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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24
zone Grain Fills NOT a Sack.
But HELPS Ifs FelLozus.

In Spring zuork, zve SOU
grain and expect harvest.
The cloddy ground IS pIozued,
narrowed and croSs-haro1ved
until Svith proper fertilising
It is in condition to respond
heartily. Hozv about your
blood? If should haze atten-
ton; the cLods of iapurfty
need dissofVine and purifying
sDith Hoods Sarsaparflla.
If this is done, the grains of health
(corpuscles of blood) will bring you
into a perfect state, making you better
fitted for life's duties and pleasures.
Hoods nerer disappOints.
Sore Eyes " Humor in the blood
made my daughters eyes sore, so that we
feared blindness, until Hoods Sarsaparilla
made her entirely well. Z. b. GIBSON,
Henniker, n. H"
ErysIpeIas-" little girl is now fat
and Healthy on account of Hoods Sarsapa-
rllla curing her OF erySlpelaS ana eczema.
1t is our family medicine as we all take 1t :"
Mrs. II. o. WHEAILEY,s.P Port Chester, n. Y.
CataYYi1-"I was so low with catarrh
that l could not get around the house.
Tried all sorts of remedies. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla was the last. 1t cured me-" MRS.
CHARLES RHINE, 335 Oak Lane, York, Pa.
DySpepsia-"W We all use Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. 1t cured my brother-in-law and
myself of dyspepsia. owe my life to it,"
NJ. II. KIRK, COZ Franklin St., Philadelphia.
Sick Headache" Dizziness, loss Of
appetite and sick headache made me dis
couraged. Hoods Sarsaparilla made me
better at once. Would not be without it,"
Mrs. MARY SwENsoN, Rutland, VT.
NerVOuSneSS-"I was weak, nervous
and very delicate, staggered in attempting
to walk. Hoods Sarsaparilla and Hoods
Pills made me well. / feel like another
person" Mrs. LIZZIE SHERBERT, Conduit
Street, Ext, Annapolis. Md.
SCrofuIa-" Rob- our little boy had the
grip, which was followed by a mass of
scrofulous sores. After trying other medi-
cines without avail. Hoods Sarsaparilla
made perfect cure. 1t is a great blood
purifier" MRs. E. SHORT, Thompsonville, Del.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24
WANTED.

WANTKD-BOARDER AT 1912 Fourth
w avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

NOR SALE-OOAL IN ANY QUANTITY
II of so bushels or over at ~. so per ton, de-
uVered q. o. D. to any part of the city. Leave
orders at Commercial house barber shOp, Rock
ISlRnd, or Enos James, Milan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

NTANTED-BOARDER CHOICEROOM
w and board at 22s6 Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

ENOR SALE-AT A SACRIFICE 0-ACRE
Il farm near town. Lots of fruit. To be
sold cheap to settle an estate. Here is a bar
gain cheap for cash. No trade. Gordon &
Bowman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

EIOR SALE-NINE-ACRE FRUIT FARM.
II All kinds of fruit; good buildings; near
town. A bargain for some one II taken soon.
Gordon & Bowman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

nor RENT-STABLEFORTw ORTHREE
4 horses; all conveniences. Enquire 1902
Second avenue.
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ENOR SALE-TWO GOOD BUILDING LOTS,
II S0x150 feet, near C., r. & z. depot, q
bargain, q, 400.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24
No-To-Bac for FfftJ Cent?.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes week
Zen st-ong, blood pIre. SOC a. All druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

ENOR SALE-CHEAP LOTS IN M'MAS-
II tiers addition, old baseball grounds. These
lots will be sold from s4O0 upward; small
amount down, balance on long time at per
cent. Reidy Bros, room l. Mitchell & Lynde
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

INOR SALE-LOT SOUTHEAST CORNER
IL Ninth avenue and Twenty-thrd street:
southeast corner Ninth avenue and
Twenty-second street; terms to suit buyer.
Address T. j. Halpin, 500 Main street, St.
Louis, Mo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

EyOR SALE-THE AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
Il barber shop. Good paying. clean and
cash trade. splendid opportunity for a
young man to start in business Write or sp-
ply on premises. s. j. Stader, 633 Thirty-eighth
street, city.
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"ANTED-AT ONCE. GIRLS TO LEARN
w dreSsmaking at 500 Thirteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

