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The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
Heads for Wall Streef

The park was already jammed with peo-
pie. and when Beachey got to earth there
was a rush FOR him and his ship. Beachey
tinkered with the propeller for fifteen
minutes, got it in shape again.
and climbed back onto the narrow frame
work dependent from the big bag He
started the motor buzzing. the lifting
fans went round and round, and In a few
seconds Beachey was shooting up into
the air In a long diagonal. heading for
Wall street. The news spread quickly.
and there was an outpouring in the fnan-
cial district. The air ship sailed over the
heads Of the bowling brokers at an alti-
tudc Of 800 feet
Then Beachey went upward once more
and sailed over the city hail. and set a
course for the Williamsburg Bridge. The
wind carried Beachey to the Sunken
Meadows. opposite Astoria. Then q
scamp of wind whrl caught the bag.
whirled it arosnd and around, carried il
out over the river and dashed il hard
against Spindle Light where Beachey
stuck until rescued.
Some policemen went out on a police
launch 10 the Spindle and helped Whitley
Witzel uutaugle Beachey's wrecked air
ship. Then the yacht Easy Time. owned
by William Churchill loaded Beachey
and the balloon aboard and took him back
10 South Beach.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
Lace Bed Sets.
$3.50 the suite.

A Lace Bed Set makes a very pretty and
useful wedding present.
Full size Bed Sets. Of best French net.
with large motifs, trimmed with heavy
Marie Antoinette laces; bolster cover to
match.
Special price, So. so set.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

Full size Bed Sets Of extra heavy net.
with center and corner motifs, trimmed
with handmade Battenberg laces; bolster
roll TO match.
Special price, $I2.5o set.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
Special Sale of
Lace Curtains.

June special sale of Lace Curtains, Irish
Point and Arabian. being the small lots Of
some Of our finest importations, in pat
terms that we are going TO discontinue,
together with several small lots Of our
regular stock that we wish TO close out
The reductions represent about a third
from the original prices.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

High. Closed. Open. Price.
Is in. 20 in. 321z in. 25c.
"a in. 1914 in. 261l in. 3oc.
II in. 20 in. 321I in. soc.
Fl in. 22 in. 361z in. 35c.
80 in. ,I615 in. 265z in. 4oc.
80 in. 20 in. 3214 in. 4oc.
80 in. 22' in. 60 in. 4oc.
80 in. IS in.N "A in. 45c.
90 in. II in. 3611 in. soc.
90 in. rs in. As in. $50.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
Irish Point.

$500 a pr. Were $3.50.
$500 a pr. Were $50.
$500 a pr. Were $3.50.
$3.50 a pr. Were $3.50.
500 a pr. Were $1,000.
$1,000 a pr. Were $500.
arabian.
$50 pr. Were $500.
$500 a pr. Were SI2.OO.
$1,000 a pr. We're $1,000.
$500 pr. Were $500.
$1,000 a pr. Were $3.50.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
Window and Door Screens.

Hardwood Screen Doors. complete with
fixtures. in the following sizes: 26x6.6:
2Sx6.S; 210x6l0; 2,Sx7, and SKI feet.
SIPS, $I.5O, and $500 each.
Hardwood Adjustable Window Screens.
in the following sizes:
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
Makes AuspiciOus start.

