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Arizona republican., 1910-08-07
GERMAN COURT ETIQUETTE.
A Woman Who Would Be Presented Must Pass a Feminine Lord
 Chamberlain.

woman Of position who wishes to
 appear at the German court must find
 a friend who will introduce her off cially to the Oberhofmeisterin-a sort of feminine lord chamberlain-who is an arbiter of fate with regard to court presentations This dignitary holds reception of her own previous to the
 court, which would be- presentees
 must attend. as it were. on approval. If all goes we'll the aspirant is in due course bidden to court reception
 Courts at Berlin begin at o'clock
 Full evening dress must be worn, with trains, but no veil or feathers, and black gowns are not permitted. At the beginning of the reception the feminine element is carefully "sorted''-married women in one room and girls and de- butantes in another, and in this latter new comers-out are placed one one side and on the other those who have al- ready gone through the ordeal. The throne room is entered between double rows of pages in scarlet, and. after deep courtesies to the assembled royal ties, the ladies pass onward into the picture gallery whence they make their way into another fine apartment, where band plays and the guests are served with light refreshments.
 The lady presented has now notified her wish to be invited to some of the court entertainments. A court ball at Berlin is opened with much ceremony. The German emperor and empress en- ter with their suites. and the ambassa- dresses stand about the throne in the court circle. Their imperial majesties never dance, but converse with their guests in an amiable manner. By the way. the emperor lays much strees on good dancing, and will allow no one who is not an expert to dance at the palace. A court official sits. in a gal lery and watches the dancers, and should he detect any errors in their ladies or men he, later on, communi- cates with the emperor. and the culprit is notified that he or she must become more proficient before being again in vited to the palace. Times have since the then Lady Randolph Chester paid visit to Berlin in 1888. In her memoirs she describes life at the German court as extremely modest
Arizona republican., 1910-08-07
AUSTRALIANS RECLAIMED LAND.
Irrigation Experts Astounded at the
 Gigantic Schemes.

Perhaps the most striking and gi- gantic of the many schemes with which the people of the colonial pos sessions are astonishing Englishmen at home and American irrigation ex- perts is the great irrigation system, which has increased a hundred fold the value of Victoria. Australia's g southeastern state.
 Through the western part of Vic tOria runs Australia's largest river, the Murray: { through it. also, the GouIburn river winds to the sea. These great waterways have been turned to human use, in the caurse of the last few years, by irrigation systems which have cost between three and four million pounds. over six million acres are thus supplied with water, while the irrigation of one million acres is commanded by the same mans. The Victorian gov ernment has accomplished this philan- thropically enough. for it seeks no profit in supplying the water, whose price is the lowest in the world; it has built reservoirs and stOrages which will thoroughly meet all needs; it assures an ample supply of water to settlers, and this at all periods of the year.
 Nor are the settlers required to face the hardships of pioneering. The Rochester district. for instance, is one of comfortable houses and cul- tivated fields, protected by good fences; there are good roads leading to thriving towns with several churches, excellent public and private schools. mills. factories. electric light ing, and busy produce markets; while access to other parts is made con venient by three railways and navi- gable rivers
 What are the causes of the un- doubted prosperity already prevalent in these regions? It need hardly be said that good soil under such treat ment yields plentiful produce The Rochester district in the irrigated ter ritory, whose best land is red loan soil with a porous subsoil, is now Q noted wheat growing area. Last sea son 102,252 bags of wheat were sent from Rochester to Melbourne, and what is perhaps more significant, the grain yield per acre averages about s30, showing unusual fertility in a soil receiving only fifteen inches an nual rainfall
 Wheat. however. forms only DOT ton of the produce. Fruit growing still only in it's initial stages. has been yielding s35 average net return per acre. this including many or chards as yet unproductive. Sultanas entrants, oranges. lemons. tomatoes peaches, apricots and a dozen other fruits prosper amazingly in 'the Vic torian climate, where sunshine Is all most continuous, and there is free dom both from excessive cold and from tropical heat.-Boston Post.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-07

and simple But since that time Ger many has become more plutocratic. Germans have given up. the old tradi- tions of Prussian Einfachheit, and now practice excessive luxury. At least this Is so in the court set and in smart so- ciety. The German empress owns dia- monds that are priced at two and half million dollars, besides ropes of pearls and other jewels of inestimable value. And women in the best set
 dress to perfection, and in style that would grace New Yorks diamond horseshoes," or the glories of Bucking- ham Palace--Strand Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-07
GOOD COOKING TO SAVE MEN.
Lack of Proper Food Given as Cause
 or Drunkenness in Husbands.


