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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
Tree Falls on Him.

Ralph Young, of South Rock Island,
while hewing timber near the Watch
Tower yesterday afternoon, was
caught by a falling tree and pinned to
the ground. sustaining a fracture of
the right leg. a dislocation of the
ankle and two broken bones of the
foot. He was released by b. F.
Rhodenbaugh, a neighbor, and an
other man, who happened to be near
by, and who took him to his home
and called Drs. G. T. Foster ard j. E.
Asav to attend him. The physicians
did not find any serious internal inju-
ries, and it is thought Young will
come out all right, although it was a
pretty close call.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
wishbone Clubs Jubilee.

This is the jubilee week of the
Wishbone club. an organization of
many cherished traditions that was
organized in the three cities some
years ago. Among its cardinal prin-
ciples is that of good fellowship,
which is probably its strongest fea-
ture. Hidden behind the mysticism
of its inner workings is said to exist
that great virtue of the brotherhood
of man. The club has strong MEM
bership and the present jubilee week
will make an epoch in its history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
An editor prints his paper to give

An editor prints his paper to give
his patrons the news of the day and
for the money there is in it. He is
presumed to know of what he writes,
and he generally does. When he
writes as he does in the Leader-Couri-
er, Osceola Mills, Pa, without fee or
hope of reward, that chamberlain g
Cough Remedy acts magically. and
we have found none better in our
household. If you have a cough, try
it," it may be accepted as an honest
expression, worthy of credence. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
Millinery.

During the great rush of our holi-
day business we have been neglectful
of the millinery department. This
week we will throw out some bar
gains here which will make YOU stare.
Come early and see.
An illustration, five dozen black os-
trich plumes. the 3Sc kind
this week just 19c, ........ roc
May not be enough to last more
than two or three days. You'd bet
ter be prompt.
II dozen Misses eiderdown tam caps.
plain and fancy plaids, new ones
Just in. Special prices SOC
and .................. soc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Duncan McFarlane went to Peoria
today.
BIO. Gibbs has returned from Min
neapolis.
j. T. Shields and Henry Burns are
in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Walker are Wis
itiug in Atkinson.
John Schafer, Jr., of Port Byron,
was in the city today.
DR.. S. c. Plummer, Jr., of Chicago,
is visiting in the city.
Hon. William jackson leaves in the
morning for Springfield.
Mrs. w. H. Mesenkop left this
morning for visit in Princeton, Ill.
Phil Wells is in the city from his
studies at the Northwestern univer-
sity.
Miss Mamie Durham, who is
studying in Chicago, is home for the
holidays.
Miss Nancy Stewart is home from
her studies at Chicago to spend the
holidays.
Miss Helen Loosely has come from
Chicago to spend her Christmas vaca-
ton at home.
William p. Dover leaves tonight for
a visit with his mother and other rel
atives in St Louis.
Misses Anna Whitehead and Mable
Hagenbuck. of Atalissa, Iowa, are
visiting in the city.
f. j. Shields has returned home to
Britt, Iowa, after a few days visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Shields.
Rev. j. w. Frizzelle and Rev. c. D.
McCulloch are in Galva attending a
district Epworth league convention.
Miss Ostrom and Miss Ella
Taylor are in attendance at the Ep-
worth league convention at Galva.
w. T. Hatfield. commercial agent OF
the L. p. Il w. at Peoria, was a caller
at the local railroad offices yesterday.
Justin ID. Pemble, of Toolesboro,
Iowa. is in the city for few days
stay with Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Pemble.
Bessie. 16-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs f M Wilcox, who has been
dangerously ill with typhoid fever, is
improving.
Miss Bertha Hodges, who has been
visiting in the city for the past few
days, left this morning to join her
mother in Chicago.
Miss Pauline Bliss, charming little
miss who visited in Rock Island two
years ago, and was seen in the home
talent performance of "Powhatan, "
is a member of The Founders COM
pany, which showed at Davenport last
night. Miss Bliss Stage name is
Pauline Chase. She is the baby of the
company OF 60 people, being only II
years of age. In addition to singing
in the chorus she has small speak
ing part, in which she displays talent
that will doubtless eventually win her
fame. She is a daughter of DIR. and
Mrs. E. B. Bliss, of Washington, ID.
C.. Mrs. Bliss is now in the city WIS.,
iting her sister, Mrs. l.. f. West. on
Twenty-first street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
DEANS SPIRIT WORLD
Rules He Predicted Would Pre-.
vail After Monday
Night.
PROMISED GOVERNMENT OF LOVE.

