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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10

For long enough we have had the pic
ture hat. adopted from Sir Joshua Rey-
Soids'S / rus portrait OF the Duchess OF
Devonsh.l- and many were the sins and
crimes sartorial committed in its name.
1t was worn Unfortunately by young
and old, tai! and short, dark and fair
alike Until it became more OF less of a
~travesty.
No girl considered herself too juvenile
to adopt it, and no matron considered
herself too elderly to discard 1t.
And it was worn with every possible
and conceivable style Of costume-and not
n few impossible and inconceivable ones,
too-rrom the short, rainy-day skirt on
through the entire wardrobe list until it
reached the decollete ball gown. fFor its
appearance in the latter conjunction, vide
the show cases of fashionable photogra-
phers.l
Perhaps the only costume. II such it can
be styled, with which the picture hat has
not made its appearance Is the bathing
suit.
And as for that, who knows whether
some adventurous damsel. desiring to look
her best under all possible circumstances,
may not have achieved even this marvel
Gus combination?
However. the insistent vogue Of the so
called picture hat has declined, and in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10
1.-THE LOVERS OF PEACEFUL VALLEY"

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
When Billy Pangborn received his COM
mission as mail clerk on the line he i'm
mediately lifted himself. in his own esti-
nation. several degrees.
But no matter how high he rose in his
own estimation It fell far short of Myra
Shows.
II Billy was good and true to the better
Instincts OF manhood 1t was because. OF
Myra's influence. though he had never
dared tell her so. He was bashful to n
fault. but that commission braced his
courage when he stepped from the line
drawn up before the old Baptist Church,
crooked his elbow and mumbied some
thing that sounded very idiotic to his
panied ears-and awaited his fate.
A giggle came from the lire of SWANS.
and 1t cut Billy deeply. but Myra simply
drew UP her trim figure. glanced at the
row of faces. gave her pretty head a
dainty toss and laid her hand Upon Biliy's
arm-it was light rs n thistledown. but it
felt like a ton weight to him-as she
caught step with him and walked from
the light Of the porch into the cleaning
shadows of the line Of beeches.
They loitered. and why should they not?
When the beeches were but tiny sapplings
other lovers had loitered there-Iovers
now under the grass. many of them,
where the sweet clover is distiliing its ex-
quisite perfume. But the old-time lovers
who walked down the line of beeches
have not all passed over to the great ma
1ority.
Some Of them cherish the spriss OF
sweet brier now crumbling and crisp
among old love letters; many Of them
turn the pages of old books yellowed by
the touch of time and find daisies and
buttercups f1attened against some dear
old poem breathing the spell OF love d.
vine: some Of them open tiny lockets
dangling from watch chains or ribbons
that are frayed n worn and find faces
full Of the glow n beauty of youth
smiling at them.
No. the old-time lovers Of Peaceful Val
ley are not all dead. And those who have
gone. their memories linger among the
amaranthine shadows that cling loving
L. along the Line of hAee-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10
%%A Story By =
Horace Seymour Keller.

The commission as mail clerk pr1cked
him Upland he took the plunge. He put
on as brave a front as possibIe-and now
he finds himself walking down the line of
beeches with Myra by his d
From the corners OF his eyes he glanced
at her. His heart gave a glad bound that
choked him. He is easily two inches tho
taller!
His heart almost stopped throbbbing
when Myra made a tiny grammatical error
in response to a question. His superiority
rose to the occasion at once and he found
his tongue. He said something in a soft,
low tone.
Myra dropped her hand from his arm.
She turned to the fence and plucked a
late rose. pressed IL to her lips: then she
went to Billy and laid her hand upon his
armand said something as the pair
strolled into the silvery moonlight at the
end of the line of beeches.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10

WRITTEN FOR H SUNDAY REPUBIIc.
Fourteen years after the United States
naval officer. Commodore Perry. forced
open the door of Japan n let in the
light of civilization. the present ruler was
crowned at Toxic.
In the following year. 1859. he married
Haruko. the daughter of a noble of hig
rank in the court OF Kioto. In Japan. the
Emperor Is known as the "Tenshf' and
his wife as the "kogo-Sama." and the
latter's title. in conjunction with her name.
means Empress of Spring"
The first three children born to her died
in their infancy. and for a time the En-
peror was without an heir.
During this period the Empress took a
deep interest in the Government. and. 50
as%siduously did she study the moot ques-
tons of the times that her opinions were
at first listened to and finally sought by
her royal mate on all questions of state
affairs. to the consideration of which she
brings a cultivated intellect and q vast
Amount ~ .hrA.d anmmnn sAnaA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10

