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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
STROKE OF GOOD LUCK.
How General Kitchener VIII Get q
amptuousIy Furnished Palace.

How General Kitchener VIII Get a
0mptuOusIy Furnished Palace.
BY a stroke of luck the sirdar's Gen
eral kitcheneD palace at Khartum,
which is now rapidly approaching COM
pletion, will be furnished sumptuously,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. When the
German emperor and empress paid
their historic visit to the east they
were expected TO include Egypt in their
tour. The khedive accordingly gave
orders to certain firms in London and
Paris for the supply of furniture on a
lavish and magnificent scale for the
apartments which their imperial maj
estes would have occupied in the khe-
divial palace.
The conSignmentS were duly deliver
ed, but when change in the plans
was made and the royal party came
not the beautiful and costly furniture
became supCrfuOus, and it has now
been handed over to the sirdar for the
adornment Of his palace in the Sudan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
The Shutting Down of Mills.

The shutting down of so many
steel mills is due. according to a
prominent manufacturer, to the fact
that on the LIST of July the wage scale
will be fixed for the coming year, and
the managers of these institutions
desire to create the impression that
the market is overstocked and that
they will not need many men the
coming year. By creating this i'm
preston, they will make the unions
the more willing to agree to a low
scale of wages than they would be
were the impression abroad that the
demand for labor would be great.
This theory may be or it may not be
correct. but of one thing we may be
assured, and that is that the mills are
being shut down for the reason that
the owners find it to their interest to
stop producing for the present. The
public may learn later the particular
manner in which the mill owners ex.
pect to be benefited, but at present
they must content themselves with
the knowledge that there is a benefit
somewhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Guardian,s Sale of Real Estate.

By virtue of an order and decree OF the
county court OF Rock Island county, Illinois
made on the petition OF the Undersigned, Martha
Wirig guardian Of Jose phiae Wirig, Mary
Martha Wirig, Emil Wirig and NfchoIaus
Wirg, minors, for leave to sell the real es.
tate of said minors, at the May term A. ID.
1900, OF said court, to-wit; on the 2Sth day
OF May, 1900, shall on the 10Th day of June
next, at the hour Of ten O'Clock in the forenoon
of said day, sell at public sale at the east door
OF the court house in the city of Rock Island
in said county, the real estate described as
follows, to-wit:
he one-fourth 90 undivided Interest in the
following described real estate: Fourteen
feet "a fl ten inches 90 id from of the east
side of lot No ten nO) and all of lot No eleV-
en- I'D except the east fourteen feet ia fl
ten inches 90 in thereof, being the west
thrty-eight and one-half feet (3s1l It D Of said
lot No eleven M, in blocE ten nO) m that
part OF the city and county Of Rock Island and
state of Illinois known as Thompson
Wells addition to said city, reference being
had TO the original plat of said addition. on
the following terms toWit:
The purchaser 10 pay the whole of the pur.
en- ase price at the time OF such sale.
Dated this 18th day of May. A. u. 1900
MARTHA WIRIC, Guardian of Josephine WirfQ
MARI Martha Wlrig. Emil Wirig and Nlchof,
aus Wirig, minors etc.
LUDoLPH q REYSoLDss Attorneys
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Doing IT Well.

Half heartedness never wins in this
world. If a thing is not worth doing,
do not do it, is 4 good rule. The late
Robert Louis Stevenson was always
an enthusiast in whatever he under
took, even when at play.
His stepdaughter, Mrs. Isabel Strong,
who was for n time his amanuensis.
says that Stevenson used to maintain
that no one could write n good story
who was not a good player-who could
not enter fully into the spirit of n
game. He himself threw all his ener-
gies into whatever he might be play
ing.
At one time he was visiting a house
where small boy was playing boat"
on the sofa. When the lad got tired,
he did not wait for the ship to come
to port, but got down from the sofa
and walked toward the door.
Stevenson, who was watching him
eagerly, cried out to him in apparent
alarm: ''Oh, don't do that, Swim at
least?-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Ouestion AnaHered.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought of using
anything else for indigestion or bill
iousness. Doctors were scarce. and
they seldom heard of appendicitis,
nervous prostration or heart failure,
etc. They used August Flow
er to clean out the system and stop
fermentation of undigested food, reg
ulate the action of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of the
system, and that is all they took when
feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need q
few doses of Green's August Flower,
in liquid form, TO make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter
with you. Sample bottles free at T. H.
Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
The Blood on the Knife.

