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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
A Clever woman. Scheme.

With the present overcrowding of al
most every vocation credit Is due to
any one who can strike out success
fully into new and original lines of
business. A bright little woman in a
New England town has hit upon a
novel and ingenious way of making
money.
Her plan is to buy some house which
is dilapidated and out OF repair, but in
a good locality. There is usually not
much trouble in finding such n house
or in purchasing 1t at bargain. Then
her tastes come into play, devising re-
pairs and improvements to the place,
putting in n pretty window here, some
ornamental tile or wood work there, a
cozy corner somewhere inside, a hand
some touch to the hallway to give
first impressions''-and in one way
and another transforming an old run
down house to an attractive modern
dwelling.
She furnishes the house and lives
there for II time. while her ideas are
being carried into effect. She renders
the place as attractive as possible in
side and out, not at all because she
means TO stay there-but simply for
selling purposes That Is her specula-
ton. Once her. work is completed her
house finds her a ready purchaser,
owing to the taste displayed. She gem
orally sells the whole house outright.
furnished and all. at handsome profit
Then she searches out another house
under similar conditions and does the
thing over again. says the Atlanta Cou-
stitution-
Living in the houses as she does dur
ing the repairing period, she considers
that she is rent free Her local reDuta-
ton for taste and good Judgment in
such matters is valuable aid in her
business She is a manipulation of old
houses and they are transformed under
her touch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
How to wear a shirt w.,.t.

To look trim in her shirt waist seems
to be an impossibility to the average
summer girl Apparently she goes on
the principle that because the waist is
loose ii requires no attention beyond
putting on and buttoning. Nothing
could be further from the fact Care
full adjustment is necessary to give the
good fitting, well put together appear
ance-
Large safety pins or white headed
pins three inches long should be re-
gar1ed as complemental of every shirt
waist Use three or perhaps four OF
these, preferably the white headed
ones Having put on and buttoned
shirt waist first pin the back down TO
the corsets below the waist line
Pull the shirt well down before ad-
justing the pin This improves the fit
and reveals the curve OF the hack. one
Of the prettiest OF feminine lines. Next
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
Training Factory Girls.

One branch of work for girls is not
! overcrowded, and the wages are not
becoming less. That is employment as
machine operators. and because of this
opportunity the alliance employment
bureau of which Miss Virginia Pott is
president and in the management Of
which other prominent women are liz
tercsted. has started a school for oper-
ators at the Friendly Aid House, in
East Thirty-fourth street. which will
last eight weeks of the dull summer
season. The training the girls will get
here will stand them instead of long
experience and help them to advance
much more rapidly toward the pro-
ficiency that commands good wages.
In all the large factories where girls
are employed nowadays the machines
are run by steam o. electricity, so that
girls may begin this kind of work with
safety at a much earlier age than when
the machines had to be run by foot
power.
Beginning with the simplest form of
plain stitching the course of instruc-
ton includes double scanning, gather
ing. putting in headings, tucking, fine
banding and all the kinds of work re-
quired in making Undertaking, shirt
waists, neckwear and other articles
which require women's work.
Miss Leonora O'Reilly, the resident
worker of Asacoy House, Brooklyn,
will be in charge OF the work. The
hours will be from 9 a. m. to p. M,
with an hour at noon for luncheon.
The girls bring their own lunch and
have a pleasant room set apart in
which to eat it. \ gas range is at their
disposal, SO that they can have tea,
coffee or anything of that sort that
they may wish to add to what they
bring from home.
The fee for the course Is only the
nominal sum of 30 cents. and all ma
terials are supplied by the committee.
While the main purpose of the in
structiOn is to prepare girls for work
in the factories, it affords an excellent
opportunity for girls who wish merely
to do the sewing for their own families.
The alliance employment bureau will
be able to place all girls who wish en-
ployment rs soon as the fall trade
opens-that is. II they show in the
summer any aptitude for the work
Until they get the speed required in
the big factories the wages Will be
small. but just as soon as that is at
tanned the training that they have re-
ceived will insure their advance a
good operator seldom is out of work
New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

