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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
Unfeelino.

soft air shook the honeysuckle
vine. and puffs of delicate perfume
fioated gently to where erotic Blenkin-
sop sat spooning with his girl Not a
leaf stirred. Only the stars and moon
above and the green earth below. All
around was the atmosphere of lee-ove.
His tone was reverend and hushed.
1t was as if this slim and beautiful
maiden were I'm his eyes a goddess.
Darling" he exclaimed, pausing in
his ecstatic oscillations, leach time l
kiss you IT makes better man of mer'
They fell to again.
a voice from above broke harshly on
the night:
What are YOU by now, then-saint
or archangel?"
y burst of ribald laughter, the rattle
Of a closing window and then once
more the holy calm of undisturbed
night.-London Scraps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
Object to Strono Medicines

Many people object to taking the
strong medicines usually prescribed
by physicians for rheumatism. There
is no need of internal treatment in
any case of muscular or chronic rheu-
matism, and more than nine out Of
every ten cases of the disease are of
one or the other of these varieties.
When there is no fever and little (if
any swelling, you may know that it
is only necessary to apply Chamber
lain's liniment freely to get quick re.
lief Try it. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

buys. But it is tax on every per-
son in the country. Moreover, the Aid
rich bill provides for 20 per cent in.
crease in this tax. Other legislation
should be devised to prevent gambling
on public exchanges, but good purpose
will be served if TIE Patten corner
calls attention to the iniquity of the
tariff on wheat. The wheat farmer is
not benefited and the consumer IS
forced to pay tribute to the wheat
gambler
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
Happy Medium.

Are the moments wasted
In a hammock swinging,
Listening to the brides
Prarticing their singing.
Or on the veranda
In rocker sitting,
Watching summer shadows
Ger the landscape Hitting
Are We truly sinful,
Useful labors sighting,
II we pack our tackle
When the fish are biting,
II we 20 a-Maying.
Natures features rubbing,
When the neighbors tell us
We were better grubbing?
Every blessed minute
Working like a beaver
Hands our nervous system
Down TO the receiver
1t may bring US treasure,
Lengthen out our purses,
But it gets US ready
For a crew of nurses.
There's an average proper.
One extreme is folly.
Too much of the other
Brings US melancholy.
With judicious mixing
No returns are bitter
Hnlf nnd holf 10 haftA-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

Some argue that if Standard Oil has
to pay more for its crude. it will
raise the price of the refined article
Others continue to believe unless we
have been misinformed, that the IN.
stitution at &c Broadway is run with.
out any profit. but purely from phil
anthropic impulse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

A Pennsylvania who failed with the
usual missiles in dispensing cat con-
cert rugged up a series of live wires
ON the adjacent fence. He succeeded
in burning up the fence, barn and a
nearby woodshed. But the cats came
back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

1t is said that S1,000,000 in gold
weighs just as much as SIS worth Of
pig iron. The Philadelphia North
American suggests that any one skep-
teal on this statement is privileged
to get pig iron and a pair of scales
and give il a test
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

Springfield talks of handsome new
hotel but will probably suspend action
until it is determined what disposition
shall be made of the proposition TO
move the state fair to Peoria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

The benevolent expression on Mr.
Aldrich's features, says the Terre
Haute Star shows plainly his secret
feeling he is rocking the cradle of our
teeney weeney infant industries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

ISociery news. written or telephoned
to the society editor of The Argus. will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

Now that the weather has gotten
that twister out of its system, it is
devoutly to be hoped it will soon learn
to be good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

The sultan being deprived of his
desirable job it will take some tan
hustlng on his part to provide for all
those wives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

Hopkins is a great politician and
wire-puller. but in this senator's!
deadlock his wires seem to be badly
crossed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

Mehemmed Reshed is a little longer
name than Abdul Hamid, but probably
IL will not last half as long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

