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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

wear of every sort, matinees and pettl- coats. The most expensive item in neck wear Is her array of delicately hand painted scarfs for evening wear.
 Add to this estimate of nearly 5000 the cost of her furs, which is practically un- limited and the expense of keeping this dainty trousseau clean, and you will see that before the first of the year her proud parents will have invested not less than $10O00 for the pleasure of seeing her blossom like a rose or an orchid in thu social garden plot.
 She will not carry flowers even at her debutante dance or tea, and she leaves fans for matrons and dowagers.
 She selects her furs with view or bringing out the best points In her com plexion, eyes and hair, rather than to match her costume. White fox is con- sidered girlish and ermine is trifie more stately. Grey fox is good for morning walks; sables are not for the Little Mar ouise style of girl, but for her more tall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
Queer Incident in Chelsea.

From Modern Women.
 A man down Chelsea way has discovered that servant Is human being.
 Just how he found out no one knows, but he is perfectly sure that he Is right in his suppositon, and since he made the discovery he has been treating his serv- ants as if they were human beings, and they have actually responded to the treatment
 It doesn't seem natural, but the Chelsea man has a good reputation for veracity and his neighbors believe all he says.
 It was after the second cook had been discharged that he made the discovery She did not know he was looking. and there may be those who will say that he had no business to spy on her. but 1t was in the interest of science.
 He noticed that she yawned and sneeZed and coughed like human beings and that after doing a certain amount of work she seemed to look and feel tired and he found out that she needed outdoor exercise just like himself and his wife, and so he deter mined to see that she was comfortable.
 On her day out he and his wife went into her room and he tried her bed and nearly broke his back. the bed was so hard. Then he hunted for her looking glass and it made him look homely.
 His next step was to order complete set of cottage furniture and then he hung a number of pleasing pictures in her room and 1t being summer time, he put bunch of sweet peas in a vase on her bureau.
 Space will not permit to tell of all he did for her, but after that both he and his wife went into the kitchen and said good morning. to her, and subscribed to a Decent monthly for her, and really acted almost as If the girl had a mind and a soul, don't you know. and they have her yet, although 1t IS three years since he made the discovery.
 They say she is a nice-1ooking girl and intelligent and she thinks the world of him and his wife so maybe she Is hu- man being after all.
 Queer things happen in Chelsea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

Has Her Little Pads.

''oo I'CT Littic FduS.
 The bud of this season does not use separate neckwear, such as stocks, col lars, turn-overs, etc., save with her rid ing habit which calls for plain linen. All the new blouses have matching col- lars attached. These blouses are at their best when done in lace, overlaid with hand-embroidery or gold lace or net. Baby Irish lace is much used In trim ming.
 Miss Debutante has no sleeves on any sort of gown below the elbow. Long gloves meet her elbow sIeeves on street suits and large muffs are naturally in vogue.
 For evening the debutante clings tena- ciously to white and this year delicate sil- yer flowers and lace are combined with the most diaphanous Fabrics. If she wears any color at all after nightfall it will be pale pink or blue, that reminds one of Marie Antoinette effects. These are not pastel tlnts. A little green and pale yellow are also used. For street wear the debutante espouses these colors according to her complexion. Various shades of grey, petunia Ca reddish pur- ple) pumpkin yellow, cerise and reseda green.
 Her dressy coats are all very short and the bolero has no rival. For walking she used the hip-1ength coat or the three quarter coat built on very loose lines.
 Glace kid Is used for all her gloves. The cape glove. or what was once known as the Bernhardt mousquetaire, without any button, is her favorite, in rather heavy glace finish. for walking. Tan gloves are much used for morning wear on the street. white and black are good for even ing, and, if color is used, 1t must match the gown absolutely.
 Violet contrasts between wells and hats are not good form, and meshes are woven to match millinery fabrics of every im- aginable hue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
COSTS MONEY TO
 BRING OUT 4 BUD What the Seasons Debutante
 Costs Her Father SHE HAS CLOTHES GALORE Representative Wardrobe for Multi Millionaire Bud" Costs S8,748.5o,
 But There Is no Limit
 to Expenses.

