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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-07

Yesterday morning at o'clock. at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Macbeth, 2O19 Seventh avenue. took
place the wedding of their daughter.
Miss Maud Medora Smith, to John
Schacht. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. Burtlick, of the Second
congregational church. The bride
and groom left town on an early
train on their honeymoon trip for a
destination not known by the rela-
tives. On their return to the city they
will go to housekeeping at their home
1909 Thirteenth avenue, which is all
furnished awaiting them. Both of
the young people are well known in
this community. as Mrs. Schacht is Il
graduate of the high school and Mr.
Schacht was Il SchOOlmate of hers
and also Il graduate of the high school
and of the University of Illinois as
well. He holds degree as architect
and is employed in the Office of l.. NJ.
Drack in Rock Island. He is son of
j. ii. Schacht, one of the old and re-
Spected residents of the city.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-12

tonished than Major Kennedy when the rake shot
toward him his own stake, plus ~sixty-four louis lover
two hundred fifty dollars.
That was the beginning of the biggest winning
Monte Carlo has ever known. Nor have | ever seen
anything like the way that sober Britisher got bitten
with the gambling mania. He staked and staked and
staked, doubling his stake each time, losing hardly at
all, but plunging in an amateurish manner that made
the old stagers that fringed the tables hold their breath.
We'll, sir, Major Kennedy had to be dragged away
from that roulette table, a little after midnight. the pos
SCISSOR of t~hirty-fve thousand dollars. His eyes shone;
his speech was thick, like that Of an intoxicated man.
IL can't lose he kept repeating; the thing is a
dead certainty; and anyone may win II he stakes on
my system Alas, how often had | heard that storyl
Next morning | accompanied the Major to the
Casino, again at his request. He called me his mas
cot and laughingly said that he couldn't win without
me. l sat with him all day, literally struck dumb
with the most astonishing run of luck, fortune-call
it what you will have ever seen. That night the
Major arose the possessor of two hundred thousand
dollars altogether. His excitement was pitiable.
"Come and sleep with me, Montalt!' he said hoarsely.
My valise and portmanteaux are stuffed to bursting
with notes and gold l humored him., and slept in
his room by the side of a pair of loaded revolvers.
Next day the Major was at it again. By this time
his notoriety had spread over the French and Italian
Rivieras, from Toulon to Spezzia, and Adventures
came thronging from all parts. As we crossed the
palm and flower gardens into the Casino, we were be-
sieged by curious crowds-some of them businesslike
enough, however, and highly anxious to stake on the
SAINT system as my fortunate Major.
"On the third day Kennedy arose with the enormous
sum of four hundred thousand dollars, or two million
francs. Talk about breaking the bank! Time after
time the table had to be replenished with funds from
the great vaults, yet the Suave and impossible croupiers
kept literally shoveling out whole fortunes at a time.
"On the fourth or fifth day l said: Look here, Ken
needy, I'm neglecting all my own work; | really can't
be with you to-day He was 10th to part from me,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-12
BY One Who Was There

leads up to the Prince of MonacoS ~S
1 palace, when ! met my friend Montalt.
Now. my friend has lived at Mentone for twenty
years or more, having gone there for his health some
where back in the Sos.
Look here, Montalt," l said to him, I've Just
been talking to a former croupier, and | made up my
mind that the minute l laid eyes upon you l would ask
you a question
"Right-ol" answered the CHEEKY Montalt. Fire
away with your question"
well, its just this: Can you tell me what is really
the biggest winning you have ever known at the
tables? You know all the officials of the Casino-have
been. in fact, on intimate terms with them for nearly
a quarter of a century-and your experience of the big
gest win ought to be worth listening to, or reading"
why, l rather think it is" answered Montalt.
And do you think I'm likely to forget it? Now.
listen to ne and my friend sat down under a palm
tree on the terrace looking out over the Mediterranean.
'One day an Englishman called upon me at my
house in Mentone-the Villa des Oranges-you remem-
Der. He had a letter of introduction to me. He was
a Major Kennedy of the British army, and had Just
one week to spare. He was on his way out to Bombay
to Join his regiment, and had Just missed one steamer
at Marseiles for the purpose of seeing a bit of the
French Riviera, particularly Nice and Monte Carlo.
''Of course | showed him around; but his English
virtue was rather squeamish about entering the Casino.
Why. man. l said TO him, the Casino is Monte Carlor
lone night | persuaded him to go in, however, and
after that he went quite frequently to concerts and
other ceremonials in that most magnificent of palaces.
Look here, Kennedy l said one day. Monte
Carlo seems to have done well with fetes and concerts,
| think you ought to lose something on the tables
He wouldn't for a long time; but at last
reluctantly consented to lose five louis. He staked
en- pkeiH, and lost three louis, one after another. the
chances, of course, being ~thirty-two to one against him.
He turned to me half-impatiently and said: Let's get
it over quickly, and with that he threw his two re-
manning louis, en- pLeiu, on No. 20. 'Ricn nc ga Plus
cried the official at the head of the table, lie ieu est jaft'
sang another ~croupier. The ball spun, and promptly
fell into compartment No. 60. No one was more as
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-12

