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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
FRENCH PEASANTS.
They Know Nothing About Cooking az
Fine Art

We are accustomed to think of COOK
ing as being a universal art among the
French We seem 10 have heard
vaguely of delicious repasts concocted
out of nothing with the help of char
coal fire and a small pot
Certainly among the bourgeoisie that
miracle seems sometimes TO accom-
plish itself, but in the matter of cook
cry as fine art the peasant belongs to
a different world He knows very lit
tie about 1t and does not wish to know
because it is regarded as costly and
unnecessary luxury. His breakfast
consists of thin soup made of beans
and water, with perhaps taste of ba-
con for fiavoring. and thin slices OK
brown bread to give it substance. Po-
tatOeS and one other diSh-frequently
a coarse sort of pancake-form the
MONDAY meal. The supper will be
more sustaining, with thin wine or
cider as beverage.
Jacques Bonhomme has a perfect
genius for discovering things which
are good for food, which yet cost moth
ing, and sometimes he eats things that
seem revolving to us, though | am
quite willing to admit that clean or I'M
clean in the matter of food Is largely a
question of inherited prejudice.
Normandy is rich province, and its
peasants are better fed than those of
other parts of the country. There is a
| tradition that in olden days meat was
! so cheap and plentiful that it was used
10 feed the pigs at the mOnasteries.
They drink q great deal of cider. espe-
cially in the pays de CauX," and it is
said that this is the explanation of
their bad teeth. The dress of the
peasant women in this part of Nor.
mandy is extremely picturesque, with
the long frilled cloak and the hood
which sometimes reveals a pretty, pi
quaint face.
As Il contrast to the general frugali
| ty of the peasants lives there are the
wedding feasts and other festivities
when they eat enormously. apparently
having the power of laying in stoch
against times Of comparative fasting
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
Some Bio Numbers.

If you fill tiny vessel one centime-
ter cube with hydrogen corpuscles, you
can place therein, in round numbers,
five hundred and twenty-five octillions
(525, 600, 600, 600. 600 900, 900 zoe, 600 O0)
of them. At least so Professor Bra
shear said in an address delivered at
Lehigh university. If these corpuscles
are allowed to run out of the vessel at
the rate of 1000 per second, it will re-
quire seventeen quintillions Q7,0OO,-
100000, 600, 100000 of years to empty
it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
SOLAR INFLUENCE.
IL Is Difficult For a Fire to Burn In
the Sunlight.

Did you ever know that fires don't
burn as well in sunlight as they do in
the shade or at night:" asked my
friend, the man much given to hunting
and fishing. "Of course they don't
seem to because of the greater light
from the sun. but | mean as an actual
fact they don't. | noticed this thing
when on 4 hunting trip up i'll Maine
first. and how it happened to attract
my attention was that the fire went
out. totally out, before the sticks were
entirely consumed. The wood was dry
and resinOuS. and there was no reason
why every particle of it shouldn't have
burned. The guide told me he had no
tiCed the same sort of thing innumer-
able times when fires were burning in
the sunlight. and this started me on an
investigation which proved in actual
practice that open fires not only don't
burn so we'll when the suns RAYS are
Shining on them and fail to throw out
as much heat by thermometric tests,
but often are actually cXtinguishCd by
the sun if the rays are bright and
strong enough. Coal fires are affected
just the same as wood. Strange to say.
several scientists to whom | have APP
pealed asserted that the suns rays
could have no effect whatever on a
fire. They do. however l know this
beyond all shadow of doubt, and I
wonder what the reason is. Other sci
entists say it's because the heat of the
sun adds to the consumption of oxygen
of the atmosphere which Is necessary
to blaze and also produces carbon,
which helps to eXtinguiSh the fire.
New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
A Good Tatker

Hell am afraid you have made a
mistake in engaging this cook. She
says herself she was in ten families
last year. She-That's why l engag-
ed her. Just think Of what she can
telfl-BombS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
SuspiciousIy Bad Cold.

'Why do you ask me where l was
last night?' he queried. Didn't
phone you specially that I was nearly
dead with a cold and was going
straight home and go to bed?"
YES" she assented, land 1 would
have believed you, too, If you hadn't
coughed so terribly over the phone
New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
DandeliOn


A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR LIVER TROUBLE AND BiLlOUSNESS
Ac
The liver wonderful
plays
full healthy
directly the liver healthy of
81,
0ook
r. H.. THOMAS, n ~
Druggist, GELCIad[<H2HA[@
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22

There has been a lot of happiness
missed. In this world by worrying about
getting tit.-Elorida Times Union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
BOOKINGS AT THE ILLINOIS.


