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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

FOR SALE--A fine 3-karet, white blue dia-
mond for 1880 if taken at once. Also bar
gains in other diamonds. jewelry and all
kinds of unredeemed goods. Siegels pawn
shop, 800 Twentieth street. Phone e63
brown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
LOST AND FOUND

1900
have same by proving property at ths
office
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

FOR SALE-A brick house containing ten
rooms and large bath room. Has hard
wood floors, furnace heat and ali modern
improvement Also a large stable on
same lot. Property was fitted up Tor
home and is in good repair. Inquire on
the premises at 1910 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
ARCHITECTS

LEONARD DRACK-Architect and superin-
tendent. Skinner block, second floor.
once hours-lO to u N 4 to $50 D. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

FOR SALE-Two remaining east front lot
in the Dart Twenty-second street addition
For terms inquire of r. S. Dart, Jackson Z
Hurst's once, Masonic temple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
PHYSICIANS.
DENTISTS,

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J. T. carbohydrates once hours $50 to
u m, 1870 to p. m. 21eM Eighteenth
street, opposite Union once. Telephone
new $685.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
FOR sALE-CITY PROPERTY.

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FOR SALE-BeSt bargains In lots on Twen
ty-dtth street and Tenth avenue if takel
al once. Easy payments. Inquire Reid.
Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05


WANTED-At once, three bell boys at the
Harper House.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

CARDS OF THANKS.
MRS. PINSKA and daughters desire to eX-
press their gratitude for the many acts of
blindness shown them during their recent
bereavement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

FOR SALE-A snap il taken at once, a
3 room cottage, nearly new, with one acre
of rich ground, good barn and other out
buildings, good well and concrete side
walks, plenty of fruit trees, one block from
street car line. Address o. II. Hand l22
Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

FOR RENT Nine-room house in good con-
dition, two blocks from street car, repaint-
ed, repapered. new furnace, Fourteenth
street and Sixteenth avenue. NJ e. Dade,
NJ w. A. building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

MONEY TO LOAN-In any amount, on any
kind of security. Also choice property tor
sale or rent. w. I. Uoyne. $50 Seventeenth
street, up stairs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
FOR sALE-NnsOELL.ANEOUs.

FUN S<A1HN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FOR SALE-One hard coal baseburner, one
BeckwfIh round oak and an icebox. In
quire T36 Eighteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

WANTED, goo people to use Cincho Relief
Tonic, positive cure for diarrhosa and
cramps. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

FOR RENT "A new house with all modern
ConvenienCeS, southwest corner Twenty
ninth street and Eighth avenue. Apply at
72S Thirteenth street. Old phone Union
$751;, new phone 500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

CHICAGO, BURLINGTON &
tiiIsladHfiIiE ~ Quincy - Depot Second
ksk &TenUe aud Twentieth street.
H.. J. YOUNG, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

FOR RENT-A new hve-room cottage on
Twelfth avenue between eighth and ninth
streets. Inquire at 500 Fifteenth street
The sun., 1903-05-10


In the stores ] got twice that number.
but thare the task Is not so delicate, A
woman behind a counter does not have
the fear of the masher that the woman
walking In the street possesses. Several
OF the rest engaged at the theatres, where
my wife and | go four times week solely
to scan the choriIses for suitable material
Fact is, the big stores are the best places
to secure beautiful girls, and the majority
from the men 5 furnishings and perfume
counters. They far outnumber the actress
models, popular opinion to the contrary
withstanding
"'Thc young. vivacious and pretty actress
makes good model when she is scarcely
more than beginner behind the footlights.
But after two or three years she loses her
natural bloom, owing to hard work and
the irregular life and then she can no longer
be suitable for an all-round subject. It's
too bad. for an act ress requires no train
ing in hoyY To act the part and how to lend
The sun., 1903-05-10