 one of the cooking teachers in the Boston public schools said not long ago that the first great reason for drunkenness was the fact that wives didn't know how to cook. The second reason was. she said. because the sa loon was so much more attractive than Inc home
 The teacher did not make the re- mark as joke. She was in dead earnest, and she had studied cOndi- tions with great care. Tt is part of my business" she said, to train young girls so that their cooking will not drive their future husbands to drink."[That is surely a praisewor- thy business, but that such a busi- ness should be needed is an appalling fact
 Fortunately. not all husbands are driven to drink by the dreadfulness of their wives cooking Some of them are driven to the cafes and the clubs A good many husbands do not-realiZe that their wives cooking is erecting a barrier of sOggy bread and sour pies between them and their home. They just feel that it is -pleasanter somewhere else. and they go there. The cooking teacher had much to say of this pleasantness eiseWhere-she said the saloons were homclille and the homes comfortless. She might have added that mems clubs have all the comforts of home and none of it's annoyances." The American girl as a cook and as the sort of wife who induces her husband To stay home O nights is alarmingly often a failure.
 Cooking schools and colleges of dO- mestic science are beginning to take the American girl in hand. Yet the
Arizona republican., 1910-08-07
LITTLE JAMES
(How Reform Might Be Effected
 Under CoVer)

My Unkel Job. which is fer tn Nishatif, tn Reffyrandom an tn Recoil also. come back fun the Cor Luss tn other mite Discurridged. He sez to my Paw seZ he: I'm most got a Noshun to give it up an take my Pertectin' Wing off'n tn Com mon People an let 'em fall a Pray to tn Truss, tn Copprashuns an tn Speshle Intrusts which like Rorin Lines is waitin' to Devour 'em.
 "Th' Common People wants to do tn Rite Thing to save Theirselfs but they is Ashamed to an they act as if they was Ashamed to be seen havin' me Perteck 'em.
 ''I thot shure at l could git 'em to git on Nishatif, Reffyrandom Recoil an Direck NommynashuHs Plank an Swim to Safety. I could see in the Scairt. Look of their lZe at they was afeerd of the Truss an tn Copprashuns an so l offered tn Plank
 But wot was my Supprize when nobody wuddent git on to it. They was menny there at I Rhode was fer tn Nishatif, tn Reffyrandom an
  was Rite when I had tole 'em at it was tn only Salvashun of tn Coun- try.
 But I was Voted Down, an wun Teller he seZ to me, I think at we could Swing 1t if we could git q Secret Ballet. Most ev'ry feller ats here's fer it, but he's Ashamed to say so in Publick. You call fer q Secret Ballet an Arizony'le be saved.
 T asst fer a Secret Ballet but a fuc Hirelings of tn Truss an tn Cop prashuns was there an wuddent have it. Wun of 'em he sez he'd consent fer a Divishun. but that was still Worser. Some of tn Fellers which would Rist bein' Found Out by sayin' '1'' when they was ast to vote on tn Nishatif. tn Reffyrandom an tn Recoil wuddent expose theirselfs to tn Extent of Standin' up. So we got beet
 After tn Corkuss was over l asst wun feller which had voted fer tn Truss an tn Copprashuns, an l sez: Didn't you tell me jist this Noon at you was Hell bent fer tn Nishatif, tn Reffyrandom an tn Recoil?'
 "'Yes, he seZ. that's Rite, but that was Down in the Back Ally. you remember, when they wasn't Nobody at could See me. If we was down there Agin I'd be fer tn Nishatif, Etcettry, an jist between you an me I'm fer it Bigger'n a Wolf. but I'm a man ats got Reeliious Scroo-
Arizona republican., 1910-08-07

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Arizona republican., 1910-08-07
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.