April 23-Villa de Chantal Entertain
ment.
April 26-Otis Skinner.
April 2s-"Slaves of the Oren.,"
matinee.
May - German Theatrical COM
pany.
May 5-"The Midnight Flyer" mat.
inee.
May 11-Howe's Pictures, matinee.
May 16-"The ConVict's Daughter"
May 19-"The Lion and the Mouse"
1.-THE Duel" Creates Interest.-Not
since "Cyrano de Bergerac" has play
of Gallo origin attracted such wide
spread interest as The Duel the IA
nous Partisan success in which OILS
Skinner will be seen at the Illinois
Friday, April %. After run of POI
nights in Paris at the Coincide Fran
caise. the national nome OF The drama
and the cradle of all the great dramatic
masterpieces in French literature. The
Duel" was secured for American pre-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
At the Tbeafer.

Able Daniel in The DUEL is prOnounc-
ed the finest work of his stellar career.
New Bill at the Elite.-Ellsworth and
Burt are on this week at the Elite as
part of the bill They appear in a
sketch entitled Home, Sweet Home
and have been making a great hit in
the southwest, their last appearance
having been at Fort Worth, Texas. The
balance of the bill is also of a high
class.
Good House for THE Umpire.-Prac-
ticallY the same cast that was here ear
ly in the season was with The I'm
pre-. which played return engage
ment at the Illinois last night. The
chorus was somewhat reduced in mum
bers. but the show was on the whole
very pleasing and was greeted by a
large audience.
Great Demand for Seats-The house
is practically sold out for the enter
tainment by the pupils of the Villa de
Chantai at the Illinois tomorrow even
ing. The young people will have the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22
Charles {. Hodgson.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22

assistance of the best of tri-city must
cal and dramatic talent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-22

| Able Daniel in THE DUEL is pronounc-
ed the finest work of his stellar career.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
. Tucked Blouse With Yoke.

Every variation of the tucked
blouse finds its place. 1t not alone
Is a favorite for lingerie materials
and for the thin silks that are SINH
larly treated, but for all materials of
sufficiently light weight to allow OF
tucking.. This one includes q yoke
Of unusual shape and can be treated
after a number Of ways. In the Illus
tration Persian lawn Is combined
with yoke of inserted tucking and
trimming of embroidery and fancy
stitches. But there are a great many
materials that can be used for a con-
trasting yoke, the various all-overs,
silk tucked, and inserted and the one
from which the waist is made,
trimmed in a number Of ways, while
the band at the lower edge can with
propriety be either of lace or en-
broidery or in n Of the fancy trim
mings or of the material embroid-
cred, so that there is every opportun-
ity for the exercise of individual taste
and discretion.
The waist Is made with a fitted
lining, which a be used or omitted
as material renders desirable, and it.
self consists of front, backs and yoke.
The fronts are tucked and Joined to
the yoke, and the closing is made
invisibly' at the back. The sleeves
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Fogging in England.

, About corporal punishment in Eng
land two curious facts lie beyond dis
pute. One is that while the working
class and the lower middle class. dis
like and resent It, and will not in
general allow their children to un-
dergo it, the aristocracy tolerate 1t
without complaint. The time is COM
ing, one might assert paradoxically,
when it will be impossible to fog
anybody but tue son of a peer. And
the other fact is that public-school
boys have often felt. a special affec-
ton for the masters who have pun
ished them most.
J In Westminster Abbey stand side
by side the tombs of a master and his
pupil. The master was Dr.. Busby,
who was headmaster Of Westminster
School for so long g lime as sfty-
eight years. Nobody logged so many
boys as he. The pup1 was the theo-
Logan, DR.. South. 1t is told am
not sure the story is true-that when
South came'as a small boy to West
minister, Busbg greeted him with the
ominous words: II see great talents
in that sulky little boy, and my rod
shall bring them out" If so, he was
no doubt as. good as his word. But
when South lay upon his death
bed it was his last prayer to be bur-
led at his old masters feet; and the
master and the pupil now rest side
by, side.-Nineteenth Century.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
IT We Fully Realized.

What a blessed and glorious thing
human existence would be If we fully
realized that the infinitely wise and
infinitely powerful God loves each
one of liz with an intensity infinitely
beyond what the most fervid human.
spirit ever felt toward another, and
with a concentration as If He had
none else to think Of! And His love
has brought US into being, just that
we might be taught to enter into full
sympathy with Him, receiving His
giving our own-thus entering into
the Joy of our Lord. This is the hope
the sure and certain hope-set be-
fore us-sure and certain-for the
mountains shall depart, and the hills
be removed, but My kindness shall
not depart from thee, neither shall
the covenant of My peace be re-
moved, saith the Lord that hath mer-
cy on hee."-Thomas Erskine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09