, Mr.. Johnston purchased the estate at
Mount St. Vincent twelve years ago, when
he was rcputcd to be worth two millions
1t comprises thrty-two acres. On q knoll
overlooking the Hudson he erected a COM
Portable house. This he filled with paint
ings and statuary and lie lived there in
seclusion
His wealth gradually decreased. and ten
years later his property was sold on fore.
closure proceedings brought by the Central
Trust Company. Declaring himself to he
still the owner of the mansion and park
like grounds. be continued to live there
unnolested by the trust company, Ono
day the house took fire and was burned to
the ground. together with its paintings and
statuaIy.
1t was following tbs fire that Mr. Johnston
took up his home in the building that once
served n. his barn. Here he cooks his own
food and washes and mendS his OVID clothing
Still asserting his ownership OF the estate,
he has had many clashes with the New York
Central Railroad on the subject Of his
rights.
Neglected for years, the tomb in Calvary
Cemetery is ia need of repair. Time has
worn the cement from between the inter-
stices in the masonry. No fund was pro-
vieled for keeping the tomb in repair
The sun., 1903-05-10
FISH SCALE JEWELRI.
4 Florida Art Now NaturaIized In New
York-Fanner Hats Here. Too.

woman established in little shop
uptown deals in tropical goods Of quaint
character Fish scale jewelry and decora-
tive articles form the main display in the
showcase while on the walls and shelves
are rustic hats and sunshades Of native
palmetto and corn shucks plated In the
primitive. yet pretty fashion of the West
Indies She was advised to come to New
York by a devisar of novelties, who saw
specimens Of the work at Florida resort
and suggested ways Of adapting it to
modern demands.
Hair ornaments that have the CLINT and
resistance of mother Of pearl and the shape
of flowers and leaf tendris are among the
fish scale iewelry. There are star-shape
clasps for the corsage or for linking even
ing wraps together or fastening the lace
scarfs used about the head and throat
on summer nights.
The fish scale y, flowers. representing
vet with a soft bloom about them The
| colors are generally gold, green, gray and
purple.
dow boxes. holders for ferns and various
desk and dressing table usefuls are made
OF fish scales applied symmetricallv to
suitable foundations. Quaint botders for
lamp shades are also contrived Of them.
In old Florida homes to this day many
elaborate bouquets of fish-scae flowers
made years ago are kept in the best room
under glass globes. just as baskets of wax
flowers are preserved. The Cubans in
troduced the making Of fish-scale flowers
into Florida, ard they were used as parlor
ornaments until the girls discovered that
their glinting colors made cha arning beauty
knots for the hair and for the front of white
waists and evening costumes.
There are few OF the Florida and West
Indian girls early initiated in the manip,,.
alton Of fish scales who cannot also plat
for themselves shade hats and fans of the
cured palmetto ard bayonet leaves Cane
and corn blades are also utilized for this
purpose, and for decorations for such
hats are punches Of yellow seed graSs,
wild oats and other growths massed in
carelessly tasteful fashion. The hats,
though 10 wide brimmed. are not heavy,
and a silk or thin linen lining makes them
comfortable for wear.
All through the lower South such rustic
hats are seen. used on the beaches for
bathing purposes, to protect from suIiburn
and the glare on the water. used for school
and picnic and piazza hats, and for gen
erai run-about purposes. -Fanner" hats,
the native makers call them, and two or
three are hung up in the hall Of every coun-
try and seashore home. For the first
time they have made their way to New
Nnre
The sun., 1903-05-10
JUST As, IN EARLFER TIMES.
Visions OF Hosiery Now Such % were seen
Four Generations AGO.

