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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
DAY A PERFECT ONE.
Weather Contributes to Enjoy
ment of Thanksgiving in
Rock Island.
AMUSEMENT FOLLOWS WORSHIP.

Services at the Various Churches Draw
Large Congregations, the Offering at the
Union Meeting at the Central Presby-
terIan Being Donated to CharIty-EIo-
quent Sermon by Rev. c. o. MeCuIloch.
Rock Island people could not have
asked for a more perfect Thanksgiv-
ing day. The weather, although a
tritle warm during the earlier part of
the day, with old Sol shining forth in
all his glory, was tempting to those
who are wont to remain indoors of q
holiday, and the consequence was the
parks and favorite walks of the city
were alive with humanity throug hout
the day, the lovliness of which was
not marred until dusk, when n driz-
cling rain came, and continued until
late in the evening.
Religious services attracted large
congregations at Trinity Episcopal,
st. Joseph's, st. Mary's and Sacred
Heart Catholic and Central Presby-
terrain churches. At the latter
the evangelical denominations of
the city joined in union OBJ
servance at 1880. Rev. G. o. Me
Culloch, of the First Methodist, de-
livered the sermon. His theme was
Lower and Higher Lives of Thanks
giving" 1t was an eloquent aud i'm
pressive discourse. A number of
ministers participated in the service.
Rev. Ira ". Allen. Jr., the pastor of
the church, presided and pronounced
the invocation; Rev. Il. w. Grafton,
of Memorial Christian, led the re-
sponsive reading; Rev. George b.
Simons, of the First Baptist, read the
service lesson; Rev. w. S. Marquis.
of Broadway Presbyterian, gave the
opening prayer, and Rev. ID. l.. McNary,
of the United Presbyterian, said the
benedictiOn. The collection amounted
to $2+.65 which was donated to the
Associated Charities.
At the Salvation army barracks last
night there was a special serV ice con-
Quoted by Capt. j. G. McGee, in con-
nection with which there was an I'M
yelling of a cross and Magdalene
crown. Owing to the failure of the
stage fire to work properly, the enter
tainment was not satisfactory to Capt.
McGee, and it will be repeated tonight.
and will be free to those who were
present last evening.
Amusements Literally PatronIzed.
All amusements were. we'll patron
lied, the football game, of course.
being the chief attraction, while the
| theatre, poultry show and roller skat-
ing rink each came in for a liberal
share of patronage.
Sheriff, Cralle treated the county
Jail prisoners to q turkey dinner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01

and their increasing interest will
therefore he more manifest each year.
The result of the game ought to he
particularly gratifying to the hustling
and popular manager of the Iowa
team, Fred McCutcheon, whose en-
ergy and good judgment brought the
contest here, and whose affable dispo-
sition has won many friends here for
the Iowa boys as well as for himself.
Yesterday morning the High school
elevens of Iowa City and Moline
High schools met at the Twelfth
street park. Score: Iowa City, 16;
Moline 0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
DEATH OF MRS. RUSSELL.
She Passes Away Yesterday After an Ill
ness of One Week.

She Passes Away Yesterday After an Ill
ness of One Week.
Mrs. G. A. Russell died at her home,
72l Fifteenth street, yesterday morn
ing at 4:15 OF bronchial trou bles, after
an illness of one week. The deceased's
maiden name was Maude Barklev.
She was born in Olean, n. Y, in 1875.
She was married to Mr.. Russell at
Aberdeen, S. D., in 1898. Mrs. Rus
sell had lived in Rock Island but two
years, but had many warm friends
here, all of whom will deeply mourn
her untimely demise. She is sur
vived by her bus band and an infant
son and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Barley, of Clean, n. Y, and
two brothers, Charles and William, of
Portville, n. Y, and four sisters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
Try Grain.O! TRY Grain-O,

Ask your grocer today to show you
a package of Grain-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The chi dren may drink it without in
jury as well as the adult. All who
try it like it. GrainO has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
made from pure grains, and the most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress. One-fourth the price of coffee.
Is and 25 cents per package. Sold by
all grocers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
UnderSkirfS.