hoiiihS IN NaiiiN anu I'M hN Via MS iA>h
had changed, that he had that day lost
twenty-five thousand dollars.
Il ought TO have told you before that our friend
not, indeed. counting his chickens before they were
Matched, but with the money actually in his posses
sion-had planned out his future career, which was so
vastly changed by his brief visit and the losing of one
ship on his way out to India. He had telegraphed at
great length to a big firm in London, instructing them
to buy for him one of those magnificent country places
SO dear to the heart of the Engishman of middle age.
He had also sent in his papers as the military man
has it, to the War Office and was, of course, about to
leave the army and set up as a country Squire.
Alas! Man proposes and God ~disposes.' He be-
gan to lose enormous sums daily; but what was more
remarkable, nothing would stop him in his wild career.
why said l to him, you have enough left even
now to keep you in affluence for the rest of your life.
Why not be satisfied and withdraw
But he wouldn't, and seeing his end, | practically
acted as his purse-bearer, and promptly diverted
twenty thousand dollars. intending to put it safely
away. In those days there was no Smiths Bank at
Monte Carlo itself: the nearest bank being a branch
of the Credit Lyonnais at Nice. To this last-named
bank l sent the money. while the Major continued to
plunge. Will it be believed that this mailman sank
right down to his last louis once more! l then told
him joyfully of the 'nest-egg' l had laid by for him.
Saints abovel" said Montalt, refectively, how
funny human nature is! Instead of being grateful,
the man abused me furiously. If | had had that
money, said he, furiously, i know my luck would have
changed, and l should have begun to win once more
Filled with disgust l gave an order on the Credit
Lyonnais to pay the money, and he lost every dollar.
Yes, sir, this same man, who had in his possession
four hundred thousand dollars, all made out of twenty
dollars in three or four days, is now living somewhere
in England in comparative poverty"
The Casino no longer lets one play the limit but sets
apart a sum for each days play, beyond which it will
not go. But it really needs no such protection, for it
wins ninety per cent. of all the money that comes into
. play" and its net profits are estimated at upward of
six million dollars annually.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-12
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for JUNE 12. 1900

I'm the Mississippi Valley a certain kind of plant
louise lives on the roots of corn, writes Professor Yer
non Kellogg of the Leland Stanford University. Its
eggs deposited in the ground in autumn hatch the
following spring before the corn is planted. Now, the
common, little, American brown ant, which is par
ticularly abundant in the corn-fields, is especially fond
of the honey secreted by the corn-root aphis. So,
when the aphides hatch in the spring before there are
any corn-roots their favorite food) for them to feed
upon. the little brown ants, with great sohcitude,
carefully place the aphides on a certain kind of knot
weed that grows in the fields. and protect them there
until the corn terminates. Then the ants remove the
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by the ants IS as great as that which
they give to their own young, and
they frequently feed their hungry
pets before attending to the wants CT
their own brood"
Other insects living in the nest of the
ants, however, are never noticed by
them. The ants do not seem to see
them. The white wood-louse is one;
another is the beckia. These creatures,
from living continually from genera
ton to generation in the dark, have
become quite blind. They are
gers and are continually at work
removing all offensive matter.
A small bristletail (Lepismdttde)
has been observed to play the part of
a thief in the community, lurking be-
meath the heads of two workers as food
is passed from one to the other, Selling
the morsel and making off with it.
Perhaps, like our domestic cats they
possibly may be of some service in
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Whenever an ant meets one of these house pets in a
gallery Of the nest, it gently touches and caresses it with
its antenne, and while the beetle responds in a similar
manner the ant sucks at the tufts of hair near the ends
of the beetles wing-cases, and then ticks the whole
upper surface of the body. The ants feed the beetle
much in the same way as they feed their own young.
When a beetle is hungry it expresses its desire to be
fed by licking an ant near the mouth, and occasionally
stroking the sides of its head with gentle movements
of its feelers. During the process of feeding the beetle
is passive; the ant moves its head gently to and fro,
while the head of the beetle rests almost motionless
in its mouth. The attention bestowed upon the beetles
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are brought to the surface of the nest to get the benefit
of the air. but are always hurried down again to
warmer depths when the chill of the approaching
evening begins to be felt.
The ants treat the eggs of the aphis with as much
solicitude as they do those of their own race and their
own mothers. In the spring when these eggs hatch
the ants are rewarded for the labor they have be-
slowed upon them. A fresh supply of delicious honey
dew awaits them as soon as these domestic cattle be-
cir to feed on the plant roots that penetrate their
communal dwelling. The eggs of aphides living out
side upon plants are also collected and cared for
Eggs laid in October on the food-plant of the in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-12

