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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
Brooknnan's
Specials for This Week.

Good wood frame wringers, reg
ular price 81 80. sale price. .fl.9S
Just received n new assortment of
clothes lines, water proof, sale
price. Observation-Disclosures 3c
so foot woven clothes line, sale
price ............. lUc
Good big Csc broom, sale price 15c
Coffee mill, 35c kind. sale price. poe
Two bars DR.. Wickof's mechan-
les soap at. .............. sc
Nice large bath sponge, 15c kind,
sale price. &c
Four quart granite pudding pan.
zoe kind .. --..........-... lOc
Fine face sponges, each ......... sc
PAIRING knife. steel blade. ....... 1Oc
Bread knife, steel blade. ....... 10c
Meat knife. steel blade. ......... loo
Your choice of fancy decorated
china plates, each. ........ 15c
100 piece fancy decorated dinner
set, worth IS So, sale price. II. Is
Fancy decorated jardiniere, worth
16c, each. .............. lOc
Nickel alarm clocks. ...... 62c
100 engraved calling cards, with
plate .......... II. III
We have few of those violin. ban
10 and guitar strings left which we
are closing out at bargain.
You want TO be in hurry If you
want to get in on some of these bar
gains, for they will move fast.
Goods Delivered.
Telephone 4474.
3Io-32I Twentieth Street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17

Itching pilesa Never mind il every
thing else failed to cure you. Try
Doan's Ointment. No failure there.
so cents. at any drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17

New cure for eczema and skin
truptions. Remick's Eczema Cure
and Remick's Pepsin Blood Tonic
have never yet failed to cure. Fee
trial. II you want to get we'll quick
write today Samples are free. Ha-
vana Medicine Co., Dept NJ, 1924
Locust street, st. Louis, Mo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17

Used by the ladies of fashion all
over the world. It's without doubt
the greatest beautilier ever offered the
women. 35 cents. Made
only by Madison Medicine company.
I. ii. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17

Mothers lose their dread for that
terrible second summer" when they
have DIR. toWler's Extract OF Wild
Strawberry in the house. Natures
specific for summer complaints of
every sort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17
TRAIEy.

Is L. Sprirgfield. Peoria
Quincy via Galesburl
and STERLING ...-.--......
Peoria, BeArdstown, Bur
lington, Denver and
west. ..... .......-.- ...-
St. L. Kas. City, Denvel
and Pacific Coast via
Galesburg .....--......-.
Sterling and poiAts inter
mediate. .......-.-....
East Moline, Suburban
St. L, Denver and west o.
Clinton and Dubuque .-..
Davenport and Clinton.
CllntOn, Dubuque, La
Crosse, St. Paul, MINI
& West and N W..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-17

Telephone lls0
sDaIIy. tDaly except Sunday.
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Chancery Notice.

sock Island. Ill, March q. 1901.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
Pearl Lore.

The most beautiful pearl In exist
ence is in the crown of one of the
former cars of Russia and is on ex-
hibition in the Kremlin at Moscow. 1t
Is a perfect sphere and so pure as to
appear almost transparent. 1t weighs
30 grains. The next finest in the
world is known as the Hope pearl and
is owned by an English nobleman.
There Is remarkable pearl in the
crown of an image of the Virgin at
Saragossa. Spain, and another of equal
value in a cross in the cathedral at
Seville. which is said to have been
brought from America by one of the
early conquistadores.
few years ago an American tray
eler purchased for 100 marks an an
tique gold brooch that he found in a
bric-a-brac shop in small town in the
interior of Germany. In the centre
OF the setting was spherical jewel
that was supposed to be hematite, a
species OF iron ore. but when the
brooch was brought to the United
States and sent to Tiffanys to be
cleaned the piece of iron turned out to
be one of the most beautiful gems
ever exposed to view. 1t was a black
pearl valued at $4,000. An attempt
was made to trace the ownership Of
the brooch, but it could only be
learned that the pawnbroker had re-
ceived 1t from stranger some years
before as security for a small loan
and that the owner apparently had
no knowledge of it's value.
The romantic story of Cleopatra s
pearls dissolved in wine was writ
ten by one who was not familiar with
their composition. Pearls cannot be
dissolved in wine or vinegar, but they
can be eaten by certain powerful
acids, which would have burned the
beautiful throat of Cleopatra so that
she would have died instantly.-Wil-
liam e. Curtiss in the Chicago Rec.
ord-Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14

