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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
MUCH FUN FROM
CIRCUS ANIMALS
Largest Collection in the World
Is Boosted by Barnum
& Bailey.

The menagerie department of the
Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth, which comes here next Friday,
enjoys, in addition to its entertaining
features, a wealth of fun and humor.
The monkey cage holds a fascination
for many. There is a Siamese monkey
in a cage with several others. who for
some reason, will have nothing to do
with him. This ostracism exasperated
the Siamese, and whenever he gets a
chance he would grab one of the 9th
ers by the tail. drag him over the high
perches and drop his victim with a
dull thud.
John Patterson, who has charge OF
the geological department, is the own
er OF a fine watch dog which is on
friendly terms with many of the ami
mails. Mr.. Patterson has another pet,
a large Spider" monkey, so tame that
he is allowed the freedom of the me-
nagerie. except at exhibition hours.
Zulu" the monkey, takes delight in
teasing the dog. AS soon as the dog
settles himself for a doze, the monkey
will steal up and give the CANNES tail
a vicious tug. OF course, the dog will
go for her, but she will simply wait
till he gets close enough. then leap
over his head and from behind give
his tail another pull.
There is another monkey, of the
baboon species, that at times will take
hold of a dish in which her food is
served and put IT on her head, as IL 1t
were hat. Thus adorned, she pro-
vokes roars of laughter, to her evident
qualification, from the crowd around
her cage. There is another baboon in
Mr.. Patterson's collection which got
good and even" with one of the care
takers who had penchant for teasing
the baboon. Seeing the caretaker ap-
preaching, the baboon poured some wa
ter into hole in the ground. mixing
with earth so as to make mud. When
his enemy came up, he splashed the
muddy water on the caretaker's uni
form. For long time after this every
time the animal saw the caretaker he
INDUCED in what had every appear
ance OF being laughter.
The elephants have a decided sense
OF humor. or signs OF one, anyway.
and many are the amusing capers they
indulge in between exhibition hours.
There are 40 OF these mammoth pach-
yderms with the Barnum & Bailey col
lection, two OF which are said to be
the rarest and most costly in the
world. They have huge. umbrella
shaped ears which cover nearly half !
OF their bodies. One OF them is deep
ly attached to Boston," the baby ele- |
plant OF the group, and is never quiet |
when Boston" is out OF her sight.
The geological department OF the |
Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on |
Earth is. It is said. the largest collec- |
ton OF rare animals in the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
TOWN STIRRED BY
POISON MYSTERY
State Investigating Case of
Mrs. j. F. Adams, Decatur
Bichloride Victim.

Decatur, ILL.,, July Elbow did BIZ
chloride of mercury get into the SUI
gar bowl at the home of J. F. Adams.
1912 East Eldorado street?
It's discovery through an analysis
by the state board of health in a
Chicago laboratory revealed the cause
of the serious illness of Mrs. Adams,
but throws no light on the facts con-
corning its presence there. Whether
some one put the poison into the su-
gar bowl or whether 1t was already
in the sugar when the package of SUI
gar was brought to the house remains
unanswered.
The state board found such a large
percentage OF the poison in the sam
pie sent them that an inspector will
reach Decatur to conduct an investi-
CATION.
Mrs. Adams was taken Ill Monday,
July 10. Mr.. Adams thereupon re-
called an unusual taste in the sugar
and took a sample to w. P. Shade,
city commissioner of public health and
safety, who at once forwarded 1t to
the state authorities.
Investigation at the store where the
sugar was purchased indicated that
the entire barrel had not been poison
ed, as there had been no other COM
plants.
Bichloride of mercury, commonly
known as corrosive sublimate is some
times used to exterminate insects
pests, and is in the form of a white
powder which hardly would be no
fjcaa bIa IN the eve when combined
with sugar Mr.. Adams protests there
was none of the poison in use in his
house.
Mrs Adams, though for time Sc
riously i'll, seems to be recovering. No
other member Of the Adams family
suffered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
GRANDMOTHER USED SAGE TEA TO
DARKEN Her FADED OR GRAY HAIR

edy"-you will get a large bottle for
about 90 cents. Some druggists make
their own. which is usually too sticky.
so insist upon getting Wyeth's. which
can be depended upon to restore nat
ural color and beauty to the hair and
is splendid for dandruff. dry. feverish,
itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says his customers insist on Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur. because, they say,
IL darkens so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell it has been applied
it's so easy to use too. You simply
dampen a sponge or soft brush and
draw II through your hair. taking one
strand at a time. Do this at night and
by morning the gray hair disappears;
after another application or two. IT is
restored TO its natural color and looks
glossy. soft and abundant.
. Harper House Pharmacy.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
A NURSE TAKES
DOCTORS ADVICE
And is Restored to Health by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