NOR SALE - AT 800 TwENTY-SIXTH
II street, two single buggies Mt $50 and SS5.
Telephone 1860.
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FOR RENT.

nor RENT-DOUBLE STORE BUILDING
u at 15l5-15I7 Second avenue. Inquire of
Henry Carse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

NOR SALE-A MODERN HOUSE OF
II seven rooms. in good location. VIII be
sold on easy terms rented reasonable. APP
ply premises, 7l9 9'welfth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

UIOR SALE-TWO NICE HOMES ON THIRD
II avenue, one $500, the other 81, 100; paving
paid for. Inquire at ITO Third avenue.
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NOR SALE-A NEAT OFFICE CABINET
H with about 90 different slides, suitable for
ding legal blanks or any description OF papers
A comprehensiye index Connected. just Ia
thing for any once with contracts, ETC., to
ale. Address h. e. c., care of THE ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

DOR REMITTANCE FURNISHED FRONT
room; steam heat, gas AID bath. Enquire
at I704 Fifth avenue
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FOR SALE

nor SALE-A LOT LOCATED IN THE
II best block on Third avenue. Apply of
Redy Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

"ANTED-A FEW MORE BOOMERS AND
w day boarderS can be accommodated at
3l6 Sixteenth street; central location; on stree
car line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

"ANTED-POSITION AS FIRST-CLASS
w horSe-Shoer general blacksmithing
Address Sam Ambrose, 905 First avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

"ANTED-A GIRL FOR GENERAL
w homework Call at 70I Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

"ANTED-PUPILS WISHING TO TAKE
w private lessons in dancing can do so b.
enquiring at 27l0 Fifth avenue. Jones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

NOR RENT-TWO FLATS OPPOSITE THE
II C., x. i. & +. depot. with bath aud water.
Enquire OF G. \. Rooster, Davenport. Phone
60
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

"ANTED-AT ONCE. A FTRST-CLASS
w PAPER hanger. Apply at ONCE of Com
mercial hotel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

WANTED FIVE GIRLS TO STRIP TO
w bacco, and cigarmakers at MorrisoI S
DoIIy's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

"ANTED-2OO HORSES TO CLIP BY
w electricity, at the Metropolitan horse
shoeing shop, corner Third and mock IslanC
streets. George Shade, Davenport, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

"ANTED-GOOD GIRL FOR GENERAL
w housework. Apply with references Il
Mrs. Sperry, 9GS Twenty-second street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

ENOR RENT-NEw LODGE ROOM. WHAT
II was formerly the Standard club rooms
Has been fitted up with new and complete
lodge room furniture and fixtures, and is
open and ready for inspection. Cheap rent;
steam heat. Apply of Kren s. Math.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

ED-INSTALLMENT CANVASS
w erS for Specialties. American Wringer
Company, 325 Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

HAVE YOUR SHIRT WAISTS MADE b
IL an expert Fit and work guaranteed
1906 Third avenue, second floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

7 ACE CURTAINS MENDED. PAINTINGS.
II library books and fine laceS renovated
properly. water colorS of old Fort Arm
strong and Colorado views for sale cheap.
Call or address Miss Plat, art teacher 6Oi
Eighteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

UIANTED-PUPILS IN FREEHAND AMI
w mechanical drawing. Pen and ink
china painting and new method of water col
ors Children's class Saturday afternoons
with frs lesson and material free. Glass In
the evening. Lessons 50 cents. Miss Plat
studio 606 Eighteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24

WANTED A GIRL FOR GENERAL
w houSework: family of three adults: nc
cooking 1923 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-24
Kodj cSaadahaaiM

Hoods Pills care liver Ills, the nonrritating and
only cathartic TO take nith Hoods sarsaPaTiils-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-19
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
Ten Miles an Hour by Rail Forty
Seven Years Ago Was Great
Speed.

