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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
RcRdtnRnT TELEGRAM.

There are two members of the racing
fraternity. both ardent horse owners.
whose early education was sadly neg
lected. and neither can read. Both
conceal to Uhe best of their ability their
shortcomings in this regard. one Of
them received telegram the other
day. but he could not read il and did
not wish 10 expose his ignorance. He
met the second hOrseman. and as he
was looking anything but pleasant he
was accosted with:
What's the matter? You look like
trouble"
Trouble? Sure Just read that"
And he thrust the telegram into his
friends hands.
We'll, l should say it was tTouble"'
was the unexpected reply I'm sorry
for you, old fellow" And the tele-
gram was handed back, neither being
any wiser as to its contents.
At this juncture a stable boy came
whistling along, and the recipient of
the message hailed him with a jocular
remark and after quizzing him awhile
said:
III bet you can't read, son."
Huh, that's where you're way on!
kin read as good as you kin"
well, let's hear you read that. If
you can It's a two bit piece for you"
The harmless telegram was read. and
now both of the men are wondering
what the other meant by saying the
message denoted trouble.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06

leue strength Than the old time woman
considered ''ladylike" After the men
have shaken a carpet thoroughly they
should hang 1t upon a line and beat II
with sticks till every particle OF dust
is out of it, Thereafter IL should hang
In the full sunlight for whole day 70
get the microbes out OF II and life Civ
ing radiant matter into II. Kitchen
carpets will be much improved by
hanging in the rain, several rains in
deed. and being allowed 70 dry upon
the line.
woman's work in renovating a car
pet begins after Il has beNn shaken and
beaten and tackled upon the floor again.
Then let the woman take pail OF
warm water into which some liquid
ammonia has been poured In the pro-
portion of a teaspOonful OF ammonia
to gallon OF water. Let her dip q
clean cloth into the ammoniated water.
wiring 1t out we'll and wash that carpet
all over. This will brighten the carpet
till 1t looks like new. The water should
be changed frequently.
DORA BELLE DENNISON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06

city have pleasant recollections of
school days spent I'm this school, and
among the pupils who attended it in
its early days was eX-Gov. Samuel r.
Van SAINT, of Minnesota. He and Will
liam H. Bean, of this city occupied the
same bench when the building incIud-
ed but two rooms. and these two men
love to talk of the incidents of their
school days at the Second ward school.
1t is said by some of the older resi-
dents of the city that Mr. Van SAINT.
as Sammy Van SAINT, the school boy,
gave no great promise of his later sue
cesses in business and politics. He
was a boy of the ordinary type. and he
and his school mates played all the
pranks known to school boys.
The late Miss Sarah Ann Kirkpat-
rick. the principal of the Irving school.
whose death occurred last week. was
a pupil at the old Second Ward
school at the time f. ID. Sweeney was
in charge. She completed the work
of the grammar grade at this school.
EARLY Records Gone.
The record of those who had charge
Of the school up TO 1891 can not be
in the superintendent's office date only
from 1871. Those who were in charge
from 1871 to 1890. when the building
was enlarged to four room building.
and the principals since that time, are.
Matte Roberts, 1S7l-75.
Fleta s. Muse. 1856.
Sadie H Slough. 1S76-77
Mary e. Davenport. 1S77-79
Maggie Wilson, lS79-S2.
Lulu Carleton. 1SS2-S3.
Bella F. Cooke. 1SS3-90.
Randeline Requa. lS90-l9O0.
Emily Freeman 1900.
Miss Randeline Requa. for 10 years
the principal of che school. died in
1900. while holding that position. She
was succeeded by Miss Emily Freeman.
who had previous to that time been a
teacher in the building. She is now
serving her fifth year as principal of
the school.
The school ranks high among the
city schools in percentage of attend
ance and the quality OF the work done.
though its enrolment averages only
about goo.
The present corps of teachers Is
composed of Emily Freeman, princi-
pal: Dora Hartz. Belle F. Cooke and
Lillian Long.
The building and its site represents
an investment of about $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
SCHOOL THAT HAS INTERESTING STORY


feet on a mattress upon which human
bodies have been sleeping all winter
Pillows may be fastened by a corner
with clothespins and hung from lines
Hang upon the line in the yard and
fasten thereto with pins rugs and all
the draperies that are not 10 be wash
I'd. Bedquilts, cOmfortables and blan-
kets that do not need washing should
also hang in the sunshine. Then II
girl or woman wants some physical
culture that will give her fine lung
power and noble biceps let her take
an ordinary beaten, such as is used for
whipping the dust out OF heavy gar
ments, and go at those articles upon
the lines with a will
The clothing beaten is an invaluable
implement in a household. 1t can be
bought in any shop that keeps house
furnishing goods. 1t consists OF a
long, Timber bamboo doubled over into
an oval or round loop at one end. The
loop is crossed with interviewer Stats
of bamboo. the whole constituting a
light, flexible implement that when ap-
piled to any textile fabric or rug
makes the dust fly out in clouds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
A ouotatton Traced.