Billy Pangborn had always been a
bashful fellow, and it required a large
amount Of pushing from the other lads to
initiate him into the glories of roll the
platter" pass the button" post once"
and other wonderful creations for the es-
pecial merriment of the boys and girls at
the social functions.
A quiet little girl who always wore corn
colored ribbons on her shoulders had al
ways been the particular attraction that
drew Billy to those affairs.
Alas! she grew more rapidly han he.
both in mental culture at the old academy
and In stature. All! that one inch of Myra
Shows! What hours of distress that one
inch had caused poor Billy!
Would he ever outgrow that fatal inch
or would he ever remain short. stout and
runty? Would he ever spell. do Sums and
parse like that delightful creation with
corn-colored ribbons at the, shoulders?
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10
WOMAN'S WIT.

Heinreich Conreid. at the Stroller's en-
tertainment IN New York that ended in a
fire. praised the ready wit OF women.
Women" he said, "can retort so quick.
1y and SO a%ptly-if they are struck they
strike back with such speed and preci-
sion. Why, it is wonderful!
Two women, the other day, walked
down Fifth avenue in front Of me. It
appeared that they were ~neighbors. They
lived in the same house. Their apart
ments were on the same floor.
Your little boy the first woman said.
blows all day long on his tin horn, doesn't
her
The second woman gave a harsh laugh.
tHe does it to drown your daushter9
piaho playing b answered."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10
A SENSATION" FOR THE BOOK WORLD.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
He penned her missives Of love,
Three times a day he wrote,
With floods Of fervid eloquence
In every burning note.
Ere many months it came to pass
The two fell out. alackt
And she returned his photograph
And eaat hfa IA<A>.. 1913
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10

He reckoned that such billets-doux
Were much too good to waste.
And took them to a publisher.
Who brought them out in haste:
White vellum lightly touched with gilt.
With deckel edges smart,
And now he draws a royalty
That salves his wounded heart.
-AGl-A HAnA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10
IAPAN'& EMPRESS
She Devotes Her Time to
Promoting the Interests Of
Her Sex.

She Is the foremost mover in all things
that tend to the betterment of the condi-
ton OF her sex in the Empire. taking q
personal interest In their affairs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10

meanor changes. Her expressive features
light up and there is no matinee girl In
the audience more swayed by the varying
fortunes of the rowne Prince than is
she. Repetition has no pail for her. When
Prince Robert. the actors new character.
triumuhs she Joins nightly in the applause
which greets him.
Mr.. Hackett. as he stands bowling to the
audience. apparently pays as much atten-
ton to n part of the house as another.
but those who know him and watch for It
know that he invariably casts a glance
toward his mothers seat to catch her ap-
proving eye before he is fully satisfied
with his performance.
As soon as the curtain Is down for the
act, Mrs. Hackett makes her way to her
sons r-eception-room and chats until the
ne1at act
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10

''&NS'
d l really cannot see anything very 4
. remarkable In the fact that ] go to
= see every performance and rehear- 4
. sal in which Mr.. Hackett has a
9 part.
T. Who should DO interested in him
q and his work IL not his mother? 4
q When my son was a child I tried 4
to follow him in all his sports.
q When he went to college 1 helped 4
. him in his lectures. All these things
. drew us closer together than is 4
. generally the case with mother and
. son.
= wanted him to be a lawyer. and
. he did take a course at law. for I I
= knew how beneficial it would be to 4
q nm in business or whatever pursuit 4
= he afterwards went into. but I did 4
Q not urge him to go on the stage. or 4
a try to bias him in any way as to I
q the choosing of a nrofeesion 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
More Riots.