that evening, Marie" He voice was
! low and tremulous with the new-old
memories of glrlhood. She fumbled
deeper into her old leather trunk and
pulled out a time.stained prayer book,
! within the pages of which withered
flowers and scraps of writing and Il
few ringlets Of hair made voiceless
records of her youth.
This Is his hair, honey" she said,
holding out II yellow curl tied with n
ribbon of faded blue, land this is his
writing on this card"
In the nervous, thin hand was bit
of paper inscribed, "A heart token for
my Celeste from Cecil" 1t was in
boyish scrawl, ana little Marie read 1t
over and over before she asked:
as this the token, this card?"
mo. no. dearie. The token was n
ring, n gorgeous ring with n diamond
ana some rare pearls in the setting"
"May | see the ring, aunteG'
Bless you. little sweetheart" smiled
the old lady, putting away her treas
,ires with reverent, trembling hands.
Il wish you might see it, but | sent
it back to him. You know l was only
n schoolgirl, child then, and the
good nuns made me send 1t back. And
so l sent it back; l sent it back, Marie,
but kept the little card He was a
good and gracious soldier"
"And is that all you know about
him. auntie?'
That's all."-John II. Raftery, In
the Chicago Record Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14

The senior partner did not make
his appearance at the Office until about
2 o'clock, and then the junior partner
was not there.
Where is Mr.. Tenterhook?" he
asked of the bookkeeper.
''He left the Office awhile ago, SIR"
replied the man of daybook and ledger.
land he said he wouldn't be back to-
day"
II hope nothing Is the matter with
him." the senior partner added. I'm
afraid he isn't very well. for he COM
planned Of a pain in his stomach yes
terday."
We'll" the bookkeeper explained,
he said something about having eat.
en- some fish at lunch that didn't agree
with him, and he added that there was
a football game this afternoon that
he wanted to see. anyhow. Pitts
burg Commercial Gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
THE TIME THAT'S LOST IN WISHING.

I hear folks keep a.wishn' from the early
morn till late,
A'wshin' they was wealthy an a,wishin
they was great;
II stout, they'd be more slender; an il
slim, they'd be more fat
A dlseontented army, wishln' this an
wshin' that.
An I've done heap O thinkin' on the
subject, first an last,
Why people squirm an tidget in the places
where they're cast;
Yes, an wish for fields t conquer when
they simDle duties shirk,
An the time that's lost in wishin might
be better spent in work.
There's wishin' in the country for position
an renown,
For wealth an place an power there is
wishin' in the town;
While he city folks, nclinin' more t lau.
rel wreaths o fame
Than more prosaic objects, keep on wishin'
Just the same
The malady's infectious an it deals as
hard a blow
T. women gowned in satin as t those in
calico;
1t steals as many hours from the banker
as the clerk.
An the time that's lost in wishin' might
be better spent in work.
Folks may spend an hour thnkin' an
some good from it may come,
An hours nap at noontime may improve
your feelin's some
An hour spent in Singh may see sorrows
banner furled
But an hour spent in wishin' is a dead.
loss t. the world
An so I'd have the wishin' hours gath
cred up an spent
For chunks o perseverance, or, in other
words. content:
Since behind these idle hours lots O lit
tie troubles lurk,
An the time that's lost in wshin' might
be better spent in work.
Roy Farrell Green, in Puck.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
ODD COSTUMES IN SWEDEN.
Garments Worn by the Old and the Young
ID. fer Very Slightly.

