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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

q" book?" said the young
WV man.
About what:" said 1.
ooh, giving good advice to girls on
how they ought to treat men"
They wouldn't heed it if 1 did But
on what special point do you think girls
need advice as TO their behavior TO
men!"
oh. you know-I mean-that is" he
stammered, about girls chasing after
fellows"
What do you mean in plain English?
Instance facts as illustrative. General
observations are no good"
We'll, it's like this: know-that is,
there is Il fellow 1 know, that girl
knows, and she thinks she likes him"
The fine flush that overspread the
youths face told me the fellow was
himself, only he would not say so. He
continued:
The girl meets the man at social
parties. at dances and takes fancy to
him. She asks him TO call, insists that
he shall call. Now, if L were a girl L
would wait till young man asked me
if he might call. Men have tongues in
their heads, and they are not generally
bashful; but, even so. let us say the
girl has right to ask him to call if
she wants him to. He calls; he sees
she lays herself out TO please him. It's
plain. too plain. She giggles at every
remark he makes; she keeps winking
and blinking her eyes at him to make
him notice them and see how bright
they are: she bites her lips constantly TO
make them look red. Girls think fell
lows don't notice these things, but they
do.
THE girl asks him to go with her to
4 lecture at her church. After it is
over he asks her to ice cream and oys-
tiers on the way home. That's the least
he can do, of course. After that the
girl begins to act as if he belonged to
her. She plans to meet him out places
and asks him to meet her. He likes
her we'll enough. but he's not a bit in
love with her. He's too poor to fall in
love with anybody. He really has not
money enough to be any girls young
man, for, you see, girls cost like fury.
He can't afford it.
$50 the fellow tries to draw out and
slip away from being with the girl so
much. She notices that he's offish;
then she ups and writes him letter
asking him what she has done to Of
fend him. She is very, very sorry If
she has offended him; she did not mean
to, but he certainly must be angry, else
he would not stay away from her so.
Tie man ssys things to himself, but
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
LAMP POINTERS.
How TO Clean Them and Avoid Ex-
blossoms.

blossoms.
Lamps are both useful and orna-
mental, but n certain amount of care
/ must be given them so that they will
do their utmost toward lighting the
home in the best manner, says the
Philadelphia Record. Daily care should
be given TO them, and to do this in the
best manner there should be certain
tools provided for the purpose, and
these tools should not be used in any
other way.
First of all provide a tray sufficiently
large to hold all the necessary articles
as well as two or three lamps-clean
cloth for washing the chimneys and
one for drying them, some soft paper
for rubbing off the charred portion Of
the wick. n pair of sharp scissors for
cutting loose threads and n box con-
tanning two or three wicks that have
been boiled in vinegar so that they are
ready for immediate use.
Irregular care is almost as bad as no
care at all. The lamps should be kept
perfectly clean, and they should be
filed every day without fail, or else
they should not be used. y partly filled
lamp is the lamp that is apt to explode.
If the wick is rubbed clean every day,
there will not be danger of broken or
smoked chimneys. that will surely &C.
cur with a neglected lamp.
\ small dishpan should always be
kept for washing the different parts OF
the lamp. y soft cloth and plenty OF
soap will keep the chimney in good or
der.
Let n certain part of the day be set
aside for this daily duty and when the
task has been accomplished put all the
necessary articles on the tray where
they belong and put the tray Mt once in
its place, where it will be ready for the
next days work.
\ green shade is best for the eyes,
and this should always be well consid-
cred before the purchase is made.
Never purchase n yellow shade for Il
reading lamp. for the light is almost as
trying as when n white shade is used.
Many persons become nauseated when
red lights are freely used. and n blue
shade gives cold light that is not al
ways pleasant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
How to Make Celery Sandwiches.

