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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13
A Plain American TaIk.

Just putting politics aside.
True 20 these truths should we abide
No people must have cause to say
We took their liberties away:
And bowed their necks 10 government
Enforced without their own consent;
And made them subjects, hopeless all
OF citizenship. each man a thrall;
And taxed them with their own cries hushed
That would protest at being crushed:
Owning Cor these dread sins the right
That rests but in the arm of might.
We cannot do these things-not We
and live as Republic. free.
These are the very sins accurst
BY our own fathers when they burst
From Empires bondage. To this day
Named for our lasting hate are they.
The sins of Empire. Such. the truth
Known from our country's earliest youth.
Dear land OF Freedom. loved and blessed
And happy above all the rest
Freedom for freedom must we give
We cannot do elsew'se and live.
RIPLEY D. SAUNDERS.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

the Beach Hotel. at No. 2l24 Avenue OF.
Last Thursday letter was received from
MIR. Furniss which pictured the trip as a
great success. proclaimed himself free
from hay fever and said that all in the
party were enjoying themselves TO the ut
most.
So far as is known no other communica-
tion concerning them has been received ex-
cept the telegram sent from Houston.
The Flrniss family lived for the last year
In Naplewood. close TO the railroad sta
tion of the Suburban road. and made many
friends in the neighborhood-
Anthony Furniss was widely known
through his social and business associations.
He was an ardent Episcopalian. and was for
years orysnist at St. Stephens Mission. Sixth
and Rutger stieets. In his long service he
became a familiar figure to the many poor
that frequent the mission. and his name
was the byword Tor philanthropy and kind
ness.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

visiting her son. Mr.. Lou Hayward at his
summer home near Detroit.
Mr.. Oscar Burg has returned from a three
weeks visit in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs Z. J. Adams OF Mcmillan
avenue has departed for the North to spend
several weeks.
Mrs. J. Z. Martin has returned from q
visit of three months in the Northern lake
region, spending most of the summer at
Harbor Springs.
Doctor and Mrs. George W. Hall of No.
1900 North Grand avenue are entertaining
their son, Judge Charles Hall, of Ottumwa.
la. Miss Edith Hall. who has been a guest
of her grandparents during the summer, will
return 10 Ottumwa with her father.
w. ID. OrthweIn and Mrs Orthwein. with
their daughter, Miss Alice Orthwein. re-
turned yesterday from Magnolia, where
they spent July and August.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Lawther have returned
from Oconomowoc. where they spent two
months.
Miss Lulu Vaughn of st. Louis and Miss
Ida Vaughn of Sedoiia are visiting their
grandparents, AR. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Vaughn
of Boonville, Mo. While the party was out
driving last Thursday evening one of their
cuivert and overturned the surrey into a
deep ditch. seriously injUring Mrs. Vaughn
and Miss Ida Vaughn.
Doctor Harry ]. Cummings OF North
Grand avenue returned or Monday from an
outing at Detroit Lake. Minnesota.
Mr. and Mrs Louis c. Krneger and
daughter OF No. 22S2 South Jefferson avenue
have returned from Il three months stay in
the Virginia Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bell have returned
from the E,as; and are established ut Hotel
Berlin for the autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gray Of Chicago. who
came down to attend the wedding of their
son, Mr.. Harvey Gray, and Miss Jeanne
Erslsine yesterday, will remain for a few
days. as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Erskine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newlin Chapman and Miss
Chapman have returned from their sum-
mer outing at Cape May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Hutchinson and
the Misses Hutchinson have returned from
the North.
Mr.. and Mrs William ]. Lemp. Jr., have
returned from Milwaukee.
Mr. and Mrs. Zach Tinker will return from
the Maine Coast about September % Miss
Carrie Tinker expects to enter a New York
finishing school this fall and will return
to st. Louis next Monday for short stay
before going East
The Misses Jerda and Lily Luyties have
returned from Magnolia, where they spent
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann Luyties returned
last week from South Haven.
MIR. and Mrs. John Kahleri entertained a
party of friends at their home, No. :226
South Eighteenth street, Tuesday evening
Among those present were: Mrs. Becker,
Misses Emma and Kate Alt. Francis Tom
aczerosBi.- Lizzie Barges. Gertrude lie
Grand; Messrs. Frank Steinkoetler, Eugene
Mlnges. Rudolph Huber. William Schaab,
Mic LIE Grand.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

