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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
BAKER MAY Be
NEW POLICE CHIEF
Phil Miller to Probably Patrol
Central Beat Under
Mr.. Knox.
DARNBLL FOR NIGHT CAPTAIN
DR.. 8. B. Hall Slated for Health
Commissioner.-As to
Other Positions.
ARNELL FOR NIGHT CAPTAIN

Already there is much speculation
as to who will compose the new mu-
nicipal cabinet.
In case Phil Miller fails to land it
is pretty generally understood that
Billy Baker will be chief of police.
In the latter event Miller, as before
under the Knox administration, may
have the central beat. Phil is sure of
something or he would not have been
out shouting for Knox since the re-
publican convention. He would, of
course, prefer holding his present
berth, but will take beat in prefer
ence to being separated from the blue.
Jim Darnell will probably be ap-
pointed night captain of police. Dr.
S B. Hall is reported slated for COM
missioner of health, although influ-
ence will be brought TO bear for the re-
appointment of DIR. G. G. Craig, Jr.
The Fire Department.
AS to the fire department., it is not
known what the new mayor pro-
poses doing, but The ARGUS hopes
he will not make the grievous
error he did in his former admins
tration. Charles Hastings. the pres
ent chief. ought to suit the new
mayor politically, and as he has given
eminent satisfaction as s. fire chief,
and by all means should be retained.
Keep the fire department out of poll
fipG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
COMMITTEE MEETS TO
DISCUSS NEXT PICNIC.

The Joint committee on arrange
ments for the Tenth congressional
district Woodmen picnic next sum-
mer met last evening at the Wood
men head Office. After a general dis
cussion the chairman, NJ. T. Stevens,
was emp owered to appoint sutcom-
mittees on transpor tation, finance,
and any other matters upon which
it might be deemed advisable TO have
com mittees appointed. Mr.. Stevens
did not announce his appointments.
Another meeting will be held when
the transportation committee is ready
to rPnOrt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Circuit Court

Judge Gest convened the circuit
court this morning to hear the argu-
ments on the application for a tenn
porary injunction filed by j. Nj.
Beardsley IN 1899 against the D., r
L. & N. w to prevent the use of the
property in front of his residence on
First avenue by the company Ken
worthy & Kenworthy represent Mr..
Beardsley. and j. Il. Lane. Of Daven-
port, and Sweeney 81 Walker, the rail
road company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
March weather

The meteorological summary for
March shows the mean atmospheric
pressure of the month to have been
1884. The highest pressure was
50. SO on the 5th, and the lowest 20 ~
the 18th. The mean temperature
was Sc, the highest being 81 the 18th,
and the lowest 4 the 5ih The pre-
vailing direction of the wind was
west. The total precipitation was
2 81 There were clear days, 8
partly cloudy and 16 cloudy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
River RinIetS.

The stage of water at the Rock Is
land bridge was s 10 and stationary
at 6 a. III.
The A. j. Whitney went north to
Prairie du CHEN this afternoon for
clam shells for ID. A. Willis, of Mus
catinc.
The f. Weyerhauser brought down
Is strings OF logs.
The Winona was in and out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Police Points.

James Haley was arrested in a
hilarious condition yesterday and
this morning Magistrate Stafford
gave him &c days in which to reflect
on his conduct.
Thomas Anderson, who was arrest
ed yesterday on suspicion of having
stolen some lead pipe belonging to
the city, was fined IS and costs this
morning for disordcrly conduct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
MILAN CHURCH AFFAIR
ENDS IN ROUGH HOUSE

The congregation of the Milan
Methodist church gave carnival at
the town hall last night and some of
the boys in the audience becoming
bois;erous. an attempt was made by
Charles Thompson and another citizen
to put them out. In the mix which
followed compliments were freely ex-
changed and some of the participants
came off the worse for wear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Rock Island, March 25. 1901.

Il have been troubled with indiges-
ton for 10 years, have tried many
things and spent much money to no
purpose until | tried Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. l have taken two bottles and
got more relief from them than all
other medicines taken. l feel more
like boy than 1 have felt in 20
years" Anderson Riggs, of Sunny
Lane, Tex. Thousands have testified
as did Mr.. Riggs. B. H. Bieber and
Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Some One who wouid Like It.

