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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
SHORT OF FUNDS
Peoria Woodmen Head Camp
Promotion Committee Dis
couraoed Over Bad Luck.
LOST $1,000 ON VENTURE
"Sieee of Jericho Gave Work Set
back Instead of Boost-May
Give Up Effort.

Members of the Modern WoOdmen of
America in Peoria are beginning to
doubt their ability to entertain the
head camp at Peoria next year. The
committee is finding the raising of the
necessary funds an uphill job. and the
following from a Peoria paper tells of
the encouragement of the committee:
To-day the central executive com
mittee of the Modern Woodmen camps
of this city are in the dumps and the
prospect of entertaining the head camp
next year is approaching the vanishing
point
1T will cost $4,000 to swing that
event. and thus far the committee has
only $4,000 in the treasury. They eX-
pccted TO make $4,000 on their eXhibi-
ton of The Siege of Jericho which
was given last week at Lake View
park, closing last night, but to their
dismay they ran 81 900 behind and are
now holding the sack. On their carnl-
val two years ago they cleared $1,000.
and their hopes ran high. At a similar
entertainment given last year they en-
countered bad weather and made less
| than $400. At an Al Fresno park en-
| lteITainment they cleared $3.50. In all
| their enterprises up to last week they
made money, and while the. net re-
ceipts were not up to their CXpecta-
tions. they showed a gain. Now comes
! the slump of last week in which they
are set back 81 GOO. and they are fairly
| di. cOuraged. They expected great
| things of The Siege of Jericho and it
was really one of the finest pyrotechnic
exhibitions ever given in the United
States. but during the week of six per
| fOrmances there were less than 1000
| paid admissions, when there ought tn
| have been at least 10000. The commit,
lteG incurred all the preparatory bills in
fitting up the park and arranging for
the advertising, and paid the Gregory
ccmpany a guarantee. AT the conclu
sion of their effort they find them
lselyes 81, 900 in the hole.
For Final Effort.
Next Wednesday night the commit
tee will hold Il meeting at the city hal
to review the situation and to devise
ways and means of raising the balance
of $4,000 necessary to entertain tho
head camp. If this can be collected
from the merchants and business me(
of this city, all will be well and good
but if it cannot, the officers of the hea(
camp will be notified and will be re
lQuested to take the meeting of mex
year elsewhere. 1t is expected that tn,
meeting of the head camp will brin:
12,000 foresters to this city for fui
week: that it will also bring 1900
clerks of camps. SEQ deputies. 200 del
cgates and officers, and at least 800
visitors each day for six days, or
grand total approXimating $4,000.
''It will be positive misfortune t
see the meeting of the head camp e
from Peoria, and the executive commit
tee will make a final effort to keep
here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
Names Assistant Treasurer.

Oyster Bay. July 9.-The president
today appointed William c. Ralston to
be assistant United States treasurer at
San Francisco.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
How Dolls Are Made.

Many big things are needed to make
\ small doll. She has her beginning
In a great trough, where workmen
knead up into dingy paste old card
board, even old gloves, old rags and
gum tragacanth. They are great
brawny fellows, these men, naked to
the waist, wearing leathern aprons.
In an adjoining room the paste Is pour
ed into moIds for the busts, the arms
the legs Of dolls innumerable. There
Is a special machine for stamping out
the hands. / should not like to con-
fess how long l stood in front Of It.
fascinated by the steady stream OF
queer little hands that fell ceaselessly
from the iron monster. 1t was aw-
full, uncanny, hypnotizing. Indeed, the
whole sight was grim and monstrOus.
The low factory rooms were misty with
steam and lit by strange, red glowing
fires. Always the great steel machines
pulsed and changed. and through the
mist sweaty giants of men went to and
fro with heaps of little greenish arms
and legs until you began to think that
some new Herod had killed all the lit
tie people In the world.--Everybody's.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
How to Enjoy Whist.