aphides to the roots of the corn, their preferred food
plant. In the arid lands of New Mexico and Arizona
the ants rear scale insects on the roots of the cactus"
P~lant-lice, although perhaps the most directly use
full. are not by any means the only domestic animals
owned by the ants. At least five hundred eighty-four
different species of insects. of which five hundred forty
two are beetles, live with the ants in their nests.
Some of these are pets. OF this kind is the little
claviger beetle met chiefly in England in the nests Of
the common yellow ant.
The relation between the ants and the beetle is of
the most interesting character" writes an observer.
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creatures.
The common red ants Myrmiea rabra) harbor
numbers of blind mites. a single worker has been OBJ
served carrying about three of these at once. They
are fed by the ants when they ask for food, which
they do by kicking the ants upon which they have
fastened themselves. Sinbad the sailor, had he seen
the small scoundrels, would have recognized in them
a type of his "Old Man of the Sea" No service is known
to be given by the mites in return for the ants bounty;
but one may be sure that they are not carried about
and fed from any motive of pure benevolence.
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driving off i~ntruding, predaceous insects and stranger
ants that venture near their pastures. Sometimes,
to protect their charges more effectually, ants build a
shed of mud over a group of aphides feeding outdoors.
When the leaf or stalk upon which the aphides have
been placed has been exhausted in consequence of its
having been drained of its juices by the ~plant-lice, and
begins to shrivel and dry up, the ants pick up the
aphides and carry them off bodily and deposit them on
fresh. green leaves, stalks or branches where. they can
obtain new and more succulent pasturage. The ants
are well aware of the food that their cattle prefer.
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sect. though of no direct use to the
ant" writes Sir John Lubbock, are
not left where they are laid, exposed
= to the severity of the weather and to
innumerable dangers, but carried in
to their nests by the ants, and tended
by them with the utmost care
through the long winter months until
the following March, when the young
ones are brought out and again placed
on the shoots of growing plants. This
seems to me a remarkable case of
foresight and prudence. Ants in our
part of the country do not indeed lay
up food for the winter as do those
of warmer chimes; but they do more,
Tor they keep during six months the
eggs that will enable them to procure
food during the following summer, a
ease of intelligent forecast
pied in the animal kingdom
Nor does the care for the aphides
end here, for the ants guard and pro-
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.ecord Winning at Monte Carlo

but that day went to the Casino alone. Next
morning he came and told me that his luck
had changed, that he had that day lost
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-12

I WAS walking down the zigzag path that
leads up to the Prince of Monaco's
L nalace. when | met nv friend Montalt.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
ST. Paul Mimi. Sent. %. 1904.

To all whom it may concern:
Know We that these presents certify that
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 35l
of the General Laws of the State of Min
nesota for the year 1899, as amended by
Chapter 23S of the General Laws of said
state for the year 1903. the Judges of the
District Court of the Second Judicial Dis
trict. In the County of Ramsey and State
or Minnesota, in which said county. dis
trict. and state the City of ST. Paul a
municipal corpora tion is situate, did duly
appoint a board of fifteen freeholders.
whose duty it then and there became TO
frame charter for the City of st. Paul
aforesaid and to frame and submit amend
ments to the existing charter of said
city. and which said board did duly re-
turn to the chief magistrate of said city
to-wit: Its Mayor. Robert A. Smith. a
draft Of the amendments to the charter
OF said city proposed by them. with the
Signatures of a majority of them and Of
their president and secretary thereto at
tached. as follows:
:. Resolved bv the Charter Commission of
the City of st. Paul. appointed pursuant
TO the provisions of Chapter 351 of the
General Laws of the State of Minnesota
for the year 1899 as amended by Chapter
23S of the General laws of said state for
the year 1908. that the following amend
ments to the charter of said City of ST.
Paui be submitted to the qualified voters
OF said citv for adontion at the next elee-
ton to be held within said city.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14