The world solves its own problems,
but very rarely to the satisfaction of
those inhabitants Of the world who
constitute the problem.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address,
Etude Club Meets.-At a meeting of
the Etude club, held yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. J. M. Sher-
Ter. 933 Kirkwood boulevard, Daven-
port, the hearty good will and endorse
ment of the club members was given
the Rock Island Musical club. The
majority of the members signified their
desire and intention of becoming asSo-
ciated members of the newly organ
lied club in this city, and already some
of them have purchased tickets. The
study meeting yesterday was devoted
to the study of Haydn and Wagner,
Mrs. Sherier and Miss Jordan giving
interesting readings of their lives.
Mrs. Sherier, also, contrary to the gen
eral custom of the club, served a nice
lunch after the program. The pro-
gram as given yesterday afternoon was
as follows:
Piano, Andante con Varia. 80. Haydn
MISS Netlle fCKlnanH.
Violin, Hungarian Dance, No. s..
BranmS
Miss Stolley.
Cornet, (a) "At Night Fall" OBJ
SILVER Stream ...... Robinson
Mrs. Van Duzer.
Piano, Prelude, G minor Rachmaninoff
Miss Bertha Dennis.
Vocal, Lord of Life Charles Cadman
Master Lyle Utts.
Piano, Elevation" Chaminade
Miss Eckmann.
Vocal, "The Bird and the Rose"
........ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Harrocks
Miss Ruth Benkert
Violin, Playful Rockets" Pressing
Miss Stolley.
Entertains for Bride-Eeiect. - Mrs
Leo A. Larkin, at her home in the
Payne flats, yesterday afternoon enter
tanned a company of IL ladies as a
pre-nuptial courtesy for Miss Anna
Oltmann, whose marriage takes place
Saturday evening. A guessing con.
test, the magazine party, was the af.
ternoOn diversion, and at o'clock a
lunch was served in the dining room
The table centerpiece was green
basket filed with ferns, and extend
were festoons of smilax Four candles
with green shades completed the table
decorations. A large cake was decor
ated to represent a May pole with
green and white ribbons, and the ia
vors were cupids. The place cards
were hand-painted with cupids and
bells. Mrs Larkin was assisted by
Miss Julia Davis and Miss Hattie
Larkin
Entertain Ladies of o. r. C.-Mrs.
Thomas Kane and Mrs. Edward Grim
were the hostesses yesterday after
noon to the social circle of the ladies'
auxiliary to the Order of Railway Con-
ductors at the home of the former,
2S4S Eighth avenue. Cinch was played
during the afternoon, the gifts for
scores going to Mrs. A. E. Small, first,
and Mrs. A. B. Curtis, second. A com
pany of about 16 ladies' was present,
Mrs. Edward Carroll of Bradford, H.,
and Mrs. James Frederick of Peoria
being out of town guests. The host
esses served nice lunch after the
games.
Elect New President. The Ladies'
Aid society of the Memorial Christian
church held business meeting yester-
day afternoon in the church parlors,
for the purpose of electing a president
to succeed Mrs. A. W. Tanner, who
hand IA her resignation. Mrs. w.
B. Clsipfher was elected to the. position
of president. 49,
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

Being able to take care Of yourself
should be a guarantee that you are
able to take care of some one else.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

street, was the hostess yesterday az
ternoon to the members of the Coterie
club. The afternoon was pleasantly
passed with sewing and music
and nice refreshments were served.
Mrs. Carl Blankenburg will be the hos
two weeks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
Ladies of Eagles Gard Party.-Th'

Ladies of Eagles Card Party.-The
ladies' auxiliary of the Eagles held a
successful card party yesterday after
noon at the Eagles home. Cinch was
the card game played and the prizes
were awarded to Mrs. C. Zuber, first,
Mrs. Horn, second, and Mrs. E. Bowen,
consolation. The games were followed
by refreshments. The next card party
will be held at the skating rink when
500 and cinch will be played. Re-
freshments will be served also.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

A cheerful liar is often an enduring
Joy to the errfng and downcast.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