How can one learn to enjoy the
game Of whist ?"-Aspirant.
Get yourself roped into game us
partner to some one who helped Hoyle
write his book. The other two players
must also be experts. Start in pleas
nntly to enllven the game with Il few
well chosen anecdotes. now and then
making the wrong play. After your
partner has slapped your ears and
sworn ut you and put the black curse
on you and all your ancestry and called
you fool a few times you will awake
to the real joy of the gentle and intel
lectual game. We have tried this sew
eral times, but not at frequent inter
walls, and we can guarantee its efficacy,
Chicago News.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
Ro.aini,s Watch

In 1924 Charles y. presented Rossini,
the composer, with a repeating watch,
studded with diamonds, and playing
two of Rosslnis melodies. Nobody In
Bologna could clean the watch, so 1t
was sent In the care OF the tenor. Pa
blanc. to Paris, where It was destroyed
In FIRE. Pliyee, the matchmaker.
thereupon made second watch, the
exact counterpart of the first, except
that the diamonds were false, and RIOS
sini, who never discovered this pious
fraud. wore the trinkot all his life. On
his death 1t passed to relative, whose
son sold 1t to an Englishman 1t Is
said to contain an excellent portrait In
enamel of Rosslni as he was in 1924.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
VI Was MiIIInn.

A good. kind man unfortunately mar
Red a shrewlsh wife. and the woman
changed his nature. One morning aft
er his wife had called him good for
nothing loafer and snatched his break
fast away he started of, hungry and
sore, for work. A sour looking woman
entered the car he was on, She got
into a violent dispute with the con-
ductor over her change. Finally. red
with rage. she looked about her and
said, "Ts there a gentleman in this car
who will stand by and see a lady in
sultedY The hungry man whose ma
ture had been spoiled rose eagerly.
eyes. madam" he said: 81 will"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
A SONG, NOT A SERMON.
sut 1t Points a Moral From = Very
Ordinary Incident.

sut It Points a Moral From a very
Ordinary Incident.
II was q merry occasion. The run
was fast and furious 1t was In q karS
room; the place, Washington.
Inspiring bold John RaTleyoorn
What dangers thou canst make ~
scorn!
WI tippenny we fear nae evil;
WI usquabae wen face the deyili
And so one of this party invited sew
en- companions to join him Ia drink
of red Ticker" and they sat
Bouslng at the nappy
An gettin' fou an unco happy.
The man planked down a dollar,
crisp and fresh from the treasury. The
account was squared; the score was
paid. He was a family man and walk
ed across the street to a meat stand
and ordered two pounds Of round
steak. The grocer supplied him and
asked 30 cents as the price. "Whatw
the man roared. What Fifteen cents
a pound for round steaki 1t is a high
way robbery
And so we go through life prodigal
In buying luxury and miserly In buy
Ing necessity. That man had no con-
ception OF. his Illogical action-spending
dollar for liquor that be and his com
rades would have been the better with
out and kicking hole in the ceiling on
account of a purchase of beef to the
charge of 80 cents that he could Ill do
without Man can live without booze,
but the man has yet to be invented
who can get along without food.
This Is no sermon. This newspaper
never breaches. What we intended to
say and all we intended to say was to
call attention to the truth.
All the worlds a stage
And all the men and women merely play
ers.
The very best of us have need Of the
charity of our brothers and sisters
Washington Post
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
The Old caIfskln Shoe Laee.

The modern boot lace Is anything but
q luxury. II is nearly always just too
long or a little too short and. although
made fiat, 1t soon becomes curled with
a little wear In the old days laces
were made N calfskin, and nearly ev-
cry farmer was an expert. He would
cut a disk of leather three or four
inches in diameter, stick the point of
a sharp knife blade in a board, place
the thumb nail the thickness of a match
from 1t and quickly draw the string
through the opening, the perimeter be-
ing reduced the thickness of a match
at every measure of the circumfer-
ence. Then the square string was
rolled between the sole of the shoe
and the floor till perfectly round, after
which 1t was creased with tallow.
Such a lace would last for months
Round laces are now made OF fiber.
but their shine soon wears off. giving
them a much worn appearance
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
GOOD COLLATERAL.
The Way Tom Fitch Of Nevada Used
to "Raise the Wind"

