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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
DEATHS RED LIGHT.
It Was Waved at an Engineer, Betoken-
ing His Mothers Demise.

1t Was Waved at an Engineer, Betoken-
ing His Mothers Demise.
1.-The most peculiar case I ever heard
of, - said telegraph operator, occur
red in our family. Ny father was an
engineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, running into Richmond One
night while quite distance from the
latter city and nearing his run he saw
bright red light on the track several
hundred yards ahead. The signal was
also seen by his fireman and the front
brakeman. The train was at once stop
ped, but not a trace of the signalman or
light could be found, and the track was
all right. Father looked at his watch
and noted that the time was o'clock.
The train pulled ont, proceeding eau
tiously for some distance without
meeting any obstruction. Several miles
farther the light was again seen.
Once more stopping, another search was
made, with no more success than before.
This happened at S:2S. Father was new
er superstitious, but this was inexplica-
BILE. Much mystified, he proceeded on
the way, only to be stopped a third time
by the red light at SOL O'Clock. Anoth-
er search by the crew failed to disclose
the slightest trace of the mysterious sig
mailman. Finally, giving up the search,
the men returned TO their posts, and the
train at last pulled up into Richmond
without further mishap.
when father alighted from the cab,
telegram was handed him announcing
the death of his mother. Without delay
he went to Der home, which was sew
eral miles out of the city, ON the rail-
road. Soon after his arrival he learned
that telegram had been sent to him
while he was out ON duty, summening
him to grandmother bedside. The
time at which father had seen the mys-
terious red lights was indehbly i'm
pressed on his memory, and he learned
upon inquiry that at precisely the min
ute at which the first red light was seen
she had asked if he had come. She then
repeated the question at the time he saw
the second light, and the appearance of
the third light was simultaneous with
her death. ''-Richmond Times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
story of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George ID. Williams,
of Manchester, Mich, tells how such
a slave was made free. He says:
My wife has been so helpless for five
years that she could not turn over in
bed alone. After using two bottles of
Electric Bitters she is wonderfully
improved and able to do her own
work" This supreme remedy for
female diseases quickly cures nerv-
BUSINESS, sleePlessness, melancholy,
headache. backache. fainting and dizzy
spells. This miracle working medi-
cine is godsend to weak, sickly. run
down people. Every bottle guaran-
teed. Only SO cents. Sold by Hartz
& Ullemever. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
Rheumatism Cured In a Hours.

L. j. Blackmore. of Halter X Black
more. Pittsburg, Pa, says: A short
time since l procured a bottle of Mys-
tic Cure. 1t got me out of the house
in ~ hours. l took to my bed with
nine months ago and the
Mystic Cure is the only medicine that
did me any good. had five of the
best physicians in the city, but l re-
ceived very little relief from them.
l know the Mystic Cure to be what it
is represented and take pleasure in
recommending it to other poor suf-
ferrers." Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island. and Gus
Schlegel & Son, 220 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
BATHING IN THE DEAD SEA.
An Easy Matter to Float on the Surface OF
the Thick Water.

The Dead sea, or more properly tho
Salt sea, is also called in Scripture the
sea of the Arabah; in the Apocrypa, the
Sodomitish sea;iu the Talmudical books,
sea of Salt and sea of Sodom. The
name Dead sea seems to have been first
used in Greek, and the Arabic name is
Bar Lut, or the sea of Lot. 1t has
length varying from 40 to 46 miles and
is only about three miles across at its
broadcast part.
From the analysis of the United States
expedition it appears that each gallon
of the water, weighing 1914 pounds,
contains nearly 3 pounds (3.319) Of
matter in solution, an immense quantity
IN view Of the fact that sea water,
weighing 1914 pounds per gallon, con-
tains less than one-half pound. OF this
81. pounds nearly pound is common
salt Chloride of sodium), about two
pounds chloride of magnesium and less
than one-half pound chloride of calcium
(muriate of lime). There does not ap
pear to be anything about it inimical to
life, and the story of recent tourist
confirms this. He says:
LAS for the Dead sea, it will, in con-
tradiction of the name, forever preserve
a green and living memory in my mind.
No fish can survive in it, we all know,
but for place for a swim, or, above all,
for q float, commend me TO it beyond all
the Winnepesaukees in the world. How
it bears you up in arms, How it annihi-
lates the tiresome ponderosity and dig
nifty of the laws of gravitation! How it
introduces you into the inner conscious
ness of dainty ariel and thistledom and
all other airy. fairy creaturesi The more
you weigh the less you weigh. There is
the real hydrostatic paradox. An ele-
plant in the Dead sea would feel him
self n gazelle Then what mirror its
steely surface was that morning, and
how beautiful its reflections of the noun
tains of Palestine on the one hand and
of Moab on the other"'-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
VILLAIN ELLIE.

