thirty-third District,
JOSEPH II. SIULLIGAN.
For Representative In the General Assembly,
Thirty-third District,
ELMORE W. HURST.
For County Judge. G. ALLEN
For County Clerk. ............JOHN NORTON
For Sherin. IA. ID. HUESIRG
FOR treasurer. t. X LEES
For County Superintendent. %. l. ADDITION
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-03

Began business July > 1890. and occupy TIE
s z corner OF Aitchen Lynde' 5
new building
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and he alone can make the pressing come

and he alone can make the pressing come
right.
The separate waist is just as much in
favor as ever. The sleeves are worn just
as tight as you like or can be made, with
a fullness at the top. Where a waist is
worn in places, such as under the arm, or
down the front, on the inner side of
the sleeve the bad places can be covered
up. To hide worn place under the arm
the small bolero must have been pur-
posely invented. For very little you can
buy, among the remnants, silk which will
harmonic with the waist Use an inter-
lining of thin crinoline and make the bo-
lero either double or face i very deeply.
Add a crush collar and belt of the same
and your waist is ready for another sea-
son. If the front of the waist Is worn rip
1t loose from the lining, hemming the
worn part back for a facing and set in a
vest. Narrow revers. collar. cuffs and
belt in velvet will finish and freshen the
good 1t will pay you to rip all the seams
and carefully clean and press both lining
and outside.
Trimming taken from your summer hat,
the best parts of worn out but dainty
waists can be utilized in making up the
winter clothing.
The dress skirt is satisfaction to
make over. The old ones were so full and
the new ones so scant and ruff1es and
conceal a joining. Rip up the skirt and
clean and press it we'll If possible use
new lining, as old lining wifi not make
the skirt look fresh or keep it in good
shape.
Get a good pattern and lay it on the
cloth and place the breadths so that the
worn places can be cut out. If possible
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-04
STUNNING CAPE OF OSTRICH FEATHERS.

