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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
PLuckY DANCER IN LUCK.
How Little Nursery Maid Struggled
with the FoOtIights' Glare.

with the FootIights' Glare.
a pretty romance attaches to the re-
cent debut in New York of Miss Lola
Quinland, the danseuse known to the
theatrical world as La Belle Lola
This young girl, little more than a
child, was born to a condition that Of
fered little encouragement to an artis-
tic career, yet she won an enyiable po-
sition by pure force of determination
and talent that no adverse circum-
stances could obscure.
Several years ago she entered domes-
tic service. The only subject in which
she showed the slightest interest was
dancing. In some mysterious way
for she received a mere pittance as
wages-she absorbed every variety of
dance step. Her employer was aston
ished one day to discover her doing a
complex pas seul with astonishing
aplomb for the little ones of the house
hold. When rebuked for her perform
ance, the child burst into tears and
confessed that her one ambition in life
was to become a dancer.
She was sternly frowned down and
warned to cease her dancing in the
nursery. Years passed in household
drudgery and hard study of dancing
on the sly. One day the little nurse
girl went to her mistress and said,
Mrs. -, Mr.. Lederer of the Casino
has engaged me TO dance in The Belle
of New York company now playing in
London"
Then she told her story. She had de-
MED herself almost everything during
inS IN,
her favorite art. \ teacher of dancing,
after seeing her perform, gave her les
sons gratis. She invented dance her.
self and even designed and sewed with
her own hands the costume to be worn
in il. Then she beSieged George w.
Lederer. For months she hung around
the stage door of the Casino until her
slight figure and pinched face became
the jest of the chorus girls.
But her chance came at last. One
morning after rehearsal some one made
a joking allusion to her, and Lederer,
his curiosity aroused, ordered her to be
brought in. She told him she would like
to show her dance, adding that she
could do it in costume.
where did you get the cOstume?"
asked the manager.
II made it," answered the girl.
This was n novelty even to Lederer,
and he told her to go ahead. He was
even more astonished at the beauty of
the costume than at the dance itself
which was a marvel of beauty and
grace.
He engaged her ON the spot, and the
next week she sailed with the manager
on the American liner st. Louis. Her
success in London was phenomenal and
would have been repeated here sooner
but for an accident to her knee which
made it impossible for her to resume
her dancing until few nights ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
MODERN WAR SLING.
English Engineer Invents One For
Use In War.

English Engineer Invents One For
Use In War.
Slings did effective work in ancient
warfare, and there is an English engi-
neer who is satisfied that they could do
just as effective work in modern war
fare. This engineer is Mr.. James
Judge of Newcastle-On-Tyne, and he
has just constructed a sling which is
described as u marvel.
NJ. Henri de Parville, French scien-
fist, has studied it closely and says it
is "disk with a diameter of more than
four feet, weighing about 225 kilo-
grams and making $1,000 revolutions
a minute, the impelling force being an
electric motor. The proiectiles are ar
ranged side by side in a groove which
runs around the disk, and they are dis
charged automatically, having an mi
tial speed of 610 meters second.
Deadly work may be done with
projectiles hurled at this rate. 4 shot
can be discharged at every half revolu
ton of the disk. and thus n continuous
shower of $4,000 projectiles can be kept
up. Mr.. Judge, however, contents him
self with discharging a shot at every
fourth revolution, which enables him
to fire 5000 projectiles a minute. On
the day when the first experiments
were made with these projectiles 49,,
600 were fired at the rate of 5000 a
minute without the slightest difficulty"
Mr.. Judge claims that his curious
weapon will prove of infinite service as
a coast defender, and, though the au-
thorities of the war department do not
seem to have given him much encour-
agement, there are some military ex
perts in Europe who are inclined to
agree with him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
The Modern Doctor.

Professor William Tod Helmuth
dean of the New York Homeopathic
Medical college. delivered recently his
twentieth annual lecture to the Hah
nemann society of the graduating
class in the amphitheater of Flower
hospital, New York. DIR. Helmuth
after giving much advice to the yet to
be physicians, drew a comparison be-
tween the medical man of the past
generation-the family doctor-and the
doctor of today-the specialist. He
also recited the following:
OF the genus now of doctors
Are species not few;
There may be arrant humbugs
But some are learned and true.
One specialist is ocuist,
A second treats the ear
A third devotes himself to lungs
And curious sounds doth hear
A fourth, with his laryngoscope,
Will see your CLOTHS CULVER,
While many men the kidneys love
And many more the liver.
Some specialists prefer the joints,
A few the brains and nerves;
Some spray away at old catarrhs
With hope that never swerves-
Some think man in buttons
A coach and pair to drive
May serve in lieu of wisdom
And thus expect to thrive.
But mid these learned colleagues all
The man who leads the list
Is that gentle fingered GENIUS,
The gy-ne-col-ogist-
God bless these noble specialists
In all they have to do. -.
And God have mercy on the souls -,
- OF all their patients tool -! :
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
Modern woman retain. Her Youth.

