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Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-01
STAGE TO A CONVENT.
Miss Dorothy Usner Bids Fare
well to the Foot
lights.
ILL HEALTH PROMPTS DECISION

Popular Soubrette, Who Has Many Admir-
ers In Rock Island, Says She Has wearied
OF the Profession Which Once Had
Charms for Her. and Has Determined to
Quilt 1t for Good.
A New York dispatch announces
that Miss Dorothy Usner, Peoria s
talented young soubrette, lady
who has many friends and ad-
mirers in Rock Island, having been
here a few years ago with The Char
ity Ball" has determined to retire
from the stage and will enter a con-
vent in the near future. Miss Usner
is i'll at her home in New York City
and has been unable to appear with
the why Smith Left Home" compa-
nv playing at the Madison Square
thes tire in that city, for the past two
weeks, and the dispatch also states
that she has sent her resignation to
her manager, giving as the reason ill
health and desire to quit the stage.
E. ID. Usner, father of the young
woman, was seen and asked regarding
his daughters intention. Last Satur-
day he received a dispatch from his
daughter stating that she was too i'll
to play or write, but further than that
he knew nothing. The New York dis
patch concerning Miss Usner follows:
''Miss Dorothy Usner, who a week
ago was compelled through illness to
retire temporarily from the Broad
hurst company, now playing in Why
Smith Left Home at the Madison
Square theatre, has sent her resigna-
tion to Manager ID. A. Bonita, giving
i'll health and desire to abandon the
stage permanently as her reasons for
the step. Among Miss Usner's friends
it was rumored that the actress had
not only decided to give up her dra-
matte career, but had already applied
for admission to Roman Catholic
sisterhood.
Disappointed With Stage Life.
Miss Usner, when seen at her
home, AZ West Ninety-third street,
said: 1t is true that l have sent my
resignation to the Broadhursts, and
want TO leave the stage for good. 1t
is step which / have often thought
of and talked about to my friends.
When went on the stage had great
ideas of the happiness which success
would bring, but now that l have
attained some little success, l am
merely disappointed. 1 am heartily
weary of it all. My health has been
broken by overwork. You know
have been playing in Mr.. Broad
hurst's company for 10 months with
out rest and was really i'll for two
weeks before finally gave up. Any
success on the stage is not worth all
this, and 1 want to go back to quiet
home life or to take up some more
serious and comforting work.
Am really going to enter con-
vent? Well, l admit that 1 have
always had a liking for convent life.
You know, l was educated in one and
l have often said that l might some
day return. Perhaps this would ac-
count for the story that have already
applied for admission to sisterhood.
No, | have not done so yet, but
may. A woman's mind, however, is
like weathervane. Her moods are
not always to be relied upon. | do
not know yet what l shall do
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-01
Licensed to Wed.
Volcanic Eruptfons

| Jacob F Hanson. Davenport
Mrs. Lille Tinian Davenport
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-01
Bismarck,s Iron Nerve.

Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous en-
ergy are not found where stomach,
liver, kidney and bowels are out of
order. If you want these qualities
and the success they bring, use DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They develop
every power of brain and body. Only
% cents at Hartz &c Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-01

Are grand, but skin eruptions rob life
of Joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures
them, also old running and fever
sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns,
warts, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds,
chapped hands, chilblains. Best pile
cure on earth. Drives out pains and
aches. Only % cents a box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by Hartz & Ulle-
meyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-01
August Flower.

at is surprising fact" says Prof.
Houton. that in my travels in all
parts of the world, for the last 10
years, 1 have met more people having
used Green's August Flower than any
other remedy, for dyspepsia. deranged
liver and stomach. and for constipa-
ton. l find for tourists and statesmen,
or for persons filling office positions.
where headaches and general bad feel
ings from irregular habits exist, that
Green's August Flower Isl grand rem
edy. 1t does not injure the system
by frequent use, and is excellent for
sour stomachs and indigestion" Sam
pie bottles free at I. II. Thomas.
Sold by dealers in all civilized
countries.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-01
Any Old Sore,

Cut, bruise or sprain quickly healed
with Banner Salye, the greatest heal
ing remedy in the world. 25 cents.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

