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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
PRIZE TO MBN WHO MAKES
ALCOHOL UNDRINKABLE

Washington, March 1.-THE imper-
ial Russian minister of finance has Of
fered prize of $4,000 rubles ($25. 800
to the person or persons who will in
vent some way of making alcohol IN
drinkable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
THE WEATHER

Threatening weather, to-
night, with probably rain or
snow; Friday, partly cloudy:
NJ decided changeCin temper
allure.
J. NJ. SHERIER,
Observer.
Temperature at z a. M. "a;
at 2:3O p. m. 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
IMPROVEMENTS ON UPPER
RIVER TO BE INVESTIGATI D

Washington. March 11.-The senate
today passed bin authorizing the
committee ON commerce To investigate
the proposed improvements in the
Mississippi river between the states
OF Iowa and Wisconsin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-03-17
CITY CHAT

fact that this IL the day of the primary cleo
tiOns In their party should remember that
the polls are open In the respective wards
until 1880 o'clock tonight. Look up the
place of meetings In the official call and at
good name of the party In Rock Island and
the standing OF Its candidates before the
people demand the participation of every
respectable democrat to the extent at least
of casting his ballot In the primaries As well
as In the regular election.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
Why She Liked Venus.

"A practical point Of view will in
fiuence even an artistic judgment, "
said the lady with the Burne-Jones
chignon, las | discovered the other day
when my new servant seemed to take
such interest in the objects of art in
my parlor as no maid Of the many
who have preceded her in the house
ever showed. Pleased with her really
intelligent interest in my pictures and
bric-a-brac, / took pains to show her
the best points of each object, and
really | found the task a pleasant and
unique experience. But | wish now
that | had not asked her. as / did at
the end of the impromptu exhibition,
which Of the objects she liked the
best.
"'This Is the one | like best. NAM"
said Mary, pointing with her feather
buster to the armless Venus Of Milo.
"'Well,' thought I, this is getting
more and nor interesting. Here Is
Mary showing really high artistic judg-
ment.'
"'And why do you like the Venus
best, Nary | asked, anxious to hear
her estimate Of the famous statue.
why, sure, nam, it's aisest 10
Dust! replied Mary, and / hastily
closed the private view."--Detroit
Free Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
GOOD FOR TIRED M
They Should "Come Out and See" oc-
casionally for the Benefit Of
Their Health.

Some time ago a oma who has
helped many people to see the wonders
of the world about them told a friend
how her own eyes were opened, says
Youths Companion.
One summer she happened to be
spending a few days at the same hotel
with a certain naturalist. His enthu-
siasms did not interest her at all; the
progress of the embroidery which she
had brought with her for pickup
work" was of far greater concern to
her than all the miracles of June. But
one morning seeing him eagerly
searching the ground under her win.
dow, she leaned out and asked curious
ly:
What do you find so absorbing down
there?"
Come out and see," he called In re.
ply.
Why she did it she could not tell
Perhaps, after all, the call of the day
was too great to be resisted. She threw
aside her embroidery and went out.
That embroidery was never finished.
for the world of delight she discovered
that day changed her whole life.
She bought books and microscope,
and began to investigate for herself,
then with her children, then with 9TH
err people. After awhile she began
to write, and the writing brought to
her new friends and the introduction
to scientific clubs and societies. A
score OF fresh interests filled her days,
interests which she met easily with the
renewed health won from the long out
of-door hours. She lived, in short, a
new life in the midst of the new
heaven and earth to which her eyes
had been opened.
There are wOmen-thousands OF
them-who need to release tired eyes
from their petty, exacting, needless
tasks, to straighten tired backs, and to
let the fresh air in upon their lives.
The highest city walls cannot wholly
bar out nature. She visits city roofs
and streets and yards al freely as the
country hedgerows. All that she asks
is an opportunity to reveal her treas
ures of health and JOY; her constant
cry is. Come out and see!"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

