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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16
Sure signs Of Age.

The writer Of FEMININE News and
Views" gives these sure signs OF old age in
woman: /. When letters to girl friends ara
mostly addressed Mrs" 2 When she be.
gins to care great deal about the supper at
an entertainment. 3. When she feels sud.
den interest in church and charity work. I.
When she is attractive to very young men.
5. When she realizes the folly of dressing in
sober colors. 6. When she compares the
new way of wearing the hair with that when
she first put hers up. z. When-moss fatal
Of aa-the gravity Of youth gradually gives
way to incipient kittenishness.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16
Avoiding the Rush.

Ayoi6lng the Rush.
Po.itician-Tell me the best way TO get out
Of politics. -.
Friend-Turn prohibitionist.
ooh, that's too sudden; want to get out
Hadually."- Smart Set.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16

Prudence is the knowledge Of things to b,
sought and to be avoided.lCicero.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16

from :ahor. heath, from health content
Aent sp-irgs.-Bealtie.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16

The next generation il . waiting race
Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16

An astronomer reports that his business q
looking up.--Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16

Youth Is 4 manuscript without the blue
pencil marks.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16
DIX Millis. . Year.

Did you ever stop to consider what mil
lion means? Multiply this six times and it
shows you how popular Cascarets are and
what great merit they possess For, last
year over six million boxes Of this wonder
full medicine for liver and bowels were sold
in this country alone. The American people
know . good thing. The sales of Cascarets
bowels, the price right Toe, 25c and Soc a
box, and Soc box 10 a whole months treat
ment for the worst kind of case. 1t is q
pleasure to sadveEtises medicine like this
q well a to endorse the makers and ask
readers to buy it,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-03-16

Not Thae Dr. Knre -sT fear, Dir, that
you have been living too high Jaundice-
It can't be that, ttctor; you know we've
moved out Of that eight-story fiat."-Ohio
Efafe .Tournal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08

Neenah. Wis. July S.-Arthur Zach.
a 14-year-Old son of l.. Zach. a CON
ductOr on the Wisconsin Central rail
way. is dead as the result of Il prac-
teal joke perpetrated on him week
ago. Young Zach was in bathing in
Little Lake Butte DIES Morris, in COM
pany with some other boys. when Il
Zig boy "ducked" him and kept his
head under water so long that Zach
swallowed considerable water con
tanning green, poisonous seeds from
swamp grass. Zach was taken sick
at once and doctors have been ut work
on him the past week in hopes of
bringing him out of danger. but it was
impossible
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
OUTING OF is DAYS
FOR NAVAL RESERVES

Rock Island tsrs have Il prospect of
an outing of 16 days. instead of eight,
on the training ship Dorothea. Col.
w. ID. Wiman, commanding the I'd
ships crew, has proposed that instead
of each division serving a week on
shipboard according to the schedule
arranged by Adjt. Gen. Reece. the
tars remain in training for the two
consecutive weeks allotted two divi-
sions.
This would permit of a cruise on
the lake and would not be in violation
of the adjutant generals order
The Chicago divisions have already
adopted the plan. and Rock Island
and Moline will probably 60 to-
gether.
The men will receive pay for eight
days only. sS ordered, but will secure
an outing of l6 days at the states
expense. This plan meets with gen.
eral favor among the tars, for the
outings always furnish food for
plenty of pleasant "reminiscences for a
year to come.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
The Toothnick Habit.

