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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-23
RAsr. / WEST.
fRAINS.

ROCK ISLAND AND PEORIA DIVISION.
Trains leave Twentieth street station. Main
ne trains start from main depot on Firth
avenue minutes In advance OF time given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-23

\ relic of the Kansas City flood
comes back to Moline in the shape of
four carloads of the manufactured
stock of Deere & Co. These carloads
were shipped from here TO the Kan
sas City house just prior to the flood
and had not been unloaded. Thus they
stood during the period of high water
in their shipping car entirely sub
merged. The cars were returned to
Moline, and while the goods have not
been unloadeds the ears can yet be
seen on Third avenue. The sides show
the water mark and the floors inside
are bedded with heavy mud which
settled from the thick waters of the
Missouri. The implements were also
covered with the mud and all the
stock will be gone over and repaint-
ed before it can be again shipped out
for sale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-23

Gust Stevens, a west-end boy, while
swimming at the Bulllhead with sever
al companions Tuesday afternoon,
suffered the misfortune of breaking
his left arm. One of the party ran
out on springboard, to which
Stevens was clinging with his arm
above the board. The sudden jerk
snapped the bones in three pieces and
it will be some time before Gust can
go swimming again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-23

MOtorman Hart, of the Red line, was
seriously injured Tuesday afternoon
while doing conductor dmty. He was
on the step of the car when another
car passing his own swept him off
and threw. MIN TO the pavement with
considerable force. He was consider
ably bruised and shaken up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-23
TRAINS

Peoria, Springfield, 81. L.,
Indianapolis. Cincinnati.
Peoria, Springfield, Indian
apoliH. Cincinnati, Bloom'
Ingtou, St. Louis. .......
Peoria Express ...........
Peoria, Indianapolis, Gin
ciEnati, Bloomington. -.
Gable & Sherrard Accom-
Cable & Sherrsrd Accom-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-23

Hulda Amelia, wife of c. \. Peter
son. died at the home, 1112 Twenty
fourth street, Tuesday night, after
IL months suffereing with valvular
disease of the heart. She was born in
Sweden April 20, 1866, and crossed the
waters in 1891, coming direct to Mo-
lines 1t was in 1891 in this city that
she was married to Mr.. Peterson. who
survives her with four children, Emil.
agend 10 years; Elsie, aged S years;
Esther, aged years and Mildred
aged years. \ sister and one broth
er, also in Moline, survive. The fun
eral will be held from the home Fri
day afternoon at o'clock and Rev.
{. \. Hemborg will officiate Inter
ment will be at Riverside.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-23

pard; vice president, w. L. Murray;
secretary, w. II. Burke; treasurer. j.
f. Nolan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-23

All trains daily except Sunday
sPassengers for points beyond Savanna VIII
make connections leaving at m. and ar
irving ut 8:47 p. via Iowa side OF the river.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
THE QUEEN WAS UNNERvED.
Victoria Was Not So Ready at Speak
ing I'm Public ~ kinE
Edward Ii.

How many of King Edwards prede-
cessors on the throne, one wonders,
have made 80 speeches out of Eng
land in as many days?asks the London
Chronicle. The activities of the king,
no sooner home again than he is pre-
pairing for Dalkeith and Holyrood,
call strangely to mind the quieter
years which followed the death of his
father, and lasted as long as the
Victorian era. None of us have been
before SO used to royal Speeches as
we have become of late, and some
of Us, perhaps, remember the nerv-
BUSINESS with which Queen Victoria
sometimes faced an audience.
Sir William Harcourt has vivid
recollection of one occasion at least
when he had to speak in place of the
queen, who sat listening to the
declaration she should have made
herself. It was at the opening of the
law courts, nearly p years ago. A
distinguished audience had gathered
to hear her majesty proclaim the
building open, and it was not until
almost the very minute at which the
queen was due to speak that she
called the home secretary to her side
and whispered something in his ear.
The next minute Sir William Har-
court stood forward, and said he had
the queens command to declare the
law courts open, and everybody knew
that the monarch of worldwide
empire was unnerved.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
FEW PEOPLE WALK STRAIGHT.
cult for the SOberest Per-
sons to Follow.

