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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-10

Central Presbyterian - Wednesday
afternoon from to the Ladies' Aid
society will serve coffee at the home
of Mrs. Henry Arndt, 1888 Fifteenth
street.
Mid-week prayer services will be
held at the chapel Wednesday even
ing at 1880.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
MILITARY SPIRIT IN SCHOOLS
Prusslan Minister Of War Has Recent
" Ordered Its Systematic
Cultivation.

The new Prussian minister of war,
Gen. Won Heeringen. has issued an in
struction to the various army com
mands to support with vigor all efforts
for the maintenance of a healthy mil
itary spirit" In the young. 1t is re-
marked that recent experience In
education has show afresh how
quickly children become enthusiastic
about everything that has to do with
the army. 1t is greatly to the interest
of the state, and especially of the
army, that this sense for things mill
tary" and the Joy In soldering"
should be maintained and promoted
To this end II is recommended that
schools should be given special oppor,
tunities OF Witnessing parades, ma.
neuvers and interesting exercises;
that parade grounds and gymnasia
should. whenever possible. be lent for
the purposes OF popular sports and
festivities; that school children should
be allowed to use army swimming
baths, and that officers and non-com
missioned officers should encourage
physical training by lending their
presence to games. athletic sports and
patriotic festivals.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
No Exercise

We have the impression that we get
nervous troubles from to.day's rush
OF life, But Impressions and serious
thought often yield widely different re,
suits. We do rush about lot, but
man never went so little on his feet
as here and now Cars. elevators. au.
tomobiles carry where man listetA
without scarcely the crook of n knee.
Actually there are men in this city
who travel toward hundreds Of miles
day and scarcely get enough exer.
else for the final cellular digestion of
the rich, greasy, juicy. vinous viands
they devour. And never since crea.
tons dawn, except in aldermanic Lon.
don. has the gluttons platter been so
stuck under business mems noses all
the time from the first thing In the
morning to the last thing at night.
Once In a while the Frenchman, the
Dutchman and the Englishman stuff
with these intensely rich, juicy gorges
But like Haffeys whisky they are here
for us all all the time.--New York
Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
His Revenue.

Mr.. Haldsne is the most active Of
the cabinet ministers and is generally
IN the most robust of health. He is a
wonderful pedestrian and has fire.
Quently done "a little stroll" of so odd
miles in day Walking seems TO
run In the Haldane family and good
story is told Of one of the war min
ister's ancestors. This old gentle.
man. having been prayed for by a
clergyman as Thine aged and intfrm
servant" Immediately suggested a lit.
tie walk with his surprised clerical
friend. The latter consented and the
aged and infrm" Mr.. Haldane took
him for such tremendously long
walk that when he returned. utterly
exhausted. he fell sleep and could
only with difficulty be awakened to
conduct a religious serYice-From N.
A. P.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
INK WELL HAS ANNUAL BATH
Mr.. sIacksomeby Cleans II Out Every
January and the Results Make
Him Smile.

"A friend Of mine writes me from
Sandusky. o., I notice you've taken
. using blue ink" said Slacksomeby,
and that amuses me a little, because
I'm using now the same kind OF nl
that | always did. an ink with u
strong blue tinge, only It looks dill
ferent now to him for this reason;
Every year in January | clean out
my inkstand; do this in January SO
that ! won't forget 1t. starting Their
with the inkstand all nice and clean
AS the months go by more or less sed
iment from the ink roured in collects
in the inkstand and more or less dust
settles In 1t, so that II gets to be In
side quite muddy, and this mud, natur
ally, discolors the fresh ink that ]
pour in from time to time end makes
II gradually darker and darker by De
cember | am writing with ink that is
practically black; but It flows freely
all right and the change has been SO
gradual haven't noticed It,
When January comes around again
! give the old inkstand its annual
good. thorough cleaning and then for
a time the ink from 1t writes blue
again And that's what's happened
now to make my friend out there on
the shores of Lake Erie write to me:
I notice you've taken to using blue
ink It's really very simple. but 1t
makes me smile"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