81 was greatly interested the other
day." said passenger conductor who
runs into New Orleans, sin looking over
an old schedule of the South Carolina
railroad, printed just AZ years ago, in
the fall of so. 1t is hard to realize what
tremendous changes have taken place
within the memory Of people who are
now alive and hearty. In the sos the
South Carolina was considered one of
the best equipped and fastest roads in
the country. / find by the old schedule
that the night express between Charles
ton and Columbia, which is distance
of about 100 miles, made the tri p when
it had good luck in IL hours and Is min
utes, but the public was warned not
to expect such n feat every day. The
freight service between the two points
was scheduled to cover the run ia 20
hours, there or Whereabouts. That was
shade better than Az miles an
hour, and was considered SO fast that
there is a special order to trainmen
to stop at the first siding in dense fogs
and wait for same to lift 1t seems to
me that order gives one a wonderful pic
ture of the good old times. Think of a
through freight roosting on siding,
waiting for a fog to lift! Nowadays the
passenger trains make the run from
Charleston to Columbia in four hours
exactly. According to the '52 schedule,
there was an express that left Charles.
ton at five p. m. and arrived at Hamburg
at six the following morning. The dis
tance is 1876 miles. A freight for Aiken,
120 miles away, left at the same hour
and reached it's destination at 8: 40 n ext
night. Ten miles an hour was consid-
cred remarkable speed tor passenger
trains, in those days, and an old inhab-
liant told me that many people declined
tosrisk their necks at such gait From
what hear of the rolling stock equip
ment, they showed their good sense
IN. O. Times-Democrat.
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mftL ea5|lEE'9'][fSl4s,1EJH5
aaksak|allil!lgS5-ys
A ROMANTIC CAREER.
Once Engaged to Napoleon Bona
parte, Mile. Clary Afterward be-
came Queen of sweden.

The names of Josephine and Marie
Louise are connected with Napoleon
and his fortunes, but who stops to re-
member that of Desiree Clary, to whom
he was first betrothed? She was the
daughter of a rich silk merchant of Mar
settles, and the Bonapartes, who were
living there in the years Just preceding
their ACKNOWLEDGMENT, became ac-
quainted with her family. Joseph Boz
naparte fell in love with her, and OBJ
tanned her promise to marry him when
she should be 21: but Napoleon, appear
ing on the scene, acted with his custom
airy emphasis, and declared that Desiree
must belong to him. The family were
used to falling in with his decisions,
and they promptly agreed, Julie, the
other daughter, who had had liking
for Joseph, agreeing to marry him in
her sisters place.
Desiree was light-hearted, pretty
young creature, with gay manner and
a merry wit. Napoleon, according TO
the testimony of the Clary family. was
not overattractive. One who knew him
at that time thus describes him:
"He wears threadbare garments and
badly-cleaned, broken-down boots. In
character, he is brusque, sulky, prone
to fits of abstraction. He is born for
mediocrity."
But Desiree was satisfied with him.
She found him all that heart could
wish. To be sure he was poor, but that
was disability which could be
amended.
In May, 1895, Napoleon left Marseilles
for Paris, whence he wrote peremptor-
lily to Nine. Clary, urging her to follow,
buy a house, and live there with Desiree.
The country bred mother and daughter
were aghast. Paris seemed to them
the very center of bloodshed and tyran-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-19
VORACIOUS MUSKELLUNGE.
The Fish Is an Organized Appetite
md Will Bite mt Any
thing.