For the last ten years, said Gu
rio dealer in the Old Quarter, "a broad
bladed dagger with an imitation bronze
handle has been lying among a lot of
odds and ends in that corner showcase.
/ don't know where it came from, but
1 probably got it when buying some
collection. At any rate. the other day,
while looking over my dead stock. it
occurred to me il might be FURNISHED
up and used as a paper knife. 1 took
1t out, scraped the handle little to see
what it was made of and then laid it
on my desk to attend to a customer.
when L picked it up again, was as
founded to find the blade dripping with
blood. 1t seems a childish thing to tell.
but the incident was so grewsome and
apparently inexplicable that it set me
trembling like 4 leaf. In 4 moment,
however, my common sense came to
the rescue, and what proved to be the
correct explanation flashed into my
mind.
''It was n trick dagger, for use either
on the stage or in some secret society
mummery, and the hilt contained s.
hidden reservoir for artificial blood.
In scraping the side 1 had pressed a
spring which opened n little valve, and
out came the gore. still fluid, after all
these years. l afterward found that
the top unscrewed for replenishing the
supply."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
graf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
MUST BELIEVE 1T.
When WelI-Known Rock Island People
Tell 1t So Plainly.

Tell 1t So Plainly.
When public Endorsement is made
by a representative citizen of Rock
| Island the proof is positive. You
believe it. Read this testimony.
Every backache sufferer, every man,
woman or child with any kidney trou.
BILE will profit in the reading.
Isaac Shiffer, 529 Fifteenth sire ct,
employed at the Moline Gas works,
says: There was dull, heavy pain
in the small of my back continually
and after STOPPING it was all 1 could
do to straighten again. There
was always too frequent &C
ton of the kidney secretions, which
was very annoying. especially
through the day. saw Doan's Kid
ney Pills advertised in our paper and
procured a box from Marshall &
Fishers drug store. After a short
treatment the dull, aching pains left
me. my back felt stronger and the
kidney secretions were restored to
their normal condition. / know of
others who had similar satisfactory
experience with Doan's Kidney Pills. ~
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
alo, N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
NoT<MUcH-oF-AN.. ORATOR.
A Conductor to Whom n Woman
Gave the Wrong Coin.

Gave the Wrong Coin.
as this all you've got. madam! ask
ed che conductor on a'North Side car as
he scrutinized the,coinsin the semidark-
ness of the tunnel,
whats the matter with -its'' she ask
ed in such frigid tones that the con-
ductor looked confused.
Nothing, but
"Then If there is nothing the matter
with it why do you want melto give
you another.nickelT"
Nothing. but that he eventured
again.
"Wen, then. somebody else must
have given it to you. I didn't have
penny in my purse"
Eyes, but you did give it to me. mad
am, and it's all right, but
She had got red IN the face The
Dther passengers were watching the
outcome, and one youth who was
standing Grained his neck and got
good look at the coin. He grinned.
She saw him grin. That broke what
remained of her dignified and chilling
patience. She testify snatched the coin
from the bewildered conductor. AS she
was tossing it into her open purse she,
too, got n look at the COIN The car
was coming out of the tunnel, and it
was lighter so that she could make out
the coin.
''Why, that is a. but she was too
much confused to finish the sentence.
yes, it is a s. goldpiece, madam.
You gave it TO me-"
You might have said soy she MUIR
INJURED meekly as she fished out a real
nickel.
well, you sec, 1 amt mach of an
orator, madam" he said and resumed
his march down the aisle. reaching for
nickels.-Chicaeo Inter Ocean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
GOOD TASTE IN DRESS.

