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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
TAKING EXAMINATION FOR
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT

Lieuts. Arthur p. Hyde, of Fort
LeavenwoIth, Kans., and Harry Jor-
dan, Of Fort Wingate, \. NJ, are in
the city undergoing the examination
at Rock Island arsenal for first and
second ieutenants of the line for adj
mission to the ordnance department
of the army. There are now 16 va
cancies among the ordnance officers
and examinations are being taken at
a number of places in this country
and the Philippines to fill them. The
two above named are the only ones
taking the tests here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
FREE FROM DEBT
First Methodist Church Dis
charges Last Financial
Obligation.
INVOLVED OVER FORTY YEARS
President McNichael OF Monmouth
College at United Presbyterian
Church.

Yesterday was red letter day for
the congregation of the First Meth
oCList church for the announcement
was made at the morhing service
that the institution was free from in
debtedness for the first time in 40
years. The well directed and per-
sistent efforts of the present pastor,
Rev. II. b. Williams, have been mainly
responsible for this desirable state of
affairs.
Since coming here Rev. Williams
has labored industriously with the
end in view of abolishing the debt
and last week he collected the last of
the money and with it paid off the
last note amounting to some $1,000.
Yesterday morning just before the
sermon E. ID. Sweeney, who is a mem
Der of the board of directors of the
church, announced the lifting of the
financial obligations in a short and
interesting address in which he re-
counted the history of the church
from the time a debt for building
purposes was contracted many years
ago. In concluding he, in the pres
ence of the congregation, produced
the cancelled note and tore it in
pieces.
The evening service at the First
Methodist church consisted of song
service that was enjoyed by an uA-
usually large congregation. Besides
the music there were interesting pa
pers treating of familiar hymns read
by Mrs. c. G. Pinkerton, Miss Beatrice
Ostrom. Miss Mamie Dodge Cook and
Mrs. w. ~ Lovett.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
NEW MANAGER FOB
REPUBLIC OIL COMPANY

+. \. Shellgren arrived today to
take charge of the local plant of the
Republic Oil company, succeeding c.
z. Sherman, the original local man
ager, who has left the city, it is
claimed. considerably in arrears with
the firm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
COLLEGE President Heard.

Rev. Thomas Fl. McMichael, presi-
dent of Monmouth college, preached
two eloquent and inspiring sermons
from the pulpit of the United Pres
byterian church yesterday. The fact
that the prominent divine had preach
ed here when a student of the institu-
ton of which he is now the head
made him not an entire stranger to-
Rock Island congregations. and many
heard him yesterday who had listened
to his sermons number of years
ago. In connection with the evening
service, the communion was held from
: until o'clock. In the morning DR..
McMichael took as his text the sixth
verse of the fifth chapter of Matthew,
blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness, for
they shall be filed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
Refers to Queen victoria.

The sermon was started with an IL
lustration from the life of the late
Queen Victoria. When she was II
years old and engaged at her studies,
one day she found between the leaves
of one of her books a long genealog-
zeal table. She was about to put if
aside when her teacher told her it
had been placed there for her to read.
She studied it carefully and after a
time looked up with wide open eyes
at her governess and said, Il don't
see how it is going to end unless
with Uncle William or me-" With that
the teacher told her of the crown to
which she was the heir. The little
girl took it all in soberly and then
burst out with. Il want to be good
And that was the keynote of her life
and explains the universal sorrow at
her death. 1t was her splendid good
ness which made her one of the
famed queens of all ages. She hun
gered and thirsted after righteous
ness and was filed.
The Value of Discomfort.
To hunger and thirst implies a dis
content. and this quality is one re-
sponsible for the progress of the
world. What man ever became a
master in his chosen art without the
incentive of discomfort with present
conditions and attainments. 1t con-
stantIy urges to new endeavors and
new aims As soon as il is followed
by disinterest and contentment prog
ress ceases and life stagnates. Some
hunger and thirst for wealth and So
cial position. some for honors and
places of public trust and others for
intellectual triumphs. But some who
strive for these ends have not the at
tainments necessary and are disap-
pointed in their results. 1t is not So
with those who desire goodness, for
in the end they shall attain that
which they seek.
The Disease of Pride.
Many who imagine in themselves
the browning virtues and morality of
the church are grievousIy stricken
with the disease of pride and self
righteousness. They are like the
Pharisees of old who imagined them
selves perfect and all the others lost.
simply because they observed Jealous
~ the outward forms of the church.
But they are as much in error as
many who are outright in their com
mission of wrong. They are not
CARRIED in the spirit of humility and
discomfort which ever urges on to
the attainment of a greater degree
of goodness. But in the end their dis
content will be replaced by satisfac-
ton. as the good they have long
sought will be theirs in the eternal
life of the blessed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
Oil CARS EXPLODE
Peculiar Wreck on the BurIing.
ton Delays Northbound
Passenger.
SEVENTEEN LOADED TANKS 60
No One known to Have Been In
jured, Though Tramps May
Have Been Cremated.

