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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
No Diamonds For Her.

Here is story from The Bookman,
told by Rudyard Kipling His father,
John Kipling, went to pay a visit to
an Indian rajah who was about to bring
home queen The elder Kipling had
been engaged in the decorations of the
palace, and its owner showed him the
gifts of stuffs and perfumes he had pro-
cured for his coming spouse The rajah
also sent for his jewel caskets and asked
Mr.. Kipling to assist him in selecting
the gems to be included in the marriage
gifts They Were of extraordinary size
and value, such gems as are seldom
seen except in the east, and to the artist
the selection was a pleasure Finally
he lifted a wonderful diamond, one of
the choicest gems in the collection, and
said: "You should send this No wom-
an could resist it." The rajah looked
up, caught it and held it jealousy to his
breast, then, slowly replacing it in
the casket, answered, ''Nay, such gems
be not for women"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
Wanted Her Moneys Worth.

Bridget Rafferty, had served the best
years of her life as cook, and now that
she was "wearin ava" and an opera
ton became necessary she haughtily
declined to go to ward, but took one
of the best rooms in the hospital The
operation was successful. but the patient
was allowed very little food. During
her convalescence she made frequent
use of the electric bell at her bed. The
nurse would fly to her, to be greeted
with some trifiing question or the re-
mark, 81 only wanted to know if you
were there.
AS such frequent use of her bell sug-
gested to the matron on that floor that
the nurse was neglecting her patient,
the nurse demonstrated. and received
the following unique explanation:
"Well, you see. miss, here am pay
ing $50 week, and I'm not seeing any
thing, I'm not hearing anything, and.
miss. I'm not eating anything. So
just ring the bell to get my moneys
worth. and. anyways. enjoy hearing
it ring. San Francisco Argonaut.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
ANDALUsIA AIRINGs.

Andalusia, April 19.-Missrs Cora
Schneider and Edith Stropes spent
Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Stropes.
Miss Josie Strohmeier spent a few
days in Rock Island last week.
Messrs. Charles Hayes and Ira Buff
fun were in Rock Island Monday.
Miss Zoe Britton is visiting her
father, John Britton, in Rock Island.
Miss Jessie EitZsimmons, of Milan,
visited Mrs. A. w. Smith last week.
Mrs. Peterson has returned from a
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Caster,
near Marston.
The supper last Thursday at Mrs.
Charles Burgoyne's, given by the
ladies of the Baptist church, was sue
cess.
Mrs. Freeman, of Rock Island, spent
a few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Henry Thompson.
Mrs. Clara Davis returned home
Sunday from Reynolds, where she had
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Dave
Finley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
Gained Their Point.

In describing the bombardment Of
MORO Castle at Santiago during the
Spanish-American war a war artist who
was in Cuba tells how he and some
newspaper men managed to attain a
point of vantage near the Texas:
A few days previous a rival newspa-
per dispatch boat. the recipient of GER
tain courtesies with which we had not
been favored, had been carrying minor
kilograms to the flagship from one point
or another. and she was in the habit of
sailing in among the fleet. with an air
of Importance and displaying the sig
nal, 1--WE have dispatches for the adj
miral'
This, of course, preve.r.~l tee vessels
of the feet from making her come out
side and enabled her to approach the
flagship to deliver her communications.
Before leaving Port Antonio we had
taken in large supply of fresh fruit.
including bananas. so it occurred to one
of our very alert and original newspa
per men that we should hoist the sig
nal, 1--WE have bananas for the Texas
on board.
This we acted upon, and our vessel
was allowed to glide in without inter
ference, until we reached the Texas.
Once alongside. Captain Philip hailed
US with delight, accepted our little gift
and told US that a commandment was
very shortly to take place We thought
ourselves in great luck at receiving this
news and made outside the lines, keep
ing as near to the squadron as we were
permitted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
JoTTlNos ABOUT JosLIN.
A Batch of News Gathered In the Upper
End Town.