Celery sandwiches are very good
when the celery is mixed with apple.
For one cupful of minced celery use
one tablespoonful Of finely minced APP
pie. AIoisten with mayonnaise dress
ing and spread between slices of but
tered bread. If you have cold cooked
chicken or even veal or lamb, you can
make it into delicious sandwiches by
mixing it with little cream, salt, pep
per and prepared mustard. A little graf
ed cheese, two tablespoonfuls to one
half cupful of the cold meat, is an adj
dition- For each sandwich use one leaf
Of lettuce, mOistened with fresh dress
ing. Dates and English walnuts in
equal quantities finely chopped and
moistened with good-thick cream make
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

open door. He kept his eye on the door
until he secured his camera. Then he
seated himself in a rocking chair in
the room with the supposed ghost,
ready 10 take Il snapshot should the
apparition again appear. Mr.. Crume
said it did appear-came from behind
the door and quickly glided behind the
dresser just as he pressed the button.
His surprise was intense when the pho
tographer developed the plate and
showed him n photo of himself seated
in the parlor holding camera, just as
he did on that day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
LAW POINTS.

a contract made with firm is in its
legal effect one made with each mem
Der of the firm Isl Mo. App. Rep. $50.
In order to maintain an action for
breach of an express warranty one
must establish that the warranty was
relied on (5S n. L. Rep. 1856.
That persons may be liable as part
ners to third persons it is not necessa.
ry that they shall be strictly partners
as between themselves GO n. L. Rep.
$500. .
Though Il contract is signed in the
name of an individual. it may be
shown that it was executed by Il firm
using such individual name as q firm
name (59 n. E. 569).
y partner cannot give Il chattel mort
gage upon his interest in a firms assets
to secure aH'individual debt as against
the claims of creditors of the partner
ship GO S. W. Rep. 1859.
4 creditor may lawfully receive Sc
curity from an insolvent debtor, but it
is not permissible to do so for the pur-
pose and with the intention of defraud-
ing other creditors (S5 n. w. Rep. 30.
The measure of damages for refusal
to receive purchased goods is the diff
ference between the contract price and
the market price at the place of deliv.
cry or cost Of return ga Mo. App. Rep.
ca.
Where Il written contract has been
made by the express direction of
party and for his benefit such party
will be bound by it, although he has
not himself signed it Col III. app. Rep.
300.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
His Appenl.

Little George was taken by his aunt
to see the newcomer, aged one day.
He was duly and profoundly impress
ed with the specimen and asked where
the little brother came from. "God sent
it," answered the aunt reverently.
The answer made deep impression
OF little George. for that afternoon he
was seen out in the backyard gazing
up into the deep blue sky and spread
ing his diminutive apron expectantly
as he said. Dear God. please throw
&C one down too."-Troy Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
How to Cure the Hiccough.

Hiccough is usually sign of stomach
arrangement and is often caused by
babies being fed at irregular intervals.
either too frequently or not frequently
enough. In either case the child suffers
from repletion because, after too long
fast, it takes more than is good for it,
and this repletion results in indiges-
ton. Regular hours of feeding should
be strictly enforced; otherwise much
more troublesome symptoms will arise.
a teaspoonful of fluid magnesia should
be given once or twice. and this will
probably cure the hiccough. If it does
not, the food will probably need chang
ing, more especially if any farinaceous
food is being given. If hiccough per-
sists and increases, a doctor should be
consulted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
How to Glenn n nnthtub.

An enameled bathtub can be quickly
and easily cleaned by securing with
cloth wet with benZine and afterward
washing with soap and water. or it can
be secured with tablespoonful OF
kitchen salt wet with turpentine and
then rubbed carefully witha clean cloth.
When this latter method is employed,
care should be taken to see that the
tub is perfectly dry before using the
turpentine. When the enamel begins to
wear off your tub. it is=difIicult to keep
1t clean. 1t should be re-enameled and
can be done at slight expense. The
first thing to do is TO scrub the tub
with strong solution of soda and wa
ter. Let it dry. and apply the first coat
of enamel; dry again for two days, and
apply the second coat. After twenty
four hours, the time necessary TO dry
perfectly, fill it with cold water and
let it stand for six hours. Empty, dry
thoroughly and apply the third and last
coat OF enamel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
a Night
With a
Ghost
!. Hair
!: Raising
! Experience
/. Of a Man
! In Haunted
| House

