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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-28

Concerts at Iowa Circle will be given by
the Engineer and Cavalry Bands as fol-
lows: Monday, July II, Cavalry Band;
Thursday, July %, Cavalry Band; Tuesday,
August 2, Engineer Band; Friday, August
10, Engineer Band; Friday, September =.
Engineer Band; Monday, September Il,
Cavalry Band.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-27

Connections at these terminals tor
the
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-27
HE SORTED THEM CUT.
Minister Was Satisfied the Knots
Were Safely Tied.

A. clergyman who has just returned
from trip to England tells a story he
heard there Of the marriages made on
certain feast days, when no fee is
charged and the young couples come
an great numbers long distance to
take advantage of the custom.
The custom is not general, but local,
being confined to certain rural places
in the vicinity of Manchester and Old.
ham. Upon one of those occasions"
tells the clergyman, with chuckle, "a
delegation of fifty young people from
Oldham and the surrounding country
journeyed to Manchester. making q
picturesque grouping at the Old Eng
fish church of St. Marks. Each one
oil the men carried a long stan or stick
as the people there call cane. and
each of the young women brandished
an umbrella, the use of which will be
presently seen.
After the ceremony OF marrying
the lot was concluded, and the crowd
was going down the church aisle, one
young woman hurried back and inter
cepted the rector as he was going to
the vestry.
81 theenk, meenster,' she painted.
that you have morried me to the
wrong felly.'
Don't let that worry you" said the
rector, VINO was in hurry, sort your
selves as you 90 out, you're all mar
ried fast enough" and acting on his
advice, they sorted out the right pairs.
ION their way back to Oldham they
bought the things necessary to light
housekeeping, stringing the lighter
utensils ON the sticks and umbrellas,
poised on their shoulders. Chicago
| Record Herald.
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mile. So l walked. say walked, but
1t was more like a run. shaded my
eyes at the head of the lane and
looked down, thinking might see her
outside, Misunderstanding the
chickens, maybe, or sitting on the
stoop. But saw nothing of her.
ITO the left in the barnyard an old
man was milking little black COW. |
passed on up the path to the front
door. knocked; but everything was
quiet. The place where the tulips
grew was wilderness of weeds.
kitty! Kitty called; Kitty, my
girl, where are your opened the
door and went in. 1t was only bare,
smoke scented room, with a table in
the center, covered with dirty dishes
and newspapers.
THE old man came up the path
with a pail of milk in his hand. 1t
was old Ben. He had worked on the
place as long as | could remember. |
met him now on the threshold.
Hello, Jim, hello, says he; back
at last-why, hello, hello. A welcome
TO ye'
Welcome? Welcome with no Kit.
ty; no sweetheart to claim my own;
no trace of the old times, nothing,
nothing-only an old man?
we sat down on the doorstep and
he told me all about it-ahout Kitty,
her troubles with Joe M cans and
how she finally had to marry him.
Her father and mother were both
dead.
"Only Kitty left-only Ben to take
care of the place. No wonder my head
went around. couldn't listen. | had
to go away was nearly crazy
crazy to see Kitty.
Il struck off over the green fields;
went over the rail fence at a leap,
pushed through the milk-weed and
! wild gooseberry bushes. There stood
the house! A window was open and |
could look through It into the kitchen,
leaned against a big cherry tree and
| looked There she sat at the supper
! table-the same white face-the same
dark eyes-the same Kitty l had
worked and grubbed for through four
| long years.
Joe Morgans sat at the head OF the
table. But | didn't look at him-my
eyes were on Kitty.
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THE TU LIP M AN
By
CopvrqAsd BY
By MINERVA NJ. LINDEN.