"J'd like to know what my custom
ers do with all the toothpicks they car
ry away" remarked a restaurant pro-
prietor the other day. Few men take
single toothpick. Most of them take
half dozen and many a whole hand
full, and when they come in here again
for the next meal they take as many
over again. They don't need them. It's
all due to the toothpick chewing habit,
which seems to be growing. There
isn't anything particularly pleasant
about chewing a wooden toothpick. and
it may be injurious if a piece of the
wood lodges in the throat or gets down
into the stomach, as it is very apt to.
But the toothpick chewing habit is be-
coming rival to the gum and tobacco
habits. The only reason can give for
it is that the toothpicks are free and
gum and tobacco are not."-New York
Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
TIMING YOUR TRAIN.
Ways In which TO Learn How Fast
You Are TRAVELLING

There has been some picturesque
fiction written about the ease with
which railroad men and drummers are
supposed TO tick off the IN les as the
train speeds along from things they
can see from the car windows" said a
railroad conductor to a reporter
There is only one strictly accurate
way, and that is to seat yourself on the
side of the train from which may be
observed the white mile posts that line
the road and hold your watch on them.
If you have a split seconG watch. it
will prove interesting TO note that
while you made one mile in GO seconds
the next was covered i'm So and the
third in 30 seconds and so on, as the
speed of the train increases or slack
ems. You may also follow around the
little second hand on al ordinary
watch. 1t kills time.
Some pretend TO say that they can
tell the speed of the train oy counting
the telegraph poles. If there were an
exact number OF telegraph poles to ev-
cry mile, this might be done by little
figuring, but there is Il difference The
number of telegraph poles TO n mile
vary from So to 40. depending upon the
straight stretches and the curves in the
track, the latter having more poles
than the former. So, you see, it is not
as easy as the drummer would have
the other passengers believe
''If the poles are planted SO to the
mile, they are 160 feet apart, and every
IL passed represents n third of n mile.
If placed 40 TO n mile, they are 132 feet
apart, and every 90 represents half
mile.
"These are easy figures TO remember,
and by applying them on n journey Il
passenger may obtain an idea more or
less accurate OF the speed Of the train.
Another way is to attempt to count
the clicks of the wheels of the truck of
your car as they pass over the rails
where Joined. The rails of the roads as
placed today are too evenly Joined to
arrive at an exact determination by
this method. because if You miss two or
three joints your calculations are
thrown out as to accuracy.
However, there are railroad men
who cannot tell you the number of rails
TO the mile of their own roads, and
rails vary in length. the average being
80 feet, some SO feet and some 60 feet.
At 80 feet there are 1TG rails to the
mile. and If you can count 176 consecu-
tive clinks IS your train flies along you
may determine its speed and not other
wise. "-Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Bank Robl,er, EoIIed.

Kansas City, July S.-A special from
SJroude. O. T.. says: An unsuccessful
attempt was made about half past >
o'clock in the morning by three
T,asked men TO rob the Stroud State
bank. The robbers entered the room
adjoining the bank where Amos Seat
on. assistant cashier. and Earl Heath
were asleep. The young men were
awakened and bound hand and foot
and told that if they made any noise
they would he shot 10y the fellow who
stood over hem with gun. The rob
hers then injected nitro glycerine into
the safe three times and the explosions
almost totally destroyed the safe. but
they failed 10 get the money in the
NalIIt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
And the Librarian Could Not Answer
One of Them.

u
One day two well dressed young wo-
men approached the desk of the read
ing room of a big library. One of them
took n memorandum from her pocket
book.
Can you tell me how many yards
oh, that's the wrong listr' she said,
hastily bringing forth another slip of
paper. Here it is. VIII you please
tell me who is Rudyard KiplinG's IA
vOrite author:"
Il am unable to tell you. never hav-
ing heard that he had one," admitted
one of the librarians.
Dear mer' said the young woman
irritably. 1T is one of the questions
for our next club meeting. Well. which
one of Thackeray's books brought him
the most income?"
THAT you can probably find out by
consulting n book, the nmber of which
1 will give you" said the official.
"Oh. 1 can't stop to look it upT' she
said hurriedly. Il thought you could
tell me at once. Well, there's one more
thing. Bessie Cummock, my cousin in
Manchester, had a splendid book when
/ was there last year for anecdotes of
famous people. l can't remember the
name of it or who wrote it, but it was
about so big"-illustratinG with one fin
ger on the de sk-"and it has a dark
green cover. Now, can you tell me
what it is? Some day when l have
time L would like to get it out. or
course you must have it in the libra
ry?"
For the third time the official was
obliged to confess his inability to give
her direct information. She looked at
him with a piercing gaze and turned
away. saying .audibly TO her compan-
ion:
The e, that just shows what all this
talk about their being examined for
positions in libraries amounts tol Three
perfectly simple questions, all on liter
airy subjects. and he couldn't answer
one of themP-Savlngs Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Khsumatl.m Cursa In "a Hour..