"Haye you ever noticed how few peo-
pie walk straight" said the man who
finds fault, according to the New York
Times. II am not speaking in spirit
ual sense, neither do I refer to their
gait, which is certainly bad enough;
but to the crookedness of their path.
A straight road is got at all times pos
sible, l admit, and when the streets
are most crowded fellow is excusable
for darting around any old way, but
when given clear sidewalk can't for
the life of me see why he cannot walk
straight.
''Watch any man-and women are
Just as bad-who starts out from home
at an hour when other people in the
neighborhood are busy on their own
doorsteps and give him a clean sweep.
Since there are no Instructions in the
way, there is no reason on earth why
he should not proceed in astraight line
to the nearest corner, but instead of
pursuing that undertaking course he
zigzags most suspiciously. Now he is
perilously near the curb, now brushing
against the area railing, while occas-
ionally he evens things up by taking
few steps in the middle of the pave
ment. The people who thus waver in
their gait are perfectly sober, and
would be surprised if anybody should
show them a diagram of their tracks.
Naturally all that veering and lacking
annrecia bly increases the distance
travelled, which is another reason why
people in hurry should learn to walk
straight"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22

ION for his daily walks AID rides, and
the two may frequently be seen trudgins
OF through the rain together or canter-
ing across country on the outskirts Of
the city.
It was always said when Jimmie
Garfield was a boy that his fathers like
ness could be traced in his face; and
this likeness has become emphasized
with the passing years. Those who
served with James A. Garfield in con-
gress are invariably struck with the re-
semblanee and usually remark upon it.
There is the same finely poised head,
the same easy, athletic figure, the same
deep and musical voice, and the same
attractive and engaging face.
Young Garfield is hard worker. He
is devoting all his energies to putting on
Its feet the new bureau which has been
entrusted to him for guidance and de-
velopment. He is steady-going, thor
ough In his methods and honest in his
determination to succeed. He has a
manner which inspires confidence 1t
would have been hard to find another
who could have worked in so easily with
Secretary Cortelyou in organizing and
developing the department of commerce,
OF which the bureau of corporations
forms so large part. The position has
almost the Importance of cabinet Of
flee. and will become more and more inn
portant rs time goes by.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22

the president. Inc
original owner spoke to Warren about
having the president ride him on his
visit to Cheyenne, and Warren asked
to have the horse brought in town to
be looked over. He was so enthusiastic
over him that the owner promptly Of
fered to give the animal to the presi-
dent If Warren would undertake to see
the game through.
wyoming" is as spirited horse
as ever submitted to saddle, and at
the same time he Is amenable to dis
cipline as the gentlest creature that
ever breathed. When he was led up
to the president he raised his right
forefoot and placed 1t in the presidents
hand. Then he gracefully fell on his
knees and made his salutation. But
with the president once on his back,
he sped like the wind. AS single-foot-
er he can hold his own with any other
horse at canter. and breaking into q
canter he can beat them all.
Mrs. Roosevelt is as fond of IVY
omfng" as the president himself, and
she is to appropriate him If abe chooses
The children also have taken q great
fancy to him, and he to them.
wyoming" is American eli over. He
is a thoroughbred, and he boasts q long
flowing tail. For that matter, the pres
ident will not have a horse with .
locked tail in his stables. That is an
abomination which he has never yet
been willing to tolerate. and he never
will. He has turned away more than
one good bargain for that reason alone.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22

Minister: uttering a word OF
criticism if this other negro were 10 SIT
down with the Roosevelt family.
The difference all comes from the 1ac'
that Mr.. Leger-for that is the negro's
name-happens to be a member OF the
diplomatic corps. He represents the d.
minutiye and turbulent republic OF
Hayti, and he has been It's representa-
tive here for seven years.
It is a curious commentary on the
Washington prejudice against the nego
that it should halt before the sacred uni
form of an Insignificant negro republic.
But there is no such thing as argument
with the feeling of caste.
Mr.. Leger Is really q very accom-
plished and charming gentleman. He is
rather small Of stature with finely CHS.
eled, delicate face, and a manner sug-
gestive of refinement. There is not a
feature of his face that betrays his Afri-
can ancestry, and his complexion Is
hardly dark enough to distinguish him
from any one Of the Central or South
American diplomats. But there are
scores of negroes in Washington. fully
as accomplished, with a greater share
of Caucasian blood and In no respect
his inferior, who would be refused q
seat In the dining-room of any hotel
in the city.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
GOOD SUMNER DRINK.
fAere IL Nothipr More Refresha1o
and Nutritious Than Fresh
Buttermilk.

