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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
"Bridgev Carried to Excess.

That it is easier to start n habit than
TO break it off n number of good, con-
scientious women who started bridge
whist in their dressing rooms a sum-
mer ago are finding out to their cost.
1t is one thing to play a fashionable
game occasionally for the sake of
amusement. but it is quite another
when it absorbs a community, as it is
doing this season, and interferes with
every healthful exercise of mind and
body. 1t is a lamentable fact that
young men and women by the dozen
are spending their summer afternoons
ut the card tables when they ought 20
be in the open air passing their time in
healthful recreation and that many of
the older members OF the community
are too much fascinated themselves by
the game 10 make stand against what
is really a serious menace to both ath-
letic and intellectual interests. - New
York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
House Plants For Winter.

The best time to get decorative plants
to be grown indoors during the winter
Is early in September. At that season
artificial heat and high, moist tempera-
ture have been dispensed with. and
plants are growing more naturally than
ut any other time in the year. There
are but few which one can expect to
grow well in the house in winter. The
aspidistra is a plant which cannot he
killed by ordinary neglect. Give 1t all
the water il needs, an occasional
application of fertilizer and n rea-
sonable amount OF light. The agave
Is a stately plant. and n we'll grown
specimen always attracts attention. For
the hall il will be found quite as orna-
mental as n palm. Because of the
semisucculent nature of the foliage it
will not require much water except
when il is growing. Asparagus
sprengeeri is another plant which
grows as well for the veriest amateur
rs 1t does for the owner of a green
house. Plant 1t in a soil of rich loan
and give it a liberal allowance of wa
ter when it needs it, a shady place to
grow in and n frequent shower bath.
Begonias are not often classed among
the very robust plants, but there Is
one variety which 1 have found sure
to grow well under difficulties. This
variety is 3. argentea guttata. Give it
n soil of sandy loan. we'll drained. Be
careful not to overwater, but shower it
frequently.-Eben L. Rexford in La
dies Home Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
The Antique Craze.

Here is a hint for collectors of an
tique furniture and the like who look
to France as a source of their supply.
A suit was recently brought by a wom-
an i'm one of the Paris courts to recov-
err from n dealer in antiques $400 paid
for pair of candlesticks which had
been described in the catalogue and on
the bills as Louis Seize" After she
had bought the candlesticks she sub
mitted them TO a conuOisseur, who,
without hesitation. said that they had
been made between 1890 and the pres
ent day. Much alarmed, the purchaser
took her candlesticks to an expert, and
he pronounced the same Judgment,
whereupon she brought suit.
The court decided against her on
the ground that the term Louis Seize"
should be held legally to signify not
that the object to which it is applied
by the dealer is an authentic work
turned out during the reign OF Louis
XVI, but merely Lhst the article in
question is ''in the t,yle of that pc
Rod" The report of the case does
not tell whether the $500 paid for the
candlesticks was a fair valuation of
their intrinsic worth, but If it was not
1t looks as if the French law had open
ed n clear path for the dealers in IAN
tiques" to make n harvest at the ex-
pense of greenhorn collectors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11

Ssst become self supporting, and. not
Ing the craze for all things southern,
she began some four or five years ago,
while still a mere chit of a girl, to
manufacture rag dolls, and. painting
their faces black. she sewed knitted
hair on their heads. tied a graceful
bandanna turban and then robed them
In the old time guinea blue dress, with
white apron and white handkerchief
Then Miss WitherspOOn timidly sent
some of her work TO the big Canal
street stores. She met with immediate
success. Her black "mammies' sold
out in one day. She got more orders,
and so her trade grew until she opened
a regular mandatory. Now she is
supplying the biggest firms in the north
and east. the Maud Witherspoon Rag
Doll Manufacturing company being
known far and wide.-New Orleans
Plcayune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
boat is the R. W. Potter of whItehall,