Perhaps Vermont and Maine did not
have time to digest the imperialstic Lit,
erature with which the Republican cam
paigners plastered them and for that
reason the decrease in Republican ma
jorities was not as great as it might
have been
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

Chauncey Ives Filiey attracts atten-
ton to the fact that on September 16
next he will have lived fifty years in
st. Louis. And Mayor Ziegenhein's ad-
ministratiOn is the most corrupt l have
observed in that time" he adds.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13
ST. LOUIS SOCIAL EVENTS
AND PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs Douglass Cook and Miss Carrie Cook
returned yesterday from a visit of two
months in Gienwood Springs. Colo, and
Monterey, Cal. They have not opened their
Washington boulevard residence but are
staying temporarily at Hotel Beers.
Mr.. Edward l.. Preetorius has returned
from Mackinac Island, where he spent sew
eral weeks.
Doctor and Mrs. c. l.. Hickman and son,
Leroy, with Doctor Hickman's mother Mrs.
Hannah Cooper, will return from months
visit in Eureka Springs on September is.
The Misses Pearl and Mabel Ibers have
returned from months stay at the North
ern lakes.
Miss Elizabeth n. Lee and Charles F..
Choate. both of Uniontown. No. were mar
ried on Monday evening at the Rock Hill
parsonage. the Reverend William Bryson
Smith officiating.
Mrs, Hayward has laft South Haven and Il
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

Along about November poor Teddy
Roosevelt will realize that he has been
defeated for the Vice Presidency in
1900 and the Presidential nomination in
1904 at one fell SwOOp.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

When the President of the national
organization of the German Catholic
Central Eerein opens its convention with
speech against Republican imperial
ism German sentiment is pretty forcibly
indicated.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

John G. WoOlley. the Prohibition can
didate for President. appears TO size up
the Mckinley administration very just
iy when lie says that 1t has given the
United States "a government without
the people, in spite of the people, against
the people and for the syndicates."
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

New pollbOOks will be used In the
election next November. and no mans
name will be on them. no matter how
often he has voted from his present
place Of abode. unless he has registered
anew. If you can register today don't
put it off until tomorrow.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

A Republican municipal administers
tion which makes ST. Louis dependent
upon the moon for street lighting helps
to darken the prospect for Republican
victory in the State.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

Up to the present Bryan. Stevenson
and few other Democrats have not
been named in the lists of Democrats
who will vote for Mckinley" Nothing is
impossible, however to the persevering
industry of the latter-day Ananiases at
the disposal Of the Republican cam
paign leaders.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

And said W. B. Carr further says
that the number of copies returned or re-
ported unsold during the month Of August
was 7.a2 per cent.
w. b. CARR.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me this
1st day of August, 1900.
Fl. NJ. KNOX.
Notary Public, City OF ST Louis. Mo. My
term expires July Il. 1901.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

That Republican apathy of which
Mark Hanna complains will in Novem-
ber intensity into paralySis
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

President Mckinley's studied defense
of Imperialism is the strongest Demo-
cratic campaign argument yet issued.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

In cases of sudden disaster like that
Over,aking Galveston the motto of
American cities seems TO be: "One for
all: all for one
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

An overwhelming Democratic victory
i'm Missouri in November. 1900. Should he
the forerunner of the redemption of st.
Louis in April, 1901.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13

President McKinley's warmed-over
letter of acceptance is too much like
boarding-hO hash to go down with
the American people.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13
AUGUST CIRCULATION.

". 3. Carr. Business Manager Of The St
Louis Republic. being duly sworn. says that
the actual number Of full and complete
copies Of the daily and Sunday Republic
printed during the month OF August, 1900. all
In regular editions. was as per schedule
halow-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-13
Democratic Picnic.

REPUBI SPECIAL.
Butler. Mo-. Sept. 12-The Democrats of
Southern Bates County held a picnic at
Lone Oak to-day. Colonel W. o. jackson
addressed the meeting. The crowd was
large and enthusiastic,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
The VOLTS Hunting Cry.