Euphemia, Ohio" Because Of total
ignorence of how to care for myself
when verginC into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, suf-
fered from a displacement, and each
month I had severe pains and nausea
which always meant a lay-of from work
for two to four days from the time ]
was 16 years old.
Invent to Kansas to live with my sis
ter and while there a doctor told me OF
the Pinkham remedies but did not use
them then as my faith in patent medi-
cines was limited. After my sister died
came home to Ohio to live and that
has been my home for the last ID years.
"The Change of Life came when ! was
AZ years old and about this time saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one Of your advertisements. Then
began using Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and cannot tell you
or any one the relief it gave me in the
first three months. 1t put me right
where need not lay off every month
and during the last IL years ] have not
paid out two dollars to a doctor, and have
been blest with excellent health for wo-
woman Of my age and can thank Lydia
E.Pinkham' sVegetable Compound forit.
"Since the Change of Life Is over I
have been a maternity nurse and being
wholly self-supporting i cannot over
estimate the value of good health. ]
have now earned q comfortable little
home just by sewing and nursing. j
have recommended the Compound to
many with good results, as It is excel
lent to take before and after child
birth. Miss EVELYN ADEIA STEW
ART, Euphemia, Ohio.
III you want special advice write to
Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by Q
woman and held In strict confidence.
Advertisements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
DAVENPORT

A Gas Stove Starts FIre.-When Mrs.
OFT. residing at 511 West Sixth street,
opened the door of her kitchen she
found the room filed with smoke and
the woodwork surrounding the stove
in a blaze. The flame from the gas
stove had evidently come in contact
in some manner with the wall and set
fire to the wood. The fire department
arrived a few minutes later and pre-
vented the blaze from spreading to
any damaging extent.
May Revoke Licenses. - Two pool
room proprietors were arraigned In
police court yesterday and fined for
permitting minors in their places of
business. Il am going to let you off
with a fine this time said the magis-
trate. 1.-The next time you allow young
boys to hang around your places, will
recommend that the mayor revoke your
licenses" Nick Metevils, Ais West
Second street, paid IS and costs. Nick
Grapes, 500 West Third street, paid a
similar amount. The pool room just
east of the American theatre was also
visited by the police Saturday night
the case being continued until today.
o.
Ferdinand Uchtorff Forfeits Bond Of
S1oo.-Ferdinand Uchtorff, charged by
his wife, Johanna, with the crime of
desertion, is being sought by the au-
thorities. Ushtorff had been charged
with deserticn by his wife in Novem.
Der, 1918, and the charge at that time
was not prosecuted on agreement of
both parties. 1t was filed again a week
ago and continued until Friday, the
defendant putting up bonds of 800.
He failed to appear, however. and his
bonds were declared forfeited.
Married at Houston, Texas.-News
was received by w. It. Spier, 645 Syl-
van avenue. that his son, w. T. Spier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
Mixed With Sulphur 1t Makes
Hair Soft, Beautiful;
Cures 0andruff.

The use of Sage and Sulphur for
restoring faded. gray hair to its nat
ural color dates back to grandmother's
time. She kept her hair beautifully
darkened, glossy and abundant with
a brew OF Sage Tea and Sulphur.
whenever her hair fell out or took
on that dull, faded or streaked ap-
pearance this simple mixture was ap-
oIfed with wonderful. effect.
But the brewing at home Is mussy
and out-of-date. Nowadays skilled
chemists do this better than our
selves. BY asking at any drug store
for the ready-to-use product-caIled
.sWyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
Rock Island Boy Is Making Good.