CONGER BROS. Druggists. Selby ave-
nue.. corner st. Albans; 4s9 Seiby
avenue and 349 University avenue.
CAMPBELL BROS. Druggists. Selby and
S. H. REEVES. Druggist. seven Corners.
L. j. ABERWALD, Druggist corner Rice
and sglehart.
STRAIGHT BROS. Druggists. Rondo
and Grotto streets.
SEVER Wesley. Druggist. Maria ave.
nue. and East Third street
W. A. FROST & CO.. Druggists. Selby
and Western avenues.
RtETZKE & CO., Druggists. Selby and
western avenues.
A. j. SCHUMACHER. Druggist. 499 West
Seventh street.
J. w. NELSON. Druggist Dale and Uni
versity
c. T. HELLER. Druggist. Willard. st.
Peter and Tenth streets.
C. F. RUTHERFORD. Druggist. St Peter
and Fourth streets.
J. p JELI MEX e CO.. Druggists, 961
West Seventh street.
j. p. IELINEK & CO.. Druggists. West
Seventh and Sherman streets
w. X. COLLIER. Druggist. East Seventh
street. corner Sibley.
A. "A. CAMPBELL. Druggist. Louis and
Rondo streets.
II. L. McCGIL. Druggist 48s broadway
DRIES PHARMACY. corner Ninth and
ST Peter streets
GEORGE c. DAVENPORT & CO.. 972
East Seventh street.
II. w. DICKMAN. Druggist, $50 East
Seventh. corner Beech.
a. L. WOOLSEY. Druggist. Prior and st.
Anthony avenues.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
Few of the Branch offices Where Ads Are Received
"The Globes PayinQ Wants

P. H. :MIDDENTs. Druggist. 472 Waba-
sha.
JOHN BoD1N & CO.. Druggists. ssi
Payne avenue.
B. A. TREAT. Newsdealer. 442 Broad
way.
NJ. S. COURTNEY. Newsdealer. 47a Wa
basha
W. E. LOWE. Prescription Pharmacist,
corner Twelfth and Robert streets
]. A. BATTOM. Druggist. 500 jackson
street.
A. H. SONNEN. Druggist. STA Rice.
1. II. LUEDERs. Pharmacist. S79 Rice
SUMMIT PHARMACY. 2S4 Rice. corner
WALTER NELSON. Druggist, ss6 Rice
WALTER NELSON. Druggist. 1916 Uni
CAPITOL DRUG CO.. Druggists. uni
versity avenue and Rice street.
DIR. MARKS. Pharmacy. 11S S. Wabasna
HALL & KRAFT. Druggists. 42S S. Wa
HANS MADISON. Druggist. 1856 Concord.
ECLIPSE DRUG STORE. 113 S. Robert.
G. A. WOLFROM. Druggist. 572 Kent.
D. c. KISSEL. Druggist, SCI Thomas.
F. A. HOLCOMB. Druggist. 954 Payne
avenue
CENTRAL PHARMACY. Tenth and Wa
basha
EDMUND J: FUCHS. Druggist. 7ss East
Seventh
E. e KEEPER. Druggist. $50 South Rob-
c. F. uMLAND. Druggist. AL University
avenue.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
CONTRACT WORK
Sewer on Avon Street. From Center G
Marshall to 224 Feet South

Sewer on Avon Street. From Center OF
Marshall to 224 Feet South
Office of the Board of Public Works.
City of st. Paul, Minn., Oct 6, 1904.
Sealed bids win be received by the Board
of Public. Works in and for the corpora
ton of the City of st. Paul Minnesota.
at their Office in said city until 2 D. m
on the 18th day. of october, A. D. 1904,
for the construction of a sewer on Avon
street, from center of Marshall avenue
to point 224 feet south. in said city,
according to plans and specifications on
file in the office of said Board
A bond with at least two (2) sureties
in a sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
or certified check on a bank of St. Paul.
in a sum of at least ten (10) per cent of
the gross amount bid. must accompany
each bid. Said check shall be made pay
able TO the Clerk of said Board
The said Board reserves the right to re-
JOHN S. erode.
President.
Clerk Board of Public Works
Oct. 7-1904-10t
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
Proposals for Hay
Office Board Of Fire Commissioners