Little folks should have warm bath every night during this warm season, so medical authorities claim. The bath cleanses the skin, relaXes the lit tie muscles which have been under constant strain all the day and induces a sweet, refreshing sleep. And, of course. the child should sleep in a we'll ventilated room at night. The cloth- ing which it has worn during the day should be hung in the air for drying and purification.
Arizona republican., 1910-08-07

ples agin' maxim a Munkey of His self when fokes is lookin' on. If you got some Way at we can put this here Nishatif, Reffyrandom an Re coli into the Constitooshun sos 'at Nobody wont Ketch us at it, an wont Never Find out who Done it. you can count on my Assistants.
 LITTLE JAMES
Arizona republican., 1910-08-07
SUM MFR MATERIALS.

Pekin muslns and chiffOns are among the pretty materials used eX- tensively for late summer gowns. 9th CT favorite materials are etamines and figured or StriDed linens
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
Broadway Mems Club.

The February supper of the Broad
way Mems club will be held in the par
lors of Broadway Presbyterian church
the evening of the 18th. The usual
dinner will be served at $50, and the
program will follow. The feature is
to be an address by w. H. Campbell,
who is known nationally as "the father
of dry farming" Mr.. Campbell has
devoted the greater part of his life
to the furtherance of agricultural pro-
duction on the semi-arid lands of the
western states, and has solved the
problem of the conservation of mois-
ture in that territory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
BIBLE CONFERENCE
LARGELY ATTENDED
Enthusiastic Meetings Yesterday A.
ternOOn and Evening at First
Nj. T.. Church.

The adult bible class conference at
the First Methodist church yesterday
afternoon and evening was one of the
largest and most enthusiastic yet
held in the state. The conference
was under the auspices of Rock Is
land County Sunday School associa-
ton. Those in attendance were
mostly pastors of the churches, teach
ers and officers of the Sunday schools
and members of adult bible classes.
Representations were here from Mo-
line and many of the country town
ships. The attendance in the after
noon was 100 and in the evening it
was I75.
J. P. Lowry of Gibson City was un-
able to attend because of the illness
of a member of his family Ad-
dresses were delivered by George w.
Miller of Paris and II. o. Stone of
Bloomington. The Broadway male
quartet and the choir of the First
Methodist church furnished excellent
music in the evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
U. p. Mems League.

At the regular monthly meeting of
the Mems league of the United Presby-
terrain church, held in the auditorium
Of the church last evening. DR.. c. W.
Foss of Augustana college gave an in
teresting and instructive address on
Missions in India" The lecture at
times was quite humorous, showing
tho queer customs prevailing in that
country. The meeting was an open
one, the special guests Of the evening
being members of the Ladies' Mission
airy societies of the church. After the
address g short business session of the
league was held. A vote of thanks
WIS extended to Professor Foss for
his lecture Election Of officers for
the league to serve the next six months
takes place 4: the next meeting in
March.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing and
when it is entirely closed, deafness is
the result and unless the infiamma-
ton can be taken out and this TUBE
restored to it's normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surface.
We will give 500 for any case of
deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure Send for circulars free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

preparation for new power house to
replace the one burned Feb. and
awarded the contract for electric cur
rent to the sanitary district of Chi
cago, which underbid the Economy
Light and Power company.
The electricity will be transferred,
not generated, in the new prison pow
er house as the bid price made by the
district is so low that the state Will
save SO per cent by not manufactur-
ing. The terms, however, were not
made public. The contract is for
three years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
GO TO THE RESCUE.
Don't Wait Till It's Too Late-Fol-
low the Example of q Rock
Island Citizen.

