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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
Don't Want His Name Used.

The managing editor of one of the
most famous Chicago dailies stated in
private conversation a few days ago,
''All jokes aside it's fact that / am
10 pounds heavier now than was this
fall, and noticed the gain in flesh
commenced a short time after
adopted Grape-Nuts for my break
fast.
mo, have made no other change
in my habit of life, have been work
ing even little more steadily than
in the past and seem to have an in
creased amount of vitality. This is
not for publication, you understand,
for 1 cannot afford the time to answer
a lot of letters of inquiry"
There is a reason why the user of
Grape-Nuts feels an increase in vital
strength and brain power. The food
is made for that purpose, and was
planned by food expert, who knows
as well how to do the things he is
trained for as a blacksmith knows how
to shape iron, or a carpenter knows
how to produce things of wood.
When you eat Grape-Nuts you take
advantage of the knowledge of a scien-
tific food maker. A trial will prove
it. Postum Cereal company limited.
Battle Greek, Mich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

the Turk secured the bar lock and
bore Burns slowly over. Each time the
farmer" got away after fall seemed
imminent. No sooner had he escaped
from the last when the Turk secured
hold that Burns declared he had
never seen. He had the farmer"
doubled up like ball, and on his
side. Then he crushed his great
weight and Burns had to go or suffer
broken bones.
Before he took his second chance
Rooney asked Burns if he should try
to throw the Turk, and the farmer"
urged him to try it. This is where
they both made a mistake. While
they were squared off, locked in each
others arms. Rooney made a quick
side srep, tripped and down went the
Turk, with a force that nearly shat
tered the stage. The cheer that arose
died away, for quicker than thought
Hall sprang upon him and crushed
both shoulders to the floor.
Burns Sticks 1t Out.
Burns, who was suffering from a
hard cold, did not seem to have a
chance. His fight was a grim and
plucky one. Five times he broke
from holds where it seemed that he
would succumb or be crushed, and
sprang from the mat. Several times
the Turk grasped one of Burns legs
and twisted it. but the farmer" set
his teeth and stuck. During the last
few minutes confusion reigned. Men
were on chairs shouting themselves
hoarse urging the farmer" to stick
the remaining time. When the Turk
learned from his second that only two
minutes remained he went at the
farmer" with desperation. Hold after
hold was secured only to be broken.
When time was about up Burns wrig-
gled to the edge of the mat and off so
that the remaining seconds would be
taken up by the referees getting them
back. He timed it right, and by this
trick probably saved himself from de-
feat.
One result of the match was to clear
ly show that neither man could ever
have thrown Adali. He cared not
what hold they secured on him, and
with one exception neither tried to do
anything but stay as long as he
could.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
How to Prevent Pneumonia.

You are perhaps aware that pneu.
monia always results from cold OIL
from an attack of la grippe. During
the epidemic of la grippe few years
ago when so many cases resulted in
pneumonia, it was observed that the
attack was never followed by that dis
ease when Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy was used. 1t counteracts any
tendency of cold or Ia grippe to re-
sult.in that dangerous disease. 1t is the
best remedy in the world for bad colds
and Ia grippe. Every bottle war
ranted. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
How to Look Good.

Good looks are really more than
skin deep, depending entirely on 6
healthy condition of all the vital or.
CANS. If the liver be inactive, YOU
nave bilious look: if your stomach be
disordered, you have dyspeptic look
if your kidneys be affected, You have
a pinched look. Secure good health,
and you will surely have good looks.
Electric Bitters" is a good Alternative
and tonic. Acts directly on the
stomach. liver and kidneys. Purifies
the blood, cures pimples, blotches
and boils, and gives a good complex
ion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold
at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
so cents per bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