Garments Worn by the Old and the Young
Differ Very Slightly.
The costumes of the Dalecarlian
women in Sweden are unique, a dark
blue wooden skirt very full and gath
cred in tucks at the waist; white
blouse, vest of red or green cloth,
beautifully embroidered in colors and
often with gold and silver threads
a broad red belt of knitted wool a
long apron of red wooden, with stripes
OF black, white and green; kerchief
folded three cornerwise about the
neck and fastened with a gold or sill
yer pin. with many glistening pend
ants. and a headdress in the shape of
cornucopia made of black felt with
red trimmings and streamers. Long
earrings of gold or silver and brace
lets of curious forms are common
The men wear long blue frock coats
with full skirts, faced with red broad
cloth and edged with red cord. Hooks
and eyes are used instead of buttons
and the collar is cut similar to that
OF Church of England parson. The
vest is made of the same material
and is also edged and faced with red
The knee breeches are of yellow
buckskin, ornamented with red cord
and tassels at the garter. which holds
up thick WOODEN stockings. Broad sill.
Yer buckles are worn upon the shoes
The hat is of black felt, with a low
crown and broad brim resembling
those worn by Quakers in the United
States.
Small boys are dressed exactly like
their fathers. A coat with a long
skirt is the ambition of every young
ster. like the first pair of trousers of
American boys. and he usually at
tains that honor when he is ten years
old. The little chaps you see going
ABOUT in long trailed coats and buck,
skin breaches look as if they were
dressed for the stage. Little girls
IN the same way initiate their moth.
ers with skirts reaching to their an
kles and quaint, homemade jewelry
OF silver and gold. Every little girl
hopes to have brooch with jingling
pendants. The jewelry is of simple
pattern. the gold or silver being ham.
mered into thin sheets, cut into
squares and diamonds and fastened
together with rings.
The costumes of the Dalecarlian
women differ according to locality.
In some OF the parishes red is the
prevailing color and in others green
and blue. Their hats are shaped and
trimmed differently also, and in one
OF the parishes a sort of tam o.
shanter" is worn, with band fitting
closely around the head and broad
top. In the Mora country the men
wear jackets of white fet cut square
at the corners and fitting closely to
the neck, with white buckskin knick-
erbockers and leather aprons to keep
them clean. The ordinary overcoat
Is made of sheepskin with the wool on
the inside, like Bryan O. Lynn's held
to the waist with belt anc with
long skirts reaching to the heels-a
very comfortable garment for this
climate and not unbecoming.-Chica.
go Record-Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
Wedding Presents.

Giving wedding presents Is an old
custom, but it differs in different
countries. Scotlands penny weddings
were peculiar. They were called pen
ny affairs, but the invited guests con
tributed shillings and occasionally a
half crown, and ont Of the sum thus
collected the expenses OF the wedding
feast We're paid
Germany mas a pay wedding" at
which the bride receives her guests
with a basin before her, in which each
person entering deposits jewel, a
silver spoon or a piece of money.
In some parts of Germany the rule
Is that the expenses of the marriage
feast shall be met by each guest pay.
ing for what he eats and drinks. The
prices paid for dishes and drinks are
high. and the happy young couple
make a handsome profit out of their
wedding. often realizing sum sutfi-
cient to start them pretty nicely in
life. Often 800 guests are present at
such wedding.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
ALPACA AS IT WAS AND IS.


Sir 1iius SALTS Discovery aud Its Results
How Alpaca IL Mad. Today.
How Titus salt discovered alpaca
Is told by Dickens in his Household
Words and. although the story is
amusinsly embellished 1t Is substan-
TALLY true. Salt VINO was worsted
spinner was in the habit OF attending
the periodical auction sales OF wool
III Liverpool On one occasion he
found few hundred pounds OF UNI
promising stuff lying in a shed on one
or the wharves, just as it had appar-
entity lain for years. the unlucky I'M
porter not having been able ~ find A
purchaser. Salt took n sample of ii
back to his Bradford mill. and fancy
ing he saw some good features in the
long, dark fiber, he bought the lot at
bargain, After many experiences
and revyses he finally succeeded in
spinning an even. true alpaca yarn,
and by combining it with cotton warp
managed 10 produce a new dress fab
ric, and incidentally gave to his
country a new industry.
his Hrst Alpaca factory was opened
in 1854, and subsequently was consid-
e!ably extended, until in its palmiest
days 1t is said to have given employ
ment to nearly 1000 hands. BY 1870
his town of Saltare had become one
OF the most remarkable manufacturing
communities in the world. Although
at this time the traue in general called
Salts dress fabrics "alpacas" all of
them We're not composed of this fiber
Many of the better grades We're woven
OF mohair, while cheaper qualities We're
made of the lustrous fleeces OF Lincoln
and Yorkshire sheep.
The dust-defying alpaca dress fabric
of the present day is woven with
cotton warp and alpaca filling. The
cloth varies greatly in quality, the
variation being due to the tineness or
coarseness of the cotton staple and the
alpaca fiber, and to the number of
threads per inch that are woven into
the cloth. Generally it is plain
weave, though sometimes brocadcd,
and is distinguished by bright lus
trous surface which much resembles
silk in the character of its gloss
Coles Encyclopedia of Dry Goods.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE.
The Style Yielding to That Common In
European Countries.

