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The times., 1898-11-20
Pretty Nurses.

From the Philadelphia North Ameriean-)
.-Should trained nurses be pretty or plan?'
The question was raised at 4 convention OF
women in New York the oJner day vigorousr
discussed and then the convention passed on u
other topics. Was it decided? OF course not.
1t is woman's province to raise a racket, and
then the poor men go off and fight duels or do
other foolish things in attempt 10 decide the
issue. But should trained nurses be pretty2
good way to get at the answer would be TO ask
another question: Why shouldn't they? mum
Der of ladies raised the point that good-ooking
nurse often plays hob in the household into which
she is taken TO attend strictly to business, and
that in hospitals she is constant source OF
danger to the impressionable young physicians
with whom she is thrown in contact.
The point here seems to be that some trained
nurses are entirely too well trained But II
doesn't decide the question. Because one of two
pretty nurse girls have done more than the coz
tract called for, it doesn't Follow that beauty
in these mnstering angels is TO be generally con-
demned Moreover, it isn't always the prettiest
nurse girls who prove to be the most fascinating.
What woman lacks in beauty she often makes up
In grace and charm and tenderness. Bur suppose
the edict goes forth that none hut homely girls
are to be allowed to enter the guild. where will
we get the trained nurses for the future! We
are afarid womsn's injustice 20 her own sex crops
out again in this discussion. No man would ever
have raised this point, and We are sorry that it
has been raised at all. And yet no great damage
has been done The pretty nurse girl speaks for
herself and she will continue 10 do SO eloquently
and satisfactorily.
The times., 1898-11-20

have the same finger markings. But ]
think l. can safely say that curved lines
on the fingers are indicative of amiabiity
and a desire to please; straight lines
show Indifference to the feelings and
opinions of others and a determination to
have their own way; crooked lines, well,
/ should advise you to be very chary
about trusting a person whose impress
sions showed up crooked under the mag
nifying glass; Such peopre as rule have
the characteristics Of a fox. and l have
known them to closely resemble snakes.
Il have examined the finger impress
sions of more than one hundred confessed
murderers and have found, with but one
exception, well defined cross on the
middle finger of the right hand. Some
times that. tell-tale mark appears in the
middle OF the finger and at others farther
to the left or right.
| How about the one exception? Well.
! l cannot explain that. / was told he had
| confessed the crime and try always to
| avoid being fanatical as to any of my
\ ideas, so l try to believe it Is because l
have not mastered all the details of the
science, and not that the law has forced
a confession from an innocent man.
Ibid ever see that mark of Cain on
! a baby's impression? Yes, but about
| such marks / never speak. Neither do
| tell when ! see an early death in an i'm
| preston or any great calamity, for / am
| of the opinion that as the lines on the
finger tips are Interchangeable, so also are
the events they indicate.
"Can / tell when a woman will marry
or when she will die an old maid? Now,
that is hard to say, for there are lines
| which signify success, and non-success,
! happiness and unhappiness, and as both
! married and unmarried women share
| these alike. 1t is generally impossible to
| tell to what particular event or series of
events they relate. Nor can / always
! tell when l have the Impressions of great
| persons before me unless there has been
i some one or more very marked events in
| their lives.
] DO / consider the science hard to
| learn2 Not as much so as palmistry.
! 1t takes study, deep study, but there are
( not many rules, and the lines are very
/ characteristic"
The times., 1898-11-20
SEWING WOMEN OF JAPAN.
They Work All Day for Twenty-Five
Cents.

There are ladies' tailors IN Japan, but
these are chiefly patronized by the gid
dy Geisha girls. for women of any So
cial standing whatsoever place the des-
tinies of their wardrobes exclusively in
the hands of seamstresses who come TO
the house. The japanese sewing woman,
however, bears fortuna,eIy no resem-
blance in her methods to those cold
blooded butchers of time and good ma
terial, who are known and feared in this
country. One and all the little jobbing
seamstresses are modest artists in their
way and nearly every one is the gradu-
ate of a sewing school of good standing.
The memory of Japan hardly extends
back to a time when there were not ex-
cellent sewing schools in the country, but
of recent years only have the women
learned to use thimbles and know the
delights of razor-edged shears as manu-
factured in and exported from Europe or
America. When sewing machines were
first introduced from the States they
made a vast flutter in the sewing schools
and in private families. The little Jap
anese women even now are rather timid
about using them. and a lady who dress
es really well will simply refuse to have
her pretty frocks made other than by
hand
The machines are well enough If YOU
intend to wear European clothes, and ten
years ago the Japanese women welconl-
ed the tight. heavy European dress with
an enthusiasm that threatened to make
The times., 1898-11-20
A WARRIOR WOMAN.
Fought as Man throughout I
Civil war