Some men are unique in that they
make speciality of believing theil
own lies
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
Contaminated,

contaminated.
How are your hens doing this
spring."
Il am afraid they have gone into pol
tiles"
How does 1t manifest itself?"
Getting SO they make enough noise
with each egg they lay for a Dozen"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
Adjustable

Adjustable.
What tunes does your hand playY
ut plays only one tune. You en-
,all 1t what you please"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

Guessed at it.
MIR. Buyer. won't you please bark
for usT
What's that. childY
isn't that the way you do itr'
'Do what?"
Uncle Jake says you talk Ike q
sausage"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30
Was Watched,

walk in?"
YES"
why didn't you take the traiAE
The owner was looking"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30

We would not so much mind not be-
ing able TO tell what some people will
do if we could only be sure what they
won't
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
WISE WORDS.

A nice thing about kissing a girl is
when you oughtn't to.
Optimism is the way you feel till
your luck runs against you.
One thing a man likes about being
called a hero is he believes it's true.
The reason nearly every woman
thinks she would like to go on the
stage is she's so used to acting.
The average mans notion of pa
triotism is abusing those who run the
Government for not giving him part
Of the job.
People who have money to burn,
burn their fingers doing it.
Burglars run an awful risk of be-
ing embarrassed going into other peo-
pies bedrooms.
Calomel can mend a lovesick girls
broken heart about as quick as any
thing.
A man can run his house very we'll
when he doesn't interfere with the
way his wife does it.
A woman denies she told a sacred
secret because it wGuldn't seem hon.
orable to admit it.
You can lick most anything into a
boy but sense.
The most that a girl likes about
getting engaged is how some mean
old cat said she nevel could.
The more friends a man has, the
more he'd better never try to prove
it by putting them to the test.
Most men who are born rich act as
if they were smarter to inherit for
tune than their fathers were te
make it. .-..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
Objection Sustained.

Among the curiosities of the law is
the following, reported by the .Roches-
ter Post-EXpress:
At term of the circuit court in
one of the up-riyer counties, not long
ago, a horse case was on trial, and
a well known "horseman" was called
as a witness.
"Well, sir, you saw this horse?"
said the defendants counsel.
Yes, sir, L" !
"What did you do?"
81 jest opened his mouth to find
out how old he was, an 1 says to
him, says I, old feller. guess you're
purity good yet.
Stop" cried the opposing counsel.
Your honor, l object to any conver-
sation carried on between the witness
and the horse when the plaintiff was
not present"
The objection vas sustained.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22

HOLD
lINTS

Try adding a small spoonful of lem
on juice to fruit that does not jell
readily.
Use a pinch of soda when cooking
sour fruit and it will require much
less sugar.
If you wish to iron a starched gar
ment in short time sprinkle it with
hot water instead of cold.
When salad dressing shows an in
clination to curdle, add a small pinch
of soda.
Good treatment 1 have lately
learned for rusty wire clothes line
is coat of paint; two coats are still
better.
Boiled or roasted meat, intended
to be eaten cold, will keep better and
more moist and tender, these warm
days, if wrapped with cloth moist
ened with weak salt water.
Tomatoes canned or fresh cool the
system and improve the appetite. 1
have found they are nicer peeled with
a sharp knife than they are when
skins are removed by pouring boil
ing water over them.
One way to utilize beautiful pieces
Of real lace upon an afternoon toilette
is to employ it as undersleeves, drawn
into the cuffs at the wrists.
Fruit can be hulled much more
quickly and comfortably if bowl of
cold water is kept close at hand, into
which fingers are dipped whenever a
crushed berry sticks to them.
Leftover biscuit, which are far
from palatable warmed over, can be
cut into slices and toasted Or buttered
on both sides, cut into dice and
Drowned in the oven as a substitute
for croutons.
The New York Times tells of wo-
man who carries when travelling in
her bag a small wire toaster just big
enough to fit over glass globe. With
this at hand it is easy to get cup
of hot tea at short notice or heat curl
ing irons without holding them in the
fame or dimming the light.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
YELLOW THE FAVORITE.