boat is the R. w. Potter of Whitehall,
NY.
Mrs. Stanton is a woman of about 80.
Her husband died about five years ago,
and she then took charge OF the boat.
While she was preparing to discharge
the boats cargo of lumber last week a
couple of longshoremen went up to her
and said that they would do the job for
40 cents per 1000 feet. She replied
that they wanted too much and that
she would take charge of unloading it
herself. She sent her daughter down
into the hold of the boat to pass the
lumber up to her son, who was on the
wharf, and he handed it to the hired
man, who did the piling. 1t did not
take long to finish the job. Mrs. STAN
ton stood on the deck of the boat CIV
ing orders.
Mrs. Stanton afterward said that it
was impossible for her to pay 40 cents
per 1000 feet for unloading, as she
only receives 80 cents per 1000 for
transporting, and after the towing and
dock expenses were paid she would
have very little left for herself This
is the first time that she and her boat
have been in the neighborhood of New
York city, as she has been carrying on
other work in the canals and streams
up near her home.-New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
Needed In Her Business.

Wells are not worn exclusively as hat
trimmings. They have a more useful
purpose.
"Will you show me your black veil
ing. please; something heavy enough to
hide these blotchesP'
1t was n business woman who thus
addressed the clerk at the yelling coun-
ter at one of our large Main street
stores the other day. The obliging clerk
delved down into pile of veilings and
brought forth a heavy chiffon, which
the customer held before her face as
she looked into the mirror to ascertain
If the unsightly spots were hidden from
view.
She drew a sigh and said:
mo; it is not thick enough. may as
well confess that have been In search
of beauty by cleansing my blood. and
my physician assured me the other day
that II took his tablets that / would
soon have a perfect complexion. OF
course he admitted that l would have
one or two pimples on the face, BIT
that they would not amount to much.
'Just look at mel 1 must find some
thing that will hide these blotches. for
no matter how distigured is my face
could not neglect my business"
While she was confiding this TO the
clerk both had been busy in trying one
veil after another, and the afflicted wo-
man finally decided TO buy n heavy
mourning veil and wear it reversed,
with the hemmed end draped graceful
~ above the brim OF her hat.-Buffalo
Express.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
Picture H~aEing as n Profession.

Picture Hanging as n Profession.
In The Moman's Home Companion
Miss PentIand tells about her unique
profession.
"My work is not a usual one" said
Miss Josephine Portland. II hang pic
lures for n living and not only make
money, but am fond of my work.
Il never consider a job for less than
$40 and oftener get ten times ten. There
are very few persons who understand
the proper hanging of pictures, and I'M
less they have lot of money and can
employ a professional picture hanger
they attempt TO do it themselves and
in nine cases out of ten make n bOtch
of the job. So it is to these people Of
moderate means that l address myself.
Many of them know n good picture
when they see it and during their wan
behring's p. D.; them up and when they
are properly hung have a collection
that shows we'll.
There are now two other women en-
gagged in this work in New York, and
am told they both make good incomes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
WOMAN's WORLD.
WILL MARRY AGAIN, BUT LIKES THE
NAME OF BLACKBURN.

Americas Oldest Married Woman.
Needed In Her Business-She's Cap
tain of a CanaIboat-The Antique
Crazc-HOuse Plants For Winter.
Mrs. Mary Z. Blackburn, whose en-.
gagement to Senator Joe Blackburn OF
Kentucky is announced and whose wed.
ding will take place quietly in Wash
ington In the near future, is the widow
of Judge II. II. Blackburn of Martins.
burg. w. Va Judge Blackburn was the
law partner of Ward II. Lamon. Presi
dent Lincoln's old associate and friend,
and during his lifetime Mrs. Blackburn
was one of the leaders of social life In
the old state Before marriage she was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
Miss Kemp-we1ch's Spirited Picture.