OF paint. Rather a shabby fence, the
more so as some misChieyous person
seems to have broken off all OF the knobs
from the tops of the pickets. One Is
tempted to suspect bad boys lin the next
block, ~ where the bad boys always live.
In fact, the knobs were broken of four
generations ago by grown men who
wanted them to use as chain shot to shoot
at King Georges soldiers. There was In
those days a statue Of King George-on a
horse-standing within the fence. That,
being of good solid lead suitable to a
monarch whose virtues were Of leaden
dulness rather than bronze viRor, was
broken up and moulded into bullets. For
the little enclosure where it stood was
the famous Bowling Green. then the ia
vOrite meeting place OF patriots, now a
tiny patch Of green surrounded by 16 and
iS-story buildings.
The great 500, 0O0, 900 subway-that
portion which is to duck under the river
to Brooklyn and which was two years
later than the rest In starting-is leisure
ly creeping down Broadway. No trace
Of it is seen upon the surface Of the
street, Here there is no offence and dis
grace OF streets long uptorn, At night a
'ew feet Of Broadway are dug up Be
fore morning dawns, and with out inter-
rupting a car, plank bridging Is substi-
tuted for the pavement and under this
cloak of Concealment digging goes for
ward. Right under the spot where
George looked proudly forth upon two
story town of his subjects the mOle-like
highway of the 32-stOry town which
repudiated him Is soon to be bored. Then
the fence will come down. Every sec
ton will be numbered and put away In
strict order and when the excitement Is
all over It viii be put back again AZ good
as eyer and as available for showing to
British visitors.
Even when | came TO New York from
back Of nowhere Bowling Green looked
almost as in Washington's time, The
hotel In which he often stayed was stand
ing. Cyrus Field pulled IT down for the
first Of the away downtown Office build
lngs, And that building, only ten stories,
is already dwarfed by those about 1t. All
about the upper end of Battery park were
houses dating back to colonial times,
In some instances to the Dutch rule. The
last row of these disappeared only three
years ago to make room for the new
custom house.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

the city | heard from the lips OF James
Ridley himself how be started In bust
ness on the corner OF Grad street and
Allen IN a shop about 20 feet by 40, tended
only by himself and his wife and by
their son as they grew big enough Upon
the same site he had then-20 yearsago-
raised a mammoth structure with 2,000
employees. Nor was he an old man at the
time.
Neither Ridley shop o Ridley name
Is now in evidence upon Grand street,
which FOR all It's high-sounding name has
become the main thoroughtare Of the
great East side Ghetto. Upon the site
are half a dozen e%nterprislng stores kept
by Hebrews. The big stores are all with
the single exception Of Wanamaker,
whom the Stewart tradition keeps to ths
ancient site, moving uptown, Even tho
big Store" Of the SieEcl-C Cooper Co, no
longer the property Of the original own
ers, Is now rather far downtown, al
though only a few years built. Wanna
maker alone is within two miles OK
Bowling Green and the ancient city.
The most curious movement in shop
dom now In New York is Its centrifugal
tendency, 1t is not now mere thread
and needle shops alone that cling to the
outskirts Of the city, but great depart
ment stores are springlng up, or growing
by degrees as "Ridley's" grew, In he
heart Of the outer wards, ten miles, 1t
may be, from the clty's center The chief
shops in Harlem to-day would have been
colossal In the heart OF town ten years
ago, Women will not travel an hour and
a half from Jamaica, for instance, to do
n triile Of shopping that can be arranged
for at an enterprising place near home.
Perhaps that fact Is at once the answer
to the question why there is no shopping
trust, and the reason why young men %
day have bright opportunities In re-
tail trade. not under the shadow of the
great Gather-all establishments, but
miles away.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
UetormIng the Mnn.

Henry" said Nrs PeVhecker, you
have not yet told ma what good re.
solve you have made since your BIRTH
day"
why, my dear" protested Henry.
you know that I have no small vices
or bad habits at all. Don't you know
that you have induced me to stop card
playing and smoking and drinking
and going out at nights, and everything
else | used to think | wanted TO do?'
Eyes, love" answered Mrs, PEN
hecker, sweetly; "but it sometimes
seems to me that you read the adver-
tisements Of liquors and cigars with a
sinful satisfaction. 1t would be better
for you If you should sternly and firm
ly resolve to shun them hereafter"
And poor Henry shrank farther and
father into the nice new house-coat
that she had made for him from her
old dolman.-London Tit-Bits
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
LITTLE THINGS IN DRESS.
Spring Novelties That Go to Make Up
the Tasty Costumes Of the
Season.