The prominence of yellow and the
unexpressiveness of gold and silver
tissue Innings for diaphanous fabrics
characterize the evening gowns of this
summer. Yellow, indeed, has never
been so popular among all types of
women. Black dinner gowns are also
enjoying their staple faVoritism
among women who are mot quite so
young" while school girls are ap-
pearing in quaint fowered pompadouE
fabrics.
The gold tissue lining, while it can
never be ranked with the cheap ma
terials, can be found at many different
prices, perhaps we should have said,
the lowest of which is not too ex-
pensive, cloth of silver or silver tissue
is also effective and In great demand,
but the gold is for the moment para
mount in favor. With just a small
bit of gold trimming in the waist, a
net gown made up over the brilliant
lining is most attractive. All shades
of gold are fashionable this season,
and there seems to be CLINT of gold
in many different materials.
Yellow net, yellow tulle and even
yellow chiffon gowns are most becom-
ing and effective, while if SO desired,
a touch of black is introduced, or,
better still, a dark brown. This last
suggestion requires such careful
treatment, however, that it should not
ho ottpmntod hV the amateur dress
maker.-New Haven Register.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
The Resources of Siberia.

Under Government encoura cement
it is said that Siberia is gaining 200,-
900 farmers per year. Among its ex-
ports are cereals, butter, wool, leath-
er and dried and preserved meats.
Already this remote country, which
the popular Imagination is apt to pic
ture as a vast waste, the abode of
frost and snow and misery, is becom-
ing talked of as a possible competitor
with the well known cereal producing
countries of the world. A member Of
the French Bureau Of Foreign Com
merce estimates that, on the basis of
the present population of Russia in
Europe, Siberia can sustain S0,000,-
600 inhabitants, although now it has
not one-tenth of that number. 1t
produces One-tenth of the world s
yield of gold, but owing to climatic
obstacles many of it's mines are not
worked, and it's immense coal deposits
have hardly been touched.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
A BANKERS NERVE
Broken by Coffee and Restored by
Postum.

A banker needs perfect control CT
the nerves and a clear, quick, accur-
ate brain. A prominent banker of
Chattanooga tells how he keeps him
self In condition:
up to Ut years of age l was not
allowed to drink coffee, but as soon
as l got out into the world l began to
use it and'grew very fond of it. For
some years l noticed no bad effects
from its use, but in time it began to
affect me unfavorably. My hands
trembled, the muscles of my face
twitched, my mental processes seemed
slow, and in other ways my system
got out OF order. These conditions
grew so bad at last that I had to give
up coffee altogether.
My attention having been drawn
Postum, began its>u on leaving off
the coffee, and it gives me pleasure to
testify to it's value. l find it a deli
cious beverage: like it just as we'll as
l did coffee, and during the years
that l have used Postum l have been
free from the distressing symptoms
that accompanied the use of coffee.
'he nervousness has entirely disap-
ared, and l am as steady of hand as
10y of 25, though l am more than
sears old. | owe all this to Pos
Reason" Read the
Dad to Wellville,"
ter? A new
me. They
human
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
Perfectly Unpreiudiced,

Here the judge took hand in ex.
amining the venireman.
''You don't seem to understand the
questions addressed to you by the
attorneys" he said. What they
want to know is whether you have
formed or expressed any opinion in
this case That is to say, have
you told anybody whether or not you
believe the defendant guilty of the
crime charged against him. or have
you said to anybody that you believe
him to be innocent?"
Course not, judge" answered
the venireman: sit amt necessary
fur me to express no opinion about
him. I've knowed him fur thirty
years, an 1 know blame well he
stole the cow
"That will do, Mr.. Skiles. You
may stand aside" ."-Chicago Tribune
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
Objection Sustained.