The Way Tom Fitch Of Nevada Used
to "Raise the Wind"
Tom Fitch Of Nevada was bright
fellow and one Of the best writer's and
stump speakers of the west, but he
was thrlftless and when he got hard
up would resort to almost any means
to get stake.
One day he wrote scathing speech
denouncing Sharon, then president OF
the Bank Of California and afterward
United States senator from Nevada.
In 1t he charged Sharon with almost
every crime known to the Decalogue or
the statutes. He put the manuscript in
a large envelope and walked into the
Bank of California.
'IIere," he said to the cashier, hand
ing the package through the window
'here are some securities which l offer
as collateral on a loan. Please hand
them to Mr.. Sharon In person, and
will wait for his answer"
Mr.. Sharon was in his private office.
Breaking the seal of the envelope, he
found the speech and read 1t through,
together with a note from Fitch, in
forming him that unless he was paid
5000 he would deliver that speech in
every town in the state. In few min
utes the cashier, on Mr.. Sharon's or
der, reported that the collateral was
all right and paid the happy Fitch the
desired amount
Three months afterward, having
gone through the money in speculation
and dissipation, Mr.. Fitch made his
appearance with another speech, this
time of a very complimentary charac-
ter, which he promised to deliver al
every convenient opportunity for the
same amount This, too, proved good
collateral, and the story would never
have come to light If Fitch had not, in
a. moment of drunken frankness, told
1t himself.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
The Nature of Love.

Love is the river Of life in this world
Think not that We know 1t who stand
&C the little tlnkllng rill-the first small
fountain. Not until you have gone
through the rocky gorges and not lost
the stresm: not until You have gone
through the meadow. and the stream
has widened and deepened until fleets
could ride upon its bosom; not until
beyond the meadow you have come to
the unfathomable ocean and poured
your treasures into its depths-not un-
I'll then can you know what love is.--
Henry Ward Beecher.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

Napoleon always had an unlimited
trust in his presentlments. When the
news came to him that one Of the Nile
river boats, the name Of which was
L'Italie, had been wrecked and the
crew put to death he gave up all hope
of ever completing his conquest Of
italy by annexation. Napoleon bellev-
ell that the stars exercised an occult
influence over human destinies. When
General Rapp, at one time his abide
camp, returned from the siege of Dant-
sic he found the emperor gazing with
concentrated attention at the heavens.
"Look therep' shouted the emperor.
"It is my star! The fiery red one, al
most as large as the moon! 1t Is be-
fore you now, and, all, how brilliant!
1t has never abandoned me for sim
gle instant l see it on all great oc-
casions. 1t commands me to go for
ward; 1t Is my sign Of good fortune,
and where 1t leads will follow"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

TOacher-Johnny, can you define for
as the difference between caution"
and "cowardleeP" Johnny Yessum.
When you're scarf TO 90 out ON boat
and stay home for fear it'll sink and
the boat comes In all right, it's Cow.
araice." Teacher = Well? Johnny =
And II you're scarf and stay home and
the boat does siHk. then it's caution"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
Takes No CHANCES.

Remember" said the kind elderly
gentleman. that you may be president
or the United States Yes" answer
ed the boy whose father is connected
with the race track. but look at the
population OF this country. I've only
got one chance in millions. amt play
Ing any long shots ike that."-wash-
lngton Star.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
Enolish and French Husbands.

When an English wife has Mysteries
her husband Is Immediately bored and
goes to his club or else he says; you
are not very well, my dear. Shall
send for a doctor2" The Frenchman.
au contralre. has Mysteries too. The
Frenchman may fight with his wife.
love her. hate her. kiss her or kin her,
but Indifferent TO her, superior to her
neverl-Pol de Leon in London World.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
MiaIaid A. pnddlnn.

