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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
INCIDENTS OF BRYAN'S TRIP THROUGH OLD WORLD

entire noon bill of fare became hash.
BY o'clock the tables were de-
serted. Several loose jointed ports had
lost their bearings, and a dozen state
rooms were flooded Doors were
barred and rugs placed about the
cracks to keep the water out. AVN
ings went by the board. and the men
gathered in the smoking room.
Captain Dannemann, however, knew
his business. He set the head of his
ship in the face of the eighty mile an
hour breeze and fought it out. The
Irene listed until chairs were not good
TO sit on, but by 3 o'clock skies We're
brighter. and few folks came on deck
to watch the mountain seas.
Mr.. Bryan presided at concert held
one evening aboard the ship at which
a number of celebrated musical artists
among the passengers performed. He
delivered a graceful and pleasing little
speech which he began with humor
Gus story at the expense of a lawyer
who had introduced him and had been
somewhat extravagant with his fiat
terry, and Mr.. Bryan was reminded of
an occasion in his younger days when
he was to deliver a political speech
somewhere in Indiana.
THE chairman, Il good natured Irish
man. said Mr.. Bryan, came to me
and asked me how l wanted to be in
troduced. l asked him to refer to me
as Mr.. Bryan, lawyer of Jackson
Vile / had just been admitted to the
bar and wanted the fact known. The
chairman came to me half dozen
times to be sure he had it right and
finally introduced me, saying, Mr..
O'Brien will now spake.'"
Among those who went down New
York bay to welcome MIR. Bryan was
Mayor J. c. Dahlman of Omaha. Spying
Mayor Dahlman standing in the bow
of the foremost tug, Mr.. Bryan laugh
ed heartily, shook his head at the coil
of rope which the cowboy" mayor
held in his hand AMI said:
Il guess you're going to get me,
jim"
You're right, we are, Will. We've
come a long way, and we won't leave
without YOU"
you won't have to-" replied Mr..
Bryan.
AS he stepped aboard the second tug
Mayor Dahlman stood in the bow OF
the Julia c. and made ready to toss his
rope about the head of Mr.. Bryan. A
moment later the rope coil whirled
through the air over the heads of
score of men and landed plump about
the neck of Mr. Bryan. who stopped
short and gazed with surprise at Dahl
man.
you've caught me sure, Jim," he
said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
Latest Luck Charm.

Woman's newest fad is united with
one of the worlds oldest superstitions.
Luck charms are many and various,
but the latest is the "ADkh," an an
cient Egyptian hieroglyphic emblem
of long life and one OF the oldest en-
bodiments of good wishes. 1t is trace
able to Egyptian women. who wore 1t
to protect themselves from baneful in
huences says a cable TO the Washing
ton Post. IT was found in most
OF the sculptures and frescoes OF
Egypt, and puzzled Napoleon and en-
gineers and savants, who vainly. tried
to decipher II. The mystery was solved
in 1872
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
Home Again.

The glad hand and the thrice glad heart
Now greet us on the street.
'Tis How d. do?" and "Where've yoJ
been?"
With all we chance to meet,
For cheeks of red and cheeks OF brown :
Are all a-coming back to town. -
A lighter steps in every gait,
A light heart beats within;
With sharper wit and frmer hand
Each will his task begin. (
For faces red apd faces brown
Are all a-rushing back to town.
From sandy beach and mountain side,
Where nature has been storing
Her gifts of life and health and hope,
The human stream is pouring,
And sunburnt cheeks and arms of brown
Are all seen coming back to town.
The lean are stout. the tired are gay,
And each one wears smile,
For good IL is to run away
And take a rest awhile
And bring back checks OF red and brown
To carry with you round the town.
Boston GlobN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07