Julia ". c. Carroll in the New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

from the bottom up the 5oo-foot shaft, but his foot caught and he found himself hanging downward beneath the carriage and ascending rapidly.
 Fearing that his foot would loosen and that he would be dashed to death by the fall down the shaft the man tried to seize the timbers at the side of the shaft as he swung to and fro and pull himself loose. He succeeded at a point 150 feet up in get ting both arms about timber. and then tug followed between the man and the engine hoisting the carriage.
 The man won, but his foot was torn to shreds and had to be amputated. his leg was broken In two places and three ribs were broken. Despite his injuries, he held to the timber until rescued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

In making this estimate I have men, ton average prices. For instance one dinner gown may cost only s100 and an- other run up to s200, but this maintains the average of s150. The street gowns include Jackets and are sometimes the two-pieee suit, with which a separate blouse is worn, and sometimes the three- piece suit.
 Here may be found rainy-day suits as low as $50 or s75, suits for the morning walk or corduroy or heavy cloth, sever ally but elegantly made and so on, up to gowns matching jackets to be worn at receptions for $350.
 Range of Blouses.
 Blouses range from the inexpensive fine flannel shirt to the ubly-embroidered blouse of net or lace, with its touch of delicate gold braid. The reception or house gown has no coat ana quite gener- ally follows the princess model with striking combinations of lace and the skirt fabric In the bodice. very sim pie evening wrap in Empire style can be had for $100, but to offset this she has an- other far more elaborate, built from cloth Or delicate velvet trimmed with real lace.
 The restaurant or thearer gown, which is suitable for wear at Sherry's. Is gen. orally delicate in tint, has no collar and shows a very slight V at the throat. Favorite fabrics for such gowns are lace net, plain and hand-embroidered crepe, spangled net and chiffon velvet. She has slippers to match every house gown, and her theater shoes are ties or dainty slip pers in patent leather with buckles of quiet but rich design. For every street gown she must have matching hat. She wears plain silk hose for the street but Tor the house ornate patterns on the an- kles are much seen. The figure mentioned for lingerie, 5000, covers corsets, under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
A Remarkable Accident.

Wilkesbarre (Penn.) Cor. New York Her
 aid.
 Clemens Plucavage, foot tender at the No. shaft of the Kingston Coal company, suffered a remarka ble accident today. He jumped from the carriage as 1t started
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
TUT
 man.

To tune that fingers in the memory, so runs vaudeville ballad that has a passing popularity. We smile as we hear it. We laugh at the picture the words con- jure. It Is a good joke on the old man.
 But did 1t ever occur to you that there is sadness Tn the lines, that there are req sons why the support of the household no longer rests on father, that his idle ness is not voluntary but enforced? There is silver in fathers hair; his shoulders may be bowed with the toll he has done. and perhaps there Is the suspicion of rheumatism in his walk. He is strong yet. and healthy, and willing to work. but, alas, he is no longer young, and where is the man who is no longer young to get job? The time was that not until he was sixty was a man considered too old to work. But gradually the limit has been reduced to fifty-ive and then fifty, and now the dead line is around forty five A man who holds a position at this age may attain it, but let him be re- duced to the necessity of seeking new job-how cold the world becomes, how scant is it's courtesy. His fitness may not be questioned, his experience is be- yond doubt, but his white hair, once a badge of honor. is against him, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
FOR SALE CHEAP.

Complete Steam Laundry in operation. near Birming- ham. Apply to A. M. Taylor, Birmingham Hide & TalleW Co.,, Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
BR ROMBERG
 THE WATCH With a Guarantee Really Worth Something

Bromberg Within defective or
 
 
  expectations of in
  this guar satisfactory of notth of 
  finding and how they remedied
  instructed others had found the old The result that offering the best has been 
 We recommend said above against defects Of kind If however all in stock n them for of Gold novelties for the Christmas all the 
 appreciate a for inspection.
 E. w. BROMBERG
 JeWeler
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

Coats that really keep you warm. Just your idea of winter comfort and elegance. They sell from 5000 to $2O.0O.
 Varley & Bauman,
 1924 First Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03
1.-THE OLD MANI
Popular Ballad Gives Rise to Certain
 Sober Reflections.