Chicago to Have Been the New Jerusalem
All Other Annoyances' of LIfe-Citizen
of Rock Island. Named as Member of
the Grand Central Council.
The ARGUS published an item yes
terday about the prediction of Charles
Wesley Dean. of Moline, that the
world was to wind up it's existence
Monday night. AS terra firma is still
doing business at the old stand, it is
not unjust to Mr.. Dean to again state
that he missed out on his guess.
The new rule on earth, according
to Mr.. Dean, was to have been, be-
ginning Christmas night, 1.-The spirit
government of love-" and Chicago
was to have been the new Jerusalem.
Debts and taxes and pretty nearly all
the other annoyances of life were to
have been abolished under the new
regime; there was TO have been au-
other Chicago fire, to get rid of the
corrupted and corruptible places in
the great city, and an up-to-date city
was to have been built instead. Ev-
erybody was to have had 500 a month
wages.
Members of the Council.
Says the Moline Dispatch; 1.-The
members of the Grand Central
Council of the Spirit Government
of Love, with headquarters in
the City of Hadden (Chicago)
were to have been: Mary A Trego,
Blackfoot. Idaho; Mary E. Lease, Kan
sas; Belva A. Lockwood, Washington,
d. c.; Mary Ryan, Chicago; Marion
Tod. Michigan; Abbie w. Gould. Mo-
line; George S. Calkins. Chicago; A.
II. Mertz, Geneseo. ILL.,; George c..
Whipel. Chicago; Martin Cone. Chi
cago; Fred Hass. Rock Island; Joseph
a. Warrington. Evergreen Park. Ill -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
Cloak Department.

The busy cloak department has
many attractions. We mention two:
As jackets, among the seasons best,
cut and made by men tailors, up
to $3.50 values, while they
Is golf capes, new kersey and plaid
combinations, very aunty gar
ments, have been IS. $3.50
and $40. only 10 at. 800. 6.z5
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
An Omission.

In the notice of the entertainment
for the children of the free kinder
garten we find an omission which we
wish to correct. Mrs. Meese, who
has in every way contributed so much
to the success of the mission and of
the kindergarten as well, was quite
accidentally overlooked when making
the list of those who helped to get up
the entertainments.
Mrs. NJ. A. LYNDE,
For Press Committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
COrSefS.

To stir up the corset business and
to call attention to our big stock we
will sell Wednesday the celebrated
p. ID. French woven corsets at $3.50
each. Every lady who has worn
them knows, the usual price is
IS.
So here is IS for 81. so, not every size
left and some are slightly soiled,
but they'll go fast S1.50
and 49,. ....... -. $L.5O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
OPENING OF BRIDGE,
Public and D., r. I. & NJ. w. to Join
in a Celebration
Jan. g.
FOUR CITIES ARE TO PARTICIPATE