Office Board of Fire Commissioners.
st. Paul Mimi, Oct IA, 1904.
Sealed bids will be received at this
Office until Wednesday, Oct. 26. 1904, D.
this city with two hundred (2OO) tons
No. 1 midland hay bale6, to be of the crop
of 1904, to be delivered at the different
engine houses of the department. as
called for by the Chief Engineer, and to
be weighed on the department scales,
corner of Eighth and Minnesota streets.
A bond will be required for the faith
ful performance of the contract The
Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids
Bids to be indorsed Proposals for hay
and addressed to the undersigned
BY order of the Board.
VIM. O'GORHAN.
Secretary.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
CONTRACT WORK

Grading, curbina,e Etc, harrington Ave-
nue., From Front Street to Lawson
Street
Office of the Board of Public Works.
City of ST. Pauls Mimi. Oct. II. 1904.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the cor
poration of the CITY st. Paul. Mime
sota at their office In said city until 2
p. M on the a4thS day of October. A. d:
1904 for the grading. curbing.. filing and
leveling Harrington avenue from Front
street to Lawson street, using cement
curbing. in said city, according to plans
and specifications on file in the Office. Of
said Board.
bond with att least two 90 sureties
in a sum of at leaststwenty 600 per cent
or a certified check On a bank of st. Paul
in a sum of at least ten t10) per cent
OF the gross amount bid must accom-
pany each bid Said check shall be made
payable to the Clerk of said Board.
The said board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
JOHN s. erode.
President.
Official: r. l.. GORMAN
Clerk Board of Public Works.
Oct. 13-i904-10t
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
AMENDMENT NO. /.

title ID II Of paiste chapter said Sscu charter be be
amended so as TO read as follows:
TO provide for the support and main
tenance of the fire department of the
city The total expense of the administra-
tion of said department, including all ex-
penditures for lands buildings. rents,
stores. fuel. horses, apparatus and ap-
planes of every description. salaries.
wages and all other outlay whether of a
temporary or permanent nature. shall not
in any year exceed the sum of two hun
dIed ai4, and forty-five thousand dollars In
naming in said fire department fund from
the preceding wear"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
CONTRACT WORK
Grading Wynne Street, From srsilina to
Hamllne Avenue

Grading Wynne Street, From sreiine to
Hamline Avenue
Office of the Board of Public Works.
City of ST. Paul, Mimi, Oct s, 1904.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board
of Public Works in and for the corpora
tion of the City of st. Paul. Minnesota.
at their Office in said city until p. m.
on the 18th day of October, A. d. 1904,
for the grading of Wynne street. from
Smelling avenue to Hamline avenue. In
said city according to plans and specifi-
cations on file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two go sureties
in sum of at least twenty (20) per cent
or certified check on bank of St. Paul.
In sum of at least ten (10) per cent
of the gross amount bid. must accompany
each bid. Said check shall be made pay
able to the Clerk of said Board.
The said Board reserves the right 70
JOHN s. erode.
President.
Oficiai: r. l.. GORMAN.
Clerk Board of Public Works.
Oct. 7-1904-10t
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-14
CONTRACT WORK
Sewer on Mclean Street, From Earl to
Cypress Street

Sewer on Mclean Street, From Earl to
Cypress Street
ONCE of the Board of Public Works.
City of ST. Paul, Mimi. Oct. 6, 1904.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board
of Public Works in and for, the corpora
ton of the City of ST. Paul. Minnesota
at their Office in said city until p. m.
on the 18th day of October. A. D. 1904,
for the construction of a sewer on Nc
Lean street. from Earl street to Cypress
street, in said city. according to plans
and specifications on file in the office of
said Board.
A bond with at least two 90 sureties
In a sum of al least twenty t20l per cent
or a certified G. eek on bank of st. Paul.
in sum of 1T ieast ten (10l per cent of
the gross amount bid. must accompany
each bid Said check shall be made pay
able to the Clerk Of said Board.
The said Board reserves the right to re-
'eN ''''' 49, JOHN S. erode.
President.
cficial: R. T.. GoRMAN.
Clerk Board Of Public Works.
Oct 7-1904-10t