The hot season is at hand. Busy PEG.
pie In hot weather frequently find them
selves faint and thirsty. scarcely know
ing what to eat and drink. 1t may DO
they have already drunk cold water free
ly, but it fails to satisfy. They will, per-
haps, resort to glass Of beer and .
sandwich, blindly stumbling around try
ing to find something to fill in the long
space between meals, says Medical Talk
for the Home.
Now, what these people want is q
glass Of buttermilk. This answers the
purpose Of both food and drink. People
who have had breakfast at seven o'clock
during the hot weather, will find them
selves more or less hungry by 1890. In
stead of taking lunch. or getting glass
of beer, the very best thing in the world
Is glass of buttermilk.
The acid Of the buttermilk quenchess
the thirst. The nutritive properties Of
the buttermilk make first-class lunch.
II nothing Is taken with the buttermilk
1t will agree with almost any stomach,
and as 1t contains al! of the tissue salts
1t makes almost an ideal food. Those
who take dinner at one o'clock will find
themselves wanting something again by
four or 4:30. Here Is another chanco
Tor glass of buttermilk.
Nervous people, thin-blooded people,
who have dyspepsia, had better give
buttermilk trial. Not too much should
be drunk at any one time, not more than
one glass. 1t should be taken cold, slipped
slowly. and nothing should be taken
with 1t. It should be at least two hours
and half after eating before the but
termilk Is taken. and no other food
should be taken for about the same
length OF time. Those who prefer can
add teaspoonful of sugar to the glass
OF buttermilk. AS tonic and nutritive,
there Is nothing better in the world.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
VAST METROPOLIS FOUND.
tance Made Among Painted
TOmbs of Egypt.

Some important archaeological dig
coveries made recently at Benz Hasan,
site in Egypt famous for its painted
tombs and early architectural features,
are detailed by Prof. John Garstang.
of University college, Liverpool, says
a London report.
Avast metropolis has beenunearthed,
remarkable for the preservation of
the furniture in its tombs and for
the wealth of material which these
supplied in illustrating the burial Gus
toms of the middle empire. Four hun
dred and ninety-two tombs hewn in the
rock have been opened and examined.
More than 100 of them have never
been previously entered since their
doors were closed at the time of inter-
ment, 1900 years before.
In the tomb of one Nefer-y, chief
physician, the huge painted coffin was
surrounded by number of wooden
models of objects and scenes familiar
from the wall paintings of the larger
tomb.
Upon the coffin rested a greatrowing
boat, the 20 oarsmen standing and
swinging back in time to the beat of
two figures seated on a raised platform
in the center. Beyond this was the
model of granary with six compart-
ments in rows of three on either side
of the courtyard between them. Men
were standing knee-deep in real grain
filling baskets, while scribe seated
on the roof, pen in hand, kept count.
A well-executed group found by the
excavators in another tomb represent
ed the making of beer from fermenta
ton of break by process similar to
that employed by the natives to-day.
Beside the coffin was sailing-boat,
attitude necessary for hosting the
large square sail, of which the yards
and rigging were preserved. Two men,
in characteristic poses, were using
poles vigorously over the sides.
In another tomb were found models
of number of warships. In the bow
OF one, by the side of the lookout,
stood negro soldier, bow and arrow
in hand. In the tomb Of Antef, a cour-
tier, the boats had double steering oars.
In one boat were seated two men I'M
der canopy, playing a game of chess.
The opening of each tomb was re-
corded by photography, as the excava~
ton proceeded step by step, $50 mega
tives being taken in all.
The various articles found will prob
ably be exhibited to the public at Bur.
lington house next month.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
FOR SUMMER AFTERNOONS.
Dainty Work with Which to Keen the
Fingers Busy at Odd
Intervals.