Most diseases start in the alimen-
tary canal-stomach and bowels.
A great deal of our stomach and
bowel troubles come from eating too
much starchy and greasy food.
The stomach does not digest any OF
the starchy food we eat-white bread,
pastry, potatoes, oats, etc.-these
things are digested in the small in
tastines, and if we eat too much, as
most of us do, the organs that should
digest this kind of food are overcome
by excess Of work, so that fermenta-
ton, indigestion, and a long train Of
ais result.
Too much fat also is hard to d.
gest and this is changed into acids,
sour stomach, belching gas, and a
bloated, heavy feeling.
In these conditions a change from
indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts will
work wonders in not only relieving
the distress, but in building up a
strong digestion, clear brain I and
steady nerves. q. Wash. woman
writes:
About five years ago I suffered
with bad acknowledgements. ind1-
,gestion, constipation-caused, l know
now, from eating starchy and greasy
food.
II doctored for two years without
any benefit. The doctor told me
there was no cure for me. I could
not eat anything without suffering
severe pain in my back and sides, and
I became discouraged.
"a friend recommended Grape
Nuts and I began to use it. In less
than two weeks I began to feel better
and inside of two months I was a
well woman and have been eTer since.
II can eat anything I wish with
pleasure. We eat Grape-Euts and
cream for breakfast and Sre very
fond of it." Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
little book, 1.-THE Road to Wellville,"
in pkgs. There's a reason"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Providence Was with the Birds.

Nothing can surpass In delicacy
the reply made by al East Indian
servant of the late Lord Duferfn,
when he was viceroy Of India.
"Well, what sort of sport has.
Lord - had?" said Lord Duierin-
one day to his servant, who had at
tended a young English lord on a
shooting excursion.
"Oh," replied the s~crupulously pO-
lite Hindoo, "the young sahib shot.
divinely, but providence was very
merciful to the irds."-London AM
swers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Iabby at Church.

There Is at least n church IN
London that I never enter without
wondering what would happen in
case of either fire or panic. And I
do not suppose that it Is singular in
having NO exit at the end Of the gal
leries furthest from the door. The
County Council would not permit a
theatre to be constructed on such a
plan. Why should worshipers be less
guarded from being roasted than the
audiences at theatre or music hall?
Henry Labouchere, in London
Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Venetian Trimmings.

One of the striking features of the
moment is the Venetian embroidered
bands seen on several Paris models.
AS the word Venetian might imply,
these trimmings are not in gold and
silver, but the designs Of the six
teenth century simply copied in silks
and woods of neutral shades to suit
the taste of the day. A dainty visit
ing gown in silver gray crepe de
Chine has an antique pattern Of silk
roses and foliage resting upon a bano
Of dark gray velvet. This trimming
is also used extensively on ball and
dinner dresses.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
dissatisfied, But Contented.

Contentment is a Christian duty;
satisfaction is not. Being contented is
accepting ones present assigned place
of toll and influence as in the order
ing Of Gods providence. Being sat
isfed is taking it for granted that
God has nothing better in store for
one in the opening future. 1t is proper
to be contented for the moment, but
not to be satisfied for all time to
come. AS Robertson says, Mans
destiny is not to be dissatisfied, but
forever unsatisfied." Let US, there
fore, be ever unsatisied while ever
contented.-Henry C. Trumbull.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Receding Glaciers.

Is Switzerland to lose it's glaciers?
The subject bears a close resem-
blance to that as to the exhaustion
of the British coal beds. 1t will
scarcely become acute in our time;
but none the less scientific observa-
lions of the movement of the glaciers
during 1905 shows, as similar OBJ
servations in previous years have
shown, a shrinkage in the surface.
Some of the glaciers have shrunk as
much as 29O yards since 1900. In
no instance has growth been re-
ported.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat Of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure it you must take inter
nal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts. directly or the blood
and mucous surfaces. Hall Catarrh Cure
by one Of the best physicians in this conn
try for years and is a regular prescription.
It is composed of the best tones known,
combined with the best blood purifiers, act
ing directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingredients
Is what produces such wonderful results In
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
f. j.. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
: Sold by Druggists, price Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Doorsiu Philosophy.

A friend of mine had occasion to go
often to an eminent physician" and
said to Jeames: "You will be tired
of opening that door to me-" mot at
all, SIR" was the gracious reply;
"you are but a hunt in the hocean."
Another Jeames was accustomed to
say, during his masters occasional
absences: You had better try hop
posite. There's a very respectable
man hopposite as we often sends to
when Sir William is habsent. His
name is Jenner."-F. r. G. s., in
the Lancet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Mink FORCES Ahead.

Broadtail and Persian lamb are
rivaled by mink this season. In
deed, the revival Of so many Victor
ian colors brings this ~favorite Of our
grandmothers into the greatest
yogue. 1t tones in with them beau
tifulIy. These furs will be very
smart for entire garments and for
the muffs and numerous sorts Of
neck pieces which are so charming a
feature of winter wear
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
revers that mark the season, while

,revers that mark the season, while
the sleeves are in coat style, finished
with becoming Follower cuffs.
The. quantity Of material required
for the medium size is four and five
eighth yards twenty-seven, two and
one-haE yards forty-four, or two and
one-fourth yards fixy-two inches
wide, with t~hree-eighth yard velvet
and one-fourth yard of white cloth
for the banding.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Tahcta Waists Popular.