ADJUSTMENTS. Q

Unusual interest attaches to the ap-
pearance of Hopkins Trans-Oceanic
Star Speciality company, at the Burtls
Wednesday, Jan. 25. Manager Robert
Fulgors stands today as the best posted
man in vaudeville matters and the
most successful manager in America.
He brings with him this season a COM
pany which even eclipses anything
which he himself has been able to col
lect before. 1t is headed by the reign
ing European sensation, Kara, the
marvellous juggler, and is composed
of such high-class artists as the
Nawns, in the delightful Irish sketch,
Lone Touch of Nature; Foy and
Clark, eccentric comedians; Joseph
inc Gassman, assisted by her Picka-
ninnies: Polk and Rollins, wonderful
ban ioists; Ford and Francis, travesty
artists; Edna Collins, phenomenal
whistler, and Nestor and Bennett,
song illustrators.
Walker Whiteside is booked for an
engagement at Harper's theatre Fri
day evening. He has secured play
founded on NJ. Ponsard's great dra-
ma. Lion Amoureaux, which will
be know henceforth in its English
dress as The Red Cockade." This
play is a romantic comedy-drama
full of heart interest and fine dra-
matte situations. 1t is aristocratic in
tone and has for the past few years
been considered the best play at the
Theatre Francois in Paris. The COM
pany maintains the same high degree
of excellence that has characterized
MIR. Whiteside's companies in the
past, including such well known
players as John NJ. Sturgeon, Freder-
lex l.. Power, John G. Hart, Gray Il.
fowler, Laurence Griffith, ROLAND
Wallace, Miss Leila Wolston, Miss
Grace Hadsell, Miss Elizabeth Hunt
and Miss Antoinette Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
MEETING OF BASEBALLISTS
Reorganization of the Western Associa-
ton to be Effected Tomorrow.

Reorganization of the Western Associa-
ton to be Effected Tomorrow.
Baseball men will assemble tomor-
row morning at the Harper house for
the purpose of launching the Western
association on its seasons journey.
The meeting, according to the call,
will be called at IL o'clock, but it is
not likely that any important action
will be taken until after the dinner
hour, in order that those who will
come on the late trains will have an
opportunity to participate in the en-
tire proceedings. There is a vast
amount of business to be transacted,
but aside from the formation of the
league, the chief interest centers
around the office of president. 1t is
generally understood among other
towns that expect to have representa-
tives here that Rockford's intention is
to make a strong play for the office.
Rock Island and Cedar Rapids will
also put forth candidates.
Conduct of the association on a
more economical plan than in the past
will be urged. For instance, a 5000
salary limit, this including the mana
ger, will be proposed, as will also the
shortening of the season, opening
May 10 and closing Sept. 10. This is
the scheme favored in Rock Island.
where experience has demonstrated
the mpracticability of cold weather
baseball and fancy salaries, and it is
believed that all other cities that were
in the association last year will coin
eide in this opinion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
What Do the Children Drink?

Dent give them tea or coffee. Have
you tried the new food drink called
GrainO? 1t is delicious and nourish-
ing and takes the place of coffee. The
more Grain-O you give the children
the more health you distribute
through their systems. Grain-O
is made of pure grains, and when
properly prepared tastes like the
choice grades of coffee but costs about
l as much. All grocers sell it. Is
and % cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

Coughing Injuries and inflames sore
lungs. One Minute Cough Cure
loosens the cold; allays coughing and
heals quickly. The best cough cure
for children, perfectly harmless. For
sale by L. H. Thomas, a. j. Reiss and
NJ. T. Bahnsen, druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
.sNepIecfed colds make

Neglected colds make fat grave
yards" DIR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup helps men and women to y
happy, vigorous old age. For sale by
Ma -shall & Fisher
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

The smallest things may exert the
greatest influence. DE Wits Little
Early Risers are unequaled for over
coming constipation and liver trou-
bles- Small pill. best pill, safe pill
For sale by 7. III. Thomas, A. j. Reiss
and NJ. f. Bahnsen, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

It's folly to suffer from that horri-
bic plague of the night, itching piles.
Doan's Ointment cures quickly and
permanently. At any drug store, so
cents. For sale by Marshall & Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
Hard Coal, Coke and wood.

Indiana block for furnaces, camel
for CRATES, Cable and Athens lump
and nut for stoves.
+. b. MCKOwN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
Don't Tobacco Spit and snoEs Iosr fife Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full OF life neI We and vigor. take No-To
BAG, the vonder-worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guayan
teed Booklet and sample free Address
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
Hard Coal Market.