A rafting good assortment
from which to make selections.
Black satin underskirts 49c.
Zoe, SOC, 9Sc, we'll made and
good titLing.
Better ones in black, S125,
$1.49, sligo, 1925 up to So, in
Guiding the finest mercerizcd
goods-feather- boned and ele-
gantly made.
Colored Saline and fine cotton
underskirts in a like range of
prices.
Extra Specia'.
All silk taffeta skirts in
range of half a dozen styles and
six or eight colors, 80 all told,
the cheapest worth $4.9S, the
best about $3.50. Choice while
they last at
1898 and S4.oe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
1t Hits the Spot.

When suffering from a severe cold
and your throat and lungs feel sore.
take dose of Foiey's Honey and Tar,
when the soreness will at once be re-
lieved, warm grateful feeling and
healing of the parts affected will be
experienced and you will say: 1T
feels so good 1t hits the spot. -
Gnaranteed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
Lost.

Many have lost confidence and hope
as well as health. because they have
been told their kidney disease was in
durable. Foley's Kidney Cure is
guaranteed remedy for the discour-
aged and disconsolate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
THE Loss of Gold is Great:

The loss of health is more Health
is lost by neglecting to keep the blood
pure, but it is regained by purifying,
enriching and vitalizing the blood
with the great health restorer, Hood s
Sarsaparilla. Thousands who thought
health had been permanently lost have
been made perfectly well by taking
this great medicine. Your exper-
fence may be the same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
A Card.

Phelps &C. Cough, Cold and
Group cure is guaranteed. 1t cures
chronic cases. 1t is out of the old
rut. For asthma and all other lung
troubles take DC" The Harper
House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
Office: II East Seventh street, room:
l and 2. St. Paul, Mimi.
Read Testimony:

Read Testimony:
"Mr. Matthew Young, of this viii
lage, has entirely recovered. He was
afflicted with cancer of the lower lip.
The cancer was removed the 1st of
September by DR.. Uriah Branch, of
St. Paul, who is cancer specialist.
DR.. Branch did not use knife, but
put on a salve which drew out the
cancer. The principal cure was
effected by some internal remedy,
which Dr. Branch says kills the can
GER germ, and which has proven true
in Mr.. Young's case, for he was cured
in 10 days. No scar remains and the
cure is permanent"
DIR. Uriah Branch's Office is No. IA
East Seventh street, St. Paul.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
Free Christmas Presents.

From Dec. 1 to Jan. 1 we will have
a beautiful line of dolls, albums, work
boxes, cellu!oid and porcelain ware at
our office to exchange for any of our
soap wrappers. If you are not saving
the wrappers commence at once.
WARNOCK & RALSToN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
Valuation Academy.

Academy of the Visitation, conducts,
ed by the sisters of the Visitation!
2939 Fifth avenue, Rock Island. The
academic, preparatory and kinder
ten departments of the new academy
are now opened to Students.
Superior advantages in music, art,
elocution, physical culture and the
languages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01

My son has been troubled for years
with chronic diarrhoea. Some time
ago L persuaded him to take some of
Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy. After using two
bottles of the 25-cent size he was
cured. | give this testimonial, hop
ing someone similarly afflicted may
read it and be benefited-Thomas c.
Bower, Glencoe, Ohio. For sale by all
Il rupuiStS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
IOWA AN EASY WINNER.
Continued from Fifth page.

