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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
THE PAGES DIFFICULTY.
He Told His Troubles Right Out at
the Wedding.

A good story comes from Atlanta,
but the incident happened several sea-
sons ago. The occasion was a swell
church wedding. The edifice had been
gloriously decorated. The bride, sur
rounded by a company of pages, flow
er girls and maids of honor, was slow
ly passing down the aisle, while the
prospective bridegroom and his best
man and the officiating clergyman
were taking their places. The church
organ was pealing forth the sounds as
of joyous wedding bells. Fashionable
people dressed for the occasion occu-
pied the seats of the handsome church.
1t so happened that one of the pages
had in the rush of business prepara-
tory to dressing for the occasion been
turned over TO the care of a nurse. AS
ne proceeded down the main aisle of
the church in company with the other
youngsters, who in white satin suits
were doing the honors of each respec-
tive household, he suddenly espied his
mother seated in one of the pews.
At this point the organist began
playing softly as the wedding party
passed to the altar. Then, above the
gentle strains of music clear as a bird
could be heard the voice of the afOre-
said small boy.
Mamma" he shrilly cried, nurse
put on my panties wrong side before,
and can't hardly walk
OF course the Mortified mamma could
do nothing but blush scarlet, but lifted
a prayer that the young scion would
keep still from that time on. And he
did and received a hearty kiss from
the bride at the close of the ceremony.
This is a true story and can be vouch-
ed for by those who attended the we'd
ding.-Galesburg (Ga.) Mail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
A Belgium Christina. Legend.

The children of Belgium have
charming Christmas legend about San
ia Claus pony. They always place
their wooden sabots on the window
ledge, stuffed full Of oats, hay and
fodder for the dear Christmas pony"
In the early morning they run on tip
toe to look. and, behold. the hay is all
gone, and the shoes are Drumming over
with toys and sweatmeats. Then the
children clap their hands with glee
and wish they could only have walked
in time to see the pony munching his
eats. That would have been such fun:
Ella L. Mosby in ST. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

tide, coming. as 1t does, in the winter
season, invites to indoor cheer and
coy Inequalities. Besides, 1t is pre-
eminently the children's celebration
and their glad vacation from the rou-
tine OF school. They say, with our
Hoosier poet:
Fourth o July's nothin to it. New Years amt
a smell.
Easter Sunday and circus day-jes all dead in the
shell.
1t is also the tenderest, hottest holt
day because of the religious observance
of the birth OF Him who brought us
will to all men.
II the farm is the ideal home, then
we should endeavor to observe this
home festival In the ideal manner. Our
great farmhouses must not be chaeriess
barracks. They must become the CEN
tiers of old fashioned merriment, visit
ing, feasting and hospitality. They
must cling closely to the ancient tradi-
tions of the day and follow the same
spirit OF geniality, OF present giving,
minstrelsy, harmless revelry, and,
above all. of kindly benevolence and
thought of others.
An ideal Christmas requires thought
long beforehand unless the purse is
unlimited. Costly gifts are not neces-
sary for joyous day, but loving kind
ness must illuminate each little remem-
brance, OF the candles on the tree will
be but dim tapers. The glad day
comes. The usual church or Sabbath
school celebration has been enjoyed
the evening before by all the children,
but IL is in the home festivities we are
interested. For an ideal day we shall
have the wee ones trooping down in
the early morning, waking every one
with their Merry Christmas TO see
what Santa has put in their stock
ings. A mouth harp, a jackknife or a
doll, some joke and a bit of candy they
ind and scamper back TO bed happy as
need be. After breakfast the good
cheer OF the morning is in the arrival
of the married children or other -rela-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
THE MOHAVE INDIANS
THEY ARE THE MOST SUPERSTITIOUS
OF ALL OUR RED MEN.