Weird tales are being told OF a
haunted house in the little village Of
Carroll, Ind, and the stories of ghostly
happenings are apparently backed up
by the very best of evidence-that Of
persons who have seen the spirit and
beheld its work. The house is owned
by a resident of the village, Frank
Yater. 1t is an ordinary dwelling, with
nothing about it to suggest the super
natural. Mr.. Yater has had dozens of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

There is one Turkish woman in the
Ottoman empire who is n regularly
graduated bachelor of arts. She re-
ceived her degree from the American
college for girls at Constantinople.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

should be the cnasers II there, are any.
They like that better. 4 girl ought to
be dignified and let a man come after
her. Men will do that fast enough If a
girl doesn't run after them. As say,
men are not bashful."
KATE SHARP
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

a filling for sweet sandwiches that Is
not to be despised. Spread between
dainty rounds of buttered bread and
put an English walnut meat on top of
each sandwich.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

"Young Cummagin seems absurdly
proud of that fiery scar he got on his
face at Heidelberg"
well. that's all right. IT'S his red
badge of courage."-Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
Diplomacy.

Jack-what is the secret of your pop
ularity with the ladies'?
Toni always mistake the society
queens for debutantes and the debu-
tantes for society queens.-Life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
Should a
Girl Pursue
O. Man?

a RHY don't you write a
NV book?' said the young
g " man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05
In the New
WOman'C
Sphere

. ARDON me if I rehash a chap
ter of congressional proceed
ingS which is now ancient his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

a lady proposes Il summer camp for
girls where they can live in tents and
swim and row and take tramps through
the woods. Certainly, but there will
be much more enjoyment If there are
a few men along.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

Overheard in a restaurant: Man OF
the First Part-It always takes me an
hour to dress in the morning. Man Of
the Second Part-How can you put in
all that time? Man of the First Part
Oh, 1 monkey around. l have to shave,
you know. Man of the Second Part
with an air of great superiorityJ-Well
l don't shave, and l can dress any
morning in three minutes by the watch.
He looked it.
ELIZA ARcHARD CONNER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-23
A COMPLEX PROBLEM
Duties the Nation Owes to the Ma.
tives of Hawaii.
Bishop Potter Discusses the MOmen.
tous Question of AssimilatiOn-It
Presents Many Delicate and
Grave sides.

The process of assimilation to which
the American people have given, in
the last few years, the force of prac-
teal policy quite naturally concerns
itself in a special way with the Ha-
waiian islands, first of the insular
groups to come under the protecting
folds of the stars and stripes. In the
Century Bishop Henry c. Potter, con-
Guiding his impressions of these as
lands, discusses the problem which
they present and which this nation has
undertaken to solve.
From the rendering of some Ha-
waiian songs, accompanied by a run
ming commentary both descriptive and
historical, Bishop Potter draws GER
tain analogies, acknowledging that
the music suggested She outlines of his
instructive paper. The singer at
tempted to give a brief history of the
evolution of Hawaiian music. As
heard to-day it impresses the traveller
with its plaintiveness and tunefulness,
and it was a rude shock, says Bishop
Potter, to learn that, in its primitive
anu ulletb ultCl q lCb lOl H. 1t udu uOllutE
characteristics; land that for the OBJ
vious reason that it consisted in
humping the bottom of a wooden
bowl and twanging a single string"
No one who has seen the Hawaiians
will find himself tempted to compare
them with any other people or race.
Wherever they derived their traits of
form and feature that distinguish them
and their racial origin is hidden in
considerable obscurity-they do not
resemble the races or people from
whom they are supposed to be sprung.
They are at heart pagan. though many
of them have made open profession of
Christianity. But they have been in
fuenced and largely reclaimed from
pagan practices, at least openly, by
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-23
CAUSES OF DIVORCE.
They Differ in Almost Every Coun-
try of the World.
To Reach international Uniformity
in Laws Governing the SeverinE
of the Marriage Tie Seems
an ImpOssibiIity.