Continued from Fifth page.
excels any team | have seen play this
wear, in the variety of her play and in
the snap with which she gets them off.
Her backs are exceptionally strong
and assist each other splendidly.
Griffith's spectacular run was as good
bit of individual work as has been
done on a western gridiron.
Six hundred people came from Iowa
City. Many were also present from
Peoria, Galesburg and other cities.
At least one person was in ured in
the crush of humanity at the entrance
| before the game began, w. H. Cam
per, of 749 Twenty-third, street sus-
tanning fracture of the right ankle. He
was attended by DR.. S. e. Plummer.
A rumor that evidently started in
Davenport was in circulation today
that A. NJ. Wadsworth. Illinois quar-
terback, who was injured in yester-
DAYS game, had died. There is no
doubt that Wadsworth was severely
hurt, but he recovered sufficiently to
be able to attend smoker at Moline
last night. He left on the midnight
Rock Island train for his home in En-
glewood. a telephone query to
IMAM Dalgn IQlS aIleTuOOH ldlltu u
confirm the news of Wadsworth.
The Illinois players were enter
tanned a a smoker and athletic enter
tainment at the Moline club last night
feature was a 90 bet ween Henry
Birman and Rufus Phoenix, the latter
colored. Phoenix was knocked out in
the first round. The Illinoisans left
for home this morning.
The Iowans were entertained at the
Salt club dancing party, at Library
hall, Davenport.
Advantages of Location shown.
Both teams were much gratified
with the attendance, and joined in pro-
nouncing it as fine football audience
as they had ever played before. The
great success of the day in this par
ticular demonstrated the advantage of
Rock Island as q central point for at
fractions of this as well as other
kinds, and it is not unlikely.that as far
as Iowa City is concerned its annual
Thanksgiving game will be played in
this city. Its location could not be
improved upon in point of con-
venience to the Iowa boys and their
friends, while being the center city of
the three cities it draws equally from
the other two, which is an important
consideration, especially for holiday
afternoon event. Another thing, the
people here are now becoming more
familiar with the great college gamas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
Shoe Logic.

Do people buy shoes here be-
cause they love us? Guess not.
It's because they love the bar
gains they get here. These are
sa NIPPLES:
Mems good calf lace shoes,
heavy and excellent
Wearers. csc
Special drive of mems tan calf,
black, Wei kangaroo shoes.
Every pair warranted.
Worth So. Choice of lot. LOS
Children's $3.50 turn
shoes, sizes 9 to IL. 80. csc
Misses kangaroo calf shoes,
sizes IL to 2, worth
$1.25. ......... Csc
Ladies' felt slippers. ...... SOC
Children's felt slippers. -. I0C
Mems velvet slippers. 49,. SOC
Imitation alligator slippers
worth 75c ........ 4oC
Mems felt shoes, worth
$3.50, ..... csc
Children's rubbers, sizes
up to TO- ... &c
Ladies' rubbers, small siz-
es, worth soc IQC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01

Hoods Pills are gentle, yet always
effective.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01

GA - TO 7TA.
Bears the The Kind You Haze klxals Bought
S's' a &WA9zZx
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01

Try Veg-E-To
At Charles Ullemeyer's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
SILK Waists.

New black duchess waists just
received, tucked and corded in
all the newest designs, perfect
fitting, splendidly made and
finished,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
CANCERS AND TUMORS

Internal or external,
without the knife.
Cures Blood Poison
and other chronic
cases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-01
Ridiculous Figures on Fine
CIOakS.

Ridiculous Figures on FTne
CIOakS.
The result of prolonged warm
weather, some startling reduc-
tions about six weeks earlier
than usual. It's buying time
now. Cloaks can go no lower
in January.
Ladies' 30-inch boucle capes,
all lined, trimmed with thibet
fur on collar and front
edge worth $i.9S, now..2.OS
Ladies' fine kersey jackets, all
lined, fine materials, in AL
colors, splendid styles, worth
$l0.9S, 1898 and 50,
choice ..............O.0 S
Ladies' best kersey jackets, all
colors. lined throughout with
satin, guaranteed for two
years, worth $13 so.
choice =. .........S.O
Children's jackets. sizes up to
10 and12 years, jaunty, child
ish styles, worth up to $50.
This week special prices
81. SO, 81. 9S, $3.49 and 2.OS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-17
HIRED BY WEIGHT.
letter in Chicago Record.