-When- tina -Brxansp party got to Gibral-
everybody in it was weary. For
weeks Mr.. Bryan had led lively
chase over Great Britain and Europe,
writes the New York Herald CORE
spondent who accompanied Mr.. Bryan
ON his trip. 1t had reached Us
far north as the land of the mid
night sun, and as far south as the
sides of old Vesuvius, down in the
the ankle of italy, the boot of the CONT
nent. 1t had covered all of England,
urban and rural; most of Scotland, in
Guiding Edinburgh on the one side and
Ayr, the home of Burns, on the other,
and all of Ireland, from Belfast to
Cork and back, including little
Journey to the new country home of
Richard Croker, just out of Dublin.
In London, as all the world knows,
Mr.. Bryan was the recipient of such
unusual attention from every class,
from King Edward to the most liberal
of Liberals, that he was well worn when
he took ship at Harwich for the CONT
nent. Then he resumed his high speed
travelling. After a morning at The
Hague Mr.. Bryan told his friends he
and they would spend the afternoon
in Amsterdam.
But The Hague was so beautiful!
Surely it was worth a day or so. Mr..
Bryan admitted the beauty, but an
imperative engagement with dis
tinguished member of the upper house
DP 1orIio af
necessary for him to take train for
Amsterdam after a four hour auto
mobile race from The Hague to Sche-
Veningen and from there to Delft and
back to The Hague. This part of the
trip made that lovely section of Hol-
land appear as a mere pastel. Prompt
ly at o'clock, however, Mr.. Bryan and
his friends were In the Amsterdam
residence of Mr.. Rauchen, one of the
bulwarks of the Dutch government.
Here it appeared that there would be
bit of rest, but Mr.. Bryan had plan
ned it otherwise. He had anot.-
equally important engagement in Co
logne in the morning. This meant all
s o'clock departure from Amsterdam,
with a very annoying examination of
baggage III oOoh aLtCA h'aN
night Then, in a very Inferior train,
the party proceeded to Cologne, arriv-
ing there at the witching hour of 4
O'Clock in the morning. 1t happened
that the only steel construction build
ing in course Of erection in Cologne
was located In the same block with the
Dom hotel. The energetic German
ironworkers had their compressed air
hammers at work at 9 in the morning,
the result being that the American
party was practically without sleep
when it set out to keep its engage
ments.
The trip from Harwich to Cologne is
a fair example of the speed with which
Mr.. Bryan raced over Europe. To go
from Milan to Venice in one evening
and catch the through train the next
afternoon for Naples was nothing, I'M
less Ii happalsd that the. through train
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
THE FATE OF CAPTAIN LEE
A Debt OF Gratitude That This Coun-
try Owes to Spain.

A Debt OF Gratitude That This Coun-
try Owes to Spain.
During the summer of 1776 Captain
John Lee of Marblehead. cruising I'M
der a commission from congress, hav-
ing taken and sent home five valuable
prizes, entered the port of Bilbao in
Spain. The captains Of two of his
prizes and a part of their crews were
on board. These officers immediately
protested against their capture and had
Captain Lee arrested on a charge of
piracy. The local authorities sent the
documents In the case to Madrid, to-
gether with the commission granted
by this new and unknown power
In the decision OF the Spanish min
istry depended not alone the fate of
Captain Lee, but whether some of the
most important ports in Europe should
be opened or closed to American cruz
sers and privateers. The English min
lister in Spain brought all his influence
to bear against Captain Lee. AT this
moment the Declaration of the Fourth
Of July reached Madrid. The complaint
against Captain Lee was dismissed,
supplies for his ship and aid in repair
ing it were furnished. and public dec
was made that In Spanish ports
the new flag of America was as free
and as welcome as was the flag of Eng
land.
Spain, like France, also helped the
United States with 100000 francs
and with cargoes Of military stores
Boston Globe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
HIVE IN AN AQUARIUM.
Good Way of Seeing How the Little
Busy Bee Works.


Everybody is curious to see bees ac-
tually at work. Take n rectangular
glass aquarium and place it on a win
dow sill, elevated slightly at the side
nearest the window, so that when the
latter is raised an inch the bees may
pass in and out. If desired, the bees
may be kept for some time in cOnfine-
ment by raising the aquarium an inch
on blocks and using a strip of wire
screen cloth to prevent the bees from
escaping.
When confined the bees should be fed
a strip of eqEal parts of sugar and
water. \ frame or two of bees may
be purchased for a trifiing sum.
Put within this glass aquarium some
rustic supports to represent projecting,
undecayed portions of the inside of the
hollow trunk. Keep all covered by an
Opaque cloth when not observing what
is going on within this glass bee home.
Then the bees will be free to work
and to adapt themselves to the envi-
rOnment. They can suit their own
fancy about attaching combs to the
sticks; they may build diagonally or in
any other form that they may prefer
and they may attach the comb to sides
or ends just when and where they
think it is necessary.
In the artificial hives the, combs are
attached only at the edges, but in nat
ural conditions within the bee tree or
in its counterpart, as represented by
the old fashioned box hive with Opaque
sides and in our transparent inverted
aquarium, the bees can build combs
and attach them in any way'that they
see fit.
One of the most interesting objects
for study is to note when Hle bees
think it necessary TO put out a side
support from n long comb. They seem
TO believe that they are really within
a hollow tree and that it is likely to he
swayed by the gales. OF course when
so swayed long combs laden with
honey or with young bees would he
too much for the unyielding Tigidity of
the upper part of the combs. These, if
they have no side stays, would bend,
crack and be crashed against each
other.
The bees have learned this and give
the combs fine support whenever it
is necessary. They do this, it is true TO
a certain extent, in the regular eight
or ten frame hive, but not with the
naturalness with which They've do it in a
large. unobstructed space.
Not long ago veteran Deekeeper
took n colony of bees from an attic,
where they had been fT many years.
We'll" said he. you should have
seen the funny forms of those combs
most interesting thing l ever saw.
There was one pillar almost round-a
solid center right and several feet long
and these combs around that; the
most fantastic shape you ever saw
Suburban Life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
Result of wearing High Collars.