Fought as a Man Throughout the
Civil War.
The death of Mrs. l.. H.. Seelye, at La
Porte, Tex. last month"; closed the career
of remarkable woman. whose history
is, perhaps, the most unique and interest
ing of any woman of this generation.
She at least furnishes the only well au-
thenticated case of a woII;ssn who served
as a private soldier ingtheI ranks during
the Civil War, and in the threefold ca
pacity of common soldier, field nurse and
spy, proved herself over and over again
lone of the best and bravest men in the
regiment" In the battles of Bull Run,
Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, the seven days
before Richmond, Antietam and Freder-
icksburg, she frequently fought all day
and nursed the wounded all night with
a strength and devotion almost super
human: and while in the ''secret service
she penetrated the enemys lines no less
than eleven times in various disguises-
always with complete success. so far as
the object of her expedition was con-
cerned. and escaping without detection,
although more than once "hardly by the
skin of her teeth"
After Vicksburg she was attacked by
fever, and became so i'll as to be released
from duty. During convalescence she
wrote the Nurse and Spy, "a book
which reached n sale OF upward of 100000
copies) after which she returned again
to the army. Not until twenty years later
was it known by her most intimate COM
rades in the Service that the Frank
Thompson" whom they had known and
loved, was a woman-a truly wonderful
case of concealed identify.
AT the end of the war Frank Thompson
was mourned for as among the missing
and in 1867 Miss Edmonds became Mrs.
Seelye.
Some twenty years after the close of
the war she one day said to her hus-
band: "How / should like to hear once
more from my brave old commander.
Capt Morse
why don't you write to him and tell
him the whole story?" asked her hus-
band.
"Ah, you do not realize what all that
Involves" replied Mrs. Seelye. For one
thing, l should be deluged with corre-
spondence."
Nevertheless, she dropped line to
Capt Morse, asking for news of him, re-
questing him to address Frank Thomp-
SON." care l.. H Seelye. A long and
cordial letter was the result, begging for
Franks history Mrs. Seeye then con-
| hded her story TO her old commander, i'm
ploring him to keep the secret as sacredly
as she had done for the past twenty
years. The good man really meant to do
so, but human nature is weak. Grad
ually the truth leaked out, and in 1884
! Mrs. Seelye received an enthusiastic in
vitation to be present at a reunion of her
| old regiment, the Second Michigan. TO be
| held at Flint. She accepted, and there
met her old comrades for the first time
| since she had fought by their side.
Her love of outdoor, life never dimin-
ished. and she remained famous sho;
and bold rider almost to the end. More
than ALL she never lost those salient
points in her character which made her
The times., 1898-11-20
FACTS ABOUT FURs.
Only an Expert Shopid Attempt to
Buy Them.


Both fashions and prices in furs fluc-
tuate curiously. Certain skins show rec
ords of remarkable ups and downs, one
decade fetching great values and being
cherished by women, and then, seeming
ly without rhyme or reason, absolutely
sinking out of sight in the market. Sin
gularly enough, the list of furs high in
favor today is almost identical with the
one approved by our grandmothers fifty
years ago, with the addition of chinchil-
la. stone marten. and sealskin
Russian sable, owing to its own grea.
beauty and rarity, is more highly priced
and better known every year. There are
several grades, but the costliest includes
a few exquisite skins occasionally found
opposite Sitka. These skins are rare very
dark, almost black in color, and sell for
$500 to $3.50 each. They, however are the
fancy skins of the market, the kohinoors
among furs. Dealers predict that Russian
sable viii continue to know a steady adj
The times., 1898-11-20
FINGER-TIP FACTS.
Revival of the Egyptian Cult of
PhaIanEOlCgy.


