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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
old Encampment Degree stays.

Detroit, Sept. 22.-The sovereign
grand lodge of Odd Fellows today re-
fused to abolish the old encampment
branch of the royal purple degree
uniform
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
Costly Fire at Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. 22.-Yesterday after
noon fire broke ont at the stock yards
and destroyed The Transit House and
n number of other buildings. The loss
Is estimated at S215. 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
Worlds Record for a sawmilI.

Farmingdale, Me. Sept. 90. "A
worlds record was established at the
saw mill OF the Berlin Mills company
plant here yesterday when with a
single saw 15S.601 feet of lumber were
sawed out in eleven hours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
No Message to the Oueen.

London, Sept. 22-Reuter's Telegram
company announced last evening that
no message had been received by
Queen Victoria from President HrIIcer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
Another Anti-oIeo Law E,it.

Minneapolis. Sept. 22.-Judge Loeb
ren. in the United States district cs4Irt
yesterday. practically held the state
law prohibiting the sale of oleomargar-
inc colOred TO initiate butter to be un-
constitutional. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
Yellow Jack. victims increasing.

Key West, Fla. Sept. 22.-Twenty-
four new cases of yellow fever and
two deaths is the record for the
iMentX-four hours ended Yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
Wireless Telec-,ph Man Here.

New York. Sept. 22-Signor Marconi.
the promoter of the wireless teIe-
Sraphy. arrived here yesterday on
board the steamer Aurania from Liver
moi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
the future maintenance of British

the future maintenance of British
authority in South Africa"
Sir John also said: Il have no doubt
that portion of the population of the
colony would be actively anti-Britisl,
IN the event of war with the Trans
Naal- do not anticipate rising. but
some of the young and impulsiye Afri-
kanders would probaly show their
forces.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
NIississippiIs Making Record.

Macon. Miss. Sept. 22. - Cornelius
Triplet. colored. was shot and killed
at Singleton. Winston county. Miss.
Wednesday night. making four vic
tins two white and two coIored-of
the feud raging in that county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22

The specific remedy for troubles of
the blood, kidneys, stomach, liver, is
Hoods SarsaparilIa, the great blood
purifier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
Prominent Iowan Dead.

Muscatine. Ia, Sept. 22-AIbert C.
Townsley. prominent in Muscatine
county fer the past twenty-five years,
died Yesterday at the age of ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
Gen. BrauIt Dead I'm Paris.

Paris, Sept 22.-Gen. Brault, who
succeeded Gen. Renouard as chief of
the general staff November, '9S, is
dead
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22
REBELS DITCH TRAIN.
Then Open Fire Upon DeraiIed
Cars South of An
geIes.
TWO AMERICANS ARE KILLED.

ward Found In the Thicket Whence t.
tack Came-Gen. Wheaton Goes to the
Rescue, But Services Are Not Necessary
Other News by Wire.
Manila, Sept. ga panty of in
surgents ditched a railroad train a
mile and half south of Angeles this
morning and then opened fire. upon
the derailed cars from a bamboo
thicket, killing two Americans and
wounding FIVE others. Lieut.. LONE
and his scouts who were on the train
made a vigorous defense and caused
the enemy to flee. SIX dead rebels
were afterward found in the thicket
from which the rebel fire came. Gen.
Wheaton, with six companies. pro-
ceeded from Calulet to the relief of
the train, but his services were not
needed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-09-22

For your fall and winters supply is
an easy thing to do when you are not
particular about quality or price.
But when you want high grade, first
class clean and well-screened coal,
that holds heat in every lump, and
satisfaction in every scuttle full, you
want our Lehigh Valley coal, that you
can procure at $3.50 per ton.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
SELLS COOLERS.
An Up-tO-Dnte Peanut Dealer Puts
Them UD in small Packages for
Breath Killers.