That high collars tend to produce
nervous headaches among both men
and women is the most recent discov-
cry of a we'll known Viennese physi-
clan. Quite accidentally the doctors
attention was directed TO the very high
and very tight style Of collar worn by
patient who was always complaining
Of headaches and giddiness. The col
lar was laid aside, thus removing the
compression of the neck, and the pa
TENTS headaches and giddiness disap-
peared. Struck by this result the doc
tor paid particular attention to the kind
of collars worn by his headache pa
tients," and in very many instances the
change to lower and easier fitting col
lars brought immediate relief. In the
case of women wearing high stiff neck
bands it was found that doing away
with these had similarly beneficial re-
suit. The doctor declares that nobody
with a tendency to headache should
wear high collars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
Turtle I'm the Mail Bag.

A large swapping turtle arrived in
a mail bag in the postofice in Middle
town, n. Y, says the New York Sun.
A large number of mail bags had
been emptied. When the clerk reach
ed for bundle head popped out and
snapped for his hand. The clerk was
badly frightened. Kicking away the
pile of mail, he uncovered the turtle.
1t weighed about fifteen pounds and
was very ferocious. swapping at every
thing In sight. 1t had the run Of the
postoffice for a few minutes until
negro porter turned it on its back and
got rope around it. There was moth
ing to indicate where it had come from,
and the clerk did not know which bag
it had been in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
COUNTS NOVEL MANSION.
Cool Retreat Built by Frenchman
Under the River Seine.

Cool Retreat Built 10y Frenchman
Under the River Seine.
Society in Paris has just awakened
to the fact that one of its leaders has
completed a magnificent and costly
mansion under the river Seine, where
one can enjoy the most delicious cool
ness during torrid days, says cable
to the Chicago Record-Herald. Count
Victor de Larnau is the proprietor of
the novel mansion, which he had built
secretly between Melun and Sens in
order to surprise his friends.
Recently he sent out invitations and
automobiles TO convey his guests to the
strange habitation and on arrival every
one was surprised to find a most lux
urious abode under the water The
entrance is through a grotto on the
river sembankment and adorned with
many statues An elevator takes the
guests below the level of the river and
then an entrance is made to a magnifi-
cent reception room in the center Of
which a marble fountain adds to the
GOODNESS of the surroundings.
A complete dining room. library, bed
room and kitchen constitute the other
apartments of the novel house. The
count is besieged with requests for in
vitations to visit his abode under
water
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
Hotel Furnishes Your Valet.

Shortly any man of moderate means
may come TO New York city and stop
at a new top notch hotel and have his
own valet. On FOrty-secOnd street
there is a new hostelry that in several
respects will be an innovation to the
travelling public. Japanese servants
will be employed almost exclusively
Japs will perform the functions of
chambermaids and each will have from
three to five rooms TO look after. The
Jap will be required TO render free
valet service TO all the men in the
rooms assigned TO him. A part of his
duty will be to press clothing, shave
the guests and everything that is ex-
pected from a trained valet. 1t is
said that the management will place
restrictions on tipping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
-5ood in Chicago as it is in the rural
districts. We do an extensive mail
order business
CUTS AUTO IN HALVES.
PhiladeIphian Decides His Touring
Car Is Too Big.