PhaIanEOlCgy.
Phalangology is a new science, at least
its devotees claim that 1t is new to this
country, though they say it has been
known and followed in Egypt and other
countries for many centuries Its age,
where 1t had its origin, or who brought
it over to this country, may be a mooted
question, but to readers of Pudd' nhead
Wilson 1t is like meeting an old friend in
a new dress. For it was by phalangology
or marks of the finger tips that Pudd'n-
head was enabled to win his first case in
court. and to save from the gallows one
at least of those extraordinary twins.
Pudd'nheads method, as every one
will remember, was to take the impress
sion on narrow strips of glass which he
first rubbed through his hair for the pur-
pose of obtaining a thin coat of natural
Oil. Strips of glass are still used, but in
stead of oil from the hair they are COW
cred by a delicate film of light smoke,
which 1t Is claimed receives and holds
the impressions of the most delicate lines.
AS for the claims of the science itself,
perhaps it is best to give them in the
words of a woman who has devoted much
time to its study, and is considered one
of the best authorities outside of Egypt
and other lands of the occult:
I'VE do not claim phalangology as a
branch Of palmistry," this authority ex-
planned, "but as a separate and distinct
science, and very much more accurate
than any other for reading PERSONS nat
ura1 characteristics. The lines of the
palm change. as every student of palm
istry will admit; some deepen, while 9TH
ers disappear altogether. Such is not the
case in phaIangology. From the earliest
infancy up to old age the lines remain
the same They are easily recognized by
anyone who will take the trouble to look
at the impressions under an ordinary
magnifying glass. The lines of each per-
sons finger tips are as distinct as the fea-
lures their face.
"Can give any general rules as guides
for reading these lines? Well. that is
hard to do. and general rules are ordi-
narily very unsatisfactory, for the reason
that. as / have remarked. no two people
The times., 1898-11-20
HOW ROYALTY HcUsEKEEPs.
Courts Where Retaipers Are En-
piOyed by the Thousand.

Queen victoria's encourage numbers
nearly 1000 persons. Some of the posts
are sinecures, and the persons holding
them are merely ornamental, not useful.
For the maintenance of this vast estab-
lishment, the nation sets apart nearly
half a million pounds.
The only additions to the royal house
hold since the time of Henry VIII are
two steam apparatus men Although
there is no longer royal barge, nor
any pageantry on the Thames, there
are still a barge master and a waterman.
with salary each of f400 year. For
200 years there has been no hawking.
but the office of grand falconer is still
held by the dukes of st. Adams. There
is a keeper of the swans, who attends TO
the welfare of the royal swans on the
Thames and who sees that swan upping
Is conducted annually in approved fash
ion.
There are four table deckers. whose
The times., 1898-11-20

vance in value. and that it has by no
means reached its high water price mark.
Unlike the Russian skin, Hudson Bay
sable is the victim of fashions fiuctua-
tions. From 1874 to 1894 it was In little
demand, while at present the cost has
been raised to exceed a very little that
of 1850. 1t is now second to Russian sable
alone. The average muff sells for about
SIS; fifty years ago 1t would have cost
s65, and five years ago s25.
The times., 1898-11-20

so divinely useful in hospital and field
courage. indomitable will power, Chris
tian faith and the overmastering impulse
to carry the burdens of the weak and
minister to the suffering. The proceeds
from the enormous sale of her Nurse and
Spy" was all dedicated to the cause of
the Union soldiers.
The times., 1898-11-20

sole duty is to lay the dinner cloth and
see that the plates. dishes and cutlery are
fairly set forth. There is a wax filter,
who sees that the candles are properly
disposed; there are also a first and second
lamplighter, who receive the same salary
as that of the poet laureate-s10O a year.
The salary of the queens chief butler,
who looks after the wine. is $500 year.
The washing of the clothes for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-22
ABBREVIATED KILOGRAMS