If the proprietor of a sidewalk pea
nut stand not far from the city hall
doesn't carve out fortune for himself
some day it will not be through any
lacl1 Of observation on his part, or of
failure to act upon the suggestions'he
manages 10 dig out of what he OBJ
serves. His latest wrinkle is putting
up peanuts in one-cent packages. The
peanuts are Che same quality. as those
he sells for five cents per bag, the only
difference being in the size Of the pack
age.
whats your idea" queried a Gus
toner the other day. "Sell more that
wayT'
Yes" was the peanut mans reply,
although probably not for the reason
you think. Tell you how it happened.
One day a well-dressed young fellow
came along and stopped in front of my
stand.
allow much are your lcanutsY he
asked.
"'Five cents 7 answered. Have a
paclageY
"Thc young fellow fished up hand
full of keys and other things from one
of his pockets. Then he shook his head
sadly.
"'No, guess not he said, starting to
move away. Suddenly he stopped
Say he exclaimed, do you smell any-
thing on my breathY
Il had been smelling liquor on his
breath ever since he came within smell
ing distance, and told him so.
I'm up against 1t, then, he went on.
You see, / work over in the Betz build
ing, and I've been out to lunch. Met
several fellows, and, before knew il,
got outside of several drinks. My boss
is crank on total abstinence, and if he
gets Whit of my breath I'll be fired as
sure as fate. Peanuts make the best
breath killer / know of, and I'd buy
some if had nickel. But I've got only
cent, and of course / can't
"'Oh, If that's all that bothers YOU |
interrupted, picking up small handful
Of the peanuts and showing them into
his pocket, III sell you a cents worth.
Thanks. Stop again some day lie
walked off munching the peanuts and
grinning with satisfaction. The little
episode gave me an idea, and the next
day l got lot of small bags and added
one-cent packages of peanuts to my
stock. 1t has made a hit. too, for a
whole lot of people seem to know about
the nuts as breath killers. Several of
my customers told me that they didn't
care to buy five cents worth of peanuts
at a time, because if they did they
would eat all of them before they knew
It. and peanuts in such large quantities
didn't agree with them. But, say. you'd
be surprised il you knew the number of
men who are onto the virtues OF
'goobers' as breath killers" ncin.
natl Enquirer.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
IN THE CHURCHES

Union NJ. e. Church, Fifth and
Washington streets. Rev. c. A. Grise
pastor. Preaching at 1890 a. m. and
745 D. m. by Rev. John France. Sun
day school at ? p. m. Epworth League
at $50 p. m.
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A., Third and
Railroad. Gospel meeting Sunday af-
ternoon. Song service from 2.30 to 8
o'clock. Speaking by Rev. Mr.. Stock
dale, of the Second M. p. Church, of
Wilmington.
First Congregational Church Hall
No. 81 Madison street, Rev. d. Meal
lister. pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.
m. Twilight services from $50 p. m
to 7.30 p. m. Wednesday evening
prayer meeting. Bible songs used.
Olivet Presbyterian Church, Fourth
and Broome streets, Rev. J. r. Mill.
gan, ID. d., minister Divine services
at 1870 a. m. and s p. m. Morning
subject: Summer Thoughts From
Bible Scones-Galilee.' Evening sub.
iect: The Way to the Fathers
THouse.' . p. m, Sunday school p
M, Society of Christian Endeavor.
Central Presbyterian Church. 1O.Sl
a. m, preaching by Rev. T. A. Nc
Curdy, ID. ID. Subject: Astounding
Hope" 10 m, Sunday school. Gas p
m, prayer meeting Of the Y. p. S. c. e
Evening service omitted.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
roo MucH THoMPsoN.