n
End Town.
Joslin. March 19.-Miss Emma
Schafer is teaching her second term
of school.
There was considerable scratching
in Yuma township ut the last election.
The W. c. L. L. held a meeting at
Mrs. S. S. Beal's Friday afternoon
last.
Ira Wainwright is hauling his oats
to Moline and is getting 80 cents per
bushel.
Hiram Cox. who has returned from
Nebraska, will now settle down upon
the farm.
Mrs. Vandeburg, who has been suf-
fering so long with rheumatism, has
called in DIR. johnson.
Miss Rica Brandt, of Yuma town.
ship, visited with friends in Port
Byron Thursday last.
Mr.. Butter, of Hillsdale, shipped q
carload of oats from Joslin. He paid
20 cents per bushel.
The subscription list now shows that
over 5000 has been subscribed for the
new church at Joslin.
Tuesday last F. Z. Crompton had q
very interesting half days visit with
Judge Searle, of Rock Island.
1t is now contemplated to move the
United Brethren parsonage upon
the same lot that the new church will
occupy.
The assessor is around and there is
sort of 9-days' wonder with regard
to the new method of assessing, some
claiming that our taxes in the future
will be higher, while others think
that less property will escape taxa
ton. Consequently the farmers
taxes should be less. 1t is claimed
by some that farmers Indebtedness
can now be deducted from the as
sessed valuation of his property.
But on the other hand, our treasurer,
Pleasant +. Cox, has instructed the
assessors that no deductions are to be
made from the assessed valuation of
land upon any consideration what
ever.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

THE press in certain sections of Eu-
rope has already begun to twit the
course of the United States in recall
ing Gen. Lawton to Manila after his
victorious invasion westward. These
newspapers are disposed to treat the
incident as an evidence that the eX-
petition, although signally victorious
on it's face, served to demonstrate that
the insurgents are nevertheless uncOn-
querable in the face of the forces sent
against them, and that no matter how
many of them are slaughtered as
many are on hand to take their places
as fast as the Americans move on, and
that only practical determination of
the natives by n force many times
the size of that now at Gen.
Otis command will insure per-
manency to our accomplishments
in the islands. Meanwhile comes the
news from Washington that President
Mckinley has decided upon course
of conquest of the islands by other
means than force. There can be no
development in the colonial expert
ment proposition that will weaken the
confidence of the American people in
Gen. Lawton, no matter how little
faith they NAV have in the cause that
has sent him there. The American
people know that Gen. Lawton is every
inch a soldier, and every inch a gen
eral
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
The Rights of the Reporter.

The Kansas City Star mas it's own
view of the scope of the privileges OF
the reporter, as the following indi.
Gates:
"lnasmuch as newspapers furnish
the medium through which the people
learn what is going on, they occupy a
public position which invests them
with the duty of obtaining and print
ing the news. The newspaper re-
porter is, in fact. representative OF
the people, and when he seeks legiti-
mate information he is exercising a
right which no one can properly ques-
ton or deny. He pursues his calling,
not with any purpose to NEEDLE or in
terfere in the affairs of others, but to
discharge a plain obligation to the
public.
Many otherwise intelligent per-
sons do not seem to understand that
it is quite impossible for any one man
to defeat or hinder the work of pub
lie journal by refusing to recognize
its reporters when they are seeking to
exercise their proper prerogatives.
Nothing can exceed the absurd pre-
sumption of the individual in charge
of affairs which are of interest and
concern to the public who turns down
the newspaper reporter and interferes
with the performance of his duty.
The person who takes upon himself
such unwarranted authority does not
harm the reporter and newspaper so
much as he harms the public.
For example, newspaper re-
porter has as much right on a wreck
ing train as the officials of the rail-
way. He goes on the floors of the
legislature because he is as properly
placed there as the representatives
themselves. All institutions which
are created and supported by the Peo-
pie and which touch their common
welfare must, according to the mod
ern order of things, be subject to
public scrutiny, and the newspaper
reporters entitled to be present and to
see and ask questions without hind
rance or evasion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
A Narrow Escape.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada
Z. Hart, of Groton, S. D.: WAS taken
with bad cold which settled on my
lungs; cough set in and finally ter
minated in consumption. Four doc
tors gave me mp, saying l could live
but a short time. i gave myself up
to nv Savoir, determined if I could
not stay with my friends on earth, l
would meet my absent ones above
My husband was advised TO get DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds / gave it q
trial, took in all eight bottles. 1t has
cured me. and thank God am saved
and now a well and healthy woman :"
Trial bottles free at Hartz x Ullemey-
er's drug store. Regular size so
cents and 81. Guaranteed or price
refunded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