81 don't like Muggins' face" said
Twynn to Triplett. HE hasn't pleas
ing countenance."
But an auctioneer would like it."
suggested Triplett.
How SOP"
lit is a countenance forbidding."--
Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Mira. Raksh to TaIk.

The w. f. NJ. society of the NJ. E.
church will meet with Mrs. j. T..
Noftsker, $50 Twentieth street. Thurs
day afternoon, April 4, at 2:30. Mrs.
Baksh, a native of India. will talk to
the ladies. A free will Offering will
be taken. All ladies of the church
and congregation are most cordially
invited. Refreshments will be served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Notice.

The regular annual meeting OF the
stockholders of the Rock Island Saw
tings bank for the election of nine
directors for one year will be held at
| the office of said bank, in Rock Island,
Monday, April 8 1901. Polls will be
| open at 10 O'Clock q. M, and closed
at ? noon of said day.
P. GREENAwALT, Cashier.
| Rock Island, March 25, 1901.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
For Over Fifty Yeara

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. II
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. 2S
cents bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Licensed to Wed.

The unprecedented, successful re-
suits accomplished by Rocky Noun
tain Tea is due to the fact that it
never fails to cure them that use it
this month. 35c. I. H. Thomas
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03

Sampson-I believe women should
be treated same east and west. How
is that? Why, give them Rocky
Mountain Tea, the greatest spring
blessing women can have. 35c. I.
H. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Miss MoIony Laid at Rest
Funeral services over the rem

Funeral services over the remains
of Miss Bridget Molony were con-
Quoted by Rev. Thomas Mackin at Q
O'Clock this morning at St. Joseph IS
church. The pallbearers were II. l..
Wheelan. w. b. Mcintyre, Mayor
William McConochie, William Reck.
w. p. Griffin and James Fuller. In
terment was at Calvary cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Eczema Can Be Cured.

Remick's Eczema Cure and Re
mick's Pepsin Blood Tonic will cure
the most obstinate case. At all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
LIBRARY BOARD MEETS
IN REGULAR SESSION.

The library board held its regular
monthly meeting last night, attending
to the usual routine business.
EolloHing are the bills allowed:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Those famous IittIe pills, De Wits

IHOoe LaAUuo IItIIe PMS, DC W.T.
Little Early Risers, will remove
all impurities from your system.
cleanse your bowels, make them reg
ular. 3. H. Bieber and Hartz & Ulle-
meyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
Funeral of Mrs. DIXIE.

The funeral of Mrs John Duke was
held at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
from the German Lutheran church,
Rev. G.. A. Mennicke conducting SER
vices. Interment was made at The
German Lutheran cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
EASTER MILLINERY

Ea Hat will be absolutely correct bought
Our Millinery Creations have artistic indvid-
uality be found nowhere else and prices the
lowest We have the largest stock in this vicinity and
hundreds of chic designs displayed will make the
selection of becoming Easter Hat both pleasant and
profitable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
william Eehnerer.

William Lehnerer died of typhoid
fever at 10:40 last night at his home,
900 Third avenue. He was % years
of age and had been in the employ OF
the Hammond Packing company. He
is survived by his mother, Mrs. Agnes
Lehnerer, a brother George. and two
sisters, Lena and Mary. George is
down with typhoid fever and last
evening was removed to st. Anthony IS
hOsDital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03

The librarians report showed the
circulation for the month of March TO
have been as follows:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-03
PERSONAL POINTS.

1OIdl. ..... .-..-..s... ''.''''''''' 80
Received from fines Si5o.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