Down the dear old lane where we always meet.
With its hedges tall and its grassy way,
Comes Ethel, blushing, her lover to greet
The bracken is tall and the wild rose sweet,
And the air is scented with new mown hay,
Down the dear old lane where we always meet
In simple frock, SO pretty and neat,
With face as fresh and fair as the day,
Comes Ethel, blushing, her lover 10 greet
There's old gray stone makes messy seat'
With bank behind, where butterflies stray
Down the dear old lane where we always meet
Daintily tripping dainty, wee feet,
With an innocent haste that brooks no delay,
Comes Ethel, blushing, her lover to greet
There's a thrill that quickens my hearts quick
beat,
And fain would think twill ever be May.
Down the dear old lane where we always meet
Comes Ethel, blushing, her lover to greet.
Holt Shafto in Chambers Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
ANSWER 1T HONESTLY.
Are the Statements of Rock Island Citizens
Not More Reliable Than Those of
litter Strangers?


This is vital question.
1t is fraught with interest to Rock
Island.
1t permits of only one answer.
1t cannot be evaded or ignored.
a Rock Island citizens speaks here.
Speaks for the welfare of Rock ISL
and.
A citizens statement is reliable.
An utter strangers doubtful.
Home proof is the best proof.
Albert Littig, 1900 Fifth avenue.
bricklayer and stonemason, says: Il
was taken with a soreness across my
back. and it was further aggravated
by the nature of nv work, as l have
to be so much in a stopped position.
saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised
and they were also recommended to
me by q neighbor. so | sent for box
to Marshall Il Fishers drug store and
began taking them. was really sur
prised to see how quickly they cured
me-"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price SO cents. Mailed by
Foster-Milburn company, Buffalo, n.
Y. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
COMPOSITION on breathing.

A boy, IA years old, who was told to
write all he could about breathing in q
composition. handed in the following:
Breath is made of air. We breathe
with our lungs, our lights, our liver
and kidneys. If it wasn't for our breath
we would die when we slept. Our
breath keeps the life a-going through
the nose when we are asleep. Boys
that stay in room all day should not
breathe. They should wait until they
get outdoors Girls kill the breath with
corsets that squeezes the diagram.
Girls can't holler or run like boys be-
cause their diagram is squeezed too
much II l was girl l had rather be
boy so l can run and boiler and have
a great big diagram. Free
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

ERsKISE NJ. PHELPS of the firm of
Phelps. Dodge IL Palmer. of Chicago,
has withdrawn from active business,
business the receipts of which are
g.. 900 900 year. in order to give the
young man a chance. In eXplana-
tion of his course, Mr. Phelps said:
when a man has reached a certain
age and has acquired sufficient money
to supply all his needs for the remain
der of his life it is time he should get
out of the harness and give a younger
man chance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
Tanner Won't Let Go.