Disturbances of strikes are not
nearly as grave as an individual dis
order of the system. Overwork, loss
of sleep, nervous tension win be fol
lowed by utter collapse, unless a re-
liable remedy is Immediately employ
ed. There's nothing so efficient to
cure disorders of the liver and kidneys
as Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful
tonic, an effective nervine and the
greatest of all medicine for run down
systems. 1t dispels nervousness,
rheumatism and neuralgia and expels
malaria germs. Only soc. and salts.
faction guaranteed by Hartz & Ulle-
meyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
IN THE SUBURBS.
CORDOVA.

Cordova, March 17.-Dr. Elmer Simp-
son. of Chicago, spent a few hours
last Thursday with his mother, Mrs.
Rebecca Simpson.
Mrs. John Avery is visiting with
friends in Port Byron this week.
DR.. W. T. Lockhart, of Moline, was
in town Monday.
Mrs. Taylor Bennett left Tuesday
morning for Grandin, n. ID.
Mrs. Harmon Marshall, of Iowa,
came Monday evening to visit her
nieces, Misses Ruth and Kitty Phillips.
Miss Marie Heany is spending this
week visiting friends in Moline ana
Rock Island
Mrs. F. S. Cool visited last Saturday
with her sister. Mrs. c. b. Marshall,
of Rock Island
Robert Marshall was in Rock Isl
and Monday
VIII Armstrong left Tuesday morn
ing for Belle Plain, Ia, where he has
been working for some time.
y surprise party was given for Les
ter Benway last Friday evening. Re
freshments were served and very
pleasant evening spent.
y surprise "rag-bee" was given Mrs j.
H. Wooster, Friday afternoon. About
30 persons were present.
The Royal Neighbors are busy prac-
ticing for their entertainment which
will be given March %.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
SHERRARD.

Sherrard. March 17.-George Bell
went to St. Louis Tuesday.
Mrs. Bert Ninall. of Moline, returned
home Saturday after a weeks visit
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Volk and
other friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Kettering, of ORR
on, was visiting Mrs. Kettering's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Bran Essex, last
Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Atkinson. of Cable, was
in Sherrard on business Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carlson. of Viola,
visited Mrs. Carlson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lilliman, Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Albert Ellis, of Gilchrist, came
Sunday to Gable to see her brother
Thomas Lawson, who is very sick.
Oscar Tando, of McCausland. Iowa,
came to see his young grandson at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs James who
arrived March ).
Mrs. Robert Haddick was in Rock
Island Wednesday.
Jud Cox, of this place, left on the
afternoon train Saturday in response
to telegram announcing the death of
his daughter. Mrs. Ralph Bolton, of
Iowa.
Miss Stella Cooper, of Reynolds. re-
turned home Friday, after a weeks
visit with Mrs. John Meurling.
Grandma Lawson. mother of Mrs
c. a. Samuelson, died at the home of
her son, Alex. near Griffin last We'd
nesday. She was in the SOS. The fu-
neral was held Friday, with services
at SwedOna in the Lutheran church,
by Rev T. Conrad. of Rock Island. The
remains were laid to rest in the Swed-
ish Lutheran cemetery. She leaves to
mourn her loss two daughters. Mrs.
{. \. SamuelsOn. of Sherrard: and Mrs.
Peterson. OF Rock Island. and two
sons, Alex of Griffin and Gust, of Ne
braska.
George Engstrum. of Presumption.
township, moved to Sherrard last Sat
urday.
Mrs. James Knox, of Rock Island,
returned TO her home Monday. after
visit with friends in Sherrard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

\ call has been issued by the peo-
pies party central committee for the
city caucuses to name candidates for
aldermen and delegates to the city
convention. The caucuses will be
held Friday night and the convention
Saturday night. but the committee
has not yet selected places for hold
ing either caucuses or convention.
Aids. c. \. Barnard of the First ward
and Claus Anderson of the Fifth ward
will not be candidates for reelection
on the peoples ticket. Claus Ander-
son, of the Fifth ward. says that af-
ter serving for four years he is ready
to step aside and let some one else
get the nomination.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