Is it that life is easier than it was, or
that people refuse to be worried now
adays? A writer in The Onlooker says
that women keep their good looks
much longer than they did. The wo-
man of 40 today is not so old as the wO-
man of 80 was-well, 80 years ago.
For this reason, no doubt, and because
we are becoming very continental, the
married women reign supreme and
seem to reign forever. 1t seems absurd
to read in the list of beauties at a ball
the names of mothers and daughters
included together; but in several in
stances, If truth were told and justice
were done, it might be the daughters
name and not the mothers which
would be left out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
smnllpox RIG in Iown.

Centerville. Ia. March 13.-South-
ern Iowa is overrun with smallpox
and Centerville is the only city of any
size that has not from five TO 200 cases.
There are not fewer than 800 cases
in this part of the state. Ottumwa
has over 200, Abba 100. Bloomfield 30,
Moravia 30, Mystic 10 and Moulton
-. Centerville has a strict quarantine
against all affected towns
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
An Innovation In Travel.
"CHICAGO AND
ST AUGUSTINE
SPECIAL"

Much to the discomfort of South
ern tourists there has never been
through sleeping cars or through
coaches run from Chicago or any
other poiut north of the Ohio
river to Florida without change.
Commencing Jan. IA, 1901, how
ever, the SOUTHERN RAILWAY
and connecting lines will place in
service a SOLID VESTIBULED
TRAIN consisting of composite
baggage car, Pullman sleeping
cars, Dining car, and Observation
car, running through from Chi
cago to St. Augustine. Fla, with
out change, via Cincinnati, Chat
tanooga. Atlanta, Macon. Jesup
and Jacksonville on the following
schedule, daily except Sunday:
Leave Chicago, 1900 noon.
Leave Cincinnati, $40 p. m.
Arrive Jacksonville, $50 p. m.
Arrive st. Augustine. $3.50 D. m.
This train between Chicago and Cipcin-
natl will ran on alternate days over the
Monon and c., n. & u, Pennsylvania
and Big Four, leaving Chicago Mondays
and Thursdays via the Monon, Tuesdays
and Fridays via the Pennsylvania, ard
Wednesdays and SATURDAYS via the
Big -Four. South of Cincinnati the
route viii be over the beautiful Queen
& Crescent TO JaclSsOnN ule, aud Floriia
East Coast to st. Augustine.
Parties living outside of Chicago can max
leeping car reservations as far Ii advance q
esired by addressing ticket agent of any {
he lines mentioned above or George r Alel
|. @. p. A, Southern railway, st. Louis. NO
r J. @. Beam, Jr., n. W. p A, SoutheG
ailway, 225 Dearborn street, Chicago, His
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
The Herb of Grace.

Miss Laurence Alma-Tadena, daugh-
ter of the artist. brought out on 1.-The
first Sunday of the first month of the
first year of the new century a new
periodical called The Herb of Grace.
1t aims to bring about a return to a
simpler life. and its distinctive feature
Is the absence of advertisements, fash
ions. personalities and illustrations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13

Jenkins, widow of the first private sec
rotary of the late President Abraham
Lincoln, was given lodging at police
headquarters Saturday night. Mrs.
Jenkins left this city Monday for Hor-
nellsville. She is on her way to Spring
field. His. her former home. Over
seer of the Poor Mathey furnished
Mrs. Jenkins with ticket to Hornells-
N-fIIa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
Man Tried for Numbering a Woman.

Richmond. Ind. March 13-Robert
FutreIl is OH trial here for the murder
of Miss Anna Jones. He was in
dicted by the grand jury for murder
i'm the first degree. An effort to secure
delay through an affidavit alleging in
sanity and asking IL continuance in or
der TO secure witnesses from Tennes-
see was Il failure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
SHE LETS HIM OUT OF JAIL
His Freedom Costs Him Forty Acres of
Land and Fifty Dollars.