]. II. Holmes, of Bronson, Mich, has
just sold 250 black walnut trees for 81
OO0
On farm near Indian lake. Cass
county, Mich, is a well on which rises
oil that will readily burn.
The Manitowco (Wis.) Seating COM
pany has shipped a consignment OF
church furniture to South Africa.
1t is stated that the over-production
of oil in the Los Angeles (Cal) oil fields
al the present time is nearly soc barrels
a day.
The new wharf at Tampico. Mex, con-
structed by the Central railroad, I'M
der government supervision. was totally
destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss, $1,000
600.
For preventing a railroad disaster by
the timely discovery of broken rail a
German locomotive engineer received d
reward of marks $50 cents) from the
railroad company.
The farm house of William Harmon
near Galesyille, Wis, was burned to
the ground. The family was compelled
to flee barefooted through the snow to u
neighbours house.
John Meyer & Bros. have commenced
the raising of chicory near Shepherd.
Mich. They raised 120 tons of this ar
ticle last season, and expect to raise
LOCO tons next season.
The announcement of the appoint
ment Of N. Il. Martin as postmaster at
Darlington. Wis, ended a spirited con-
test, there being no less than seven can
didates besides Martin.
The Paris court has just handed down
decision favoring the heirs in the con-
test over the will of the late DIR. Evans,
the celebrated American dentist, who
died recently in the French capital
Victor Ballot, who fought at Water
loo and was subsequently discharged
from the French army at the age of %
years as a consumptive, died recently
at La Rochs-sur-Yon, aged los years
and 10 months.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-22
WASHINGTON DAY AT CHICAGO
Birth of the Father Of His Country Gen.
orally Celebrated Thsrc

Chicago, Feb. 22.-The celebration Of
the birthday of that man who was so
eminently q soldie.a ;ieorge Washing
ton, was very general at this city. At
1l:S0 a. m. Colonel George Il. Deck de-
liyered an oration On "Washingtcn' in
Cobb hall chapel at the University of
Chicago. In the afternoon at the uni
Versity will occur the dedication Of Wash
inSton house, counterpart of the one
opened on Lincoln's birthday The most
important event en- the programme OF
the Union League club was the address
on THE Obligations of Wealth." by ex-
President Harrison. delivered at the
Auditorium at 3 O'Clock this afternoon.
The club viii give banquet this even
ing.
Last night at the Chicago Beach
hotel was held the great annual Wash
ington promenade of the University of
Chicago. There are many other ce!e-
br7ions billed for today and tonight.
One of them is a grand war concert and
patriotic entertainment to be given at
=. m. in Central Park Cen
gre2ational church, Park avenue and
Fortieth court, in which forty heroes
and heroines Of the wax r:ll take part
All the public school pupils will hear
speeches and goodly programme Of
music Curing the ,Tav
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-22

advantage and derived much beneiil
from It's use. aud unhesitatingly rec
ommend IL 20 my friends.
In speaking upon this suhjs,t. DR.
Rsnkin says: 81 have known oil
many who have been permanently
cured OF diseases OF the kidneys ana
urinary organs by the use Of Warn
ere Safe Care. I know, too, OF its
being used in similar cases by physi-
clans 81 the highest standing. This
remedy I want In the cause OF hu.
nanity 20 recommend"
Men like Bishop Wilson and DE-.
Rankin do not speak hastily or Of
things Of which they are not fully
aware. They love mon and women
and desire 10 see them made, physi.
cslIy ~ we'll as morally, bstter.
Thousands a. d)llars could not for a
moment tempt them to make state.
menis like the sbJvs unless they
anew positively that they were true
There are men innume,aple " no
have been worn on. BY the cares aud
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-22
A man 4, tpovn h, The .omn.r

A man Is known BY the company
he hseps."
Above are The pictures Of two well
known and noble gentlemen. Oae is
r. Rev. Bishop Edward Wilson. ID.
d., Ii. ID, end the other is Rev. J.
y. Ranhin, ID. ID. IL. ID, president Of
Howard university. Washington. ID
c. These gentlemen have secured
the high positions they hold and the
coniidencs which everyone hss in
them through the fidelity they have
shown 10 humanity and the cause
they represent. They are men Who
have the confidence OF oil wha know
them; men Who love humanity and
seek By every means In their power
10 do everything 10 benefit 10.
10 10 notable, though not strange.
that both these gentlemen have
found great help and assistance from
the same source, namely. one Of the
great discoveries % the age.
Bishop Wilsou says. 81 have
taken Warmers Safe Cure with gre.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-22
LUETGERT HAS A SPECIALITY.
Cosmos Easy tn Him 10 Look Natural"-
"t;ocs Down" This Week.