FIFTEEN United States naval heroes
are in the hands of Philippine savages
with fates that can only be conjec-
tured, but which, Judging from the
experiences of the Spanish prisoners
not vet recovered. possess the pos
sibility of being too horrible to con-
template. And this is one of the tor
lures, tortures that cannot be COM
pared with death upon the altar of
freedom, that the administration has
offered as a sacrifice to the currents
of destiny" The redemption of
these brave Americans from the natives
who ambushed and captured them
while they were on a mission of mercy
to their late foes who were suffering
the same fate that they have fallen
into. will probably be as difficllt and
uncertain task as the moral redemp-
ton of the precious subjects that this
country purchased for so much head
as one of the self-assumed penalties
for having driven Spain off the west
ern hemisphere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

EMPEROR WILLIAM has in a most
graceful and becoming manner shown
his friendship and good will toward
the United States by sending to Presi-
dent Mckinley beautiful and artist
cally executed copy of a memorial
containing history of the christian
ity from the birth of Christ, in COM
memoration of the conservation of the
Church of the Savior at Jerusalem last
October, which the emperor attended.
The memorial bears the autographs of
the emperor and empress. The pres
ident has sent suitable acknowledge
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

Peoria the results were close, but the
democrats held their own In Otta-
wa the former democratic attorney
general of Illinois, Maurice L. Malo-
ney, was elected mayor. The labor
towns of Streator, Pana and Braid
wood-the latter for the first time in
her history-went democratic. Ster-
ling also elected democratic mayor
for the first time in her history.
Prominent among the other cities in
which democratic victories were
scored were Freeport, Waukegan,
Lincoln, Alton, Carthage, Charleston,
Carmi and Jerseyville.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
sciatic Rheumatism Cured.

L. Wagner, wholesale druggist
Richmond, Va, says: Il had fear
full attack of sciatic rheumatism, was
laid up almost two months; was for
tunate enough to get Mystic Cure for
rheumatism. This cured me after
doctors prescriptions had failed to
have any effect. 1 have also h card of
fine results from others who have
used it,"
Sold b. Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second
avenue. Rock Island; Gust Schlegel IL
Son, 22O West Second street, Daven-
mort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

IN the cities and towns in Illinois
where municipal elections were held
yesterday the democrats gave good
account of themselves. At Joliet the
entire democratic city ticket. to-
gether with four out of seven alder
men. was the result, Col. Bennitt,
commander of the Sd Illinois regi-
ment in the late war, and who went
over to the republican party and was
taken up by it this spring. being de-
feated on the head of the ticket. In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
Pneumonia is one of the most daI

Pneumonia is one of the most dan
gerous and fatal diseases. Ii always
results from cold. Cham berlain' s
Cough Remedy viii quickly cure a
cold and perhaps prevent an attack
of pneumonia. 1t is in fact made
especially for that ailmert and has
become famous for its cures over a
large part of the civilized world. 1t
eounteracts any tendency of n cold
toward pneumonia Can you afford
to neglect your cold when so reliable
a remedy can be had for a trifie? For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

THE composite work on anti-expan-
sion which has been named Republic
or Empire?" will shortly be published
by Chicago house. 1t is edited by
William j. Bryan, Senator Hoar, An
drew Carnegie, Carl Schurz and others,
and will represent the Philippine ques-
ton from the most complete stand
point of the anti-imperialists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

ANDREW CARNEGIE has given 81
$50, 900 for additions to the public
library. art library and music hall at
Pittsburg, to which institutions his
former contributions have amounted
to over 81, 600, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

The bill passed by the last Illinois
legislature apPropriating $250,OOO to
pay the Illinois volunteers for the
Spanish war the difference between
state and federal pay from the time
they assembled in camp until they
were mustered into the service of the
United States is now law, it having
been signed by the governor yester-
day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

NEW JERSEY has been doing as well
in the trust-fostering line as Dakota
has with her divorces. The corpora
ton fees at the very low figure
charged in New Jersey amounted to
over 1925. 600 in the month of March
alone. This will pretty nearly pay the
expenses of the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
AOueer "a Medicine.

