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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12

West End Sunday school, 700 Sixth
street. Sunday school at $50 p. IN.
Prayer meeting Friday evening at
1880. w. B. Barker, superintendent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12
Motor for Pumn Comes

The motor to operate the sewer
pump which will be used in keeping
open the Best building sewer while
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12
street and Third avenue. Mems

ing at $3.50 p. M: B. G. M. club meet
ing at 2:15 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12

Christ's Home Mission. 2202 Third
avenue. Services at p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12
Common Sense i'm the Kitchen

There isn't any letup to kitchen work. Three meals
must be prepared every day in the year. You cannot
get out of that, but you make it easier and do
it in half the usual time. Think how long it takes
you to get ready to do your work the way you
doing it now-to collect all the utensils and materials
and put them away again-some in the pantry
in the cupboard-and some in other places
around the kitchen.
That is the biggest part of the Job-the most dis
agreeable part. 1t is the part of the work that
Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet does away witt-by group
ing materials and utensils in complete combina-
ton pantry and kitchen table SO you do your
work all in place 1t will give you half the time
you spend in the kitchen for other things 1t is
not the actual work that takes the biggest part of
your time.-H is getting ready for and putting
things away.
Come into our store. Let us how you short cut
in your kitchen work-show you how you can have
a neat, orderly kitchen with half the work and at
very small expense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12

i'm Moline for the last year and a
half. Mr.. O'Mally has had 10 years
experience as an embalmer, having
ben formerly located at Dixon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12
Mission
Furniture

We show large line of early
Englih Library tables and chairs,
also one of the best selected lines
of Mission Dining Room Furni-
ture shown in the tri-cities. We
are EXCLUSIVE AGENTS for
the CELEBRATED LINZ
BERTS ARTS and CRAFTS
FURNITURE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12
ClARk'S
CRUISES OF THE "clEvElANo"
(Hamburg- American Line) =
~ $4,000 tons, brand new,
Superbly fitted.
MOUND THE.WORLD

From New York Oct. 16, 1909; from
San Francisco Feb 5, 1910, nearly four
months. costing only $3.50 AND UP, In
cluding all expenses afioat and ashore
SPECIAL FEATURES Egypt,
lppines, Japan. An unusual ehance tn
visit unusually attractive places.
18th Annual Orient Cruise, Feb. 8, ne;
by North German Lloyd S. s. "Csrosser
Kurfuerst." 73 days, including "a DAYS
Egypt and Palestine. $500 up.
FRANK c. CLARK, TIMES BLDG, M.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12

Y. NJ. C. A.-Corner Nineteenth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-12
Buy the
Automatic
IT'S the best

Most any refrigerator will
keep food chilled, but not
all refrigerators preserve
food with little ice.
THE AUTOMATIC
not only preserves food
and keeps it wholesome, but
it actually saves on the ice
bill. The purchaser of an
Automatic Refrigerator may
feel assured that she has as
good a refrigerator as was
ever made = there's none
better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
QUICKEST PLAY IN BASEBALL.

From the American Magazine.
 The quickest thinking I ever saw on baseball field was done by Thomas Mo- Carthy. the Boston outflelder of years ago. Tom Browne, one of the speediest runners that ever played baseball, was on second base, and New York needed one run to tie the score. Jack Doyle. then a great batter, was at bat, and it seemed certain that base hit by Doyle would tie the score and perhaps win the game, as there was but one out and Browne was so speedy he could score from second base on almost any kind of a safe hit. Mccarthy crept closer to the infeld on left, realiz- ing that although he could throw with wonderful rapidity and accurately the chances were all against throwing Browne out at the plate unless he was close and the ball came to him quickly. Doyle drove a hard line hit straight to the left field, Browne went scuddling toward third base. Doyle raced for first and Mccarthy plunged forward at top speed. The fielder reached the ball on its first bound, grabbed it, and, without stopping or look ing, threw with terrific force and perfect aim across the diamond into the first baseman's hands. Browne had stopped at third. base. Doyle, who had turned first with the intention of going to second, was caught standing still 10 feet from first The next batter went out on fly and Boston won the game.
 After the game I asked Mccarthy con- corning the play. Well" he explained, Browne is quick thinker. He saw how hard that ball was hit and knew he would be thrown out at the plate unless I fum- bled. Doyle doesn't think very fast, and knowing that he would turn first, and stop to see if I was throwing home, I threw across to first and caught him."
 He figured that out while the ball was screaming through the air toward him. probably reaching his conclusions and making the decision in four-fifths of a second
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
PROHIBITED MARRIAGES.