The many friends OF Walter Kollof
OF this city will be pleased to learn of
his recent promotion to the position OF
senior salesman for the western dis
trict of the Crown Ribbon and Carbon
Manufacturing company OF Rochester,
N. Y. with offices At st. Louis. Mr..
Kollof has for the past two years
had charge of the territory in Iowa,
Illinois and Wisconsin, and his earnest
efforts to build up this territory and
the good results obtained won for him
the admiration OF his employers and
the promotion to his present response
BILE position. Mr. Kollof was born and
reared in this city. and for ten years
was employed at the Modern Woodmen
Offices, resigning to accept the posi-
ton with the Rochester company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
during the long series OF republican
state administrations.
Old Fight May be Renewed.

Behind the present fight for location
of the democratic state assemblage,
it is believed, lie several considera-
tions. prime of which is the feeling
over the state arsenal mess. Before
the state committee meets the proba
bilities are there will be general row
In the state committee, involving the
Chicago and anti-Chicago fight within
the democratic ranks and the general
engagement, always on tap, as to
which is the best" convention city OF
the down-state region.
The state convention is to follow the
September primaries, and seems likely
to mark the noisiest opening OF the
general campaign for 1914, involving
national, congressional and state is
sues.
Rival down-state cities are said to
be preparing to offer their claims when
the state committee meets next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21

Gives Wife 81 to Run House.-Lud-
wig Pfannkuchen. living on Liberty
street. expects his wife to run the
house. board three people. buy her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21

Licensed to Wed.-William E. Nc
Knight of Davenport and Lille Mae
Scherz of Hannibal, Mo-; c. w. Peter
son of Fonda and Norma c. Him. of
Walcott, Iowa; Fred Gerzema and
Lena wolcott, both of Peoria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21

own clothes, buy kerosene for the
lamps, do the washing, purchase fuel
for cooking, and the other necessary
items of household expenditure, all on
81 a week. Mrs. Pfannkuchen, after
trying to do it for long time, getting
a little money by doing work for the
neighbors and keeping cow, doing
the milking and peddling it herself, has
finally rebelled and has filed a wife
desertion charge in Justice Phil Daum' 8
court. The couple are 65 and 20 years
old and have been married for over 40
years. The husband owns the prop
erty. He gives his wife but 81 per
week and she gets the other three
from a son who is crippled and able
to earn only small wages.
Street Parade to Feature Outing
Hilarity, frivolity and joviality is sched-
uled to burst loose in obstreperous
pandemonium with a brass band street
parade tomorrow noon, when the
brothers of the Mystic Order of Yelled
Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, |. e.,
Grotto, start on their annual picnic
at Zum Alien Dorf. The members have
a band of their own, which, although
it may not equal that of Creators, has
Creatore's outfit backed OF the plat
form yelling for wind, when it comes
to making dents in the atmosphere.
time this aggregation has covered the
down town area, everyone in the bus
mess district will know that the Grotto
picnic is on in full blast. In order that
the day may be preserved, arrange
ments have been made to secure a
moving picture machine which will
photograph all the events. The pict-
ures will probably be shown in local
theratres later.
Obituary Record. - The funeral of
Mrs. John H. Ploehm will be held at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from
J. w. Gilchrist, 1906 East River street,
Rev. Leroy NJ. Coffman officiating, and
burial to be in Oakdale cemetery. Mrs.
Ploehm died Sunday at Mercy hospi-
tai She was born in Draper, Iowa,
jan IL, 1886. With the husband are
left two children: Jean, aged 5, and
John Gilchrist Ploehm, an infant.
Mrs. Jeanette -McCay, the wife OF
Ralph E. McCay of Bettendorf, who
died Saturday night, was sent over the
c., NJ. & st. p. to Allegheny, Pa, for
burial The interment will be held in
William C. Stricken of this city died
Thursday morning in st. Francis hos
pital, Peoria. Mr.. Stricken, aged 81,
was born and educated in Davenport,
and later moved to Peoria, where he
was employed as a harness maker.
The body will be brought here and will
be taken to Hills chapel, where a prf-
vate funeral service will be held. The
deceased is survived by one brother,
George of Mason City, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21

nority in defense of what he believs-
to be right the country owes It tods
that 1t did not undertake what we M,
know would have been the folly Of
sea level canal at Panama.-Engines,
ing News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-21
NOTICE.