Even the councilmanic deadlock has
its funny features II you but look for
them. Figuring on the slate which
caused the deadlock are James Thomp-
son for clerk of City Council, and
John d. Thompson for city auditor.
On Wednesday evening these two men.
well assured Of what was in the wind,
went up to the City Hall to keep their
eyes on the "caucusees" and hear the
returns at the conclusion Of the eau
Gus. They We're but two of many who
were hanging about the venerable edi-
fee on a similar mission. The two
Thompsons lnng on well. Long after
midnight, Councilman Oberly, Of the
Twelfth ward, left the CoSncil cham
Der and was Immediately besieged by
anxious and inquiring aspirants for Of
fee and their friends. Finally James
Thompson got his ear.
How about me?" he inquired.
you're nominated for clerk OF
Council or CITY auultoI, Dul uOh
know which, he answered. "There
were two Thompsons nominated"
Later on John ID. Thompson had his
innings
Where do I stand?' he asked.
What's your name?' inquired the
councilman.
Thompson was the response
"Well, you've been nominated for
either city auditor or clerk of Council
but, III declare. don't know which,
was the councilman's reply.
"This is clearly a case Of too much
Thompson remarked a bystander tc
the amusement of all within earshot
including the Wayfarer
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
ROLLED TABLECLOTHS.
Folds Must Not he scrn In the
LaundcFod Linen to Have
IL Correct.

The really up TO date houselSeeper
nowadays never folds her tablecloths.
II must apologize for using this cloth"
said the incest little woman in the
world the other day. "Those creases
are simply fierce. but it was folded by
mistake, and Nellie doesn't think folds
matter. So she got il on the table, and
when / discovered it there was no time
to change"
We assured her that no creased lipen
could mar for a moment our Joy in her
salads and croquettes, to say nothing
Of her company. "But where do YOU
put your cloths to keep them fla.?"
asked the prospective bride. That's
right" chimed in the bachelor uncle.
"piclS up little pieces of information
where you can. They'll all come in
handy" Nobody paid any attention
30 this remark, so he grinned amiably
to himself and went on drinking his
bouillon.
you aren't anybody unless you have
linen closet" said the hostess. THAT
goes without saying. Well, the proper
way now is TO have wooden rollers the
width of your cloths, and as they come
out from under the iron they are care
fully rolled up, the end fastened with
pins and laid in long, deep drawer.
/ They are conveniently handled after
you get them on the rollers, but the
getting them there smooth is the rub.
It's a great scheme, though, for there's
no denying the fact that il is a sort OF
prize puzzle business 20 place your bon
bon dishes and flowers and candlesticks
gracefully between the folds when they
are dono in the old way"
"a friend of mine has a different
plan," added the cosmopolitan. "She
has rollers fastened on arms which
come down from the ceiling Of her linen
closet, and two maids simply take the
cloth and hang it over the curvced
wood. she puts three or four on the
/ same pole" "But fancy!" rojoined the
girl with the pink waist; suppose you
wanted the under cloth. And linen does
slip so. Can't YOU imagine the maids
lost in deluge of white tableclethsi
I think, to give my honest opinion, that
the perfectly fat cloth would drive one
10 drink. folds or no. If 1 were house
keeping don't fancy I'd spend my time
coddling my table linen so il wouldn'i
bo creased"
"Yes? But you wouldn't be in good
style them" exclaimed the matron, con
clusively.
The bride-to-be looked worried. =
2 think I'll have my table bare" she said
- aoftly, 10 herself.-St. Louis Republic
Evening journal., 1899-07-22

is in the right condition, and every
one bitten by bedbug or a mosquito
has rushed to the hospitals under the
delusion that he has been attacked by
the kissing bug, and so the fake has
spread and gained credence.
mo person coming here with a speci-
men has been able to say that this is
the bug by which he or anyone else
was bitten. / would like to see some
one come with q melanolestes and
say that he had been caught in the
act Of biting the afflicted person, and
especially that he had attacked the
Hips.
"Melanolestes lives on the juice OF
plants and is not known to be carniv-
orous. He certainly would not attack
human being unless in self-defense
Then he might stick his proboscis into
one.
The 'strangling bug fake is even
more absurd, because this insect, or, al
any rate, the insect that has been ac.
cused of strangling people, is the ordi-
nary giant waterbug, with which al
most everyone is familiar. His scion
tihc name is benacus griseus, but the
name is as harmless as the bug. He Is
also sometimes called the electric
light bug. because he buzzes around
the street lights at night.
This well-known bug is about two
inches and a half long. He lives il
the water throughout the day, ant
sometimes comes ont in the air to fly
about at night His feet are not adapt
ed to walking on the land. He Il
harmless. He would not and could no
strangle a person. because he has n,
jaws. He possesses a short beak ol
proboscis, like mosquito, by whicl
he gains a livelihood. This beak Il
inserted into smallflshes or other flesh
matter. from which he sucks The blood
"If attacked he might use his beak il
defense. but he certainly would not at
tack a person. / heard one story o
how this strangling bug had leape,
upon a mouse and strangled him
That's absurd The bugs legs are 8,
CONSTRUCTED that it is impossible 70
him TO leap at ALL
Il want it understood that we ar
mot offering rewards for any Of thes
bugs A woman came here yesterda.
with an ordinary horseny and scenes
very much surprised because we woull
not buy the insect at her figure
"A Jersey farmer came all the wa.
from his rural home with an ordinar
wheel bug, fully expecting a reward O
a hundred dollars.
"a citizen of West Philadelphia
walked in with a wasp carefully cage
up, thinking he had the only genuin
} kissing bug He was touchingly dis
Appointed when we undeceived him
and borrowed a nickel TO get home on.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
WAYFARtR' SNOTE BOOK
Things, Pleasant and Unpleas
ant, Caught on the Way.
aKITs ON PERsONs AND THINas

