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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25

stranger. and he was leaning toward
me. Casting my eyes side%ise. 1 saw
that lie held an opened razor i'll his
right hand l did not move imnedi-
ateiy.
So you're going 10 cut my throatT
said, quietly turning part way
around.
Yes. captain. I have been com
manded by God to do SO. I'm sorry.
but IL must be done. Get ready
That's all right. my friend. I'm
perfectly willing you shall carry out
your mission: but. TO tell the truth.
hate to get blood all over my furniture
here. 1t, wouldn't be nice to dirty up
the Office. would il? Suppose we go in
the back room:'
"'That'n do. Come on rejoined the
maniac quickly.
Il got up. The maniac's back was
toward me. With one bound | had
my arms about his waist and his arms
pinned 10 his side. l then called for
help. and two officers rushed into my
office Ii took four big men to put that
maniac in q cell. He's in an asylum
now" Buffalo Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
MORE NEW READING.


The following are recent additions
to the literature of the Rock Island
public library:
Miss Caley's Adventures. Allen; Her
Boston Experiences, Allston; Senator
North, A:herton; Arden Massiter,
Barry; Love in Cloud, Bates;
Yapgtze Valley aud Beyond, Bishop;
Captain Kodak, Black; Arts CT L'ie,
Bowker; Grip of Honor, Brady; In
Blue and White, Brooks; Knights in
Fustian, Brown; North American
Forests and Forestry. Bruncken;
Romance of the FeuGal Chateaux,
Champney; Unknown Patriot, Child;
China in Transformation, Colqhouo;
Historical Tales From Shah esPeare,
Couch; Whilomville Stories Crane;
Development of the English Novel,
Cross; Paris as 1t i, DE Forest; In
dian Child Life, Deming; Deacon
Brad bury, Dix; Machinists' and Engi-
neers' Pocket Manual. Dixon; Natures
Garden, Doubleday; China, Douglas;
Green Flag. Doyle; Child Life in Colo
NAL Days, Earle; Century of Science.
Fiske; Little Fig Free Stories. Foote;
Education by Development, Froebel;
Eve Spy, Gibson; ELISA. Haggard;
Book of G olf and Golfers. Hutchin-
son; Wild Neighbors, Ingersoli; Della
hoyde5. lnmaD, Talks To Teachers on
Psychology, James; Three Men on
Wheels, Jerome: Map of Life, Lecky;
f. II broiderg and Lace, Lefebure; HoH
To Prepare Tor Civil Service Examine
lions, Leupp; Son of the Wolf Lon
don; Defense of Fort Henry, Kaler;
DeSoto and His Men in the Land of
Florida, King; History of American
Privateers, Maclay; Our Presidents
and How We Make Them.
Mcclure; Tenants of an Old
Farm. McCook; Cycle of Cathay,
Martin; Martyrdom of an Empress;
Pompeii: It's Life and Art, Mau; First
Book of Birds, Miller; Little Wander
ers, Marley; Story of Old Fort Lon
don, Murfree; Meloon Farm, Pool;
Red Blood and Blue, Robertson; Life
Beyond Death, Savage; China. the
Long Lived Empire, Scidmore;
Knights of the Cross, SienkiewicZ;
Under the Cactus F.ag, Smith; John
Ruskin, Spielmann; Book for All
Readers, Spofford; Philip Winwood,
Stephens; Brown of Lost River,
Stickney; Life of Abraham Lincoln,
Tarbell; Hotel de Ram bouillet. Vim
cent; Madam Mary of the Zoo, Wess-
choeft; Last of the Great Scouts, Wet
more; Square Pegs, Whitney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
HOUSE FOR WORKING GIRLS.
BoEton Woman Gives Her Back Bay
EoI.le to Six For the Summer.

