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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-28

Born at Jacksonville. IlI............-.-... 1850
Cast first vote ......-. 1882
Graduated Illinois college .--..- .-.... 1850
City editor jacksonville Courier .-..--.-l ISL
Law student ut Ann Arhor .---.- .--. 1881
Civ editor Jacksonville journal --.- ..-- i~-2-.
Chairman republic city committee pee. 1888
Law student at Ann Arbor. ----.. go. ---- 1884
Admitted To bar OF Illinois .--.-...-.-. --.- 1884
Chairman Blaine and Loga club .-----.- 1884
Stumped part of state ...--.-..-.--lS 1854
ppontcd city attOruey --.--- .--.-. lsSN-j
Chairman cong re SsiOnal committee lSS6
Stuuped the STAT ...--. ..---- iSSG
Elected city att JTney --.... l>ss and lSSg
Delegate urst national league conyen-
lion - % o. I'D o. o. o. o. -.
Secretary Illinois republican league ISIS
Stumped the state -....- ---.---.. $1,000 lssS
Chairman Morgan county central com
Stunped the state .--. .-.--. .-. ----- 1870
Nominee congressman at-largc $4,000 is4rs
Elected county Judge Morgan county 1894
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-28
"EUa Dispositions
Are Early Shogyn. ="

Just SO evu in the blood
comes out in shape of
scrofula. pimples, ETC., in
children and young people.
Taken in time It can be
eradicated by usfng Hoods
Sarsaparflla. In older peo-
pie, the aftermath of irres-
ular EOfng Shows itself in
bilious conditions, a heavy
head, a foul mouth, a
general bad feeling. If is
the blood. the impure Blood, friends.
qvhich is the real cause. Purify that EOhh
Hoods Sarsaparlia and happiness EDil
reign IN your family.
Bladder Trouble WAS long
time getting oVer the grip. zvhich 9vas
followed by sepere Bladder trouble. Moth
ing helped until used Hoods Sarsapa-
rdLa. T;zvo Bottles made me sound and
queA." Mrs. Lois Wurts. Epant, Ter.
Poor HeaIth-"I qDas not feeling
4veu, took Hoods SarsaparilLa qvih quick
and satisfactory effects. Haze been IN
good health eyer since" q. l. Ntzhugh,
lin, AS Hale ST., o4usustd, Ga.
&od3~Sa1abamM
zZaZ2zslE 5I55lEED
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-28

Served as additionaI,Cook county Judge .1sa4-,
StuLnpec the STATE -----. 1880
Chairman congressional conyentiOn--.- 1886
Appointed United States collector by
President Mckinley ....-.....-..-......1sy7
Stumped the state
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-28
THE ARGUS.

IN THE NAME OF j. W. POTTER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
Fre,cbwo,nen as wives.

Max O'Rdl considers that French
women make better wives for poor OF
struggling mel than do the women of
other nationalties. Their ambition and
keen sense, hesays, are great helps to a
mans efforts, and they never allow
themselves toEeary in their endeavors
TO be CHEEKY ad charming. Mr.. O'Rell
says that the romen are naturally ex-
ceedingly eneEetic and endowed with
that vivacity Thich is so great sup
port to their o'n spirits, and that this
enables them impart animation and
courage to oters.
Other writts have noticed this pc
culiarity of temperament in French
women. 1t ha been said that Americans
have it TO ceain degree, that degree
which compelsa constant activity, but
that lack of trs balance makes woman
~ energy in thwestern continent fitful
and uncertain, lille the Gallo women
will be found gilmore equab natures.
New York Triune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
How Snake Poison Kills.

The action of poisons upon the system
is and always has been one Of the most
interesting of subjects. Just how and
why it kills has been determined through
a series of experiments made by scien-
lists. The following description is I'M
questionably the best and most lucid of
any that has been given to the public:
1.-The venom may be roughly separated
into two parts-one acting upon the
blood, and the other upon the nerves.
When injected, it Immediately begins
to create terrible destruction in tho
blood vessels, the walls of the veins are
eaten away and an internal hemorrhage
takes place. While this is going on q
portion of tho venom is attacking the
nerves. Particularly susceptible to its
ravages is the 'vasomotor' system, a
nerve center which controls the muscles
of respiration. Paralysis takes place in
these organs, and the victim generally
dies from an inability to breathe. -
New York Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
LOCATING A COUPLED.
A Familiar Quotation Ascribed to
Butler Is Placed.