party line who was In the habit OF
talking or listening to other peoples
talking over the line all day long, OF
until hunger would drive her from the
phone.
One day man on the same line
picked up the receiver and heard this
woman and another one working a
conversational relay. He was an.
noyed over having to wait and set
about making the women mad at each
other so that they wouldn't talk any
more. He placed the receiver on his
phone up against the transmitter.
with the result that when either wo-
man was talking her words came
right back to her own ears.
The woman that happened to be
having the flow Of words to the face
at that moment thought her neighbor
was mocking her and after telling
what she thought of the bringing up
OF people that would stoop to such dis
courtesy she hung up.
Then the man put In his call and
was not molested. -Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

elements Acclaim tbs GplIins
There was fearful hurricane. with
lying stones and sand, In Pekng
when the late Viceroy Chang Chih
ung's funeral procession left by tn.
'ront gate. People said: HE was.
% good that the very elements ac5
claim his coffin" but the native news
PAPER adds: How about the feelings
Of the hated and robed thousands
who escorted the coffin? Are their
comfort ard feelings not to be con
sidered?" It Is curious to note In the
account Of the funeral the parenthet.
zeal advertisement: "The arrange
ments were all carried out by the un.
dertakers X & Co." These arrange
ments included yellow sedan carry
ing the posthumous title OF wen
slang or "Doctus Adjuvans" granted
by the emperor; bearers conveying
the foreign wreaths, others carrying
the honorary umbrellas presented to
the late viceroy by the people at va
rious times, others again carrying pole
boards setting forth all deceased's
honors and titles. In order to raise
money the front gate enclosed area
mot hitherto so used) has been let out
as market to two spectators.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

10 feel better when | had taken only
enc bottle of Compound, but kept on
as + was afraid to stop too soon. Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 272S N. b. St., Ell
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
IN operation or drag out sickly,
1alf-hearted existence. missing three
iourths Of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Negotiable Compound ? -
For thirty years IL has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
Jas cured thousands of women who
Lave been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, fibroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration.
LII you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia II. Pinkham's ,Vcgc-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkllam at Lynn,
liIaSs., for advice. Your letter
will he absolutely confidential,
md the advice free.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
Ancient Civilization.

The ancient pueblos of Arizona and
New Mexico have been explored and
their rich and varied contents made
known to the world through the con.
tributions OF Charles F. Lummis,
George l., Cole, George Wharton
James and others That a very re-
markable civilization existed in that
region many centuries before Column
bus discovered new world, and per-
haps before the affairs and pyramids
of ancient Mexico and Yucatan we're
erected, seems highly probable. A de.
partment of local prehistoric research
has been organized In the University
of Southern California. end will be
conducted under the management OF
Prof Hector Alloit.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
NECK BROKEN IN
IS FOOT FALL
PATRONS OF THEATRE IN GIN
CLIMATE HoRRIFlED WHEN
YOUNG WOMAN MET PROB
ABLY FATAL ACCIDENT.

Cincinnati, March 6.--Fifteen hun
lred persons were horror stricken at
/ vaudeI1le theatre today when at
he conclusion of her act, Miss Aug
usta Fassio, performer, while
lerched on her brothers. head, 1S
seet above the stage, lost her balance
md fell, head foremost to the floor,
breaking her neck. she was rushed
TO a HOSPITAL and an operation hur
riedly performed but in the opinion
of the physicians tonight she had lit
tie chance of recovery.
Fassio was on tables, piled II feet
above the stage For a moment the
audience thought the fall was a part
of the act, but when the girls form
crump'ed in heap on the floor and
a smothered cry came from her lips,
the audience rose and started a small
sized panic.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
Men, Women and--cIothes.

true man Is known by his unfaith
fulness-to fashion. A true woman Is
known by the way she wears her
clothes. She is not to be thought Of
as separable from them. or the many
illusions wherewth veritable woman
wells herself from really, truly man
none is more characteristieally femi
nine than this one, that she hath for
dressmaker Dame Natures own self
Respondent though It must have been,
the glory wherewith Solomon was ar
rayed was Individually unnatural, put
on" whereas the glory Of the Queen
OF Sheba was, beyond a doubt. natural
as that of the lily of the field. In brief,
mans clothes are for use. woman's for
beauty. Nay, more. Dress Is of mans
life thing apart; It's woman's whole
existence. Harry Cowell, Smart Set
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
USED TO ADoRN THE BARN
Costly Furnishings That WIN Seem to
the Ordinary Man Somewhat
Out OF Place.

r. n Barnsdell. the big Pittsburg
oil operator, was in New York one
day and saw what he thought was a
ine oil painting In the window OF an
art shop.
How do you like that, B.l?" he
asked friend who was with him.
Fine" said Bill
We'll, then, let's go in and buy It."
So they went in and Barnsdell not
only bought the picture he fancied for
$4,000, but found another he liked and
paid $3.50 for that.
A year or so later Bill, the friend
who was with him, visited Barnsdell
at his house. He found some fine
pictures on the walls. but not the two
be assisted IN selecting.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
Comma Thursday.