Among the curiosities of the law is
the following, reported by the Roches-
Ter Post-Express:
At a term of the circuit court il
one of the up-river counties, not long
ago, a horse case was on trial, and
a we'll known "horseman" was called
IS witness.
''Well, sir, you saw this horse?"
said the defendants counsel.
Yes, sir, /"
What did you do?"
81 jest opened his mouth to find
out how old he was, an 1 says to
him, says I, old feller, 1 guess you're
purity good yet. %
Stop" cried the opposing counsel.
"Your honor, I object to any CONVEX
sation carried on between the witness
nnd the horse when the plaintiff was
not present"
The objection was sustained.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
MUSHROOM DISH.

A mushroom dish new to many per-
sons combines oysters with them.
The mushrooms are first cooked in
butter. Then they are placed cup
side upward in a shallow dish, an
oyster is put into each cup, it is
sprinkled with salt and pepper and
the dish is put into the oven and kept
there until the oysters plump. They
should be served with bechamel
sauce.
For the sauce season cup and a
half of white stock with a slice of
carrot, slice of onion, bit of bay
leaf, half a dozen whole peppercorns,
a sprig of parsley, and cook for
fifteen or twenty minutes. Then
strain, blend with three tablespoon
fuls of -four and the same quantity of
butter rubbed to a cream, add a cup
full of hot milk, season with salt and
pepper.-New York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
An Awful Lunch,

Prof. William James, the famous
Harvard psychologist, was giving
to an attentive class remarkable
instances of observation-disclosures.
"And let us not omit from our
catalogue, he said, smiling, "the
well-known case of John Burdon-
Sanderson.
"John Burdon-Sanderson sat at
his desk in University College lost
in thought. 1t was noon. Beside the
great but absentminded student lay
his frugal lunch, a sandwich. Next
to the sandwich lay frog, not dead,
but motion1ess-it had been the SUBJ
ject of a curious experiment in the
lecture hall an hour before.
At noon the assistant left the
professor meditating before the
sandwich and the frog, and at 1,
when the assistant returned. the
professor was meditating still. The
sandwich was untasted, but the frog
the frog had disappeared. -
Washington Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
DeYil.Fish In CAPTIVITY.

The New York Aquarium has re-
Gently obtained an octopus after
search lasting over several seasons
for one representative of its kind
1t is nearly three feet in extent, from
the tip of one tenacle to the extrem-
ity of the opposing one, and has the
ability to change color at will, which
it does especially when attacked or
molested. Hiding and crouohing in
the crevices and grottoes of sub
merged reefs, it's body assuming the
same color as its surroundings, the
monster easily captures all kinds OF
marine animals with its tenacles,
In the aquarium it is fed On live
rock crabs, which are seized with
quick out-thrust of one of the snake
like arms. The octopus has gro
tesque walk or crawl, dragging its
eight legs, and swims clumsily, in
a backward manner, bringing all its
limbs into play. 1t seldom lives
long in captivity-Harper's Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-10-22
THINKERS FOR WOMAN'S SUF.
FRAGE

Something new in this country is
the recent suffrage organization OF
the above name in New York City,
with George Foster Peabody, the emf
nent philanthropist, as president, says
Harper's Bazaar. Among the men,
bers whose names have thus far been
made public are those of William
Dean Howells, DR.. Simon Flexner,
head of Rockefeller Institute; Colonel
George Harvey, editor of the North
American Review, and Harper's
Weekly; Oswald Garrison Willard,
owner and editor of the New York
Evening Post; William M. Ivins, pres
ident New York Charter Commission; i;
William Jay Schieffelin, president
Citizens Union; Charles Sprague
Smith, director Peoples Institute;
Edwin Markham, Hamilton Holt, edi-
tor of the Independent; many Colum-
bia University professors, clergymen
and lawyers.
The Mems League of Great Britain
is a large and active society, and
| there is also strong league in Hol-
! land, while others are forming in
various European countries. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton often complained
| bitterly that in no country but the
| United States were women left to
fight this battle alone. This has been
| true, and it never can be won by wo-
men alone; but everywhere now are
indications that men are beginning tc
realize how they have failed in theiI
duty and responsibility toward this
! important question
The brunt of the battle must still
be borne by women, but henceforth
more and more will they be rein
forced and sustained by men.