Mechanics at big garage in Port
land were daZed recently when a young
man, accompanied by chauffeur,
drove into the building in $4,000 tour
ing car and calmly announced that he
had decided to cut the car in halves
and turn it into a runabout, says a
Portland dispatch to the Philadelphia
Press. He gave his name as j. L.
Caldwell, Philadelphia, and the chauf-
feur confided to the workmen that MS
employer had mint of money.
'I am tired of this big heavy two
scatter rig" said Caldwell. There's only
two of us anyway, and we don't need
such big car. We have come all the
way from Philadelphia in this, but I
guess I'd rather go back in run
about"
The mechanics went to work, and
Mr. Caldwell stayed with them all
night, directing their operations. The
tonneau was sawed off completely and
nothing left but the front seat and the
trucks and propelling apparatus. Then
an ordinary pine box was placed on the
trucks, making the machine look like
a tailleSs rooster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
EDISON SAYS HE HAS SOLVED THE
PROBLEM OF CHEAP DWELLINGS
provide home that not even an earth
quake can destroy.
BUTTERFLIES WORN.
Their Wings Now Used to Ornament
Brooches and Lockets.

Brooches and Lockets.
An interesting form of insect jew
elry is made from the wings of butter.
flies. These most delicate and perish
able of lovely things are so treated
says the Washington Post, that they
retain their charm of color and design
for a long time, though perhaps not
permanently.
Most of the butterflies used for tbs
purpose are the brilliant creatures OF
large size that abound in Central and
South America. Much of this jewelry
Is manufactured in a suburb of Boston
The gaudy wings of the butterflies
are cut into circles, oval and other
forms with sharp and delicate instru
ments that do not damage their beau
ty. The material is handled with the
utmost care, but there is considerable
percentage of loss in the work.
In order to give something like per.
manency TO the brilliant bits they are
inclosed between pieces of fine glass.
such as was used in making the old
fashioned hair breastpins used as me
MORALS. The tiny glass cases are fran
ed In gold and in some instances In
crusted with diamonds.
Some of the wings are made into
lockets, others into pins, brooches and
fobs. Few persons seeing these things
for the first time would guess the ma
terial of which they are made.
They are golden, blue, purple, mot
tied brown and red. Many of them
change and simmer like opals. Some
look like hits of the richest blue sky
fieeced with white cloudlets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
"A BRAIN KITCHEN
Literary Dietaries and Thought
Gems For Tired Chi
cago Women.

A "brain kitchen" which has under
taken to supply literary dietaries and
thought gems to tired club women OIL
the Ia carte plan opened its doors for
inspection in Chicago recently, says q
Chicago dispatch to the st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
1--WE have undertaken TO furnish the
club women with papers on all sub
jects." said the chief chef. I'VE are
filling a long felt want. The club WON.
an should not sacrifice her home for
the club. We make it possible for her
to fulfill both obligations"
DO you suppose any of the club
women will have the nerve to buy
their speeches and palm them off as
their OWN" she was asked.
do II" demanded the chief chef,
speaking below. her breath. so as not to
disturb the throbbing brains. why do
you suppose L am heref"
The chief chef then explained that
she would make a specially of short
orders, served out of stock at a mo-
ment's notice to club women who are
''up against it, Written to order es-
says will cost more.
You needn't laugh the chief chef
snapped. I'VE supply men as well as
club women, and, in fact, we have q
large number of men customers"
On the west wall of the little room
stands huge cabinet filled with care
fully typewritten manuscripts, arrang-
ed alphabetically according to the sub
ject matter.
"TravelogueS, with stereopticon
views of the countries written up
bring the highest prices. They may be
bought for from SO to 500, according
to the prominence of the country trav
eled A "travelogue" on England can
be purchased for $40. AS familiarity
with the Straits Settlements Is not so
general, ''travelogue" on this region
costs 500.
The same principle is carried out
throughout the graded list of prices.
A Charles Dickens essay brings S.,
while the Servant Girl Problem" is
for $50.
I'VE are the greatest help to the
club women in the work of arranging
their yearly programmes" said the
woman in charge. "Our trade is not as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07