II The story of the haunted House pI
a Thousand Candles aoounds with in
tercst. Although the plot revolyes
around its principal characters, yet
the mysterious house is always fore
mcst. The audience never loses sight
4 re taet that there is something
unknowabIe about it's rooms, that in
s,,ila lie tine deepest mysteries,
and that some unforeseen phenome-
Icn viii mark the great climax OF the
lla.. The play will be presented
with its complete accessories at the
tie afro opera house on Thursday.
March 18th. Prices Is, 80, 75c 81,
and $i5a
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
PAPA DRIVEN TO THE WALL
Attempt to in,part Information TO
Tommy Met with Pretty Much
the Usual Ending

The title Of this dialogue might be
why Papa Believes in Corporal
Punishment"
"Papa?"
"Wen?"
is there Christian fea7"
why, what on earth ever nut that
idea into your head?"
The preacher read II today from
the Bible-'The wicked fee when no
man pursueth.'"
why. Tommy, that means that the
wicked men Zee"
Then, papa. Ia there wicked
women nea?"
No, no. II means that the wicked
fees, runs away"
why do they rum"
"Who?"
The wicked feast"
NO, no! Don't you see, The
wicked man runs away when no man
is after him"
is there a woman after him?"
Tommy, go to bed! w.
Eyerybody's.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
Misleading Information.


Campaigns of education seem to be
running lad second TO the bureau
Of popular misinformatton Here Is
a fine example of the product of the
latter:
The cocoa is a native Of Venezuela
It is a pod bean the size Of the first
Joint Of the finger. six or eight of these
beans to the pod. The wet beans are
shelled from the pods and then fer
mented In heaps for six days unit
cured. During this ferment heat +
developed that will cook an egg, so
hey say"
As matter Of fact the cocoa bean
Is the seed of the fruit of tree re
sembling an apple tree. The fruit Il
oblong and heavily fluted in eight seq
ments. It averages eight inches In
length. about three inches In thickness
and resembles a canteloupe. Inside
The shell of the fruit is thick, sweet
and highly viseid cream. Suspended
in this medium is an agglomerated
mass Of beans averaging considerably
larger than the largest size of lima
beans and numbering from % to so
In other respects the description is ap-
ploximately correct.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
A STRANGE Resemblance.

At a gathering in a Philadelphia
banking house during a lul In bust
ness, when the ticker was running
slow, when the investors were not pill.
ing up dollars fast enough, the trend
Of conversation turned toward logic
Il can prove logically that bee
hive is the same as a rotten potato"
confidently said one Of the brokers In
the party.
ut ia impossible" said the rest.
NO; can do it, insisted he who
had begun the argument.
One of the party, willing to learn
what the proof was, wagered 10 cents
with the banker and he was asked to
sustain his position.
WELL" he began, "a beehive ia a
beholder and beholder is spccta'
tor (specked tater)."
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

CHICAGO SOCIETY AND CLUB
WOMEN MOVE FOR REFORM
IN COOKING METHODS.
French Method Their Model-Garbage
Unknown There-Delectable
Dishes Made Out of moth
ing"--Money Savers.

