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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30
SOME OFTHE WORK
That Will Come Up Before the
Soions at Springfield Dur
ing the Week.
CHICAGO HAS A LIBERAL SHARE
Superintendent at Pontiac Denies a
Statement = Adjournment Little
Likely on April "a.

Springfield, Ills, March 30.-Under n
special order made last week the ses-
sions of the house tomorrow and
Wednesday will be devoted to the con-
sideration of house bills on the order
of second reading There is long list
of these bills, and it Is not at all likely
that all of them can be reached within
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30

10 InaW out ana the SKIN
is reacting and making
extra efforts to throw off
the poisons that have
accumulated during the
winter. Then boils and
pimples, rashes and
eruptions of every con-
ceivable kind make
their appearance, and
Eczema andTetter-the
twin terrors of skin
diseases Nettle-rash,
Poison Oak and Ivy,
and such other skin trC
break ont afresh to torn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30

Spring tiredness, feel ugly, tired,
no life, feel mean all over. Take
Rocky Mountain Tea. Clears out win
ter microbes. A tonic for the tired
and sick. 35c. L. H. Thomas phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30
SkIN DISEASES TIE IF s sgU 30 PPM

And while always painful ggavating With
few exceptions they in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30
TWO AdYances Last Year.

Last year at this time the price of
coal on the car in this city was $3.50
per ton. The first advance was made
in September, when % cents was
tackled on, and then in November the
price was elevated TO where it is at
present. The advance last fall was
said to be due to the scarcity of soft
coal, caused by the demand for it to
take the place of hard coal, which
was virtually out of the market
The scarcity Of last year is not felt
now, and it is but reasonable to as
sumo that there will be plenty of fuel
this fall. In view of this fact the pub
lie will be interested to know wheth-
er the IS cents per ton that will be
paid after April / over the price of n
year ago is all to be charged to high
er wages to the miners, or whether
the operators and railway companies
will not cut the so cents added last
year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30

suffered with Eczema Of the hands
ano Lace Tor over year, it was not only
annoy1ng and painful but verv nm
streets. 81 Oo1 Al the
tried at least a dozen soaps and salvsa
ano became very much discoura9ed
onLlt reaQ IN the paper of the cures
performed through the use of g.
mad little faith at first but Determined
10 give 1t q months fair trial at least
am pleased to state that soon noticsI a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30
BOOST FOR COAL
Local Dealers to Advance Price
Another IS Cents
April [.
WILL COST 1926 ON THE CAR
Excuse That 1t is Necessary by New
Miners Wage
Scale.

Beginning Wednesday of this week
new scale of prices for soft coal
will go into effect in this city, as
elsewhere over the state The adj
vance, said to be due to the new min
ers' scale that goes into effect the
first of the month, will make coal
cost the local consumer 1925 at the
car instead of So, as it has been in
the past
There has been no meeting of the
dealers of the city to agree upon the
raise, but it will be general neverthe-
less, the retailers claiming that the
new price must be charged to meet
the advance in the wholesale prices,
which are in turn affected by the in
creased wages that win be paid the
miners, beginning April 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30

EducaSe Your Bowels with Cascaroes.
Candy Cstharsic: cure constipation forever
voc. "a 6eleS 9. fail, druggists refund money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30

to keep it up AfteI he ma ~ ~ 20 deelde
e as as s1a1o6h ana sort as babys: This was year
ago sno nave never had any trouble since.
MISS GENEVA BRIGGS.
216 So. 7th ST.. Minneapolis, MINI.
ubles as usually remain quiet during cold weather
ent and distract by their fearful burning itching
I'd singing. A course of S. S. S. now will purifV
ID enrich the blood, reinforce and tone up the gen
al system and stimulate the sluggish circulation
us warding off the diseases common to spring and
miner. The skin, with good blood to nourish it,
t and free of all disfguring eruptions.
on diseases of the skin and write us if YOU desire
'ecial information. This will cost you nothing
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA. Ga,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-30

TIE swift SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, Ga
The Western news., 1903-11-04
Seeing Electricity.