A Familiar Quotation Ascribed to
Butler Is Placed.
Few popular quotations have more
engaged the pens of critics than the fol-
lowing:
Fer he that fights and runs away
VIII live to fight another day.
These lines are almost universally
supposed to form part of "Hudibras, "
and so confident have even scholars been
on the subject that in 1854 a wager was
| made at Bootle of 90 to 1 that they
were to be found in that ininiitable
poem. Dodsley was referred to as the
arbiter, when he ridiculed the idea of
consulting him on the subject, saying,
EVERY fool knows they are in 'Hudi-
bras. -
George Selwyn, who was present,
said TO Dodsley, PRAY, sir, will you be
good enough, then, TO inform an old fool,
who is at the same time your wise
worship's very humble servant, in what
canto they arc to be found?"
Dodsley took down the volume, but
he could not find the passage. The next
day came, with no better success, and
the sage bibliophile was obliged to con-
fess THAT a man might be ignorant of
tAo duluOI VI tn1s We'll hHoNA CoupIee
without being absolutely a fool" But
Ter has indeed two or three passages
somewhat similar. The one that comes
nearest is the following, in ''Hudibras,
book 3, canto 3, verse 243:
For those that fly may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
The fact, however. is that the couplet,
thus enormously ascribed to the author
of 'Hudibras, ;" occurs in n small vol
ume of miscellaneous poems by Sir John
Mennes, written i'll the reign of Charles
II.-Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
Where Money Is Very Mixed.

Although all accounts are kept n
dollars and cents American standard)
in British Guiana, there Is no existing
coinage to correspond. Gold is rarely
rendered, all larger sums being handled
in bank notes, kept so long in circula-
ton that they become almost unrecog-
nizable in their filthy fragmentary di-
lapidation.
The silver coinage consists of the
most homogeneous varieties Besides
British a number of coins. fractions and
multiples of the '.gilder," enter largely
into circulation. These are known as
the ''bitt' adj, "half bitt," the 1.-TWO
bits the "gilder" (being 80 cents, or
Is. 4d.), and even peculiar three half
penny piece is still extant, although
eagerly sought for by collectors.
All these coins are of great and in
teresting variety, incident on the trans
fer of the colony from the Dutch and
the once distinct governments of Berbice
and Demerara and Essequibo, long since
amalgamated.
OF copper coins tie penny is kn ~
as gill;" while the humble bauDee
becomes Gent" Paintings were once
introduced, but were regarded with con-
tempt and suspicion, except by few
Cinnamon, who succeeded in passing
them in their brightness for half sover-
eigns.
To instance the confusion resulting,
111ad. is here described as 1.-TWO bits
and half and a gill and a cent. -
London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
ao One stopped the Stage.

TIL morning after the assassination
of President Lincoln the telegraph oper-
ator of small town in Ohio read a
passing dispatch which conveyed the
sorrowful information to him. This
speedily spread through the surrounding
country, and at IL O'Clock, when the
mail train was due, nearly 100 men had
congregated TO buy a morning paper.
As q matter of course not single pa
per remained, and all We're i'll despair,
until some one remembered that the
postmaster was a regular subscriber,
and that the mail bag must contain a
morning newspaper addressed to him.
The coveted paper found, the aged
postmaster proceeded to read to the peo-
pie who had crowded into the long
store the details of the murder. In the
crowd stood very patriotic but 1gno-
rant old man, who was ever making
pertinent suggestions.
The voice of the reader faltered more
than once as he read the account, now
so familiar to all Americans. Finally
he reached the point where it was said
Of Booth that he "shrieked out Sic
semper tyrannis, leaped on the stage
and made his escape
Throwing his old poke hat upon the
floor, the patriotic old man lifted his
hand aloft and shouted:
Good gracious Why didn't some
body have sense enough to stop the
age:''-Chicago Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
Parents Are Unfair to Teachers.