Beachey made the ascent from Happy
land at 1l.30 o'clock this morning. The
air ship got a fine start and sailed straight
toward Fort Wadsworth Seven hundred
feet over the fort Beachey dropped a
handful Of cards, just 10 show what a
war balloon could do to old Wadsw0rth
He went over the bay at an altitude Of
about 100 feet. and slowed up over Fort
Hamilton for a minute or two, while he
sent the yellow bag around in circles and
aipped a few more cards over the side
Then he changed his course a little and
headed for South Brooklyn and Bay
Ridge.
BY the time he got & the East River
two bOr0ughs were watching him. and
there was a stir IN the streets. The
long gas bag. light yellow in color, and
shaped exactly ike a big. fat cigar with
long narrow horizontal plane underneath
looked Ike thing OF dreams.
When Beachey got 10 the East River
and headed his ship for the Battery.
where he had made up his mind he WAS
going 70 land. the Brooklyn Bridge was
pretty well crowded and the windows OF
every tall office building framed excited
spectators He shot over the river some
distance below the bridge and made for
the Battery straight as a bird flies.
over the Aquarium he brought his
cruiser 20 a standstill, then circled few
times. hunting a nice, grassy spot 10
land Il was a little past noon when he
lowered his air boat gently into Battery
Park, touching the ground with hardly a
Fc-lr
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26
AIRSHIP RUNS AMUCK
Makes Good Start, but Fin
ishes Flight in River,
AERONAUT ALMOST DROWNED
Lincoln Benchey Sails Mysterious
Craft Over Forts and New York
City-Wind WhirI Catches Machine
and sends IL Scddding Into East
River-OperatOr CIings 10 Buoy.

New York. June 25.-'Link" Beachey,
Of Toledo, for the greater glory Of Happy
land, a Staten Island resort, and the
safety of his own bones, threw his arms
around the TALL steel spar Of Spindle
Light In the East River this afternoon.
chung TO it lovingly, and yelled for help.
The punctured gas-bag Of Mr.. Beachey's
air ship hung from the top Of the thirty
foot spar and tapped about Mr.. BeaChey S
ears.
Owners Of passing craft gave him the
laugh and passed on BeaCheys arms
were tired and he was about ready 10
drop into the boiling waters Of Sunken
Meadows and take a chance at swimming
when Whitley Witzel, the boatman and
wrecker, of Bronx Hills, rounded the
point in a big rowboat with two men and
hallooed TO him TO hold on minute or
two longer. Beachey was glad enough 10
be helped down the spar, even though his
air ship was a wreck. He has made good
on his sky plotting stunt, steering his
champs ign-colored air boat from South
Beach Stalen Island. across The Mar
rows, over Forts Wadsworth and Hamil-
ton. Bay Ridge. the East River and a
long strip of Manhattan, cutting figure
Fights high up In the air just to show how
easy It was, and to amuse a good many
thousand New Workers. rubbering on the
streets far below him
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

The Russian Ambassador and the
Baroness Rosen, with Baroness Eliz-
abeth Rosen. and the young men
Of the embassy personnel, will all
leave Washington to-day for Magnolia,
Mass. where they VIII take possession
of the "old Coolidge house." on Coolidge
Point, to remain until the cool winds Of
autumn drive them back to Washington.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

family, including the Misses Daisy and
Margery Cotton, will leave next week for
one Of the Northern resorts, and. after
months vacation, Col George Cotton will
go to the Philippines tC assume the duties
of collector of customs
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

Mai. Gen. Wallace F. Randolph. [. S
A. retired. and the Misses Randolph. vii
leave Washington July for York Har.
Dor. Me, where they viii spend the sum,
mer.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-26

Mai JOSEPH T. DICKNAN, Thirteenth Cavalry,
detailed statistical officer, and Capts. ANDRE
". BREWSTER. Ninth Infantry. and HER
BERT j. BREES FIRST Cavalry, assistant sta
tis.icsl ofcsrs, national match. Camp PCrTy. Ag.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17

the Mouse" which Henry B. Harris
will offer here with a special cast, is
play that pleases all classes of thea
tergoers. Although the chief interest
in its story deals with the upper class
of Americans Charles Klein has hand
led the subject in such an unusually
clever manner the social and financial
episodes in the lives of the moneyed
element is made vitality interesting to
the common people The play is very
simple in construction, but it is in
tensely human, thoroughly American,
and has appealed to the popular taste
as the very best example of the long
looked for great American drama"
Mr.. Harris company is very rapidly
nearing this city, and the engagement
here already gives assurance of record
breaking attendance. The Lion and
the Mouse is here tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
- a q CURES