Good taste in dress is largely n
matter of educati IN, and no lady can
afford to neglect this, no matter what
her station in life may be. A dress
should accord with reason and good
Judgment, bearing in mind that there
is such thing as beauty of outline
of form that should be constantly
sought for and used so as to bring
out the results an artist would desire
and appreciate. In no other way
could these results be obtained, ex-
cept by a careful education and train
ing in such matters.
There have been many attempts
made to get a correct system whore by
all kinds of clothing could be cut for
general wear. There have been paper
charts. models, scales, folding and
sliding devices of every conceivab bio
kind, but none was successful.
There was no system for general nse
that could cut anything beyond n
plain waist lining and u plaip, sleeve
until the invention of the Diamond
Garment Cutter, which was the first,
and is today the only practical and
successful method of cutting and fit
ting all kinds of garments worn. And
again, there is not an article in
America that has been introduced
into family use that gives as much
satisfaction, saves more time, trouble
and annoyance, and what is better
still-money-than the Diamond Gar
ment Cutter.
April II, 1909. Managers Of Dia-
mond Garment Cutter School. Rock
Island, Gentlemen: l received full
course of instruction in the use of the
Diamond Garment Cutter over two
years ago, and have used it with per-
feet satisfaction ever since.
Miss MARGARET RUSSELL,
1915 Fifth avenue, Rock Island.
WARD BROTHERS, Managers.
Rock Island, ILL.,, 2I2I Fourth Avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
One Was Enough.

That illustrious astronomer, Profess
Or Simon Newcomb, in an article on
''Science and the Government" in The
North American Review, gives an
amusing instance of the ignorance even
Of the most prominent politicians re-
garding the work of the greatest scien-
lists:
at is said that some 30 years ago the
British academy had printed few cop
les of an important work for presenta-
ton to some foreigners who, from their
prominence in the scientific world. were
best entitled to be honored with the
gift Professor Airy, the astronomer
royal, was requested to make selec-
ton of the names. \ few days after
he had sent in his list he was Informed
by the secretary of the admiralty that
my lords were struck by the number
of unknown names included and that
they wished to make an inquiry on the
subject. Airy asked the secretary for
some specifications as to the names re-
ferred to.
"fWell, as an example, said the sec
rotary, here is the name of Professor
C. +. Gauss of GottiDgen. Who is he"
"'Gauss is one of the greatest math-
ematicianS of the age and stands
among the two or three most eminent
masters in physical astronomy now liY-
ing. Who else do you wish to know
about?
"'No one else. That will do replied
the secretary"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Glorious News

Comes from Dr. d. b. Cargile, of
Washita, 1. L. He writes: Electric
Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of
scrofula, which had caused her great
suffering for years. Terrible sores
would break out on her head and face,
and the best doctors could give no
help; but now her health is excel
lent" Electric Bitters is the best
blood purifier known. It's the su-
preme remedy for eczema, letter, salt
rheum. ulcers, boils and running
sores. 1t stimulates liver, kidneys
and bowels, expels poisons, helps di-
gestiOn and builds up the strength.
Only so cents. Sold by Hartz &
Ullemeyer, druggists. Guaranteed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Tommy Atkins New Hero.