Home To SIX tOr the
By the kindness OF Mrs. Mary Ike
lew OF Boston. prominent in philan-
Ihropic work. six young women OF
Boston are having luxurious home
during the hot summer months. She
has thrown open to them her home at
81 Beacon street while she spends
hey leisure ut SwampScott. One idea
of Mrs. Nel!pw ~ doing this is to in
duce ether persons to open their city
homes. usually shut for the summer
to working girls compelled to live in
the city.
The six girls to take advantage Of
this unusual act of kindness are Miss
Ellen Huntington. an assistant in the
housekeeping school on st. Botolph
street. now in the Harvard summer
school: Miss Terrill, who employs her
winters and summers in the same
way; Mrs. Emma MacFarlane. n
stenoGrapher in a down town office;
Miss Mary Lee. young woman who
earns her livelihood with Il needle. and
Miss Crowley. an employee at the
statehouSc says the New York Sun.
They have the full run Of the house
Then they pay 81 week. which pays
for all their meals. including the
lunches which they take To their work
and for servant to care for the house
and get the meals.
Miss Huntington. who is interested
in scientific housekeeping, takes gem
eral supervision. goes marketing and
handles the money. Thus far she has
kept her bills easily in hand. This lit
tie family completed its fifth week the
other day. They are to remain there
until Sept ) and perhaps longer. The
plan Will be developed further and
more Systematically another year, it
is hoped, 50 that the Back Bay may
become Il summer home of working
girls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
G-cat steamers For the ChicaEo-Buf-
fniO Line.

Two mammoth steel steamers viii
be built during the next year. to run
from Chicago to Buffalo. touching at
Milwaukee, Mackinac Island. Detroit
and Cleveland, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Gregory Hur@on Of Milwaukee
recently announced that Il company
with Il capital OF $2,OOO,OO0 is being
organized to float the enterprise. There
has been Il tremendous demand for
through passenger service between
Chicago and Bufia!o during the past
five years. The steamers viii be built
ut Chicago and Detroit by the Ameri-
can Shipbu:lding company, and work
will be begun OH the big floating pal
aces in August. Each boat Will be 40
feet long. or 100 feet longer than the
Northland, and will cost about $780,.
900. Each steamer will have
carrying capacity for 900 passengers in
addition to 5000 tons of package
freight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
Cured of Chronic DiarrhOea After Thirty
Years of Suffering,

Il suffered for 80 years with diar-
rhoea and thought was past being
cured" says John S. Holloway, of
French Camp, Miss. Il had spent so
much slime aud money and suffered so
much that l had given up all hopes of
recovery. | was so feeble from the
effects of the diarrhoea that / could
do no kind of labor-could not even
travel-but by accident / was per-
mitted to find bottle of Cham ber-
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and after taking several bot
ties / am entirely cured of that trou-
bic. am so pleased with the result
that am anxious that it be in reach
of all who suffer as | have" For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
Urges Cleopatra For n Model.

The convention of the National Assoc
citation of Photographers at Milwaukee
came to an end the other afternoon.
There was an address 10y Professor \.
II. Griffiths. who urged that more pic
lures of cleopatra be taken for ideals,
says the Chicago Record. He said she
was the greatest Of all subjects for
fancy pictures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
FoIey's Kidney Cure

Is a pure medicine, and contains in
form, remedies rccog-
nized by the most skilfull of the medi-
cal profession as the most effective
agents for the cure of kidney and
bladder diseases. For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
New Feminine Vocation.

Opener and closer is n new feIni-
nine vocation. She is sent for when II
family departs from home temporarily,
putting things TO rights then and re-
peating the operation just before the
rnfllrn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25

When you are born the Creator
starts you going and you go a long
time. if you grease the main spring
of life with Rocky Mountain Tea.
Great lubricator. Ask your druggist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25

ST. L. Springfield. Peoria.
Bur. Quin. via Monmouth
Chicago, Sterling Clinton &
DuDUQ ............
Peoria, Beardstown, Bug
ling too, Denver and west
81. Paul 81 Minneapolis ...
Sterling, Clinton q Dubuque
st. L., kans C., Denver &
Pac. coagt via Galesburg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
'Dany. +Daly except Sunday.
TRAINS.

Clintof. Sterling Chicago 800 ami 700 pm
Clinton. Chicago, Omaha
Denver. Rockford James
vile, MadlsOu ueavc DaV-i
Snport, .----. 90. lZOo pm
Sterling oar Dagenporti. 1IIo pm
Clinton, Omaha. Sioux City.
fUtah and Pacific Coast. 7:l5 pm 7:45 pm
Clinton. sterling, DiZon,f
Chicago Cedar Rapids
AnaLnOSa .............. H5:E9 pm
Clinton. Chicago. James
vile. Madison, Rockford. '2:45 pm
Clinton, Denver, OMAHA
Cedar Rapids .............t 700 pm
Trains marked daily. All others daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
TRAINS