Don't Wait Till It's Too Late-FoI-
low the Example of a Rock
Island Citizen.
Rescue the aching back
If it keeps on aching, trouble
comes.
Backache is kidney ache.
If you neglect The kidneys warn
ing,
Look out for urinary trouble
diabetes.
This Rock Island citizen will show
you how to go to the rescue
j. E. Pierce, retired, 813 Third
avenue, Rock Island, Ill, says: 81
suffered from kidney complaint for
q long time and was often in a bad
way. My back ached almost con-
stantly, 1 felt stiff and lame and was
bothered by a frequent desire to pass
the kidney secretions. l had often
heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and de-
Gliding to try them, 1 procured a box
at the Harper House pharmacy. My
experience with this remedy has been
so satisfactory that 1 am glad to
recommend it to other kidney suf-
ferers. 1 consider Doan's Kidney
Pills to be fine kidney medicine"
For sale by all dealers. Price, so
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
faIo, N. Y, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name - Doan's -
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
INCREASING WORK
OF VISITING NURSE
Growth of the City Enlarges Demand
For Services Furnished-Can-
vasS for Funds.

Doubtless you read the report of the
Visiting Nurse association-an insti-
tuition that is doing a great work
among the suffering poor of the city
appearing in The Argus of last even
ingsa and that you fully understood the
meaning, the work involved. in an
nouncement that Miss Margaret Giles.
during January, had responded to 245
calls from the bedsides of the sick
poor These families who appeal to
the visiting nurse, many of them, have
not the means to employ physician.
First aid is furnished by the nurse,
and then she provides professional
medical attendance, the doctors of the
city cooperating with the association
in relieving the afflicted. The city is
growing and the work that must nee
essarily be looked after by an institu-
ton such as the nurse association. is
increasing proportionately. Miss Giles
labored heroically during the month to
meet all the demands made upon her,
and while she got through without an
assistant, the association realizes that
she really should have one in order to
properly look after her duties. How
ever. Miss Giles protests to the asso-
citation that for the present she is
able to look after all the calls, if the
association will see to 1t that there are
funds with which to meet the expenses
of the work. The citizens here have
been generous in their financial sup
port of the association. and the officers
of. the latter are now entering upon
their annual canvass for funds. Those
who have each year donated are asked
to send their checks, or, if they prefer.
they will receive their regular call
from the officers of the association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
RICHIE is REFEREE
Government Engineer Presides
at Board of Legal Lights
in Peoria.
WHO'S B0SS-STATE OR U. S.
Attorney General Vigorously Protests
Against Government Interior
ence in Drainage Ditch.

Peoria, Feb. 10 Especially The
most remarkable controversy ever
started in the Illinois river valley or
iginated yesterday in the hearing be-
fore Major c. S. Richie, U. S. A, rep
resenting the war department, At
torney General Demcy, representing
the state of Illinois, and Judge Gu
ran and attorneys representing the
Spring lake drainage district. The
hearing resolved itself into question
of jurisdiction between the state of
Illinois and the government of the
United States over the Spring lake
drainage district, and after fiery ar
guments on each side was postponed
for 80 days until more arguments on
each side could be presented.
In Floating Cabin.
The hearing was held in the main
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
Richie at future hearing for his con

Richie at future hearing for his con
sideration.
The luncheon in honor of Major c.
S. Richie was arranged by President
T. A. Grier of the Commercial club.
1t was an informal affair which per
mitted the visitor to become acquaint-
ed with the leaders of that and other
organizations. Present at the lun-
cheon were Colonel Frederick H.
Smith, w. II. Taylor, president of
the Creve Occur club; Mayor Edward
y. Woodruff, Thomas II. Webb of the
Illinois Valley Yacht club; Warner
Sutlif, E +. Baldwin, publisher of
the Star; II. NJ. Pindell of the Peori;
Journal; Harbor Master A. T. GTif-
fifth. representing Charles II. May Of
the Herald-Transcript; Junior Engin-
eer ]. r. Fuller and Secretary Franz
w Arnold of the Commercial club.
Accompanied by his secretary, w.
A. Bonney, Major c. S. Richie left for
st. Louis late last evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
At the Y. M. G. A.