While making these notes among the
animals at the Washington zoo 1 used
to go at all hours to see them. Late
one evening l sat down with some
friends by the wolf cages in the light
of n full moon. 1 said, Let US see
whether they have forgotten the music
of the west" 1 put my hands to my
mouth and howled the hunting song of
the pack.
The first to respond was a coyote
from the plains. He remembered the
wild music that used to mean pickings
for him. He put up his muzzle and
''yap-yapped' and howled. Next an
old wolf from Colorado came running
out, looked and listened earnestly, and,
raising her snout to the proper angle,
she took up the wild strain. Then all
the others came running out and join.
ed in, each according to his voice, but
all singing that wild wolf hunting
song. bowling and yelling, rolling and
swelling, high and low, in the cadence
of the hills.
They sung their song of the west, the west,
They set all my feelings agov;
They stirred up my heart with their artless art
And their song of the long ago.
Again and again they raised the cry
and sang in chorus till the whole moon
lit wood around was ringing with the
grim refrain-until the inhabitants in
the near city must have thought all the
beasts broken loose. But at length
their clamor died away, and the wolves
returned. skunk back to their dens 81
lently, sadly, / thought, as though
they realized that they could indeed
join in the hunting song as of old, but
their hunting days were forever done.
Ernest Seton-Thompson in Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
Gathering NInynowers.

at Cape Cod and not far from where
former President Cleveland has his IA
nous summer home at BuZZards Bay
the inhabitants have an odd occupa-
ton. When the first fragrant buds Of
the trailing arbutus, or mayhOwer, ap-
pear on the hillsides of the big cape,
the woods are fairly alive with men,
women and children, all in search Of
the delicate flowers. They are not out
collecting because they are charmed
with the early blossoms, nor do they
wander through the woods plucking
wild blooms for their health. Their in
dustry is strictly commercial, for the
mayfiower is 4 favorite in New York,
Boston, Philadelphia and other large
cities of the east, and every spring the
woods are stripped of them, and they
are packed in moss and shipped to
town, where they are sold at high
prices. So regular is the demand for
the dainty, waXlike blossoms that pro-
fessional flower hunters make a bust
ness of searching out the secret bloom
ing grounds Of the arbutus. stake out
their claims as they would take up
mining claims every spring and wait
for the blossom harvest. Gathering
mayfiowers has become one of the i'm
portant industries of Cape Cod.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a special meet
ing OF the stockholders of the Rock Island &
Eastern Illinois Railway company has been
called by the directors OF said company, to be
held at the ofice of the company in the Rock
cry o1li1lng In Ghicago, u on the 20 gay OF
noon; and that at such meeting there will be
submitted to a vote of the stockholders the
following several propositions, VIZ:
l. To change the name of said corporation
to the Davenport, Rock Island s. Northw est
ern Railway company"
2. To increase the capital STOCK or SAID cor
por alton 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, fifty years after date bearing three
and one-half (31I) per cent interest, payable
semi-annually; ana also to execute a trust
deed or mortgage, thereby conveying the cor
porate property, rights and franchises, now
owned and possessed or hereafter acquired,
by said company, TO secure the payment OF
said bonds; and also to authorize additional
bonds to be issued thereafter for CORPORATE
purposes. to be likewise 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 privileges and fran
chises Except the franchise to be n corpora
tion) of the Davenport, Rock Island g. North
western Railway company, and Of the Daven-
port. Clinton & Eastern Railway company. rc-
spectively (both of said last named companies
being Iowa corporations); or, in case of the
union OF the railways OF said two companies
In the meantime by purchase, sale, consolida-
property corporate rights, privileges and
franchises Except the franchise TO be a cor
poration) of the corporation owning said
united properties
Dated April 10. 1900.
JOHN LAMBERT,
JOHN w GATES,
CHARLES G. GATES,
JAMES 9. HUTCHIHS,
u OWEN Directors.
Attest:
CHARLES C. GATES. Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
To Use Electric Motors.