letter in Chicago Record.
In Turkey the most beautiful and
desirable woman is the one who weighs
the most A thin and willoWy creature
would have no standing in Turkey and
would be a total failure on the stage in
Consta ntinople. Unless a woman is fat
she cannot secure an engagement in
music hall, and the fatter she is the
more enthusiasm she arouses and the
larger is her salary
On the Monday evening after my ar
rival in Constantinople I went to the
Concordia music hall with my Ameri-
can acquaintance, and there L saw
more feminine breadth. depth, thick
ness, heft and circumference than had
ever before seen under one roof. Prac-
tically the entire show was given by
wOmen-wOmen with moon faces, roll
ing iowls judiciously busted with pow
der and elephantine forms that defied
the confiding hold of any corset. Fat
women! Women who were built
straight out from the chin and then
retreated toward an indefinite waist
line; women whose dimpIed arms We're
the shape of holsters and whose burst
ing slippers squeaked beneath the
weight put on them.
Judging from the arrangement of the
bill and the applause bestowed on the
various mastodon soubrettes, 1 would
say that in Constantinople woman
weighing 225 pounds and possessed of
fair singing voice could get an engage
ment at a music hall, but she would be
compelled to accept a low salary and
appear early in the bill
A woman Weighing $50 could get
slightly larger salary and better place
the bill.
The salary would thus increase as the
weight increased. In Constantinople
they hire their soubrettes by the pound.
One who can weigh in each evening at
$50 or more is sure to get her name in
black type and draw the star salary,
no matter whether she can sing or not.
In the bill at the Concordia were French
and German women. one lone American
ESTIMATED weight 2I5), and several from
Turkish Europe. The first woman who
sang was fat; the SECOND was fatter; the
was much heavier than No 2. She was
merely the promise of what was yet to
come.
They were holding back the really big
came on They were sisters and they
made a large family by themselves. We
We're in white and they waddled out on
Great Scotty' exclaimed the man from
Lafayette. why didn't they roll them
on the stage? How much do you suppose
they weight"
"A ton apiece ventured the New
Yorker.
Too low, too low
The house rose in joy as the two vast,
egg-shaped objects appeared on the stage.
The Turks, who had been sitting stolidly
at the frail vocalists who weighed less
than 300, now Strengthened up and clapped
their hands. A Turk in front of US Che
had checker-board trousers and low
white vesD shouted, ''Bravor'
The two sisters were the hit of the
show. They had to sing until their glob-
their balloon-like costumes rose and fell
with the heavings of their exertion.
We wondered if they ever had comic OPP
era in Turkey, and if it would be safe to
put an entire chorus on one stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-17

bowling monkeys of South America, in
power of voice, at least. They come
from all over the Indian region-eaStern
India, Siam, the Malay peninsula, Sum-
atra, Java, Borneo, and eastward to the
Sulu archipelago, almost to our new
possessions, the Philippines, and every
where their habits are much the same.
Generally they live in great forests and
almost wholly upon the trees, where
they show prodigious activity in swing
ing forty or fifty feet from branch to
branch, in much the manner of a fly
ing trapeze performer. They eat fruit.
leaves, insects, birds eggs and prob
ably lizards and birds as well, for one
which was kept many years at the
geological garden in London, in a very
large apartment, swung itself twenty
feet from one shelf to another, catching
on the wing a bird which was at lib
erty in the room, which it proceeded to
devour.
The mother gibbon has the instincts of
her sex strongly developed and carries
her one baby around with her for many
months 1t is even said, though at this
moment not to be vouched for, that she
often takes it down to the waterside
and performs the matutinal act of
washing it's face, a fact which, if true,
may be adduced as evidence that all
human races, or indeed individuals, have
not in all respects progressed upward
in the race of evolution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-17
M'KINLEY A GOOD MODEL.
The President Has Been Posing For
Life Size Painting.