From the Boston Globe.
 A Chicago woman married her step son the other day, because she loved him, so she said, and their tastes were congenial. She Is surprised that any one should think it extraordinary on her part to marry the son of her late husband In Massachusetts it not only would be thought extraordinary, but would also be illegal, for the statute says, chapter 151. section 1:
 "No man shall marry his mother grandmother, daughter granddaughter, sister, stepmother, grandfathers wife sons wife, grandson's wife, wifes mother, wife's grandmother, wifes daughter, wife's granddaughter, broth CTS daughter, sisters daughter, fath- CTS sister or mothers sister,"
 Sec. says: -'No woman shall marry her father. grandfather, son, grandson. brother, stepfather grandmother's hus- band, daughters husband, granddaugh- ter's husband, husbands father, hus- bands grandfather, husbands son, hus- bands grandson, brothers son, sisters son, fathers brother or mothers brother"
 James Parton of Newburyport, noted historian, violated the statute without knowing it. The celebrated Caleb Cushing first called his attention to the infraction, whereupon Parton and his stepdaughter went to New York, where the marriage was legal ized. An attempt to make the marriage valid by act of the general court of ssachusetts failed.
 The humorous side of marriage with in family is illustrated by the sup posed note left by a man who took his own life, in which note he gave the following reason for his suicide: 1T married a widow who had a grown up daughter. My father visited our house very often. fell in love with my step daughter and married her. So my father became my son-in-law, and my stepdaughter my mother, because she was my fathers wife Some time aft fathers broth er-in-law and my uncle. for he was the brother of my step- mother. My fathers wife, that Is to say, my stepdaughter, also had a son i; he was, of course, my brother, and in the meantime my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. My wife was my grandmother. because she was my mothers mother. I was my wife's { husband and grandchild at the same time. And as the husband of persons grandmother Is his grandfather, was my own grandfather"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
Is Easily Approached.

Some of the great musical leaders are easily approached while some seem to hold themselves aloof and avoid as much as possible what we call society" said former press agent.
 MT. Damrosch is not one of the stiff or naughty kind of musicians. On the contrary he is a genial. kindly gentle man and Is always glad to enlarge his circle of friends. He is in fact a great mixer No matter how busy he Is he Is never too busy to be polite. Wherever he goes he is besieged by amateur singers and students of the piano and the violin and by beginners in mufh al composition; all wanting his opinion on their respective talents. Some busy con- ductors would decline to see such callers. but Damrosch greets all cordially alike and if he can conscientiously do so, gives them word of encouragement. This Is one of the reasons why MT. Damrosch is so popular socially"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Wall Street Point of View.


 Henry Clews in his Saturday review of the stock market and business in gen. eral, says:
 Such changes as occurred during the past week were generally toward improve ments. Prices at times have shown some irregularfty owing to realizations, but no genuine weakness. On the contrary. the undertone of the stock market continues strong, and the consensus of opinion is that the market has not yet reached it's topmost level. The two most noticeable factors are the improving tendency in general business and the continued great ease in money. Our great industrial and financial leaders are satisfied that the corner has been turned and are adjusting themselves accordingly The process of readjustment is incomplete, and much time will be required before our various industries get back to normal conditions. This is simply history repeated; and after a series of years of extravaganza and ad- vancing prices it Is but reasonable to ex- pect period of greater economy and shrinkage in commodity values This, however, would not act as an impeachment, but rather as a stimulant to renewed &C., uvty. We have already seen that read justment in the cotton industry and in the steel industry has imparted fresh life into these two most important lines of busi- ness, much larger volume of orders is now being received for iron and steel goods. and while the profit Is probably small, 1t is evident that the steel industry has touched bottom"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
Business Grows Better