ports of mutual love, that heaven mas
taken its abode on earth: Nor do not de-
ceive yourself in supposing that the only
mean by which these are to be obtained
is to drink deep OF the cup and reVeI III
an ocean of love. Love is mighty pref
ty thing; but like all other delicious
things, it is cloying. and when the frst
transports of the passio nbegins to SUB
side, which ii assuredly will do, ana yield
-oftentimes too late-to more sober re-
Elections, it serves to evince that love
is too dainty a food to live upon alone,
and ought not to be considered further
than d necessary ingredient for that
matrimonial happiness which resu. Is from
q combination Of causes-none of when
are of greater importance than that tn
object on which # is paced should posi-
sess good sense. good disposition and IN,
means Of supporting you in the way yol
have been brought up. Such qualifications
cannot fail to attract (after marriage
your esteem and regard into which
into disgust sooner or later, love natural
~ resolves itself-and, who, at the same
time has a claim to the esteem of the
circle he moves in. Without these, what
ever may be your first impression Of the
man, they viii end in disappo.n. ment, for
be assured, an experience will convince
you that there is no truth more certain
than that al. our enjoyments fail short Of
our expectations, and to none does this
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

Bliza Parke Gusts and whose descen-
dants are now among the most Dromi-
nent people OF Maryland When this
young girl was just budding into waman-
hood she wrote, presumably from Mount
Vernon, where she spent much OF her
time, to hington, then President Of
the United States, and living in the Nor
ris House in Germantown, Pa, asking
that he send to her his portrait and de-
claring its possession to be the dearest
wish of her life. Washington was al
this time greatly harrassed and embar
raised by state affairs of great moment
and annoyed by factious opposition upon
the part of his enemies, but he found
time to write to this interesting young
woman a long, affecuonate letter, in
which he not only promised to grant her
request, but gave her sound advice upon
matters of momentous Importance to her
and to all such as she was then, that
it applies equally well to this day TO the
average young woman, in contemplating
the approach Of matrimony is apt to be
carried away by exaggerated ideas re-
garding It, He wrote, not as a cynLc,
not as one disguised and disappointed,
but in the calm, dispassionate manner
Of the philosopher who, after years OF
experience. felt able 10 assert positively,
but without bitterness that any one who
looked for projection in welded life is
more than likely to fall short of his or
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

den all tears and smiles and chiffon and
beguiling emotions and delicious antique
story-book nonsense. Miss Annie Russell
plays her to the Kings taste. and the
men are daft about 1t. Now women are
acute creatures and like the pretty fur
bearing animals whose coats are brown
in autumn weather changing to pure
white when the SHOWS come, we are made
by dear old mother nature so flexible that
we can almost reincarnate ourselves to
suit every demand.
I'VE insensibly realize what is want
ed and like versatile actors we get out
all our properties and play any charac-
ter you please. Not only do women IN
the aggregate but women individually find
this out CA girl hears her brother ana
her masculine friends praise Mary Jones
hgure Enthusiastically and she does not
need a broader hint Mary Jones has a
twenty-five inch waist. so the smart
girl goes home and puts herself into a
stay that gives her nineteen inch meas.
urement and there II nothing we can 10
10 prevent her example spreading 20 the
other eirls and 70 on clear into the COL
leges). But, this. os the professor OF ply.
steal culture has pointed out. IL not the
most astonishing feature Of the situation
In her endeavor 10 typify 10 men the
slim. elegant fTou frop, tiny footed. Ions
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

leathery that although the chicks may
form in them all right enough they rare
ly ever live to come out of the shell At
piping time when the chick begins turn
ing, the tough shrunken lining c.ings
hard. The shell may be brittle enough to
part for one or two pippings, but the
skin garment sticks-the po1r chick rolls
out wrinkled discolored ball, and dies
whether or no he is helped out.
Frog eggs are almost transparent They
are laid in long linked chains, in stagnant
water, and show there Ike uncanny ropes.
Fish eggs are likewise almost transpar-
ent. 1t is possible to watch the develop
ment within their flmy wal 8. An odd
thing about them is that the fry appear
to develop almost wholly from the albu-
men. The 20 k-sac remains intact, and
clings as a sort of stomach after the fry
are swimming about indeed, they are
nourished by the yolk sac throughout
the first week of existence 1t shrinks
and shrinks as it is gradually absorbed
until at last it becomes invisible.
Egg production varies enormously. A
hens capacity is about four hundred
eggs divided pretty equally through the
first three years of her existence. Other
domestic fowls lay much fewer eggs.
Against this, fish lay from three thous-
and to one hundred thousand each season,
according to species. Turtles lay one
thousand a year, and live a hundred
years, and insects lay in the course of a
few weeks anywhere from three to FIVE
hundred eggs.
An odd fact regarding turtle, alligator,
and crocodile eggs is that the young may
be cut out of them several days before
maturity. yet live and thrive. Further
they make for water instantly and will
snap viciously at anything which comes
near them, or resent to the utmost of
their power an attempt to turn them
from their chosen way.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