styllshly dressed woman and little
girl alighted from private carriage at the
entrance OF a Fifth avenue restaurant one
afternoon lately 1t was $40 O'Clock. and
tho woman wore loose white pongee coat
over evening dress. The child, apparently
about years old. wore a costume which
reached to her knees and showed long
lengths OF white stocking ending of in fine
white slippers
As the woman lifted her skirts to pass
across the pavement and up the low steps
Of the building there was display of fancy
lace stockings and handsomely buckled
Ties almost as artless and unreserved as
In the case Of the child No rustic lass
catching up her skirts in country seclusion
to leap across a ditch or mud puddle could
have held them at better angle for escap-
ing damage than this fine lady in clearing
the clean-swept pavement
interesting exhibits are seen all over the
city, and, moreover, there IL nothing new
about ", but merely a reversion to the
customs OF four generations ago. when
orer-elaborated coihures and bonnets were
the style. and the skirts, limp. plain and of
an all-round evenness OF length, were so
scant as to leave the feet and ankles in full
relief with every free motion Of the wearer.
This was before the days Of fullgathered
skirts and buck ram-stifened garments,
All the. full.length prints of costumes in
those times show personages with quaint,
perked-up headdresses or marvellous bon
nets, with waists up under their arms and
scant, ght-seamed skirts that allowed
good look at the footgear
1n those days ultra-fashionable bellies
are said to have dampened their muslin
and tissue skirts to make them cling to
them and to have centred great attention
on the make and shapelness of their fine.
open-worked stockings and flexible slip
pers. Their gowns. were simple in pattern,
habitually low.necked and covered with a
modest little tippet for street wear, but
their coifures, whether with or without
hats, We're marvels Of construction, puffs,
curls, rolls, rising tier upon tier. Many
girls sat up half the night or slept
very gngerly to avoid hing the struct-
dressed with utmost solicitude because
80 constantly on view
The dresses nowadays have long. swirling
trails and much elaboration Of trimming,
and 80 have the petticoats worn with them.
Ths coats and mantlee are loose and large.
hut there is the same conspicuousness
Of lace-covered ankle and fine foot dressing
each time that Dame Fashion with the
deftest of motions sweeps her superduous
draperies out OF the way.
so. though the visions Of hosiery and foot =
gear that 50 enliven tho highways just now
may be startling and trife provocative
Of comment and amusement, the fashion is a
perfectly legitimate one countenanced
and practised by sedate danes and grand
able part in the affairs Of their day and
left just memories behind them, along with
very illuminating pictures Of their doings
and customs
The sun., 1903-05-10
POOR, BUTHASA$20O,
ROBERT 4. JOHNSTON'S HOME
NOW IN 4 BARN.
Once He Wus supposed to Be Worth S:.-
OOO. .OOO-The Caretaker Now OF the
Estate at Mount 81. Vincent Which
lie Once Owned-1he Johnston
Tomb in Old Calvary Cemetery.

With a tomb worth s2O0,o00 waiting to
receive Ills body Robert A. Johnston, sur
viving member of the once well-known New
York dry goods firm ofJ. Il {. Johnston. is
spending his last years in poverty and is liv-
ing in barn on his former estate, between
Riverdae and Mount ST. Vincent. on the
Hudson. Living the life of a reclrse and cut
off from his former friends and associates,
he gains a livelihood as caretaker of The
estate which he owned for many years.
On high bluff in what is known as old
Calvary Cemetery within the limits of
Long Island Git! stands the Johnston tomb.
1t is built of huge granite blocks and it's
dome and the surmounting figure of the
Saviour leaning on n cross make it con-
spicuous above all other tombs or monu-
men,s in the cemetery, and it looms up a
landmark for miles around,
1t was erected in 1873 and cost fully $500 900
The sun., 1903-05-10

Baxter never removed his hands on the
pole from their original position, but raced
at the crossbar, taking downright honest
leap like man at ditch or. hedge. The
rules now say that the upper hand must
not he removed upward on the pole or that
the lower one cannot be placed above the
upper, but Clapp by an invention Of his
own managed 10 get around the rule
He was good gymnast and when execut-
ing his jump paced the upper hand very
high on the polo and the lower one much
lower than would be expected had he
not 10 remove his hands. Taking a good
strong run he planted the pole firmly in
the ground and with a sharp spring lifted
his body into the air As he sailed up he
pulled up the lower hand to the higher one
thereby getting a powerful lift and strong
final push of over the bar, So this trick
The sun., 1903-05-10

The soil Of Greece is favorable to the vine.
Nothing IL wanting to procure superior
wine but an abandonment of the deletcrious
mixtures. which in conformity to long-estab-
lshed prejudices. are still used in those
Greek wine, which attain more than local
reputation.
The grapes for the most part are gath
cred indisciminately and thrown into sr
open cistern. whore they are exposed to the
full influence Of the atmos phere. and as t'.ey
are often half dry before they are trodd' h
quantity Of water is added to them In sr
to facilitate ferment alton Salt, -e"
gypsum and lime are used to CORE the
The sun., 1903-05-10

dignant and was on the point Of calling a
policeman. when the mans all too evident
embarrassment convinced her Of his good
intentions, and she burst out laughing.
Her display OF merrinicnt over, she sa,d
that few days later she appeared in the
photographers studio
Her first poses made her career Other
photographers and artists saw the
pictures, waxed enthusastic, hunted, up
the original and swamped her with orders
And on the top of it all theatrical manager
sent for her and offered her place in the
beauty line of his star company.
This ia not an exceptional case. :.
~Of tle thirty or forty models whom I
am working with said photographer
NEARLY every one has been found in this
manner Let's see. | can recall that
secured seven Of them by approaching
them in the street. at the imminent risk
Of being considered insulting.
The sun., 1903-05-10
ILLITERACY AND THEATRES.
Number Of PIayhOuses Highest In state
where Education IL Most Prevalent,