Who wrote the words "a prospect all
on fire." They are quoted by Words
worth in his Evening Walk" and Pro-
fessor Knight and his helpers had been
unable to trace it. But NOVEL; Smith
communicates to the Athenaeum his
discovery that 1t comes from a long
forgotten poem. Sunday Thoughts"
by Moses Browne. Moses Brownies
phra e lives like a fossil in Words
WORT s poem. Browne died in 1877
and was not unknown to DR.. Johnson,
at whose suggestion he brought out an
annotated edition OF the 'Compleat
Angler" His Sunday Thoughts" was
reprinted as late as 1906. He held the
living OF Olney for short time dur
ing Cowper's residence there and had
John Newton for his curate.-London
Globe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
Whom Leather wn. Monr,.

Leather was very early used as n
currency, the Romans employing IL for
this purpose before either gold. silver
or brass came into common use. His
tory Is full OF references showing that
leather WAS used by the aucients as a
sort OF circulating medium OF ex-
change. 1t Is said on good authority
that so late as during the reign OF
Louis XII. OF France the country be
came so impoverished and as. con
sequence money was 40 scarce that
little pieces of lea Their with small
silver nail driven through each were
in general use as money. Some few
specimens OF this leather money are
still, I'm existence, but are only to be
found I'm the possession OF numis-
matists, 10y whom they are highly
priced
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06

way. Next sweep the floor. Tie q
cloth over the end of a hrOeTh aud lUEipe
the walls till they fairly shine. Next
whiten the ceiling If it needs il and
wash all windows and woodwork.
A word concerning window washing:
Soap and wash powder leave a smear
upon the glass. Use clear, warm wa
ter, to which has been added just two
or three drops Of kerosene, not more.
Kerosene is eminently cleansing yet II
too much OF IL Is used 1t, toe, leaves n
smear because of it's oily nature. Have
plenty of clean, soft rags. After the
washing and drying OF the windows Is
finished polish with a good sized piece
OF channels leather. which should be In
every household. 1t can be washed
like a cloth when IL becomes sOiled.
IL and the drop OF kerosene I'm the wash
water make the windows shine like
crystal. Be particular to get window
stills and castings pure and clean inside
and out
Last Of all. the floor. For cleaning a
floor nothing better than a scrubbing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
Provfdent Animals.

All birds of the crow tribe, rocks es-
pecialIy, exhibit tendency toward
winter-like squirrels and some other
animals-to lay up a store of provisions
for their sustenance against a season
of scarcity. While jackdaws select
holes of trees and old buildings to store
away such provisions, rocks convey
them away to their rookeries. There in
last seasons nests they deposit them.
Toward springtime, when they begin
thinking about setting their houses in
order. they visit their rookeries and
when rebuilding their nests throw out
the unused store. Thus IL is we often
find an accumulation OF acorns. pota-
toes and what not on the ground under
their nests.-Nature Notes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06

brush, washing powder and plenty of
clean, warm water has ever been de-
vised To use the scrubbing brush 1t
is not necessary either to get down up
on ones knees. The woman who has
kept her back as timber as all women
can and should do can stoOp to scrub
a floor with far less fatigue than she
can do il upon her knees, rubbing the
skin of them and getting her skirts
wet In the dirty water. After the door
has been scrubbed with the brush II
should be thoroughly wiped with a
cloth and clean rinse water. Those
who have tried II say that II little
turpentine is added to this rinsing wa
ter IL will leave a fresh, fragrant odor
In the room
For work like house cleaning ones
skirts should be quite short and scant-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06

From the Chaplin. s. C.. News; Early
in the spring my wife and J were taken
with diarrhoea and 80 severe were the
pains that we called a physician VINO
prescribed for us. but his medicines
failed 10 give any relief. A friend who
had a bottle OF Chamberlain Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy OF
hand gave each of us dose and we
at once felt the effects. ! procured
bottle and before using the entire con
tents We were entirely cured II is
wonderful remedy and should be found
in every household. H. C. Bailey. edi-
tor. This remedy is for sale by ali
leading druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
The Acrohntic Gihhnn.