From the Grand Rapids Herald. Everybody works but father, And he sits around all day, Feet propped up to the fire, Smoking his pipe of clay Mother she takes in washing, So does Sister Ann, Everybody works at our house But
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

Birmingham Is a larger consumer of food products than any city between Louisville and New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-03

Julia w c. Carroll in the New York World.
 The most expensive bud that blooms on Fifth avenue today is the society bud, Miss DebuItante, of 1905-06.
 In round figures it costs the multi-mil- lionaire father s1o0Oo to clothe the daugh- ter who will make her first bow to so- cietys autocrats within the next two months. And thanks to the exquisitely blended tints of the seasons fabrics, the social bud may rival the most superb rose or the most modest violet which smiles back at her from the florists show case. While the social debut is a less set and formal event than in bygone years, and the majority of the buds have been un- curling a few tentotive leaves at New port, Hot Springs, or even in Europe, the wardrobe provided for a smart young woman facing her first real New York season, including the opera. rivals in magnitude and extravaganza the trous- seau of a bride. The raiment of her school days is far too simple and girlish for the social whirl, she has everything made fresh and new for the great event-her coming out. A representative wardrobe for a muEti-millionaire bud is given in the following inventory:
 An Inventory.
 Ten evening gowns for dinners and
 the opera, at S150. {, 10000 Ten street gowns at s160. ........... 1600 90 Twenty-four blouses at $40 ......... 930. % Two reception Or house gowns at
 $lfo ......-... ....-.....-.............. oo0 Four evening wraps at $200 ......... 800. % Three theater or restaurant gowns
 at s255. ......... 675.00 Neckwear ........... ................. 150. % One fur-trimmed motoring or car
 riage coat at s350 .................. 350. % One plain heavy carriage mo-
 tor coat at sl00 ............. 100 % Seven pairs of boots or high shoes
 at $7 .............. ............... 4s.0O Twelve pairs of slippers at s6.50.. 7S.00 Two pairs of fur-linel carriage
 boots at SS ........................... 16.00 Three pairs of theater shoes at
 7.5O ................. ................. 225o Two pairs of riding boots at s1S.... 36 % Three habits at s125 ............... 375.O .O0 Thirty-six pairs of silk stockings
 at $2.50 .............. ................ 5000 Eighteen wells at $2.50. .............. 45.00 Twenty-four pairs of gloves at 8. 72.00 Lingerie ....................... ...... 1000 % Total ........... ....................$8, 74S.50
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many a Rock Island Household Will
Find Them So.

To have the pains and aches of 2
bad back removed; to be entirely free
from annoying. dangerous urinary dis
orders is enough to make any kidney
sufferer grateful. To tell how this
great change can be brought about
will prove comforting words to hun
dreds of Rock Island readers.
Albert Burton. of 2S1O Fifth-and-a
half avenue, an employee OF the Elec
trio Light company. says: Il had
soreness across my back nearly all
the time and the kidney secretions
were irregular in every way. When
caught the least cold it always set
tied in my back. / saw Doan's Kidney
Pills advertised and especially rec
commended for my trouble, so ! called
at the Harper house drug store and got
a box. After using two boxes I felt
almost like q new man. They soon re-
lieyed the soreness across my back.
and regulated the action Of the kid
neys"
For sale by all dealers Price 50
cents. Fostcr-MTIbUra Co. Buffalo. y.
Y. sole agents for the United States
Remember the name-Doan's--and
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10

The following letter is only one of
many thousands which are on file in
the Pinkham office, and go TO prove
beyond question that Lydia +. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound must be u
remedy of great merit, otherwise it
could not produce such marvellous re-
suits among sick and aiIing women.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
" About nine months ago I was 0 great suf-
ferer with womb trouble. which caused me
severe pain extreme nervousness and fire.
quent headaches, from which the doctor
failed 10 relieve me. / tried lydia T. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and within n
short time felt better and after taking five
bottles of it was entirely cured | therefore
heartily recommend your Compound as a
splendid uterine tonic. IL makes the monthly
periods regular and without pain and what
a blessing il Is to find such a remedy after 50
many doctors fail to help you. / am pleased
to recommend it 10 all suffering women -
Mrs Sssa Wilson, 81 East 81 Street, Cnicin-
natl, Ohio.
If you have suppressed or painful
menstruation. weakness of the stom-
nch, Indigestion, blOating, leucorrhos;t.
flooding. nervous Prostration dizzi-
ness, faintHcss, . don't-c " and
I" t-to-be-left alone feeling. ex-
citability, backache or the blues. these
are sure indications of female weak
ness, some arrangement Of the uterus
or ovarian trouble. In such cases there
is one tried and true remedy
L. Pinllham's Vegetable Compound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10
seven Wagons Used.