Detlef KOhle, Herman Schroeder. Fred
ZolIer, Nicholas Swingle, c. c. Cole
man and Ed Kuehl.
Mayor Waldo Becker has authoriz-
ed the statement TO be published that
he will not be n candidate for re-
election Mr.. Becker states that he
had fully made up his mind in this
respect. and Notwithstanding the fact
that he was being urged by his nu-
merous friends 70 accept a renomina-
ton, he had decided not to do so, and
was grateful to all of them for their
well wishes in his behalf. Mayor
Becker further stated that he desired
To devote his entire time to his law
practice and that this was the prin-
cipal reason that he desired to drop
active politics and to devote his time
exclusively 10 his law business.
One of the best basketball contests
of the season Is promised next Tues
day evening at Armory hall, in this
city, when the alumni girls team of
the Davenport high school will wres
tie for honors with the team repre-
senting the Muscatine high school.
Ernst KOhrt. the old man arrested
north of Donahue. i'm Aliens Grove
township, and thought to be insane,
was brought before the commission
ers. Clerk of the Court w. G.. Moth
Investigated the case and learned that
the information was merely the result
of family quarrel with which the
board had nothing to do with. Louis
assaulting his father, was tried be-
fore Justice of the Peace Keppy at
Donahue and sentenced to the Scott
county Jail for 80 days.
At the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Henry Schnede. at Wheatland. last
Sunday occurred the death of Mrs.
Caroline Meier, aged 81 years and
months. She was born at Schleswig
Holstein, and in 1885 was married to
Henry Schroeder. by whom she had
two children. Her husband died in
1888, and in 1910 she was again mar
ried to Juergen Meier, who is now de-
ceased II years. In 1881 deceased
came to America, and little later to
Grand Mound, Iowa, finally settling
at Wheatland.
Floyd Duncan, a colOred man, aged
% years, died at the county infirmary
Tuesday of pneumonia. He had been
in this city but a short time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

The age of miracles has past. We
know that everything moves by what
the scientists call immutable laws.
They are unvarying from everlasting
to everlasting. These laws rule alike
the heavenly spheres and the actions
of spheres. Man is particularly sus-
ceptible to infractions of these laws
and the usual result is disease or in
jury or death. 1t is. law that if you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

NJ. o. Fuller, Y. VI. c. \. secretary
at Natick, who has been suffering Sc
verely from infiammatory rheuma-
tism. has been taken to ColfaX, Iowa.
for treatment at the sanitarium
there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
DAVENPORT DOTS

At the Second Presbyterian church
at o'clock last evening Rev. Mott Il.
Sawyers united in marriage VIII Dug
gleby. of the firm of Duggleby Bros,
and Miss Mary Ashford. of Betten-
dorf. Iowa, a former clerk at the
Reps-Jungk department store. The
ceremony was followed by a wedding
supper at the home of the brides par
ents in Bettendorf.
At o'clock yesterday afternoon
Justice Louis +. Roddewig united in
marriage at his office George L. Paus-
tian and Miss Adelia y. Paustian, both
of this city. Although of the same
name, the young people were not re-
lated prior to that kinship which they
assumed yesterday.
Tom L. Cannon. of st. Louis. agent
of the national association of the Git
liens Industrial alliance. i in the
city to attend a meeting of the eXecu-
tive committee of the alliance formed
here a week ago. The organization
of which Mr.. Cannon is the represent
tative, he says. has for its object the
betterment of the industrial cond-
tions of the country.
The board of public works has
opened paving bids. There are five
bidders on brick paving. all of them
Davenport concerns except NJ. Ford,
who halls from Cedar Rapids. The
low bids were: Davenport Construc-
ton company. Leonard, Washington,
Locust and Brown streets; Peoples
Construction company, Fulton ave-
nue., Twelfth. Thirteenth, Tenth and
Sixteenth streets: Cedar Rapids AS
phalt company. fremont avenue. Up
on asphalt paving there were only
two bids submitted. This experiment
tai work will be done on fremont av-
enue, and will be watched with con-
siderable interest.
The Fremont Butter Tub company
has entered suit against Nelson Nor
ris & Co. to recover the sum of Sos. 90
alleged TO be due upon the purchase
of butter tubs by the defendant COM
pany Feb. 4, 1903, and not yet settled
for.
Charles Mccoy, a colored man, was
arrested by Officer Sanford Tuesday
night charged with assaulting Fred
Glenn. a colored lad. Mccoy is said
to have struck the lad over the head
with poker, and long cash on his
forehead testified TO the truth of the
assertion. Mccoy got so days in Jail
for his yiciousness.
The Davenport Turner hall club
met Tuesday night in regular session
and elected board of directors to
manage the affairs Of the organiza-
ton and TO control the building. The
following new directors were elected:
Frank Maehr. William II. Korn. Frank
Ewoldt and Henry c. Struck. Jr. The
outgoing directors Mere Dan 3. Horne.
Charles Korn. Gustav Steuben and
Frank Ewoldt The hold-Over direc-
tors are Ernest Wilckens, Herman
Slender and Hugo Il. Krohn.
The Bettendorf citizens ticket has
been placed in the field TO be voted
for at the Forthcoming election to be
held March IS. Those nominated are:
Mayor, Peter Reck; clerk, II. G. VIII
let's: treasurer. Ed Robson: asses
sor, Frank Siebengarten; aldermen,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