There has probably never been a
spring in which so many novelties
were introduced. One of the quaintest
yet most effective is the fancy beading
for the front breadth of the dress skirt
in fancy design, says the Brooklyn
Eagle.
Garlands of silk flowers and of me-
tallic mes and garlands of natural BIOS
SONS will be worn for evening and for
ceremonious dinners, and in arranging
these the woman who wants o intro
luce novelty must trim her skirt with
a garland laid in slanting fashion
across the front breadth. She must
also trim her bodice and she must
twine a garland in her back hair.
For evening wear the lace ruffle Is
almost an essential of dress. A very
deep lace f%lounce, with a chiffon head
Ing, is worn around the neck of a low
corsage and the sleeves consist entire
ly of lace flounces, shirred to a very
short sleeve and falling over the elbow
and arm. The skirt may or need not
h''S ~ Ia1t luiiiGS, puI llit mAlSl IL
made dressy by from one to three ar
ranged across the yoke as circum-
stances and the gown will permit.
In the spring novelties there is a
crushed velvet sirdle buttoned with
turquoise buttons which are placed
right in the middle of the front. At
the back there are tabs buttoned to
the girdle with turquoise.
One of the daintiest Of useful oddi-
ties is n wide belt of silver ribbon. The
belt is fastened in the middle of the
front with a buckle of green gold and
in the buckle there are set large green
stones of seml-precious value. At the
back there is a long green slide.
Again in the belt line there is no.
ticed a girdle made almost entirely OF
wheel rosettes of lace upon a white
satin ribbon, the whose fastened in the
back under a large wheel of lace, and
in the front under a buckle of silver.
This is lovely for a slender girl.
One of the cleverest of novelties con-
sists of a butterfly of heroic size,
worked out in the natural colors in
silk, upon a background of net lace.
This Is lined with chiffon and the
whole is set upon the vest of a hand
some tan colored cloth gown.
A novelty which can be rated among
the surprises Of the season is the deep
gauntlet cuffs which can be found now
as deep as the elbow. Over these
gauntlets the upper sleeve falls very
full. The shoulder is tucked and
trimmed.
A great many sleeves have the deep.
very tight gauntlet, made Of silk and
lace. Above the gauntlet comes the full
puff and then there is the tucked Shout
der. The shoulder, beside being tucked,
is piped with colored silks. This Is a
simple style for the woman Of the sea-
son to copy and one that can be very
highly recommended for her spring
and summer gowns. This style will
hold its own all the season and 1t Is
a style that is becoming to every hand
and arm.
While mentioning the new features
OF the season the round neck and the
full sleeve must not be forgotten. A
great many necks are cut without the
collar and the neck Is finished with
ruching.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
hN~hNhNhNhdhNh
h Scoundrels c |
BY COULSON kERNAHAN
Author Of ''captsiu Shsnnon," "A Book 81
SlranEs Sins.""A Dead Mans Diary" Etc.
Copyright, 1899, by Herbert S, Stone a Co.
CHAPTER XIV.
sCoUNDRELs AND COMPANY.

sCOLNDEtELS AND SOMPAN1.
did think 1t over, with the result
that when | sauntered up to the book
stall at st. Pancras on the following
morning, the button-hole of my tweed
jacket was made gay by a spring Of
red geranium.
Number Two looked approvingly at
1t, as he gave me "Good-morning." and
Hubbock's little eyes leered meaningly
at mine as he complimented me obse-
~quiously on the lovely flower" | was
wearing.
A handsome tip to the guard hay-
ing secured a first-class carriage to
ourselves, Number Two came 10 the
point as soon as the train was begin
ming 10 move out of the station.
MY friends" he said, Il have been
through the accounts to-day, and I'm
sorry to say there is a big falling of in
subscriptions. The loss of that $4,000
may have done us harm in the way Of
shaking public confidence, but on the
other hand If we had succeeded in our
attempt upon Lord Cranthorpe's house,
or if | had not failed in my jubilee
scheme, or lubbock in his lshmael
club programme. | believe that our
finances would have been as tlourishing
as ever. But we haven't much time TO
spare this morning, and the immedi-
ate question before us is, How are We
TO retrieve our position One big
blow at the authorities will turn the
tide in our favor again and bring the
coin in. But this time we mustn't fail,
and it seems to me that the only way
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
Celery Beauty Cult.