Omcers of Old and New Companies to be
In Attendauce-w. r. Jaffray, of Daven-
port, Appointed Rock Island Agent for
the Road-Last Spike Is Driven Today
Equipment.
The date for the formal opening of
the Crescent bridge and the Daven-
port, Rock Island & Northwestern
road has been fixed as Saturday, Jan. 6.
The decision was reached yesterday
by the entertainment committee of the
Davenport Business Mems association
upon receipt of information to the eff
feet that the officers of the old compa-
ny, as well as those of the new one,
could be present on that day. The
four cities of Rock Island, Davenport,
Moline and Clinton are to participate
ir the celebration.
W. R. Jaffray, of Davenport, has
been appointed city ticket agent in
Rock Island for the Davenport, Rock
Island q Northwestern road. MIR.
Jaffray has been following the real
estate business for some time in Dav-
export. but for years previously had
been connected with the Grand Trunk
railway system.
Last Spike Driven.
Tine road completed the laying of its
rails into Davenport today.
The passenger equipment of the
road is already at Clinton, and will be
brought to Davenport Friday. 1t
consists of two trains of three cars
each. The coaches are thoroughly
equipped with the latest and the
finish is of the finest. The cars are
designated Davenport, Rock Island
& Northwestern" Each of these
trains will make two round trips to
Clinton and return daily, thus giving
four trains both ways between the
three cities and Clinton. 1t has been
suggested that train reaching the
three cities along toward evening and
leaving about IL o'clock-such an ac-
commodatiOn as was formerly provid-
ed by the Milwaukee would prove
advantageous both to the company and
it's patrons, who could come to enter
tainments, etc. here, and return home
the same evening.
There have been two wrecks already
on the D., r. 1. & n. w. The second
wreck was n head end collision be-
tween n discharged employee of the
road and the boss, and it is needless
to say that the discharged employe
got the worst of the deal.
VIII Buy the Two Roads.
Articles of Incorporation of the Chi
cago. Peoria & ST. Louis Railway COM
pany were filed at Springfield yester-
day. The capital stock is 81, $4,000
The first board of directors are Curtiss
Willard. Ralph Blaisdell, Bluford Will
son. of Springfield; James Duncan, of
Alton; Charles E. Kimball George ID,
Munford. New York; Elenious Smith,
St. Louis. 1t is the purpose of the
new company to purchase the Chica-
go. Peoria & St. Louis and the st.
Louis, Chicago & St. Paul roads Jan.
8 and to operate them under the one
name of Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
Closes for Repairs.

The Rock Island sash and door
works. which closed Saturday evening
for general repairs, will resume Jan.
8. Additional machinery will be in
stalled in the door department. which
will increase the daily output to about
$50 doors. There will be an increase
in the force of probably a dozen men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
HandkerCbiefS.

Soiled in Christmas trim in windows
and around store. Over 100 dozen
1900 single pieces wrinkled and
mussed, but most of them can be
used without washing or laundry,
were 15c, 1Sc, zoe, 22c and 25c.
Tuesday and while they last choice
what YOU want, clean or
soiled, 10. zoe
The lot has sheer and medium, all
widths of henIstitching. all kinds of
embroidery, all the fancy styles
used for our display trim
at ........ TOc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
To ACCOMMODATES those who are

To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying
liquids into the nasal passages for
catarrhal troubles, the proprietors
prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm.
Price including the spraying tube is
as cents Druggists or by mail.
The liquid form embodies the medi-
cinal properties of the solid prepare
ton. Cream Balm is quickly obsorbei
oy the membrane and does not dry
up the secretions. but changes them
TO 3 natural and healthy character
Elv Brothers, SO Warren street, n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
SILK Umbrellas.

We had too many for the holidays.
and want to close 'em out this week,
consequently we depend on some low
prices-very low prices to help us
out. You can buy one or dozen.
while the lot lasts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
Friday Nights Fight.

Friday night. Dec. 29, there will be
b 2O-round boxing contest under the
auspices of the Tri-City Athletic club,
at Saengerfest hall, Davenport. be-
tween Bob Long, of Davenport. and
Ed Denfrass, of Philadelphia. General
admission and seat, so cents; boxes,
So so. Jack Leonard, manager. :
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
Accident to Aid. EIweIi.

Aid. H ID. Elwell, engineer at the
Elm street plant of the Rock Island
Brewing company, had the misfortune
to get the first finger of his right hand
caught in the machinery yesterday
losing the tip of the member.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
SAYS LEAGUES ALL RIGHT.

Hickey Denies That New Baseball Asso-
ISOLATION is Weakening.
Thomas j. Hickey, of the Western
League of Baseball clubs, denies that
the clubs forming his association are
weakening. He asserts that, on the
contrary. clubs will be placed in all
the cities originally planned for in
the organization. He is sanguine
that baseball will prosper in the
territory embracing the new Western
leaOue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
zoe
Blankets.