Bay City. Mich, March 13.-Henry
Allard was released from the county
jail Saturday. Allard was the defend
ant in SANDER suit in which Mary
Baker obtained a judgment of $1,000.
She could not collect the money and
took the drastic measures prescribed
in such cases by the state law. She
secured Allards arrest on an execution
on Jan. 10, and ever since that day
until Saturday she has paid his board
at the rate of $3.50 week in advance
to keep him in Jail.
Allard told Miss Baker that he did
not have $1,000 but he was willing 70
give her forty acres of land in IoSco
county and $50 in cash if she would
lct him off. Finding it Impossible to
squeeze blood from a turrip. she con-
Guided to accept the offer. and it was
on this basis that the matter was set
tied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
Otherwise Di.creetIy silent.

McJigger-Bragg tells me he got mix.
ed up in scrap last night.
Thingumbob-Did he get the best of
it?
McJigger-Of course. If he hadn't he
wouldn't have said anything about it,
Exchange. Z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
THE MARKETS
Chicago Grain aud Produce.
Chfnaun March

chicago. March
Following were the quotations on
the Board of Trade today:
Wheat-March, opened T4c, closed
73I5c: April opened T413c, closed
74kc: May. opened 755sc, closed disc;
Corn-March, opened C. closed Toe;
May, opened Ale, closed 403sc Oats
March. opened C. closed 23Ac; May,
opened 249sc. closed 245sc. Pork
May. opened S14.S5. closed S14.9O; July,
opened S145O, closed $3.50. Lard
MAY. opened $3.50. closed $50; July
opened S1.621R, closed ST.65; Septem
her. opened $T.65, closed $40. Short
Ribs-May. opened ST.25. closed $T.32*;
July, opened --, closed S1.321s: Sep
TENDER. opened $7.321a. closed $7.35.
Produce: Butter-Extr creamery,
21@2115c per lb; extra dairy. 1Sc; pack
ing stock, 12q121Rc. Egss-Fresh stock,
Choice turkeys. 914@1Oc per ID; chick
ems, 9@1Oc: ducks. 10@11c; geese. TAO
size Potatoes-Fair 10 choice, 35G42c
per blu: Apples--Common tie chioee.
S1.5O94.5O per Dbl. Cranberries-Cape
Cod, $S.OO@s.25 per Dbl; bell and bugle,
$S.50@S.15.
Chicago Live Stock
Chicago. March II.
HogS-Estimated receipts for the
day, u 900: quality good; left over, B.
Ga. aMrket active and feeling firm.
Frices 21ac higher Sales ranged at
S5.O565.50 for pigs. S5.406I5.62* for
light. $5.311a@5.4T1a for rough pack
ing. ST.. 45dJ.621a for mixed, and $3.47
016I5.TO for heavy packing and ship
ping lots, with the bulk of sales at
S-.55CdJ.60
Cattle-Es Estimated receipts for the
clay. 1900; quality fairly good. Mar
ket fairly active. Feeling steady.
Prices without special change. Quota
tons ranged at $5.70d6.25 choice to eX-
ira steers S5.10d5.65 good to choice
do S46505.3O fair to good do, $1,000
4.65 common to medium do. $4,000
40 butchers steers. S4.j0Cd5.6O fed
western steers, S2.70G4.50 stOckers and
feeders, $1.T5d4.40 cows, S.. 6Od4.5O
heifers. S2.506I4.15 bulls and oxen.
S;a,.50CG4.50 stays. S3.15M4.90 Texas
steers. and S4.50@6.50 veal calves.
Sheep and Estimated re-
ceipts for the day, 1000; quality good
Market was fairly active and feeling
firm. Prices without quotable change.
Quotations ranged at $3.25d $50 west
erns, S2.75d4.SO natives, S4.25d5. 80
western lambs,
Local Markets.
Corn-ssa4oc
Oats-25c.
Hay-Timoshy, sOosla; prairie, ss0slo.
Coal-s3 ger ton.
Busser@choice to fair, 1Sc; fresh creamery,
23c
Eggs-20c
Hens &c per pound.
Spring Chickens-6Hc per pound.
Turkeys-7c01Sc.
DuckS-61<c.
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fed steers,
4c95c; COWS and heifers, 3hcG4c; calves,
4c@5c
Sheep-4Isca5c.
Hogs-A- 75d85.25.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13
Grand jury Work.