IF YOU READ THEM BEFORE SUP
PER THEY WILL AID YOUR d.
GEsTION, BUT THERE IS MOTH
ING PUT IN THEM TO LULL YOU
TO SLEEP.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22

The news Of the death OF Ezekiel r.
Cooper came with a peculiar and sud
den sadness to the people Of this COM
munity. Death, the great leveller Of
human and social differences, has done
It's sorrowful but not unlovely work.
II has blown quite away those evanes-
cent shadows of temporary ll fortune
and leaves in the sunlight Of our nem-
ory the unclouded picture of the man
as we knew him and as he was. What
we term human Justice starts back
awed and ashamed before the gate
which leads to the divine justice and
divine mercy.-Dover Index.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
HAcK roR IoMnARpY.

II-N'7IN y w I17'77II II71EIEI7
a hack VIII leave corner Fourth and
Market streets at p. n, on clear
Thursdays and SuLdays, for Lombardy
Cemetery.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
verv It,selx.

1t is easier for some men to aeeumu.
late million dollars than it is for 9th.
ers to accumulate debts amounting to
hsh that sum.-Chicago Daily News.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22

There is more Catarrh In this section Of
the country than an other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
VAS supposed TO be incurahlo. For a
great many years doctors pronounced 10
local disease, and prescribed local RENE
dies. and by constantly falling 10 cure
with local treatment. pronounced it In
durable. Science has proven catarrh "a
be constitutional disease. and therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Hairs
Catarrh cure. manufactured by +. j.
Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio. Is tho only
constitutional cure on the market. IL Is
taken internally IN doses from 10 drops ID
a teasDOonful Il acts directly on tho
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system
They offer one hundred dollars FOR any
case il fails 10 cure. Send for circular.
and testlmoni1ls. Address
r. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold oy Druggists. l5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
SheMOt Park,

Week of July u.
THE BEST SHOW OF THE SEASON.
HENRY FRYE, as Weary Walker" 4"
KLEIN AND CLIFTON, Comedians
and Dancers, etc.
EUGENE-ELLSWORTH,
and BURT-MADGE,
Interpreters of Refined Comedy.
CURTIS AND WOOLEY,
Hebrew and German Ambassadors.
BILLY" PAYNE, Musical Comedian.
JEROME AND ALEXIS, Europe's s
Sensation, in their novelty contortion
speciality, THE FROG AND THE
LIZARD"
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
THESE BUGS ARE FAKES.
LEARNED PROFESSOR SAYS sTRANe-
LERS AND KlSsERS ARE MYTHS.