He was a tall, gaunt, white haired
old man of seventy or more. He lived
alone-just across the street, In an
old fashioned frame building, covered
with vines and creepers. In front was
little plot "a narrow strip OF
ground-where lilies of the valley
grew in summer Behind was a long
garden filled in spring with rows and
rows of blazing tulips.
saw him first working with little
hoe among the bulbs with their long,
green leaves. After that l saw him
often. | would stop for few mcments
on my way home in the evening and
watch him while he went up and down
the long rows.
He asked me to come in, one even
ing, and look at his tulips. | went; he
showed me the different varieties,
stepping among them with infinite
care. Then we sat down on little
bench outside of the back door, where
hop vines climbed up the side of the
house. and he began the story Of his
life. What prompted him to tell 1t
was my asking II he never tried to
grow any flowers except tulips.
Try, my man." he said, absently,
then was silent for while. A far
away look came into the faded eyes.
He took his pipe from his mouth and
knocked the ashes to the ground.
You've never heard then? thought
everybody knew about my Kitty -
Kitty and her tulips.
ut happened years ago-ah. me, so
long ago; but it's as fresh to me as
evsr-my Kitty's simple white face
and dark, pansy. eyes" His coat
sleeve went across his eyes as II wip-
ing away a tear
when think of that morning
when left her to go away out west,
can always see the tulips, too. They
we're something like these, only-ah!
such blood-red ones and such white
ones, so pure and delicate. Kitty,
with her white apron and white linen
sun-bonnet, always reminded me OF
the white ones.
She lived out In the country. The
house stood back from the road and
you had to go down a long lane past
the sheep pasture ard the apple or
chard to find it. l went to see her
every day. She was all the world to
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And the Pacific Coast and Montana
Territory.
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well, couldn't stay lhe1e-there
was no use Kitty loobea contenteJ;
maybe she was. waited till | saw
her get up from the table and brush
the crumbs from her lap, then trept
away and walked all night
After that my money went:
spent It; gave 1t away--wastei 1t
Why, had lots of It. Why not? Blu
| lived longer than expected, and thc
money went sooner than expected. !
drifted here and there but when
came to this spot settled down, alt
I've made up my mind TO die here
with my tulips 'They make me thiut
of her-Kitty in the oil DAYS, before
anything happened, you know-kitty
with her white apron and white snH
bonnet-Kitty kneeling among he.
flowers, or leaning her little head on
my big shoulder, saying she'd never
like anybody but me
The old mans chin sank On his
breast, ami he was silent for SOM
time. The shadows OF night had fail
en-. Lights were twinkling in the
windows.
1T is a sad story" ! said.
Sad? Oh. yes, | suppose" he re
piled, rousing himself Bat I'm keep
ing you here listening. my man. It's
| growing late-time for an old man
like me to go to bed; so good night
Come over in the morning and III pull
you bunch of tulips to take over
home Well, good night
Good night" said, and left him.
1t was a cold, bitter morning in win
ter. paused at the gate on my wa!
to the Office and looked across thu
street at the frost starred windows o
the old mans house and at the smoke
less chimney. He was in the habit o
rising early, and | stepped over to SCI
IL anything was the matter. Their
was no response to my rap, so turne,
the knob and pushed open the door.
pervasive feeling of cold was in tn
air. A pile of pine shavings lay II
readiness on the hearth.
went over to the bed, standing II
the corner by the stove, and there
with one big hand thrown out owe
the thick, red comforter and the blu
lips slightly parted, lay the old mar
He had gone to wait for Kitty-t
meet her, perhaps-who knows?
That day visited the undertake
and searched the city greenhouses TO
his favorite flowers. At last | foun
some white ones, and the next after
noon we laid him away to rest. wit
q tulip on his breast.
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IohnnN,s Little Joke.

A small boy in Old Greenwich vii.
lage who has keen sense of humor
happened to be reused very early on a
recent morning. To his great aston
ishment he beheld the moon in the
sky after sunrise.
Mother, mother" said he. 1--WE got
a great Joke on the Lord"
"Why, Johnny, what do you meant"
said his mother shocked.
"He forgot TO pull the moon in"
said Johnny.-New York Times.
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Il thought of her always. wrote
to her every mail for more than TWO
years. but then | stopped writing. for
there had come no answers to my let
tiers for a long, long time-nearly a
year. | thought something had hap
pened to my letters-that they never
reached her. 1t was such an out of
the way sort of place, where | was.
But there was money there If would
only stick to it, and did for two
years longer, and then l went home
home to my Kitty that ! knew was
waiting for me.
"The little station was only short
way from the house-about half a
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NJ eelily through service between Chi
caBo and between Cincinnati
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-27
The Spelling Bee.

The spellln' bee WIZ started fine
With Susy near the head,
An / was mex 10 her in line,
An saw her cheeks so red.
I got through "phthlsls," "extrophy."
And "Voltigeur" all right;
But lookin I'm her ewes they both
Got into "rhyncnolite."
An some way, then, don't know how
Our hands begun 10 jine,
An Susy spells her last name now
The same way I do mine.
New York Sun.
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me. loved her-loved her with all
my heart, and we were to be married
when ca, Blackjack from the
west, with pockets full Of money.
l bent down and kissed her and said.
Well, good bye, Ritty-good bye, my
girl. Keep a light heart till come
back Good bye
But she put her head on my Shout
der and cried, oh, don't go, jim
don't CO. she kept saving over and
over to the last, That was on the
morning before went away, out
among the tulips, all by ourselves.
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Homo Of WIdows and orphans.