The north-bound passenger train
on the Burlington was delayed four
hours by an unusual wreck which
occurred near Whitehall last night.
On account of the obstruction the
St. Paul train was forced to use the
Alton tracks from Brighton to White
hall. Old railway men say the oc-
cuFrence was one of the strangest in
their experience.
A train of 20 cars, mostly oil tanks
of the newest and largest type,
caught fire in some manner yet I'M
explained and in a remarkably short
time all but three of the cars had
been burned up or blown up. The en-
CINE and couple of stock cars were
cut out i'll time to save them, but no
one dared to approach the burning
oil ears as explosions occurred with
frequency and eye-witnesses- say the
great tanks went shooting up like
giant sky-rockets, producing a stu
p6ndous spectacle.
No Lives Lost.
As far as is known no lives We're
lost All the members of the crew
escaped without injury. There may
have been tramps on the oil cars and
lighting matches might possibly have
started the fire. Leaking oil and a
hot box may also have been the
cause But so completely did the oil
yield to the rapid combustion that
soon nothing was left but piles of
scrap iron. The railway company will
II ts.1, H..
considerable. as the tanks were full
and held great quantity of various
oils. kerosene. gasoline. lighting oils
and thes like. No buildings were near
at hand, so that the damage was con-
fined to the tracks and cars.
wreck at La Sale.
A disastrous wreck at La Sale Sat
urday night tied up the Rock Island
| for seven or eight hours well into
Sunday morning and the morning pas
senger trains were all late from the
east on this account. \ fast freight
collided with switch engine in the
La Sale yards with the result that
both engines were demolished. while
20 ears were piled in heap at the
rear. Both tracks were covered by
the debris and it was seven hours be
fore the tracks could be cleared and
trains let through. No one was hurt
the crews of both the switch engine
and the freight train jumping. The
switch engine was out on the main
line without orders and the freight
engineer thought he had clear
track.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29
BROUGH-NELsoN WEDDING
CELEBRATED THIS MORNING

James Brough, the well-known en-
ploye at the Arcade cigar store, and
Miss Esther L. Nelson were married
by Rev. J. F. Lockney at 6 o'clock
this morning at the parsonage of Sa-
cred Heart church. Immediately af-
ter the ceremony they left for Chi
cago and. after trip will be at home
to their numerous friends in this city.
'AlI the news all the time = TT
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-29

Hardy Flagg,. Waupaca, Wis, says:
My wife would as soon think of MAX
ing bread without -four, as keeping
house without Rocky Mountain Tea.
IS cents. T. H. Thomas, druggist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11
A New Travelling Crane.

"A travelling cantilever crane will be
used for erecting the battleship Con
necticut, to be built at the New York
Navy Yard, says the Engineering
News. 1t will consist Of a double truss
girder 211 feet 2la inches long over all,
with trolley track of 20 feet gauge.
The trolley travel will be 1913 feet, or
90 feet to each side of the centre. The
crane girder will travel on track of
20 feet gauge supported on a steel
trestle about G2 feet high and 513 feet
long over all. The trolley will thus
have a clear working space of 50 feet
wide and 513 feet long on each side
of the trestle structure. The rise of the
hook is 81 feet inches. The capacity
OF the crane is 10000 pounds at 60
feet at each side of the centre, and 49,
600 pounds at 80 feet either side Of the
centre. The power will be sufficient to
give a hosting speed of 125 feet per
minute for a load of 10000 pounds, or
$50 feet or 700 feet respectively for
loads of 10000 or 1000 pounds. The
trolley travel will be 400 to 500 feet per
minute, and the bridge travel 400 to
700 feet according to the load.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11

