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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-06

ANTED-Situation, to do general
AOuswOrk in family without small
children, by "a young widow with l.
ycar-Old child. Wages reasonable.
References furnished if desired. In
quiTc at 537 Twenty-first street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANT ED-WOTk of any kind by the
day by experienced woman. Call at
I.lG Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-06

STEAMER CITY OF wINONA.
Arrive 1920 a. M. Davenport: leave
p. m.
Arrive 1O:45 a. M. Rock Island: leave
3:l5 p.
For rates and further Information.
apply to r. W. BLACK, Agent,
Rock Island. III
CARNIVAL CITY PACKET COMPANY
burlington and intermediate points.
STEAMER HELEN BLAIR.
Leaves Monday, Wednesday and Fri
Leaves Sunday for Muscatine only az
1870 y.
FOR rates and further information.
apply to r. W. BLACK, Agent
Rock Island III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-06

CHICAGO MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL
Railway-D., r. /. & N. w. passen-
ger station at foot OF Seventeenth
street. S. y. STODDARD, Agent. +. i.
Hinrichs, commercial agent, 500 Brady
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-06
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN-On real estate Sc
curity at lowest rates. Marion r.
Sweeney, attorney, rooms $3.50,
Mitchell & Lynde building, Rock ISL
and.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-06
Trains

Peoria, Springfield,
st. H., Ind'pls, -.
Peoria X st. Louis .
Peoria, IndplS, Gin.
Bloomington go.
SheTrard Accom-. -.
Cable IL SheTrard
Accom-. SO. 1900.
Cable q Sh errard.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22
Il -. 3 = p .---s-L<-5s.s. -
0HlNTS FOR THE
Z HOUS EKEEPERI
7 .-S----,-------.-lJ 90 -.

Dishcioths are quickly made fresh
ana sweet by boiling ln clean water
With "a good lump of soda added.
Always put The sugar used I'M tart
in the centre OF the fruit. not at the
top as this makes the paste sodden.
When pccling onions. begin at the
root end and peel upward. and The on
ions VIII scarcely affect your eyes at
all.
In boiling meat for making soup the
meat should be put into cold water.
I'm order To extract an the goodness
from the meat.
soup viii ne as good the second day
81 heated 20 boiling point. 1t should
never be left in saucepan. but
turned into dish and put aside TO
cool DO rot cover the soup up. as
that may cause il 10 turn sour.
a tablespoon Of black pepper put in
the first water in which gray and bun
linens are washed will keep the colors
of black or colored cambrics or mus
Inns from running. 4 little gum arabic
imparts a gloss 10 ordinary starch.
and iron on the wrong side with a good
hot hatiron. Then sprinkle the fioor
underneath literally with turpentine.
pouring it into the cracks If there are
any. Rub the turpentinc in and then
you can turn back your carpet. Re-
peat this treatment two or three days.
4 good recipe which will keep the
bristles of hair brushes stif after
washing is as follows: Pour into an
open dish a dessertspoonful of am
monia to a quart of cold water. Dip
the brush into this. moving up and
down. but taking care not TO wet the
back of the brush. In this way the
bristles will be clean and white In
less than one minute and without any
. rubbing. Then dip the brush into
clear water. shake and place in 4
rack to drain.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

a circular cracker. OF The variety
known as water thin. is crispcd I'm the
oven. 1t is then spread with rich
cream cheese. rather thickly. and
topped with layer OF ruby barbecue.
This is made Of stcmmcd red currants
floating I'm q delicious thin jelly. The
other cheese sandwich consists OF two
obiongs. three 10y one and onc-half
inches. OF brown bread. cut very thin
ana freed from crust The filing is
prepared 10y rubbing some cream
cheese very soft ami blending It with
minced watcrcrcSs ana two table
spconfuls OF mayonuaise dressing. The
brown bread sandwich is served ON
crisp lettuce leaf. IT is a tasty anil
delicious sandwich Tor summer iru.a-
cons and for picnics Nothing can lI
its place.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

large building devoted 10 religious
worship
one ~ tie noteworthy phases 81 the
ChSnAciaD rulDs were The Orramented
walls Of two 81 lss buildings. thought
20 have been devoted 10 sacred pur-
Doscs. or 80 have served az the abode
q the ruler. Ia one instance a series
Of designs had been sunk a half foot
or more Ia the adobe over the entire
wall. BOW seven feet high. Possibly
these may have been aperture foT
hiding gold and other ceremonial Of
ferings. and afterwsrd sealed up b.
an additional adobe coating. ADofiel
facade. ten or more feet in height, il
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