St. Louis Republic.
Ungovernable itch for Office has
caused Tanner to come to the scratch
again. He has tired of wearing the
mantle of self-abnegation and US
selishness that he put on some
weeks ago with mock humility, when
he concluded that the breakers
ahead of his denomination were too
many and dangerous to be weathered
successfully. His ambition to remain
chief boss and beneficiary of the re-
publican machine has heated his anat-
omy too hot. He has thrown aside
the cloak. He stands once more in
the political highways, alternately
coaxing and bullying Illinois rePubli-
cans.
The Clay county statesman now eX-
plains through his machine heelers
that he mas concluded TO sacrifice his
for the peace and rest of private life
by entering once more upon an active
canvass for denomination.
AS a means to this end the governor
assayed to negotiate a defensive and
offensive alliance with Cullom. Fail
ing, he has served notice that he will
meet the senator at PhilipPi, when
members of the legislature are to be
elected on whom devolves the selec-
ton of the next United States senator
from Illinois. As another means to
the same end the indicted executive
has ordered his servitors to proclaim
that his great, good and efficient adj
ministTation demands and should re-
ceive, according to the laws of party
gratitude and the rules of party pre-
cedent. the reward and approval of
denomination.
Democrats of Illinois cannot active
ly assist Mr.. Tanner in his efforts to
reach the goal of his aspirations. But
they will have cause to rejoice if he
succeeds in doing so. For, if renom-
mated, he will be the easiest beaten
and the worst beaten republican that
ever ran for governor of Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
SAVED HER SLIPPERS.
A Bit of Hitherto Unpublished History OF
the War of 1912.

A Bit of Hitherto Unpublished History OF
the War of 1912.
This is a chapter OF semiofficial, semi
domestic history, and it is vouched for
by granddaughter of the hero's fam
lily line, Chicagoan who now lives on
Dearborn avenue.
Prominent i'll Mr.. Madison's cabinet
sat, fourscore years ago, Secretary of
the Navy Jones, the son of famous
shipbuilder, a man gallant not only in
spirit, but in dress and manner. His
fitness for his office is attested by the
naval histories of the war of 1912. But
the successful secretary had more wit
than hair, and wig was a sine qua
non of his political and social life. All
went we'll with this adornment until
the luckless August day in 1914 when
the British marched from Bladensburg
upon Washington.
1t will be remembered that President
Madison and his cabinet stood not upon
the order of their going on that occa-
sion, but went at once-to a very re-
tired summer resort. Every one knows
how Lady Dolly" remained behind
long enough to save some valuable
White House portraits from having their
eyes put out by English bayonets, but
few have heard how collected Mrs. Sec
rotary Jones was in this national crisis
Presence of mind is said to be promot-
ed by absence IF body. This lady dis
played in the face of danger presence of
both mind and body. As the secretary
emerged from his doorway, his hands
full of such fa.~ lily valuables as his agi-
tated condition had allowed him to col
lect, Mrs. Jones confronted him with
the appalling words:
MY dear, you have forgotten my
slippers. You must go back and get
them"
General RoSE was almost at his door
bringing imprisonment or death. but the
unhappy man turned back to hunt the
slippers, which, it is only fair to Mrs.
Jones to add, were adorned with dia-
mond buckles In his headlong quest for
these treasurcs-which he secured-his
wig dropped off in a dark corner, and
he did not dare to take time to hunt for
it nor to attempt the purchase of ar
other. The shorn appearance of the SER
Rotary, hitherto farltless in all appoint
ments of dress, is said to have very murh
lessened the melancholy of the cabiret
journey. 1t is further asserted that d1r-
ing the time of retirement, no matter
how depressed any member of the pJesi-
Dental party felt over public and pri-
vate woes, if he but glanced at Secretary
Jones peal upon peal of irresistible
laughter was sure to follow and that the
despoiled Adonis cordially Joined in
these bursts of Northumberland
Tribune
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

1T is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Houton. that in my travels in all
parts of the world. for the last 10
years, / have met more people having
used Green's August Flower than any
other remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged
liver and stomach, and for constipa-
ton. l find for tourists and statesmen,
or for persons filling office positions,
where headaches and general bad feel
ings from irregular habits exist, that
Green's August Flower isa grand rem
edy. 1t does not injure the system
by frequent use, and is excellent for
sour stomachs and indigestion" Sam
pie bottles free at T. H. Thomas.
Sold by dealers in all civilized
countries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