Under the appropriate chairman
ship of a New York lawyer the Inter-
national Law association, meeting at
Glasgow, gave up one session to a dis
cussion of the divorce laws of civilized
nations, and adjourned after reaching
the conclusion that there was no hope
of reaching anything like uniformity.
As illustrating the impossibility of
reaching uniformity in divorce laws,
brief summary of some of the more
important features may serve. Thus,
in the republic of Argentina, in South
America, divorce is unknown, though
its place is taken by what is called
personal separation" based on any
one of a number of causes, including
cruelty and ill-treatment. Under the
laws of the republic no widow can re-
marry for ten months after the death
of her husband, or after securing a
personal separation"
In Austria-Hungary no divorces are
allowed between Catholics. Before
even separations are allowed the par
ish priest is obliged to try his best
to affect a reconciliation. Divorce be-
tween Jews may be had by mutual con-
sent, and in the case of Greek orien-
tails, where ''irreconcHiable hatred" is
considered to lead to tragic results.
In Japan the causes of divorce are
all in favor of the husband and against
the wife. Thus, one of the principal
causes is the disobedience of wife
to the commands of her husbands
parents. Again, if woman shows any
signs of jealousy her husband may put
her away, and a petition for divorce
will hold if the woman be shown to be
talkative to a degree which displeases
her lord and master.
In Belgium it is not possible to OBJ
tain a divorce after 500 years of mar
riage, or after the wife has attained
the age Of As years" No divorce by
mutual consent" shall be granted at
any time, unless the parties to it shall
first obtain the consent of their par
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-23

Christian teaching and example. For
this they are most largely indebted to
the American people, many of whom
had awakened in their hearts the pur-
pose to give to the Hawaiian islands
that strong foundation of Chris tan
morality which can alone make either
community or a nation enduringly
great"
What was the influence of the Chris
tian missionaries upon the manners,
habits, beliefs and ideals of the peo-
pie to whom they came? SAT the base
of the state, it forever needs to be re-
membered, there is the family; and the
first thing that Christian households,
largely drawn from New England an
cestries, spoke to was, so far as it ex-
listed at all, the Hawaiian conception
of the family" Out of such influences
"a race of savages gradually organ
lied itself into a state; and, in the
whole process of organization, it is
but just to say that our own progress
and development under them exer-
cised paramount influence"
First, in attempting a solution OF
the problem of assimilation presented
by the Hawaiians, it is important that
the materials out of which this new
state had inevitably to be made must
be clearly recognized. There were, to
begin with, the native populations
with their background of unredeemed
heathenism. These to-day "for nc
reasons which can be directly trace
able to us" represent decaying race.
Nearly two-thirds of the people of
these islands to-day are other than Ha-
waiian. That this proportion is like
ly to be increased along the same lines
seems probable, and the time seems
likely to come when the native Ha-
waiian, like the native North American
Indian, will have disappeared" Bish.
op Potter concludes:
so the problem is set; the mixture
of races, energies, industries and of
the higher moral qualities which these
various strains, ancestries and activ-
tiles stand for. There are other the
aters in which the same drama is be-
ing played out under much broader
and, it may be, more complex condi-
tions, but not in which more inter-
esting or indeed dramatic experiment
is being made. 1t will be for the gov
eminent and the people of the Amer
lean republic to demonstrate that they
are equal to a task in itself so deli
cate, and in its consequences so grave
and important"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The greatest woman in the world
is the woman who knows how tn
manage her home and her husband.
-Atchison Globe.
Why She Complains.-"She finds
fault with her husbands salary, they
say" Yes, she says it isn't like her
father used to make. "-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Mamma-"Don't put your hand in
the sugar, Bobby; it's unrefned."
Bobby-'Why, no, mamma; this is
graduated sugar. Only brown sugar
| is unretined. What to Eat.
'How did Stringer get out of serv-
ing on the jury?'' when the law
yer asked him if he had formed an
opinion on the case, he said no, but
he expected o."-Indianapolis News.
The ormation.-Nell-'I sup
pose she's long and lanlly just the
same as ever" Belle-"Not at all.
You know she recently came into
fortune. She's 'divinely tall now
Philadelphia Record.
Putting the Other Foot In It.
Mother-"Ethel is the very image of
what l was at her age" He-"Real-
ly! shouldn't have thought it pos
sible!" Mother (coldly)-"May ask
why?" He (seeing his error, and
striving to rectify it)-"Oh-er-I
was forgetting what long time ago
that must have been."-Punch.
Sarcasm Observation-Disclosures Ito
DEALER there must have been
some mistake about those peaches you
sold me yesterday" Dealer-"What
was the matter with them?" Moth
ing. That's just it. There was no
bad ones at the bottom of the
basket" by gum, so you got 'em,
did you? l picked those out for my
self. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-23