Denver Limited & Omaha. n $40 amls 300 am
ct. W Orth, Denver & X. e. II SOS ami l0:S5 pun
Ainnea polls ...............t $50 am goo pm
Omaha and Des MoneS .....lt 500 anl+II.iu pm
tOHnaha * Minneapolis. l+i2:O5 auls 300 am
Omaha & Lincoln Ex....... 7:55 aml+lI:In nm
tDenver, Lincoln - Omaha. +lI:55 pml+ 6:g5 am
Denver, Lincoln & Omaha l. 3:O5 anil 3:O5 am
OeS MOineS Express. 80. tl2:I0 milf 6:52 am
Rock Island S Bureau Ac.. Is 4.3O pm . $50 lm
ST. Paul q Minneapolis. go. sos am h g:U5 pm
Denver, TT. Worth & X c. . 500 aInl+IO:4u pm
kansas City St Joe & DnVr tII:IO pnl+ $50 atn
tRock Island IL Washington 81 so pnl+ $50 pm
Chicago & Des Moines II 2:l5 nm Il 2. IS pun
Rock Island * Brooklyn Ace 5:35 pmlt 7:4O am
kOnaha & Rock Island -. B35 pm
eChic6gO, & Davenport ZOO pm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

s-vv-sSs5SsSts=w CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND q
4@AHhfkf4Sg Pacific Railway - Tickets
k:Il9HEEIltl can be purchased or baggage
Ns55hSfgtsFS checked At r. /. Il T.. Twentieth
49, bNksArtSA street depot, -, r. l. & 4.
&S-<%-NA2 depot. corner Fifth avenue and
rhirtv-frst street. Frank Ii Plummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25

Spr gneld, Cine matt, Peo-
ria, etc.................... 1920 p,n
Peoria, Springfield, ST. l.
Is, exc. "5:O5 an 8 % pm
Peoria Express ........:.. TBS pn
Peoria, Springfield, Cincin-
natl. :.................... las PM 1913 am
Gable Accommodation. .. 300 am
Cable & Sherrard Accom-. $50 pm
Gable 4 Sherrari Accom-. $40 an 2.2O pm
Gable & Sherrard Accom-. 800 pm 7:55 am
Trains marked daily; all other trains daily
except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25

ARRIVAL. departure. +Dany. except sun
iDaily except Saturday. All others daily. Tel.
ephOre 1893.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25
Mrs. Camp writes about her Daught

IL o tell
flowing all the
three The her thong
would her Lydia T.. Pinkham'S Vegetable Co
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-25

An trains daily except Sunday.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-08
SAYS HE MAY BEAT HIS WIFE,

To what extent, and for what Of
fenses of omission and commission.
may man beat his wife? This is a
question that the higher courts of
Missouri must pass upon. Edward
Spenser, a prominent farmer near
Trenton, No, has just been convicted
Of whipping his wife. although he
quoted Scripture in the courtroom 10
justify his actions.
Mrs. Spenser admitted the right of
her lord and master to castigate her,
but mildly protested that he had eN-
ceeded the limit. For instance, he had
once wallopeu her souuoly because
she could not see squirrel he was
trying to point out in a tree. Upon
another occasion she was smartly
thrashed because she would not wash
a buggy that they might drive to
church, where Spenser was to sing in
the choir.
The neighbors made the complaint
that led to the trial. insisting that
unless the law repressed Spenser they
would, and broadly hinted that they
would use very effectual measures.
Spenser pleaded his own case, but was
sentenced to pay fine and to repose
several weeks in Jail. He will appeal
the case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-08

such as sometimes travels along the
Atlantic coast, all traces OF this novel
oil field-wharves, derricks and ma
chinery-would be swept away in a
minute, and the loss would be enor-
nous.
As to the extent and productive
ness of this strange ocean oil field, an
idea may be CLEANED from the follow
ing figures: There are nearly 300
wells, and the average output per day
is said 10 be about rs barrels, or total
of 1900 barrels. The product is OF
high grade and sells for an average
price of 90 cents barrel, which
means a total Of over 10000 per day, or
about $lsO,O0O month. Much Of the
oil goes under long contracts to the
immense Oxnard beet sugar factory,
while thousands of barrels are
shipped to San Francisco at short in
teryals.
The cost or pumping a well is only
about 80 cents per day. To illustrate
how closely the derricks stand, it may
be stated that the Sea Cliff Oil com
pany, producing 1900 barrels a month,
has a wharf 500 feet long and 10 wells.
The Treadwell company has the long
est wharf, extending ! 200 fee. from
the shore, with pumping well at the
extreme end and IS others at inter-
walls. And there are dozen other con-
Germs with numerous wharves. Much
oil is necessarily wasted under the pc
culiar conditions which prevail and
this, dripping upon the water. has the
effect of making a considerable patch
of old ocean as calm and smooth as a
land-locked bay. adding much to the
striking oddity of the scene. Often
when new wells are opened the gas
pressure is so strong that streams Of
oil squirt out upon the water until the
surface is black, in strange contrast
with the distant blue.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-08
WEAZEL GAVE HIM TERROR.
Oakland Man as Frightened aB
Though the Tiny Animal Were
a Grizzly Bear.