One of the most successful pictures
shown in this years Royal academy
was painted by young woman, Lucy
Kemp-Welch. 1t has been purchased
by the trustees of the Chantrey be-
quest. The subject is Lord Dundon-
AIDS Dash on Ladysmith,' and it is
said to be wonderfully truthful in it's
presentation of detail. Lord Dundonald
was greatly interested in its progress
and gave the artist much assistance in
regard to the portraits and other de
tails. Miss Kemp WEIGH lives in the
little town of Bushey and works in a
glass studio in order to get her outdoor
effects without undue exposure to the
weather. As its floor is the fresh green
grass she brings the horses she wishes
to paint within the glass walls and
studies them at her leisure in sun or
rain. Horses are her faYorite subject
She began her work by illustrating her
fathers books on entomology.-Chica
Record-Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
she. captain of a canaIboat.

A canalboat which was tied up at
one OF the piers In Newtown creek last
week attracted a good deal of atten-
ton. The reason was that the captain
was woman She Is Mrs. Sarah
Stanton. and her daughter. her SON and
hired man make up her crew. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
sn1tnn Bar. Education.

1 Abdul Hamid, sultan of Turkey,
wants no educated women among his
wives, and stringent rules have been
made by him to prevent the possibility
of the emancipation of Turkish women.
These measures, which. according to a
CoIstantinople newspaper, will bring
tears of thankfulness to the eyes of all
good Mussulmans who wish to educate
their children according to the holy
laws of Mohammedanism," are that no
Turkish children shall be allowed to
attend foreign schools. that no house
hold shall employ foreign governesses
or teachers and that no Turkish woman
shall be seen in public with Christian
companions.
Turkish women are forbidden to row
in boats or to remain in boats after
dark. Girls are forbidden to wear sun
bonnets or other headdress and must
return to the small turbanlike cap.
Special inspectors are being appoint
ed to see If any foreign governesses are
still in the harems.
When it was announced that the Ber
lin university had granted the degree
of doctor OF oriental learning to n
young female Turkish student, people
began to think that it was an augury
of brighter lot for the Turkish wom-
an. 1t turns out. however. that the
clever young woman is Mary Williams
Montgomery. % years old, who was
born in Turkey of American parentage.
Maud Witherspoon. Rag Doll Maker.
Miss Maud Witherspoon. a gentle,
fragile girl, thrown upon her own re-
sources, has turned to account her Won
derful gift Of making rag dolls and col
oring them so as to represent the old
time southern black nanny" Miss
Witherspoon used to make these dolls
merely for her own amusement as a
child. when she and other little girls OF
the French quarter played dolls togeth-
er. With the death OF her father and
with an Invalid mother to care for she
bethought herself OF how she could
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
Latest Thing In Roses.

The fine show of roses in the Temple
gardens, which Queen Alexandra re-
Gently visited. though it contains many
specimens. lacked one variety, says the
London Mail.
This was quite the newest thing in
roses, which is or was to be seen at
Mazda Vale.
From the mathematical center of a
beautiful bloom sprang another bud
which was just beginning to open its
petals. Unfortunately this singular hor-
ticultural freak was cut and placed in
water before the second bud had fully
developed. or the unusual sight of two
roses in full bloom, one growing out of
the heart of the other, might have been
observed. As it is, however, the sight
was perhaps sufficiently singular,
writes a correspondent to be worthy of
mention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
AS SAFE As
GOVERNMENT BONDS
We Desire to Call Attention to the
Fact that We have Con-
stantly on Hand
First Mortgage Loans

In sums of 5000 and upwards, on
running five years.
The following is partial list of
completed First Mortgage loans on
subject to previous selections. These
loans have been carefully selected,
and are first-class in every respect.
They are and 81 per cent net to the
investor. We have other loans to
offer il these are not in amounts to
suit the investor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
America.. Oldest Married Woman.