There is medicine whose proprie
tors do not claim to have discovered
some hitherto unknown ingredient,
or that it is a cure-all. This honest
medicine only claims to cure certain
diseases. and that its ingredients are
recognized by the most skilled physi-
clans as being the best for kidney and
bladder diseases. 1t is Foley's Kidney
Cure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

Pneumonia, lagriPpe, coughs. colds.
Group and whooping cough readily
yield to One Minute Cough CuIe. Use
this remedy in time and save doc
tors bill-or the undertaker's. For
sale by I. H Thomas, A. j. Reiss and
Ri. F. Bahnsen. druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
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 a bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
Beauty Is blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. NJ
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your p.ood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving AL i'm
Purities from the body. Begin to-day t.
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. lOc, 25c, Soc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
Don't Tobacco spit and sno.e Icsr LIE Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netie. fun OF life nel We and vigor, take NoITo
BAG, the wonder worker. taat makes weak men
strong An druggists. SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free Address
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

SENATOR HoAR will be % when his
term in the United States senate ex-
pires in 1901.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
A Beacon of Hope

To those afflicted with kidney or
bladder diseases is Foley's Kidney
Cure. Guaranteed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
"Laugh Ont, Oh, r
+. Murmuri,1g Spring. /"

IT is the time to laugh for
If is the years fresh prime; all
nature IS purified and ready
for a carnfVaf of groavth.
Sensible people noSv do the
same that nature does aim
to be purified, and for the
same reasons. They use that
marvellous blood purfffer
Hoods Sarsaparilla, that
neVer disapponts.
Its work and worth are known world
wide as household medicine.
Nausea :" Vomiting spells, dizziness
and prostration troubled me for years.
Had neuralgia, grew weak and could not
sleep. My age was against me, but Hoods
Sarsaparilla cured me thoroughly. Ny
weight increased from l25 to las pounds.
am the mother of nine children. Never felt
so well and string since I was married as
do now" MRS VI. A. WATERS, 1923 SD ST.,
Washington, ID. c.
Pinlpies-" Headaches, nose bleed and
p!ilpieS maze me so weak tlat COulu not
work. Hoods SarsapariIla gave me good
sleep. strength, and cured me" ARTHUR
NJ EHRESTRAUT, 1871 West Fayette Street,
Syracuse, y. Y.
Eczema We had to tie the hands of
our two year old son on account of eczema
on face and limbs. No medicine even
helped until we used Hoods Sarsaparilla,
which soon cured" Mrs A. VAN WICK, 123
Montgomery Street, Paterson, " J.
OySpepS5a-"S Suffered everything but
death for years with dyspepsia Nothing
relieved me until / took Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and II made and kept me we'll Can
eat anything 1 wish" Mrs EuGESK
MURPHY, Hulfs Mill, Danbury, Conn
Running Sores" After worrying four
months gave my children Hoods Sarsa-
pariila and it cured them Of running sores.
Hoods Pills cured me OF dyspepsia and
constipation" Mrs. KATE +. Thomas 81
Governor ST. Annapolis, Nd
tfip Disease" Five running sores on
my hip caused me TO use crutches Was
confined TO bed every winter. Hoods Sar-
saparilia saved my life. IL cured me per-
fectly. Am strong and we'll" ANNIE
RosERr, "a Fourth ST.. FAN River. Mass.
Hod5 SaadabaM&
"Y3251Sy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

Arnold's Bromo Celery cures head
aches; 10, IS and so cents. Reiss'
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19

Subscribe for TIE ARGUS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-19
HodJ SaasaboMM
Eaz2z:lEtl11,aD

Hoo. pm. cure liver iIIs The ncnIrrttatinE ana
: enIy eaLhartie 20 take with hooa.. saIsaPATtla.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-05-04
The I;thnology Of Kissing.