A new sofa pillow in ecru crash Is un-
usually cool looking yet easy to do,
says Good Housekeeping. This crash
is put on plain without ruffle or other
fufts and the upper surface is decorated
with round white cord about an eighth
Of an inch thick, brought to assume the
required curves. and then sewed ON.
Another new pillow il covered with .
new upholstering goods about the con-
sistency OF very heavy madras, which
has a white background we'll covered
with Dresden design of conventional
lied flowers AS the colors in the pat
tern are particularly fresh and SUM
merry, the cover is an ideal one for hot
weather cushion. The material is used
plain, without 80 much as cord for
binding.
Again the passion for white which
prevails this year, at least, has extend
ed itself to the summer cushion. White
Swiss covered pillows, such as were
used few years ago for baby exclu-
sively, are now being made - larger
size, OF course-for the whole house.
The covers are made to be frequently re-
moved Some Of these are embroidered
in white cotton, other in white floss. A
number, too, have applications Of lace,
or the lace is inlet or inserted. These
covers of thin materials usually require
a rufi1e, which may, in its turn, be en-
broidered.
The reign OF embroidery which marks
this year has extended to practically ev-
erything that admits Of the passage Of
needle and thread. The panels of sum-
mer parasols are frequently trimmed
in this way, linen ones being especially
charming. Summer glove backs also
come in for similar treatment. The av-
erage needleworker can make an ordi-
nary pair look very smart in an idle
morning.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
ELLEN osMoNDE.
NETTLES MADE USE OF.
Serve ~ Food for Man and Beast and
Furnish Thread and
Clothing.

There was a time once when the
common nettle was not the usually de-
spised weed it is now. People did no:
root it out of existence, but cultivated IL
for use as food. for clothing, and for
paper manufacture, says Stray Stories.
1t certainly does not look inviting as
food, and yet during the Irish famine
hundreds OF poor people existed en-
tirely on 1t, cooking the young plant aa
green's. There was method Of blanch-
ing 1t by ''earthing up" as is now used
for sea kale.
Animals, while refusing to touch tn.
growing nettle, devour 1t eagerly when
made into hay, and in Russia, Sweden
and Holland it Is mown several times q
year for fodder.
The common name given to the net
tie In some languages means that with
which one sews," for the fiber was used
as thread several centuries ago.
In Kamschatka the natives use the
thread for fishing lines and cordage. In
France it is used for paper. In Hindu
stan and China 1t is woven into grass
cloth, and the Scotch have prepared.
spun and woven into as good linen
as the flax makes.
The Chinese nettle yields fiber as
soft as silk, and there is now In Ores
den China grass" mandatory, de-
voted to the industry of weaving cloth
from this and the common nettle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
LEPERS IN BURMAH.
F1Ae Work IL Being Done for the
Victims OF the Dread Dis
... e0ae There. 3

In Burmah one grows callous at the
several and CHASTITY sights, as one sees
leprosy in all its worst forms stalk
ing rampant through the streets and
thoroughfares. Ascending the steps
of pagoda you rub shoulders with
the victims; in the markets, on the
streets you jostle against them, and
yet you do not seem to feet the repug-
nance a stranger not used to such
sights would feel, says the London
Graphic.
Even we, with long experience of
Burmah, find much that is new and in
teresting in the golden city, once the
citadel of the lord of the white ele-
plant and the golden throne. But
there is one sight, one institution, one
enduring memorial, for which we are
not indebted to the past. The "Ma-
nav Yaman," the Royal Garden, where
St. Johns Leper asylum is situated,
is the home of many miserable crea-
lures to whom even parental doors are
closed; it is the home of the afflicted
and the despised, the home of hideous
sights and repulsive objects. Almost
all the countries of Europe are allied
in the work of mercy carried on at
this institution; priests and nursing
sisters, who have given up home and
friends to minister to these most mis-
cradle of creatures, are Joined in their
labor of love.
A visit to the asylum conveys les
son of self-denial that strikes one
speeches.. How dreadfully, meanly,
selfish one feels! 1t excites emotions
that cannot be imagined-they must
be felt. To us, to whom it has not
been given to understand such love,
the devotion that mandates life on
the altar of self-imposed duty seems
madness. What buoys us up in our
most difficult tasks and our hardest
struggles. the hope of success, is de-
MED to the worker in the cause of the
unclean leper. What hope is there of
a cure following the patient labors
of the devoted attendant? What gain,
what profit, does he acquire? Some
through the minds of the unfortunate
patients, for naught else can account
for the smile of doglike love and af-
lection that breaks over and transfg-
ures for moment their otherwise dis
figured and hideous countenances as
they look upon the calm features of
their self-appointed attendants.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22