MacDonagh's Irish Life and Char
acter" relates an anecdote illustrating
Mr.. Parnell's lack OF humor. The first
meeting of the irish Land League was
presided over by a Mr.. Kettle, and it
fell to Mr. Parnell to move vote OF
thanks to the chair. Il need hardly
observe, gentlemen said he, that in
Ireland the name of Kettle is house
hold word" He was quite unaware of
the pun, but his hearers did not find
II easy to keep their faces straight.
Still more trying was the scene In a
Western town when the body OF a
Union soldier named Hogg was brought
home to be huaored with n public fu-
neral. The clergyman, who pronounced
an extemporaueous eulogy, produced a
sensation by saying. This country
must be saved. even II it shall cost the
life of many Hogg"
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

1t brings an incongruous yet pleas
ing sense of nearness to be made con-
scious of social forms and amenities
that are considered relatively modern,
but which were common among people
who had become civilized long ante
rior to the emergence OF our Anglo
Saxon ancestros from barbarism.
Among the papyri discovered at
Oxyrhyncus. and recently published
by the Egypt Exploration Fund, is a
letter from an Egyptian to his wife,
or to some woman relative, the tone
of which is unmistakably modern:
Greeting, my dear Serenia, from
Petorsis. Be sure, dear, to come up
on the goth for the birthday festival,
and let me know whether you are
coming by boat or donkey, in order
that we may send for you accordingly.
Be sure not to forget. pray for your
continued health"
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

small boat and with Captain Orwie
and eight men crossed the small river,
and with this handful of volunteers
charged straight into the heavy trench
es held by the Filipinos. They chased
the insurgents out Of their protected
position, and by the time Colonel Fun
stOn reached the railroad the Kansas
and Montana troops began creeping
across the bride
1t was thought the insurgents had
fed. They were noticed, however, in
big field to the rear of their entrench
ments forming long skirmish line
Several hundred of them prepared to
advance. They appeared greatly de
moralized. however. Two generals on
horses galloped wildly back and forth
endeavoring to restore order.
They finally got the Filipinos into
fairly good order rs n skirmish line
The generals could be seen by the
Americans urging their men to adj
vance. AS the line moved forward the
Kansas regiment opened fire from the
position on the north bank of the Rio
Grande. The insurgents broke again.
Again the generals whipped them
into battle formation. The advance had
just begun when General Wheaton.
who crossed the bridge among the first
troops who had gone over under the
cover of Colonel Funston's men. or
dered all available troops to attack the
enemy. Again the insurgents STAN
peded. AS they retreated the Kansas
and Montana regiments followed them,
while Colonel Funston ordered the Ne
braska and the South Dakota regi-
ments to cross the bridge and follow
the soldiers from Kansas and NebraS-
ka in the chase.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

A member Of Canadian school
misappropriated bottle OF ink. The
city clerk of the municipality where
the wrong-doing occurred lately ire
ceIved five cents from Chicago in pay
ment for the property thus converted
to the pupils use. Repentance and
restoration may find full illustration
even though the value represented Is
only a trife. There is no moral law
which declares that sins against hon
esty do not count unless the sum in
yolyed is over one dollar. The steal
ing of penny disturbs the ethical
equilibrium as surely as the stealing
that opens prison doors to the reck-
less thief.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

A correspondent of the Troy Times
describes a millionaire as the rich
est drunkard' ever placed in Bellevue
Hospital for treatment. but adds that
many wealthy men have been brought
there as victims of appetite. Alcohol
is no respecter OF persons; neither is
the hospital management The raw
ings of delirium tremens heard in the
rich mans eel, are undistinguishable
from those OF the pauper.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06
s,..y-,vo Russian Miner. al. Killed.