If business conditions have not be- come normal they are steadily improv. ing, and at the rate that Iron and steel interests are taking on new life 1t can not be long before all the wheels of industry are moving. Thousands of wage-earners who had been idle for a year or more have recently found em- ployment and before another month passes the army of unemployed men will be small in numbers.
 Steel products are being sold at low i prices, but the fact that there Is a healthy demand for them is stimulat- ing to all branches of trade. Iron, steel and the stock market are all business barometers. Pig iron is in good demand and the price has de- cided upward tendency. With an in- creasing demand for finished steel. prices for such will naturally advance. | The stock market, the best barometer | of all, is strong and upward.
 No clear-sighted business man ex- poets to see anything like high press ure prosperity in the immediate future. l The country has gone through a year of depression. A return to normal con- ditions will be gradual; but better times have already come, and come sooner than some business men had predicted. We will probably find the situation normal by the coming sum- mer or fall and recosi-treaking pros. perity before this time next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
Work Time and Rest Time

Few stop to think how much rest time we have nowadays. Including 52 Sundays and the Saturday half-holi- days and about 12 full holidays and election days, the total is just about 90 days, or one-fourth of the year.
 One hundred years ago the work day was 12 hours long, and it may be that long still on the farm and in small will lages, but in the larger towns the aver age workday does not now exceed nine hours, and the eight-hour day is in sight. Whether there will then be a movement in favor of a seven-hour day remains to be disclosed.
 As things stand now one-fourth of the time consists of rest days, and only about third of the remainder is de- voted to work. And yet the sum total of work has not been decreased. Peo- pie, in other words, obtain a subsist- ence by working about one-half less than their ancestors did century or two ago.
 No thoughtful person desires a life full of leisure. A few could perhaps go along comfortably with such a life, but the average man could not and should not. The primal cure has be- come the primal blessing and the busi est man in a community is as rule the happiest man in it and the one that lives the longest. Work and plenty oi it at that seems to be prerequisite to contentment and happy life. Possi. bly, we have holidays enough, but if we have not it is easy to establish more, and a proper division between work and play will be established in each age and by each people. Material progress is important, but it is not all that goes with right living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
COLONEL mcLuRE AND LINCOLN.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 The grandson of Hannibal Hamlin has just published a new book to prove that Abraham Lincoln wanted Hamlin renom- mated with him in 1864. This matter has been so well threshed out that 1t would hardly be worth while noticing save that in an interview the younger Hamlin re- peatedly refers to "the late Col A. K. Me Clure." with tone of pity which is rather humorous. Colonel Mcclure is very much alive, though Just now far from be- ing robust. He has fought his battles well and. so far as the Hamlin contro- versy Is concerned, it is ended in the col- onels favor.
 The younger Hamlin Is not content to know more than Colonel Mcclure about an important event in history which took place before he was born, but insists that Colonel Mcclure never saw Abra- ham Lincoln above six times in his life and all the talk of intimacy between the two is moonshine. This will be news to the colonel Regardless of the Ham, lin controversy, 1t is pretty well known' ~ well known as anything in history, that Lincoln reposed great confidence in Colo mel Mcclure. consulted him frequently on the most important subjects in many crises and that he sent for Mcclure and insisted that he go to the Baltimore con- vention as a delegate-at-large to support Andrew Johnson. In a recent article on Lincoln one of the latter's lifelong friends quotes the statement of Lincoln that he looked upon Mcclure as one of the ablest men he had ever known.
 As for the Baltimore convention, If there be those who are not now satisfied on that point, it is solely because they will not weigh the evidence. These people forget that Lincoln was one of the most secretive men in the world, that he gave confidence to many men, but that he sell dom or never gave his whole confidence to any man. Lincoln did not want Ham lin as a running mate simply because he wanted a war democrat to strengthen the ticket. He had no personal animus against Hamlin, liked him very much, but he was concerned with the safety of the nation and personal considerations were of no moment. He offered the nomina- ton to Ben Butler and to others and finally settled upon Johnson, not only because he was a war democrat, but be- cause he hailed from seeded state. This was to show England and France that we did not and could not concede secession and that any sort of recogni- tion of it on their part would be consid- cred an unfriendly act.
 We all known the result. It was pity that Lincoln chose Johnson, but that he did so admits of no doubt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
CLEVER SOAP SWINDLE