The phenomena Of electric discharges
IN vacuum tubes give the nearest ap-
proach to seeing electricity that are
likely to be made. The streams of cor
puscles propelled along the tubes sug-
gested to Crookes in 1870 the idea of
fourth state of matters, and these cor
puscles-smaller than atoms, and the
same In all kinds Of gases-were named
electrons by Stoney, and have come to
De regarded as the electric parts OF all
atoms, or even as making up matter
ITSELF When torn from its groups or
from matter the electron travels with
a speed comparable to that of light.
A body charged with electricity. II at
rest. presents the phenomena Of cleo
trostatics; If in motion, those of cleo
tricity and magnetism; if in acceleratiou
or change Of motion. those of light and
radiation generally.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
CROPS ARE INSURED.
Inc Nebraska Farmers Safeguards e d
Against Loss to Their wheat
from Hail.

1t Is interesting to see the adjustment
OF hailstorm losses on Nebraska crops.
The insuring Of crops from hail has be-
come the custom there headway being
made since the Nebraska farmer STONED
raising spring wheat and began sowing
winter wheat, reports the Chicago Trib-
une.
Winter wheat crops are considered
good risks by the old line companies.
They are insured for from 81 to- SIC all
acre at six per cent. premium. A large
amount OF the insurance placed by farm
ers is against damage from hail. A
storm occurred in western Nebraska a this
year. but struck section where most of
the growing crop of winter wheat was
covered by insurance.
A man with barrel hoop will quickly
ascertain almost the exact amount OF
the loss to a field of wheat. The COM
panies have adjusters in every locality
where insurance is placed. One drives to
the field and selects place whore the
wheat has been blown down snG dam
aged. Into section of this he cee. tho
hoop, and then he carefully counts every,
q
Der Of heads that are down. IF 50 cut
of 100 Of these heads have beer trrrrd
to the earth. the ad;rs+er rcckors 'oes
of so per cent. and this loss is allowed
on each acre that has beer strrc7- tv NE
storm. The numbor of acres is deter
mined by survey, if the farmer demands
this
The adiuster must taFe into corsid-
Grafton the state of the wheat wher it
was struck by the hail. for it may have
been blown down previously. ard tho
owner may yet be able to get the r7oet
of 1t If it has reached a certain degree CT
maturity
H. w. Cowgill an adjuster at Hold
rege, says that claims amounting to
$4,000 had been adjusted. Some Of the
losses were total, and the owners had
but the insurance money for their 'n'cr.
They were allowed TO harvest whet they
could get, and in some instances they
secured 20 bushels to the acre. This they
were entitled to under the rules of the
company.
The insurance renders good crop al
most certainty. In the last eight years
there has been one GOOD crop after an-
other, the acreage and the yield seem
Ing TO increase until last year the state
produced 6O.OOO,OOO bushels.
Mr., Cowgirl showed a map of town
ship in Phelps county, Neb. On each
quarter section was Indicated the amount
of insurance, and nearly all of the town
ship was protected.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
TISSUE LAMP SHADES,
Late Designs Have the style and Color
E6ects Of Silk and satin
Shades.

There is something entirely new fol
and what average woman has not?-
and delights in lamp and candle shades,
reports the New York Times. They
are made of tissue and crepe paper, and
no one need scof, for they are not the
od-time flower effects. which are
pretty. to be sure. but not as generally
useful as might be. These newer shades
are made on the lines of the silk and
satin shades. have equally as good color
effects, and do not entail the expense
of those made of more elaborate ma
terials
The lamp shades are made on the reg
ular lamp shade frames to be found in
different styles and sizes. There are the
dome shades. the bell shades, and the
fiat-sided Empire shades. They are
all made similarly. the different styles
OF paper producing different effects.
The wires in the frames, which can be
purchased with the supplies. are covered
with plain tissue paper twisted over
them, or with the colored, if desired,
that any part that is visible may have a
nnlshed appearance. There are many
fancy patterns in crepe paper. and these
are used at will. These include the
f1owered papers showing flowers of diff
ferent colors and shades. blue and
white papers, which give Delft tones,
and Persian papers, which work up ex-
cellently into shades for Libraries, or
possibly for dining-rooms. For candle
shades, as rule, the more delicate COL
Ors are used
on the frame. and over this is stretched
the tlowered crepe paper, and the top
and bottom and ribs OF the shades are
outlined with narrow strips of black
or gold, hiding the places where the
paper is Joined and giving the effect
of wrought iron or brass frames The
result is lamp shade that is inexpen-
sive and exceaNinG~!y pretty.
One of these shades, which is attrac-
tive, is made Of a crepe paper which
has white foundation, with a design
OF pale pink roses upon it. Another is
IN the blue, both of these outlined with
the black paper, and brilliant dark red
shade is finished with the gold passe-
partout paper. Candle shades are sim
tlarly made and shaped over a butter or
cheese dish top, and the candle shade
holders can be bought to mount them
on Pretty effects are obtained by u.s.
Ing colored paper. instead of the
white as the foundation or lining OF the
shade, and deep and varied color tones
can be obtained.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
Teaching, the Child to obey.