for several years in Springfield and
finally became postmistress for the
senate in the state legislature. That
was in 1850. She has lived in Wash
ington siAce obtaining her first -ap-
pointment there.
Her mother was Miss Phila Il. SUIT
ton of Norfolk, but aside from the
Washington home her immediate fam
lily live in Oak Park, where her father
still has his vote.
The value of the new position is said
to be about 81, 500 year, the appoint
ment being for six years. Mr.. Ray will
receive $500 annually as marshal. but
there are allowances. Miss Ray is
about 80 years of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
Notice of Pubiioation-Chaneery
State OF Illinois, 4.
County OF Rock Island.

County sssse Of Fl R 1tiRG Isiiand. SIS
Ia the circuit court, September term, A. d.
1901
Mary J. Melvin VS.. George L. Melvin. In chan
cery.
An1davft of the non-residence of George
L. Melvin the defendant above named, hay
Ing been fled IN the ONCE OF the clerk OF said
circuit court of Rock Island county. no
tice Is hereby given 10 the said nOn-resident
defendant, that the complainant has filed her
Dill OF compi0iBt IA said court. on the chancery
side thereof. the 18th day Of July "a. ID.
1900, and that a summons tbereupon Issued out
of said court against said defendant, returna-
Bile on the 18th day OF September a. ID. 1900.
as Is by law required.
Now, therefore, unless you, the said George
l. Melvin, shall personally be and appear before
the said circuit court Of Rock Island county, on
the first day Of the next term thereof. 20 be
holden the court house IN The city OF Rock
Island. In said county. on the nth day OF Sep
TENDER A ID. 1900. an Plead. answ or or oernur
to the said conn claimants Din OF com plant.
the same and the matters and thing therein
charged and stated wiz be taken as confessed,
and decree entered against you according 70
the prayer OF sails oil.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and a11xed the seal Of said court a.
my once In Rock Island. this 18th day OF July,
a. ID. 1900 GEORGE w. CAMILLA Clerk.
SEARLE & MARSHALL.
Complainant'S Solictorz-
July IL, A. ID. 1900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
Wooden Dresses For working Girl,

Wooden Dresses For Working Girls.
According to report made by Rufus
Fleming, United States consul ut Edin-
burgh, the progressive displacement of
cotton goods by wOolens for womens
wear has become a matter of much inn
portance to dealers in these classes of
goods. This change, which has been
going on for some years, was acceler-
ated last November by the rise in the
prices of cottons, compromising the rise
in woolens, which began about a year
ago. Among wholesale merchants in
these lines there is difference of opin-
ion as to how far the substitution will
go and how long it will last, but there
is agreement that the public taste is
off cottons."
Working women and girls in all pur-
suits have been showing a strong pref
erence for wooden dresses, apparently
because they are thereby saved the
trouble of washing the garments or the
expense of having them washed. In
this climate wooden dresses and other
garments of wooden goods are seldom
too warm, even in summer, and the
neatness of n Numbered dress is sec
ondary consideration with the majori-
ty. Wholesale dealers in dry goods
believe that in Scotland and in north
ern Europe generally the preference
among working women for wooden
dresses has become n permanent con-
dition which the trade must recognize.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
IaabeIIe Rrianf.

The famous flower girl of Paris who
invariably presented Emperor Napo-
leon III with a bouquet after the Grand
Prix is just dead. Her real name was
Isabelle Briant.
She was the recognized flower girl of
the jockey club; also sold flowers at
the doors of the Cafe Anglais when
that establishment was at the height
of its fame. She was always to be
found in the paddock at Longchamps
on great race days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