Seven covered wagons are employed
in carrying the children to school IN
the morning and home again in the
evening They travel routes ranging
from five and onc-half miles to eight
ard one-half miles in length, and the
drivers are paid an average salary OF
s3G.2S per month. In snow, rain OF
sunshine the pupils are safely and
comfortably transported. while in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10
time and waste of energy. would easily
double the figures given.
Convict Labor.


As to the employment of convict Ia
Dor in preparing road material and in
road construction. the report says that
the plan has been tried in various com
munities with varying degrees of sue
cess. II stated further:
In the southern states. where 4
large portion OF the convicts are color
ed men. and where a system of convict
camps has been employed. such labor
has been used with marked success in
road building. Ii is Gained that as
good work is done, at about one-half
the expense, as with free labor Sim
liar experiments in some of the more
northern states, however, have not
been attended with the same degree
of success. In those states it is claim.
ed that the cost of moving convicts
from place To place. giving them proper
shelter and maintenance. guarding
them and directing their work. has
brought the cost of their labor fully VI
TO. if not beyond. the cost of free la
Dor"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10

old days they took their own risk in
walking through the cold and Wet.
Now they are delivered At the schoo.
on time ana tardy marks are = rare
exception: the children regularly reach
home between > and $50 O'Clock in
the afternoon.
The conditions OF the Lake town
ship school in Clay county are still
more calculated 10 COW nee Tie most
skeptical of the benefits of consolidat-
ed schools" said Dir. Riggs. in speak
ing OF his visit there. This school Is
located in the center OF the TOWNSHIP
AID has a fine $1,000 structure. which
takes the place of seven separate
crossroads schools formerly maintain
ed. In this township, which is strict
ly rural, the school building is the only
structure of pubic character and
makes a fine social and religious cen
Ger for the people"
When the seven separate schools
were maintained the total ATTENDANCE
for the year was from C3 10 80; now
three teachers are employed, and tho
enrolment for last year was lis.
while there were IS in attendance OF
the day OF Mr.. Riggs visit. in spite o
the fact that it was 10 degrees below
zero. NO child has come 10 school
this winter crying with cold, said Mr..
Riggs. while usually that is a daily
occurrence. The wagons are covered
and comfortable. and three of the
eight are provided with stoves; the
average cost per team of transporting
the pupils is SIS per month"
Three Teachers Employed.
Three teachers are employed at this
school. the principal receiving $50 per
month. and his two grade assistant
$40 each. They are far better fitted
for their work than the seven old
teachers and the school has course
of study and equipment to carry it on
;hat is equal to that of the average
town school
An additional benefit has come as
result Of consolidation in this town
ship" said Mr. Riggs. ''and that is in
the Improvement of the highways lead
ing to the school. This winter four
miles of excellent gravel road were
made by the patrons of the school, and
its success is assured"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10
COURT HOUSE RECORD.
Circuit Court Orders-Lnr.