the atmosphere of Inc van ness MANSION
college life. Now its trustees have de-
cided to buy tract Of ground down on
the banks of the Potomac, where new
and splendid halls end dormitories will
be built and where there will be col
lege yard with all that it implies.
The tract of land cllocen for this en-
largement is the old Van Ness place. one
of the historic sites of Washington.
Eighty years ago the Van Ness mansion
was the flncst house by far in the Dis
trics Of Columbia. 1t had just been built
by John Van Ness. once congressman
from New York, who had married Mar
cha, the only daughter Of old Davy
Burns, who in the early days was the
wealthiest man in the capital.
Dayy Burns lived in q cottage ON the
banks Of tho Potomac which was ap
ambitious residence for those days, and
when it WAS determined to bring the
capital to this neighborhood he proved
to be source Of greater trouble in the
laying out of the district than all other
causes combined. George Washington
had a hard time of it bringing him to
terms. But the Van Ness mansion,
which his son-in-lav built. was for
years the center of the social life of the
district, famed for its hospitality and
elegance.
That was so years ago. Nobody now
living has any recollection of the place,
except as deserted mansion, far from
the life of the city, gloomy, haunted and
falling to decay.
There is a legend of six headless
horses dragging huge black hearse
who gallop around the old house on the
anniversary of the death of old John
Van Ness.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22

to Baltimore and married there Miss
Patterson, one Of the bellies of that city.
Afterwards Jerome was induced by his
brother to return to France, and he be-
came king of Wesrphalia. He was
forced to annul his marriage with the
Baltimore beauty. She and her chill
dren remained in Baltimore, and the
family has continued to this day to be
counted among the best Of the town.
Charles Bonaparte has some Of the
characteristics of his great uncle. He
is diminutive in stature and his features
bave the Napoleonic cast. He ia a born
lighter, and since he came to manhood
he has been scrapping continually with
somebody or other He was gradu-
ated from Harvard in the same class
with Senator Lodge. and Is little over
so years Of age. He is q fine lawyer
and has a record for winning cases. In
politics he calls himself republican;
but most republicans would probably
call him mugwump, as he votes
against his party az often as for 1t.
He is conspicuous as q political re-
former. He is a hot advocate Of civil
service reform, and Is SO much OF IN
that when it was pro
posed three years ago to give President
Mckinley an L. L. d. at Harvard. Bona
parte. who is a member of the board
Of overseers at Harvard, not only voted
against it. but took pains to denounce
it publicly. There is one quality, how
ever, that fits him especially for the
work assigned to him by the admins
tration-a merciless antipathy to ras-
Gals.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
WEAVING PERSIAN CARPETS.


A most interesting sight is the local
manufacture of Persian carpets. Eight
or nine boys, whose ages range from
eight to IL, sit in rows at the looms" ac-
cordfng to The Modern Priscilla, "and
with the wool, which they pull from
reels suspended above them, In their
left hands, and fiat knife, crooked at the
point, in their right, dash, with three
movements, the thread through the web
strings. hook It into the desired knot,
and cut of the surplus ends, starting an
other knot before the spectator has real
lied what has been done. Having been
shown the design and coloring Of the
carpet they are to work for the first two
or three feet. these boys rely on their
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-22
rlns and Foncies Of the
Summer FoshioDs
nnoe IS correct in Feminine Dress for Our of noo+
occasions During the Hot DAYS.

is but tones difference between
white and this palest of the opals
blues), is one Of the distinguished fea-
lures, and large pulled early Victorian
sleeves, finished at the elbow by wide
straight gauntlet cuffs en- suite, with
the collar and entradeux, are notably
another one.' Beneath the cuffs peep
fascinating little plaitings of finest
batiste, lace inserted, and below this
again are under cuffs of linon embroid-
cry, silk enhanced. The vest is OF
finest, much elaborated, semitranspar-
ent, batiste, and the lining throughout
of white taffetas.
The hat designed to be worthy Of
this gown turns OF the face in a very