The discomforts of the old under
ground railway in London Will soon be
n thing of the past y new engine pro-
PEELED by electricity supplied by broad
strips Of metal on each side of the two
rails, and capable Of hauling six
COACHES at the rate of 80 miles an hour.
has been run successfully from EsrIs
Court 10 KensingtOn. 1t is understood,
says the San Francisco Chronicle, that
the directors Of the road are now con-
WINGED of the practicability of cleo
tricity as a motive power, after expert
meuts extending over three years. and
that they will soon equip the entire
line with similar engines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
A Special Invitation

Is extended to every lady in this city
to call at 1921 Fourth avenue, and in
spec. the splendid work being done
by the scholars in the Diamond
Garment Cutter school" The man
ayers wish US to say to the public
that they only have room for a few
more students. First come, first
served" An investigation will con-
vince those who are in favor of "prac-
teal education that this is the
chance of lifetime. Parents, il you
want your daughters educated in q
useful art of cutting and fitting any
kind of garments worn, our advice to
you is consult the managers Of the
above named school ere it is to late.
We point few words of commenda-
ton from those who have taken at
vantage of the instructions.
An Experienced Dress Makers Opinion.
Galesburg. H., Nov. 8. 1891
took a course of lessons in the
Diamond Garment Cutting school and
can say that i am well pleased. l
have been following dressmaking for
several years, and have used other
systems of cutting, but find that the
Diamond Garment Cutter is the best
of all. l can heartily recommend the
system as perfect guide in the mat
ter of 'cuttiog dresses, and in fact
garments of every description.
am respectfully,
MARGERET MCAULEY.
From Moline. Ill.
Moline, ILL.,, April 2, 1900 i have
taken full instruction in the Diamond
Garment Cutter and am delighted
with the system. With it l can per-
fectly cut and fit any kind or style of
garment worn. / would not be with
out it. Yours truly,
Mrs. AXEL C.PETERSON,
1928 Fourth avenue.
WARD BROTHERS. Managers.
Rock Island, ILL.,, 2I2I Fourth Avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06

Experiments are being made in Ger
many with beech as a material for
railway sleepers. 1t has been found
that without preservative treatment
such sleepers are apt to rot internally
though they may be apparently sound
on the exterior. says the Cincinnati
Enquirer. On the Alsace-Lorraine lines
favorable results have been obtained
with creOsoted beech sleepers, which
have shown an average life of 1872
years, while others preserved with zinc
chloride have proved still more salts
factory, their life being 211z years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
The Western Illinois
Summer Normal School

Is now in session at Augustana
college, Rock Island. The school
will be in session from June 25
to August 3.
Pupils will be received at any
time. This is an excellent oppor-
tunity to review common or high
school subjects looking to an adj
vanced grade of certificate; to
make up work for advanced
standing in school, and to get
good course in pedagogy and pri-
mary methods.
Special attention also given to
work in music and drawing as re-
quired of teachers in public
schools.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06

A singular class of plants is the air
plant, or parasites, which do not grow
with their roots in the ground or the
mud, but attach themselves to trees or
other plants and feed on the stolen sap.
Fungi and lichens which you see grow
ing on the bark Of trees or ON old wood
are parasites. The mistletoe is one of
our prettiest parasites and our Spanish
moss one of the most familiar TO Us.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
Fxecutorss Notice.

Estate of Ohm z Baker, deceased
The undersigned having neen appointed ex-
ecutor of the last viii and testament of Johu
T. Baker late OF the county of Rock Is
land, state of Illinois, deceased, hereby
gives notice that he viii appear before
the county court of Rock Island county az
the county court room, in the city of Rock Isl
and At the September term On the first Non
day In september next, at which time all per-
sons having claims against said estate are no
titled and requested 70 attend, for the purpose
of having the same ad juSted-
AL persons indebted 70 said estate are re-
quested 20 make immediate payment to the
1ndersiRned-
Dated this 9th day of Juue, A. D., 1900
PKEELKY GREESAwALT, Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06

Sixteen boys went 10 the canal on
summers afternoon 70 SWIM" said the
teacher, but five were told not to
battle How many went I'M"
Sixteen" said Sam. II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06

the upper small cut and the same size
around as the circle in the pastebOard
and the same height as the square.
Now cut on the dotted lines, making
a piece the shape of the lower cut. This
solves the problem, and the piece is
capable of just fitting each of the three
openings in the pastebOard.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-12-07
LAND FOR SALE.