Il.Ees Ihr original feature OF the
irtIre s. la fhc addition OF supple
mrlfarg adjustable lan0le. The
weights arc OF ine u>aal spherical
foln. and ar. Joined hy the usual
shaped hanlle Projecting radially
FROM the end. ~ ihi, handle are TWO
parallel arms. Between those arms is
disposed 81 second handle. Iryoted in
-urli a manner a~ 90 extend the reach
or grasp 81 the fingers and thumb. The
practical effect 90 this construction il
fo give frner and more vigorous
ere~r rrsr'fing Dob better develop
msui of fte muscles ~ the hand and
forearm = minor detail in the design
. 81 fac provision for fAe adjustment Of
;Lis auxiliary handle 80 as 90 make
the span 81 tie grasp longer or short
~ az desired.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

The most precious bits OF stained
glass ia OLD World cathedrals are The
pieces OF "grisaiilc.' so-called. dccora-
tive painting Gen monochrome OF "a
grcenish gray
The silk merchants borrow the word
this season as "a trade name of srisaliie.
Some are the queens gray. sober
color which is adopted 10y women 30
half mourning or boy those who seldom
wear anything but black. Some shades
OF gray without the slightest tinge 81
green also pass muster as SriSaillc-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22
Latest Ideas in Lace.
GouIice

Tho day of the heavy. rope-likc lace
Is waning and an the new sorts COM
ing now TO trim the summer frocks
are on the Chantilly order. thin and
airy rs cohwcbs. But most beautiful
cohwchs they are. wrought upon with
delicate wrcaihs OF flowers and other
designs suggesting the pompadour
ver'od Breton. Alcncon ana tho Ma
Zinc lace-. ass those with n basis OF
rn.' n.ti.kc Maine are called. are
-Dng 90 haVc great season.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

s9iil >fole. ane off-a a<ce.scs-- precip-
1toas hplghts bs e series ~ sssae stair
ways. Trzces ~ iiese roacs st.i ex-
lsi la ma1y socalfirs
One Of The Rp-i .i8trHprt1y ~ fAc
coast ruiz> investigated 81 ar. Bande-
slsr. who Was senf Out under the 2Qs-
s,lers of the America AusS-um ~ -txs-
orai History wefe those 81 Chant han.
commoniy called Cii.snu. near the pres
era e5ty Of Truxllio. typical Tle~s -
which are here reproduced. The ro.
ins extend for . distance u three miles
and are one aud q hall miles iE
width. Nothing rensins Of the orig
l-ai appearance AID former grandeur
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

Two cups grated carrot two cups
grated potato. two cups chopped suct.
two cups flour. one cup sugar. one cup
molasScs. one cup iaisins. one cup cur
rants. one lemon lgrate riud and add
ju.cel. one tea>poonful cream tartar.
spice and salt. steam three hours.
bake half am hour.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

g. Korea the rooms Of wife or
mother are the sanctuary Of any man
who breaks the Law. Unless FOR
treason or Tor one other crime. he can
MOI BE- forced 20 leave those rooms. and
10 long 81 be remains under the protec-
ton Of his wsfc's apartments he IL Sc
eure from the officers Of the law.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

Deep or narrow 1Ounce embroldcries
in fine Swiss or heavy materials. collar
and cuff sets. and special blouse scts.
are manufactured Of this embroidery.
A fOunce that will do away with the
necessity OF gathering Is shown. made
OF a circle OF Swiss. the embroidery
being along the outer border. The
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

round centre is intended be the size
Of the skirt or petticoat although II
may be cut out to accommodate a
wider one. The plain edge OF the
circle is stitched 10 the drapcries.
The embroidery then falls in folds.
much more graceful than the ordinary
nnnncp.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22

ono of tlc newest particularly smart
stun, Con the coat aud skirt suit. ana
ore ilat has been eagerly received
simply on account of it's novelty for
tho purpose. is crepe de- Chino.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-07-22
shirt vai~, with Underar,n Cores.

Plain shirt waists. made IN tailor
~fvi, AWAY, are i'm demand and ale
,vrvs arc smart This one is made
with under arm cores. which render it
r,culialy wcu suited 40 stout figures,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-12
An interesting Character.