If you have Drvness of the Nose
and throat, a constant hacking and
coughing, enlarged tonsils, dropping
of mucus, stopping up of the nose,
fullness and noises in the head,
! mouth breathing, offensive breath; if
you are pale, weak, losing flesh. and
CONSUMPTION do not let it increase
from day to day.
Consult the German-English Spe-
cialists and receive assurance of a
speedy and permanent cure.
Catarrhal Deafness, Bronchitis, Ca
| tarrh of the Throat, Stomach, Bow
els. Liver. Kidney and Bladder treated
by the Berlin system used exclusively
by these Eminent Specialists.
The remedies and methods en-
ployed are new and are the result of
study and research during many
years of ospital, private and special
practice. They are without excep-
ton the only successful ones before
the medical profession today.
BY means of costly appliances found
nowhere else west of Chicago, the
doctors are enabled to bring healing
agents directly to the diseased parts,
thereby producing cures in cases that
have tried all other means and failed.
The best physicians frankly admit
that this is the only way of perma-
nently curing Catarrh and Catarrhal
diseases.
Their Electro-Chemic System in
com bination with medicine is proving
successful in all cases of Nervous De-
bility, Defective Memory, Mental De-
lusions, Sleeplessness, Threatened
Insanity. etc.
WOMEN suffering from nervous
ness, palpitation of the heart. fatu-
lency. or any disease peculiar to their
sex should call on the Specialists and
get an opinion on their case free of
charge.
Consultation and Examination
Free.
OFFICE IN
Der DemOkrat Building
2os w. Third Street, Davenport.
Hours TO II g. NJ, 9 to and to p IL
Sundays 10 II O. NJ
Telephone sSSA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

overcoSsseS Ire blues, be-
cause II IS fire safeguard
of wOss7an,S health.
II regulates fEse entire
female organism as
nothing else does. When
the dragging sensation
and the backaclie go, the
blues will go also.
Read the letters from
women appearing in this
women who have
tried II and KNOW. There
arc a million such women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

leff, was one of the most dashing and
brave OF fighters for the cause of lib
erty. She enlisted in a Massachusetts
regiment and served three years be-
fore it was known that the brave sol
der was a woman. ''She was taken
i'll IN Philadelphia" says a writer in
The ladies Home Journal, land the
hospital nurse had pronounced her
dead, but a slight gurgling attracted
the doctors attention. He placed his
hand over her heart and, finding, TO
his surprise. an inner waistcoat tightly
COMPRISING her breast, ripped it open.
She was Immediately removed to the
matronS apartments, where every
thing was done for her comfort The
commanding officer, upon learning that
his aid was a woman, granted her an
honorable discharge and presented her
with letter from Washington COM
mending her services The humble
soldier stood before him with shining
eyes filed with tears and thanked him
many times, begging him TO ask that
her fellow soldiers be told and that he
ask them to tell him if she had done
aught that was unbecoming a woman.
This was done. and her comrades and
officers declared their respect for her
was unbounded- Upon her honorable
discharge from the army she returned
to her mothers home. striving to es-
cape the calumny which followed her
singular career. After General Wash
ington became president he wrote n
most cordial letter to Mrs. Gannett
Deborah Sampson, she having mar
ried in the meantime), inviting Robert
Shurtleff' to visit him. She accepted
and was treated with the greatest hon.
ors by the president and residents of
Washington"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

Neck dressing for summer appeals
more to comfort than it has for several
seasons. The stiff linen collar has Civ
en- place In large measure to soft dra-
peries of silk. lawn or lace. The en-
broidered REFER is a favorite tie, being
two yards long and nine inches wide,
having the ends ornamented with en-
broidery or appliques of lace. This tie
is long enough to encircle the throat
twice and knot with loops and ends in
front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
DR.. S. ii. MILLER,
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist.

All diseases of horses and cattle treated on
approved principles. Surgical operations per-
formed 10 u scientific manner Dogs treated.
All calls promptly attended to. Residence.
ITO Fourth avenue. Telephone 1852. once
and innrnary. l6I5-16I7 Fourth avenue
(Maucke r's stable). opposite No. flre house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

An amusing story is going the rounds
Indicative of the extraordinary SIMPLE
ity Of Queen Victoria's way OF looking
ar things 'T have been told" said her
majesty, that Lord Kitchener is a
woman hater. but 1 can scarcely be
Iieve it. as he has always been ex-
tremely nice to me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

How many steps does a housewife
take in day?' is the problem body
of New York women are attempting
to solve. 1t is estimated that 1900
steps make a mile, and the proposition
Is to compute how many miles are COW
cred a day by the housewife in the
preparation of the meals, in washing
dishes and in her general work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

Fruit lemonade is very good Make
a rich lemonade in the first place. then
add to IL the juice OF pint OF straw
berries and the Juice OF few oranges.
Add little. of the fruit and cup Of
cold tea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

]. BURKHART. MD.
MRS. HADA NJ BURKHART, NJ. d
DRS. BURKHART 81 BURKHART,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
DR.. CORA EMERY REED.
homeopathic Physician.