I HAVE FOR SALE two unimproved tracts
i OF land-one OF 80 Acres aud one Of 70
Acres uear Rockville, Md.
Also, several Houses and Lots in Rock
willie, and one House and Lot in Kensington.
All at low figures.
FRANK HIGGINS,
dec Aft Rockville, Md
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-12-07
Preparing Barrels for Cider.

Select new oak barrels and inject live
steam into them BY this means every
portion is thoroughly washed, and the
element which will give the cider a
woody taste will be removed II steam
cannot be had, partly fill the barrel with
water and drop in through the bung
small Jumps of quicklime. Chemical
action will take place, and the heat thus
generated will assist lime in neutraliz-
ing the fannie acid and destroying any
Havoring material which the wood may
contain. Allow the limewater to re-
main in the barrel for few days and
then rinse out, soak with salt water
and finally gil with pure water and al
low it to remain for at least "a hours.
The barrel should then be in cond-
tioh to keep cider and vinegar perfectly
Old barrels should be used cautiously.
II they have contained no material which
has permeated the wood, they may be
cleansed by the use of steam, hot potash
I've obtainable from wood ashes or crude
potash secured in drug stores, They
must be treated repeatedly and thorough
" riDsed and drained. The old barrels
may be satisfactory, but it is better to
secure new ones if possible. Whenever
the vinegar or cider barrel is emptied il
should be thoroughly washed out with
hot water and then with cool After
that a small vessel containing burning
sulphur should be placed inside and the
bung closed Before being used the
barrel should be thoroughly washed GU,
to remove the sulphur fumes, says
American Azriculturist in conclusion
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-12-07
Relation Of Feed to Flavor of Eggs.

Housewives who use many eggs and
all who habitually eat them boiled know
that there is much difference in the
flavor Of even those which are undenia-
bly, fresh. There is "A very general be-
lief that the favor is influenced by the
feed which the hens receive, and that
materials possessing strong Aavors, like
onions, turnips, etc., impart an injuri-
GUS favor to the eggs. The truth Of this
belief is shown by recent experiments
At the North Carolina station.
Chopped wild onion tops and bulbs
we're fed to hens and the length Of time
before there was a change in the favor
of the eggs was noted. as well as the
length of time which must elapse after
onion feeding was discontinued before
the Objectionable taste would disappear.
At the beginning of the trial half
ounce Of chopped tops per head daily
was fed to twelve hens Of different breed
Repeated tests did not show any onion
flavor in the eggs until the fifteenth day,
when it was distinctly noticeable. The
amount of onion fed was doubled for
four DAYS and then discontinued. The
eggs laid while the larger amount Of
onion was fed we're so strongly favored
that they could not be used. After dis.
continuing the feeding of onions the
flavor became less noticeable and in a
week the eggs were Of normal favor
The main point brought out by the tests
was that the flavor can be fed into eggs.
Therefore it appears that to insure finely
favored eggs it is necessary to restrict
runs 80 that no considerable amount Of
food which will produce badly favored
eggs can be obtained.
Some years ago tie New York Cornell
station, In studying the effect Of nitro
Renious VS.. carbonaceous food for poul-
try, reported observations on the effect
of the different rations on the taste Of
eggs. One lot Of fowls was fed mix
ture of wheat shorts, cotton-seed meal
and skim milk another lot cracked corn
aud corn dough The former ration
contained much more nitrogen than the
latter. The hens fed corn laid fewer
eggs than those fed the heterogeneous ra-
ton, but the eggs were larger. The
eggs p, oduCed by the heterogeneous ration
were of dissgreeable taste and smell,
had small yolk, and did not keep we'll.
The flesh of the poultry fed this ration
however was darker, more succulent and
tender than that Of the fowls fed the car
bonaceous ration.
These experiments also show that the
food has a marked effect on the taste o
eggs. The general experience of poul
try raiscrs is that heterogeneous ration
are more profitable to feed Stree they
produce larger number of eggs. Ii
view Of the fact that such a ration, i
too rich in nitrogen, may produce egg
OF unpleasant taste, it would seem ad
visable to note the effect of any ration
fed upon the taste and modify it, if the
eggs are found to be inferior in this re
spect