Bids will be received at the mayors
Office until 10 a. m. July 20, for Of
fetal printing for the city OF Rock Is
land for the following year.
II. NJ. SCHRIVER-
(Ady.) Mayor.
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Honolulu Stock Exchange
Bid. Asket

Wednesday, Nov. 4.
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COOKING TODAY
IS Much EASIER ]

Within the last few years great ad-
vances have been made in cooking.
There are still some who claim that
the pies and cakes ''such as mother
used to make" cannot be surpassed;
but, however much some special dish
es may have been appreciated in child
hoods days, it cannot be denied that
or the whole cookery has advanced in
many ways during the last few years.
1t has advanced beth in quality and in
ease in doing the work. Many of the
improvements are due to the fact that
much attention has been given to the
stoves which tighten the burden Of
cooking, and many claim make the
food more palatable, but regarding the
latter statement there are widely diff
fering opinions T.. .1ts. r.
| In our mothers or at least our
grandmother's day the electric and gas
stoves were unheard of, but the mod
ern housekeeper would feel quite at a
loss If obliged to do without these
cCnveniences and made sto depend
upon the wcod-box full of pine CT hickl
CRY sticks to furnish heat for baking
her bread or cooking the dinner.
Breakfast may be prepared in half
the time required by the old method
of cooking. . .'.s".. - - -s7-
When the wood or coal stove was
the only stove for the cook to use,
the kindling had to be preDared at
night and the fuel placed in the stove
ready to light, or the work was done
in the morning much earlier than is
necessary to start the more modern
stoves Nowadays all the housewife
has to do is to light the gas or turn
on the electricity, and behold. 1t Is
ready for use with a. heat greater than
could be gotten from the old fashioned
stove in a half hours time The
entire breakfast is prepared so much
Quicker than by the old methods that
there is no thought of a burden con-
nected with the cooking of the meal
with many housekeepers. and all of
the meals are greatly lightened in
labor -. -. e. Il
Modern housekeeDers have become
so accustomed to the eonveniences Of
which our ancestors never even
dreamed that they do not recognize
the ease with which cooking is done
today i'm comparison with the old
methods, but it requires only glimpse
at a few Of the improvements made
for the convenience of housekeepers
to realize that these of the present
time would not want to see the old
time methods for doing cooking for
the family. 49, - ~
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Stone MANAGER a !. /
FORNEW SHIP
;. Line

IBy Latest NALL

SAN FRANCISCO.-The two huge
steamships which are being built for
the Great Northern Steamship Com
pany for service between here and
the Columbia river are so near COM
pletien that the company has already
appointed asgeneral manager for the
steamship line. He is Cal E. Stone OF
st. Paul, formerly general passenger
agent Of the Great Northern railroad.
Stone will come to San Francisco
in the near future. and establish head
quarters here, and will have every
thing in readiness for the first coast
wise trip IN January, by which time
the builders have assured the COM
pany that the steamers will be ready.
] Stone was born in 1859, was edu-
Gated in the public schools and en-
tered the railway service in 1874.
Since that time he has been freight
brakeman, telegraph operator, station
agent, city passenger and ticket agent,
general passenger agent of one Of the
smaller lines and finally general pas
senger agent of the Great Northern.
Stcne was appointed by the govern
CT of Minnesota ais sole commission
er to pick cut the site for that state
at the exposition. He is a thirty-third
degree Mason and potentate of the
st. Paul Shrine.
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MISTRESS MARY
PROVES TO BE-
BIG SUCCESS
CONTINUED from page five,