A mother should be careful to make
only reasonable demands upon her
child's obedience, but when once made.
to enforce them implicitly. A thing
once refused should never be yielded to
teasing When it is possible the reason
Tor the refusal should be explained to
the child. One should be very careful
never to enter into contest over a point
that cannot be enforced. A child may
oe mace TO do certain things, but no
power on earth can force him to do 9th
ers, or to say words that he has made
up his mind not to say The prudent
mother will enforce her authority and
teach obedience on the ground that she
is sure of being able to hold Points that
she knows she cannot carry she will
avoid until the habit of obedience is
formed and then there will be no discus
sion.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
Wonderful Clock.

The Grand Palais in Paris possesses a
wonderful clock, which was shown in
the Paris exhibition of 1855. 1t was the
work of Collin, and has just been over
hauled. 1t is claimed for this chef
d'oeuvre, says the Debats. that it does
not vary more than the hundredth part
OF second in a year. 1t is four and
a half meters in height, and indicates the
time in the II chief cities of the world
each city having its own dial The clock
not only marks the year. month and day
OF the week, but it's pendulum forms a
barometer Of singular precision.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
TWO KINDS OF FINANC1ERING.
Simplest of Bank Frauds That Was
Successfully Worked by a
Schemlng Clerk.

Il saw a man on the street the Other
day who got away with one of the sim
plest bank frauds l ever heard of" sale
a bank inspector who was in New YORK
on his regular tour of duty. This man
was employed in a bank in a city uI
state. 1t turned out when the bank
closed its doors that it had been run
! very loosely, but that had nothing in
particular to do with this man s opera
tions. He was clerk In the bank and
made up the quarterly interest account.
This was sheet showing what was
due each depositor for interest. 1t gen.
orally ran to three or four sheets, and
the footing of each had to be carried
to the top of the next one. Well, about
the third sheet the clerk would enter
the footing properly, then let drop
figures. He would let it dry there, thus
obscuring the footing of the sheet.
In carrying over to the next sheet
the footing that was blotted he would
add 81 900, SO that the total of the report
would show 81 900 more chargeable to
interest than actually was a charge
against the bank. He'd let this report
go to the directors of the bank, with the
idea that if the error was detected he
would account for it by the blot, saying
he had made natural mistake When
the sheet went through unquestioned he
proceeded to get possession of the 81 900
by opening an account in the name of a
fictitious person and crediting this &C.
count with $1,000. The banks accounts
were thus forced to balance.
Then by drawing checks on the ac-
count of the fictitious depositor he would
draw the money out. When we nabbed
him he made confession. He had been
stealing about $4, 900 year in this way.
That was the bank" continued the in
spector, where, when the directors
found the hole in the bottom, they fitted
up presidents Office in magnificent
style. went out and got an ambitious mil
lionaire, showed him the office, asked
him if he wouldn't like to be president
and then sold him their stock at $3.50.
He wasn't in month before the bank
failed"
The Western news., 1903-11-04
TEXAS CATTLE FOR AFRICA
Fine stock for Breeding Purposes
Sent i'm Large Numbers to
That CountYy.