Chronic result of deeply polluted and foul blood supply
fed the place through the circulation until all the surrounding flesh
Every symptom old suggests pollution the discharge
that the ulcer healing the drainage
through
expelled through
the place and the Saves lotions
ulcer relieve reduce inflammation
never heal them they do not reach blood
trouble
and builds up the weak sluggish blood gives and strength
parts allows the ulcer to heal naturally and Nothing reaches
inherited like
hereditary
influenced
all who write. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17

Simonson part east Il southwest our
lot 50, part lot SO, Sec. -, 10 1 east
one acre in west z northeast u, Sec.
So, 10, east $50
J. w. Simonson to John Schafer
southwest Sec. %, 10, / east, lot 81,
$125.
John Schafer to Village of Port By.
ron southwest Sec. %, 10, 1 east. lot %
$125.
Ida F Works to J. Ward lot 10, block
a, Schnelrs First addition. Rock Is
land, 81.
Frederick n From to ]. L. Oakleaf
tract, lot y, block ,, Child's Second
addition. Moline. $1,000
Della Kunkle to J. l.. Oakleaf south
80 feet lot l, block ), Sinnett's addition
Rock Island, $500.
John L. Johnson to ]. L. Oakleaf Iot
>. block ,, Midway, South Moline, 81,
0G0.
Hugh E Curtis to Sisters of Vista
ton. part northeast Sec ,, Il, 2 west.
81.
Virgil Warren to Mary L. Parker
southwest u part outlot GS, Sec So
Is. ? west; part lots 1 and 2. block II
Lower addition. Rock Island. $3.50.
Robert Ralston to Mary l. Ralston
south 10 feet lot 6. north 80 feet lot Z,
block 80, Lower addition, Rock Island
81
z. II. Stafford to John Ward lot IL
west z northeast, adjoining lot II
block ;. Sec. 81, is. east; lots II. Is,
and 10. Silvis, sS3S. so.
Nellie Swandor to Carl Fahlstrom,
part lot ;. block :, Child's addition,
Moline, S1.575..
August Schatterman to julius De
Wispelaere. lot II, block 6, Fair
mount addition. Moline. S1.10O.
Louis Mosenfelder to F. E. MILF
lots % and "a, block 1, Longview
Heights, Rock Island. $685..
A. r. McBurney to Frederick n
From lot u, block 2, Chid's Second
addition, Moline, 5000.
Heinrich Miller to Gustav Miller lots
1 and ,, block o.. Golden's Second adj
dition. Barstow. $500.
Alice A. Schafer to F. o. Reddig lot
IS, Huber & Peetz' addition, Rock Is.
land. $4,000.
Robert Ralston to Mary |. Ralston
south 16 feet lot 6, north 80 feet, lot
Z block 80, Chicago or Lower addition,
Rock Island. S1.0O
Virgil Warren to Mary L. Parker,
lpart outlot GS, southwest quarter So, IS,
Nv. and part lots and .. block II,
Lower addition, Rock Island, $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
SELLS HIS HOUSEBOAT
TO THE GOVERN MENT
Commodore Charles McHugh Disposes
of the Rambler to Major
Richie.

Commodore Charles McHugh yester-
day completed the sale of his house
boat Rambler TO Major c. s. Richie. of
the engineer corps in charge Of upper
Mississippi river improvements. Majo:
Richie has been anxious TO secure tic
Rambler for some time to use on tn"
Hennepin canal for officers quarter.
The boat which is fitted out with
every convenience. is admirably adapt
ed to the purposes designed. This is
the second boat Commodore McHugl
has sold the government, his launch
Mary Nc. having also been secured by
the engineer corps a few years age
Commodore McHugh still owns ths
steamer. also the Mary Nc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured.

L. Wagner, wholesale druggist, Rich
mond, Va, says: 81 had a fearful al.
tack of sciatic rheumatism; was laid
up almost two months; was fortunate
enough to get Mystic Cure for Rheu
matism. This cured me after doctors
had failed to have any
effect. have also heard of fine results
from others who have used it." Sold by
Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second avenue
Rock Island; Gust Schlegel & Son, 22C
West Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
My Best Friend.

