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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
WATER OWNERS.
France VIII Investigate the Dubious
Claims of These Alleged Experts.

Claims of These Alleged Experts.
For many years men in the United
States and in Europe have claimed that
they We're able to ascertain the sources
of water supply by means of divining
rods and other instruments of fanciful
names. In later years also these gifted
persons have asserted their ability to
discover minerals as well as water.
The faith in the water diViner has been
particularly prevalent in England,
where he still plies his lucrative pro-
fession without legal interference. He
is often employed even by town author
tiles who fail to realize that they are
merely his dupes when his art proves
inadequate to the task of discovering
water sources. Among implements be-
sides the divining rod which these sor-
cerers. water seers or wizards have de-
vised as the means Of divination are
mineral rods equipped with Il magnet
at one end. exploring pendulumS, by
droscOpic compasses and many others.
In March last commission was APP
pointed in France to study all the ap-
paratus and methods employed by di-
viners The French engineer NJ. Ber-
thier de Rolliere is the president of the
commission. He Is now engaged in
making a collection OF divining nipple
ments of all kinds. He is accumulat-
ing all the literature he can find on the
subject, and there are not a few books
and articles in reviews and journals.
mostly written by men who claim to be
gifted in this line. He is also collect
ing the names and addresses of invent
crs of the alleged devices.
1t is needless to say that scientific
men regard these OWNERS as frauds
pure and simple. They believe the
whole business is akin to that of the
fortune teller. the fake spiritualist or
any other charlatan. and they think it
strange that the frauds have so long
been permitted to ply their vocation
without fear of prosecution. Usually
the victims are the only ones TO suffer,
and they have to pay dear for their
gullibility.
1t is high time the whole matter was
thoroughly investigated. The French
commission proposes to make its inqui-
ry farreaching and to place the whole
matter before the public in its proper
light, says the New York Sun. \ re-
port that VIII be accepted generally as
a result OF an able and thorough inves-
tigatiOn will be boon. for it will
greatly diminish the number OF victims
OF class of sharpers who should have
been suppressed long ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

Insects are attacking the foliage in
Chicago parks.
War in China has made Il rise in the
price of rice.
Two boys were drowned in Lake
Calumet. Observation-Disclosures Van VIII
ligan, aged @, and Robert Winserki,
aged S.
Oporto has had one fatal case Of
bubonic plague.
Charles E. Lutz was sentenced for
life at Chicago for the murder OF his
Sister-in-law.
Michael J. Sampson, former Chi
ca g. city employee who was eXtradited
from ireland, has been found guilty
of forging IA warrant, and has been
sentenced to an indefinite term in the
penitentiary.
Louis Pollock was shot in the right
hip and badly injured by burglars.
whom he surprised trying to gain en-
trance to his room ut Chicago.
Ex-Governor Taylor. of Kentucky.
and his wife have reached Indianapo-
lis.
honorary Ii. D.. and President Eaton,
of Beloit college, a ID. ID.
Instructions for David Il. Hill for
vice president were moved in the Ar
kansas Democratic convention and
later withdrawn.
The Republicans of Maine have in
dorsed the national administration and
nominated DIR. John r. Hill for gov
ernor.
The khedive of Egypt has arrived in
ICntuu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
81 A LIGHTNING LINE.
People Can Soon Travel Between Chicar
and Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. June 2S-An electric
railway between Milwaukee and
Chicago. which will be so equipped
that its cars will equal the rate OF
speed maintained by the steam rail-
ways is what is promised IN the near
future by the Milwaukee Electric Rail-
road and Light company. The new lire
Will include the rebuilt portion of the
present Milwaukee. Racine and Keno
sha line and will branch out west of
Racine, cut past the city limits Of Ke-
noSha, not running through that city
and probably pass the western limits
OF Waukegan.
According to General Manager Beggs
the line will be equipped with larger
and faster ears than are now used on
any of the company's tracks and the
line will be Strengthened so as to per-
nit of fast travel. The engineering
work. he says. will begin this fall and
in the spring the work on the new road
NAV be commenced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
A Unique Railway.