Special attertIon to diseases OF women and
children. also diseases OF e,e, ear, nose and
throat. once hours-9:30 20. 10 a m, to p
N. 32I Six eenth street, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
Physicians.

Once Tremann block. once hours to 10 a
m. TO and TO d. N. Phone No. 1892, Rock
Island, Ill. Night calls answered from ONCE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
c. 7. FOSTER, M. d.
Physician and Surgeon

once between Third and Fourth avenues on
Twentieth street ONCE hours. . TO II u. N ,
70 y. N and to p Night calls from
ONCE Phone 1854.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
PHYSICIANS.
F. H. FIRST, M. d.
Physician and Surgeon.

Phone on 1867. once. 356 Twentieth
street. once hours: 10 to l2 a. m; = TO and
7tOsp m. Sunday, $50 to $50 a. m; 1870 to
y N.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

A Heroine of the Revolution.
Deborah Sampson. who enlisted in
the Continental army as. Robert shurt-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
Women
VITO have the
Blues

Dependency In women
Is a mental condition
directly f'aceabEe to some
dis ffnGfly female I'LL.
Well women don't have
the blues, but c0ss,para-
lively few people under
stand that the right Essedf-
cine will drive them away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31
DIR. H. EMMETT STEEN,
Davenport, Iowa.

Specialist and expert in the treatment of
nervous private and all chronic diseases OF
men and women.
Hours: 10 to IL. to & to g. Sundays 10 10
I2. Harrison and Second streets opposite
new Boston store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-31

DR. NJ. A. HOLLINGSWORTH.
Graduate Veterinarian,
once, Harper House Pharmacy. Night
calls phone 1881.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-29
MoLINEUx EXPERTS SUE CITY.
CLAIMS WHICH CONTROLLER RE-
FUSES TO PAY

The handwriting experts who testified at the
Molineux murder trial have entered suit against the
city collect their fees for services In the case
District Attorney Osborne they to receive
$50 day. their railroad fare and hotel bills. The
railroad fare and hotel bills have In most cases
been paid but Controller Coler deems the charge
Of so a day excessive and refuses pay the bills
He has offered to compromise the cases at S25 a
day, but the witnesses refuse to accept his offer.
and have entered suit to recover the full amount.
and have retained counsel William Douglas
Moore, Of No. 149 Broadway.
Mr.. Moore wrote to the Controller some time
ago calling his attention the fact that all his
case the distinct understanding that they were
to receive SO day. the usual charge in such cases
and he thought it unjust that the city should
repudiate a specific contract made in good
faith by all the parties concerned in the case be
fact that July last he had paid Colonel Ed
ward B. Hay 800 for two days attendance on the
Grand Jury. thus establishing the per diem rate
of $50.
The parties to the suit and the amounts OF their
claims follows: Edward B. Hay, Washing
ton $3.50; John F. Tyrrell. Milwaukee, $3.50: K.
De Witt Mann, Syracuse, $1.100; William z. Hagan,
Troy, 81 2S9 Is; Albert S. Osborne. Rochester 81
L. Tolman. Chicago S1.150. and D. T. Ames, OF
Mountain View. California, I,ItO-
In view of the fact that W. j. ktnsley was 70
have considerable work on the case, and also in
consideration of the fact that he lived IN New
York and would not have to neglect his business
entirely, a special arrangement was made whereby
he was TO receive So day and his claim. amount
ing 1879 80. has been paid
New-York tribune., 1900-08-29
IRON. STEEL AND TIN WAGE SCALE
BURG FRIDAY-A MEETING LATER
IN THIS CITY.