After Death Their Spirits, They Say,
From Their Burning BOdies-Those
Not Burned Turn to Owls.
]. X. Meekinson, formerly 4 govern
ment special agent, says that the Mo-
HAYES are the most superstitious tribe
of North American Indians.
1.-The Mohaves," said he, 'believe in
a god Mat-O-we-lia. He is the maker
of all things. He has son, whom they
call Mas-Zam-ho, who is king of the de-
parted spirits. Mat-owe-lia, they say,
conducts the movements of the sun,
moon and stars. He sends the rain
and the sunshine and decides whether
the season shall bring feast or famine.
He guards the hunting ground. Mas
zam-ho has full charge of affairs in
heaven, or White Mountain, as they
call it.
"They believe that the spirit dead go
up to White Mountain in smoke and
that all the personal property destroy
ed in the flames with the deceased will
go with him. There pots are constant
ly boiling, filled with the choicest
things to eat. They invariably cremate
their dead that Mas-Zam-ho may be
appeased, and the funeral pyre is made
ready for the corpse as soon as life is
extinct, in order that the spirit journey
to White Mountain may be accelerated.
81 witnessed about II months ago the
cremation of an influential subchief,
whose death was deeply mourned. The
funeral pyre was made near the tenn
porary village, just off the reservation
at Fort Mohave. Shortly after night
fall all the inhabitants of the village
gathered about the pyre. The body.
wrapped in a gorgeous Mohave blanket,
with the fringes artistically worked in
beads, was carried on the shoulders of
four braves from the lodge to the plat
form of infiammable firewood-
Following the pallbearers came the
women and children and near rela-
tives. The family group crouched near
the pyre. The chief of the medicine
men offered first words of praise and
thanks to Mat-o-we-lia for making the
elements favorable to an easy passage
and then a supplication to Mas-zam-ho
to receive the spirit of the departed
chieftain with due honors at White
Mountain.
-Then the dead body was placed on
the pyre. tne nre was Hgnleu- tne CHIC
king flames swept fiercely up about
the corpse, and the spirit was on its
way to its eternal home on White
Mountain. Friends and relatives chant
ed songs of lamentation and moaned
piteously while the flames devoured
the body. At short intervals the four
pallbearers osst upon the flames per-
sonal property Of the deceased in the
expectation of its going up in smoke
with him TO White Mountain, thereby
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
addng to his comfort.

adding TO his comfort.
1.-THE mourners also contributed some
of their choicest personal belongings,
so that in his new and eternal home
the absent one might have about him
remembrances of their affection. To
the women of the Immediate family
was granted the privilege of contribut-
ing portions of their hair to the flames.
After the incineration was complete
Mohave etiquette forbade the friends
and relatives to eat salt or wash them
selves for four days.
''It.is belief firmly fixed in the Mo-
have mind that all Mohaves who die
and are not cremated turn into owls.
When an owl is heard hooting at night
near their village, they think it is the
spirit of some dead Mohave returned.
If by chance an owl falls into their
hands, the bird is properly cremated,
in the belief that the wandering spirit
of its Mohave occupant will thereby be
quieted and thus enabled to approach
Mas-zam-ho, confident that its petition
to be allowed to enter the promised
land and thereafter rest in peace
among the other good Indians of White
Mountain cannot be refused.
Until very recently the Mohaves
held yearly a mourning festival. 1t
was the annual burning of personal
property in honor of the departed men,
bers of the tribe. At the hour deemed
most propitious by the medicine men
to both Mat-o-we-lia and to Mas-zam-
no the Mohaves assembled in an open
spot near their village, a high knoll
usually being selected. The pyre had
been prepared as though for the crema-
ton of the dead. When the fire was
hottest, each member of the tribe con-
tributed to the flames some bit of per-
sonal property held in choice esteem.
"As the thick smoke loated sky
ward the mourning Indians were con-
soIed for the loss of objects of personal
adOrnment. apparel or of hunting i'm
plements by their firm belief that the
curling smoke rings were waited
straight to Mas-zam-ho, king of the de-
parted spirits. and that their loved
ones on White Mountain were soon in
possession of these proofs of their last
ing love and remembrance.
Under the influence OF their agents
the Mohaves have abandoned the an
nual sacrifice TO the dead, and. except
at Needles. off the reservation, it is
not now ved."-Washington Let
ter in New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
The Fate of Admiral Byng.