Antbrac oe coal, all sizes, delivered
at $500 per ton, for immediate de-
every. E e. Frazer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

He failed to use Foley's Kidney
Cure for his kidney complaint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
Closing Out Sale
AT AND BELOW COST.
All Groceries and Fixtures of the
WHEELAN STOCK, 222S 4th ave.

Pillsbury, best -four, per sack SI.OO
Best graduated sugar, 10
pounds for. LOO
Crosby's best flour, per sack. CSC
All package coffees, per pkg. zoe
Gold dust, per package ...- I5c
Choice dairy butter, pound. NC
Honey drip syrup, gallon. csc
Log cabin maple syrup, quart
25c gallon 45c, gallon. 0OC
Pure strained honey in bulk,
per pound .-...... 7C
Cider vinegar, per gallon. IOC
Best zoe Japan and Gunpowder
teas, per pound. ....-... sc
Large dill pickles. per gallon I5CI
French red kidney beans, can SC
One pound package polishing
starch, per package ...-- SC
Prices on all articles cut in proper
tion- Ed. WAGNER,
Manager.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

TNOR SALE-TwO NICEHOMES on THIRD
Il avenue. one 800. the other SLIGO; paving
paid for. Inquire at ITO Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. boc. q. All drugSist8
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24
FOR SALE.

NOR sALE-TwO GOOD BUILDING LOTS,
Il S0xI5O feet, near G., K & Z. depot,
bargain, e., 400.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

NOR SALE-CHEAP. All MY HOUSE
IL hold goods beginning Monday. Jan 30.
G9-upright piano. parlOr set. three brussels
carpets. four rugs. two iron bcdsteadS. sp inRs
and mattresses sidebOa'd, bed room set.
chamber set. couch. set of chairs. extension
table hard coal burner. cook stove. dinner set.
two mirrors eight pairs of lace curt aims, por-
tier curtains white sewing machine, card
table. ironing board clothes rack. kitchen Ia
lie clock etc. First come. first served Mrs.
Vie Hanson. $50 Nineteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

I,OR SALE-A NEAT OFFICE CABINET
II with about so different slides, suitable for
fling legal blanks or any description OF papers
In lat form to be kept In shape for writing.
A comprehensive index connected Just the
thing for any once with contracts, etc, to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

"ANTED-GOoD SOLICITORS IN ROCK
w Island to take orders for the celebrated
Singer sewing machine A No contract
given 10 right parties Call ON or address the
Singer Manufacturing company, Az Harrison
street, Davenport. Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-24

a Hard Man to Catch, and After Losing
Fall Stays the Limit and Causes the
Defeat of the suItan's Lion-The Turks
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
is yet one Moffatt girl left, who is 20
years old and noted for her patient dis
Observation-Disclosures Record.
HOni Soft.

The evening was getting a little chilly
as the Broadway car left the Battery,
and two dark skinned immigrant girls
shivered in their gay colored prints. A
little chattering in an unintelllg1ble
dialect, and one of their queer looking
satchels was opened, and two quaint
wool bodices were produced. With de-
liberation and not a sign of embarrass-
ment the two young woLien proceeded
to divest themselves of their thin waists
and to replace them with warmer gar
ments. The passengers looked a little
startled as the brown shoulders came
momentarily into view, but no trace OF
self consciousness disturbed h young
women at their task. When the last
scarlet bodice lacing was neatly tucked
beneath the edge of the waist, the cal
leo skirts were replaced by the wool
ones belonging with the bodices. The
whole proceeding occupied perhaps five
minutes and, it must be admitted, was
an unusual one, but, to the credit OF
the passengers, be it told that the pro
ceeding met with nothing but good ma
tured tolerance. Perhaps a course of low
necked gowns and up to date bathing
suits had something to do with the
case.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiSer
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
Five Sisters For Wives.