tonic on the hair: Two drains tincture
cantharides, 6 drains essence of rose
mary, IL ounces elder flower water. A
god tooth powder can be made from the
following ingredients: Carbonated magne-
STA (powdereO 6 parts, orris root parts,
pure powdered soap II part,
SADIE-I am sorry you have had to
wait so long for answers to your ques-
tons | assure you your present letter Is
the only one from you that ever reached
me. Where the first one went or what
became of it l do not know. AS to re-
ducing your flesh, you can do so perma-
nently only by a thorough change of diet
and life, assisted by continuous exercise.
Be sure that you take the proper amount
of exercises and that they are of the right
sort. Avoid all sugary and starchy foods.
all fats and fattening vegetables, such as
rice, potatoes. turnips and beets Sub
stitute toast for bread, eat sparingly of
butter, and the more lemonade you drink
the better. Drink little coffee and no
milk. Never sleep more than seven
hours, and take hot baths. not remaining
IN them long enough. however, for them
French physician, advised two grams Of
bicarbonate of soda at each meal The
subject of flushing was fully gone over In
answer to p. j. in Sundays Call of Au-
gust %. Foregoing reply to Lillian will
answer another of your questions. No,
! cannot recommend arsenic. This should
never be taken unless by the advice of
the skin you need good blood tonic, and
for the coarse pores. If they are not
clogged up. try the sulphur wash suggest
ed to Subscriber. For the eyebrows get
one ounce of alcohol and in It dissolve
five grains of quinine- Apply this every
other night and on the nights in between
times massage very gently with the fn-
gers dipped In pure olive oil slightly
warmed. 1 cannot advise you to try peel
ing the face. It is very risky proceed
ing. as nearly all face beaches contain
corrosive subimate, which is a deadly
poison The result might be entirely sat-
fsfactory. and again 1t might be quite the
contrary. MME. HYGElA.
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shiny. The sleeves for this winter are
in two pieces and can be cut to advantage
ont of the larger ones of last winter.
If the seams are worn take them all
in just enough to cover the worn place II
If II must not be made smaller strap
the seams Either buy material like or
a shade darker than the coat and stitch
over the seams bias strap about one
half inch wide of you can use narrow
braid. If braid is used sew 1t firmly by
band and trim the collar and cuffs as
well put it onto the collar and cuffs with
view to eoneeai ling, the II oo worn places
nlaces and if you use up the left over
ppieces to make hat to match the coat
Velvet will not prove any more expensive
Cut the velvet to exactly At the collar
and cuffs and patch stitch the edges neat
~ before you haste and hem 1t onto the
II the front is worn and It can be done
change the buttons and button holes and
close the coat with the opposite side out
Last of all have tailor press it well.
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blemishes. Do not let IT cannot get the
mastery of you, particularly at your early
age. 1t is a DOGGY man" that, If once 1t
gets the upper hand, you will find your
self in deadly conflict with all through
life. Now is the time, when life is young
and character forming, to cultivate and
develop will power with which to combat
the many temptations you will certainly
encounter in your journey through the
world.
RITA-For the oily hair make this
Cut in very small shavings one-halt
pound of pure imported CASTLE soap.
Place in a porcelain vessel with two
quarts of boiling water. Let 1t simmer
until every particle of the soap is dis
solved When cold 1t should be of the
consistency of rather thin cream. and, IL
thicker, add more warm water. Stir In
one-fourth pint of alcohol and let It
stand several days in a warm room. All
the alkali and impurities will settle to the
bottom and the liquid will be as clear as
crystal. Pour this off very carefully,
leaving residue for kitchen purposes, and
add one-fourth ounce of essence OF YER
bena AS the hair is so very oily, add one
dessertspoonful of ammonia to two
quarts of water when you wash your
hair. To make the hair grow and to pre-
vent it's falling out, apply tonic made
of fifteen grains of quintne In one-half
pint of alcohol. Do not wash the hair
oftener than once in two or three weeks
L. BETH-The hard white Jumps that
appear upon your face are, / think, a
form of acne, which usually arises frem
debility or impure blood. 1t is very OBJ
stinate and sometimes almost impossible
to cure. Careful attention must be paid
to diet and habits. Hot baths are ex-
cellent I would also advise your having
this prescription filled by your druggist:
Extract of dandelion, one dram: pow
dered rhubarb, q. $. Divide into three and
one-half grain pills and take one every
night. If the little white Jumps come to
a head prick with fine needle and press
the contents gently out. Then wash with
a pure alkaline soap, and after rinsing
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wash the face carefully in tepid water,
using little pure CASTLE soap or flax
seed meal. This is most important for,
unless the particles of dust are thorough
ly removed they will be kneaded into the
skin and untold mischief in the way of
irritation will result After rinsing away
ply the orange flower skin food. formula
for which has been given in these col
umns.
Then begin your massage. Every one
knows that as age creeps on the skin of
the face drops, therefore, to counterfeit
this. tendency the rubbing should be in
the contrary direction.
Taking the nose as central point, let
the rubbing be out and away. from this
feature. Never rub in toward the nose.
The forehead should be massaged, be-
diagonally and up, always rubbing trans
versely to all wrinkles The chin should
be massaged beginning in the center.
to massage 1t down to smaller proportions
you must dissolve the fatty tissues by
picking up the flesh between the thumb
as much as you possibly can, without in
juring the skin. the rubbing to start in
the center and continue up toward the
ears Then to keep the flesh from o get
cold water in which a small piece of
alum has been dissolved. piece the size
Of bean b1s being plenty for on fd be- Of n
reducing the facial plumpness.
The fingers should be kept quite close
together when performing massage.
Never massage with dry fingers, as this
will stretch the skin and it will then drop
back into deeper wrinkles than before.
Patting the face is good plan when the
skin is particularly dull and lifeless and
without color
Hard skins are made softer by being
rubbed with oil and flabby skins are rem
dered firmer by being rubbed with alco-
hol perfumed with verbena.
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Beauty
GLASSES.