London west end green grocers have
been considerably astonished of late by
a prodigious demand which has suddenly
sprung up for celery. The explanation
is a curious one. A large section OF
smart and pretty society women, to-
gether with an equally large section who
are not so conspicuous for good looks,
have created a celery-beauty cult. Ex-
perts have declared that no drug in the
world has the potency Of celery for pro-
dueing a clear complexion and bright
eyes. 1t must be eaten raw. say the ex-
perts It is not only a beautiier, accord
ing to its deyotees, but 1t promotes
health Ia various ways, and also inspires
energy and good temper.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

A New England senator tells a story
Of a certain wealthy business man in
Providence, r. J., whose reputation for
tightfstedness In business matters is a
matter of common knowledge, even in
neighboring states.
Not long ago the man OF strict bust
ness principles engaged a professional
ratcatcher to undertake the task Of
Kidding his warehouse cellars Of the
troublesome rodents that infested
them.
The ratkiller presented his bill,
showing that the Providence man was
indebted to the former in the sum Of
$40.
Good gracious!" exclaimed the
t~ightfsted man, as he glanced at the
bill, "$10i' Then, after a seconds
pause he anxiously asked:
Don't | get anything for the rats?'-
N. Y. Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

The vaults of the State treasury
now contain about $4,000 and Treas,
urer Miller is wondering what they
will contain about the middle of July,
when the weather ID hot and tax col
lections are exceedingly dull. The
treasurer will not have any large sums
of money to look a ter until Gov. Var
daman makes the b pnd Issue Of $780,.
900 authorized by the Legislature.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

what about you, Number Six? Can
you handle the %ribbons?"
mo. | can't drive at all, responded
the councillor addressed.
Hin, Your education's being neg
leeted, How about you, Number
Severn
I'm drive" | replied, promptly; I'm
quite II home at il, and | know London
we'll"
Capital. That will do, then. Now
to settle the other preliminaries,
The details of these other prellm-
inaries" may be spared the reader.
Before the train reached Southend
everything was settled-the day. or
rather night, for the series Of eXplo-
sions fixed, and the time and place OF
meeting.
1t was nearing II O'Clock as, with
all my yillainous crew inside. |
whipped up the horses as we APP
preached the gray walls of Holloway
prison, My instructions were to pass
the main entrance at a slow trot, and
TO pull up sharp when ! heard Number
Two tap twice at the carriage window.
Outside the entrance a man vas stand
ing. His attitude was that of a
lounger, but the queer way in which
he looked up and down the road, every
now and then. belied the indolent air
he had assumed, and as we trindled
towards him, he started. took a step
forward, and then. as if rccollecttng
himself, stopped short, and stood sti'f
and still like a well-trained setter at
sight of a bird. | felt that the mans
eyes were upon me and upon the car
riage. and raised my whip to lash the
horses. He saw the action and snapped
out the word. Now like m officer
giving the word of command. and the
next instant we were level with the
entrance. Jerking my right rein vi0-
right angles, whipping them up merci-
lessly meanwhile. and dashed into the
prison yard at a gallop.
AS the ponderous gates swung to be-
hind us, Hall, followed by lubbock.
leapt out. but, almost as their feet
touched ground, the black shadows IN
either side swarmed suddenly into
men. who had seized and secured the
four conspirators before the echoing
clang of the closing gates had died
away.
The psychological moment for which
| had waited 70 long-too long-had
come.
What does this mean, Number
Severn" Kissed the 0 h%andcdted
Number TWO as | got down from the
box.
ut means" | said, that have been
a spy upon you all along, and that I
told the governor Of the goal why we
were coming here tonight, and ar
ranged with him that the waving of my
whip should be the signal for the gates
to open"
MY God" he said, quietly, "and |
mistook you for a gentleman
=
The case has not come on for trial
yet, as the police are completing their
Investigations and their chain of evil
dence. They tell me that what | know
against the conspirators is but dust
in the balance compared TO the calen-
dar of crime of which the syndicate
has been guilty, and that, in eifecting
the arrest of Number Two, ! have
been instrumental in bringing to JUS
tice one Of the greatest criminals Of
modern times.
All the same, | do not feel very proud
of my share in the matter.
1.-THE ENDl
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
Hernando Stirred Up.