William Mercer of Raccoon Creek,
w. Va, has married five sisters. Not
all at nee, of course, but when one
wife died Mr.. Mercer married her sis
ter. In a word, Mr.. Mercer fell in love
with the clan of Moffatt, and the Moi
fats agreed they must keep MI. Merces
in the family.
Miss Anna Moffatt, whom he married
on Tuesday last, is 90 years old. In
pursuance of the plan to keep Mercer
in the family Miss Anna rejected a
young man of Raccoon Creek.
Each one of the Moffatt girls has
made me a better wife than her sister, 3"
says MIR. Mercer. Il ant say more fol
any of them than that. l really think
am fOnder of Anna than 1 was of Jen-
ME, Ada, Catherine or Missouri"
Mr.. Mercer, whose age is so, married
Miss Jennie Moffatt when he was 10
years old. The girls parents have never
offered objection to their marriage with
Mercer, although Mrs. Moffatt was late
ly heard to complain, 1T does seem
strange to have had four girls married
and only one son-in-law."
Each of MERGERS wives has blessed
him with two children, all of whom are
really first cousins. They can call their
new stepmother ''auntie'' if they will.
Miss Anna Moffatt is robust, but it
must crafty MI. Mercer to know there
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28

escape from their beneficial effect
Proper exercise develops the chest and
makes the waist slender, and thus the
French corset is not mourned by the
dumbbell disciple.
Sandow does not believe in heavy
dumbbells, a pair of az pound bells
being heavy enough for the beginner.
Regularity is essential to good results,
and even ten minutes exercise each
morning will do wonders for the Ian
guild, stoop shouldered girl. The ath-
lete lays stress upon the fac hat mus
cular development in women does not
mean knotty, pugilistic looking arms
and necks "Women's muscles are long
and do not develop in size SO as to form
bumps and hard, abrupt lines" he says.
"'They become firm, close knit and
rounded, showing sufficiently to give a
delicate molding to the form. This is
due to the layer of fatty tissue between
muscle and skin, which softens all the
outlines, so that the danger really is
not that a woman should have too
strong lines, but that want of exercise
should cause her to ave no lines at all.
but a sort of shapeless rotundity."
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
WOMAN'S WORLD.
WOMEN WHO MANAGE ORANGE
GROVES IN CALIFORNIA.

Miss Grants Royal LOvers-HOw to
BE Pretty. Though StrOng-HOvv to
Avoid headaches Should Women
Fl Sisters For Wives.
There are a dozen women who have
demonstrated that they can manage
orange and lemon groves successfully
in southern California. For instance,
Mrs. Mary W. Kennel of Santa Ana
valley. She was the first person to en-
gage in orang culture in that locality,
and where a dozen men have abandoned
the industry rs Improbable b has
gone on buying more land and increas-
ing her property until her real estate
possessions are valued at about 500, 600.
In 1880 she was worth about "a, 600.
Her husband was killed in the mines in
Arizona, and she was left with two
children. Her eldest son is now in col
lege at Ann Arbor, Mich, and h will
go on a tour of Europe with her two
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
Lady CURSOR. Elephants.

Lady Curzon, the American wife of
the viceroy of India, may claim the
proud distinction of possessing, for the
time at least, more elephants than any
other woman in the world. The maha-
rajah of Durbhunga has testified his ad-
miration for the vice refine by placing at
her disposal his herd of elephants,
which is the finest in India. When
Lady Curzon rides out, the mahout, or
driver, carries a silver goad and a fly
pan. An umbrella of white silk, bor-
dered with pearls, protects the viceroy's
wife from the sun, and the howdah is
of silver. The elephant is gorgeously
decorated with embroidered silk and
gold. and two long strings of pearls are
suspended behind his ears.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28

WITH A LUNGE HE FLUNG HIM
SELF AGAINST THE WINDOW SILL.
out into the corridor and down the
stairs with her. "Pve got a great, big,
lovely jelly cake in my pantry, and I'm
going to make you eat every bit Of it,"
Teddy and Oliver, being simple, nat
ural, jolly urchins, said not a word to
any one about the afternoons doings,
but the story spread through all the
building nevertheless, and they have
had many champions since that time.
True, as they have become more accus-
toned to city life they AVE also grown
less noisy and boisterous, but h other
occupants of the Boylstan flats are far
more gentle in their judgment Of them
han of old, and it is doubtful if Mrs.
Stacy could ever again bring herself
TO the point of calling Teddy a dread
full boy even should he chase her pet
cat as often as he caught sight of that
interesting animal.-Chfcago Record.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
sbouIa Women Propo.es