Admiral John Byng was the fourth
son of the Earl of Torrington and serv-
ed in the British navy. rising to DO
admiral of the red in 1T4S, when he
was A years old. In 1856 he was sent
with badly equipped feet to relieve
Minorca, threatened by the French.
He reached Minorca after the French
had got there. His second in COM
mand, Rear Admiral West, drove them
back, while Byng kept his ships out OF
action. In a day or two he sailed to
Gibraltar, leaving Minorca to its fate.
He was tried for treachery and cow
ardice, but acquitted. The court mar
tial convicted him of not having done
his best to relieve the island, and I'M
der the application OF article II of the
British naval code of those days he
was condemned to be shot. The min
listers took him as n scapegoat, and he
was shot on the quarter deck of his
own flagship. the Monarque, i'm Ports
mouth harbor on March IA, 1857.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
ANCIENT ARITHMETIC.
Examples That Were Used In Egypt
5000 Years Ago.

Examples Tint Were Used In EBypt
5000 Years Ago.
Probably the oldest copy book for
home lessons in arithmetic was recent
ly unearthed in Egypt. The gapyrus,
which was found in excellent .condl-
ton, dates from the period about 100
B. Chat is, about 100 years before
the time of Moses, or almost 3,OOO
years ago. 1t proves that the Egyp-
tians had a thorough knowledge or
elementary mathematics almost to tho
extent of our own. The papyrus has
q long heading, Correction how to at
tain the knowledge of all dark things"
ETC. Numerous examples show that
their principal operations with entire
units and fractions were made by
means of addition and multiplication.
Subtractions and divisions were not
known in their present form, but cor
rect results were obtained nevertheless.
Equations are also found in the pa
pyrus. Among the examples given is
this one: Ten measures of barley are
to be divided among ten persons In
such a manner that each subsequent
person receives one-eighth of a meas
ure less than the one before him. An
other example given is: There are sew
en- men, each one has seven cats, each
cat has eaten seven mice, each mouse
has eaten seven grains of barley, each
grain of barley would, IL cultivated,
have yielded seven measures of barley.
How much barley has been lost in that
way?
The papyrus also contains calcula-
tiops of area, the calculation of the
area of n circle and It's transformation
into square, and finally calculations
of the cubic measurements of pyra-
mids.-Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
Women of a Dutch village.


The villc ge women of Holland take
special care to keep the tips Of their
white lace hoods stif with starch,
which is as necessary a perfection in
their toilet as polished linen and spot
less collars with ours This delicate
hood Is worn over a black skullcap
that fits the closely clipped head very
much like the headgear of a nun. The
elderly women, widows, often wear a
straw bonnet over it. A jacket of dark
blue. with a breastpiece of cream cloth
and dark blue border of the same cloth
at the hips, constitutes the dress of
the women and the girls
The skirts protrude at the hips in a
grotesque fashion on account of the
many hannels which they wind about
the body. evidently a fad with them
as with many peasants OF the Black
forest. where the custom prevails to
wear as many skirts as the spare box
will allow. adding at least one skirt
every year. They all dress alike. and
the talk about dress therefore does not
slip into their conversations. and on
that score they are at eternal peace
with one another. for no change of
dress has occurred among them for
centuries and Will not for years TO
come.-Donahoe's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
Dancing.

In the earlier ages dancing was ad-
vocated as a cure for sickness. Lycur-
gus brought back from India and
Egypt to Lacedaemonia notions of med
ico-religious dances and enacted that
the Spartan youth should be brought
up gracefully and numerically. In
Greece Socrates commended dancing
with a view to educating the mind and
body. for he looked on it as a health
giving device.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
A Text That Caught.

dence occurred at Ifnwald recently: A
young preacher. who has lately mar
ried, was planned to take the morning
service, but. '6y a misleading OF the
plan, he mistook his appointment for
an evening one. Consequently the con-
gregation gathered on the Sunday
morning waited in vain for his appear-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

ance: Thereupon one of the office bear
ers of the church present undertook
the service. Totally unaware that the
absent preacher had recently married,
he electrified and amused his audience
by announcing as his text, He has
married wife, and therefore he can
not come."-New Zealand Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

HRISTAIAS is
the festival of
all others most
closely identi-
fed with the
home. The glo-
riouS L u 7 [ h
stirs our patriot
ism, f n $ [ G I
brings the glad
ness of opening
spring and out
d or freedom,
but Christmas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
GLADSTONE FESTIVAL.
HOW TO MAKE AN IDEAL CHRISTMAS
ON THE FARi....