1t was announced in January last tha,
large number of Texas cattle were to
be sent to South Africa, and in the course
OF time it was believed the shipments
would amount to at least 900 head.
On account of the rindepest and the neg
lect OF South African cattle during the
recent war that region was compelled to
import many beef cattle, says the New
York Sun.
The news that came from Texas was
doubtless interpreted by many to mean
that South Africa was importing Ameri-
can beef on the hoof. 1t appears, how
ever, that this was not the case
Several shipments have arrived at
Delagoa Bay and then been forwarded
to the great plateau Of the Transvaal.
The Gold Fields News of recent date
contains an interesting description of
these shipments, which makes It evil
dent that the so-called Texas cattle are
not the big-boned, long-horned kind
usually associated with the name.
Up to June 80 last 4.050 head of cattle
from Texas had arrived in the Transvaal
and seven more consignments we're on
the way which would bring the number
up to 1880. Most Of these cattle are
fine. picked heifers and well-hred bulls.
They arrived in excellent condition, and
the first shipment: by the Atlantian,
which carried the record cargo of cat
tie to South Africa, consisting Of 1850
head. had only % casualties on the way.
The significant fact is that Texas cat
tie are to be used largely as breeding
stock to replenish the big Boer stock
farms. For this purpose excellent stock
of good breed is being selected. The
steamship Cranley, for example, dis
charged cargo Of l, 800 heifers and a
few bulls, all Of which were raised on
the best stock farms of southern Texas,
the cargo consisting entirely of Short
horns. Shorthorn -Herefords, Jerseys,
Holsteins and pure bred Devons.
The vast majority of the cattle which
have arrived are in far better condition
than most veld-fed Afrikander cattle
after a moderate winter season. Depots
have been established at Victoria and
other places. where the stock must go be-
fore reaching the ultimate purchaser
The present importations from Texas
are taken to Africa by large private
company under government direction.
The enterprise is hailed in South Africa
as a benefcient work, for it is believed
that the importation of such useful
strains of breeding stock will eventual
ly tend to an all-round improvement in
the South African herds
The Western news., 1903-11-04
Uses of Waste PaDAr

Few housewives know of the numer-
Gus uses that waste paper can be nut
to. After stove has been blackened It
can be kept in very good condition by
rubbing 1t every day with paper. The
tea kettle, tea pot and coffee Dot can
also be kept bright and clean in the
same way. Knives and tinware can be
polished till they shine like silver. Pa
per is better than dry cloth for improv-
ing the appearance Of mirrors, lamp
chimneys, etc. Preserves and pickles
keep much better If brown paper, in
stead OF cloth is tied over the lar.
Paper is as good as wadding for putting
under carpets, and two thicknesses
placed under spread make a covering
as warm a. q blanket. - American
Queen.
The Western news., 1903-11-04
CAT CHUcK1NG A NEW GAME,
New Yorkers Have Som ething That
Beats Ptng-POng, Golf and Auto
mObling "All Hollow"

"Got great game up our way" said
the gentleman who lives on Washington
Heights Beats golf. ping-pong, or
automobiling all hollow. What is it?
Well, for lack of better name. we call
it cat chucking,' and, as this name
suggests, an important element in the
game is feline, says the New York Her
aid.
mo spot in the wide, wide world Is
so replete with cats as Washington
Heights. Some Of these pussies are val
liable, and are highly priced by their
owners. But the swarming and yowl-
ing majority is not, and so when 1t
comes to playing game of cat chuck
ing the participant usually captures
stray animals, else surreptitiously bor-
rows his neighbors'.
about once month lot OF us get
together for a game We meet at the
upper end of Manhattan, where the
woods are trifle thick. each Of us bear
ing thick paper bag. in which is con-
fined tabby or Thomas, according to
taste. These bags are deposited at the
foot of tree, and then all hands bolt
for home
"The bags are but insecurely fas-
tened and the imprisoned animals have
little difficulty in breaking their bonds
Once released, where do they go? Why,
each dashes off at once as a rule, for
the home Of the cat chucker,' who has
brought it to the foot of the aforemen-
toned tree. The cat chuckers' have
had time to reach their places of abode
long before the felines have solved their
various and intricate problems of di-
rection. and that player whose animal
is first to arrive is declared winner.
when first we began to play a man
might enter the same cat time and time
again, but it was soon discovered that
two or three old and experienced pussles
were coming in first every time Zine
household pets they were, with supe-
rior education and training), to the ex-
clnsion of other pussies. which had been
picked up at random and installed in
the homes of the players but few days,
merely for 'chucking' purposes. So now
each player must enter a feline that
has been in his possession no more than
ten days, or two weeks, at most, in or
der to compete"
The Western news., 1903-11-04
: HIS EvANESCENT COURAGE.
Temptation" when q PaRa0r
Match Snapped.