\ great ape which makes its home
in Borneo is the gibhOn, which is a
small animal compared with the Orang,
weighing only about forty or fifty
pounds. 1t is very frail In its bodily
makeup. The head is set squarely on
the shoulders, and ii looks upward.
When walking on the ground it bal
ances itself along like Il walker Oh a
tight rope Its remarkable power of
grasp and deXterity in using its hands
are equally with the shape of Its
Uranium indexes OF It's superior intelli-
gence, perhaps because ii is able to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
An Ancient Tunnel.

Tunnels are no new things In his
tory. 'the only known inscription iH
early Hebrew records that the conduit
which conveys water from spring to
the pool Of SLOAN, on the west side OF
Jerusalem, was, like the Sfmplon tun-
mel, cut from both ends OF the interven-
Ing ridge But the Hebrew workers
miscalculated, and while there should
have been still three cubits about Ave
teeO to excavate they heard the voices
or the workers in the other tunnel, az
there was a deviation of the lines,
which should have joined
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
STRANGE PREJUDICES OF SMOKERS

take hold Of q greater number of
things and examine them. The gibbons
go in droveS. whereas Orangs live by
families. and one of the most interest
ing SpectacleS imaginable is TO see q
troop OF them crossing a great gap in
the forest by Slrowiug themselves in
succession through the air. each one
taking "a swing OF two 10 gather mo-
mentum before launching himself. So
great is their agility that ia executing
featS OF this sort they seem like birds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
SERVICES IN THE VARIOUS CHURCHES OF THE CITY

Spencer Memorial Methodist church,
corner Forty third street and Seventh
avenue; Rev. ]. b. Rutter, pastor. Ser
vices 10:45 a. m. and 1880 p m. Sunday
school at $50 a. IN. Junior league at
$3.50 p. m. Epworth League at $50
p. IN.
German Methodist. corner of Sixth
avenue and Fourteenth street; Rev. F.
l.. Litzrodt, pastor. Services at 1O:45
a. m. and 7:3O p. m. Sunday school
at 9:15 a. m, J. J. Helg. superintend-
ent. Epworth League at z. Junior
League at 2 p. m.
Free Swedish Mission, corner of
Eleventh street and Fifth avenue. Sun
1O:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 8
O'Clock.
Wyman A NJ E. Mission, Thir-
teenth street and Fifth avenue, Rev.
d. w Brown, pastor. Services 1t
1O:45 a. m. and 7:3O p. m. Sunday
school at l p. m. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday at S p. m.
SOSpel Injecting Will
be held at 2217 Fourth avenue. Sub
ject. Peace on Earth" Prayer for
divine aid in the settlement of all labor
strife without the shielding of blood.
Salvation Army barracks, 1909 Sec
ond avenue. Services as follows:
Holiness meeting at IL a. m; free and
easy, 3 p. m. Evening service at 8
o'clock.
Memorial Christian, corner OF Third
avenue and Fifteenth street: Rev. o.
w. Lawrence, pastor. Sunday school
at $3.50 a. m. Y. P. S. G. z. at c:30
u. m. Services at 1O:45 a. m and
1880 p. m.
Y. NJ. c. A. building. corner of Thir
avenue and Nineteenth street. Boys
meeting at 2:15 p. m. Mems meeting
$50 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06

Second avenue and Fourteenth street.
Rev. J. E. Roach, acting pastor. Mass
at and 1920 a. m. Vespers
at p. IN. Sunday school at 2 p. IN.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic, Twen-
ty-eighth street and Fifth avenue;
Rev. ]. F. Loclney, pastor. Mass at
s and 1920 a. m. Sunday school at
2 p. m. Vespers at 1880 p. M.
st. Mary's German Catholic, corner
of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street; Rev. Adolph Geyer, pastor.
Mass at and 1920 a. m.
st. Pauls Belgian Roman Catholic,
Twenty-fourth street and Eighth-and-a-
half avenue; Rev. ]. b. Culemans, pas
tor. Mass at 8 and 1890 a. m. Sun
day school at 2 p. m. Vespers at 8
p. m.
Central Presbyterian, Second ave-
nue., between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets; Rev. William Torrance. pas
tor. Services at 10:45 a. m. Flora ID.
Palmer. of New York, will deliver an
address at the morning services. The
congregation will unite with that of
Broadway church at evening services.
Sunday school at 9:15 a. m. Young
Peoples meeting at GAS D. m.
Broadway Presbyterian, corner of
Twenty-third street and Seventh ave-
nue.; Rev. w. $. Marquis. pastor. Ser
vices at 10:45 a. m. and 4: 80 p. m. Sun
meeting at GAS D. m.
Aiken Street Union chapel, South
Rock Island. Sunday school at p. N.
Services every Tuesdayiat 1880 p. m.
Bethel Presbyterian Chapel, corner
Twelfth street and Eleventh avenue.
Sunday school at 2:3O tp. m.
South Park Chapel. Presbyterian,
Elm street and Fifteenth avenue, Rev.
w. s. Marquis, pastor. Sunday school
at 2:30 p. m.
United Presbyterian, Third avenue
and Fourteenth street; REV. d. L. Nc
Nary. pastor. Sunday school at $50
"a. m. Y. P c. U. at GAS p. IN.
Services at 1O:45 a. m and 1880 p. IN.
First Methodist, corner of Fifth ave
nue. and Nineteenth. street; Rev. R. B.
Williams. pastor. Sunday school at
$3.50 a m. EpwOrth league at $50 p.
m Services 10:45 ia IA. Rev NJ. V.
Crumbaker. of Moline. will conduct
short services in morning. No evening
service
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
Feminine SNAPSHOTS.
Do Mothers Train Their Chill
dren to Be Saw
ages?