Costly Gifts Not Necessary For n joy
Gus Dny-HnrmIess Revelry to Gel
citrate the Most Tender of Holt
days-The ChiIdren's Day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17
Christmas Game.

You are to write capital d on a
sheet of paper while standing at table.
At the same time you must try to make
your right foot swing in the opposite
direction from that which the pencil is
following on the paper. 1t sounds easy.
Try it in every way you can think Of.
First get your foot going toward the left
in an easy swing and then start your let
ter and see what will happen. Then try.
beginning the letter first and going in
presently with the proper circle in the
opposite direction. II you do not laugh at
the result. you will probably be profane
San Francisco Evening Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

People who suffer from heat IN the
hands and feet can obtain speedy and
easy relief from the same by putting
inside their stockings and gloves a
small portion Of very fine oatmeal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

In choosing a turkey the age of the
bird is the principal thing to be attend
ed to A young gobbler is best He may
be distinguished from a hen turkey by
his comb. The age may be ascertained
by the lower part OF the breastbone. IL
soft and pliable. the turkey is young. IL
stiff. il is old and not good for roasting.
1t can only be used for boiling and brais-
ing. Turkeys weighing from eight to
ten pounds each are thought best.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

But IL may also be said that many who
know nothing about the game are most
enthusiastic in its praise.-Boston
Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-17

Somebody remarks that they who
sneer at golf know nothing about It.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-25
HE SAW SAXTON SLAIN.
Fifteen-Year-oId Boy Declares That
He Saw Mrs. George Conn
init Murder.

CHICAGO, July 2.-Evidence which
might have had an important effect in the
trial of Mrs. Anna George, of Canton, O.,
for the murder of George D. Saxton,
brother-in-law of President Mckinley, last
October, came to light to-day in the juve-
nile court. Russell Hogan, Is years old,
who was brought before the court as
Richard Mcknight, declared that he had
witnessed the shooting and had left home
that night through fear of being called as
a witness at the trial. Il was standing
right across Lincoln avenue from Mrs.
Althouses place, and saw Mr.. Saxton on
the porch and saw Mrs George shoot him.
was afraid they might do something to
me If told what l had seen, so / left
home and have travelled all over the coun-
try since then" said the boy, when as
sured by Judge Tuthill that nothing would
happen to him if he told the truth In
response to further questioning, young
Hogan said that his father was r. NJ. Ho-
gan, superintendent of the Aultman Manu-
featuring Company, and well known in
Canton. Judge Tuthill directed that the
case be continued till July 26, and instruct
ed Probation officer Kelsey to communi-
cate with Mr.. Hogan at Canton regarding
the boy who claims to be his SON. The
boy is brfght-looking and told his story in
an unassuming manner. He was brought
before the court on a charge of disorderly
conduct.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-25