'E's as cheerful as a robin is in May
Baden Powell;
Always 'as us little pleasantly to say
Baden Powell;
e can sit be'ind rock and gnaw file
With as much CO. -,Ilrrnent and as broad a srnii
As IL e was a-banquetin in style
Baden Powell.
e as only TO 60 laughin down the line
Baden-Powell
To make one think starvation's bloody fine
BaGcn-Powell;
And e seems TO think it Just fair a treat
II e 'appens 70 be eatin 'orse's meat
As when e sits where docks and princes cat
Ba6en-PoWel
'E's nothin but bunch Of grit and 'ope-
Baden Powell;
Laughin while e lunches on cake Of soap
Baden-P Powell;
Always ready for w'otever as to be.
Always fndin something hexeIlent to see.
And Of all the 'eroes 'e's the one for me-
Baden Powell.
Chicago Times Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that a special meet
ing OF the stockholders Of the Rock Island 81
Eastern Illinois Rail way com ANY has been
called by the directors Of said co npa. v. To be
held at The office Of the company I'm the Hook-
cry building in Chicago. III on the IN day OF
July, 1900 at the hour OF II o'cl ck IN the fore
noon; and that at such ul"etiDg ia sre will be
submitted 10 vote Of the stockholders the
folio wing several propositions. viz:
]. To change the name OF said corporation
to the Davenport Rock Island & North est
ern Railway company
=. To increase the capital stock of sails cor
per AtiDn from one hundred thousand dollars to
the sum Of four mi lion dollars
3. To authorize the officers and directors to
issue and dispose of bonds of id company,
to the amount OF four million dollars, payable
In gold hftv years af.er date bearing three
and One-half (311) pr cent interest. pay bic
semi-annually; and also to execu a trust
deed or mortgage, thereby convey ing the cor
porate property, rights and franchises. now
by said company, 10 secure the payment OF
said bonds; and also TO authorize additional
bonds to be issued thereafter for cOrDOrate
purposes to be like ise secured by said mort
gage or trust deed.
4. To authorize said officers and directors TO
purchase In fee simple the railroad property,
corporate rights, powers privil. yes and fran
chises Except the franchise 10 be a corpora
tion) OF the Davenport, Rock Island a. North
western Railway company. and OF the Daver-
port. Clinton & Eastern Railway company. rc-
spectively (both Of said last named companies
union of the railways OF said two conIpa' les
in the meantime by purchase. sale, consolida-
property, corporate rizbts privileges and
franchises Except the franchise 70 be a cor
poratIon) of the corporation owning said
united properties.
Dated ApTtll0 1900.
JOHN LAMBERT,
JOHN w. GATES,
CHARLES & GATES,
JAMES G. HUTcHISs,
q. OWEN,
Directors.
Attest:
CHARLES 6. GATES. Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Hanna's Bad Temper and the Cause.

Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
made a very plain and a very serious
charge in the senate the other day,
when he declared that the Cramps,
the Philadelphia shipbuilders. con-
tributed $500, COO to the repub lican
national campaign fund of 1892. un-
der pledge that they would be re-
couped by contracts for the building
of warships. He gave one of the
Cramps as authority for the state
lnent. He further stated. as confirm
ing the charge, that Senator Carter.
of Montana. to whom he had repeated
Dir. Cramps statement. had said to
him; We'll. we did hit the old man
pretty hard that year. The New
York World in an editorial says;
MIR. Hanna offered general denial
of the story, couched in such terms
of insult to the South Dakota senator
as were entirely outside the limits of
decorous debate. He called Mr.. Pet
tigrew traitor, and declared that
all who voted against him in Ohio
were 'scoundrels and traitors He
appears to have been beside himself
with almost inarticulate anger.
TO rage is one thing. to reply is
quite another. The impression Mr..
Hanna's painful exhibition of bad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
THE STATIC FLASH.
Scheme to Cheaper Wireless Te1eg-
ranhH Tesla In ColIeEea.


Reno B. Welbourn of Union City,
Ind, has discovered a plan whereby
wireless telegraphy may be used for
experimental purposes in colleges at
small cost. Mr.. Welbourn says:
There seems to have been a great
interest aroused all over the country
in colleges concerning the perfection of
wireless telegraphy. But the trouble
has been that instruments for practical
tests were far too expensive for the
purpose. BY perfecting an apparatus
for controlling the spark OF a static
machine 1 have been able, to give the
Morse code as perfectly as by wire.
Educators are not SLOW to see what
this means-that the use of practical
testing instruments will be possible at
a cost almost triGng. The details of
my new instrument are yet a secret
and will SO reTiain until get it better
perfected" Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
The MistnEe.

1.-THE other day," said Jones, "an old
woman bounced into our Office, display
ing 4 notice that we had written TO
her to the effect that quarter tax on
some property of hers was due. She
swore she had paid it. had the books
to prove that she had not and suggest
ed that she had made a mistake
''She declared that she had not and
said, Don't you ever make any mis-
takes?
81 assured her that I did not and
jokingly added:
The only mistake ever made was
when / was married
''She looked at me a second and then
said: No; your wife made that mis-
take "-Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Rendy For Emergencies.

Campaign button manufacturers are
interested in the problem as to who is
to have second place on the ticket with
Mckinley, for they want to get to work
on the buttons, says the Chicago Chron-
icle- a New York story says that, on
a venture, 10000 buttons with Roose-
velts picture alongside Of McKinley's
are to be made and held in readiness
in Philadelphia by the time Of the
opening of the convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
ImnammatOry Rheumatism Cured In
Three Days.