Construction work on unique rail-
way is in progress at Macon. Mo. The
title OF the corporation making the i'm
provements is the Blees Miniature
Rapid Transit company. 1t will Oper-
ate a line a mile long in Mrs. +. w.
Blees' park, under a duly recorded
franchise by the owner. says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean The officers are:
Frederick Blees. president and motor
man. aged 13: Albin BIees. vice presi-
dent. aged 10; Roy Denslow, secretary,
aged Is; Willie Blees. treasurer, aged
.; Raymond Kirsch. assistant superin-
tendent. aged Is. The company is cap
italized at $4,000. and every share OF
the handsomely autographed stock has
been taken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
LOBSTER PRoPAeATIoN.
Results Accomplished by the New
fOundland Fisheries Department

Results accomplished by the New
fOundland Fisheries Department..
The marine and fisheries department
OF Newfoundland has just issued its
annual report, which contains some in
teresting information concerning the
artificial propagation of Holsters. says
q Montreal dispatch TO the New York
Evening Post The report states that
in the last year from SOC, 1000, 600 TO
400, 100000 Holsters We're Matched and
planted in Newfoundland waters. II
only a small percentage of these sur
yive to reach maturity, the results cam
not fail to prove beneficial in sustain
ing the stock of Holsters in the waters
and thus counteracting the effects of
such heavy drafts as are now made
year after year. This propagation is
carried on by means of floating incu-
bators. Two hundred and fifty of these
incubators are operated by 80 men
around the shores of the great bays.
The ova are obtained from the various
lobster factories. the owners of which
are required by the rules TO give every
facility to the incubator men TO hatch
the eggs from the dbrilS under the
tails of the female Holsters.
The report also states that the cod
hatchery at Dido was maintained last
year in full operation, under the super
vision of Mr.. Walter March His re-
port shows that the total collection Of
cod ova during the season was $780,,
$780, 900, and the tOtal output Of young
cod was 251 ,321, 100.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
No rIore Pain
Stockholders, Meeting.

Once of the Peoples Power Company, Roc elk
Island, Ill. June -, 1909:
NoIice is hereby given that q special meet.
ing of the stockholders of the Peoples Power
Company will be held At the general offices OF
said company, No. 100 Seventeenth sire ct, Ia
he city of Rock Island, in the county of Rock
Island and State of Illinois, on the eighteenth
OSth) day of July, 1900 at the hour or 3:3C
Q o'clock p M, for the purpose of voting on the
following proposition to wit:
To increase the capital stock OF sid corpor-
alton from the sum of three hundred thous
and dol arS 81 0,OO0) to six hundred
thousand dollars (S6l 0,OO0) and the number of
its shares from three thousand 1900 To six
thousand 5000. SAMUEL :. DAVIS,
PHI. MTG BELL.
THOMAS u. DAVIS
CHARLES II. DEERE,
WILLARD l.. VEIIE.
CHARLES o MASON,
Directors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
Charleston,
South Carolina,
Trip.

Here's a recreative and instructive
trip for teachers or any others,
whether attending the National Edu-
cational association meeting or just
taking advantage of an attractive trip
at very low rate.
You can go direct through Chatta-
nooga and Knoxville. Tenn; Ashe-
vile, N. C.; Spartanburg and Column
bia, S. c., or Atlanta and Augusta,
Ga, and return same way or diverse
routes, or from Charleston over the
Southern railway through Norfolk.
Richmond or Charlottesville, Va, at
one fare for the round trip; or via
Southern railway from Charleston
through Washington, at trifie high
er rate.
Round Trip Rate From Rock ISL
and, Ill.,, to Charleston 5000.
Tickets on sale July 2, 4. 5 and Z,
good until Sept. l. 1900. with stop
overs any place desired south of the
Ohio and Potomac and east of the
Mississippi rivers. Our booklet en-
titled
1.-The Land of the Sky"
illustrates with beautiful engravings,
and gives valuable Information about
the mountains of western North Caro-
lima as n summer resort Also our
SUMMER HOMES" folder and
BATTLEFIELD" folder. will inter-
est you. They are all free.
There are Mountain Resorts in East
Tennessee, Western North Carolina
and in Virginia, where you can spend
a month on the return trip, and get
good country board at very low rates.
Give us some idea about what
points in the south you have in mind.
i've will cheerfully answer any and all
questions, and may be able to en-
nance the pleasure of your outing.
IL will cost you but ? cents postage.
Address
WILLIAM II. TAYLOE, A. c. p. A,
Southern Ry., Louisville, Ky.
J C. BEAM. Jr.. n. w p. A.
Southern Ry., - Dearborn St. Chicago, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
The Western Illinois
Summer Normal School