The High School Character club met
for its regular session at the Y. NJ. c..
A. last night. Rev. F. E. Shut gave
the address on the subject, S'The
Young Mans Relation to the Home"
He said that the boy in the home
should learn to be a gentleman, to be
courteous; that he should learn to bear
responsibility; that he should be an
intellectual inspiration to the people
in the home, and that his conduct
should be such as to uphold the moral
character Of his home before the peo-
pie with whom. he associates.
The address was warmly appreciat-
ed by the young men of the club. Next
Wednesday DR.. w. S. Marquis is to
speak on "The Young Man and the
Church" That will close the present
series of meetings and addresses for
the club, and plans will be adopted
for the continuation Of its work in
some other form.
Membership Campaign.
The campaign for new members in
the junior department is beginning to
warm up. Many of the boys are lin
ing up their friends for membership,
and there are likely to be some high
scores made. It is a little early to
make predictions about who will win
the trip to Chicago, or whether anyone
will get it, but the work done in the
next 10 days will probably indicate
pretty clearly the outcome. The prizes
offered are very desirable ones, and
worth working for
The attendance contest among the
B. G. NJ boys is also attracting atten-
ton. Last Sunday the Boosters" rath-
err put it over the "Hustlers'' by doing
some fast work. but the "Hustlers" are
hustling this week. and when Sunday
comes the score may be changed. This
contest is to run for six weeks, while
the membership campaign will end
March l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

cabin of the United Statse quarter
boat at the new government station
at Waterworks Point. This cabin
was packed almost to suffocation with
bristling array of legal talent and
40 or so interested parties. A strang-
er place for such a momentous legal
question to arise has probably never
been selected. The quarterboat
forms a part of the government fleet
which is frozen solidly into the har-
Dor just inside the point. The win
dows afforded view in all directions
out over the wastes of ice on Peoria
lake and the Illinois river at a flood
stage.
The strange surroundings made no
difference to the earnest eloquent
men who came to plead in their re-
spective causes. Major Richie acted
as judge advocate of the hearing.
Only occasionally would he interrupt
flow of fiery eloquence with ques-
ton. or a suggestion. Never in any
manner did he commit himself or in
innate the probable action of the gov
eminent in the case.
Storm of Struggle.
The struggle which resulted in yes
terday's hearing can easily be explain
ed. Some years ago the Spring lake
drainage district was organized for
the purpose of retaining with lev
ees, dykes and pumping stations a
tract of land extending for nine miles
along the east bank of the Illinois
river, beginning at a point about %
miles south of Peoria. This tract
embraces what is known as Spring
lake. a canal built by the state lead
ing into it six miles above Copperas
creek lock, and its outlet three miles
below this lock.
When the work of enclosing this
district began a controversy sprung
up between steamboat men who had
used the canal; farmers who had US
ed the elevators on the lake; and
professional fishermen to whom the
lake was a source of much profit.
These parties petitioned Attorney
General w. T. Stead for an injunc-
ton preventing the drainage district
from closing the outlet to the lake;
the drainage district secured a writ
to prevent the state from interfering
in the question and then, within the
past two weeks applied to the United
States government for PERMISSION tc
close the channel through the lake.
Many hearings had previously been
held on the different phases of these
questions, but not until yesterday /
was the government of the United |
States dragged into the controversy (
through the petition of the drainage 1
people.
Suggests Remedy.
After hearing in patience the long /
arguments, Major Richie suggested /
that each side to the controversy act /
on the supposition that the war de- (
partment might have jurisdiction in /
the case and on this presumption fur
nish him with evidence to show VIII! /
the district should be converted into /
waving fields or should remain open |
to navigation and be profitable to the |
fishing industry Attorneys for each /
side of the controversy agreed to this 1
suggestion and took 80 days or moro 4
in which to produce evidence along |
these lines and submit it to Major /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

Mrs. Charles Guldenzopf yesterday
afternoon was hostess at her home in
South Rock Island 70 the Aiken Street
Sewing society. After the business
of the meeting was concluded refresh
ments were served and arrangements
perfected for the valentine social
which is to be held this evening at
Aiken street chapel The next regular
meeting of the sewing society will be
with Mrs j. B. Maxwell. sos Dearborn
street, South Rock Island