Newfoundland has a greater proper,
ton of widows and orphans than any
other country
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EAsT, SOUTH, wEsT AM NoRrH

Fast and Handsomely Equipped
Steam Heated Tralns-DlniDg Cars
Buffet-Library Cars-sleeplng Cars
Free Reclining Chair Cars
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Ask ticket agents for tickets via the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, or
apply TO
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LINES TO THE LIVER.

Let poets rave. as poets will,
About the heart and soul.
And in some hight toned sonnet stu
Their lofty worth extol.
!. who must walk in humble ways
And modest muses. WOO,
l write this simple song to praise
The liver good and true.
What's heart or soul to mortal man.
What's anything. alack!
To US poor bilious creatures when
The lis er's out of whack?
While 81 ntiment l take II. Is
All well enough and nice
Yet when we come right down to biz,
The liver cuts the ice.
So. don't you to the spooney bards'
Sort sentiment succumb,
Flo" he who highest truth regards
WIN keep his liver plumb.
He knows that heart and soul may bless
\ mortal. in n way,
But oh they're both IN G. unless
Your liNCr's all 20. k
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J. A. FOLEY,
70 w. 2nd SO. St.. salt Lake city.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
MERRILL DECLINES
THE GALVA CHURCH
Former Rock Island Minister Does
Not Like Laboring in
Country Town.

Rev. F. W. Merrill, formerly in
charge of the First Methodist church
n Rock Island, was returned by the
Central Illinois conference, held re-
Gently. to serve another year at Gal
va. Henry county.
The congregation assembled last
Sunday morning in anticipation of a
report of the conference proceedings
Of the pastor. who doubtless would
express the pleasure he felt at being
permitted to remain with his people
another year.
But the congregation waited in
,ain. Mr.. Merrill never came. A tels-
DhOne message from the presiding el.
Ter brought the information that Mr.
Merrill had resigned and shipped his
goods to Evanston. No reason was
given, but it is presumed that Mr.. Mer
rill did not take kindly to the confer
ance persisting in assigning him tC
such a small town. For several years
i was stationed at Peoria.
Rev Merrill now is in charge of the
Erie street church in Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
D. w. CARNEY. AN OLD
RESIDENT. Is DEAD
Avenue This Morning After an
illness of Three Weeks.

d. w. Carney, a resident of the city
since 1854, died at 10 o'clock this morn
ing at his home. 1929 Fifth avenue
aged Il years. He had been ailing
three weeks with inflammation of the
bowels Mr.. Carney was native of
Ireland For a number of years he
was employed by the Rock Island road
as engineer and as night foreman of
the local rOundhouse. He leaves his
wife and three children, Mrs. T. J
Marshall. Chicago: Miss Mary Car
ney and John F. Carney. of this city.
The funeral will take place from Sac
red Heart church at 8 o'clock Monday
morning.
Chief of Police Phil Miller this
morning received message from Clin
ION. Iowa, bringing the distressing an
nouncement that his sister. Mrs. Dora
EOehler. had died in a hospital there
Of blood poisoning, resulting from ar
injury to her foot sustained some
weeks ago at her home in Crane
Mound. Iowa Mrs. KOehler was As
years of age. There are five surviving
children, besides two brothers, Chic
Miller. and Jacob Miller the latter O
Sears. and sister, Mrs. Catharin'
Fischer. of this city. They will attend
the funeral at Grand Mound tomorrow
afternoon
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

TOdny'S Quotations on PrOviHions, Live
stock Feed and FucI.
Rock Island. oct I5.-F"IlowinE are
the Wholesale quotations in the local
market:
Provisions and Produce.
Eutter-Crcamcry 2oc; dairy l7l4c.
EgEs-Ircsh lNc.
Bard--3c
Live Poultry Spring chickens Sc to
Zoe per pound, hens Sc per pound;
ducks Sc.
Vegetables Potatoes 35c.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
PERSONAL POINTS.