L. j. Blackmore, of Halter & Black
more, Pittsburg, Pa, says: "A short
time since l procured bottle of Mys-
tic Cure. 1t got me out of the house
in "a hours. 1 took to my bed with
rheumatism nine months ago and the
Mystic Cure is the only medicine that
did me any good. had five of the
best physicians in the city, but re-
ceiyed very little relief from them.
know the Mystic Cure to be what it
is represented and take pleasure in
recommending it to other poor suf-
ferrers." Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island and Gus
Schlegel & Son, 220 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
use ALIENS Foot Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Your feet feel swollen, ner-
vous and hot, and get tired easily.
II you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot. Ease. 1t cools
the feet and makes walking easy.
Cures swollen, sweating feet, ingrow-
ing nails. blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try it
today. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores for q cents. Trial pack
age free. Address Allen S. Olmsedt
lie Roy, n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
s.wmin Blown Up with Dynamite.

of Seth Radcliffe ut RuSSiaville was
destroyed by dynamite. Radcliffe was
the chief witness in Il RuSSiaville sd
loon fight. and the destruction of his
property is laid ut the door of the
friends of the Saloonkeeper. John Il.
Mason. who is in jail here for viola
tion of the revenue laws. Sensational
ARRESTS may follow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Wash Goods.

so pieces Scotch and
Lakewood Corded Lawns,
regular &c and 7lc yard.
ais sale. .... 49,. 33c
Is pieces Fiorentine Bl-
tiste. new patterns, reg
ular Zoe yard. this sale. &c
so pieces Bijou Fancy
Stripes and zephyr cord
ed Lawns, regular 124c
yard, this sale. ........ SIC
AZ pieces RajIh Batiste, new
styles and colors, reg ulsr
15e yard, this sale .124e
1900 yards SO iuch Per-
Gales, shirt and shirt
waist lengths, regular
123c yard, this sale. &c
1. 500 yards 36-inch Hamil-
ton Percales. dark colors,
regular 123c yard, now. &c
so pieces striped and checked
Madras Ginghams for ladies'
and children's shirt waists
regular 12!c and 15c
yard. this sale. &c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Neal Denis. the Story. Too.

Indianapolis. July SECRETARY OF
State Hunt. Indiana supreme repre-
sentative to the supreme lodge,
knights of PythiaS, has received a
telegram from President Neal. of the
endowment rank. stating that he had
made no affidavit that former man
ager of the rank had paid an Illinois
insurance commissioner $4,000 for L
good report on the condition of the
rank
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Bomb Thrower at Denver.

Denver. July S.-A bomb or huge
torpedo thrown into the yard at 2021
Curtis street killed Esther Oliver )
years old. who was sitting on the
porch. The child'S lower Jaw was ell
tirely torn away and she lived bur 80
IlinuteS after the explosion occurred
She is the daughter OF NJ. o. Oliver. Il
surveyor. The man who threw the
hnmh PStlnpd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Chinese Era

The Chinese era begins B. c. 2697.
with the accession OF the Emperor Yao.
Chinese dividing the year into 365 days
with an extra day every fourth year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Charge Against a Mexican Priest.