Chicago. Feb. 22.-Adolrh l.. Luetgcrt
made careful preparations yesterday
morning To pose during the day for an
artist. who is to paint picture of him
Luc;rert said he was told he would
have To- sit fer about three hours and
look natural" Il could do il for six
months" said LuetEert. Looking nat
ural is my long suit" he went on. They
can't rattle Luetgert-they tried 1t on
the witness stsnd. I cried a little. But
] was not ratified. \ man can cry, a
brute cannot. My case will go TO the
supreme court. And l firmly believe
will get a new trial.
My friends will secure the money
necessary To- pay for the record of my
case before long. l am as innocent of
the crime Of which / have been con-
victcd as any man in Chicago today
Some day this will be shown beyond a
question Of doubt. Then will be ere q.
| did rot have a fair trial before Judge
Gary. That fact was apparent from
the fiKst day In his court" Luetgert will
lie taken to the Joliet penitentiary dur
ing the present week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-22

strains Of life, wio are less en-. rgetio
and active than formerly; who feel
u lack Of ambition when they should
be energetic. and who do not know
the cause. There Is Tut one eau. e
Tor all these troubles, and that 10
kidney or liver disease.
There are many women who are
unsccour:ably pale, sallow. sickly,
sho iscs appetite and are virtually a
burden 10 their friends and Yet who
do not realize the occasion Of such
troubles. II all arises from female
dlili ;u!ties caused by impeIf-c kid
neys To all such the outspoken
words above quoted should come as
q b.es.icg.
When such we'll known and noble
n.en as the above speak in such
flank aud manly terms as they do Of
remedy. they Thoroughly know
there cannot b. the slig htest ques-
zion q, to its great merits and its
power to benefit mankind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-22
LEWIS WASTED HIS TIME.
Washington Statesman Who Went to Can
ada to Obtain q Concession.

ada to Obtain n Concession.
Washington. Feb. 22.-Representative
Lewis, of Washington, who has just
returned from Ottawa, where he went
to appeal to the Canadian government
for some modification of the Canadian
regulations requiring American miners
bound for the KloRdike to procure their
licenses at Vancouver, Victoria or Daw-
son City, says he found a feeling of
hostility to concessions to the United
States, especially on account of the
passage of the Payne-F'rye bill, which
is designed to prevent British vessels
from sharing in the Alaskan carrying
trade. The Canadian regulation requir-
ing the issue Of licenses only at the
points mentioned has aroused the Pa
citic coast states. where the belief pre-
walls that it will divert much if not
practically all of the ouffNting and sup
ply trade with the Klondike to Victoria
and Vancouver. This is the whole story.
Both countries want that trade.
Though he was shown every courtesy
Lewis said feeling against giving some
thing TO the United States for pure love
was strong Seton. the Canadian minister,
however, was ready to do one good turn
for another He proposed a counter
proposition as a basis of adjustment
namely, to permit Canadian goods to go
through the head of the White pass in
bond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-22
FRANCE DENIES THE ArRrCa AN STORY
Tut Chamberlain Has Confirinatory Adj
vices Of the French Aggression.

London. Feb. e9-All the morning pa
ton in the house OF commons yesterday
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, said he had received Sunday a
dispatch from Lieut.. Pitcher. command
ing at Lokojah, stating that he had re-
ceived information that four French Of
ficers with 100 men had arrived at Ar
grngu, on the Sokoto river, and within
the sphere of British influence. Cham
berlain added: Il cannot believe that,
pending the negotiations, the French
government can have authorized this
invasion of territory over which our
rights have been recognized by the con-
vention between Great Britain and
France"
Paris. Feb. 22.-The semi-oficial note
issued yesterday afternoon says it is
quite untrue that French forces have
entered the Sokoto region, and that the
story is merely a revival OF an exploded
rumor.
London, Feb. 22-AIl the morning an
pers comment editorially on the gravity