apply with more force than to the graft
fication of the passions.
You may believe me to be always and
sincerely.
Your affectionate,
G. Washington.
To Miss Betcy Gusts.
More than two years elapsed between
the date of the letter and the production
of the portrait. In the meantime Gill
bert Stuart had limned Washington's fea-
lures and the result had not proven en-
tirely satisfactory either to the sitter or
to his friends. Stuart's likeness was de-
fective in that the expression of the lips
was not the natural expression of the
man. This is explained by the fact that
Washington had recently been provided
with a full set of artificial teeth which
fitted him badly. In attempting to reme-
dy the resultant facial changes Stuart
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17
Eliza 2 Custis.

this profile"
tSigned) Eliza F Custis-
II is necessary TO explain, in order that
Miss Custis's criticism may be fully I'M
derstood, that in the portrait Sharpless
has pictured Washington as having gray
hair, almost white in fact, but tinged
with black. The side whiskers also sug-
gest black as the original shade and DIP
on the upper lip and chin is just shade
of black, indicative of a newly shaven
face which might have had black growth
upon IT save for the frequent use of the
razor.
From "Betcy'' Gusts. the portrait de-
soended to her daughter, the wife Of Ed
mund Law Rogers. For many years 1t
nung upon the walls Of the Rogers mag
nihcent country home in the heart of
what is now Druid Hill Park. che pride
IF Baltimore and the delight of its citi-
:ens. In direct line from Mrs. Rogers,
t reached the hands Of Mrs. George r.
ioldborough, from which DR.. Reulng OBJ
tained it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

filled out the lips with cotton and the eff
feet was not all that could have been de-
sired. Sharpless made a later effort and
the portrait now in the collection of DR..
Reuling is the result 1t came into the
possession, first Of Eliza Parke. or Bet
cy," who has recorded her opinion Of II
upon the back OF the canvas upon which
the coloring is laid. This note, which is
by the way. not the least int esting fea-
ture Of the portrait. bears no date and
reads as follows:
This 10 az original portrait OF Gen.
Warrington taken IN 1895. II was painted
by Mr. Sharpiess and II n an exact Ike
ness except the complexion. Gen. Wash
inEton was very fair, with light brown.
almost auburn hair. lie had not a black
beard. lie had artificial teeth. but 80 well
fixed that they did not dishgure his
mouth. His hair was thin. crimped and
dressed With powder and pomatum ~ Ia
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

throated creature of his romantic fancy
the woman puts on clothes that absolute
ly changes her physique. What she wills
to be, by force of diety and pressure she
becomes.
"In ten years 1 will guarantee that
the American woman will be moulded
on lines we have not seen for twenty
five years and you will only find in out
of the way places the full wasted fiat
chested, broadfooted, red checked, divine
ly tall maiden who is what she is be-
cause the news of the change has not
reached her. 1t is only fair to say that
we women don't resign our easy boots
short skirts. loose stays and the joys Of
physical development and freedom gladly
The majority of us think wistfully of the
comfortable old times but the subtle pow
er of masculine preferences are too much
for us and sharper than a serpents tooth
would it be to one of us to hear our
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

of those who are connected by marriage
with the Father of his Country" and
which has been pronounced. and is gen.
orally regarded, as being the best and
truest portrait of that great man Of
which the world has any knowledge. 1t
is pastel by Sharpless, a contemporary
of Gilbert Stuart and of Peale and diff
fers from the work of either of these
great artists in that Sharpless has given
us Washingj ION in his everyday garb and
depicted him excatly as he appeared in
his own home among those who were
nearest and dearest to him. 1t is of this
picture that George Washington Parke
Gusts in a letter to ]. w. c. Moore
wrote:
1.-THE finest and rarest likeness OF the
chief Is the original picture by Sharp
less done in 1886. Stuart is the great Or
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