Professor Hirtz, mentioned in the fore
going paragraph as an entertainer of my
Juvenile friend Pu Lun, is an interesting
character well known and honored here.
A German savant in all which that sub
stantial substantive implies he spent
seventeen years in China acquiring his
extraordinary command of the language
and his deep knowledge of Its curious
literature. When this Chinese depart
ment was opened in the university there
was at first a plentiful lack Of students,
doubtless owing to the terror that Yellow
Peril of a language inspires In the aver
age occidental mind. The first student
to present himself for course In Chinese
was the eminent psychologist, concholog-
list and linguist DIR. Samuel A. Binion,
notable besides as a translator of Quo
Vadis. Observing that he was the only
student, Professor Hirtz jocularly wrote
a postal to DIR. Binion, bearing just the
three old words of the Latin proverb:
tires faciunt collegium;" 1t takes three
to make a college. Binion wrote back:
Deus, Magister ct Ego stunt tres" The
Lord the Master and I make three" A
neat reply, but my friend Bnion's Latin
was a little off in its idiomatic order: It
should have been Ego Magister ct Deus
stunt tres; for the Roman, like our Teddy
always made a point of putting his T..
or his Ego, to the front. Ego ct meus
Deus, he said. IT and my God"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-12
Highest Paid Commercial
\ Chemist is a Japanese
A RESULT OF HIGH BALLS
John Sharp Williams and Captain
Thompson Face Each other in
New Willard and Thomp-
son Tells Story.
BY w. T. MANNING.

Washington, June 1.-THE visit OF my
good and little friend, Prince Pu Lun OF
the blood royal of China, to this country
lust at this jucture of international COM
nlications has occasioned more discussion
in diplomatic circles than the advent OF
an Oriental princeling usually causes
Profound significance is discovered by
some in this really very simple episode;
but 1t isn't merely old women in rural
communities who decirhers events to come
in the accidental collections OF tea
grounds In view, however of the anus
ing cry raised in certain quarters about
the menace of THE yellow Peril 1t Is
interesting to note that this pretty little
Chinese Prince before leaving here re-
ceived an invitation to take luncheon with
Professor 1irtz of Columbia university,
in New York, who Is the distinguished
incumbent OF the chair of Chinese Ian
guage and literature. recently establish
ed at that progressive university. This
In itself is ominous but when we diplo-
matists of Washington ponder the fact
that the highest honorman this year in
that same university is a fullblooded
Celestial, about "a years old, what adjec-
tive shall we apply to the situation and
have we capital letters large enough to
emphasize the growth of The Yellow
Peril that such a fact reveals?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-12

grace
woven wind,
That Devils Darning Needle gaily gads
with gossip rushes near those lily-pads
IN the still stream; or there, where tints
of IND.
Mid jungled banks, like many a lurking
CLEAN ks
OF her sweet laughter to the vision seem,
And Cardinal flowers, brave Priests with
tongues of fire
Denaunce the dulness of the umbraged
stream
But now, after Myth and playful Popu-
lar Fancy cometh Science often hardly
less poetic than posey herself, to assert
and asseverate that this inimitable insect
with illimitable swiftness Of wing can
be. and shall be- harnessed to the service
OF suffering humanity. How sol Inc
scheme is very simple, simpler than
Christian Science, New Thought, Wool
oomoolooism-or any of their devotees-
1t has been discovered that the dragon
fly is the mortal enemy of the mosquito;
his capacity for catching. killing ana
consuming this Jersey staple is unlimited;
one dragon fly of normal appetite can
eat two hundred mosquitoes for break
fast, and then think It's lunch time
These important facts being admitted
an idea Of possible immense Importance.
of incalcnlahle value practically to the
human race-and spolitieianE-at cnce
FORCES forward. Just as the falcon was
trained to hunt birds for mere sport apart
from hunger and has new as genus ac-
quiredf the glorious Anglo-Saxon itch to
go out and hunt and kill for the sweet
gust of killing; or just as the falcon fish,
with a ring through his tail and a
string to 1t, is utilized by African fisher
men to catch their "finny prey" so the
dragon fly, if fed from infancy entirely
on mosquito diet, would have a super
latively stimulated bias toward the pur-
suit and determination of those blood
thirsty and malaria-spreading wretches.
Hence at the very least 1t would seem
that there ought to be in the nearest
possible future governmental grant and
Apr opriation made to establish a scien-
tific plant farm and kindergarten for
the Wholesale production and instruction
of dragon files. Initiative, of course
might be well taken in this matter by the
state Of New Jersey, for 1t would double
the value of land there and afford an
excellent excuse to raise the tariff on
summer boarders 500 per cent.
But, considering that there are so many
mosquitoes in so many other states be-
sides poor, dear JerSey it would surely
be better for the general government to
take the plan in hand; and since the field
Is so large, both at home and in our
Philippine dominions, the creation of a
new cabinet department to manage the
business would be better still And then,
OH We politicians, think of the numerous
new offices to be filled, and think, OH We
! statesmen of the modern school, what a
fine. strenuous, sonorous name 1t would
be-the dragon fly department! Why. TIE
very sound of 1t might strike terror not
only into the horrld little singers, sting
ers and bringers of malaria, but into the
hearts of all our foes around the world,
| till they learned at last that 1t merely
meant the benevolent assimilation of mis-
| cradle mosquitoes by great and splendid
| dragon flies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-12
Jap Chemist Well Paid.