The Style Yielding to That Common In
European Countries.
4 Japanese architect who makes a
specially of European styles and de-
signs Is person not frequently met
in this country, yet such is the profess
sion of Mr. S. Yoshii, Of Toxic, Japan,
who arrived in Washington Tuesday.
Mr. YOshiis card tells that he is the
chief architect to the ministry Of
communication, architect to the home
department. etc, and Mr.. Yoshii him
self tells some very interesting things
about the architectural phase of jap
anese life. Speaking Of this he said:
European architecture is gradually
inning foothold in Japan and must
sooner or later dominate, just as Eu-
ropean styles of dress are soon to
dominate in the big cities. In Toxic
and in other large centres of popula-
ton all the new business houses are
built on European plans. They are
found to be more practicable. The
residences are still Of the Japanese
style, and l suppose they will bend to
the change last of all. Some of the
larger and finer residences in the cities
are built like yours, but most stick to
the old customs.
1.-The Government does not own its
buildings, but rents them, and these,
without exception, are Of European
design. Within a few years the Gov
eminent will erect its own buildings,
and of course, will adopt European
patterns. There are three good Euro
pean hotels in Toxic. and Il number
that are not so good. The Europeans
and Americans never stop at the jap
anese hotels, because they cannot do
without chairs. Our hotels have moth
ing but couches.
"Architects in Japan make it n rule
never to construct building over four
stories in height, for fear it will fall
during an earthquake. Earthquakes
are frequent there. Sometimes we
have two in one month. but the dam
age is seldom great. "-Washington
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
incumbent BiiIboards.

A survey of the billboards of New
York has convinced one man that the
practice OF decorating the advertise
ments Of certain commodities with
pictures entirely irrelevant to the arti-
Gle advertised is on the increase.
This CUSTOM said he, was intro
duced several years ago by theatr! =
cal press agent, and it proved so prof
liable in his case, that men with COM
mercial axes to grind have chosen TO
advertise their wares by this means,
and, it would seem, with equal sue
cess. When the first OF these appar
emily misplaced illustrations appeared
It struck me that the originator of the
scheme had adopted a device that was
apt to tend to his undoing. But lii
thus calculating | failed to take hui
man nature into account Curiosity
stimulated inquiry, and that first ad-
vertisemcnt. like all it's successors,
got twice as much attention as the
ordinary advertisements which con-
tain nothing to make the public
wonder. New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
When "A Locomotive Blows Up.

81 am one Of the very few persons
who ever saw locomotive blow up"
remarked an old railroad man the
other day. "Generally the men who
witness the explosion of a steam en-
CINE are so dead when the smoke has
rleared away that they are never able
TO give an account of the disaster.
Like many other accidents, the one
| saw was the result Of carelessness-
low water in the boiler, for the en-
cine had just come from the shops
and was in complete repair. 1t was
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
in West Virginia Il number of years
ago. l was on Il locomotive some dis
lance behind the one which exploded,
and was looking ahead out of the cab
window, so thut the Inflated engine
was Immediately before my eyes. Sud.
denly | saw the machine rise in the
air; it seemed to me to be about as
high rs the telegraph poles beside the
track, which, as you doubtless know,
are not so high as telegraph poles in
black smoke and dust which hid the
engine from view, and almost stimuli
taneously l heard the roar of the eX-
plosion.
Both the engineer and the fireman
were killed, and the locomotive was
tit for nothing much but the scrap
heap when it fell to the ground. The
crown sheet over the tirebOX had
blown out.
The strange thing about the eXplo
sion was that no white steam was
seen. You know perfectly dry steam
is invisible, being like the air, and
before it had time to condense it was
probably smothered by the cloud of
smoke and dust raised by the bursting
of the boiler Baltimore Sun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14