You all know the season has been too
warm to force sales on blankets.
Our stock was never before pro-
vided so literally. and the piles
are still high-one item will il
lustrate our method. Strictly
all-wool large handsome grey blan-
kets, worth $3.50. 80 pairs to the
people who come first, at
per pair. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 200
A floor filled with blanket bargains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27

The person who disturbed the con-
last Sunday by coughing. is
requested to call on his druggist and
get bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar,
which always gives relief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
1. 8. MCCabe 6 Co.
To AFTER CHRISTMAS BUYERS.

spndidly
history
satisfaction
The the
more convinced
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27
"self Preservation

Is the first law of nature" For this
reason every one who is ill desires to
become well. Those who have i'm
pure or impoverished b God turn to
Hoods Sarsaparilla, because they
know it will enrich and purify their
blood and give them good health
To take this medicine on the first ap-
pearance of impure blood is an inn
portant step toward self-Preservation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27

Subscribe for The ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-27

Hoods Pills cure sick headache, in.
digestion.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05
PARSNIP COMPLEXION.

A majority of the ills affecting people
to-day can be traced to kidney trouble.
1t pervades all classes of society, in all
dition.
The sallow, eolorless-looking people
you often meet are afflicted with kid
ney complexion" Their kidneys are
turning to parsnip color, so is their
complexion. They may suffer from in
digestion, bloating, sleeplessness, uric
acid, gravel, dropsy, rheumatism, ca
tarrh Of the bladder, or irregular heart.
You may depend upon it, the cause 10
weak. unhealthy kidneys.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-.
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble
and both need the same remedy. DR..
hilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kid
ney. liver and bladder remedy, will
build up and strengthen weak and un-
healthy kidneys. purify the diseased,
kidney-poisoned blood, clear the com.
plexion and soon help the sufferer to
better health.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
of Swamp-Root is soon realized. II
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures OF the most distressing cases, such
as weak kidneys, catarrh of the bladder,
gravel, rheumatism and Bright's Dis
ease. which is the worst form of kidney
trouble. 1t is sold by druggists, in fifty
cent and dollar sizes. You may have q
sample bottle by mail free, also pamph-
let telling all about it. Address DR.. XII.
mer e. Co., Binghamton, NY.
When writing be sure and mention
reading this generous offer in this pa.
per.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05
Lesson in Political Economy.

Those good folks who are SO prone to
grumble and croak over women's ex-
travagance in dress and the deplorable
waste of money spent on costly mate
rials and beautiful costumes will, it is
to be hoped, see matters in slightly
different light through the medium of
Miss Hamilton's will. This lady was q
well-known dressmaker of England,
and dealt with the kind of materials
and dresses which these foolish persons
call extravaganza. Yet at her death the
other day five hospitals benefited to the
extent of 100000. 1t is little curious
to think that this munificent bequest
was made out of the proceeds of wom-
ems so-called extravaganza in dress.
and as practical lesson in political
economy it certainly deserves atten-
ton.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05
THE SEAMSTRESS.

Miss Dorothy Dot In her little red chair.
Put her thlnbIe on with a matronly air.
And said: From this piece OF cloth, I guess,
III make my baby brother u lovely dress"
She pulled her needle in and out.
And over and under and round about.
And through and through, TIL the snowy
lawn
Was punched and crumpled and gathered
and drawn.
She sewed and sewed TO the end of her
thread.
This isn't a baby-drsss, after all:
It's bonnet for my littlest dolly
-EaFrioi Sterling. in st. Nicholas
The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05
Prince WA. No, Afr.,a.

Nervousness is a thing with which the
prince OF Wales is but little afflicted.
Once at 4 scientific carnival, while DR..
Playfair was showing the prince and
his purity round, they came to big vat
of chemicals, which were kissing and
fixing away in very forbidding fash
ion. The prince seemed much inter
ested in this. DR.. Playfair asked the
prince to dip his fingers in the liquid.
There was a litter and some dismay
among those who heard, but the prince,
having looked the doctor straight in
the face, put his hand into the kissing
cauldron and found the liquid as cold
as ice. The explanation was that some
chemicals when they boil give out cold
Instead of heat.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05