It is distinctly amusing that grave
women, such as like to attend interna-
tional conventions of women and talk
about the future of the race and kindred
topics, should lend themselves to a dis
cussion of the subject, "Ought the
women to be permitted to propose7"
That they should consent to be inter
viewed upon this subject and give a
brief notoriety to a lecturer who took
this foolish theme for his subject shows
that the leaders of the suffrage party
have lost the sense of values and have
come to attach undue Importance to all
matters concerning their sex, says a
writer in Self Culture. Were their
memories good or had they been in the
confidence of man. young women they
would have known quite well that the
spirit of love is no reSpecter of persons
and that adroitly and after her own
fashion woman does propose. But she
always regrets the necessity, for she
does not wish to take the. initiative.
She does not doubt her right to do it;
she certainly does not question her
ability, but she desires to be sought;
she claims the privilege of assuming re-
luctance. Her ancient coquetry will not
leave her, and she is fain to amuse her
self with her immemorial feints. 1t is
not a question of rights, and every an
alytical woman knows it and smiles
with covert and subtle vile when she
hears that Mrs. Stanton and a number
of other ladies have forgotten the facts
that their lost youth must have taught
them. To be candid, women in general
have always been more interested in
their privileges than in their rights.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
MRS. MARY W. KENNETH.

boys next fall. The BENNETT lemons
have a reputation in all lemon markets
in the west, and the woman devised the
best and cheapest mode of curing lem
ons yet known in southern California.
Another successful woman horticul-
turist is Mrs. Emma Taylor, wife of
Daniel W. Taylor of San Gabriel. Mr.
Taylor has been a paralytic for nine
years. He has not even moved his feet
II legs for six or seven years. Mrs.
Taylor manages a Is acre orange grove,
oversees the constant round of pruning,
cultivation, irrigation, fertilization and
spraying for insect pests. She does all
the buying of orchard machinery and
implements. She knows all the fruit
buyers and makes contracts with them
for the annual crops. She bosses the
pickers and packers of the oranges and
has never lost a dollar by a tricky buy
or or simmer
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
How to Avoid Headaches.

To attempt to Danish all variations
of headache by a single ''cure" shows
a childlike faith in medicine, bu very
little common sense. The first step to-
ward curing a headache is to find out
which kind of a one it is and to devote
ones energies to drive it away The
headache which results from indiges-
ton is Of frequent occurrence, n it
implies overeating OF unwise eating
and that when a woman finds herself
afflicted with such a headache she
should proceed to cure it by fasting and
a mild cathartic and sitting with her
feet in hot water before going to bed.
The headache is the kind to
which women are the most subjected,
says Woman's Life, as it results from
the effort to make the nerves do more
than they ought to do. The first step in
treating this headache is to drop work
and worry, if possible, and draw blood
from the head by soaking h feet in
hot water and putting cold applications
to the forehead and the back of the
neck.
A great many mysterious headaches
nave their origin in overstrained eyes.
This kind is cured only by giving the
eyes a vacation Or by an oculist. Of
course care in the use of the eyes is also
a help. Reading, writing or sewing in
a dim or Pickering light must be given
up. The common practice of trying to
read in jolting trains must also be dis
carded. The eyes must never be used
too long at a time, and when there is
much eye work to be done brief rests
and bathings in hot water will ward off
the dreaded headache.
The headache which is the result Of
exposure to colds Or drafts or sudden
changes is best treated by hot applica-
tions, hot water bags and gentle fric-
ton of the place of pain. If this does
not Danish the headache in a day. then
q deeper illness is indicated.
The best way to treat headaches is to
avoid them-to refuse to overtax the
eyes, the nerves or the stomach and to
give attention to exercise and bathing.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-28
Lady somerset.. Colony.

Lady Henry Somerset is devoting
most of her time to the colony h has
established al DuXhurst for the cure of
inebriate h has rented her
elegant home, Reigate Priory, and is
living among these people, wearing a
nurses costume. They are housed in
pleasant cottages and given every COM
fort. She looked rather shocked when
one of our ladies' said, jestingly, thai
she was putting a premium on drunk
enness." Her health is much i'm
paired, and in a speech which 1 heard
made a few days ago she said, Il
probably shall not address you many
more times" London Letter.