adorn a doll when the child came
across an old daguerrotype Of a curly
haired soldier.
"Who is the handsome soldier,
auntiey'
The old woman picked it up tender
ly, wiping its surface with her little
lace handkerchief, and smiling wan
ly.
"And if tell you, Marie, you mustn't
laugh"
II promise. cross my heart. auntie."
ut was ever so long ago, Marie, that
l saw him first. We were at school
then, your grandma and l, down at
the old convent in Egremont. Our best
friend among the pupils was Miss
birmingham. Poor Edith, she married
Il soldier and died only few years
ago at Calcutta or somewhere her
husband was stationed. She was an
English girl and her father was an
earl or a baron, forget which, but at
ington.
1T must have been just after the
Crimean War that we heard Edith's
brother Cecil. Cecil Hurlinghom. was
coming to visit her. He was only Il
captain then, but viscount, and you
may be sure the convent girls were
silly enough to make great ado about
his visit. A little entertainment was
planned and there was to be a lawn
fete after it and though it was a most
unusual thing. the good nuns finally
agreed to let us have Il dance in the
parlors. AS there were TO be no gen
tlemen present but Captain Hurting
ham and his father, of course most of
the girls had to be content to choose
other girls for their partners. and then
came the momentous question as to
which of us the young soldier would
select for his dancing mate. All, lit
tie one, we We're all very giddy and
silly in those old days
Il remember quite well what n gal
liant young fellow he looked that even.
ing when he came across the lawn be-
tween the old lord and Edith. He
wore the uniform of an English officer,
such a merry, boyish gentleman that
I'm afraid everyone of us fell in love
with him.
You, too. auntie?'
"Ah. we'll. honey, thought him the
finest, handsomest. tenderest gallant
possible, and perhaps my heart tlut-
tered harder than anyone's when the
time came for choosing partners. In
deed. he was modest. winsome gen
tleman, Marie" continued the old
lady, absently gazing Mt the little pic
ture, "and made name for himself
afterwards in the wars of his coun-
try"
But the dance, auntie? asked the
child. who was his partner in the
dancer"
He chose me. dearie, he chose me. -
The little old woman was folding the
picture away now into an old laven-
der scarf. This was the scarf wore
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14
WISE WORDS.

Senility and extreme youth are equal
ly Sarrulous.
Like death, inspiration often comes
unexpectedly.
To look is not always to see. says
the wise man.
Happiness often goes about dis
guised as duty.
Daintiness is to woman what cour-
tesy is TO man.
Health is a touchy thing; disobey
it, and off it goes.
Only Il snob is pretentious; gentlefolk
are always modest.
Thrift is not learned by text books,
but through observation.
Women confess to bad memories,
but seldom bad methods.
TO fall out Of love is joy; into 1t,
misery. TO love is difficult.
1t is better not to say all you mean
than to mean nothing you say.
He who fails once is to be pltied;
twice, to be watched; thrice. to he
condemned.
There never was a true book lover
who could understand what lonesome.
ness means.
After one can eliminate the interro,
CATION point from the life matrimonial
all goes well.
In order to learn q mans character,
watch his hatreds; to gauge WON
ans, note her loves.
To hit the mark with anOther's arrow
is despicable when you deprive the
owner both of the opportunity and
weapon. Philadelphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-12-14

There Ia more Catarrh in this sec ton of the
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be 1t
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured by +. J. Cheney Il Co., Toledo.
Ohio, il the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t il taken internally in doses from
10 drops to a teaspoonful 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi
monals. Address F j. CHENEY Co.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.