iginaI of the first President OF the United
States, Peale of the colonial officer,
Sharpless of the man."
The portrait is one Of the smallest, ex-
cept the several miniatures, which have
been made OF Washington, the canvas be-
ing about 24x1s inches. Painted at the
express instance OF Washington himself,
but three years before his death and pre-
scented by him to the granddaughter OF his
wife, and by her handed down IN direct
line 70 her descendants TO the present
generation. Il possesses more than COM
mon interest. not only 70 collectors Of
Washington relics. but 20 the public IN
general No reproduction Of n has ever
before appeared IN the public prints.
When Washington married the WIDOW
custis" che brought 10 him two step
Children, Martha and John. John lived
10 Be father 70 four children, three girls
and o boy. OF these this sketch deals
only with 'Betey," whose full name was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

tlon of an inanimate thing. whatever
might be the reflections arising from the
possession of It, can be the only wish Of
your heart.
Respect may place It among the deslra-
bic objects Of It. but there are emotions
OF softer kind. to which the heart OF a
girl turned 10 IS Is susceptible, that must
have created much warmer IDEAS al
though fruition Of them may apparently
be more distant than those OF your sis
ter.
Having (by way Of q hint delivered a
sentiment 70 Patty. which may be useful
% her az Il be remembered after the
change that 10 contemplated IL consum-
mated), viii suggest another more APP
plicsblo 70 yourself
DO not then. IN your contemplation Of
the marriage state. look Tor perfect felic-
ity before you consent 20 wed-nor con-
ceiye from the nne tales the Poets and
lovers Of Old have told W. Of the trans-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

armed with a tiny detachable piece OF
horn, flint-hard, and set upon the very tip
of the upper mandible. AT fun Matching
time the chick presses this triangle
against the brittle shell, and breaks a tri-
angie hole In It, possibly quarter inch
across. An hour later the chick, having
turned Itself slightly presses the back
against a new spot, and makes a fresh
break. As more air comes In the little
creature grows stronger. II writhes SIM
more strongly IN its prison, turning al
ways from lcft 10 right In two hours or
ten II breaks the shell In two, and slips
out into the nest. O wet and weary
sprswler. But the turning iu the shell
meant more than the breaking out. The
motion twisted IN two the parletal blood
vessel. connecting with the veins IN The
lining membrane. II Il had not been thus
gradually severed the young chick would
have been IN danger Of death.
ola eggs. with ghrunken whites have
this lining Of membrane 10 thick ana
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17

talk pure reason, and distill the highest
sort OF education, and appeal to the pride
and independence of women all you like,
but it is wind in the keyhole TO a girl
who realizes the vital Importance of a
twenty-inch waist measure to her success
as a debutante. whether she makes her
debut in Fifth avenue palace or the
smallest New England village.
Women, you see, realize the instant
the preferences of the men change and
the preferences of men are changing from
the robust matter of fact, hard-headed
type OF high-spirited, broad-shouldered,
self-sufficient girl back 20 the dear old
romantic type, the tender, mysterious i'm
perious, provoking, inexplicable entities
that the historical novelist draws and the
smart paywriters drew as the heroine in
The Royal Family.
Just go see that play built about the
impossible wOoing and winning of a mai
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-17
WASHINGT0N'S PORTRAITS.
THE BEST ONE PASTEL BY
SHARPLESS.

Washington Sent IL to "Betcy'' Gus
It's, the Daughter of His StepsOn,
md II Has Come Down in the Gus
tbs Family Until DIR. ReulinG, "a
Baltimore Art COnnoiSseur, OBJ
fained 1.-THE Has Also "Betcy"
Custis' Note to Washington Asking
for a Portrait, and the Reply, in
which the First President EN-
bodies Some Advice About Matri-
mOny-LOve Is Not All That the
Poets Say, He Warns Her, and Is
Subject to DiSiIIusiOn-Her Criti-
cism of the Portrait, Written on
the Rack of 1t.
Washington. Feb. 15.-Dr. George Ruel-
ing, who is among the most prominent
and enthusiastic collectors Of rare and
valuable objects of art in the United
States, has in his gallery in Baltimore,
a portrait of George Washington which
has never, until recently, left the hands