front to the barroom and took a drink.
Next day l was in the barroom not having
entered the hall, and saw man with pack
ages in his pockets. They were done up in
brown paper and were about six inches
long and about four and half inches
broad. Another man said to the man with
the packages: We have the stuff The
men went direct to a house on Rockaway
avenue.
The man with the packages did not have
them with him when he came out. His
name is O'Hara.'
In an attempt to pick out the O'Hara
referred TO from among the spectators in
tho courtroom. witness picked out one
O'Yara, but on a second attempt he pick
ed another O'Hara who is said to have been
miles away when the explosion occurred.
other prisoners, he selected thirteen men,
seven of whom were not under arrest at
all. The police produced piece of gas pipe
and some telephone wire found in the hall.
A pair of cheap pliers were also exhibited
as having been taken from OHara. 1t was
admitted by the police that thirteen of the
twenty-one men were arrested outside of
the hall.
Mr. Kapper demanded immediate dis
missal for his clients, on the ground that
no evidence had been given to show their
connection with any conspiracy. The de-
cision of the court was followed by rounds
of cheers, mingled with cat calls for the
company. 1t was stated afterward that
Mr. Kapper had been authorized by sew
eral of the men to begin suit for false i'm
prisonment.
President Rossiter admitted to-day that
the company was in urgent need of 400 men
for its extra list. He has promised to rein
state the most unoffending of the old
hands
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-25
STILL MORE COMMISSIONS.
Volunteer Army Announced
Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, July 4.-The following
appointments in the volunteer army have
been made:
To be captains-Kennith w. Burr, One
Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana; George w.
Biegeler, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth In
diana; George F. Connolly, Seventh Illi-
noiS; Edwin III. Fitzgerald, One Hundred
and Fifty-seventh Indiana; Frederick Goe-
deck, Iowa volunteers; Ellison L. Gilmer,
Carolina; Harrison S. Kerry. Illinois VOL
unteers; William c. King, major Twelfth
pennsylvania; Edward Y. Miller, captain
Fifth Illinois; John F. Ryan, captain Sew.
enth Illinois: Richard Henry Savage, ma
1or United States volunteer engineers; Z.
Indiana: Thomas Tolbot, second lieutenant
Sixth Massachusetts,; Charles w. Van
Way, captain Company F, Twenty-ffrst
Kansas; w. c. Wyman, major Iowa volun-
teers; John A Wagner, captain First North
Carolina.
To be first Observation-Disclosures Campbell,
first lieutenant Company L. Second Ar
Kansas; Lawrence s. Carson, captain
First South Carolina; Dewitt Chamberlain;
George H. Caldwell, One Hundred and
Sixty-first Indiana; Asa F. Fisk, lieutenant
First Montana: Ambrose c. G. Williams
Foote, Fifth infantry; John B. Fonner, F1f-
teenth Indiana; Joseph Matson, Iowa VOL
unteers: James NJ. McManus, Iowa volun-
teers; Arthur O'Leary, sergeant first Mon
tana; George S. Ralston, first lieutenant
Fourth Illinois; John NJ. Shook, Company
Il, Twenty-first Kansas; Charles c. Smith.
One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana The
ophilus B. Stole, lieutenant Two Hundred
and Second New York: Bissell Thomas,
Battery /, Third United States artillery;
Alvin c. Voris, Fourth Illinois: William s.
Weaver, first lieutenant, Company E,
Twenty-Second Kansas
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-25
DOUBLE LYNcHING TO-DAY.
Two More of the Negroes Implicated
in u Georgia Outrage in the
Hunds of n Mob,


BAINBRIDGE, GA, July 24.-There will
be double lynching in West Bainbridge
early tomorrow morning unless something
unforeseen occurs. Two more members of
the band of negroes implicated in Sammin's
confession are in the hands of deter
mined posse of whites. One of the cap
tives is Charles Mack, the companion in
crime of Louis Sammin, who was lynched
yesterday. 1t was Sammin and Mack who
outraged Mrs. Ogletree In the presence OF
her husband at Saffold, one holding pis-
tol at the head of the husband to prevent
his interference.
Mack was captured at Iron City by
white man named Cardell. He tried to get
his prisoner through to Jail and secreted
him.. A mob of several hundred country
people met Cardell and asked the where
abouts of his prisoner. He declined to tell
them. A rope was quickly put about his
neck and he was allowed ten minutes in
which to give up the negro. He then told
where the negro was.
In a short while the crowd had Mack.
While arrangements for the lynching were
City that another member of the gang had
been captured. AS it would require several
hours to get the new prisoner to the scene
it was determined to postpone the execu-
ton of Mack until tomorrow, at which
time it is proposed to have double hang
ing.
fessed and said he and Mack had robbed
the Ogletrees and that both had outraged
the woman. While they were committing
their crimes, he said, six others. whose
Mack is said to have confessed, corrobor-
ating Sammin's statement. The men, he
said, We're banded together for murder,
robbery and rapine Five of the negroes
named, including Sammin, are now dead.
and every indication favors the death of
two more tomorrow.
The information is that the prisoner from
Iron City will arrive at about ESQ a. m.
and the lynching will probably occur short
ly thereafter.
kid Jim," one of the Saffold negroes,
was located this afternoon in a cabin near
Pinckard, Ala. He is guarded by about 100
of his race, who say they will defend him
against any attack. A posse of 100 men
have already left Bainbridge this after
noon for the cabin, and say they will take
kid jim dead or alive, guard or no
guard.