Joliet. Ills. March Is. - The Will
county grand jury began its March
session Monday. 1t is reported on
good authority that the poOlrOoms op-
Grated at RichtOn. on the Illinois Cen
trail road. by Chicago gamblers will be
investigated. Asked about this States
Attorney w. ID. Heise said: Il do not
care to say anything about the case at
this time or to give out any informa-
ton
Destitute in Her Old Age.
Elmira. y. Y. March 13.-AIrs. ]. a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13

q a. 81 To E z "a.
Be.nth. The Kind You Have Always BOgQh
'''';'''' @HAzzax
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13

arrival tDeparrure. 4Daily, except Sur
SDa1y except Saturday. Al others daily. Te
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-13

81. L. Springfield, Peoria.
Bur. Quln. via Monmouth
Chicago, Sterling, Clinton &
Dubuque ..............
Peoria, Beardstown, Bur
nEgt0n, Denver and west
81. Paul = Minneapolis. 49,.
Sterling, Clinton dubuque
ST. L., KRns O., Denver g.
PSc. coast via Galesburg.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-16
THE CAPTURE OF MISS STONE.
Her Driver. Arrested on suspicion,
Tells the story.


London, oct. 16.-The Times has the
following from it's Vienna correspon-
dent:
1.-THE Sofia correspondent of the Pes
ter Lloyds says that Todaroff. the
driver who accompanied Miss Stone
when she was kidnapped, has been ar
rested on suspicion. He is a Bulgarian
Protestant from a Macedonian village
and his statements are regarded au-
thentic.
"Todaroff asserts that Miss Stone,
accompanied by Zirkhoff and his wife,
by Dimitreff and three women teach
ers, all Bulgarians. was stopped by
brigands Sept. toward 6 o'clock in
the evening in narrow pass in the
road leading from the village of Bank
so to Dinamia in Turkey. The brigands
took Miss Stone and Nine. Zirkoff
away and left men to guard the others.
The guard however, disappeared the
following morning, leaving all
the luggage and horses behind.
Todaroff's attempts to represent
the brigands as Turks, but this
is considered suspicious. The fact
that the brigands left the luggage I'M
touched is held to confirm the belief
that their sole object was to fill the
empty pockets of Macedonian adven-
turers. Todaroff declares that the
closing of the frontier in these districts
is quite illusory as he crossed without
a passport and declares that he did not
meet any guard"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-16
GOOD COFFEE MAKER,
Experience with the Berry.

II have gained twenty-five pounds
since left off coffee and began drink
ing Postum Food Coffee in it's place.
/ had become very thin in flesh and
suffered tortures with heartburn, was
a nervous wreck with headache prac
tically all the time until one dreadful
day when the good doctor told me
must quit drinking coffee, as he had
nothing left to try. to relieve me.
could not drink tea and had tried
everything else, even Postum, but put
1t by at the first trial, because 1t was
tasteless.
Forced to it again, determined to
see if il could not be made palatable
and found at once that when l follow
ed directions and boiled II long enough.
that / not only liked It, but gave IL
to my husband for several days with
out his finding IT out. l have the name
Of making splendid coffee, and we al
ways used the best, but of late / have
given Postum TO guests many times
in place OF coffee and have never been
detected yet.
Our four children have not drank
coffee for three years, and all have
gained health and flesh since using
Postum. one son, who was always
sick, has been greatly benefited by its
use and. as above stated. ! have gain
ed twenty-five pounds since taking up
Postum. ! am healthier to-day than I
have been for years and give Postum
all the credit Please DO not use my
name in public"
This lady lives IN Burlington. Iowa.
and the name VIII be furnished by the
Postum Cereal Co. Ltd, Battle Creek.
Mich, 10 those interested.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-16
ARRANGING FOR PAT GROVE.
But the County Judge Declines to
Make Any Pledge as to Bond.

Omaha, Neb.. Oct 15.-Chief of Po-
lice Donahue is engaged in arrange
ments by which he hopes to be able to
accept the conditions laid down in Pat
Groves letter for the latters surren-
der He has most of them completed
his request for the withdrawal of the
$4,000 reward offered by the city be-
ing complied with by the City Council
tonight.
Judge vonSonhaler of the County
Court, before whom Grove must ap-
pear. however refuses to bind him
self to the provision of putting the al
legged kidnaper under a $500 bond.
Speaking on the matter to-day Judge
vonSonhaler explained his position as
follows:
"If Pat Grove appears before me /
shall treat him in the matter of bonds,
and in every other way. just as / should
treat any other criminal. l certainly
shall not bind myself in advance to fix
his bond at any certain amount. or
course If he comes and surrenders him
self voluntarily that will be a circum-
stance that Will be taken into consid-
Grafton in the fixing of the bond"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-16
MISS ELIZABETH GAME.