From 1t May Have Been Derived the
American Stars and Stripes)
the Washingtons of Sulgrave after the
fall of their fortunes by their kinsman,
Sir Robert Spencer, and stone over
the door bears the inscription: The
Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Constructed 1906" which would be
quite appropriate to their changed
condition. Near to this house there
has lately been discovered a stone sun
dial, having the Washington arms
(argent), two bars, and in chief three
mullets (gules), carved upon it, with
the date, 1917. 1t is, we are informed,
a round slab of sandstone 1914 inches
IN diameter and three inches thick,
ohamfered on the lower edge, taken
from the Harelston stone quarry,
three miles distant from Brington,
but not of the kind commonly used for
building. No stone exactly like this
seems to be quarried now, but in old
houses built of Harleston stone pieces
are, it is said, to be found precisely
similar. The lines, figures and shield
are incised apparently about the six
teenth of an inch deep. Under the
shield are the letters r. W., and it is
considered probable that the dial was
made for Robert Washington, second
son of Laurence Washington, of Sui
grave. He died in 1922 and was buried
in Brington church, where an inscrip-
ton and shield of his arms in brass
are now to be seen. His nephew, Rev.
Laurence Washington, was the father
of two emigrants, John and Laurence,
who sailed for Virginia about 1867,
and John was the great-grandfathe
of the famous George Washington,
first president of the United States of
America,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-23
A COMPARATIVE DIAGRAM.

Showing the Number of Divorces in I'M
portant Countries)
entS, as they are obliged to when they
get married.
In France the divorce evil is con-
sidered only second to what it is in
the United States. Previous to 1897,
in fact, it is said that the number of
divorces in France exceeded the num-
Der of marriages. Now the proportion
is by no means so great, though still
sufficiently alarming. In France a di-
vorce or separation may be had for a
number of causes, classified as "vio-
lence dangerous to life, Ordinary vio-
lence" and misconduct" Among the
cases of misconduct" for which
French divorces have been granted are
calling the wife bad Names" 1.-the re-
fusal to go through the religious as
well as the civil ceremony" and ell
treatment by the husband of the wife's
parents"
Before a couple can be married in
Germany the permission of the par
ents must be obtained, if the man is
less than 25 years old or the bride
less than "a. If an officer or a private
soldier in the regular army should be
married without the consent of his
superiors he is liable to Imprisonment
in fortress for a period of three
months. When an application for di-
vorce is made, the judge is first re-
quired to attempt a reconciliatio If
children have been born the difficulty
of securing a divorce is greatly in
creased. Hopeless insanity is recog-
nized as a good ground, as are ''insu-
perable aversion" to each other on
the part of the petitioners, and GUAR
relsomeness," serious defamation of
character" and restriction of per-
sonal liberty" Extravaganza" is an
other cause for divorce in Germany,
which is often taken advantage of.
Divorces are not granted for any
cause in Italy, though separations,
which amount to the same thing, NAV
be obtained. A widow who marries
within ten months of the death of her
husband is fined 5000, and the same
fine is assessed against both the man
she marries and the official who per.
forms the ceremony.
A peculiar cause for divorce allowed
in Spain is violence used towards the
wife by her husband to compel her to
change her religion"
So far as the statistics of divorces
are concerned, the United States occu-
pies an unenviable notoriety. In sim
gle year the divorces granted in this
country were nearly twice as many as
those granted in all the other civilized
countries of the world. The smallest
number of divorces in any given year
is credited to Great Britain and Ire
land.