Berlin. April Blowing to an inrush
Of water at the Kitchar gold mine,
near Troizk. Russia. to-day. n shaft In
which ninety-five men were at work.
collapsed. sixty.two of the miners
were killed and nearly all of the re.
maiudsr were seriously Injured,
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

| have no doubt that much sorrow
might be prevented II words OF en-
couragement were more frequently
spoken fifty and in season; and there
fore to withhold them is sin.-C. II.
Spurgeon.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

1t is said that the Porto Rlcans want
but two things-work and a place to
market their products. The people OF
that island are giving some exhibit
tions OF -Americanism that might well
be emulated in good many places
much nearer home.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

To Mr.. Kipling's distrust of the
peace manifesto because It comes from
Russia Mr.. Edwin D. Mead makes this
hs 3py reply: IA bear dressed up and
acting the part OF = man IL pleas
antsr spectacle than . man acting the
DeSt Of q bear"
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

Habits. soft and plant at first. are
like some coral stones. which are easi-
ly cut when first quarried. but soon be-
come hard as adamant
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

"Tammany moves for municipal
gas" says a contemporary, and sym
pathy Immediately goes out to the mu-
nlcipal gas.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

It's only married women that say all
men are alike. Every girl knows at
least one man who is superior to all
others.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

Between running for the senate and
away from the penitentiary Mr.. Quay
has little time for golf and other quiet
recreatiye pursuits.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06
Abolish tn. Death Psn.lty.

AtAlbany the lawmakers are wrang-
ling over the abolition Of the death
penalty. The man who succeeds will
prove as great benefactor to the
breaker of mans laws as Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters has to the breaker Of
natures laws. II you've neglected
your stomach until Indigestion and
constipation are upon you, try Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

Jerry Simpson is to become an cd
ltor. This explains why he practceo
going without socks.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

A bank failure may not upset the
depositor, but 1t may cause him TO lose
his balance.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06
The Social Struggle.

Henry, l think you had bsttsr sx-
change your dress suit for lawn
mower"
.The idea. What shall l wear when
we go out?"
"WelI. II we don't keep our grass cut
we won't get any invitations to 30 out"
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

Mans inhumanity to man makes
countless lawyers happy.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

Whisky glasses are not spectacles
but they enable men to see lot o.
queer things.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

Come grocers adulterate aIlspice un-
til 1t isn't all spice.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

We would get more enjoyment out
of a dollar If it took as long to spend
1t as 1t does TO earn 1t.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

It's a pity that love is unable to
make the world go round on the
square.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

Probably nothing stirs up woman's
temper more than callers on washday.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

It doesn't take a woman very long
to discover the defects in a mirror.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

"Our orchestra has gone to pieces"
What was the matter?' THE leader
trained US to play as one man and then
wanted to pay us that way. too.
The Meeker herald., 1899-05-06

w. N. U.-DENvER.-N NO. is.-Ieoo
Nten Aaswerias Advsrtissassts kas6(y
hsatass ttis IsSss,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-11

Special Dispatch TO the lntelllgeneer.
CHARLES TOWN. ". Va. Sept. TO-
in the supreme court OF appeals to-day
the following business was transacted:
Cecil f. Rester and others vs.. ]. l. Alex
ander and others, from Harrison county,
submitted; Ammons and others vs. the
South Penn OIL Company and others,
from Monongalla county. argued and
submitted; Moreland, administrator. va.
Hoffman and others, from MOnongalin
county argued and submitted; Ward
vs. Taylor, from Barbour county. con-
tinucd; KHnawha county and others va
schilalansky 4 SchatE and Others, from
TuckdT county, submitted; Hunter VI.
Talbard, from Tucker county, submit
ted; state Of West virginia vs.. Giles
pie. from Tucker county, submitted;
John r. Davis and others W.. county
court OF Randolph county, submitted;
State OF West Virginia w. Fred d.
keEHS, from Tucker county, submit
ted; Mcconnell VS.. Hughes and others,
from Harrison county. appeal and Hu-
peraclcRs granted, bond $500; Hoffman
and others VI. Polling, executor from
Barbour county. Apcpat and suppressed a.
granted; W. II. Kelley. Of Davia and
j. and d. WRFmHley, Of Beverly. were
admitted to practice in the court. Eu-
EemAn w, Taylor and others, from
Grant county, reversed and renanded,
opinion by Judge Mcwhorter Court
adjourned tilt Tuesday.
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THE TEST THAT TELLS.