Number Of PIayh0uses Highest In states
Where Education IL Most Prevalent.
Since the United States imposed an In.
ternal Revenue tax on theatres there has
been no great difficulty In asoertainine
their precise number. which is now 2,oOO.
and comparison Of the number OF theatre
in each State with the rate OF illiteracy es.
tablishes a curious connection between the
two.
Whether the theatre is an agent Of educa-
ton or not--a long disputed point--it is
a fact that where the rate of illiteracy Ia
high theatres are few. and where the mum.
Der of theatres Is large the ratio Of illiteracy
is small
New York. with an illiterate population Of
those over 10 years Of age Of 51a per cent. {,
has $50 theatres; South Carolina, with an il
lterate population Of ss per, cont. has "a
theatres. North Carolina. with total nopu-
lation of 100000, has "a theatres only ana
nearly 30 per cent of illiterates. Massachu-
sets. with a population Of 1900 900. has
Sc theatres and less than per cent. of H.
literates.
There is no State in the country which
has not at least one theatre. Nevada,
which has the smallest number has A.
Next to New York. Pennsylvania has the
largest number, 1872.
There are fewer theatres In Alabama, a
in New Hampshire, State of 400 900 only.
The rate Of ilteracy in Alabama is 81 per
cent. in New Hampshire 1t is per cent
Kansas and Nebraska have a very low
rate OF illiteracy, 20 in the former and 2.3 in
the latter. There are i27 theatres in these
two States. one less than IN the three States
of Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. which,
with very much larger population, have
Is. 20 and 80 per cent. Of illiterates respec-
lively
There are only 81 theatres in Georgia.
which Is 20 less than in New Jersey. and only
Is in Florida which has twice the popula-
tion OF Utah. with 10 theatres. All through
the country the number Of theatres CORE.
spends very closely With the ratio Of u
lteraoy.
The sun., 1903-05-10

p AND READY 10 DROP OVER THE PAR.
ercise tho youngstcr may try some vault
ing Then the first thing he should do
IL TO learn how to catch the pole, On this
point the opinions are varied, but the tyro
will find that it is good plan to place the
upper hand about twelve inches below
the height TO be attempted. the lower hand
about two feet below the upper, with the
as when climbing rope. A starting mark
should be used and q run Of about eighty
feet will b, found sufficient
If a jumper finds he wants none he
should not restrict himself, but 1t is bad to
take long run, as il weakens the jumper
and he Ii not tit for an effective effort. A
very common fault with a majority Of
vaulters is that the take-off foot Is brought
too near the pole in the ground. This
mistake prevents the formation of the
swing necessary to carry the vaulter aloft.
Once the body leaves the ground the arms
should be- called into play in raising the
body, while at the same time the legs
should he tucked in like the picture going
up" When the body has attained Its
proper elevation the legs should he held
when the critical moment arrives. The
Jumper should always remember that
the faster he runs TO the jump the greater
the impetus obtained In lifting tho body
over the bar. He should also see that
his take-off leg is strong and active. For
strengthening the muscles OF the leg
good exercise Is to hop on this leg about
five hundred times day. This hop should
he about nine inches and the five hundred
to be in relays Of IS each with rest OF
several minutes thrown in.
The sun., 1903-05-10
POLE YAULTING A GREAT TEST
ONE ATHLETIC EVENT IN WHICH
FEW ARE PROFICIENT.
Hugh BaNter's Record. Made In tho SOS
Beatep Only ny a Few Inches-1'ricks
or vaulters Here and In England
How TO Learn the Difiicult Game.

The pole vault is ono Of the events in
athletics which may be regarded a. Cruz
ciul test OF physical adaptabtlity for in
order to attain any degree OF prceinlnencc
at 1t man has to be jumper, gyfnna.t
and q sprnter with fair turn OF speed.
The arms and back muscles are called
upon to perform the lions share of the work,
and any one weak. on these essentials need
never expect TO attain much SUCCESS as II
pole vaulter The speed at, which a lnan
races at the bar is an important factor
and helps the propulsion Of the body for
height, while the handling Of the pole, tho
take-o6 and other minor points are things
requiring careful study and assiduous
practice
This is the season of the year when all
those who hope to cut figure in the con-
tests of tho summer are busy training,
and on fine day at Berkeley Oval, 1ravers
Island or any of the local athletic clubs the
vaulters can be seen busy vaulting and per-
forming kindred stunts of preparation.
The pole vault is not as popular as the other
events, such as sprinting. distance running
and hIrdling, but the majority who in
dilGe in it are collegians, for it Is ono Of the
long-dravn-out events Of the Intercollegiate
The sun., 1903-05-10