The conference between National Steel American
Steel Hoop and American Tin Plate companies and
the Amagamated Association OF Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers will probably be resumed at Pitts
burg on Friday. It is expected that the scale of
wages will be settled upon at that meeting, mas
much as only a few small details remain be
arranged.
John ". Gates. who until few months ago
chairman Of the American Steel and Wire Com
pany. is expected to reach this city from Europe
at the end Of the week. Judge Gary. the present
chairman, will return from the West about Sep
tember 10 when there will be conference of lead
ing steel interests
An official of Of the large steel companies
said yesterday that the situation undoubtedly
changed for the better; that orders coming
in rapidly, and that all round stiffenng OF
prices was looked for There could be question
he added. that the bottom had been reached, and
that buyers who still holding off in anticipa
ton of lower prices would have to come in
and IN their rush place orders would force prices
up themselves.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-29
NEW MEDICAL COLLEGE COMPLETED
CORNELL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL READY FOR OPEN
ING ON OCTOBER 2-INCRHAsE IN
ATTENDANCE

The work Of moving the Cornell University Medi-
cal College from the old buildings in the Bellevue
Hospital enclosure In East Twenty-sixth-st to the
new building in Firstrave. between Twenty-sev-
enth and Twenty-eghth SITS is now under way.
Although swarms Of workmen still busy with
interior work, the clerk Of the college has already
taken possession. and the other departments will
be moved within the next few weeks. The entire
building will be ready for occupancy before the
new term begins, October 2. The elevator cleo
trio light and heating machinery is all in place
The interior decorations will not be finished until
the end Of the year. but that work VIII interfere
with the various classes.
There is gain of than 100 per cent over last
year in the number Of students registered up to
this time From various indications the university
authorities expect total registration of from three
hunored TO three hundred and fifty students. many
or whom Will be women. There will be an enter
ing class or at least fifty students who come from
other colleges; Many more will enter Ithaca,
Where the university proper is located and where
me frst two years Of the medical course may be
taken II desired. Fifty students will come down
from ithaca this year enter the third class
A number will be drawn here by the new buildings
and excellent equipment who have completed only
one year at Ithaca and who will enter the second
year class.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-29
NEW-ROCHELLE.

briefs Roman Catholic Church Qselin MemoriaD,
arrived home yesterday the Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse. Father Kener has been in
Europe several months and while abroad visited
Rome. He met at the pier by Father Kelly.
the curate of the parish. and a large number of
parishioners. Last night Father Kellner well
coined home by several hundred people, who called
at his house They were accompanied by a band
which gave concert. Tonight there is to be a
reception and dinner in St Gabriels Academy.
Father Kellner. when he went abroad, affiict-
ed with a serious ailment, out stay the min
eral springs in Germany benefited him.
While q force of wOrkmen were making
walton yesterday for the new fire headquarters in
Church-st.. they dug up three skeletons which
were about ten feet below the surface. The prop
erty on which the fire house g to be built at
one time owned by Lord Pell who received it 5 a
grant from King James I. 1t believed that the
skeletons are those of slaves of Lord Pell The
bones have been collected by the fremen, and will
be kept as relics in the headquarters.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-29
JURY SAYS cHISAMAN WAS MURDERED

Ling Lum, a Chinaman with a laundry al No 152
Park-ave-, Brooklyn. died In the Hudson Street
Hospital on August 20 from two pistol shot wounds
in the abdomen inflicted that day. il was Thought
by himself A jury under Coroner yucca YESTERDAY
held an inquest into the of death and agreed
that the man had been murdered. The Eliza betb
st. police were directed to make complete investi-
CATION
AT the inquest GHace Lawrence said she was VISIT
ing friend that day and was asleep, when she
heard two pistol shots. She saw Ling ium Doint-
Ing revolver at his head. She turned away Ling
Cling, or NO. 10 Mott-st, testified that Chinamen
do not commit suicide by shooting. They take
opium or some other kind of poison. Ling Gin OF
No "a Sumner-ave. Brooklyn. a nephew of the
dead man, said that Ling Lum was prosperous and
killing himself. -