Alexander Benton, who lives on Ru.
raj Route l, Fort Edward, n. Y, says:
Or. Kings New Discovery is by best
earthly friend. 1t cured me of asthma
six years ago. 1t has also performed
a wonderful cure of incipient consump-
ton for my sons wife. The first bottle
ended the terrible cough, and this &C,
complished, the other symptoms left
one by one, until she was perferctly
well. DR.. Kings New Discovery's pow
err over coughs and colds is simply mar.
velous." No other remedy has ever
equaled it. Fully guaranteed by w. T
Hartz, druggist, 301 Twentieth street
so cents and 81. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE.
Real Estate Transfers.

Charles II. Pope to Myra Walker lot
10, block III, Village of East Moline.
$4,000.
Charles II. Pope to Myra Walker lot
;, block 10, East Moline, $500.
Leroy Essex to c. l.. Girls tract
southwest q, Sec. 80, Il, west, $25.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17

May f9-"The Fatal Wedding"--
matinee.
May 31-June 1-"Humpty-Dumpty
matinee Saturday.
Sundays BiIl.-"The Fatal Wedding"
will be the attraction at the Illinois
Sunday
Is Intensely Hunan.-"The Lion and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17
At THE THEATER

BOOKINGS AT THE ILLINOIS,
May 16-"The ConVict's Daughter"
May 19-"The Lion and the Mouse"
Morris tribune., 1907-12-21
WHEN SANTA WENT ASTRAY
Miracle OF the loaves Repeated For
Washington's Poor.

Miracle OF the Loaves Repeated For
Washington's Poor.
The day OF miracles mas not passed.
according TO the firm belief of hun
dred or more poor people in Washing
ton. Last Christmas day Almas tenn
pie of the Shriners gave it's annual din
ner to the poor. 1t was well planned
affair, generously contributed to, and
turned out big success. But the most
notable thing about it was not ON the
programme and made the hit of the
occasion.
While the Shriners were feeding
their guests there came to their hall
$50 loaves Of bread. The huge six
foot Santa Claus was busy cracking
jokes as he waddled about and took
down the gifts from the Christmas
tree. In the middle Of one of his sto-
ries there entered another big, fat San
ia Claus, carrying a colossal basket
full of bread, and behind him were
three or four negroes, also carrying
baskets Of bread. One Of the Shriner
committeeman at once inferred that
some one had sent a gift Of bread to
be distributed and signed a receipt for
the $50 loaves. In few minutes they
were handed around to the heads Of
families, and an additional smile of
Christmas joy went around with them.
When the festivities were nearly
over and the crowd had begun to dis
perse a man came running In and ask
ed:
did you get $50 loayes of bread"
1--WE did," was the reply.
"What did you do with it?"
"Gave it away"
well that was an order from tie
Carroll institute. 1t came here by
mistake. But it is all right. We are
glad you gave it away, and II you need
more let US know" and the man went
away, evidently fully satisfied with
the incident.-New York Times.
Morris tribune., 1907-12-21
THE THREE WISE MEN.
Who Were They7-An Unsoised
Christmas Mystery.