While 1 am glancing at this Yellow
Peril, or Brown Peril, perhaps I might
well disseminate the fact not general
ly known that the most highly paid COM
mereial chemist In this country is a
Japanese gentleman in New York, who
gets regular salary of $4,000 per an
mum from a famous firm of manufacture
ing chemists. Personally, do not take
very much stock in this Yellow Peril,
though some of my diplomatic associates
do. Judging from recent exposures in
New York concerning the ability of ladies
de couleur to extort hundreds of thous-
ands of good Yankee dollars from de-
crepit millionaires and incdent1y to be
the accidental cause of the killing of
such a justly honored man as the late
Andrew Green. it seems to me we are in
more danger from the Black and Tan
Peril. In this connection let me chron-
icle an amusing toast which I heard at
4 banquet of southern politicians the
other night and which. I understand. has
been recently going all over Dixieland
and provoking no little merriment:
Here's to the Bull that paved the
Ground,
When the Cow jumper over the Moon;
And here's to the Eagle that shrieked
aloud,
When Teddy dined with the Coonl'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-12
Williams and Thompson.

The other evening in cosy corner of
the New Willard there faced each other
Capt. c. Frank Thompson genial vet
cram of the New York Seventh regiment
and the redoubtab1e John Sharp williams
of whom have narrated so many capital
stories he owes 1t to his conscience to
send me a silver headed cane. / specify
this present / expect from John next
Christmas, because the ver-headed
cane presented to me by an admiring
constituency was stolen from me in the
thirteenth year of its life, and l can't
afford to buy another, In spite of the
fall of silver, because wood is going up
in price as well as coal. Where was L?
Oh! yes. in the New Willard, at an adj
joining table. respectfully studying the
warrior and the. statesman. In the middle
distance two highballs CLEANED pleasant
ly, playfully flashing back the sparkle
In the eyes of these two capital recon-
teurs. Thompson and Williams.
High finance" Captain THOMPSON was
remarking isn't confined to Wall street /;
nor are its exponents and past-masters
restricted to the ranks of the palefaces .
The first highball mysteriously disap-
peared and he continued, I've Just re-
turned from Richmond where l stopped
at the Jefferson. Every morning at
breakfast 1 was waited on by a very
attentive and pleasant tongued young
coon, whose name was Albert AS In
variably got cracking good breakfas ST
and took shine to my coon, 1 got into
the habit of giving him quarter as a
pourboire for the poor boy. On the morn
ing'of my last day In your charming rebel
capital when I took my seat, | noticed
that Albert had been supplanted bv an
other young gentleman Of color. Where's
Albert?' said l. Albert amt a-ew,na
walt on you dis mornin'. Boss, Use rwine
tend your wants CHANGING about 7 as-
pied Albert in distant corner leanine
against pillar In quite a tragedy atti,
tude with folded arms and eyes fxed
mounrfully on my table. Send Albert
here at once? I said sternly. When tho
other brought him, I asked why he had
deserted me. Well. you see. can,n
Thompson, he replied. its dis way. Las,
night I was a-shootin craps wild dis var
coon an he winned quarter often me r
couldn't pay. SO jess transferred over
to him dat quarter you Is a-gwihe tin
me wild dis mornin'. But dis var coon, he
wouldn't trust me to .colleck de money
SO he gwine wait on you hisself.'
At the end Of WilliamS lauxhtss,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-12
FOR NEW CABINET OFFICE
BY ALFRED SETON.