Dinner was late, but when the mis-
ress started to make Q mild remon-
STRANGE the new mad vas on time
with her excuse.
"Sure," she SAID, wS1h an irresistible
Irish smile as allO placed de soup on
the table, ''sure, I nAslGid tb0pUddinS,
and there I was hunting the house for
It, and where would it beaftheF all but
In the oRenH'
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

Toilette trecently marriedl-A man b
called a "Benedict'' when he Il mar
ried, What is a girl called under the
same circumstances Anna (also re-
Gently married)-well. Il depends alto
eether on what she marrIes!-IIfa
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
Shopplnu.

There Ii nothing hner foE the temper
than a new hat, no balm for hurt feel
tngs like fresh gewgaw. Ordering
new frocks takes woman out Of her
self Cut woman OF her shopping,
and the result may be disastrous. Lon
don World.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

Papa was carefully studying the fam
lily history In the big Ride when his
nineyear-old daughter surprised him
by saying. Papa. was Aunt Ann one
IT your Ann-sisterss"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
The PoIish He Needed.

81 stopped down the street." said the
man who prided himself on being
blunt. Ito get polish on my shoes"
Don't you think" asked his sarcas-
tic companion, that you began at the
wrong endT'-Baltimor American.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
AZ Usual.

Friend-You took your son into your
establishment some months ago to
teach him the business, / understand.
How did it turn out?-Bnsiness Man
(wearily)-Great success He's teach
ing me now.-Chicago Journal.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

Most OF as work haEl enough. but
too many Of US work hardest trying
to keep from working. Atlanta Geor-
gian
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

We love IN others what we lack In
ourselves and would be everything but
what We are StOddAra.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

A man is never SO on trial as in the
moment of excessive good fortune.
Wallace.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

Noble discomfort Is the path to heav.
m-HlgginSoA
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05
Classified Advertisements

WAETED--Young man to learn the bakers
trade. Boggs Bakery.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-03-05

WANTED-Position by the day or chambe
work, Call Mrs. Gibson, $40 Occur d'Alene ST.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-03

Philadelphia Ice Cream.-Take one
quart Of cream. Put half Of IL in a
double boiler and heat to the scalding
point. Add one cupful Of graduated
sugar and stir until ii is melted, then
take from the fire; add quickly the re-
mainder OF the cream. strain. and set
aside until cool Flavor with any ex-
tract of fruit flavor desired. remember
ing that It should taste rather strongly.
as part OF both sWeetening and flavor
ing disappears after freezing. Pour into
the freezer and freeze as directed in
our lesson Of last week,
New York Ice Cream.-Scald one pint
OF milk in a double boiler. Add one
tablespoonful of flour rubbed TO a
smooth paste with a little cold milk.
stir for a moment, then cover and keep
at the boiling point for half an hour.
Beat together three eggs and one heap
ing cupful of sugar. Add this to the
cooked milk. stir until thickened 10 a
custard, take of. strain, and cool.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-03
Shall We Abolish
the FlreCrdCRer ?

This question is a perennial. which
blooms about the frat Of every July.
grows all over the United States and
fades about the fifth of the same month
in which IL blooms. 1t is an aggressive
plant, and is growing more and more
wild every year. 1t is carefully cult
waited by anxious mothers, peace-Iov-
ing spinsters and poverty-stricken faith
ers, and assiduouslY weeded out by the
small boy and girl. 1t is the only weed
ing they enjoy. 1t is commoner in the
city than in the country. owing to the
greater prevalence of the soil which
gives il birth in urban communities
This soil. popularity known by the
name of ireworks-and-f lrecrackers, is,
as may be guessed by the length of its
cognomen, not indigenous. 1t is i'm
ported from China at a great annual
expense, chiefly in the moment of aber-
ration of those who most oppose It's use.
and, strange to say, IL causes on every
July an enormous amount of suffering.
accident and death. during and after
which the aforesaid flower blooms.
Considering this fact. it seems best
TO cease to cultivate this worthless
hover, which many consider a weed
not, as the children would have il, by
deroung the soil to their own use, but
py refusing to import more of it.
In this way the disastrous conditions
which give rise 70 the flower would be
eliminated, and those who raise IL in a
vain hope that 1t will in some way as
simulate its soil will surely be satisfied
when their object is gained, whatever
be the means.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-03