DR.. Marcus Haase, Of the Memphis
board of health, was summoned to Her
nando to pass upon the suspected
smallpox cases there. He pronounced
the disease to be smallpox. A meet
ing of the town council was held and
the compulsory vaccination law of this
State, forcing everybody in five miles
of an infected district to be vaccinat-
ed. will be enforced. -I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

houses. big enough
to control the trade
In any city and per-
haps In a number OF
cities, has been Oft
en- talked OF as pos
sible.
haven't seen a
sign of such a trust
as yet. The nearest
approach TO 1t Is a
sort of loose combi-
nation between sew
eral great firms,
mainly for the pur-
pose Of securing
united action In the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
After the Delinquents.

The jackson officials are hot after
the street tax d~elinquents, and the
m of some very prominent citizens
have adorned the police court record
during the past few days on this ac-
count. A bunch Of delinquents are
given the usual fines by the mayor
every morning. MHe ass
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

NV w Phe ms or IInrtt,u
high a rate Of inter-
est upon the landlords money al that.
The same disparity between rent and
income worries the poor man that brings
Fuckers into the brows of the $4,000 a
year family trying to live beyond It's
means. New York people habitually ex-
pend from 20 to 80 per cent. OF their In
come upon rent. AS you approach the
very poor the proportion increases. In
a fairly new tenement In the heart OF the
slums, surely not a pleasant place to live,
rents range from five dollars to seven
dollars per month for each tiny room.
A suit Of four apartments would cost $40
to $50 per month, much nor than that
Il there was a bath or an exceptionally
endurable outlook. That sum would hire
a whole house In the outer parts OF
Brooklyn. New York affords the cheap
est as well as the dearest Of everything.
The outer wards afford rentals Of abb
surdly low proportions not to be sur
passed even in Philadelphia.
This perpetual drift OF people to the
outskirts has Its political meaning, tits
really half the secret Of some Of New
York's surprising political oyerturns.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
Whitfield Is Touring.

Prof. H. /. Whitfield left last week
for a tour of the State in the interests
of his campaign for longer terms In
the rural schools. He delivered an
address on the subject at the opening
OF the Scott County Circuit Court in
Forest.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

uldltcI Va httpluE
down advertising rates, and hardly 0
OF a real trust than a bar association Ia
q trust Of lawyers. But perhaps II Wall
street had not fallen upon such evil days
we should have heard Of It.
Lots Of men now living ran remember
the beginnings Of the big store develop
ment In New York. In my first years In
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

merger to take over
the management OF
a chain OF great de-
partment stores is
a sign Of the times,
The syndicate thus
being formed Is to
take charge of a
great shop In Chi
cago, one in New
York, another now
being built here and
one soon to be
started in Boston.
The average capt.
%tallZatiOn will be
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

II Is so proud that
It will spend a lot
OF money 10 pre-
serve It from de-
structio may
sound inconsistent
with its sorry repu-
tation for %irreyer-
once
The fence Is an
ordinary looking
iron affair, rather
heavily proper
toned and covered
to the thickness OF
n quarter OF an inch
nv ~aurrpgsiyp CpntS
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

l'Hi Nf'hAt A'"lNA
Agentsin the cen
trial portion Of the
town are higher
than In any other
city in the world,
except perhaps Ber-
lin, in proportion to
wages, Years ago
$4,000 was the top
figure for the year
ly rental of a fiat,
In the new st Re-
gis" on Fifth ave-
nue. Il can pay
$l6,0 900 a year, and
- - na,N-- ,I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
Available substitnts.

Trayeier-They say you have no pro-
fame words in your language What do
. peopIs do when y0u WASTE 10 swesr7'
Educated Japanese-We speak 4 few
words in Russian.-Chicago Tribune.