"That existing methods of educating
the young fall short of the ideal there is
scarcely any question, writes Edward
Box in The Ladies' Home Journal
1.-The most prominent educators of the
land admit this fact. Every effort is
undoubtedly made to better prevailing
systems. But the fight is single handed.
AS teachers and educators constantly
say: we ara alone. Parents give us no
assistance. They do not even give US
the benefit of ordinary interest. And
this is Fundamentally true. Parents
are all too lax about the methods pur-
sued in educating their children. In
hundreds of cases they do not even know
what the methods are. They know
nothing abnt them. There is no COOP
Grafton of the parent with the teacher.
However mich we may be able to i'm
prove modem methods of education, the
best resultsto our children cannot be
reached undl parent and teacher shall
come into coser relations than they are
ut present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
The Antiquity of Glass.

Glass has been employed, we know,
both for decorative and domestic pur-
poses since the dawn of civilization.
The earliest remains date from Egypt
1864 B. c. and are preserved in the
British museum. 1t is an amulet, in the
form of n lions head, of Opaque blue
color, with hieroglyphics that determine
its date. On the rock cut tombs of the
metropolis of Memphis glass blowers
were depicted as early as $500 B. G.
Stories are told by Pliny, Josephus and
other writers TO account for its discov-
cry, but these are very doubtful, so that
we have only to rely upon facts attested
by actual, remains.
The discovery was doubtless fortui-
tous. Sch lucky finds are often the
work of chance. When it occurred, we
cannot determine; but, so far as we
know, Egypt, as she was the germ of
all civilization, was also the mother of
this art, which she applied to a multi
tude of purposes, strangely excepting
that which we deem most necessary
namely, to admit light into buildings.
The dwellers by the Nile handed
down the art TO the PhGnicians who
in like manner bequeathed it to the AS
syrians. Then it was passed along to
the Persians and the Greeks, then to
the Romans and the Byzantines, who
in turn communicated it to the Vene-
tians. The monks of the middle ages
appropriated it to beautify their Gothic
temples, and so it camo down the centu
ries to modern times.-Frank II. Vize-
telly in Womar's Home Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26

''To buy on ticf'-that is, on credit
lis something thu does not seem to
have much connection with the move
ment of a clock. an, yet it is a fgura-
tive reference to the same thing. The
syllables "tick- tack tick" are used ev-
erywhere to represat sharp, quick
sounds of various kind, with themove-
ments that cause them whence thu tick
tack of a clock or the ticking If any
quick, light motion, as he strokeof a
pen or pencil that "tickS'' off ou1 or
ders. Hence to take a thing on tick"
is to have it marked with & tick or
stroke of the pen.-E. +. Arlrews in
st. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
A Eancr For Old Hats.

Tho inhabitants of the Nicobar is
lands, group in the Indian ocean, have
an extraordinary fancy for old hats, and
a regular trade in such cast off headgear
is carried ON between Calcutta and Mic
obar, the much desired headpieces being
paid for in cocoanuts- a tall chimney
pot is the favorite among the Nicola
rians, and the acme of fashion Is consid-
cred TO be high white hat with black
maitland. This is worth from 80 to 60
cocoanuts, and is worn by the Nicobar-
ian dandy when he goes out fishing.
the rest of his attire consisting solely of
a Waistcoat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
TlLTING THE EARTH.
Matter o. Scientific Interest, if Not OF
Practical Value.