Taffeta waists with white guimpe
bid fair to take the place, in a large
measure, of white tailored waists
for morning and business wear.
Though nothing can be more taste
full than white, this fashion would
prove a saving in the matter of laun-
dry bills, while the guimpe providea
the becoming touch Of white that we
have come to look upon as essential.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09

New York City. - The double
breasted coat that extends just below
the hips is n Of the best liked OF
the fashionable world just now, and
is exceedingly jaunty and chic. This
one is made of smoke gray broad
cloth, with collar and cuffs Of velvet,
that are edged with white cloth
banded with gray, but it will be
found appropriate for all the suitings
of the season, and also for the sep
erate wrap that is necessary, no mat
ter how many. entire costumes one
may possess. For the dressier gar
ment %broadcloth is perhaps the hand
soonest of all materials, but for run
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Sleeves to Grow Larger.

It is predicted that sleeves will in
crease in size as the season advances.
The sleeves in a magnificent tea
in pale pink crepe de chine are
composed of a couple of wide pufs
IF the crepe over m~ousseline de sole,
with oyersleeves of thick Venetian
lace, which hang in a point from the
to the ground and are
edged with a fringe of gold beads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
The Facts.

The One-"And you say this horse
hasn't any faults?"
The Other-"Not a single fault"
The One-"But he appears to be
blind in his right eye" s
The aOther-"Well, that's not his
fault; it's his misfortune. Chicago
News. N.Y.-oo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Like Hats in old Pictures.

The newest hats in the millinery
emporiums are almost exact repro
auctions of those seen in the old
paintings by Vatican and his con-
te~mporaries. There are queer, cum
bA-some shapes, often of heavy vel
vet, but undeniably picturesque. In
general, hats r not so large as they
were, but they are still architectural
in construction.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09

are comfortably full, tucked at their
lower edges, and can be finished at
the elbows with straight cuffs or con-
tinued to the wrists and finished with
deep ones that match the yoke.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size is three and N
fourth yards t~wenty-one, two and
three-fourth yards twenty-seven, or
one and three-fourth yards forty-four
inches wide, with fve-eighth yard
eighteen inches wide for the yoke,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09

An industry in Marking, China,
which is said to employ 10000 to
10000 Of the inhabitants Is that Of
paper fan making. The paper for
the fans Is imported, and is cut,
pasted and folded In Marking, the
result appearing in the export table
as "fan papers,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
NobIest Exercise of Faith,

To live with the invisible and in 1t,
to make our dull common life, and
the pictorial show that doth encom-
pass it, the image of the character Of
God, the picture of His work In us
and on the world-this is forever one
of the noblest exercises of Christian
faith.-Stopford A. Brooke.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
Spanish Olive Crop Promises Well.

A report from Vice-Consul Charles
Karminski, of Seville, states that the
prospects of the coming Spanish olive
crop are very bright, and that it will
be a good average n as to both
quantity and quality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09

with my back and
kidneys. l doctored
and used many rene
dies without getting
relief. Beginning
with Doan's Kidney
Pills, I found relief
from the first box,
and two boxes re-
stored me to good,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
A Curious Notice.

The following notice is inscribed
on the wall of a house in the Rue de
Strasbourg, Saint Denis, France: I'm
case Of fire, ask for help at the GEM
etery."-London Express.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09

about suit mannish materials, chew
lots, homespuns and tweeds all are
greatly in vogue. Collar, cuffs and
pocket laps of velvet are well liked
this season, but are not obligatory,
and the material can be used if'a
simpler effect is desired, and plain
cloth on mixed is'always good style.
The coat is made with fronts, back,
%side-backs and under-arm cores, its
many seams providing easy and salts
factory fit. The neck is finished with
the regulation collar and the deep
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
No. Cean a Carpet ON the FLOOR.

Sweep the carpet thoroughly, then
sprinkle with cornmeal or coarse salt and
sweep again. Dissolve a bar Of Ivory. Soap
in three gallons of water, and with a
sponge or soft broom, go over the carpet.
Rinse in the same way with clear, warm
water and let the air pass through the
room until the floor is dry.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
A Kangaroo's Jump.

A kangaroo has jumped a height
Of eleven feet. The longest jump
said ever to have been made by a
deer is nine and a half feet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09
The First Virtue.

I think the first virtue is to re-
strain the tongue; he approaches
nearest to the gods who knows how
to be silent, even though he Is in the
right.-Cato.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-09

Mrs. Winslow'sS Soothing syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinfiamma-
tion. allays pain, cures wind colo, B bottle