VINO W8F9 HSy FNh SHsSSA~~A
Christmas Mystery.
One Christmas mystery remains un-
solved. Who were the wise men Of the
east-the magi who followed the star
of Bethlehem from afar to do homage
to the newborn Saviour?
The simple story as told In the Bible
is one of the most familiar In Christ
mas lore. Any child could recite 1t in
detail Painters and sculptOrs have
made it the theme of the most inspired
products Of their brushes and chisels,
but to this day the Identity Of these
wise men remains mystery. A
search Of the great paintings in which
the subject is treated produces a be
wilderment There are half hui
dred different ideas presented. The
varying versions Of the books of the
ages are as many
1t is fair to assume from the fact
that the visitors were received at court
by King Herod and that they carried
gifts OF value that they were in their
own country men Of royalty or close
| to it. Herod evidently deemed it well
to treat them with Difference, for dis
quieted though he was by their news
of the comet that was to lead them to
the birthplace of the Redeemer he dis
sembled and told them that when they
had found the newborn he would re-
turn to worship with them.
Much Of our information about the
early days Of the Christian era comes
| from the monks Of the fourteenth cen
| tury, who delved deeply into historical
| sources since lost to the world. Their
| story Of the three wise men has receiv-
! ed wide credence. According to these
! monks, the wise men were three great
kings called Caspar, Melchofr and Bal
thasar. Caspar was the oldest and
! from the north At the time of the
birth Of Christ he was sixty years old
and for more than two-thirds Of that
time he had ruled in Arabia. Baltha
sar was black, native Of Saba, from
the east, and forty years old. The
| youngest was Melchoir, from the south
whose country was Tarshish. He was
twenty years Old.
Impelled by some mysterious power
they dropped all the cares Of state and
| followed single star thirteen days
| and nights without eating Or sleeping
! till it led them to Jerusalem.
Then the story follows that Of the
Bible until they returned to their owr
| countries.
The story does not stop here. 1t ten
circumstantially the after life of the
three wise men. The good Apostle st
Thomas journeyed to their country ant
baptized them, and all three went Ou
to preach the doctrine Of the Christ.
They were slain by barbarous gen
tiles, aud Later the Empress Helena
mother OF Constantine, recovered thei
sacred bones and took them to Con
! stantinopIe. Thence they were carried
to Milan and finally found an ultimate
resting place in Cologne. where they
| now are.-New York Post.
Morris tribune., 1907-12-21
What Grarndl1pa
Knows
q ONE folks say at Red Riding Hood

@ ONE folks say at Red Riding Hood
AZ She didn't live at all nor 60
Down where tn wolf WAS in at wood,
But grampa says at it is so!
Ar some folks say at Goldiioeks
Don't meet th' bears an run away,
A-bumpin' into trees an rocks,
But erampa's seen her many day
NV arampa takes me on his knee
An tells me all bout Puss in Boots
An bout tn fairies you can't see
For their in -vis-their funny suits.
An he knows where the beanstatk is
,At Jack tn Giant Killer climb
To get at gold an things o his,
cause grampa's seen it many time
An Cinderella, too, my pa .....
lst laugh an say at he don't know,
But srampa-w'y, my grampa saw
Her slip at slipper on her toe!
An' Simple Smon-would you think
He never was like some folks say?
But grampa only laugh am wink,
Cause he has seen him many day.
Morris tribune., 1907-12-21
Christmas Tree For Cat.

Christmas is the great religious fesd-
val when the kind heart finds mang
ways of ministering to the JOY and
pleasure Of others. The good women
Of Boston who originated and sustain
the Animal Rescue league have hit up
on the unique idea Of Christmas tree
for the cats that are waiting for homes
at that institution A bush is provided
and trimmed with meat and other suit
able eatables for such animals, and
Just before they are turned into the
room the members of the Kindness
club are admitted to enjoy the antics
Of the cats.
This club is composed Of boys whose
ages range from eight to thirteen
years and Is the outcome Of the
leagues work in poor section Of Bos-
ton. They are pledged to do some kind
oct each day and to protect animals
from cruelty. After the cats have de-
molished the tree and gone to sleep
the boys are given refreshments and
sent home truly filed with the spirit of
Christmas. York Mail and Ex-
press.
Morris tribune., 1907-12-21
PERIL IN THE COUNTRY.
Dangerous Place to Raise Boys, Says
Y. M. C. "A. Orator.