Chicago, March 6.-Women of so
/ cial and club life in Chicago have
taken seriously to the study OF the
household thrift of France and other
foreign countries where famous cook.
cry has been developed by the whole
some hatred of waste that is charae-
teristic among rich and poor. To the
solving of prevailing high prices they
are marshaling new standards, up
setting false pride against prudent
marketing and blazing the way for
great American reform in household
economies.
This will Ne the subject discussed
at special meetings of the Chicago
Woman's Club, the Alliance Francois
and other organizations. The same
subject, What do YOU use instead of
norterho15e steaks at these awful
rrices," which Is discussed with so
much animation in sewing circles and
literary club meetings the country
over, is uppermost also with women
cf society life in Chicago. For their
solution they have tuned TO the for
nign housewife, wha particularly in
The matter Of meats has exact knowl
edge, using many cuts which the
American housewife has paid little at
tention to--chuck steak, rump roast
(: nd cuts fer delectable dishes so lit
10 used in America.
1T is upon these principles Of
Nousehold management that the
famous French cookery IS based sail
Mrs. Hobart Chatfeld-Taylor, VINO
has lived many years abroad, Even
he poor French families are. aecus-
omed to sit down every day to meals
hat may Justly be called artistic
hat is because the housewives know
ow to utilize materials from which
cur housekeepers would not consider
u possible to prepare a delicate meal
they have reduced domestic catering
10 a science which is just what our
women are being encouraged to learn
NY this competition
THE French housekeepers waste
absolutely nothing. That is the So
cFet of their economy said Mrs.
charles Henrotin There is no gar
hage collection in Paris. because
here is no kitchen refuse The pot
III feu is always on the back of the
stove, and everything that is not
ised goes into that When the last
vestige of nutriment has been alb
5traeted from bones they burn them
Tor lime to feed the eanaries. They
use the dessicated remains of vege
tables for fuel"
Artists wives who try the Ameri-
can style OF housekeeping in Paris
soon find that it won't do, said Lo-
ado Taft. the famous sculptor They
ave to get down to brass tacks and
earn how to run a kitchen. Then
everything is easy. 1t is simply the
scientific kitchen management Of the
french that makes it cheaper to live
here than in the United States
Il don't know exactly what the
meals are made FROM, said Ralph
Clarkson, but / know that they are
substantial and eminently eatable. !
lon't think | ever saw such a thing
as a porterhouse steak in Paris, but
| have eaten lots of things that are
Just as good. The difference is when
you come to pay the bills. All, the
good old days! 1t seems TO an Ameri-
can whose wife has mastered the
French system that he is getting his
living for nothing Wen all be glad
when they learn it here
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

1T. NJ" said Bill, where are those
pictures we bought that day in New
York? don't see item here"
Hush" whispered Barasdell, that
I kind Of sore subject with me. Vow
ee, my women.f7llis, who know some
hing about pictures, didn't exactly
rprove of those pictures and they
lIV hanging in the barn. "-Philadel.
)hia Saturday Evening Post.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
Missionary Seeks Funds.

Rev DR. William Carey, great.
grandson of the first Baptist foreign
missionary to India, is in this country
consulting with the American Baptist
Missionary union concerning a plan to
raise in this country $l,000,000 OF n
$10,000,000 endowment fund for Ser.
ampore college, in the province OF
Bengal. -
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

addressed the convention of the
American Political Science associa-
ton in New York, During the last
three years meetings convened by
women have had much influence in
some of the minor political matters.
particularly In boycotts. The women
of China have been aroused by the
general suffrage movement. and are.
expected to have large share in the
democratizing and occidentalizing OF
the empire.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

Nv Nit, Porter j. White and an eN-
telleht company The beginning of
the fifth act shows lis Faust and Me-
phssi9 toilndIY climbing the steep
rocks aud yawnne chasms OF the
peak 81 the Broken. in the Hlrtz
Mogntains, where, according to the
German legend the Witches and War.
locks meet on Nalpurgis night (ths
thirteenth of ApriD to hold their
yearly festivities During the truly
horriiying scene that follows Me
phistp shows Faust the never-failing
Punishment of EVIL and the cur.
tain tails with terrorsrticken Faust
writing in the Evil Ones grasp. A
perfect storm Of fire descends. amid
which the inns and witches are seen
reyeling in their fiendish merriment.
Tie production will be seen here AT
Cairo opera house next Friday night.
March, 18th. Prices 25,50 Use and 81.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
nThe Yankee Doodle Roy.'

Local play goers who Ike to Keep
abreast of the times, in getting ia
miliar with the latest and most popG.
lar song hits. should not overlook the
visit of The Yankee Doodle Boy"
which is due at the opera house
matinee and night Wednesday, March
9. cut the songs are only one Of the
many pleasing features OF this at.
tl.,.yon, unanimously declared to be
ON II the most entertaining and
b morors musical plays in theatrical
hil.cry.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
Joy In Being Free from Debt.