Dart Wantland is the hve-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Wantland,
and has achieved considerable summer
resort fame as the trick rider of the
Glen Park donkeys, relates the Den
yer Post. The boy Is a mirth-pro-
voking youngster, who carries his as
sumption of manly dignity so far that
he sometimes gets beyond his depth in
the current of events.
This week he accompanied his moth
er to the Office of the Broadway theater.
Coming back. she took the short cut to
Seventeenth street that leads through
the corridors of the Brown Palace ho-
tel, and the boy, with all the manliness
OF his five years, was discussing the pros
poets of the Prince of Pilsen."'
II like show with lots Of shooting
In It," he was saying as they entered the
hotel rotunda- II want you to take me to
a show that's full of shootin'. won't
be afraid of the shootin'. 1t can't scare
me, not much"
This last bold asseveration was deliv-
cred as the pair were in the middle of
the Brown rotunda. The luckless boy
had attracted the notice of everyone
within earshot, and just then he stepped
on parlor match, which blew up with
what seemed like terrific bang.
"Wow!" yelled the lad, and he clung
to his mother and screamed in tones
OF horror. He denies he yelled "mur-
der" and police" but the hotel guests
who saw his sudden transition from
staggering bravery to terror say that
these were the words he shrieked
1t was crestfallen youth who sat at
the table of the Metropole that evening,
surveying the guests and wondering
how many knew of his inglorious de-
feat by the parlor match. A member
Of the prince of Pilsen" company, with
whom he had struck up an acquaintance
on short notice, noted the boys look OF
humility and abstraction and said:
Hello, Dart! What is the matter
this evening?"
Il don't feel WELL" said the boy, with
a touch of his staggering bravado. II
think | have nervous perspration!"
The bitterness of being laughed at
again was so saddening to him that he
was silent for as much as an hour and
a half
The Western news., 1903-11-04
THE WIFE'S MORAL RIGHTS.
A Will-Makfn9 Incident Which Opens
Up q Wide Field of Spec
ulatiOn.

Has the wife moral right to take part
in making her husbands will? This
was the question urged recently by a
wife, says American Queen.
With legal aspect of the matter,
she had nothing to do; legally, he was
not bound to consult her, and, on her
side, she knew that if she had possessed
money in her own right she could dis
pose OF 1t as she desired. So far, it
seemed fair to both; but in this case
the only money possessed by the couple
was that which had been saved during
their married life.
1t was true that the money had been
saved out OF the husbands earnings,
and had been banked and invested in his
name, but the wife declared that the
extent OF the saving had been consider
ably increased by her. She had al
ways striven to make home comfortable,
and to obtain the maximum of happi-
ness with minimum of expenditure,
BY her careful household MANAGEMENT
she had secured her object on a small
er allowance than most of her friends;
she had taken her share in the per-
formance Of everyday duties in the
house, and thus caused her husband less
expense for servants, breakage and gen.
eral maintenance. Had she been 80
minded, she might have spent much
more. and her husband would have ac-
cepted this increased expenditure as a
matter of course. In that event his
savings would have been less; hence.
by logical reasoning, she had saved a
fair share of the amount standing to
his credit in the bank or In stocks, and
as natural consequence, she had a
moral right to have a voice in the dis
position OF the estate.
In the instance OF which we Arc
speaking, the husband recognized the
truth of the argument, and crossed out
the distasteful condition. This incl
dent opens up wide field of specula-
tlon. AS a general thing, the wife has
good moral grounds for insisting on
taking part in the will-making. as she
Is the one who has to abide by the con.
SEQUENCES
The Western news., 1903-11-04
Feminine Tfmi6ity.

Old Betsey Nabors was one of the
rudely picturesque characters of large
rural district in the mountains OF Vir-
ginia. She was great. muscular wo-
man, her masculine appearance being
emphasized by heavy boots and an i'm
mense bundle, since the gentle nomad
carried her home on her back.
II should think, Betsey," said one OF
the farm wives, that you'd be scared to
death out in the woods all night
mo, l amt skeered O. nuthin'-ex-
ceptin' sometimes" she added with a
shamefaced air, 81 do be bit shy OF a
b'ar."-Judge.