| III, 6affity vs.. l-eudS ct al. Case
Demurrer to narr. overruled and de
PENDANT ruled to plead by the 18th inst.
12l, Hedberg VS.. Moline Stone com
pany, ct al. Case. Demurrer to narr
sustained. Leave to plaintiff TO file
amended narr.
1913, Nelson VS.. Moline Stone com
| pany. Case. Same order as above.
1S9, Swanson VS.. Peal Case. De
murrer to plea overruled.
24S, People ex rel VS.. Atwood. Ha.
5eas corpus. Petition filed and heard
and writ ordered.
Chancery.
13G, Everett ct al VS.. Wadsworth.
Partition. Masters report on petition
of commissioners filed and heard and
| decree thereon.
1872, Walker ct al VS.. Fcaster~ ct Al.
Partition. Masters report of execu
ton of deed and fun collection ol
amount of sale filed and approved Or
der of distribution of proceeds
$50, Curtis VS.. Nicewanner ct al.
Foreclosure. Costs paid Suit dis
missed by complainant
252, Case VS.. Kran. Bill for account
ing. Demurrer to bill confessed by
complainant. Leave to complainant to
amend bill by Thursday next.
Probate Record.
Estate of Elizabeth Bufe. Bond of
filed and approved and letters of ad.
ministration issued to him.
In re cOnservatorship of William
Trittie, insane. 1t appearing that said
William Trittle was duly adjudged in
sane in the county court of Rock Isl
and county, H., on the Sth day of Feb
ruary, 1905. and that he has property
and effects the safe keeping of which
requires the appointment of a conser-
vatOr and that William l.. Ludolph is
willing to act as such conservator. It
is ordered that said William l.. Luz
dolph be appointed as such conserya-
tor upon taking the usual oath and fl
ing a good and sufficient bond in the
sum of $1,000 to be approved by the
court.
Estate of Edward Burwald. Admin
istrator's oath taken and filed. Bond
of said B. F. Knox filed and approved
and letters of administration issued TO
him.
In re guardianship of Elizabeth
Mewes ct al. Petition by guardion for
sale Of wards real estate filed
Estate of NJ. F. Schafer Widows
REIMBURSEMENT and selection filed and
approved and order turning over prop
erty selected to widow Petition for
sale of personal property at private
safe filed. Hearing thereon and same
granted. Report of private sale of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10

personal property filed and approved
Proof OF publishing and posting notice
TO creditors fled and approved
Estate Of Minnie C. Hamilton. Il
appears that final report OF administra-
trix was filed herein on oct ,. 1903.
that no objections have been filed
thereto. II further appears that all
parties interested in said estate have
filed waiver OF notice and request that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10

estate be closed Said report APPROX
ed Said administrative discharged
and estate closed. Fees RENTED.
In re guardianship Of Herman
School. Final report Of guardian filed
and approved. Receipt and release Of
ward Herman School. now Of age. filed
and approved. Guardian discharged
and guardianship closed. Fees re-
mitted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10
COLLEGE TAKES TWO GAMES
Auqustana Defeats Monmouth and Y.
Nj c. A. Maroons.

Two games of basketball were play
ed at the Augustana college gymnasi-
um last evening. Both college teams
were victorious. the first defeating
Monmouth in a holly contested game
by score of - to %. and the second
team besting the Y. NJ. c. y. Maro9ns
IS to IA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10
Cost of Road nuIIdinr.

The distribution of the cost of build
ing good roads is discussed ut length.
We recommend say the commission
ers. for starting the work in Illinois
an appropriation of but half the amount
now paid by the little states of Con
necticut and New Jersey in state aid
of road building. The state of Pennsyl-
vania, to which we stand next in rank.
in the year 1908 appointed a highway
commission and appropriated $6.5OO.-
600 with which to conduct the work
years"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10
Tri-city Cares Tonight.

The teams of the Tri-City Bowling
league will play tonight. The Centrais
meet the Flying Dutchmen in Rock ISL
and. the Rivals the Recruits at Dav-
export. and the Scouts the Brunswicks
at Moline. Last evening at the Cen
trail alleys the West Ends defeated the
Milan team.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-10
IT WORKS IN IOWA
Consolidation Of Schor Is Re
ma,kabiy Successful Where
It is Tried.
SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS
"entions Couple Of Instances Where
Effectiveness and Economy are
Gained.

In some Of the counties of Iowa
there have been established township
schools. such as County Superintend-
ent Ferguson has agitated for the es-
tablishment Of here. State SUperin-
tendent Riggs has been visiting some
Of these schools and he gives his i'm
prossions of them in a report of which
the following is a part:
In Lloyd township. Dickinson coun-
~, tie consolidated school was cstab-
lIshed in 1901 and opened in October
with fine modern school building
costing $4,000 in place of the eight old
crossroads where the structures were
deficient in nearly every way. On the
day that Mr. Riggs visited this school
l24 children were in attendance, while
the aggregate attendance is far above
the aggregate attendance OF the eight
old sub-dis:rict schools.
FOur teachers are maintained in
this school. all of them as well fitted
for their work as the teachers of the
average town school. The principal
receives $50 Per month and the grade
teachers $45 each. The instruction in
the highest room covers the ninth and
tenth years work. usually done in the
city high school. and goes far beyond
the instruction ever possible in the old
district schools