| had neither sleeping nor dining cars;
then it was serious matter
In Naples, against the advice of
friends, Mr.. Bryan insisted upon visit
| ing VesuyiuS. He went to Tore An
nunciata over road covered with a
foot of powdered lava, the most pene-
trating dust imaginable. Then, in a
donkey cart, he drove up the side of
the mountain to Bosco Trecase, a vii
lage which was entirely engulfed by
the lava streams now hardened into
masses of stone almost as unyielding
as granite. With his own hands, while
other members of the party perspired
in the awful heat, he took a siedge
hammer and broke quantities of the
solidified lava from the stream that
ran through somebody's courtyard, now
untenated.
Rome came next. Mr.. Bryan had
passed through the Eternal City the
night before, and it appeared for an
hour that he would return to Milan
without revisiting the scenes of former
greatness. Mr.. Bryan knew his Rome
from other visits, but he concluded
upon leaving Naples to stop again.
Friends suspected that he would not
pass the most interesting city In south
ern Europe, and they were at the sta
ton at midnight to greet him. ; Car
riages rushed the party to the new Ex-
celsior hotel, where Mr.. Bryan was re-
ceived with extraordinary considera-
ton.
From Rome Mr. Bryan returned to
Milan, saw the burned exposition and
from there proceeded to the Chateau
Trevano, the home Of Chevalier Lom-
bard, distinguished Franco-Italian
living on the southern side of the Alps.
He spent some time as the guest OF
Robert Hunter in Zurich.
Mr.. Bryan then visited and passed
through the st. Gothard tunnel Re-
turning from Italy, he also visited the
Simplon, which pierces the Alps from
L'Isle to Brigue. From Geneva he
went to Paris, and then followed the
jump from Paris to Gibraltar, through
Spain. When he had passed through
Irun, at the frontier, the emptiness Of
Madrid and the sitting, dust laden
heat Of Cordova and Babadilla to say
nothing of Granada, he was half ill by
the time he got to Algeciras and
crossed to Gibraltar.
Captain Dannemann had reserved the
cabin de luxe on the Princess Irene for
Mr.. Bryan, and to the right and left
of the commander the Americans
party was seated for its meals. The
cabin de luxe was very useful, for in
it Mr. Bryan found time and place to
take his ease and prepare his speech.
<r.z h.. Il
bound journey took place soon after
the start Most of the ships company
had yearned for storm. Colonel
Wetmore of Mr. Bryan's staff had
ali but prayed for one.
The trouble began early one morn
ing. Chairs toppled over, and eggs
rolled the length of the breakfast
saloon. At noon the trouble came.
Soup ran wild, and the vegetables
mixed themselves into succotash4 Thel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
FINGER PRINT SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY
SOLDIERS OF UNITED STATES ARMY

q. Young, acting for the board of
health of New Orleans, made the AFT
davit, and an hour later Mrs. Arnold
herself appeared in court with the
finger bowl. She uses the receptacle
to wash her paint brushes, and it is
nearly always full OF water The in
spector stated that he visited the ar
lists house, and upon examination he
found that the bowl was unscreened
and contained several ''wiggletails," or
baby mosquitoes. Judge Marmouget
INDUCED in a hearty laugh over the
affidavit, but nevertheless Mrs. Arnold
must answer the charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
Millions Paid In Earthquake Claim.

Thirty-five insurance companies out
Of the 100 involved in the San Fran
cisco disaster have paid in the aggre-
gate $50, 1O3, S63.22, according to their
office records to date. Some OF the
larger concerns have made heavy pay
ments. The Royal of Liverpool is cred.
tied with $3.S04,00O.41, the Hartford
with $3,013,705, the New York Under
writer's with $3,496,7S the Aetna OF
Hartford is down for SO, 126,5 02 and
the Liverpool and London and Globe
for $3,T21,2 5S. Six companies have
paid upward of two millions apiece.
one million.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07

ing the Caucasus ana FINLAND: Bc-
tween Aug. 10 and Aug. 20, policemen,
gendarmes and soldiers killed while on
police duty 1O1, wounded 20, private
persons killed or wounded POI, crown
spirit shops looted "a, carried off from
private individuals and firms by rob-
bers 316,631 rubles, from government
institutions 159,962 rubles, armed as
saults over 1J0. The list is far from
complete, as it only includes crimes re-
ported by the telegraph agency
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-07
George AIDE won Oats Contest.

George AIDE has demonstrated that
he can raise oats. AIDE has fine farm
in Newton county, his old home, and
this season interested himself in oat
growing, joining in contest with
neighboring farmers to see which could
get the largest yield, says Richmond
Qnd.) dispatch. AIDE claimed to know
something about oats, but his neigh
bors were inclined to believe they
would clean him up. AIDES crop was
the last to be thrashed, and it was
found that he had the best yield in
Newton county.