A bachelor of observation Is author
ity for the statement that no more
than half the mothers in civilization
bring up their children properly. Does
a mother slap. cuff or jerk the tender
little beings cOntided TO her care: Does
she use abusive language to them?
Does she break her promises to them?
Does she scare them into fits by telling
them the policeman or the big bad
man will come and carry them Off il
they do not obey her? Does she ever
tell them a lie? Does she allow their
sweet little bodies to become untidy?
Then that woman is not fit to have
children. no matter who or what she is,
declares the bachelor Boys learn rude
ness and violence from their own moth
ers. How can they be other than i'll
bred, destructive young savages? Lit
tie girls hear their mothers tell petty
falsehoodS; they hear her scold vio-
lently; they see her rude, impolite and
untidy in her own family circle. How,
then, can these little girls become
sweet tempered, sincere, neat and high
bred women? Are the sons Of Quaker
mothers ever found among the gangs
Of young street ruffians? l am report
ing still the opinions Of the wise bache-
Tor. So fully convinced is he Of the
truth of all this that he is sure 1t
would be a step forward for the race
If the training OF little children were
taken out OF the hands OF their moth
ers and given to women who have made
a scientific study OF II. The scientific
rearing of children is quite compatible
with love and tenderness. with good
manners, good temper and good NOR
ais. So says the bachelor.
Don't let US put on airs, not any of
Us. 1t is quite possible If we could
trace our distinguished family back
only two or three removes that we
would come upon a grandfather who
picked his teeth with a fork.
Nothing will wake the women of
Russia to the need OF their sex par
ticipating In public affairs like the in
human war against Japan, with grand
dukes driving wOman's best beloved
to be slaughtered for a quarrel whose
cause they do not know. Not long
since the women OF Moscow sent to
Empress AliX a petition begging her
to try to stop the war 1t is one of
the most pathetic documents on rec
ord. ''Oh, sovereign" II. said. moth
ers whose hearts are breaking cannot
remain silent. Our best forces are per
ishing."
The Russian revOIutiOnist party in
it's manifesto to the emperor made de
mand for a universal equal and secret
ballot for male and female citizens.
Put that down to the credit of the Rus
sian reYOlutiOnIsts.
"a
Italy has a woman orchestra leader
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
Cultivate Your Wife. FriendahIp.

II man has good wife he has the
best friend Il is possible to have. "A
mans best friend" says Bulwer Lyt-
ton, lis n wife OF good sense and good
heart, whom he loves and who loves
him. In woman there are at once
subtle delicscy OF tact and a plain
sOundness of judgment which are rare
ly combined to an equal degree In
man. A woman, II she be really your
friend, will have a sensitive regard for
your character, honor and repute. She
Will seldom counsel you to do shabby
thing. for a woman always desires to
be proud Of you. At the same time her
constitutional timidity makes her more
cautious than your male friend. She
therefore seldom counsels you to do an
imprudent deed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06