SjbiI Hacking. Doreen Bicknell, MIR
| rian Forbes. Constance Constable, Mar
garet Wall, Louise Erdman, Alice
Cults.
Orchestra.
Chairman in charge of orchestra
committee-Miss Ermine Cross.
LeaderA-Miss Margaret Martin
Piano accompanists-Mis Margaret
Hopper, Mrs. D. Howard Hitchcock
First violins-Messrs. John Clifford
Pho Reyes, w E Wall.
Second violins-Miss Julia Holm
ger, Mr.. Frank Nunes, Mr.. William
Hoogs.
Viola-Mrs. J. II. Bowman.
CeElO-Miss Alice Hopper.
Bass-Mr. William Kaholokahiki.
Clarinet-Mr. J. r. Hurlburt.
Cornets-Mr. w. r. Hyatt, Mr. Lu'
Their Waiamau
F1ute-Mr. Iven Larsen.
Drum-Mr. Robert Parker Lewis.
Souvenir programs with full synop-
sis OF the opera will be sold at the
opera house, price 10 cents.
Books containing words and music,
full score of the opera, will be sold at
the opera house. price 50.
Candy table in charge of Mrs. Zeno
X. Myers and Miss Jessie Kennedy.
Ushers-Miss Harriet Lucas, Miss
Mary Lucas, Miss Violet Makee, Miss
Marjorie Gilman, Esther Kopke, Miss
Sara Lucas, Miss Sutherland, Miss
Margaret Center, Mrs. Norma Adams.
Details Of Performances.
Prices for reserved seats for evening
performances under the following ar
rangement, $1.50 and ST..
Last three rows of orchestra and
first three rows of dress circle, $3.50.
All other reserved seats in the house
with exceptions of boxes and loges, 81.
General admission to gallery, so
cents. -"
Prices for matinee - All reserved
seats, 81.
General admission to gallery. so
cents.
Reserved seat tickets may be Sc
cured at the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee Monday, November 2, a. m.
to 5 p. M; Tuesday, November 3, 8
a. m. to 5 p. M; Wednesday, NoVem-
Der 4, a. m. to p. m. Tuesday
evening after p. m. at opera house;
Wednesday matinee, after p. m. at
opera house; Wednesday evening after
Z p M at opera house.
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FEATURES! OF
WINTER STYLES

Dark chiffon velvets are promised
fer evening wear this winter, the dark
shades Of blue and other coiors which
are usually associated with afternoon
and street year These dark shades
allow for elaborate trimmings of rhine
stone, bead embroidery and other nov
elites which will tend to tighten up the
scmberness Of the material of the
gown .r-..
Quantities Of bead embroideries are
used by some of the large dressmak-
ing houses. They are employed In
various ways, sometimes in banding,
and again the whole side of corsage
may be glittering mass Of colored
beads. as ruby, amethyst and sapphire.
Large. floral designs are shown on
black gowns. and If the design be q
rose the flower is embroidered in rose
eolcred beads and the, leaves in diff
ferent shades of green beads.
Festccns of beads take the place of
sleeves on many of the evening
dresses.
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DAILY REMINDERS

> . .
A clever showing of millinery, to sell
for S., is the feature for the week at
Milton & Parsons.--Adv.
Have you lost the plating on your
tableware. Electro plating works just
opened-replate knives, forks, spoons,
etc. Alakea street below King. Phone
444S. ....s 81. ...t.
Lewis taxis, King ST., near Fort.
The only white company with sober
and well-informed drivers. Tel. $500.
--Ady
If used according to directions In
ternational Poultry Food will material
ly increase egg production. Sold by
California Feed co-Adv. rs
Male cream, said to be one of the
best preparations for making the skin
soft and smooth, is sold by Benson.
Smith & Co., Ltd, at 25 cents a jar.
Wall & Dougherty have an adyer-
tisement in today's Star-Bulletin call
ing the attention of the early Christ
mas shopper to a number of articles
for Christmas gifts.
OUR sEMLANNuAL REMNANT
SALE of silks, wooIens, flannel and
flannelets begins Monday morning,
November 9. at o'clock. B. F. Ehf.
ers & Company. ADV.
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That the Honolulu Star-Bulletin
leads in efficiency of service in mat
tiers requiring quick and accurate &C
ticn was cnce again demonstrated
last night and demonstrated most EN-
phatically by the hundreds of resi-
dents of this city who gathered n
King street in front of the .WaIty
building to secure authentic returns
from the elections, both in Hawaii and
On the mainland.
So large was the crowd that il was
necessary for several police officers
to be stationed in front Of the Waity
building in order that traffic should
not become blocked and, incidentally.
al traffic excepting the street cars
all traffic diverted from that section
of King street.
Some Is minutes before 6 O'Clock
the Waimanalo precinct complete re-
turns were received over the special
telephone Installed by the Star-Bulle-
tin in the office of the Rusknot Com
pany in the Waity building and a
short time later the figures were
thrown upon the screen on the build
ing of Dimond & Co, across the
street.
The motion picture machine was
handled by Eddie K. Fernandez and
corps of expert assistants and from
the minute that the Waimanalo re-
turns were received until midnight
there was never a minute that some
interesting figures regarding the local