Is now in session at Augustana
college. Rock Island. The school
will be in session from June %
to August 3.
Pupils will he 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, 1900-06-28
Executors Notice.

Estate of John f. Baker, deceased.
The undersigned having Deen appointed eX
ecutor of the last will ana testament of John
Z. Baker, late OF the county OF Rock Is.
land, state of Illinois, deceased, hereby
gives notice that he will appear before
the county court of Rock Island county, at
the county court room, in the city of Rock Isl.
and. at the September term on the trst Mon.
day in september next, at which time all per
sons having claims against said estate are no
titled and requested to attend, for the purpose
of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this Goth day OF June, A. D., 1900.
PRESLEY GREESAWALT, Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
aWealth of Beauty

Is often hidden by unsightly pim-
Piles. eczema. letter. erysipelas, salt
rheum, etc. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
will glorify the face by curing all skin
eruptions, also cuts, bruises, burns,
boils. felons. ulcers. and worst forms
of piles. Only % cents box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by Hartz & Ulle-
meyer. druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28

Il had a running, itching sore on
my leg. Suffered fortunes. Doan's
Ointment took away the burning and
itching instantly, and quickly effected
permanent cure" &. w. Lenhart
Bowling Green, Ohio. For sale by
Marshall & Fisher, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28

A fatal policy is to neglect back
ache or other sign of kidney trouble
Foley's Kidney Cure is sure remedy
for Bright's disease. diabetes and
gravel. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
A NOVEL ORDINANCE.
Kansas city Judge WouId Compel
the Wearing of short skirts.

Kansas city Judge WouId Compel
the Wearing of short skirts.
Police Judge McAuley during a case
before him the other day, in which
| a Kansas City man was charged with
violating city ordinance prohibiting
splitting in public places, recommended
that women be compelled to wear
short skirts, says the st. Louis Rcpub-
lie.
AS long skirts are the great distrib-
uters of disease germs. lie suggested
that a combination ordinance be pass
ed, first. prohibiting splitting under the
penalty OF a very heavy fine, and, sec
Ond, compelling women to wear walk
ing skirts on the streets the bottoms
of which are at least two inches from
the ground.
Please understand, however" said
he, that this last point Is simply a
suggestion, as / realize that to even
intimate a single reform IN woman's
dress is the most dangerous ground
upon which o public official can tread"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28

1t has been decided. says the London
Chronicle, TO offer the widow OF the
late ComnAndant General Joubert q
portrait OF her husband as n gift from
the inhabitants OF the Netherlands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
BODY Wa. Horribly MancIed.

Mansion, Wis, June 2S.-Ole Mel
son. farmer living about two miles
west of here, was killed by the Pioneer
limited. He was riding on the blind
baggage and is supposed to have been
intoxicated. His body was horribly
mangled. Nelson is survived by Il
wife and three children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
Rumble Declines "A Fight-Compact o
HOtha and DeWct.

London, June 2S.-General Sir Leslie
Rumble had a sharp artillery and rifle
skirnish near Senekai Friday with Il
large force of entrenched Beers. He de-
clined to attack them. The Boer out
posts northeast of Pretoria are busy.
The telegraph wires between Stander-
ton and Newcastle were cut Sunday
and Sir RedVers Butler had to report
by Photograph.
Commandant peWet. with 5000 men
and three guns. is moving northeast in
the Orange River colony. 1t is under
stood that he and Commandant Gener-
nj Botha have entered into compact
that neither would surrender so long
rs the other was in the field. PreSi-
dent Kruger is still at MachadOdorp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28

Buchanan. Mich. May %. Gene
see Pure Food company. lie Roy, N
Y. Gentlemen: My mamma has been
a great coffee drinker and has found
it very Injurious. Having used sew
eral packages of your Grain-O, the
drink that takes the place of coffee.
she finds it much better for herself
and for US children to drink. She has
given up coffee drinking entirely. We
use package every week. / am 10
years old. Yours respectfully,
FANNIE WILLIAMS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
Japanese Driven Out of Town.