rierds who are not in pre- perous circum-
stances, to whom waiting a year for
the g tate 10 be cttled ray m.an great
deal. They are just the persons that the
lending firms are looking for and almost
every rers on 80 mentioned IN will Med
IN this county gets one or more letters from
these firms.
II the bequest be share in real estate
The offer will be TO purchafe the share.
Loans for from three months to five years
are offered and bids are made to purcha.
the legacy outright the money TO he paid as
+ Don a. il has been q, signed. Competition
has become so fierce of late that rates Of
interest are being cut 20 get business.
A per- on who NAV have been turned down
often by his friends in trying to borrow
won't have any difficulty In getting a loan
once his name is mentioned In a will filed
il any Of the large cities, for there are
similar concerns operating in other places
than New York In fact, he will quickly
The sun., 1903-05-10
Hunt Of the
Photographers
For Their a
Models. p.

This man, like his fellows, makes a sys.
fematic search Of the shops. the places OF
amusement, the streets. and even the
churches. for models. Wv
One beauty who has taken New York
by storm, and is now posing for several
statues for the st. Louis worlds fair, was
discovered in this way.
The photographer was walking along
the street one day peering into the faces
OF passing women when he girl in question
flashed down upon him. His trained eve
Mt once told him that she would make a
model far above the ordinary. and he turned
around and followed her until she stopped
play
Here was his opportunity. Walking up
10 her, he said
beg pardon. hut I am n professional
photographer in search of beautiful models.
| have-ah--b been attracted by yo,lr--ah--
delicate type of beauty. and f--ah-would
like-propose that you--er-y you-er-w will
you pose for me?'
The girl at first was inclined to be in
The sun., 1903-05-10

Immediately there was kick a. TO Rays
style. experts saying that climbing shoulh
be dcbarred and without much delay. Tho
old \. A. A. A. A. reconstructed tho rules.
making climbing impossible. 1t was re-
markablc fact that Ulverstinc, "A small
town in Lancashire should give such OK
ponents Of the game to the world rs Ray
and Stene the latter winner of the American
championship In 1889 and several English
championships, and r. D. Dickinson. tlr
holder of tho present English record Of II
feet inches.
IT Il schoolbov or collegian intends to
tackle pole wanting. he should pay par
tlcular attention 10 the development Of the
arms, which should hc strengthened with
a!l-roumd work on the horizontal bar. II
a bar is not available, the aspirant should
hang rope over n door or on crank.
grasp II and raise and lower the body by
the arms. allowing the heels to touch the
floor After n couple Of weeks at this ex-
The sun., 1903-05-10
THEY DEAL IN LEGlCIES.
Firms Ready to Lend Money To Heirs or
TO Buy BcQucsts Outright.

Looking over the wills daily deposited
in the Office of the clerk Of the Surrogateo'
Court in the County Court House arc good
many men who are no, lawyers or persons
interested directly In the ertates concerned.
They are agents OF firms that make a
business of purchas ing legacies and making
loans on inheritances.
1t is not the large legacies that attract
their attention so much as the small ones
from $50 up to $500. Experience has
shown that It is the smaller legatees who
are moet likely to borrow money or TO sell
their interest outright.
In a good many cases these small be-
quests are made to distant relatives and
The sun., 1903-05-10

Sweetness q the liquor. and resin is COM
7 only ir.iro uced, a. in ancient timss. TO
l,ita. the 0ungency Of ol d wines.
.fhe chic obstacle to the introduction OF
Greek wines into the Unit ed Statss Is the
dc;.r1h of asks. There is no timber In
Craecc iilablo for slaves or hogsheads.
The > le companie> Of Greece are trying
20 ge' per barrels made for them in the
United btates, and. If this plan succeeds, the
perulis' acrid taste of the Greek wines kept
in sSils-goat or sheepek kins ftreaked with
tar--wil be removed II is this acrid taste
whirh has commonly prevented their use
where wines were available other than the
're-,ined wine OF Already, as 1t has been
rsllcd by some sentimental travellers.