The people. that is to say, men and
women on the average by and large, are
apparently suppose by the special tribe
called novelists. particularly the very
modern ones of the Howells kindergar-
ten, to be woefnlly deficient in magma
tive faculty. That Is why, so It's argued
80 many, many novels have to be VIII
ten in order to fill this aching void IN the
general human head.
However true this notion may be, ana
l for one take the liberty to doubt II ana
TO scout It, still IT cannot be denied that
there is, and always has been, such TACT
as the popular Imagination, nebulous
entity to be sure and one difficult to de-
nae or explain, but which has given TO
the various nations of the world rich
variants OF folklore from the original
stock and stem of primeval superstltlon'
and has incidentally bestowed on many
common things and phenomena delightful
or quaint or suggestive names a-glint
with the very richest quartz of poetry.
For example. take the dragon-f1y who
will soon be with us In our ruraf ram
b,es. If you can take him without net
ard fear of his jabbing a sting INTO
YOU which | promise he will not DO,
for he is a harmless monster, and verify
a lovely fellow. when you come to know
and understand him. Quite easy, though,
is It to comprehend from his formida-
BILE form how the popular imagination,
haunted by an original belief in dragons
of great size and ferocity, gave this in
nocent insect such a portentous name.
The popular Imagination of New Eng
land, emancipated from belief in drag
ons but still fondly clinging to Satan,
and something colored in this case per-
haps by the fact that from time imme-
mortal that neck owoods has always
contained a large and choice congrega-
ton of Industrious spinsters, years ago
endowed the volatile creature now under
consideration with another title quaint
and curious namely, the Devils Darning
Needle This appellation picturesque,
though rejecting unjustly on the dra-
gon-1y's moral character, yet appears OF
a certain aptness, for he is a gloriously
energetic insect and from the swift ubi-
guilty of his movement worthy Of meta
phorical comparison with that most ac-
tive and successful business gentleman or
record who needs no syndicate to helr
him run all the year round his tropical
hotel on the European, American and
Universal plan.
Besides. like Lucifer, the dragon fly Is
a very handsome and democratic gentle
man, using the latter adjective. of course
in its broad sense, not its political appli-
cation. Hunters and fishermen find him
everywhere, and fishermen like him both
as. a bait If by rare chance they catch
him, ard as a sure sign of good luck
II he alights on boat or pole or cork, as
he will do occasionally out Of pure good
nature. An American poet, too one OF
our few-odd mfllions-has pictured him
In colorful verse. when writing of Indiar
sumner.
lyon tree shall glimpse to me her Dryae
face,
Or I shall see her mount with Naiad
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-12
JUNE BRIDES LEAD
THE Procession
Many Notable Affairs Schedul-
ed for Near Future
is MUCH PREPARATION
Great Interest Is Taken insthe Roose.
velt-Robinscn Nuptials and Many
Prominent People Will At.
tend-society Gossip.
is MUCH PREPARATION
BY DlEDRlcH kNIckERRocKER.

New York June 11.-June brides contin
ne to lead the social bill While there are
comparatively few weddings scheduled for
the present week, the six days following
it will furnish many notable professions
to the altar of wedlock. Among them
will be the Whelen-G oelet, Roosevelt
Robinson, White-Delafield, Byrd Elliot.
Butler Huntington. Rogers Roberts, and
in Boston, the ThayerPatten nuptals
There is a pleasant feature about this
group of weddings that must not be
overlooked Not all of us are Anglophiles,
so without a regret it is to be noted that
this bevy of charming, and in many cases
really beautiful, brides are to remain on
this side of the sea. For the time being
none can say that eastward the course of
millions takes It's way. The June brides
are paying pretty tribute to the Ameri-
can man.
Except in one or two conspicuous cases
they are heavily lowered. somehow or
other II has been a fact that in nearly all
OF the recent big weddings the bride was
possessed of considerable more of a for
tune than the bridegroom On the face
of II there seems no plausible reason
Tor such state of affairs. 1t must be
that the wealthy scions of our first fam
lilies have not looked with favor upon
the wares displayed in the matrimonial
market If they did perhaps less ances-
trail halls abroad would be bolstered with
American gold Certainly there are far
more eligible young men than women in
our smartest society.
If only the young men would follow
In the footsteps of the Vanderbilt boys
what a marrying age we would have.
In no other prominent family have the
sons married so young and with the
Vanderbilts 1t has been the case since
the days of the old Commodore, who took
to wife Sophia johnson when he lacked a
month Of being nineteen. William Henry
Vanderbilt was of the same age when
he married Maria Louisa Nissan.