the axle, saturating the handkerchief m til 1t is the color of the ace of spades. He climbs back into the buggy. and, opening the handkerchief. he says: "Gentlemen. do you believe that there is a housewife in this city who could wash this hand kerchief clean inside of 10 or 15 minutes. even if she had a whole bar of ordinary laundry soap and basin of hot soft water? Now, watch me close. Remem- Der, use only this tiny piece of soan Get out your watches and time mep'
 Dropping the soap in the basin, and also the handkerchief, he begins scrubbine with both hands. Instantly the basin ia filled with soapsuds, and inside of one minute by the watch the handkerchief is as clean and white as the day it came from the factory.
 Tells and cheers come from the aston ished crowd. Now" says the grafter. 1T will pass the soap out at 25 cents a cake. or three cakes for 50 cents"
 Instantly the quarters and half dollar. began to pour into the grafter's pockets and he has all he can do to hand out the cakes of soap fast enough to supply the demand. Keep up the good work" he cries. Remember, economy is wealth. and the only road to success. One cake of my wonderful, double distilled laundry and toilet soap will go farther than a dozen bars of ordinary soap"
 When at last he gets through every man in the crowd who had the price is supplied with the soap, and the grafter is loaded down with half dollars and quarters.
 The way this trick is accomplished is as follows; Before starting from the liv- cry stable the grafter removes a wheel from the buggy he has hired and, care fully cleaning all the axle grease off, he proceeds to smear tar soap on the axle Instead.
 As this looks exactly like axle grease. the deception is perfect, and it is a very easy matter to fool the crowd later on when he makes his public demonstration. The tar soap which he wipes off the axle in front of the crowd, instead of perma- nently soiling the handkerchief, only helps to clean it, after he puts it in the basin of water, and accounts for the great amount of soap suds which appear as soon as he begins to scrub
 This grafter, like the others, only plays "one-night stands" when on the road, and generally gets out of town as quickly as possible after he has turned the trick"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
MANTELL'S FIRST SHAKESPEARE.

From the New York Evening Sun.
 "I have played many Shakesperean roles," observed Robert Mantell in his dressing room at tho Academy of Music Saturday night, "but my very first im- personation in Shakespeare piece is still most luminous in my mind. It was in 1876, at Rochdale, England. was a raw beginner in the stock company, and when that great star. Barry Sullivan, came there to play Othello he took a liking to me and said I could go on as Iago. did so, but had such frightful attack of stage fright that became dumb and motionless. It seems that without my knowing 1t, an experienced understudy had been stationed in the wings to replace me at an instant's notice. Sullivan. per- ceiving my nat failure, roared at me: Go, fellow, and fetch your master, Iaso. to me- Then he showed me off the stage, and the other Iago. snug and complacent. appeared and spouted the lines I had been hungry for"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
Has Grown Optimistic.