eight months from suppressed mem
situation, and it effected my entire
system until l became weak and debil-
itated, and at times felt that 1 had a
hundred aches in as many places.
only used the Compound for few
weeks, but it wrought change in me
which / felt from the very beginning.
1 have been very regular since, have no
pains, and find that my entire body is
as if it was renewed. I gladly recon-
mend Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to everybody. y
Miss ELIZABETH GAME, 60 w. Division
ST., Fond du Lac, Wis.-S5ooo forfeit il
above testimonial is not genuine.
At such a time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydia e. Pinl1ham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t prepares
the young system for the coming
change, and is the surest reliance for
woman's ills of every nature.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all
young women who are ill to
write her for free advice. Ad-
dress Lynn, Mass.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-16
NEW REQUISITE FOR OFFICE.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WANTS
ONLY CLEAN MEN.

His Record shows Him to be n Fear-
less Believer in the Merit system.
II He Attemps TO Carry This Policy
Into the Public Service, as He
Seems Disposed 10 Do, the Repub-
Iican Warwicks Will Give Him n
Hard Time.
Washington. Oct. 15.--If President
Roosevelt intends to throw a search
light upon the moral as we'll as the
political standing Of every applicant
for Federal office appearing before
him, there may be some interesting, il
not sensational, disclosures before his
administration is over. President
Roosevelt is an honest and fearless be-
lever in the merit system in dealing
with public offices. His record is I'M
broken on that line. 1t was demonstra-
ted when he was a member of the Civil
Service Commission, as commissioner
of police in New York city, later as
assistant secretary of the navy and
afterward as Governor of the great
state of New York. AS President OF
the United States, he is equally firm
in his determination to sanction. only
the appointment of clean" men to the
public service. AS Civil Service COM
missioner, he learned to inquire into
the mental capacity of public officials.
AS police commissioner of New York,
his experience taught him something
of the moral nature of certain persons.
AS Governor of New York he had ala
opportunity to realize that even the
smoothest political bosses will some
times resort to rough house methods"
to pull off political trick.
If he can establish such a policy and
maintain il the public service will be
vastly benefited. but the professional
politicians will resort to the limit OF
their craft in their efforts TO deceive
him. He is astute enough to know
that some of the leaders Of the Repub-
lican organization had no idea a few
months ago that he would be Presi-
dent. Even some of those who forced
him into the vice presidency imagined
they were side-tracking him in the flu
ture. He is not ignorant of the con-
ditions confronting him, but he has
confidence in his courage and ability
to meet the demands of the occasion
with the same fearlessness that has
ever characterized his public utter
ances and public acts.
It sends a cold shiver down the
backs of the political camp followers
and bummers. who ponder over the
thought that the President may send
out an agent of the secret service to
investigate the moral status of every
applicant for a federal office. Those
who have had an opportunity to dis
cuss the subject of patronage with the
President are convinced that he is sin
cere in his declaration that applicants
for office must be morally, as well as
mentally and physically qualified for
the positions aspired to.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-16
NEW FLORIDA CORPORATIONS.
Marriages of Two Tai
Iahasaenns Announced.

Tallahassee, Fla. Oct. 15.-Gov
Jennings has signed articles for the
incorporation of the following new
companies in Florida:
The South Florida Oil and Mineral
Company, with a capital of $4,000, to
bore, drill and mine for oil, gas and
other mineral substances. The incor-
porators are A. F. Dewey. c. C. DAVIS
and w. w. Clark. The Florida Truck
and Produce Comply, of Jacksonville,
with $4,000 capital, to conduct a gen.
eral fish and produce business. Hilton
Meekin, S. Q. Chase and w. H. Adams
are named as the incorporators. The
Dean Publishing Company of West
Palm Beach, with capital of
SIS, 900 to do general printing
and publishing business. George w.
Potter, G.. G.. Currie and s. Bobo
Dean are the stockholders. The Fin
laysen Mercantile Company of Laurel
Hill. with $4,000 capital, to buy and sell
lumber and timber. The incorporators
are S. M. Cross. w. F. Jones and D.
T. Finlayson.
Cards have been issued announcing
the approaching marriage of two pop
ular young business men of Tallahas-
see, Capt. Louis NJ Lively, to Miss
Francis Stephen Scott of Quincy.
daughter of Dr.. and Mrs. John Hayne
Scott, on Oct. 49, and Mr.. Victor
Franklin Ballroom and Miss Elizabeth
Thomas Of Macon, Ga, on Nov. IA.
John Thompson Blanchard, for the
past two years a local reporter on the
Waycross Journal. has arrived here to
accept a similar position with the Tall
lahaSSeean.