Practical Value.
III. Fouche, the vice president of the
French Astronomical society, has in
vented a way of altering the present in
clination of the earth's axis 10 the
elliptic. What he wants to do it for is
not very clear. Perhaps, however, he
doesn't want to do it and meIely puts
forward his method as one possessing a
purely academic interest. At all events,
it is worthy of the attention of COM
pany promoters.
All that has to be done, as described
by Invention, is to dig an enormous cir
cular ditch, say, in Africa or South
America its center must be on the
equator) and to fill it with sea water.
Fresh water will do if you can get
enough of it, but as the radius of the
ditch is TO be few hundred miles that
is hardly likely. Having got your ditch
full of Sea water, nothing remains but
TO make it race round and round in the
trench, whereupon the earth's axis will
begin TO point toward different quarters
of the heavens from those it indicates
at present. The amount of deviation
will depend on the radius of the ditch,
the amount of water it holds, the speed
at which the latter moves and the time
during which the motion is kept up.
We may suggest TO. NJ. FOuche that
when sufficient sphere of French in
fiuence has been secured in Africa he
might have trench dug and then by
its use get all the ice melted round each
of the present poles. French explorers
could then discover them, whereupon
the action of the trench would be stop
ped and the present climatic conditions
restored. France could then remain as
long as she wished the only nation to
have reached the celebrated points on
the earth's surface. AS the digging of
the ditch will be very expensive we
make no charge for this SUGGESTION
Invention
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
Risrnarck,s Ancestors.

1t is stated that the Bismarcks first
made their appearance in Brandenburg
as cloth merchants. In 1870 or there
about it is believed that one Claus Bis
marck advanced sum of money to the
Margrave Ludwig, which was secured
upon tie customs of his native town.
The citizens, however, rebelling against
this arrangement, the margrave assign
ed TO Claus Bismarck the fief of Burg
stall, and it was in this manner that the
nobility of the family began. In the
middle of the sixteenth century the Bis
marcks came under the sway of the
Hohenzollerns, to whom they have ever
remained faithful vassals.-London
Glnha.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
The Kind of Bird.

The party with the long har AMI
starving family, not to mention Lessen
symptoms of the literary bent. WIS less
servile than usual.
"How about my poem?" he bruauely
demanded.
''She's bird, - replied the condctor
of the magazine.
"What kind of a bird:" persisted the
man of letters, thoroughly aroused.
And the other, saying nothing, mre-
" indicated with gesture the pigen-
hole above his desk.-Detroit Journa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
BuckIen,s Arnfca saIye.

bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chilblains, corns and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by Hartz & Whenever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. 25
cents q bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
4 Thorough Sport.

The Deacon-Young man, don't yoi
know that there's rainy day coming
Spendthrift-Mebby there is, but Nv
got So that says the weather man won
call the turn. Come, now, If you've &c
any nerve show your money.-Chicag'
News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
One of the Evils of Slang.

Little Ruth-Mr. Thmith, who did
You kill for thithta's diamond ringl
Mr.. Smith-Nobody, dear. What
makes you ask such a question?
Little Ruth-Why, Tom, he .h,id
she'd "a never got it if you hadn't hung
thomebody up for it.-Jewelers' Week
IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
The Secret

The Scoffer-Why do missionaries
make such great efforts to train the
heather TO wearing clothes? Are dresses
and bonnets a necessary part OF religion?
The Missionary-No, but nothing
makes a woman come 10 church regu-
larry SO well as knowing that the other
women will be there in new bonnets.-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
What Changed His Mind.

ST had supposed until yestersy,
doctor, that the days of the bleediniot
patients were past. -
And so they are. But what chansd
your mird:"
The bill you sent me. ''-Harpes
Weekly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26

The growth Of girls is greatest Il
their fifteenth year. Of boys IL thei
seventeenth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26

nv the undersigned association for the arrest
and conviction of any incendiary In any OF the
associated towns
PROPERTY OWNERS FIRE ASSOCIATION
Rock Island, IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26

For every widower who maries a
widow there are IL who espouss maid
ems.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
c. T. FOSTER, N. D.
Physician and Surgeon.

once between Third and Fourth avenues on
rWentieth street once hours: to IL D m.
to D. m and to 8 p. m. Nigh. calls from
once Phone 1854.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
Physician 8.