PHILADELPHIA SCIENTIST EX-
POSES THE BUG EPIDEMIC AND
SAYS THEY ARE UNKNOWN ToI
BUGOLOGY
Let no sane person put faith in the
insect faldr The so-called kissing
bug has no existence in fact and the
"strangling bug" is equally non-exist-
ent
SO say scientists who have made a
thorough investigation OF these en-
tomological hoaxes. The men Of
scientific bug-knowledge are thorough
ly tired of the unscientihc bug-non-
sense that is deluging and deluding
the public Professor w. J. Fox. as
sistant librarian OF the Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and
corresponding secretary Of the Ameri-
can chronological Society, knows
everything about bugs. Bugs are the
professors hobby. He has made Sc
ries Of observations concerning the
kissing bus" and "strangling bug
myths. and he declares that these sup
posedly existent insects are all un-
known to the science of bugology.
lie has been pestered beyond endur-
ance by people coming to the academy
with supposititious pests, and he cries
out in righteous indignation against
the persecution.
There have been hundreds OF peopl,
in here with bugs Of every description
during the past month" declared tn,
man of bug-knowledge, "and an
thoroughly tired Of telling them tha
their specimens are worthless. In near
iy every case the bug-bringer has pre-
sented a different kind of bug. rv
been pestered with everything from al
ordinary horsefiy to a galaruca xantha
melius. and the captors won't be con
WINGED that their particular specime
is not the real thing. They expect al
sorts Of fabulous rewards. thong
their specimens can be picked up any
where without the slightest difficult,
Il have no confidence in the identif
cation OF the so-called kissing bul
with the insect known TO science a
melanolestes picipes. This is a vel
known bsg. which might be called /
popular language a red-legged blac
robber. That's a free translation
his Latin name. lie has been known
science for half a century, but
has never been known TO possess sue
harmful propensity as is now popular
ascribed to him. He usually has h
abode under logs or in other damp al
dark places. He is harmless. I kno
Of no instance where it has be-
shown that swollen lip was due to
bite by this harmless insect That
mere supposition that has no co
roboration in fact
Almost any insects bite will eau
swelling il the bitten persons blo'
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
Annie Pnsties.

Peel. core and stew eight apples, add
ing favoring of lemon peel and an
ounce of butter. When tender, beat
with a fork and place on rounds of short
pastry. Wet the edges and fold them
over. brush lightly with water and
sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bake
for about half an hour.--Ph;iadeiphia
Press.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22
He Knew.

singleton-Do you agree with the
doctors who consider kissing danger
ous2
Benedict--Oh. yes.
what dread effect do you think IS
likely 10 arise from it?"
"Marriage."-N. Y. World.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22

There is certain grimness about the
joke of conlerring the degree of doctor
of civil law on Cecil Rhodes. Martial
law or no law at all is his forte.-In-
dianapolis News.
Evening journal., 1899-07-22

Considered as a whole, it will prob
ably be found cheaper for the city to
pay the aldermen good salaries than
to allow somebody else to do it.-De-
troit Tribune.
Evening star., 1899-03-11

She Can stand Enough Excitement to
Stagger a Sturdy Man.

From the Philadelphia Times.
1t has drifted into a tradition that peo-
pie should praise 1.-The good old times" and
that the man or woman who belongs to
another generation should revile that
past, but honesty, candor and absolute
ion that never in any age that has joined
the shadowy has been We're there ever
women OF such vfgor and fortitude as to-
day live and have their being in our social
ranks.
The mothers of heroes in the revolution
or duty bound seryitors of the rebellion
could not vie with the debutante Of to-
day, who proves the wonderful power of
her constitution as well as that of her
cOuntry's by an enduring and never-fag-
ging strength that many a man might
envy.
The routine of a day in her life is
enough to stagger most men. One or two
lunches, half dozen teas, dinner the
opera and a ball ending at daybreak with
chafing dish repast is a program suffi-
ciently severe to wear out the beauty and
the digestion of a veteran, yet which ap-
psrently has no power to phase dozens of
delicately-reared, deicately- built women
Have women stronger constitutions than
men? Is the modern code of athletic in
dulgence the secret of women's physical
present day superiority over that of our
mothers and grandmothers? Is the race
being vitaliZed by the demands of social
life? These are questions hard to answer
but the fact remains that the society wo-
man of today can endure more and look
than all the women put together who fig
ured in that era which is italicized and
emphasized as being part and parcel of
the good old times.