Canned Strawberries are not usually
as desirable as other canned fruits.
Strawberry Jam is much better, and
can be easily made by cooking the pre-
pared fruit and sugar together until
OF the right consistency-that is. IN
tn the syrup will not run from the
fruit. Allow three-quarters OF pound
Of sugar for every pound OF prepared
fruit. II currant juice, or gooseoerry
Juice or rhubarb juice be added then
allow a pound OF sugar Tor every pint
Of Juice and do not add more than a
pint for every three 10 four pounds Oh
fruit.
The Juice Of the gooseberries or rhu-
barb must be secured by siewlpg 'ii e,I,
in water. Currants may be crushed put
Sgooseberries are too dry and muclIasin-
Gus 20 DO this well
Canned GooseberTies.
Green gooseberries are easily canned,
and are delicious either for sauce or
pies. They may be made into jam also
or preserve. Keep them I'm the house
awhile. for they do not spoil quickly
like other berries. and use them when
they have begun TO turn reddish, II you
cannot buy them that way. Spice them
and they are fine with meat or for
piCntcs-
Ripe gooseberry jam is delicious and
very little known here. Use vanilla
bean. or part Of one, according 10 the
quantity you have. Let II COOK IN the
kettle with the fruit. This jam makes
ine little tarts for use in winter. II IS
not expensive here. since gOOseberTies
are abundant in market, and farmers
will II asked. bring in the ripe ones.
although usually the crop Is marketed IN
its green state. Il is a great pleasuI
to have a few gooseberry bushes or
ones own and strip the fruit as one
wishes IT at all stages Of ripeness-
About Pineapples.
Sometimes pineapples may be bought
very. cheap and made into fine preserves,
or simply canned
A good way is to shred them and add
one-half their weight Of sugar. No
water should be used Simply cook
them in their own juice and put away
When prepared in this way they can
be used IN many desserts ana mixtures
of fruits for salads or salpicon and in
Canning is preferred TO preserving
where fl is desirable to keep the haVor
of the fruit. Long cooking and the ad-
ditiou of so much sugar as is necessary
to prevent fermentation chanse the Irult
very much.
Canned fruit need have no sugar.
for the small amount added TO give 1t
sweetness does not help TO keep il II
Is the SterlnZnE or the ITulL anu INC
Jars that does this II fruit is lost. then
at least the sugar is not gone
French Methods.
The modern method Of preserving is
Just being generally adapted from the
French. The amounts used at one time
ara small so as not to crush the fruit.
The sugar is boiled TO the soft ball de-
gree. and the fruit added. the dish COW
/ cred and set away. The time varies
/ according to the kind OF fruit used For
| instance, raspberries are much tenderer
than cherries, and would take less time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-03
WEEKLY COOKING LESSON
FROZEN DESSERTS
By coRNELIA C. BEDFORD.

When ready to freeze. add one pint OF
rich cream and any desired favoring-
Instead Of extract. the cream may be
put in the freezer and. when just be-
ginning 10 thicker. one cupful Of any
kind Of fruit pulp may be stirred in
In making plain fruit ices the frozen
mixture viii be of a finer. smoother
grain II the sugar and water are first
boiled 20 a syrup. A syrup which can
be made IN quantity and viii keep well
calls for two quarts of granulated sugar.
one quart and "a half cupful Of boiling
water. Stir over the fire until the
sugar is dissolved boil for FIVE minutes
without stirring. then strain and cool.
Keep IN closed bottles IN cool place
Plain Fruit Ices--Crush the prepared
berries or fruit 10 pulp To each pint
add the juice OF half a lemon and sUffi-
Gent sugar syrup to make very sweet
Dilute with an equal quantity OF water
and freeze. A clear fruit ice Is made by
pressing all the juice out and discard
ing the thick pulp.
Cream Fruit ICe--Prepare fruit ices
as IN the preceding receipt, and for each
quart add tWO-thirds Of a pint OF thin
cream Do not mix until ready 10 put
In the freezer, then freeze Immediately.