with narrow velvet belt that fastens
with cut steel buckle.
The fronts close in double-breasted
style, with two rows Of steel buttons
that are the only trimming used on the
suit. The neck is finished at the col
lar line with machine stitching and the
collar is omitted.
The sleeve is shaped with an inside
seam, has slight fulness on the shcul-
ders and is gathered at the wrist. The
sleeve is arranged on wristband with
the gathers at the back, where 1t
droops stylishly.
The skirt is made with ten evenly
proportioned cores fitted smoothly
around the waist. 1t closes invisibly
at the centre back seam in habit effect.
A narrow tuck is stitched at each
side of the cores and fatty pressed.
producing what is called the slot
seam.
To make the Eton in the medium
size will require one and one-half yards
of forty -four-inch material.
To make the skirt in the medium
size will require five and one-half yards
of forty-four-inch material.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11

neck, broadens considerably toward
the lower edge and is completed with
black collar, both closing at the centre
back.
The coat is shaped with shoulder and
underarm seams, fits well on the shoul-
ders and flares in box effect at the
lower edge, falling in soft graceful
folds. Triple shoulder capes of black
satin are edged with bands of white.
They give Il becoming breadth to the
figure.
The coat is fastened invisibly from
the neck to the point of the capes. Be-
low that the closing is made with black
satin buttons and buttonholes worked
in the edges of the fronts.
The sleeves are regulation coat
sleeves, shaped with upper and under
portions. They have slight fulness on
the shoulders and are finished with
tlaring cuffs of satin.
TO make the coat for Il child of two
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11

Women who wish to preserve the
slimness and contour of their figures
must begin by learning to stand well.
That is explained to mean the throw
ing forward and upward of the chest,
the fiattening of the back and shoulder
: blades held in their proper places, and
the definite curving of the small OF the
back, thus throwing the whole weight
of the body on the hips, says the Chi
cago Inter-Ocean.
This, in great measure, preserves
the figure, because it keeps the muscles
firm and well strung and prevents the
sinking down of the flesh around the
waist, so common in women over thir-
ty, which is perfectly easy to escape
Another thing to avoid is the bad habit
of going upstairs, as most women do
bent forward, with the chest contract.
ed, which, as well as being an indolent
slouching manner of walking, Is in
furious to the heart and lungs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11
WISE WORDS.
anywhere

He is rich who owns nothing.-Italian
proverb.
A fine cage won't feed the bird
French proverb.
must work the works of Him that
sent me, while it is day; the night com
eth, when no man can work.-St John.
The sins by which Gods Spirit is
ordinarily grieved are the sins of small
things-laxities in keeping the temper,
slight neglects of duty, sharpness Of
dealing.-Horace Bushnell.
True literature is the voice of the soul
calling from the windows of the house
of clay in response to those things in
life that touch the nature of the soul
that speaks.-The Spectator.
The working world understands that
the only man who really knows things
is the man who can do things; that no
man is really skilled and wise whose
whole knowledge has been got out of
books.-Portland Oregonian.
The labor of the baking was the hard
est part of the sacrifice of her hospi-
tality. To many it is easy to give what
they have, but the Offering of weariness
and pain is never easy. They are, in
deed, true salt to salt sacrifices
wlthal-George Macdonald.
Opportunity goes. but inspiration
comes. Time goes, but eternity comes.
The human goes, the divine comes.
The world passes away, and the fash
lon of it; but heaven comes-the heaven
of better faith, loftier hope. more
generous love, making all things new
and fair.-James Freeman Clarke.
The great books of the imagination
are written in invisible ink-that is,
they are understood only by expert
ence. You must be able to hold their
pages before the fire Of life ere their
full significance appears to you. 1t
follows that one reading of great
book cannot suffice.-British Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11
HaSsI| WCszEN AND M
S.sg ctwAE, TEtnR W
sSHN& W&NS - M
WAY - esssu..6ED