The enthusiastic friends of the high
school athletes will be treated to
their first home track meet April %,
when the local team is to contest with
Galesburg in dual affair. The calen-
dar of meets as it stands is: April
%, Galesburg vs.. Moline, at Moline;
May e. Military Tract meet and de
clamatory contest. in Galesburg; May
II, Illinois interscholastic for state
championship, in Champaign; May 81,
Stages invitation meet. in Chicago;
May IS. Knox college invitation meet
in Galesburg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
AWord to Sufferersfron Disease

eases may be hereditary or acquired.
They may be the result of law break
ing by some ancestor in the remote
past For the 'sins of the father are
visited upon the children even unto
the third and fourth generation" Bat
if nature provides penalty for the in
fraction of the least of her laws she
has also provided remedy. For years
| have made careful study of
disease, its cause and effect And [
have made WONDERFUL DISCOV-
ERY.
| have discovered that Natures rem
edy for a very large number of dis
eases is Electricity. / use electrodes
upon the nerve centers of the human
you are suffering from any FEMALE
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"a myriad of diseases, come and SEQ
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My method of treatment is perfectly
rational and relief is almost instan-
taneous.
l guarantee n cure in all durable
cases and cure hundreds of others
considered incurable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
Chicago Dental Company

If you are in need of dental work,
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we can save you money. We use
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Permanent loca ton:
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ROCK ISLAND.
OVER SEIDEL'S DRUG STORE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

The Svithiod of Fret lodge, No. 16,
has secured the well-knOwn Chicago
gentleman, Judge Sheldon. to address
the society at its anniversary to be
held next Saturday evening at X. p
hall. Mr. Sheldon will discourse in
the Swedish language. He is very
fluent and no one who wishes to hear
an excellent address will miss this
opportunity. After the address there
will be dancing. and refreshments
will be served. Prof. Freed's orches-
ira will furnish the music.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

In coal it's quality that makes
heat, it's quality that retains,
1t is quality that makes possible
consumption of 90 per cent Of
the combustible part of it, leav-
lug a light, clean ash; lastly, it's
quality that lessons your fuel
bill-you're not paying for dirt,
refuse or unburnables. The coal
we handle, both hard and soft,
deserves all the good things we
and our patrons say for it. A
ton will talk as loudly as a car
load.
E. G. FRAZER
Telephone 1888.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

w. L. Moore has received notice
from the clerk of the appellate court
of the Second district that the APP
pellate court had affirmed the decis-
ion of the circuit court of this coun-
ty, wherein Mrs. DeYeager had re-
covered judgment of S2.75O at the
May term, 1908. against the Daven-
port, Rock Island & Northwestern
Railway company for the death of
her husband. who was killed the
morning of Feb. ,, 1901. on Third ave
nue., near Twenty-fourth street, where
the Davenport, Rock Island & North
western railway crosses Third ave
nue.. Unless the railroad carries the
case to the supreme court of this
state it will have to pay the amount
of the Judgment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17

Members of the y NJ. c. \. are di-
vided into a lively contest for mem
bership starting last evening at 10 p.
m. Three clubs will carry on the fight
and May l the results will be made
known. The entire membership viii
be divided into three clubs and these
will be directed by leaders in the cam
paign for new members, the divisions
being as follows: The Patriots. led
by =. c. Simmon: the Indians. cap
tanned by f. II. Wilson, and the Hik-
ing club, under direction of S. A..
Thomson.