A COUPLE of years ago, when it was
supposed that Mckinley meant what
he said when he declared that forci-
BILE annexation would be criminal
aggression" Gov. Shaw, of Iowa, was
against the conquest of the Philip
pines. He opposed it in these terms:
The so-called imperial policy is easy
to advocate but hard to Justify and
defend. You can go before an audi
ence and preach the doctrine of taking
all we can and holding all we lay
hands on. and gain applause. II
sounds very fine and attractive to
never haul down the flag where it is
once unfurled, but according to my
Judgment it is not always wise poll
tics to hoist the flag everywhere that
circumstances afford the opportu-
nifty" Now, Mr.. Mckinley having
changed his mind. Shaw has done the
same. and is advocating what he for
merly condemned, in his campaign
for reelection. There is hardly re-
publican leader that has not com
pletely changed front on one or more
of the issues before the country, and
there is hardly one who has done so
in the strength of conviction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
ALIma Man,s Testimonv.

l have obtained excellent results
from the use of Foley's Kidney Cure.
1t relieves my backache and severe
pain over the hips. 1t toned up my
system and gave me new vim and en-
ergy. regard it as an honest and
reliable remedy for all kidney dis
eases. 1t makes no false claims, but
does what it says when given a fair
trial. 1 certainly recommend it.
WILLIAM FINN,
447 Elida Road, Lima, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

The attractions of the civil service
rules and regulations in the Ohio
campaign have been carried so far
that Representative Charles Dick,
who is chairman of the Ohio cam
paign committee, may get into trou-
BILE in consequence. Circular letters,
as heretofore related, were recently
sent TO federal office holders all over
the United States appealing to them
for subscriptions to the Ohio cam
paign fund. These letters were on
the letter-heads of the finance COM
mittee of the Ohio republican state
executive committee, with the names
of the mem bers of the finance COM
mittee at the top. and were signed by
W. +. Burdell. treasurer of the finance
committee. The sending of these let
tiers addressed TO the offices in which
the persons solicited are employed is
held by the civil service commission
to have been violation of that sec
tion of the civil service law which
prohibits the solicitation of campaign
funds in any government building or
Office, and If Chairman Dick can in
any way be connected with the send
ing of the letters ii is held that he has
violated another section of the law,
which prohibits the solicitation of
subscriptions in any way by senators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

MARX HANNA has declared that
there is no SUCH thing as a trust in
this country, and the rank and file of
the party. which the admins tration
boss controls, will take notice ac-
cordingly and so shape their ut
terances thereafter. The declara-
tion is on par with that which an
other great republican once made that
"trusts are private affairs with which
the public has nothing to do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

JUSTICE BREWER, of the United
States supreme court, comes out
strongly against the administration S
policy of expansion and imperialism.
OF course Gov. Roosevelt and Hanna
will denounce him as TRAITOR" He
says the Filipinos need the blessings
of our example rather than the touch
of our power Justice Brewer has
been n lifelong republican.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
447 Elida Roa
FOR over Fifty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoes. Is
cents 8 bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30
Hiz Exnerienee-

Watts-What was the worst storm
you ever encountered?
y. Peck-I think 1t blew at the rate
OF about 800 words a minute.-Indian-
apolis Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

The cabbage stin grows wild in
Greece. where it originated. Radishes
are native to China, but have been
grown in Europe FOR centuries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

You ought to know that when suf-
fering from any kidney trouble that
safe, sure remedy is Foley's Kidney
Cure. Guaranteed or money refund
ID
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

Arnold's Bromo Celery cures head
. hes; 10, IS and so cents. Reiss'
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

representatives and all other govern
ment officials.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-30