Douglas Jerrold said, HE who dimes
out OF debt. though his meal be but
q biscuit and an onion, dimes in the
APOLLO" meaning fancy London
restaurant of the time. The same au-
thority exclaims: What warmth In
threadbare coat If the tailor's receipt
be In the pocket"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

Mr. Smith ordered chicken broth at
the Fatted cafe and after tasting It
he called the waiter and said: "Wil
you kindly tell me how you make this
chicken soup?"
"Jes take de boilin' hot watah and
run de chicken fru. mistah."
We'll. Rsstus. ! think this chicken
must have had his rubbers on"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
Haza ards Of Lie.

A. T. T. Teetotaler, who had never
taken or even smeIled a drop ia his
life, slipped upon a banana skin.
cracked his skull and died. Thus fate
overtakes us and jests at wisdom.
Some OF the most prudent have
ihunned strong waters all their days
only to quit from careless, sleepy
lingering Of the deadly gas cock or
from wee little bit too much of glib
lets or fish ree.--New York Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Preached in Cairo Sunday.

FTSdNHCu 1T JaITU ouHuaJ.
Rev. P. G. Thogmorton of Sikeston.
Nc nastcr Of the church there, occu-
pied the pulpit Of his brGEaer. pastor
OF the Southern Methodist church IT,.
Cairo Sunday morning and evening
He has been pastor of the Sikeston
church over three years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

Make Pets OF Bear Cubs.

Bear cubs are popular pets in Lon.
don Just now. A prominent dealer
says that the taste inclines now TO
the Syrian variety, while short time
ago the Malayan bear was all tho
fashion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
chlnass Favor Woman Suffrage.

China Is tosbe one Of the prime
movers in the worldwide campaign
for woman's suffrage, according to
Lau Chi Chang of Canton, China. a
graduate student In political science
at the University Of Wisconsin, who
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

BILE Comp0un l
was sick t three
months and could
not walk. / suf-
|fered all the time.
The doctors said |
could not get well
without an opera
|tion, for | could
hardly stand the
Ipains in my sides,
Especially my right
lone, and down my
fright leg. / began
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
Found Out.

LAWSON What sort of man II
Bjenkyns. snyway?
Dawson-Well, his wife always goes
with him when he buys a suit NJ
clothes. Somerville Journal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
TOO LATE 10 CLASSIFY.

BOARD and room with ali modern
Improvements 216 Seventh street
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

W. l.. Ross, treasurer Of the Cuya.
hoga Telephone Company. tells of the
awful case of woman on suburban
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION,
YVasCmed byLy Pink
I,arl's Vegetable Compound

i7lwood, Ind. "Your remedies hayo
circc me and / have only taken six
| titles Of Lydia Il. Pinkham's Negeta-
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

Vast Shadow Cast by Noon.
The shadow Of the moon falling on
the earth during an eclipse generally
covers an area OF about 50 miles.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07

Testing Elasticity Of ciays.
The Elasticity of clays may be de.
termined quickly and easily by obsery.
ing their absorption Of dyes.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-07
LOUIS JAMES,
ACTOR, IS DEAD
SuCCUMEED TO ATTACK OF
HEART FAILURE AT HELENA
MONT.--WAS GREAT INTER
PREFER or SHAKESPEARE.

Helena. Mcnt. March G.--Louis
James long career as an actor wa
ended by death hero this morning fol
lowing an attack Of heart failure last
evepins jgst before tGa curtain went
mp for performance of Henry the
EIGHTH.
The body win he shipped tomor.
row to Kansa
The company win dsband and
Mrs. James will return to her home
i'm Kan as City.
Kansas City, March c. Louis
James. for many years made hi.
home in Kansas City, although h,
had also had residence al Mon,
month Beach, N. ]. His econd wife
Miss Aphie Hendricks. wa. Kan
sas City woman and for several sea
sons she has taken the leading iot
in all his plays.
Louis James was born in fremont
H., IN 1912, His first cnqago7ort
was with Macauley's Stock Compan
which he joined in Louisville In 1861
Later for five years he wa law
renee Earrett's leading man. Fror
1856 to 1889 he starred, was witt
Joseph Jefferson, 1919, and Iatel
N the 9o's starred in cohjuction wit,
Friedrich Wards.
Last week while his COMPANY wa.
on snow-bound train in tho West
they produced The Merchant
venice to amuse the passengers. H.,
was also the husband Of Marie Vain
wright, who was leading woman to
Lawrence Barrett They were sena
rated by the divorce court.