Services in the various churches Will
be held as follows tomorrow:
Trinity Episcopal church, Nineteenth
street and Sixth avenue. Rev. S. w.
Day. priest in charge. Services at
1O:45 a. m. and 1870 p. m. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m.
Trinity chapel, corner Seventh street
and Fourth avenue Sunday school at
$3.50 p. m. Even song at 7:45 p. m.
Swedish Baptist, corner of Twenty
first street and Fifth avenue. Preach
ing at 1O:45 a. m.
Emanuel Baptist church, 447 Forty
fourth street; Rev. H. w. Reed, pastor.
Preaching $3.50 p. m.
Mckinley Baptist chapel, corner
Tenth street and Sixth avenue Preach
ing by the pastor, Rev. J. w. Crush
shon, at 1920 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
First Baptist, corner Third avenue
and Fifteenth street; Rev. H. w. Reed,
pastor. Services at 1O:45 a. m. and
1880 p. m. Sunday school at 9:15 a. 70.
German Lutheran, corner Twentieth
street and Fifth avenue; Rev. c. A.
Mennicke, pastor. Services at 10 a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
German Evangelical, Ninth street.
between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Rev.
Ed E. Klimpke, pastor. Sunday school
at 9:15 a. m. Services at 1920 a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
Grace English Lutheran. corner For.
ty-fourth street and Seventh avenue;
Rev. c. f. Hoffsten. pastor. Services
at 1890 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Swedish Lutheran, corner Four
teenth street and Fourth avenue; Rev.
J. a. Nyvall. pastor. Services at 10: 80
a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Zion Swedish Lutheran. 1924 Sew
enth avenue; Rev. J. G. Dahlberg. pas
tor. Services at 1O:45 a. m. and 1880
p. m. Sunday school a. $50 a. m.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Twenty-third street, between Seventh
and Ninth avenues. Services at 10:4 IS
a. m. Sunday school follows morning
service. Reading rooms in London
building on Second avenue. open daily
except Sunday from 1870 a. m. TO ] p.
m. and from 2:3O to p. IN. Sunday
subject, "Mortals and Immortals"
81 IOSenbSS R0rna1 Catholic nornov
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06

of distinction Her name is Palmira
Orso. Recently she led the orchestra
during a great performance OF the
opera "Ernaui' at Livorno.
don't know who wrote the story OF
l would give her credit. am sure
1t was a woman. Once a gentleman
and his wife spent considerable time
studying American Indian life ana
customs. During walk they saw
an Indian chiefs family moving"
The chief himself stalked ahead. ma
jestic as an eagle. He was an exceed
ingly cheSty chscf. He stuck up his
chin and threw out his breast as If he
owned the universe See how spleu
didly that chief carries himself" said
the gentleman. Yes" replied the lady
land see how splendidly his wife car
ries that stove"'
In the vast and varied field OF indus
trial electricity are many openings for
women. From the running of an cleo
trical engine to the manufacture OF
electrical instruments there is employ
ment for the woman who has qualified
herself to do it.
Have you noted recently the number
OF alleged wise men who feel a call to
lay down the law as to the proper
sphere and duties of women? Such
would be authorities on women folk are
plentiful as grand dukes In Russia.
How many years. pray, have these men
been women that they should know all
about 1t? Let them wait till they them
selves have been women awhile before
taking 1t on themselves to instruct the
feminine sex as to what it's sphere Is.
Stupendous is the conceit OF the mascu-
line being!
One of the most promising signs OF
the times Is the sight OF young. wealthy
and beautiful women on every hand
turning from the empty pleasures OF
fashion and society TO take on them
selves solid, useful work for the ignO-
rant and unfortunate. Never before
were so many rich women engaged in
real phllanthropic work. not mere oS-
tentatious charity. Early these have
discovered that no lasting happiness
can be found outside Of useful work.
~
Note.-Professor James ii. Tufts Of
the coed University OF Chicago asks
his class in ethics the following peril
nent questions: do you tell white
nes?" do you tell harmless but out
landish and untrue stOriesT' DO you
hand your fare to the conductor after
he has passed you without seeing your
Do you?
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
Time Tried and Merit Proven.

One Minute Cough Cure is right on
time when it comes to curing coughs.
Group, whOOping cough. etc. IL is per
fectly harmless pleasant to take and
is the children's favorite cough syrup.
All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
House Cleaning Programme.

Take down the smaller pictures and
clean them. The ones that cannot be
moved cover with paper. Cover all
heavy. immovable articles in the same
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
SPRING HOUSE CLEANING.
System and q Regular Programme
Make IL Easier.

To begin. take one room at time.
commencing with the top floor. Re
move from IL all that is mOvable-brtc-
a-brac, draperies, curtains, bedclothes.
chairs and table. So far as possible.
give everything royal old summing
and airing. even to the bed mattresses.
Lay papers or a large cloth upon the
ground In the yard. then carry your
mattress out ana lay IL thereon. Let
the warm sun beat upon IL all day.
This has a purifying and cleansing ef-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-06
Renovatins Carpets.

Cleaning heavy carpets is a mans
work rather than a woman's unless
she be one OF these new women who
have developed more muscle and ath-