~ OLORED eyeglasses are quite the
H thing this summer. Not the old
W fashioned smoked kind; oh, no. but
tinted glasses of color to har-
monte with the eyes that wear them.
The summer girl who plays golf. rides
the bicycle and goes yachting in the
blazing sunshine does not object that
The sun, with ardent frown,
Doth slightly tinge her cheek with brown.
On the contrary. she considers a
healthy shade of tan is becoming But
she does very much object to the effect
of strong sunlight on her eyes. There
fore she shields them with colored glasses.
The crystal is ground not to magnify,
only to shade the eyes. For blue eyes
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To conceal the piecing out at the bot
tom YOU may use a broad fold of the
same as the skirt, which you will be able
to save out of the discarded widths. Two
or three narrow folds of the material or
can be chosen. Cloth Skirts should be
opened on both sides of the front breadth.
Close the packets either with button and
button holes or with a fly, under which
the pockets are placed and easily found.
The skirts should hang close and bell
shaped. having the pleats quite together
at the back Boomers worn over the cor
set bottom are far preferable to under
skirts in giving thes proper effect The
boomer must, however, not be knicker-
booker. but hang loosely and to the shoe
uuired must be found in an additional
pair or pairs of tights rather than in fan
mel DetticOatS.
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At Nine. Michniewicz-Tu rs Place
Vendome, / saw shown toque of white
plated Yedda straw with the brim turned
up all round, slightly in the form of pad
and spangled all over. The crown is
round low and rather wide. In the CEN
tire in front is Louis XVI bow of black
stiffened velvet, embroidered all over with
spangles. The hat is trimmed with two
white ostrich feathers, one upright behind
the bow the other running round the
brim of the hat.
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following skin food. feel pretty certain
that you will be restored to happiness.
Spermaceti, II ounce.
White wax, "a ounce.
Sweet almond oil, ounce
Lanoine, l ounce.
Cocoanut oil, 1 ounce.
Simple tincture benzoin, 10 drops.
Orange flower water, ounce.
Use this every night. after washing the
face, and be careful not to get it in the
eyes
ALICE sH.-Cleaning velvet is out of
my line entirely The only advice / can
give you is to take it to a first-class
cleaner.
EMMA Dread advice given to Mrs.
l.. A. T. Try the same treatment, and let
me know II 1t does not help you.
KATHIE.-A tonic made of equal parts
of cocoanut oil and fine white vaseline
is what you need for the eyelashes.
Anoint the lids with this at night.
BEATRICE B. B.-For answer to your
to Mrs. L. A. T. AS for your second
question, massage is excellent for the
cises that are helpful. One of these is
to lie fiat on the floor on the back and
raise one leg and then the other as high
as possible ten times In succession; then
and raise the body to sitting posture
ten times. Perform this exercise each
night, and when standing take care to
throw the chest out and the stomach in.
dicates general perturbation of the
health. 1t may arise from indigestion,
suppressed perspiration. and very often
from tight lacing. 1t is also caused by
nervousness and hysteria, because the
small vasomotor nerves which control
and regulate the cutaneous blood vessels
are dsorderly in their action and relax
and contract systematically. Take lots
of walks: take a good blood tonic; wear
no tight bodices or bandages, and eat
lots of fruit such as pears, oranges and
figs Avoid hot drinks eat slowly, and
put the feet In hot water and mustard
powder every night. Also see to 1t that
your sleeping-room is we'll ventilated |
cannot tell you how to test tooth pow
der. but / can tell you how to make a
pure one If you desire 1t.
MENA LII have never heard of the
powder having the effect you describe ]
should not worry about the Precipitation
going any place else until 1t get there.
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Paris


"a r. ILLINERS continue to make
UWN abundant use of flowers, trim
II AZ y ming their hats even with sun
o 90 flowers and all kinds of wild
flowers: also with fruit, such as grapes
cherries, strawberries, etc. Bows of
twisted velvet, mounted on stiff net, are
very much used. All the milliners also
make necklaces of jet or amber, bows and
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" rs II nearly over the question comes
WV again wherewith all to be
clothed for another season. 1t
Is the best time Of the year for the
woman who must be very, economical to
begin to look over her last winters ward
robe. There are odds ard remnants
which will do very nicely in renovating
the old gowns, to be had for very little
at this season when the merchants are
clearing up their stock before displaying
the new goods for the coming season.
nressmakers, too, are almost idle at this
season.
There is such a complete change from
last winters styles that skirts and
sleeves will have TO be changed or you
will find yourself left behind in the fash
ions. To begin with the coat the new
styles are mostly long, reaching to and
below the knee, but short coats will be
worn also. The sleeves will be much
smaller than those in your old coat, but
with a little care they are easily reme-
died. If you intend wearing it another
winter get a correct sleeve pattern, rip
out the sleeve and press it carefully, lay
ing a damp cloth on the wrong side and
using as hot an iron as you can. Be
sure and have your ironing board well
padded or the cloth will be fat and
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

using hot water on
your face ills a great mistake. Use
tepid water and. If you use soap, be
sure that 1t Is the very best quality
Of white CASTLE. Then If you will
the places under the eyes with the
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neck trimmings in every description in
feathers, taffetas or muslin.
At Nine Marie Rebouch's, 30 Rue de la
Chausse d'Autin, l was shown a boating
hat of Manila straw with narrow brim
and trimmed round the crown with band
of mauve and white check ribbon. On
the left side is a large bow OF the same
ribbon composed of nine loops. The
cache-peigne is made of the same ribbon.
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PROPER NHSSHGE FOR BEHu6Y

BY Madame Hyeeio.