Redding, Cal. June 2S.-Two hun
dred miners and smeltcr employees Of
Kcswick and vicinity Tuesday night
drove twenty-one Japanese railroad
workers out of town. The Japanese
were put on train for this place and
at this point the railroad conductor
put them off The miners object to
Japanese who were employed to take
the places of white men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28

If you have Dryness of the Nose
and throat, constant hacking and
coughing, enlarged tonSils, dropping
of mucous, stopping up of the nose,
fullness and noises in the head,
Notwithstanding offensive breath; il
you are pale, weak, losing flesh. and
have tendency to DEAFNESS or
CONSUMPTION do not let it increase
rom day to day.
.Ceusnlt the German-English Spe-
oialistl and receive assurance of q
speedy A.. permanent cure.
Catarrhal L~-tness. Bronchitis. Ca
tarrh of the Throat, Stomach, Bow
els. Liver, Kidney ard Bladder treated
by the Berlin system Ased 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 hospital, private and special
practice. They are without exceL-
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,
hereby 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, palpitatiou of the heart, flatu-
lency, or any disease peculiar to their
sex should call on the Specialists and
get an opinion on their case free of
charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
Nilwaukee Grain.



wheat-Higher; No. northern. s4Iz
6S5c: No , northern. S3jzas4c- Rye
No. 2. $3.50 Oats-Higher. No. 2, z7A
G2SAc-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28

Produce: Butter-EXtra creamery,
1Si2G19c per 10; extra dairy. 161z q17c;
packing stock. 1910. Eggs-Fresh
stock. 11G111zc per doz. Live poultry
Turkeys sG65zc per ID: chickens. hens.
Sc; springs. 12qlsc; ducks. 61a5d7
geese, S3.O0H4.00 per dOz. New potatoes
Peerless. SL75q2.25 per brl. Apples
$S.50u 5-15 per brl. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
igan. 15cds1.25 per 16-qt case.
Chicago Live stock.
Chicago, June q.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
%. coo. Salesr anged at S4-25G 80 for
pigs. S5IO65.25 for light. s5.o5I5.l212 for
rough packing, $500 5-25 for mixed.
and S5.1545.27iz for heavy packing and
shipping lots
CattI-Estimated receipts for the
day. 1900. Quotations ranged at s5.45
G5.SO for choice TO extra steers. S5.I0I
80 for good to choice do. 81. 500 10 for
fair to good do. S4.59a+-75 common to
medium do. 81. S0d4J5 butchers steers.
81 SOd5.5o fed western steers, $i.00Gf 90
feeding steers. $2-50I4.s0 cows, $500
SO heifers. s. 0oG4.S5 bulls and oxen.
S4O0G4so stays. s3.Sod5.00 Texas steers
and S4.59ds.I5 veal calves
Sheep-Estinated receipts for the
day. 1000. Quotations ranged at $500
also westerns. - 25G5.O0 natives. $3.50
a675 estern lambs. S5-C9T6.50 native
lambs. and S4-5QGs..5 spring lambs
Milwaukee Grain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
FOR WOMAN'S HEALTH
Earnest Letters from Women Re-
lieved Of Pain by Mrs. Pinkham.