Morton l.. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind
says: My wife had iniammatory
rheumatism in every muscle and
joint; her suffering was terrible and
her body and face were swollen al
most beyond recognition; had been in
bed for six weeks and had eight ply
sicians, but received no benefit until
she tried the Mystic Cure for Rheu-
matism. 1t gave immediate relief
and she was able to walk about in
three days. 1 am sure it saved her
life" Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island; Gust
Scblegel & Son, 220 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

The most striking style in mourning
dress for women, which is now fire.
quently seen on Chestnut street, is a
bright colored shirt waist, with the
mourning band around the left sleeve,
and black skirt. says the Philadel-
phia Record. Dressmakers say the
style among women is attaining won
derful approval. and in time the mourn
ing veil and somber clothes will be no
more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

Men may differ on politics. religion
or finance. but all who have tried
Banner Salve are agreed as to its
worth for cuts, burns. sores, piles
and skin diseases. It's the most
healing medicine in the world. AL
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

temper and worse manners will GER
tainly make upon the public mind is
that the alleged Cramp contribution
to the republican campaign fund of
1892 is a subject on which the light
of publicity might be poured with in
structiVe and wholesome results"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Several Miraculous Cures
Have Already Been Effected by the Brit
ish Doctors at No. 1902 Second
Avenue. They are Giving Their
Services Free for Three Months

have Already Been Effected by the Brit
ish Doctors at No. 1909 Second
Avenue They Giving Their
Services Free for Three Months
to All InvaIids Who Call Re-
fore June is.
A staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical in
stttute have. at the urgent solicitation
of large number of patients under
their treatment in this vicinity, estab-
lished permanent branch of the in
stitute in this city at No. 1902 Second
avenue.
These eminent gentlemen have de-
cided to give their services entirely
free for three months (medicine ex-
.cepted) to all invalids who may call
upon them for treatment between now
and June Is. These services consist
not only of consultation. examination
and advice, but also of all minor sur
gical operations.
The object in pursuing this course
is to become rapidly and personally
acquainted with the sick and the af-
ticted, and, under no condition what
ever will any charges be made for any
services rendered for three months to
all who call before June Is.
The doctors treat all forms of dis
ease and deformities. and guarantee 4
cure in every case they undertake. At
the first interview a thorough exami-
nation is made. and, if incura BILE, YOU
are frankly and kindly told so; also
advised against spending your money
for useless treatment.
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness, also rupture,
goitre, cancer, varicocele, and all dis
eases of the rectum, are positively
cured by their new treatment.
DR.. Z. Valentine Heaton, the chief
consulting surgeon of the institute,
is in personal charge
Office hours from 2 p. M. till p.
m. Branch office at Davenport. 700
Brady street, office hours, 9 "a. IN.
till p. III. Not open Sundays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
For Over Fifty Yearn

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. Ii
soothes the child, softens the gums
alsys all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. %
cents bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
Poets Query Answered.

81 wonder will they miss me?" wrote
the poet in violet ink on gilt edged pa
per.
And the editor as he tossed the man.
uscript into the yawning gulf at his
side murmured softly, IF they do, they
never ought to be trusted with a gun
again. Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

The capture of Gen. Pillar, the Fill
Pine leader. is again reported from
Manila. This makes something less
than the 2Oth time this officer has
been reported in the hands of Ameri-
cans to say nothing of the repeated
instances wherein he has been an
nonnced as dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

The friends of Congressman r. r.
Hit announce that the veteran Illinois
stateman has all but declared his
candidacy for the seat in the United
States senate at present occupied by
Shelby NJ. Cullom. Hits boom for
the vice presidential nomination may
henceforth experience a wonderful
impetus in the Cullom stronghelds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

THAT tall man seems TO be the bust
est person around the establishment
What does he doT'
at is his duty to see whether the.
others are working or not"-Chicagoi
Times-Herald. - ssz.--x-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11

IT was a mighty good thing that
Washington, Franklin. Jefferson and
the rest of the patriots of 1875 were
not afraid to "em bitter England"