Dangerous Place to Raise Boys, Says
Y. M. c. A. Orator.
At the annual dinner of the New
York state committee of the Young
Mems Christian association the other
night at the University club in New
York the discouraging condition in
country districts was emphasized. says
the New York American.
"The country situation is a very Inn
portant and menacing one," said Myer
I. Scudder. president of the New Paltz
state normal school II can say after
twenty-five years. experience in the
educational work of country districts
that the tendency in the country life Of
children is distinctly downward.
.'An ever increasing number of un-
desirable men are drifting into farm
labor, and it is far easier for boy to
go wrong in the country than in the
city. It is bad place today to bring
up boy. The farmers have been
prosperous in recent years.
''The farmer has the latest maya
zines, and his house is better heated
and lighted than ever before, but the
improvement in his condition does not
reach down to the children, and the
expulsfve forces Of country life are de-
populating the farming districts.
1--WE must introduce some force into
country life which will make it more
attractive and tend to hold the younger
generation in the country. The Y. NJ.
c.. A. is such force. The church is
dead, but unburied. There seems no
hope for the country church today
unless some body like the Y. NJ. C. A.
can come in and yivify it,
F. W. Pearsall of the Y NJ. c. A.
state committee, touching on the same
subject. said: Name me any vice of
the city and l will match it in the
country. The forces for evil are strong
. in the country. and the forces for good
are largely impotent. The Y. NJ. C. A.
is trying to solve this problem Of the
country boy
Morris tribune., 1907-12-21
THE PRESIDENTS CHRISTMAS
How the Big and Little Rooseveits
Celebrated LAST Year.

How the Big and Little Rooseveits
Celebrated Last Year.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt had
only the immediate members Of their
family to celebrate Christmas. Just
before going to bed on Christmas eve
the children hung their stockings in
the presidents room, and bright and
early the next morning they were up
to claim their prizes. Everything that
was ever designed for a Christmas
stocking found place in the line that
hung from the mantel, and when the
boys awakened there was a merry
scramble to see just what was inside.
After breakfast the president, Mrs.
Roosevelt and the children went to the
library to exchange presents too big
for the stocking.
Each member of the family had a
special corner for his or her gifts, and
there were any number OF mysterious
little parcels to be opened. This very
pleasant little ceremony took the en-
tire morning
After this the president walked to
his church, Grace Reformed, and the
rest Of the family went to st. Johns
Episcopal church.
In the afternoon the president, Mrs.
Roosevelt and the children went over
to the home Of Captain and Mrs. Will
liam Sheffield Cowles, where they al
ways spend Christmas afternoon and
where there is always a tree for the
Roosevelt and Cowles children. They
were joined there by Representative
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, and a
little family reunion was held.
After the visit to the Cowles' the
president played tennis with his sons.
At night was given the Christmas
dinner in the private dining room.
Among the few invited guests were
Senator Lodge. DR.. Rixey and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth. The
string section of the Marine band fur
nished the music for the evening.
Morris tribune., 1907-12-21
From the Yuietide Cynic.

Thank heaven. 1t isn't only the aris-
tocrat who can have a family tree at
Christmas.
Be Christmas white or Christmas green
It's all the same to you
II Christmas finds you all serene
And doesn't make you blue.
1t doesn't take a magician to trans
form small boy into turkey gob-
bier.
When Santa Claus comes down the
chimney he chases many a man up the
spout.
It's the vanity of the sex that
prompts the female turkey to wonder
how she is going to be dressed for the
Christmas dinner.
Morris tribune., 1907-12-21

CAUSE GRAMPA'S SEEN 1T MANY A TIME.
AT Aiferd Brown, at lives mex door
To US, don't like him, 'uhcause
He say at he don't think no more
AT there can be Santa Claus
But grampa whisper in my ear
AT Santa will find me all right,
Cause he has seen his sleigh an deer
An pack o piaythin9s many night.
My grampa knew Boy Blue an all
. TIL children at live i'm tn shoe.
When Humpty Dumpty had at fall
He's standin' close as me an you!
An he say ist to don't buhlieve
Tn folks at say there amt no chime
O. reindeer bells on Christmas eve,
Cause he has heard 'em many a time.
Chicago Tribune.