The fall crop of fish stories is ripe,
and the yield is heavy. No one has bet
ter samples to show than DIR. U. W..
Nixon, who has been on.his annual trip
to Manitowish after muskellunge. DIR.
Nixon says the ''musky" is an organ
lied appetite, and tells some very inter-
esting tales to show the voraciousness
of the fish. They will eat almost any
thing, and have driven out or deyoured
all the other fish except the pike, and
do not hesitate to dine off the latter
whenever practicable. DR.. Nixon's
first story to illustrate their appetite
is this:
"We were still-fishing in pike hole,
aud my brother got good strike. The
fish got under the boat and broke his
line. The next morning, when we
started out, my brother jokingly noti-
fled us all that if anyone caught that
fish with his hook in him he should
claim it. Not more than 500 feet from
the same hole DR.. Talbot got a good fish
and landed him. 1t was my brothers
fish. His hook, sinker and four or five
feet of line were in plain evidence. A
fish must be hungry to bite the next day
with all that in his internal machinery.
"But the mere fact that musky has
single hook in him will not satisfy
him; neither will spoon hook. l once
found man sitting on the bank discon-
ISOLATE. A musky had taken his
last spoon hook, and pretty much
all his line. While he was tell
ing me / got a strike and land
ed the fish. He had so or 60 feet of line
attached to him, and a spoon hook in
his mouth The man on the bank iden-
titled his property, got it, and went to
fishing again.
1.-TWO more instances and / think l
have proved my point. | have seen a
muskellunge dart out of the reeds and
bite at the bright copper binding on an
oar and then take spoon hook playing
behind the boat. But the most remark
able example of the Unsuitable appetite
of the muskellunge was fish caught
by Clarence Peck. When he was land
ed in the boat there were feathers
sticking out of his mouth. We cut him
open and there was full grown mud
hen inside of him. The process of diges-
ton had not yet begun, and yet the fish
had bit at another bait Chicago In
ter Ocean
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ny. They did not accede to the propo'
sition and a second letter from Napo.
leon was left unanswered.
He was now at the lowest ebb of his
fortunes, and it could hardly help seem
ing to him that his besrothed had aban-
doned him. AS for her, she had heard
that he had, in his poverty, accepted
money obligations from Nine. Tallien,
and that he was counting at her house,
rich and noble lady named Nine. de
Beauharnais. All appeared to be over
between them.
Soon Napoleon himself declared that
the relations between them must be
ended; his feelings had altered Desiree
wept and owned that she loved him
still; but on the advice of her family she
released him from his promise. In
1896 he married Josephine de Beauhar-
nais, and then began the brilliant
march of his rising fortunes.
Desiree also drifted to Paris, where
she became immensely popular, and in
179s she married Gen. Bernadotte, then
minister of war.
The upward steps of her husband are
well known. He accepted the rank OF
prince royal of Sweden, and in 1918 he
became king. Desiree had preferred liv-
ing in Paris, and when she heard the
news of her husbands accession to his
throne she was at the piano practicing
piece by Gretry. She rose and sadly
closed the instrument.
However much / practice now
said she, 81 shall always be told that
play like queen"
She died in Sweden, an old lady of 49,
Her life had been one of varying for
tunes. M. Houssaye says of her.
''She is intended for earthly honors.
She is betrothed to Joseph, then to Ma
poleon, then to Duphot. She refuses
Junot and would be glad to accept Mar
mont. At last she marries Bernadotte
With Joseph she would have been an
imperial princess, queen of Naples and
of Spain; with Napoleon, empress OF
the French; with Duphot probably
marechale and duchess; with Junot,
Duchesse d'Abrantes; with Marmont
marechale and duchess of Ragusa.
Bernadotte, the former sergeant of ma
rines, placed the crown of Sweden on
the head of this little bourgeoise of
Marseilles. Youths Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-19
THE CORSET'S TRIUMPH.
Medical Men of Europe Have Pro-
nOunced 1t an Essential Item
of Feminine Apparel.

After all the abuse that has been lev
eled at the corset, after all the outpour-
ings and TRADES of the rational dress
advocates and health faddists against
an item of dress without which it is
well-nigh impossible for any woman to
look really well, honor has at laHt been
paid to it by a medical man. His plea
for the corset is based both on artistic
and hygienic grounds. Lately there
was on view at Dresden a collection of
pictures by Cranach, who lived during
a period when the corset was not in the
fashion. A careful survey Of these
paintings revealed to the medical critic
two very important facts, one being
that the women subjects were all suf-
fering from curvature OF the spine;
while the second-a natural conse-
quence Of the first--was that not a sol
tary female figure in the eanvases
seemed to wear clothes properly. I'm
hesitatingly, therefore, the conclusion
was arrived at that corsets are essential
to the female form divine, both from
the doctors and the modiste's point OF
view. 1t is to be hoped, therefore, that
no more nonsense will be talked about
the beauty or the healthfulness of the
corsetless figure. That excessively
tight-lacing is pernicious it needs no
second Daniel come to judgment to tell
us. Fommon-sense should guide every
woman in this matter; but if some are
foolish, as some ever will be in all mat
tiers, it is manifestly absurd that all
should be condemned. There should be
no fashion" as to waists, for this must
obviously lead to abuse; but, on the
other hand, the use of the corset should
be regarded as one of fashions essen
tial adjuncts, and the wise doctor will
recognize it, too, as an equally essen
tial item of feminine apparel
pipt oriai
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-19
Com ,Osition on breathing.