A woman operates one Of the most
| successful stock ranches In Arizona.
eleven miles from Prescott.
Mrs. John Golden, Of Jeffersonville.
Ind, the first woman to be given a
pilots license on the Ohio and Missis-
sippi Rivers, started on her first trip
recently from Louisville.
Jane e. Sherzer, an American girl, a
native of Franklin, Ohio, has received
the degree of doctor of philosophy at
the Berlin University. She received
the degree of A. B. from the Univer-
sity of Michigan in 1893. Previous to
that time she taught school at Oxford,
Ohio, and Jackson, Ill.
Suzanne Henning, an American girl,
fourteen years of age, who has been
succeeded in climbing the mountains
direct into Italy. She ascended the
Diavollezza, crossed the Pers glacier
and descended Morteratsch glacier.
She was accompanied by maid and
guides.
A trade for women which seems pc
culiar to Paris Is that of the dinner
taster." Just before the dinner hour
the lady drives round from house to
house of her patrons, enters each kitch-
en- and tastes each dish which is to be
served. She suggests improvements
and describes new ,methods of prepar-
ing food.
In the Empire District, in Cedar
| Creek County, Col, are said to be two
good paying mines owned by women.
| One of them belongs to two Boston
stenographers, who went to Colorado
on q vacation tour, bought prospect,
began to work 1t themselves, and even
tually developed it into one Of the best
producers of low grade ore in the dis
trict.
Lady Henry Somerset, who has re-
Gently completed her fifty-first year,
has been, since 1890, President of the
British Women's Temperance Associa-
ton, which is now the largest associa-
ton of its kind in England. In 1892
she was President of the Worlds Won.
ems Christian Temperance Union, and
in 1898 held sway over half million
women as President of the Interna-
| tional Association.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11
Wearing of Combs.

Combs are stin as important as ever
In arranging the coiffure; in fact, it
may be said that tortoise she'll combs,
both side and back, have come to stay.
Women of all stations wear them
though they differ in quality and orna-
mentation. and one would as soon
think of attempting to do up ones hair
without hairpins as without these con.
venient combs.
The two side pieces are rather long
and curved, while the one which is in
tended to hold up "scolding" locks is
shorter, but has large teeth. Whether
the coilfure is high or low, set of
three is used, the only difference being
that in the former case the back comb
is thrust in rather low across the head,
while with the latter style this comb
is placed at the crown of the head, and
is used to hold the pompadour roll in
place.-Philadelphia Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11

Kerosene oil will clean blackened
| silver almost instantly.
Put salt on the clinkers in your stove
or range while they are hot after rak-
Ing down the fire, and 1t will remove
them.
If an ecru tinge be desired in lace,
| place powdered saffron in water and
| allow the lace to lie on it, increasing
| the strength until the desired tint is
| obtained.
The ordinary, everyday omelet will
| put on new air if, as soon as it is
"set," it is cut into quarters and each
piece is rolled separately before being
removed from the pan.
When favoring has been forgotten
| In a pudding or cake the fault may
be remedied by rubbing the desired ex-
tract over the outside of the cake as
| soon as it is taken from the oven.
To clean gilt frames sponge them
with spirits of wine or oil of turpen-
| tine, only wetting the sponge sufficient
| ly to take off dirt and fly marks. Do
not wipe the frames, but let them dry
| in the air.
Mildew may be removed from white
lawn by spreading with paste of soft
| soap and powdered chalk and putting
| In the sun, or even by soaking in but
| termilk and then summing. As soon as
| the spots fade out rinse through several
waters and dry.
To remove grease from cloth clothes
| use alcohol and salt Dissolve one
| tablespoonful Of salt in four of alcohol.
Apply when needed with n piece of
clean flannel or sponge Keep this
mixture tightly corked and do not use
it near fire or light, for it is very in.
| flammable.
Always strain the juice from par
boiled oysters before adding it to the
soup. In parbolling the albumen coag.
ulates and forms the fine black flakes
| that often are found floating in oyster
! soup. They do not in any way spoil
the flavor, but the sight of them is not
appetizing.
Steaming is the best process for
| cleaning wells. Wind the veil care
fully, with even edges around a piece
of broom handle. lay across boiler
| or saucepan of water and steam for
about three-quarters of an hour Leave
OH the broom handle until dry and all
the dirt and dust will be gone, giving
it a new stiffness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11
The London Sewer Hunter.