The kiss was unknown, l think
among the aboriginal tribes Oi
America and of central Africa. From
the most ancient times, however, il
has been familiar to the Asiatic and
European races. The Latins divided
it into three forms-the Osculum.
the basium and the suavium, the
first being the kiss of friendship and
respect, the second of ceremony and
the third of love. The Semites al
ways knew the kiss, and Job speaks
of it as part of the sacred rites as it
is today in the Roman church.
The Mongolian kiss, however. is
not the same as that which prevails
with US. In it the lips do not touch
the surface of the person kissed.
The nose is brought into light CON
tact with the cheek, forehead or
hand. The breath is drawn slowly
through the nostrils, and the act
ends with slight smack of the lips.
The Chinese consider our mode of
kissing full of coarse suggestiveness,
and our writers regard their method
with equal disdain.
Darwin and other naturalists have
attempted to trace back the kiss to
the act of the lower animals who
seize their prey with their teeth, etc.
An interesting recent study of the
subject is by NJ. Paul d'Enjoy, in
1.-THE Bulletin" of the Paris Anthro-
biological society, volume s, No. q
DR.. Daniel G.. Brinton in Science.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-05-04
The Old Marine Band.

The big man in the band of former
days in the Marine band in its in
fancy was the man who marched in
the front and played a chime of
bells which was rigged up on long
pole. He was an entire band in
himself. Behind him marched two
or three others who had similarly
arranged chimes, though of smaller
proportions. There may have been
cornets, trombones and bass horns
in existence then, but certainly none
of them was ever carried by the
Marine band until after 1885. was
married that year and remember
very well seeing the band parade a
day or so before my marriage, and
/ am certain there were no horns
carried by the band except bugles
or trumpets. / don't know that
their music was not as sweet as il is
today. 1t sounded to Us folks OF
that day so anyhow. There seemed
to be more music in the string and
reed instruments than in the various
horns of today, and the men who
carried the chime bells could, for
sound at least, double discount any
or the performers in the band to-
day.-Washington Star.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-05-04
CarlyIe's BIum,ne.

DR.. Guthrie of London, the author
of a celebrated treatise on gunshot
wounds, married a lady who had
two daughters, one of whom was
Margaret Gordon, Carlyle's BLU
mine" Mr.. Walker saw her in 1888
when she was married to notable
Eberdonian, Sir Alexander Banner
man. He remembers her again in
1851, fair in looks, handsome in
person and accomplished in man
ner, and niece of Lady Banner
man says that she had the sweetest
of tempers.
Lady Bannerman accompanied her
husband to his various governor
ships in the colonies. He died in
1862 from an accident while he was
preparing to return to his native
city. After his death his wife re-
tired TO villa in Hampstead, where,
being childless, she lived a solitary
life and died there about 1888. She
never alluded to her early relations
with Carlyle, but talked freely of
his character and of his works, es-
Pecially the essays on Burns, Goethe,
Scott and other articles in his Mis-
cellanies. D" But it is said that she
talked even more of Edward Irving,
who had been her tutor in mathe-
natios. Lady Bannerman's sister
survived her and is still living at
very advapced age.-Bookman.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-05-04
The Hot Touch" In Tennessee,

Every man-that is, nearly every
man - has been touched" and
therefore the explanation of a
touch, which is given herewith, is
for the benefit of women and chill
dren who do not know. A "touch" is
a mace" STRIKE" a borrow. "
There are many different kinds of
touches. There are the "hot touch, "
the rush touch, which is the hot
touch's" twin brother, the "sym-
pathy touch" and other kinds too
numerous to mention.
A hot touch" or rush touch" is
one that is made SO quickly that the
TOUGHER" gets the money he asks
for before the "touchee" realizes
what is happening.
The other day a "hot one" was
made on young man who is rather
near" with his money. The touch
er" in this case was an artist. He
rushed up to the ''touchee" with
tears in his eyes and said: I've got
to go TO Nashville, old man. My
mother isdead. Please lend me ten.
I'm awfully sorry to hear about
your mothers death, "said the stin-
gy one, as he produced the ten. When
did she diei"
Eighteen years ago" answered
the TOUGHER, as he pocketed the
money and walked away.-Memphis
Scimetar.