AmericA's Oldest Married Woman.
Near Laporte. Ind. lives a woman
who is believed to be the oldest married
person in America. She has lived in
three centuries. She is Mrs. Ferdinand
Reese, aged 107 years. Her husband is
"a years younger, being So years old.
There is nothing predetermined about
the age of Mrs. Reese. She has docu-
ments in her possession which the par
ish priest has carefully examined and
pronounced genuine and which sub
stantiate everything she has said of
herself. She was born in NolgravitZ,
Poland, in 1874. Her parents were OF
the poorest class, and as soon as she
was 4 years old she was sent into the
forests to pick up bark for the charcoal
burners. Her maiden name was Maria
Pavleschinsky. When the French in
vaded VolgravitZ, the Inhabitants fed.
Mrs. Reese. then a young woman, re-
manned behind in the town. trying to
save some OF the wretched belongings
of her family from pillage. The French
soldiers had entered the place before
she could get out, and one of her neigh
bors pointed out to her stocky little
man on horseback as the emperor of
the TeuCD.
When n young woman, she married
Conrad Chappon. They had three chill
dren, two OF whom died in Poland,
while the third died at Dunkirk. n. Y.
Upon the death of her first husband
she married Andrew Katschisky. In
1870. then nearly an octogenarian, hav-
ing been left a widow for the second
time. she came to America, locating
near Dunkirk. where she met and was
married to Ferdinand Reese on July 3.
1876. Two years later the couple mi
grated to Laporte county, Ind, where
her husband owns a ten acre tract in
Hudson township.
Both of these old people attribute
their great age to the simplicity of
their habits. They eat two meals n day,
each meal consisting chiefly Of corn
bread and coffee,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11

The Duchess of Albany, whose en-
gagement to Lord Rosebery has been
repeatedly rumored and as often de-
MED, Is 40 years old. Just II years
younger than Lord Rosebery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11

Mrs. Morris NJ. Freeman of Blacks
burg, S. c., chairman of the village i'm
provement. horticultural and forestry
department of the South Carolina fed
Grafton, advises clubwomen to begin
the work of Improvement by carefully
looking after the conditions of their
own homes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11

Miss Margaret ]. Stewart, who To-
the past three years has been cit.
missionary in Philadelphia, has gon,
70 Tacoma to be city missionary unde
She direction OF the United Presbyte
rian church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11
Fair Cash Vain

The securities we oner are especially
adapted for the investment of trust funds,
ami the inYt stment OF savings as our personal
attention 10 all details of the loan. from It's
date to It's maturity, relieves the Investor
from all annoyance, except to present his
cocpOn TO Us for collection. For further in
fog nAtion call at the once of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11

The Woman's club of Salem, Mass,
through its philanthropy committee,
has provided n bathhouse for women
near Salem Willows, where bathing
suits and towels and fresh water
bath are offered free of charge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-11

For some time past the sale of per-
fumes has fallen off, but at last the
ban has been lifted. 1t is once more the
correct thing for milady to leave be-
hind just the faintest breath of some
delicate essence.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-28
CHEERING.

Among the people who rcvel in
the lugubrious things Of this world
and mourn with exceeding pleasure
may safely be counted Mrs. Hankey,
character in "The Farringdons."
Mrs. Hankey is telling about the
recent wedding Of her niece Susan
and prophesying the probable end
of the bridegroom with considerable
JUNCTION.
GLOW is your sister herself?" in
quired Mrs. Bateson. 81 expect she's
bit upset now that the fuss is all
over and she hasn't a daughter left
to bless herself with"
Mrs. Hankey sighed cheerfully;
"Well, she did seem rather low spir-
tied when all the mess was cleared
up and Susan had gone of to her
own home, but | says to her: Never
mind, Sarah, and don't worry your
self. Now that the weddings are
over the funerals will soon begin
You see, you must cheer folks up a
bit, Mrs. Bateson, when they're feel
ing out of sorts"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-28