o. IT. Richardson. who weighs 200
pounds and is employed at the Pied
mont baths, Oakland, Cal, was held a
prisoner in one of the large reservoirs
at the baths the other day for two
hours by a weasel weighing less than
two pounds. The men who came to the
rescue when they heard Richardson's
cries for assistance say he could not
have made more different kinds of noise
or exhibited greater signs OF terror if
the animal guarding he exit of the
reservoir had been grizzly.
Richardson had been sent to the
reservoir early in the morning to make
some repairs before the weekly water
supply was turned in. He had COM
p,eted his work and was on the first
round of the ladder leading from the
bottom of the reservoir TO the manhole
above when he happened to glance up
ward. There was the tiny weasel just
at the top of the ladder. In terror
Richardson fled to the farthest corner
Of the reservoir, but, retreat as far as
he could, the weasel kept eyeing him
curiously and Richardson's fears kept
rising. AT last, made desperate, Rich
ardson resolved to call for assistance.
Help! Help! Murder! Murderl"
he cried again and again, but the only
answer was the echo of his own voice.
After two hours of waiting fellow
workmen, attracted by Richardson's
cries, climbed upon the tank. Their
presence frightened the weasel and
they managed to get Richardson out Of
the tank. He was i'll all night and the
next day from his great fright.
Richardson says, weasel or no weasel,
the animal looked like it weighed ton.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-08
OIL UNDER THE SEA
New and Radical Departure in a
Great Industry.
Development of Submarine Wells
Was Drought About by Peculiar
Circumstnnces-strn
Ocean Field.

Drilling wells in the sea is the latest
and most remarkable, as well as the
most picturesque, feature OF the great
crude Oil industry. This new and rad
ical departure, a most difficult and ex-
pensive under taking, to say the least,
has been successfully carried out at
Summerland, Cal. the on.y place
where it has ever been attempted, and
there the precious brown. fluid is now
pumped from beneath the Pacific
ocean at the rate Of about 100 car
loads per month, from scores of holes.
while many more wells are being
bored, says the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The development of this remarkable
field was brought about by peculiar
circumstances. and commenced but a
few years ago, when .he oil industry
had begun TO boom in the east. The
first wells were drilled on the bluff.
where oil had been discovered 20 years
previously in sinking for water and
where there are still many good pro-
ducers. But Summerland was a beau
tiful place, quiet little coions Of spir-
iiualists, and they opposed the advent
OF greasy and unsightly derricks on
the hills. Besides, il was observed that
wells were better the nearer they
were sunk TO the ocean, and conse-
quently the operators began TO crowd
each other toward the water line.
Finally, S. w. Knapp, OF Santa Bar
bara, conceived the plan Of getting
ahead OF all his competitors by build
ing q wharf.-the structure along the
beach and drilling out where the Pa
cific's breakers roll. The expense was
heavy, but the well proved to be
''gusher.' Others followed Knapp's
example. going farther and farther
out until to-day there are dozens of
wharves extending a thousand feet
into the sea, connected by structures
running parallel with the beach. And
on these wharves. often so near each
other as TO be almost crowded, are the
derricks-large ones for drilling and
smaller ones for pumping-and al in
use.
Operations are greatly facilitated
by the fact that the oil strata, Of
which there are two. lie only from 1875
10 $50 feet below the surface. Drilling
is carried on in practically the same
manner as on land. the only obstacle
encountered, after the extensive pre-
!iminary work Of building wharves
and getting machinery out upon
them is done. being the water Until
the hole is well begun that obstacle is
great, but it is overcome by means Of
easing, and operations are carried on
readily in 20 feet. The cost OF drilling
at the present time is about 81 per
foot though some is done as low as s5
cents. When the shallowness is con-
sidered, il will be seen that on the
whole the total cost OF these we.is will
compare very favorably with those
elsewhere and on land. But in the i'm
probable event OF violent storm.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-08
CINCINNATI DISAPPOINTED.
Greatly DIssatisned with the Work of
the Census Enumerators-CIaim
They Are 10000 short.