G. L. Kane is visiting relatives at
Peoria.
S. L. Bennell is visiting with rela-
tives at Geneseo.
Henry Bede. of Danville, H., is the
guest of John Harris.
J. T. Shields and T. J. O'Brien have
returned from St. Louis.
Mrs. J. Eddy has gone TO Maquoketa.
Iowa, for visit with relatives.
William Kennett is back from a
weeks visit at the st. Louis fair.
r. l.. Wheeler is in St. Louis, where
he will spend a week at the worlds
fair.
Mrs. Ida South has gone to spend
the winter with relatives at Kansas
City, Mo
Mrs. Daniel Given is in Fort Dodge,
visiting with her mother. Mrs. Ralph
Saunders.
w. II. Ferlane. of Chicago. is in the
city to spend Sunday with his broth
er. Ralph.
Miss Eta Repine, of Galesburg, is
NiSItiHS WI II ilti SlStti NCl II uNltt III
Rock Island.
Mr.. and Mrs William Schaarman
and son Fred have gone to Chicago for
a weeks visit.
Miss Lena Rae and Fay Little have
returned after spending a week at the
St. Louis fair.
The Misses Rhoda and Virginia
| Cowden leave this evening for a 10
| days visit at the worlds fair.
! Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Plummer and sor
| Howard have returned from their visit
/ to Montana and to the worlds fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Dudley, and sol
/ Henry. of Urbana. H.. are guests a
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Dudley
Mr.. and Mrs T. r. Ralford and chill
drcn, Fred and Mabel, of Marceline
Mo. are visiting with Mr.. and Mrs
G. T. Tall
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r Hollings. of Du
huque. have returned home afte
spending a week with relatives il
Rock Island
Mr.. and Mrs. H. TiIls have returned
10 their home al Memphis. Tenn. al
ter spending a few days with Roci
Island relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. r. Meyers, VIII
have been visiting in Rock Island 10
few weeks. departed last evenin
for their home at san Francisco.
Rev. d. l. McNary and !. ID. Wal
mock have returned from attending III
annual meeting of the Illinois synod O
the United Presbyterian church at On
IcaEo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clause RcutZ have r.
turned to their home at Atkinson
Kans.. after spending a week as IN
guests of Mr.. aud Mrs. Robert Ia
mage.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Baker an
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15

daughter, Milla. 11OG Seventeenth
street. have arrived home after spend
ing 10 days in visiting at Chicago
and the St. Louis exposition
George Galloway, of Wakeeney.
Kans., is visiting the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Z. West. Mr. Galloway for.
merly was resident of Rock Island
but had not been here in % years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Appleton and chill
dren. Frank and Mabel. departed last
evening for their home in Kansas City
after visiting in Rock Island as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Lillian.
Dr. William Baglcy. a member OF
one of the well-known families Of the
city. and who left here a number OF
years ago. has returned. and will prob
ably engage in the practice Of dentistry
in his old home.
Miss May Bowman is in the city
| from Chicago to visit with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs z. II. Bowman. Mis-
| Bowman recently graduated as a train
ed nurse from the North Side Hospita,
| in Chicago. and Will return shortly tC
continue her work in that institution.
The following railway men were ID
ithe city yesterday comforting with loca
| agents: W. n Burns of Chicago
! travelling freight agent OF the St
Louis & San Francisco: G. L. Letter
/ Chicago. travelling freight agent of the
Cotton Belt line. W. J. Leinworth
Chicago. travelling passenger agent oi
The Michigan Central: Frank Magan
i Chicago. travelling freight agent Of the
Michigan Central. D. u. Smope. Chi
J oago. travelling passenger agent Of the
Southern Pacific; John Whireford, ST
Louis. travelling freight agent Of thC
NJ K & T: H \. Gra5eT. Chics 20
travelling passenger agent Of tac Kan
sas City Southern; and !. r. Duck
worth. travelling freight agent Of th'
Fern Southern.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
SNYDER DIVORCE
HEARD IN COURT
Former Alderman Charges Wife
of Unfaithful.
ness.
JUDGE RESERVES DECISION
Asking For a Draft of the Evidence
Another Alleges
Cruelty.