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM - Before I
commenced to take your medicine l
was in terrible state, wishing myself
dead a good many times. Every part
of my body seemed to pain in some
way. At time of menstrUation my
suffering was something terrible. l
thought there was no cure for me, but
after taking several bottles of Lydia
sE. Pinlham's Vegetable Compound all
my bad feelings were gone 1 am now
well and enjoying good health. L shall
always praise your medicine. y MRS.
AMOS FESCHLER- Box 226, Romeo, Mich.
Female Troubles Overcome
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-Ih had female
trouble. painful menses, and kidney
complaint. also stomach trouble. About
year ago l happened to pick up a
paper that contained an advertisement
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and when L read how it had
helped others, l thought it might help
me, and decided to give it a trial. l
did so, and as result am now feeling
perfectly well. wish to thank You for
the benefit Your medicine has been TO
me. "-MRs. CLARA STIEBER, Diller, Neb.
No rIore Pain
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Your Vege-
table Compound has been of much
benefit to me- When my menses first
appeared they were very irregular.
They occurred too often and did not
leave for week or more. l always
suffered at these times with terrible
pains in my back and abdomen. Would
be in bed for several days and would
not be exactly rational at times.
took Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and menses became regular
and pains left me entirely. "-MRs. E.
+. CUSTER, Brule, Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
NoveIIdea For Post Cards.

A fresh impetus will be given to the
pictorial card craze by the ingenious
invention of an Italian who has hit up
on the idea Of producing 4 card which
not only depicts a scene i'll cOlors, but
, likewise serves as a kind of barometer,
says the indianapolis News. Accord
ing as the atmosphere varies the colors
change on the cards, and the inventor
has so cOntrived that the colors shall
be used so as to give each scene Illus
trated the effect that would be produc-
ed under different atmospheric eondi-
tons
Local MArkees-
Corn-35c036c.
Oats-24cl25c.
ay-Timothy; t91s'O; prairie % to $40
Potatoes-z5c; new. 6Oc.
Butter-Choice 20 fair; I4c, fresh creamery,
l3c.
ERgs-IOc-
Hens-7e per pound
Spring chickens, 800 per dozen
Turkeys-sc
Ducks-7c.
Coal-Soft. lie.
Catue-Buches pay for corn fed steers,
lHG5c; cows and heifers ScG4c; calves, sea
Sheep4c044.
Spring Lambs-s2 5o0Ss5o
Hogs-s4 $685. Is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
AN IDEAL HELPMATE.
Stories of Mrs. Gladstone, Wild
ow of F former British Premier.
HBR WONDERFUL PERCEPTION.

bands Many Moods and Her Solicit
tude For His HeaIth-Befriending n
Poor Woman Mrs Gladstone's
Sense of Humor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
IHE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, June %.
Following were the quotations on the
Chicago Board of Trade toda.
Iicrin Close
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-28
CATARRH.

Is No Longer an lncurable Dis
ease.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
Mall Shirt of n Dervish warrior.

The shirt is made of rings, every ring
from a piece of steel wire ~ inches
long and about one-sixteenth Of an
inch thick. The ends of the piece Of
wire are fiattened out, holes are punch
ed through them, one end is turned on
to the other, and they are fastened to-
gether by small rivet. Every ring
connects four others. The wire differs
somewhat in thickness, not by design
seemingly so as to make one part Of
the shirt stronger than another, but
from material of uniform thickness
running short. In parts where the
rings are free to Jingle together they
are worn very thin. Round the neck
is band of three thicknesses Of red
leather, stiff like the stock worn for
merly in our army. 1t is "a inches
high and on the outside is decorated
with ornamental lines like toolings
made by a bookbinder. - Notes and
Queries.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-10
All Fools Day.

The custom of playing pranks on
April fools day probably had its origin
In France, the first nation to begin the
new year Jan. L instead Of March %.
Before the change April was the day
when the merrymaking of the New
Years celebration eliminated In the
paying of gifts and visits In return for
those already bestowed. When the re-
formed calendar in 1864 made the LIST
of January the beginning of the new
year, April / was the time for pre-
tended gifts and visits of mock cere-
mony to make fools of those who had
forgotten the change In dates.
The Romans had a holiday similar In
character to this, although not coming
at the same time of year, the satur-
MALTA, and In Hlndustan the feast of
the Hull, ON March 81, has for its chief
diversion the sending of people on
fruitless errands.
In Scotland they have trick for
April fools day which never grows
stale. If fellow can be found simple
enough to undertake it, he is given a
note to carry to n certain person. He
reads it and says 1t is not for him, but
that he is to 90 to-naming another
man-and from there he is sent to an
other and SO on until the bearer grows
tired or sees a light. The note con-
tains the lines:
This is the first Of Aprile;
Hunt the gowk another mile.