f
ivng ~ tt O bj questions will
uIya swerd h d M y sign
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blue glasses are CHOSEN; for black eyes,
delicate green; for brown-eyed lassies,
charming The color and expression of
the eyes seen through this medium are
at once softened and intensified. Eyes
to light for beauty take on a darker tint.
The glass lends sparkle. Lashes look
longer and more delicately shaded, and
altogether the effect is decided success
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who has retained her elegance of youth,
full figure. wore a Scotch coat of gray and
green, strapped with green. Her bodice
was of bottle green silk, with an immense
fchu al the throat which entirely nlled
In the front Of the coat: The neck OF the
coat was fastened with straps Of green
satin. The collar was very tall and rolled
slightly backward. The Princess wore
green gloves Her skirt was gray,
trimmed with bands of green.
The new blazer coats are TO be cut
something on this pattern, some OF them
. with ny fronts. The back is invariably
t tghf b h1tng and the sleeves have none OF
the Dalloon puffs Of last spring. Sleeves
nave grown smaller, but as they grow
smaller they grow a little higher. We
SHAH soon return TO the gathered sleeve:
at the top OF the shoulders This gathering
made slight pun which was filled in with
crinoline, so that milady looked as If her
shoulders were slightly elevated. The new
coats are ftlleD I'm this way so that in
every way there Is a probability that we
shall have returned to the gathered sleeve
by spring.
To return to shoulder capes- thew are
very elaborate. One sees them with frills
Of silk and lace and ribbon cloth. one
overlapping the other and each one very
'ther than the elbow, and could hardly
be worn for warmth. They are more 90
pecially designated for the purpose re-
ferred to in the beginning Of this artf-
Gle, namely for the covering up of shah
by gowns.
I saw a very pretty cape, which might.
II worn by an elderly lady, be termed
genteel. Upon the figure of a tall. fash
ionable young woman 1t would be stun
ming The cape was of a dark gray mel
tonette cloth. 1t reached just TO the ell
bows. The entire cloth was braided with
black silk braid one-half the width of
your finger. On each side of the braid
was q tiny edging of gold cord. which
wonderfully frightened the somber gray.
The collar was standing. and was
trimmed with straps of black silk braid
edged with the gold cord. Upon each
strap were four little smoked pearl but
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make it the inside out Only narrow
facing of haircloth will be wanted and
you will be able to get 1t out of the old
If the skirt is shrunk or worn at the
hem, piece out each breadth at the bottom
before the skirt is put together.
Dresses are to be worn very long and
the tendency is toward wearing trains
again.
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"a ANY of my beauty-seekers,
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cream into the skin and
thereby bringing into the
cheeks a rose tint hue. However, this is
not so, for the cream Is altogether an ad-
1unct to the massage.
Massage Is as old as surgery. Indeed,
II is impossible to find out which Is the
older. so it Is pretty safe to say that mas
sage has been known and practiced al
most since Time was.
The chief luxury of the Grecian and Ro-
man women consisted of the most luxur-
ious baths, in which they reveled, follow
ing them afterward by vigorous massage,
which was administered by stout-armed
slaves. Among savage as well as CIVIL
lied peoples from the most ancient times,
massage has been practiced either IN the
form OF rubbing, kneading or Amounting.
Take out your Homer and read now,
away back in the year 1000 b, G., the
women rubbed and anointed war-worn
heroes to rest and refreshed them.
We all know that when seized with a
violent pain we instinctively and involun-
tarily press upon or rub the painful place,
usually with the result OF supoulng the
bringing almost instant relief. Massage Is
exercise 1t rouses the action of languid
skin, facilitates sebaceous excretion, and.
by exercising the muscles, restores their
vigor, thus making the flesh flrmer and
giving new life to the entire system. In
truth there is no greater aid to beauty.
II IS the fat woman's comfort as we'll as
the thin girls solace 1t reduces fat,
when il has accumulated and also gives
Fesh TO the unduly thin figure.
There is nothing better than facial mas
sage to ward off wrinkles. Aided by a
good skin food 1t will add to ones beauty
End Youthful appearance as nothing else
will. The muscles of the face, more than
any other part of the body, are lazy and
torpid. The massage brings the blood to
the surface and so stimulates the skin to
healthy action, while the skin food feeds
and nourishes the tissues.
1t is difficult in short article to de-
scribe the movements necessary for
proper massage treatment. First Of all,
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ANY of my beauty-seekers,
l doubt not, believe that
massage is a modern fad,
and merely for the purpose
of rubbing some Oil or
cream into the skin and
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RKWARlV4
GOWNS

< H0 DHEN now the summer is so
MNX nearly over the question comes
wv again wherewith all to be
clothed for another season. Il
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, EW YORK. Sep. 2.-"Fall wraps
cover a multitude of SINS" said
a fashionable woman the other
day, as she pulled on a little
cape of brocaded silk edged with