Judge Gest in the circuit court this
morning heard testimony for the com
plainant in the suit for divorce of Nc
Cielland Snyder. former member of the
city council from the Second ward
and now one of the proprietors of the
Hub saloon, on Market square.
Snyder alleges that his wife. NJ. Myr
tie Snyder has been unfaithful, and
in support of his declaration offered
Clarence Bambarger and Ed Cornell
as witnesses, both testifying that they
had been on terms of intimacy with
| the defendant.
1t was charged that Mrs. Snyder had
been an inmate of disorderly houses Nn
Twentieth and Twenty-first streets.
Judge Gest appointed Attorney j
F. Witter to defend Mrs. Snyder. Sny
der was questioned as to the visits OF
different women to his saloon, but
stated that they simply called there to
get drinks. They were not particular
| friends of his. as had been suggested.
The court reserved a decision on the
| case ordering that a draft of the testl,
mony be furnished him by the report
er. Snyder was represented by J. X.
Scott
| Threatens to xii Her.
Suit for divorce on the grounds of
cruelty has been instituted in the cir
cult court by Anna B. Rice, of this city
She was married at Moberly, Mo, in
1891, to Carl Rice. and they lived to
gether until Aug. Is last. Twice dur
ling the past year. she alleges, he threat
lened to take her life. They have a child
Albert, 10 years of age. An injunction
asked for to restrain Rice from inter
fering with his wife and child pending
trial of the case was granted by Judge
Gest. G.. c. Wenger is attorney for the
complainant
, Cases Set for Hearing.
The trial list of the fifth week of th'
September term of the circuit court
: which begins next Monday, has beer
9 set as follows:
Monday-No. 1872. c. Harper VS.. NJ
, A. Hollingsworth; No. 1913. SchiTe
IIosford vs.. George l.. West.
Tuesday-No. G3, Lydia Gillapp vs.
MNra Amanda smith: No. 10y, FranI
BOrgoltz vs.. Beth Israel. a corp. Nc
1919, Erwin Lynch vs.. James McElroy
No. 130, George Bartlett VS.. Preferre
| Accident Insurance company; No >;
b. l.. Mapes vs.. Mary Sperry.
l. Wednesday-NO 1873. }. J. Trembla
VS.. Fidelity Loan company; No. 13t
G II. NJ. McCaSkrin VS.. J. l.. BrasheT {
al; No. 1O1, J. J. Kahlke, ct al. VI
o George Winans; No. &c, Theodore Ere
VS.. Joseph DeS;lva.
Thursday-No. f67, Blake & Mu
" lphy VS.. Sisters of Visitation; No. s,
Henry Flugel VS.. Max Zeffran, ct al
d No. $50, Hector Martens VS.. c., r. l.
p. Ry. company; No. 80, Thomas Cow
e ing Us. r. l. & Peoria Ry. company
5 No. 3G, Fred S. Goodrich VS.. ID. r. l. \
w. Ry. company. ct al.
d Friday-No. 90, F. F. BOrgOltc Y
: Board of Education, Rock Island; n
SO, J. W. Steckman VS.. c., r. L &
o Ry. company; No 81, DIR. j. f. Mye1
= VS.. Harry Saunders.
General-Nos. 1O4, III. 112. 119, II
l127, Q19 CHI 139. 14G, 124. Ca
e stopped with 90. Next call to commenC
i at 104 general list.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
Fred Ganahl Assessed s5 in the Police
Court.

Fred Ganahl. one of the men impli-
Gated in the fight on q Bridge line car
,ast Sunday night. was fined So for
disturbing the peace by Magistrate
Johnson last evening. There were
two warrants. the other for William
Horst. sworn out by John Graham,
who was the conductor of the car on
which the fight occurred. Horst has
left the city. The police state that
he is in Davenport.
William VogJ. of Buffalo. Iowa. was
ened So for drunkenness
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
is FINED FOR FIGHTING

L. b. Boswell. Secretary.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
EIIerx,e Band at Davenport.

Ellerys band. which made such
hit here and at Davenport last sum
mer. and which is enroute 10 the Pa
cifc coast after an engagement n
Milwaukee. will stop of AT Davenport
Monday. and give concerts al the Bur
tis opera house afternoon and even
ms.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15

c. s Nealy. Omaha-Rheumatis
and kidney troubles have entirely left
me. HOLSTERS Rocky dountain Tea
made me well and strong. 80 cents.
tea or tablets. 7. II. Thomas phar-
macy.
Rock Island Argus., 1904-10-15
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES.

The Emanon club has elected the
ollowing officers for the coming year:
President, Miss Gertrude Don; secre-
ary. Miss Luella Stoddard; treasurer.
Mss Josephine Whistler. The Christ
mas dance, which is the social event
If the winter in the way of dances
lmong the younger set, will be held
Monday. Dec. 2G. the day after Christ
mas.
Miss Lena LOewinEcr was surprised
1t her home at Twenty-cighth street
and Ninth avenue last evening by
.bout 20 of her young friends. At the
lose of pleasant evening supper
was served by the hostess.
Members of the Ladies' Industrial
-lub of the FTatcrnal TribUnos have
arranged for a dancing party al Odd
fellows hall the evening OF Nov. 8
Several similar functions given under
ne auspices of the organization in the
1ast have proved highly successful
and the coming dance is anticipated
With much pleasure by members ano
friends OF the club.