City of Mexico, July S-Antonio
IcaZa. Il parish priest. of Santa Cara
rina Maruier, one of the wealthy con
sregatiOnS OfthiS city. is accused of
marrying a former mistress to one OF
the YOUNG deXoteeS of his church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve should
be promptly applied to cuts, burns
and scalds. 1t soothes and quickly
heals the injured part. There are
worthless counterfeits. Be sure to
get DeWitt's. B. II. Bieber and
Hartz & Whenever.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08

Great tonic, braces body and brain,
drives away all impurities from your
system. Makes you well. Keeps
you well. Rocky Mountain Tea, 35
cents. I. II. Thomas drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08

A beacon light to the sick and
afflicted. life encourager. Take
counsel with yourself today and use
Rocky Mountain Tea tomorrow.
Peace and comfort follow it's use. T.
II. Thomas drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Dress Goods and LioiDgs

Best quality Black Pebble Chew
lot. regular S9c yard,
this sale ........ 65c
g pieces 81 inch Suitings. all
colors, for walking skirts,
regular 791 yard, this
sale. o9c
10 pieces AZ inch black figured
Dress Goods, regular soc
and SOC yard, this sale. 35c
so pieces 36-inch Skirt Lin
ings, sill colors. regular
15c and 1Sc yard, this
sale SIC
so pieces 36-inch Waist Lin
ings, all colors, regular
1919 yard, this sale. go. SIC
Notions
1000 gross Hooks and Eyes,
this sale, cards. 80. 1c
100 gross Cabinet Hair Pins,
this Gale, each. ...... SIC
20 boxes finishing braids 24c :
2 spools Brooks best 6-cord
spool Cotton. ... .. sc
100 great gross pearl buttons
dozen. ...... 2,
- boxes Silkrochey Cottons, all
colors. spO H.. &c .
p gross Brush BindiogS yard. now 30
80 gross ladies' AID chiidren's
Hose Supporters, this sale...... 7isc Z
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08

Don't wait until your friends are
dead to give them fowers.-Atchison
Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08

When you can get a hearse at bar
gain, drive the bargain. Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Linens and ToweH0gs.

25 pieces unbleached Cot
ton Toweling, regular &c
yard, this sale... 49,. So
25 pieces bleached Cotton Tow
cling, regular &c yard,
this sale. .......... 80. SIC
50 pieces all linen Crash.
regular &c yard, this sale SIC
10 pieces 60-inch Red Table
Damask, good colors)
regular 29c yard, now. Isle
z pieces half bieached Table
Linen, good Patterns)
regular 29c yard, now. BIC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
snuned ont.

Friend-What became of your poem
called Light, Beautiful Light?"
Poet (sadly)-The editor turned it
down.-Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Dress Skirts

% black figured Dress
Skirts, this sale ..- 75c
% Dress Skirts, plain and
figured, regular 81 IS and
So %. this sale. ...$1-75
1 lot linen Dress Skirts,
choice. -. ...... CSC
Hot white pique and duck
Skirts, choice, this sale 81. 25
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Clearance Sale of Shoes.
Dry Goods Department.
DOmeSfiCS

2 bales heavy SO inch I'm
bleached Sheeting. regu-
lar Sc yard. this sale. &c
bale fine Unbleached Muslins,
36-inch wide, regular &c
yard. this sale. -. -. &c
lease SO inch BIeached Muslins,
no dressing, regular &c
yard, this sale. ....... sc
1,G00 yards Bleached Muslin,
short len gths. worth 64c
and &c yard. this sale. &c
10 pieces blue and white straw
Tickings, regular &c yard,
this sale. 53c
10 pieces blue and white fancy
feather Tickings, regular
15c yard, this sale. .124c
p pieces heavy blue Shifting
CheViots, cnecks and
stripes, reg. 10c yard, now Sc
so 3-pound Feather Pillows,
best blue and white tick
ing. reg. 81. 4S. pair, now CSC
10 doz. Comtorters, large
size. regular $1.25. now. S5c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-08
Shirt Waists

lot ladies' Shirt Waists,
regular soc, choice. now 23c
20 dozen 75c, soc and $50
Shirt Waists, this sale. 4Sc
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-08-24
crimmfns, Autographs.