You can got all tho Convincing Proof
yuu Want BY Reading wheeling
Papers.
When the render wants any article Of
value, he naturally prefers to deal With
someone he can depend upon.
II mixed up In any lawsuit, GOOD,
responsible lawyer Is generally the first
necessity sought.
II lost on prairie. directions from
q settler could be relied upon: those
from a stranger would be doubted.
The tsst that tells tho tale of merit
Is the test Of friends and neighbors.
Wheeling people endorse Doan's Kid
neY Pills.
Read this case:
Mr. Henry Morton, Of No. 1918 Eoh
street, employed at the La Belle iron
works, says: For two or three years
my kidneys and back hurt me with
dull. aching pain across the totng. A
dIatreAsulnK urinary weakness accom-
panied It, and suffered from indigeB-
ton and Irregular appetite, and often
felt generally used up. Many n time
worked when felt more going home.
Notices Of DOan's Kidney Pills appear
ing IN the papers set me thinking they
might do mo good, 30 I got a box at
the Logan Drug Company. 1t went to
.hesriEht spot. and did me more good
than ali the other remedies had taken
DoaS's Kidney Pills for sale by all
deaIerS. Price, 80 cents. Mailed by
FoSter.MIburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y,
sole agents for the United States. Re-
member the name-Donn's-and take
no substitute.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 10. - A mere
glimpse of the handsome red and blue
UNIFORM of a French army officer on
the stage Of the Criterion theatre last
night drove one OF the most ERshloRa-
bio audiences of the season to fury. and
caused one Of the greatest o-Dreyfus
Representations that has occurred In
New York Reserved and Eood-natured
men and women suddenly assumed the
department which Nigh, be expected OF
an audience a, a BoweFy meiudrnmh.
Cries OF "a has Armeel" shame on
FrSncet' and Long Tive Dreyfus" were
heard all over the house. People in the
orchestra and boxes were as demouStra-
tive a. those In the gallery. In The
Girl From MAxim's' nm actor lmper-
sobhtaS French army ,oHiccr,Hs wears
the regulation uniform Of bright red
trousers, blue coat and cap. He DOES
net make bis appearance until nearly
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Dreyfus and Mercler he selected Mer-
cier. The AFFAIR, NJ. Clemanceau de-
clares, was scandalously conducted.
Major carriere's contention that the
prisoner had failed to prove his limo
cepce enabled the court to convict the
prisoner without the evidence OF the
petit bleu. He also says ne pities the
men, who. by their sentence inflicted
an outrage, and showed the most Gull
pable weakness. Members Of the
tribunal, NJ. Clemanceau asserts, were
convinced that Dreytus was Innocent,
but were anxious to extend extenuatlng
circumstances to Mercter and to other
generals.
N. eorneIy. in the Figaro. holds. that
the verdict, by reducing the original
term Of imprisonment shows that the
campaign for revision was legitimate.
ii. Cornely holds that he believes that
when Colonel Jouaust refused to hear
Colonel schwarzkoppen and Colonel
PanIzzardi. the president OF the court
was certain of Dreytus innocence. The
tribunal hesltated between Dreyfus and
MercIer. and replied neither yes nor no.
II Dreyfus Is guilty he should have re-
celyed penalty for the aggravatlng In-
stead OF lenlency for. the extenuatInE
circumstances. NJ. Cornely coneludeS
by declaring that it iS deplorable to, see
judges make common cause with the
generals who saved Esterhasy. and the
injury which this will indIct on
the army. The Socialist groups met this
evening and passed resolutions protest.
Ing against the Rennes verdict, and de-
Glazing their determination TO continue
the struggle for the protection OF repub-
llcan liberty.
Reports received at the ministry OF
the interior indicate that no disturb
ances have occurred anywhere In the
provinces.
The Libre Parole says. commenting
on the RenRes verdict:
"The soldiers at Rennes without fear
or reproach. have given the world a ane
spectacle, and have saved the honor OF
a second Austerlitz."
Henry Rochefort, in 1ntransiEeRnt,
says that France at last has taken re-
venge on foreigners.
The Petit Journal warns the Dreytus.
ards to accept the verdict quietly. "slsc
the nation, despite the scoundrelly
government will find means to make
them"
The Crolx. the Jesuit organ, says:
THE verdict proves that In France
the army will not prosecute On innocent
man. The Judges decided without fear
or favor, as their consclsnoeS die
tated,"
The soir describes the result rs "a
national victory, all the more striking
because won in spite of seandHlous gov
eminent pressure, the expenditure Of
fabulous sums by a syndicate and the
cynical intervention OF Germany"
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the end OF the act, when he suddenly
bolts on the stage. For moment the
audience did not understand the sig
nlficance Of the broadcloth and the gold
face. Then, suddenly, somebody hiss
ed. Other mild Misses followed from
different parts of the theatre. For the
moment the actor thought they were d.
rected at him personally, and he hesi-
tatcd, while his face turned as red as his
trousers. "Ths next moment a deep
voice. cried, tshame on the armyt
shame ON France!" And the cause Of
the Kissing became generally under
stood.
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The Pedagogue during his vacation
visited the southern part OF West Vir-
Einla, spending several days each In
Grenbrler, dMercer. Mcdowell, Logan
and AEfngo counties, and he mnst say
he was IN many respects surprised
lagreeably SOY at what he saw and
found there. In the first place, II Is q
much richer country thAn he expected
to and, and secondly, they are much
further advanced educationnlly than
one would suppose. Anyone who thinks
that the people there are as odd as q
great deal Of the country Is VIII md
himself very much mistaken. he met
while on his trip the leading teacheA of
the Ave counties, and all the teachers
OF three counties. and to say they COM
pare very favorably with the teRchers
OF the older and better developed coun-
Ties OF the state expresses Just what he
felt, after spending three weeks among
them and testing them In many ways.
Mcdowell county now ranks among the
very richest OF the state. 1t is wonder
ful how the coal and timber are being
rushed into the market, and so II will
be for years to come all along the Nor
folk & Western railroad. II Is now ai-
most impossible to handle the freight.
and in a very few years more outlet
will be needed.
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black Satin wa.lkine Gown Flrou Happens Bs4ar.