into Mrs. Collins hands is that which
directed"
This means letters which are wrongly
addressed or those which bear an illegi-
BILE direction.
II is curious to note that there were
received during last year 29,o9s letters
which bore no address whatever. The
general appearance of these envelopes,
as we'll as the nature of the contents,
indicates that by far the greater por-
tion of these errors of omission were
not made by casual and infrequent
users Of the mails. but were the result
of haste ar1 want of deliberation by
persons more or less completely abb
sorbed in business.
Money orders, checks and bank notes
are frequently mailed without the
sender's name and address within, and
in an envelope with no address what
ever. After making every effort to dis
cover the owners of these, the United
States treasury finds itself the richer
annually by $50, 900 from this source.
Letters bearing imperfect directions
come directly TO Mrs. Collins, who has
become SO expert in her work that
there is seldom anything too blind"
for her to read. When il is remembered
how many foreigners who are totally
unaccustomed to the language write
in Il, and how many illiterate who are
able to do little more than to make
their mark, use the mails, one is not
surprised at the great number of let
tiers which come into this department.
But these are not the worst people
Mrs. Collins has to deal with. The
writer Of the ultra fashionable hand
gives her, as rule. more trouble than
the illiterate OF the foreigner.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05
A Green Pea Dish.

Place one pint well-washed green
peas in a saucepan, over the fire, add
one teaspoonfui salt, three pints cold
water and cook to pieces. Place an
other saucepan with one ounce butter,
one finely chopped onion, one grated
carrot over the fire, add half a cupful
finely cut celery, stir. and cook six min
utes; then add it to the soup, cover and
boil one hour; then rub the soup
through sieve into a clean saucepan;
add one-quarter teaspoonful white pep
per and one tablespoonful unsweetened
condensed milk; serve with squares of
toasted bread or fried bread. or small
crackers.
The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05
MIsDIREcTED LETTERS.
of the "Blind Reader' of the
Dead Letter once.

Among the hundreds of women in
the government Office in Washington
some stand preeminent in their line
of work.
Mrs. Patti Lyle Collins, the expert at
the dead letter office, is perhaps the
best ali-around woman in Office.
In the first place nature gave her a
brave equipment, add TO this liberal
education, great linguistic ability. wide
knowledge and years of experience, and
you have before you the little southern
woman who is called the blind reader"
of the dead letter office.
This is because there is nothing writ
ten 30 blindly. bu, she is able to de-
cipher it.
The mail matter which finds its way
to the dead letter office is of several
kinds. but the only kind that comes
The Holly chieftain., 1899-05-05

sections of Australia, however, the kill
because of the damage inflicted to the
wire boundary fences when one of these
powerful birds is making hot lam
across country. They travel with the
speed of 13-inch shell, and can cut a
wire fence with about the same ease.
1t differs from its African prototype,
the ostrich. in that the feathers are OF
no value. However, its eggs are much
sought after. The eggs are dark green
color and rough of surface, and when
mounted as vases and similar orna-
ments are very beautiful. The emu
takes some pride in her nest, which can
not be said of the ostrich. The latter
lays its eggs in scraping in the sand,
while the emu chooses place near
some tree or stump and collects bed
of leaves, grass and sticks, in which
she deposits the eggs. The nest is quite
fiat, about an inch thick and is oblong
in shape, being four feet in length and
six inches wide. The average lay is
nine eggs, although there has been
clutches" of Is, which, however, is ex-
ceptional. Emus are generally seen in
pairs and affect the great plains and
subsist on the grass. The duty of hatch
ing the egg devolves upon the gentle
man emu. who has to devote eight
weeks to the operation. The bird lays
in winter and is governed by the needs
of the chick. When the little fellow
energies from the shell he finds an
abundance of tender herbage awaiting
him. The plumage of the chick is gray
ish white, barred lengthwise with
broad black stripes. The grown emu's
uniform is brown. The emu has the ap-
petite and the digestive apparatus OF
the goat. 1t can eat anything and ex.
periences no bad results therefrom. AL
though dependent on water, it has been
known in seasons of drouth to resort to
the seashore and satisfy thirst with
brine.-Cincinnati Enquirer.