T had been thinking that business would not improve materially until after Con- gress adjourned and the crops were well advanced" said Samuel P. Newton, a manufacturer of St. Louis, ''but there are so many evidences of improvement right now that I have grown very optimistic. There has been a marked change for the better within the past 10 days. And if the summer brings good crops business will fairly boom Conditions are ripe for healthy revival of trade. Stocks of clothing, staple foods and other neces- saries are greatly reduced, and must be replenished; and the banks are almost bursting with money, awaiting invest ment.
 Three months ago I thought the busi- ness world would have to learn to be patient and wait another year before con- ditions would become normal. But this is great country-far greater now than it was 10 years ago-and 1t is not too much to expect high degree of prosperity by next fall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
HIGH LIFE IN PARIS

From Paris Letter to the Boston Tran
 script.
 Y N the matter of extravaganza and gen. eral and ever increasing luxury
 among wealthy and middle classes Paris is in advance of Berlin. Paris prac- tices the art of refinement in simplicity, and there is no more costly art.
 The extravaganza of an up-to-date Pa risan dinner no longer lies In the num- Der of it's courses or the variety of the ment of its surroundings. The dinner itself Is short, never longer than 45 min utes to an hour. There are three or four courses at the most, and never more than two or three kinds of wine. Indeed, it is now the fashion to drink mineral waters more than wines. But on the table is light and delicate display of the rarest flowers for the setting and supply of which the florist charges from $10 to S25 a day. No heavy silverware is on the table, only the most exquisitely chased and carved Louis Seize silver of the light est kind, but of great beauty.
 The best known silversmith in Paris informed me that in future centuries the present age would be looked back upon as the real Louis Seize age. for never has the style been brought to such perfec- tion. For one customer who formerly spent s250 on tableware" he said, there are now 20." So, too, 1t is with regard to table linen. Tablecloths with real Vene- tian or other real lace insertions, costing from $1O0 to s12O, are now common in the houses of the well-to-do middle classe. Ordinary small napkins for tea are ex- hibited in the best Paris shops at $30 and more dozen.
 One of the most striking signs of the luxury of the age in Paris is the fashion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
Casslus and Rrutus.

'I saw Edwin Booth play the part of Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and saw Lawrence Barrett more than once in the role of Cassius," said an old theatregoer "but I never saw a company so evenly balanced or so strong as a whole as the Ben Greet Players who en- acted the tragedy referred to at the High school auditorium Saturday afternoon. It was indeed notable performance.
 Barrett was great Cassius and Booth was a great Brutus. never saw those two famous tragedians in the same cast in Julius Caesar but they could hardly have made finer impression in the tent scene in the fourth act-the quarrel be- tween Brutus and Cassius-than did MT. McEntee and MT. Drewitt. Mr. McEntee with his quiet, noble bearing and his rich, sonorous voice reminded me forci- bly, of Edwin Booth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
Wireless Restrictions

Modern Eleetrics" discusses the necessity of protecting wireless service from interference by amateur expert mentors. The greatest freedom can be retained if amateur operators, would be reasonable, and would heed at once the interference signal whenever it is sent. Unless amateurs do this Con- gross will surely enact legislation that will practically put all amateur opera tors in the outlaw class.
 There is little need of interference. Let the government and the conner cial stations use long wave lengths; let private senders use short aerials. Private stations are chiefly used for short distance transmissions, and the power can be decreased, thus avoiding confusion with messages from high powered stations.
 If the two classes of senders do not soon agree upon practical plan for avoiding interference Congress will take hold of the matter, and then only the licensed will have a right to send messages on the high seas or across state lines. This would not be pleas ant, and it can be avoided if all send CTS will act unitedly in a reasonable, business-like manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-26
ONE ON THE MAN OF METHOD.
From Judges Library.

From Judges Library.
 Don't wait for me-" he said to his better half. T may be rather late; but business is business,' you know, and can't be helped"
 The next morning the man of method was far from either looking well or feeling well. At breakfast he sat list lessly toying with his toast and coffee, while his spouse sat stonily silent be- hind the coffee pot. The breakfast room clock was equally silent.
 Maria, my dear, there must be some- thing wrong with that clock; am sure I wound it up last night" remarked tn e husband.
 "No," answered his wife, you wound up Freddy's music box instead, and had it playing Home, Sweet Home.' at o'clock in the morning! The hall clock has also stopped. and you have screwed your corkscrew right into the tele- phoneP"