The London sewer hunter before
commencing operations provides him
self with a bullseye lantern, a canvas
apron and pole some seven or eight
feet in length. having an iron attach
ment at one end somewhat in the
shape of hoe. For greater conve
nience the lantern is invariably fixed
to the right shoulder so that when
walking the light is thrown ahead,
and when STOPPING its rays shine di-
rectly to their feet. Thu,i accoutred
they walk slowly along through the
mud, feeling with their naked feet for
anything unusual, at the same time
raking the accumulation from the
walls and picking from the crevices
any article they see. Nothing is al.
lowed to escape them. no matter what
It's value, provided 1t is not valueless.
Old iron, pieces of rope, bones, current
coin of the realm and articles of plate
and jewelry-all is good fish which
comes to the hunters net.-Chambers'
Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11
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81. -yhHags~
fsss~=s..ggae~ fsss Wear

Exquisite house gowns are made of
flowered liberty satins.
The brims of the latest models in
toques turn up straight all around.
Velvet strappings are to be used on
some of the less severe tailor costumes.
Miroir velvet is taking the place of
panne, both in dark and delicate tints.
For voile and similar materials entire
effect.
Buttons Of all kinds are used as gar
niture, particularly tiny gilt or silver
buttons.
White soutache oraid blended with
black makes an effective trimming for
fall costumes.
Tassels continue in favor, and may
be of gold, passementerie OF the mate,
rial of the gown.
Green wreaths as well as flower cir
clets have been favorite hair decora.
tions this season.
| For dressy wear smooth cloth will
be a leader this fall, as 1t has been fol
several seasons past
Cabochons and huge balls, preferably
Of jet, nave superseded the familiar
| buckle as millinery ornaments.
The blue and green combinations CON
are charming, noticeably those of the
light tortoise shell inlaid with gold.
The blue and green combination, con.
spicuous during the summer, are in
evidence for the fall, particularly in
plaid effects.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11
Dustless Tafeta.

While some women complain that
taffeta both catches and holds the dust,
It is yet fact that for strappings es-
pecially and stitched empiecements of
whatever form, nothing touches this
most popular OF silks. Even on outing
rigs it figures to a great extent, and no
sensible person can deny that for dust
less qualities it doesn't beat braid.
Even plain braid is loosely woven by
comparison, and holds lot of dust,
while those that indulge in the average
number of curves, twists and quirl-
ecues generally are veritable dust
traps. With most Of the light weight
woods it's the same way, the dust sim
ply sinks in. This is not the case with
taffeta, for though 1t shows dust on the
surface one has the satisfaction OF
knowing that it's al, on the outside.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11

Very light shades of gray, tan and
green are to be worn this fall, with
velvet trimmings to give them heavy
apppearance. A smart costume is
shown in the large drawing, developed
In Eau de Nil wool canvas, having
white lace and dark green velvet for
trimming.
The waist is made over glove-fitted
featherboned lining that closes in the
centre front. The back is plain across
the shoulders and drawn down close
to the belt, where the fulness is ar
ranged in tiny pleats.
The plastron and full vest are perma
nently attached to the right lining
front and close invisibly on the left.
a band Of lace is applied at the top of
the vest to cover the joining.
A tiny rever and shoulder trimming
of velvet finish the edges of the front
above the vest, the latter extending
over the shoulder to the back. A trans
parent lace collar completes the neck,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-11
Egg Surprises.

We had the oldest dish imaginable
served to us at girls luncheon the
other day. 1t was boiled eggs served
In quaint china egg cups. AS we had
gotten down to coffee and bonbons
when the eggs made their appearance,
they created quite a sensation. The
first thought was Of ices in a novel
form; but inspection showed that the
shells were of the bona fide barnyard
variety. However, the shell when
broken with our spoons revealed tissue
paper instead Of albumen. The paper
In every case inclosed delightful little
silver souvenir of the occasion. On
pulling out our treasures, we found
that the eggs were hollow shells. The
gifts had been inserted through large
opening hidden by the egg cup.-Mary
Dawson, in Good Housekeeping.