A boy, "A years old, who was told to
write all he could about breathing in q
composition, handed in the following:
Breath is made of air. We breath
with our lungs, our lights, our liver and
kidneys. If it wasn't for our breath we
would die when we sleep. Our breath
keeps the life a-going through the nose
when we are asleep. Boy that stay in
room all day should not breathe. They
should wait until they get outdoors.
Girls kill the breath with corsets that
squeeze the diagram. Girls can't holler
or run like boys because their diagram
is squeezed too much. If / was a girl
had rather be boy so | can run and
holler and have great big diagram
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Milking n Child Too Quiet.

Play is the proper and natural outlet
for child's thoughts. To restrain his
motion is to drive back his living fancy
into the recesses of his mind, and this
results in his confusion aud unhappi-
ness Some children who are forced to
be still and passive when they are long
ing for action find relief in whispering
over stories TO themselves; but it is an
unsatisfactory substitute for dramatic
action. And it is also morally injurious,
for the necessity of concealng ones
ideas destroys after awhile the ability
for fluent expression, and brings about
timidity and distrust of our friends
Florence Hull Winterburn, in Woman's
Home Companion.
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Kruger's hat, escorted him to the door
and then went back to her work 1t
was difficult to think of her rs the first
lady of the land. Yet she has been Mr..
Kruger's constant helpmeet through
all the years Of his public life, and their
affection for each other seems to have
grown with each succeeding year. She
is Mr.. Kruger's second wife, and was
Miss Du Plessis, name of prominence
in South Africa. Kruger's first wife
was an aunt of Miss Du Plessis, and bore
him one son, who died. Sixteen shil-
dren were the fruit of this second iHAy-
riage, and of those seven are living. Tho
girls are comfortably married to burgh-
ers in and about Pretoria, and the boys
take an active interest in the army.
One son-inlaw, Capt. Eloff, has made
himself famous by building the most
expensive mansion in South Africa. He
has accrued fortune in real estate
operations, and is supposed to be worth
So, 900, 900. One of Kruger's sons acts
as his secretary, and another is captain
of an infantry company. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kruger live in little two-story cottage,
painted white and covered in front with
morning glory vines. Their ambition il
to see their nation independent of Great
Britain, and then spend their last days
peacefully and quietly in this little
home
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"MAkE-BEltEvE."

Do you remember. many years ago
(Reckon them not, lest envious Time de-
ceiveD
Mid all our morning hours serene and
slow
How you and would play at make be-
lieVe?'
Needed our child-delights no scenic art
A throne was fashioned from a tree
stump green;
Yours the pretense to play a kingly part,
The while L made-believe that l was
Queen
The voice of Time ordains we shun such
toys
No .'make-believe," but front the sterner
strife;
joys,
And of all offerings take the best from
life.
And tho, perehance, twill prove a sorry
task,
Still "make-believe" that life's an easy
game:
say fate sometimes grants the boon We
ask,
And oft bestows the happiness we claim.
We used to play at sweethearts!-sorry
jest.
We plighted troth with many timid
What say you? Life spells failure at the
best?"-
All. no: Love grants the true. II fleet
ing, bliss.
Then. while amid life's changeful ways we
stroll,
Pretend the rose is red, that skies are
blue,
So may you still assume the lovers role,
And I will make believe" that love
you.
-Kathleer Esydn Green, in Pail Mall Mag
azne
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-10-19
CHARMING OLD LADY.
Mrs. Kruger, Wife of the Boer Pres.
ident, Makes n Favorable Inn
preston on Strangers.

A South African correspondent of the
Washington Star, who recently inter-
viewed President Kruger of the Trans
vaal republic, says that as the Beer
statesman closed the conference he
went across the hall into low cell
for a moment over a placid-faced,
motherly little woman, who was seated
on a rocking chair, darning stockings.
This was Mrs. Kruger, who, though one
never hears of her, interested me might
lily, because she seemed so utterly OBJ
livious to the turmoils that are beset-