New York, May 17.-Charles Aver
whipple the portrait painter, is en-
gagged upon a full-length painting OF
President Mckinley. The portrait is not
yet completed. but will be hnlsned as
soon as possible after the president
return from Hot Springs.
Mr. Whipple has been at work upon
the picture in Washington for some
time. and has but temporarily returllt I'
to New York during the presidents ao-
Sence.
The sittings have been held daily in
the Pink room, one of the private apart
ments of the president.
Mr.. Mckinley is such a busy man
that he can allow but a short sitting d
day for this work. The sittlngs vary III
length. Mr.. Whipple says, anyWnere
from fifteen minutes to an hour ana
half. and usually take place at apout
O'Clock in the afternoon
Mrs Mckinley generally is present
at these sittings, and the period is
passed pleasantly in conversation. MT
Mckinley finds posing rather relaXa-
ton than otherwise, and smokes his IN
evitable cigar while Mr.. Whipple makes
the most of the few minutes allowed
him for this work.
The artist says that the president IS
a most satisfactory model
when he poses he poses" says Mr.
Whipple He goes into the business
with all his heart
The portrait represents the president
standing beside the historic desk which
was presented to the government py
Queen Victoria during Garfield's adj
ministration, and which is made OF
wood from the ship Resolute, given to
England years ago by the United
States.
The president has his hand upon a
document declaring peace with Spain,
and the pose is so arranged that the
signature upon the paper is visible.
The canvas is five by eight feet in
size.
Mr. Whipple said:
president Mckinley has a face which
is beautiful in it's strength The lines
in it are so good that the stronger L
can make them the better is the like
ness. 1t is not at all necessary to tone
down the lines. He is fine subject for
q pOrtrait"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-17
LOST AT SEA.
French Widow Wants Much Money
For Her Husbands Death.

Paris. May 17.-Mme. Paul Resal whose
husband persisted in the La Bourgogne
catastrophe, has brought suit in her name
and in that of her children against the
Campagnie Generalle Transatlantique for
$40 900 on account of her husbands death
In her statement of facts she concludes
with the following:
Whereas, 1t is proven that NJ. ReSal was
the sole support of his family and alone
caused to the prejudice of the family in
the sum of $40. 600. And.
Whereas, NJ. Resal carried with him up
on the said voyage upon the Bourgogne
the greater part of his property, which,
together with himself. was lost in the sea-
with said ship; and,
Whereas. The said company is absolute
ly responsible for the loss of his life and
his property: and
Whereas. 1t was entirely due to the
fault of the company that he did not fin
ish his voyage in safety, as guaranteed
him by his ticket of passage, for which he
paid in advance before going on the ship
La Bourgogne:
Therefore, the petitioner prays that she
and her children be adjudged and award
ed damages in the sum of $4,000 and the
price advanced by the said M. Resal for
the said safe passage on the said ship La
Bourgogne.
The petition and statement of facts is
of the most singular that has ever
been filed in French court. and should
the damages be awarded to Nine. ReSal
it will open the way to litigation (which
will heavily tax the finances of many of
the transatlantic companies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-17
zoos SINGING APE.
[From the PhiIadeIphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.1
81 heard with establishment the wou-
wou (hylobates agilis), captive at the
Geological Gardens, emit the rising and
falling scale of Semi-toneS throughout
the octave They alone among
brute mammals may be said to sing
So wrote the great English anatom-
list, Richard owen, of one species of the
gibbon apes, and the curious in such
matters may verify the statement at
the present time in our own zoo, pro-
vided the wou-wou in the hot room at
the small mammal house is pleased
with his audience and finds himself in
tuneful MOOD This is rarely the case,
however. But the fact is nevertheless
true, and the curious cry of this ape
wOo-ut, woo-ut, woo-ut, wUt-wutW ut
wut-wut-wut, steadily rising in the
scale-is the most extraordinary sound
emitted by any of the lower mammals
Perhaps by reason of youth the must
cal education of our own wou-wOu has
not been completed, and the descending
scale appears to be beyond his ken;
but up to the highest point his per-
Torrance. is fauItless, when, as afore-
said, he is in the humor.
Strange and melancholy animals are
the gibbons, seemingly impressed, an
thropoids as they are, with the ex
IRENE remoteness of their relationship
to man, and possibly jealous of the
orang-outang and the gorilla and the
rest of them who are so much nearer
to the main stem of the family tree
They are the smallest, longest of limb
and most tree loving of all the man
like apes Systematic biologists con-
slider that there are seven or eight
species of gibbons, but, as a matter of
fact, the young ones change so much in
color as they grow to maturity, and We
know so little of what those changes are
and the adults, Furthermore, VaryiSo much
in the same locality, that it is very I'M
certain whether the species should be
two or twenty. One of them, at least.
the siamang, of Sumatra, differs from
all the others for he is three feet tall
"a foot or more than the rest-and is
as black as Beelzebub, and while quite
without skill as a vocalist, he owns a
huge laryngeal sac, by way of a sound
reflector, and is said to rival the famous