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-13

result. We are told that as with the best
wine, taste and aroma improve by keeping
In thoroughly dry atmosphere perfec-
ton Is supposed to be reached in the eighth
year. The berry, moreover, must be roast
ed to turn; that is seldom done in Eng
land. for the retailer Is generally the roas4-
er, and the process means loss Of weight,
amounting to about one-tenth. Then, after
the grinding. which should be reserved to
the last minute. comes the making of the
coffee, a highly controversial question
which We leave experts to settle. The re-
suit In this country, though better now
than formerly, when the country hotel
often produced only "a nankeen-col-
o1ed fluid" is seldom quite satisfactory
Yet, the drinking of coffee is no novelty In
England In London it had q slight start
or tea, for the first coffee house was opened
about the year 1862. For a time these re-
sorts were very popular, to some extent an
tic1pating the modern club. Of the more
noted, some had political. others a COM
mercial. complexion. Stock jobbers went to
Jorathan's, merchants to Dicks and
Lloyd's. wings gathered at st. James wits
at Wills and Buttons. the Jerusalem at
uacted by it's news, and Don Saltero's by
its curtosities. Coffee houses or taverns
have sprung up in abundance Of late years,
but with philanthropic aims and for very
different class, while the cafe, on the con-
tinental plan, for long was almost UNI
known to London, and can hardly yet be
said to have secured a footing. Our cii-
mate and our habits are not favorable to 1t.
The former we cannot change: but the-le
ter might. perhaps. be modified.
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twenty-three pounds head being the al
lowance In Holland. Denmark Is second.
but with long interval, and Belgium fol-
lows. The French seem to be losing the
tsste--is not the cafe giving place every
where to the brasserie?-and stand low on
the list, consuming only three and quar-
ter pounds per head Germany beats them
by a couple Of pounds. We are nowhere.
for in Great Britain the consumption is
less than three-quarters of pound a head.
The majority of US know neither how to
buy nor to make 1t. According to the old
then cook 1t. and the quality Of the former
grown.in Yemen and other parts of Arabia.
under false colors. being shipped 10 Mocha
and sent off as the genuine article. The
true Mocha berry is small and dark yellow
In color. the tmpostors are larger and much
paler. But some of the Venezuelan varle-
ties closely resemble Mocha, and so do GER
tain OF the best Brazil and the West Indies.
This fact is directly shown by table of
average prices. 1t is not headed by Arabia.
but by British Honduras, Cuba coming as
a good second. Arabia third, with the
Dutch East Indies close behind Brazil.
though SO far ahead in quantity, and not
without fine varieties, must produce great
amount of second-rate quality, seeing that
she Is at the end of the list. While the
average price Of Honduras coffee Is twenty
cents a pound, that q Brazil is only little
over six cents. But 1t Is not enough to OBJ
tain a berry of fine quality: much remains
to be done before q good cup Of coffee can
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ters in numbers but not In the amount Of
work. Oklahoma women. although they
have not been as long engaged on farms,
are more active and can do more work and
get better results. That their crops yield a
larger acreage is due. somewhat, to the fer
tile soil, which is also new and more pro-,
ductfve than Kansas land. But between
the women Of the state and territory there,
Is no Jealousy. Both go about their own
work, bent upon making a large crop, with
the same earnest zeal as the most stead-1
fast German farmer. The number Of wo-i,
men who work on farms in Kansas will
reach over 5000. while the entire number.
OF farmers in the state aggregates 1900.
exclusive of families. In Oklahoma the
population is smaller, but the percentage
Is about equal.
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FACTS ABOUT COFFEE.
1t Improves With Age, Like Wine,
and Americana Like Theirs Weak.

1t Improves With Age, Like Wine,
and Americans Like Theirs Weak.
From the London STANDARD.
1t may surprise some people to learn, on
the authority of a consular report issued
recently, that Brazil can claim to rank as
the greatest cof reproducing country in the
world. We generally associate coffee with
the east, but at the present day the new
world grows a far larger quantity than the
old The plant is cultivated from Mexico to
Brazil including, of course. the West In
dian Islands-in fact. over DIR. Wallace's
reotropical region. excluding its southern
and colder portion. In most parts the In
dustry is increasing rapidly Brazil alone
PRODUCES more than 500. 900 pounds Of
cofree per annum. 1t is, indeed. believed to
hsye furnished in 1898 more than three
quarters of all the coffee raised In America.
though that continent contributed W per
cent of the total quantity grown on the
Globe. So great, indeed, Is the output that
there is danger Of supply exceeding de-
mand The statistics Of the trade arc
curious. The United States import largely
lin fact, they are Brazils principal Gus
toner; but they are by no means 1T the
head of the list Of consumers. the annual
amount being just under ten pounds per
head. But as It happens. the principal COZ
fee-drinking nations are small. ana IN
Americans differ from them in liking their
coffee weak.
The Dutch are the greatest consumers.