Great dissatisfaction is felt over the
census returns from Cincinnati, and
from the way the citizens of that
city have complained to the census Of
fee il has placed the Cincinnati
enumerators below par. Cincinnati
claims it is at the least calculation
10000 short on the last count. In
speaking of the matter officials at the
census Office were inclined TO think
that the count was as correct as that
Of other cities that have been enumer-
ated in the present census, and that
Cincinnati must realize il long ago
passed its prime, which was before
the decline Of traffic on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers.
Cincinnati well deserved the name
OF Queen City" in the days when
il commanded the entire trade Of
those two tributaries as the metrop-
oils of the state Of Ohio. 1t is but
the old story of river versus railways
and no more than can be expected
The rivalry between Cleveland and
Cincinnati is so great as to which
shall be regarded as the metropolis
of the state that IL Cleseland's re-
turns, which will be given out in a
few days by the census office, should
be larger than Cincinnati it viii com.
pei Cincinnati to abandon the title
of Queen City" Much bitterness ex-
jsts in Cincinnati and the census Of
fee is getting the benefit of it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-10-08

Mrs. Sarah Rotchstein, an expert
enced nurse, wants employment.
Inquire 3 doors west of the Park
hotel.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-05
Snmmer ReIfa md Ties.

Belts, collars and neckties continual
" present fresh novelties as the sea-
son advances, and the woman who has
wearied of her stock in hand may
change to something more to her fancy
of the moment. The pulley belt for
instance, which has been found such
useful affair, has emerged from the
erstwhfIe somberness of black and tax
en- on the hues of Joseph's famous coat
or, more correctly, of all the clans or
old Scotland. says Harper's BaZar. The
belt is made of silk cut bias and the
be ends of straight ribbon in a7corre-
spending plaid. These are especially
pretty for golf gowns, to go with the
plaid silk scarfs which still retain their
popularity. The same style of belt is
made with the main part Of the famll-
lar black and the ties only OF plaid
Little narrow satin and velvet ties are
much worn. especially in black. as they
add a strikingly effective note to
light gown. A new idea is to finish the
ends of these with heavy bead fringe
instead of one Of silk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-05
FOR HANDLING TRAINS.
Long Distance Telephone VIII he
Csed Instead of the TeleEraph.

NSeu Ansteau Oh tine Telegraph.
Within the past few months there
have been number Of experiments on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad with
the long distance telephone for the
movement of trains. One of the Off
cials of the company is authority for
the statement that the new method has
proved very successful so far and that
there is great probability that before
very long the use of the telegraph will
ne almost entirely abandoned, says the
Baltimore Sun.
In handling trains by telephone the
orders are taken by the operator and
repeated to the dispatcher, and SO ex-
pert have some of the men become that
much time Is saved. An experimental
line has been in operation on the Phil
adelphia division for two months. and
there has not been particle of trouble
THE trouble of the system" said an
| official, means a great deal to the rail-
| road company and is most distinctly a
step in advance. We will be able to
equip our offices with trained employ
ees-men who have been in the train
| oCl VIC e1h0 WIN are IdI1IlldT WlIa IQo
operation of railroad from long, prac-
tical experience. We have, and so
| have all roads, trainmen who have be-
come Injured while on duty who are
not able to do heavy work or who have
lost one or more limbs Their minds
are as bright as ever and their knowl-
edge Of railroading unimpaired. II
stands to reason that these men can
better meet the emergencies that con.
front an operator than a young and in
experienced person who holds the posi-
ton because of knowledge of teleg
raphy.
Take an old engineer who has rough
ed it for years. lie knows the whistle
of every locomotive on his division
how long it takes TO so from one sta
, ton to another and thousand and on,
details that eminently fit him for
tower operator. His experience will
be of benefit to the company. and b.
will have employment suited to his ca
pabilities and will not have to waste tn
Information gathered during years o
running on the road. 1t strikes me tha
the telephone will come into very gen
= CA dA OSc AOi lh1S pun pOSe anu give Gil
ployment to disabled engineers. con
e ductors, firemen, brakemen. baggage
men, etc"
Vice President Underwood could no
be seen the other day, but General ST
perintendent Fitzgerald said that b
o saw nothing Objectionable in the e1
=, periments so far and thought tha
there was no doubt but that telephone
{ would be installed on the heavy div
: sions within a year.