The new black gowns bid fair to OUT
shine colored street gowns In popular
ity. The new extremes Of severe Sim
,pltcity and elaborate applied trim
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whether made OF authenticated cloths
or Of satin itself. A model Of the first
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% made with n close sheath skirt, fit-
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a decided spring outward in the lower
part Of the skirt, to which Is added a
hRring RUNE. smoothly applied, under q
Succession Of rows Of machine stitching.
The skirt pattern, a. issued. 10 made Ia
two pieces, one for the upper skirt and
the second for the rune. with lines Of
pertofAtions to Indicate the shape of the
front and side breAdthg where t.ye ma
teriaI employed is to be Of narrow
width sink. The rune should have an
lTterlining Of crinollne. The Elton
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LONDON KY, Sept. s.-Troubie in
the Eversole- French feud in Perry
county has broken out again, Tues
day night ut Hazard there was quite n
gathering Of Eversoles and McCombs
on one side and Fields and Frenchs on
the other. Bad feelings were followed
by shooting. It soon became general
and Phit Mccomb was Killed by one
OF the FIELDS. The side that did the
killing dispersed. Perry is two coun-
ties further back In the mountains than
CLAW
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Jacket Is made with stretched, seamless
back, side or under-arm gore and front,
the latter fitted to the form by a sim
gie dart on. each side. Large reveres-
those in the original model are OF plain
silk, with stitched edges-and small
gilt buttons form the sole trimming OF
this garment, which meets but does
not lap down the centre OF the front.
Here It is secured by, books and eyes,
The sleeves are smoothly fitted into the
RrEn's-eye. and At the arm closely to
the wrist, Whore,they are trimmed with
single rows OF gut buttons similar to
those used for the centre front.
Fourteen yards OF narrow-width ma
tertai, such as satin, peau de sole, pen
galIne, or other silk. VIII be required to
make this costume as shown in the IL
Illustration. OF Satin-fsced cloth nifty
four inches wide, six and one-halt
yards will prove sufficient.