One Of John d. Crimmins' fads r. the
collecting of autograph letters, and of
these he possesses an exceptionally fine
collection. There are one or more let
tiers written by each of the signers of
the Declaration of independence, saw
ing only Lynch and Gwinnett, and Of
these he has autograph signatures.
There are also letters written by dis
tinguished generals. and other officers
In the Revolutionary war, letters PEN
ned by the various presidents of the
United States and by other famous
Americans, historians, poets and states-
men as we'll as letters of Carly Ie, Hunt,
Moore and other celebrated English
men. His collection Of letters of the
mayors of New York was recently ex.
.hibited at the Lenox library. Each
seri&s of letters has its own hand
Somely engrossed cover, and in order
to protect his treasures from fire Mr..
Crfmmins has had safes built in theS
basement Of his city residence in East
Sixty-eighth street. the safes being Com
cealed by handsome doors, so that they
IN no way detract from the appearance
OF the room In whose walls they are
placed. New York Times.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-08-24

MODERN APARTMENTHoT

Some of the Later Wrinkles TO Be
Found In Its Equipment.
'@The modern apartment hotel" said
the manager Of such an biishment,
sis likely to have for one OF its fea-
| lures a complete telephone system,
with an exchange Of itssown. Every
tenant has a. telephone in. his own
apartment, with local and long dis
lance connection. He can have this
telephone right beside his bed, If he
wants it there, SO thatshe can telephone
to anybody anywhere without getting
up,i If he so desires. BUTT is for COM
munication within the house that this
telephone system is brought into the
most common and constant use.
d 1T is not necessary, for instance, to
send a boy up to the apartment to as
certain If somebody whomya visitor de-
sires to see is in. We simply telephone
from the Office to the apartment and
ascertain the fact in one-tenth the time
1t would take boy to go and come.
The tenant has a perfect means Of In
slant Communication with the Office
without lea wing his apartment at all.
The manager OF superintendent on
his part has communication from his
office with the chef and with the en-
gineer and with the housekeeper, and
SO on, SO that he can speak with arg
of these persons of the house staff or
any of them can speak with him, all
without any running to and fro, with
out any. loss ofstime.
Such an installation costs some
thing, but. on the other hand a house:
thus equipped requires only half as
many hallboys. as one without such
equipment.
III IA newer wrinkle Is the providing. OF
"a safe deposit box for every tenant.
= section Of the big house safe. is
divided into separate small locked com-
partments. one Of which is set apart
for each tenant
Though the apartments may not be
designed for housekeeping, the tenants
at their pleasure eating in the dining
room OF the hotel or elsewhere. as they
see ct. yet the modern apartment hotel
has q refrigerator In every compare
ment; this for wine and fruit and that
sort OF thing. In some buildings no
Ice Is used In these refrigerators. which
are cold storage rooms in Miniature.
kept cold by means OF a fefrtgera ting
plant installed In the basement, with q
system Of piping extending to every
refrigerator box, Ia some buildings ice
refrigerators are preferred. these Of
course being specially designed for the
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-08-24
OFFICIALS ARE RETicENT.
Refuse to Discuss the Reported Die.
patch of Warships.- ~

Refuse to Discuss the Reported Die
patch of Warships. -
Paris, Aug. 2S.-Aceording to the
foreign Office there are no new de-
velopments IN the Turkish imbroglio.
While reasserting that no naval dem
onstration is contemplated the officials
refuse to confirm or deny the truth Of
the news contained in special dis
patches saying that three battleships
and a cruiser at Toulon are taking
coal and provisions aboard. They said
they had no information on the sub
ject.
Perhaps it is not lacking in signif-
icapce that M. des Chanel, president
Of the chamber of deputies, who was
attending the council. generaI~at
Charities, suddenly went to Rambouil-
let to see President Loubet, and also
that M. Delcasse, the minister of for
eign affairs, will leave the council gen
era1 at Ariege and return{to Paris to
attend a special cabinet meeting.
The Turkish ambassador, Munier
Bey, is absent, and at the Turkish en-
bassy only minor officials are visible.
They assume an air of absolute in
difference and ignorance Of the whole
matter. Most Of the diplomatists are
away for the summer holidays, hence
it is difficult to obtain concensns
Of opinion. ...