The butterfly invariably goes to
sleep head downward. 1t folds and
contracts its wings to the utmost.
The effect is to reduce its size and
shape to narrow ridge, hardly dis
tinguishable in shape and color
from the seed heads on thousands Of
stems around. The butterfly also
sleeps on the top of the stem. In
the morning, when the sunbeams
warm them, all these gray pied
sleepers on the grass tops open their
wings, and the colorless bonnets are
starred with thousand living flow
ers of purest azure,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-28

be dead-strangred BY that mad
mans fingers - stranglcd, stran-
gledw
! repeated that awful word,
scarce knowing what | said. The
blood was rushing wildly in my
head. / began to reel, clutching des-
perately at the air, and then, of
sudden, strange, half remembered
sound rippled through the room--a
sound terrible to listen to at first,
yet giving me in the end an inkling
of the truth.
1t was the sound of hand clap
ping in applause. They thought /
was actingl
| stormcd and ravod and shriql:od
as surely no actress could OF would.
/ entreated and implored and strug-
gled the while with the feeling of
faintness and numbness. that was
stealing over me.
And then at length, seeing thst
my efforts to make them under
stand were utterly useless, ! sud-
denly stopped and summoned up a
smile as | listened to their applause
and congratulations.
Somehow or other | induced
them to follow me from the room,
telling them that l had something
to show them in the east wing-a
further entertainment, which my
/ husband and had prepared. Their
curiosity was whetted, and they con-
sented to dawdle along behind me,
laughing and chattering the while.
Only when they heard that last
despairing cry of Felix did Fleet
wood and one or two of tie other
men begin to gain a glimmer Of the
truth. 1t was with ever increasing
alarm that they hurried forward
and tried to force the library door.
and finally, using the oak table as a
ram, burst it open.
All of which | recollect as some
thing that happened when was in
a semitrancc. ] have a vague mem
ory of looking into the room and
seeing several persons there and a
struggle going on. ! can recall the
sight of Felix running out, pale and
limping, but smiling, and of his
holding out his arms to me. ! went
to meet him, and them awooned.
Answers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-28
SYMPATHETIC ORGANS.

Nature often shows her kind
helpfulness by bringing healthy or
gans to the relief of diseased ones.
If one kidney loses its functional
power, the other will enlarge and do
the work of both. If both are me
or less affected, the vessels of t.
skin may come to their aid al
pour out on the surface what wou
otherwise cause fatal blood poiso;
ing. On the other hand, when IT,
pores are stopped by chill the kic
neys come to the rescue and do
large part of the skins work. Tht
explains why it is SO dangerous for
the sufferer from diseased kidneys
to take cold.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-28
CoLpEsr SPOT ON EARTH.

There are no points in Europe
where the cold records of America
are eclipsed, but in Asia our lowest
records are thrown completely in
the shade. Siberia has the coldest
weather known anywhere in the
world. At Werchojansk, Siberia.
90.4 degrees below zero was observ-
ed in January, 1888, which gets
away below anything ever known in
the world before or since. At that
point the average temperature for
January is nearly 81 degrees below
This town is situated at an eleva-
ton of $50 feet above the level of
the sea, and during the entire win
ter the weather is nearly always
calm and clear. Perhaps the major
ity of people suppose that the cold
est weather in the world is at the
north pole, but reliable observation
made by explorers disproves this
theory completely.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-03-28
DEATH IN HOTELS.
Peculiar View of the Subject
Taken by PrOprietOrs.

81 had an experience in a New
York hotel which struck me at the
time as being rather odd and
brought wildly to my mind the
homelessness Of hotel life" said a
hotel boarder to a friend who had
him at his home for dinner. "a
friend of mine died in the hotel
where we both had rooms. The first
thing | thought of was a bit Of
Grape or some other emblem Of
mourning for his door. SO l went
to the clerk and asked him if they
had any mourning emblems in the
house.
Gle looked at me in amazement
and said he had been in the hotel
business for 20 years and never had
that question asked him before.
Then | asked him if there would be
any objection to my buying some
thing of the kind and putting it on
my dead friends door.
"'Certainly there would he re-
piled. Tt would never do. 1t would
alarm the other boarders; might as
well stick a scarlet fever sign on
the door. And he added in a pecul-
lar manner, please do not have your
friends funeral from the hotel if
you can help it,
why not| | asked.
"I don't know he answered.
but somehow guests don't expect
people to die in a hotel. OF course
they do die, but it is usually unex-
pected.'
81 reckon he was right. l don't
know why anybody should want to
die deliberately in a hotel"