once Tremann block. once hours 70 u
70 and to D. m Phone No. 1922.
Rock Island, Ill. Night calls answered from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
IN These
Times of War

Of war just ended, of war existing and pcs
sibly of A GREATER WAR COMING,
when the affairs of the world are rapidly
assuming new forms, the people seek quite
naturally to be INTELLIGENTLY IN
FORMED of the events as they develop in
their day and generation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26

]. R. BUR ART, M.
MRS. HADA n. BURKHART, N. D.
DRS. BURKHART & BURKHART,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26

Passenger trains leave c d P moline
ayenue) depot I've 90 minutes earlier than time
given. Trains marked daily, all other train
daily except sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-26
FIRE-BUGs! $500 REWARD.
Reward of $500

The premium payers OF the state are main
tanning fund by popular subscription from
which Is offered
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
Agreement Between Russia and JAP
an As to Korea.

Washington. Nov. 13.-Ir view of the
reported inminence of war between
Russia and Japan concerning rights in
Korea, statements made today by Mr..
Alex Pavloff the Russian minister to
Korea, who happens to be in Washing
ton as the guest of Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador here. are most op-
perfume and important Mr.. Pavloff is
an accomplished diplomitist with ex-
tended experience in the far east and
was on the staff of Count Cassini at
Pekin when Russia acquired Port
Arthur and TaIien Wan and later was
advanced to the post of minister to
Korea Mr. Pavloff was seen at the
Russian embassy today and spoke
quite frankly of the recent war rumors.
He said:
II left Korea only four months ago.
coming to ST. Petersburg so that my
information is quite direct and I as
sure you there is no basis whatever for
reports of conflict between Russia and
Japan over Korea. On the contrary
the two countries have entered into two
formal compacts by which il is agreed
that independence in Korea shall be
maintained. These compacts were
concluded at st. Petersburg and Toxic
and they are so explicit that the reports
of conflict as to sovereignty over
Korean territory SHOW an cHtlre lSilOi-
ance OF the written agreement under
which Russia and Japan are maintain
ing toward Korea s-s
The war rumors appear to be based
on an alleged conflict over the port of
Masanpo. 1t happens that l am per-
sonally familiar with this affair, as it
developed before l left Korea Masanpo
is one of the new treaty ports on the
southern coast of Korea There has
been no question as to the freedom of
the port to all nations alike and no
questions of favor or discrimination
between Russia and Japan have oc-
CURED as to this port.
But a purely personal and private
difference arose some months ago as
TO the ownership of certain lots at
Masanpo. Russian residents had Sc
cured a right to purchase the lots and
were waiting the assent of the Korean
government. Pending this consent
japanese citizens purchased the same
rights This. however, was purely
private difference in which the gov
ernments of Russia and japan had no
mart
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
THINKS IT is FUNNY.
Undertaken Who Sold Dead Bodies
By the Wholesale.

st. Louis, Nov. 15.-Police Captain
George 7. O'Haver of Memphis, Tenn,
arrived in st. Louis today and will re-
turn this evening. having in custody
Frank Thompson, who was arrested at
Union station Tuesday on the charge
of Illegal traffic in human bodies Cap
tain O'Haver has a states warrant for
Thompson, charging him with the
'felonious stealing and taking away of
three human bodies OF the value of $500
each. Thompson says he will accom-
pany O'Haver back without any legal
resistance.
E. D. Thompson, a brother of the
man under arrest, accompanied Cap
tain O'Haver to the city. He says he
knows nothing about his brothers sales
of the dead bodies and does not think
it will amount to anything.
O'Haver states that some time ago
a trap was laid TO catch Thompson. The
police were informed of the shipment
of bodies and it was learned they were
put on the train at point ten miles
out of Memphis. A posse of police was
on hand to confiscate the bodies and
arrest Thompson. But the undertaken
heard of the police move and the ship
ment was not made.
Frank Thompson, who seemed to
treat the whole matter in a humorous
vein. again acknowledged today that
he received $500 for each body, and said
he supplied colleges outside Iowa. He
made two trips week and handled
four bodies each trip.