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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
He Told the Lawyer.

Lawyer S. is well known. for his I'M
comely habits. He cuts his hair about
four times a year and the rest of the
time looks decidedly ragged about the
ears He was making a witness describe
n barn which figured in his last case.
"How long had the barn been built %
"'Oh, L don't know. About a year
mebby. About nine months pr APPS. d"
''But just how long? Tell the jury
how long it had been built
"Well. don't know exactly. Quite
a while"
"Now. Mr.. B., You pass for an intel
ligent farmer. and yet you can't tell me
how old this barn is. and you have lived
on the next farm for ten years. Can
you tell me how old your own barn is ?
Come now. tell us how old your own
house is, if you think you know"
Quick as lightning the old farmer re-
piled:
"You want to know how old my house
is, do yer Well, it's just about as old
as You be and needs the roof seeing to
about as bad. "
In the roar that followed the witness
stepped down, and Lawyer S. didn't
call him back London Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
The Boy and the Hare.

A pleasant story of the Duke of Dew
onshire comes from Chatsworth. He
was strolling. gun in hand, through one
of his own fields near Baslow when be
started hare, which he shot, and was
going to pick it up when a small boy
jumped out of neighboring hedge and
warned him off. Here, meester, cried
the small boy peremptorily. ''yo' must
nae touch that. -
why not % asked the duke, amused.
seeing that he was not recognized.
''Why, it S tn dukes, " answered the
boy, IAN he'll have you locked up if he
knows.
"Ohr' said his grace. 'Then will
You take charge of it2''
aye, that L will, " answered the boy
promptly. ''Me fayther's keeper
Half an hour afterward the boy and
the hare arrived in the kitchen at Chats
worth. The duke had taken a short cut
home and had the boy brought to him.
The little chap was dumb with terror
when he learned what a mistake he had
made, but the duke gave him shil-
ling piece, called him "a good lad and
sent him away rejoicing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
The TnsmnnIan Devil.

The animal known in Australia as
ths Tasmanian devil is one of the only
two survivors of what must at one time
have been a widely distributed class of
animals, to judge from the fossil re-
mains already found in many parts of
Australia. Like nearly every mamma
liam quadruped of the continent. the
devil is marsupial. but with the soli-
tary exception of the so called Tasma-
MAN wolf he is the only surviving mar
supial animal that is carnivorous and
may be- regarded as a beast of prey.
The devil is now very scarce and will
soon be extinct. but in the early con-
vict days of the island-when Tasma-
MIA. then called Van Dieman's Land,
was the penal settlement for the worst
class of British convicts-they We're
plentiful. and many CHASTITY stories
were afloat of their attacks upon escaped
convicts who had taken to the bush.
1t is believed that the name of devil
was bestowed on the animals by the
convicts, who had learned to look upon
them with almost superstitious fear,
partly in consequence of their appear
ance, but still more owing to their I'M
firing perseverance in following up an
enemy to the last with what looked like
undying hatred. No specimen has ever
been found on the continent of Austria
lia--Lippincott' Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
BrutaIities mt Sea.

In The Pail Mall Magazine W. Clark
Russell quotes the instructions given by
the Earl of Lindsay in 1885 to his cap
tains:
1.-The keynote is struck with the de-
votional spirit of the age. The chief in
command is to take care that all the
officers and companies of the ships
worship God twice a day. Swearing
drunkenness. robbery. sleeping on watch
and the like were TO be punished &C
cording to the order and custom of the
sea. Punishments were brutally severe
in those times. They marooned-that is
they set man ashore alone on a desc
late coast or island and left him to
starve, to be destroyed by savages or
wild beasts
''They keel hauled-that Is. they
dragged a man naked by yard arm
whips under the bottom of a ship, and
drew him up raw and bloody with the
harsh wounding of barnacles and spike
like adherences. only to be submerged
afresh ere the unhappy miscreant could
fetch a full breath. They nailed a man
to the mainmast by driving a knife
through his hand For murder Chat
was often manslaughter) they tied the
living TO the dead, back to back, and
threw them overheard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
An Empress Pen.

heard an interesting fact regarding
the former empress of the French the
other night which shows in what direc-
ton her thoughts run. Whenever she
has occasion to write anything about
her lamented husband. she always uses
the diamond pen which signed the
treaty of Paris. All those who partici-
pated in this historical occasion wanted
the pen as a memento. But so keen was
the empress on possessing it that she
begged that only one pen should be
used, which she thought she had a
right to retain as a souvenir. This was
agreed to. The pen takes the form of a
quill plucked from golden eagle s
wing and richly mounted with dia-
monds and gold.-Woman's Life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Sol Smith Russell.

The annual visits of Sol Smith Rus
sell to the three cities are the subject
of increasing interest with the lapse of
years. Not to his refined art alone,
but to those personal characteristics
which give him place in the social
order as eminent as that he so con-
spicuously holds in his profession, is
this interest.due. The play in which
Mr.. Russell will be seen at the Burtis
is an entirely new one. Charles Klein,
a well known playwright, has for some
time been making 4 close study of
Mr.. Russell's art, and it is said Mr..
Klein has fitted Mr.. Russell better in
the Hon. John Grigsby" than any
playwright who has ever written for
him. Mr.. Klein has not only given
Mr.. Russell a great part, but also a
grand comedy, one which is certain to
live for years. James Lackay, Alfred
Hudson, Lionel Barrymore, William
Sampson, Florence Rockwell, Lila Con-
we're, Fanny Addison Pitt and Alice
Thill will be seen in the cast at the
Burtis Thursday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Rat Prorno.,icntor.

The old superstition, which has grown
into an adage. that rats desert a ship
which is no longer seaworthy. is still
an article of faith with the fresh water
sailors of the great lakes Sundry well
authenticated instances seem to Justify
this belief. SHere is one. The Vernon
was a three master which did a tramp
business. Built in Buffalo in 1850, she
was for many years regarded as one of
the best craft on the lakes
Late in the fall, about IS years ago,
she unloaded a cargo OF grain in Buff
falo. and reloaded with package freight
for Chicago. She was about to sail one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
a'The Best Laid Plans,

"When was young fellow, I was
dreamer" said benevolent citizen.
81 thought that my greatest pleasure
would be to give money to the poor and
live life of simple, unworldly devo-
ton and gentleness. That was when I
was about 90.
cat % I came into some money rath-
er unexpectedly. The first thing did
was to give dinner. got tipsy-the
first time in my life. 1 had fight with
waiter and nearly punched his eye
out. Twas arrested and had to be bailed
out by my lawyer. The waiter sued me
for damages, and / was so angry with
him and myself and the downfall of my
great ideals that 1 refused to compro-
mise as my lawyer advised. The waiter
lost most of his savings in fees and ex-
penses, and his family came wailing to
ask me to pay his doctors bills and help
him get position and they would drop
the suit.
81 came to my senses and did more
than that for them My old ideas, modi-
fed and modernized, took hold of me
again, and while / am a hard headed
business man today most of my friends
are poor people But my first use of
money shows how fiimsy the pedestals
of most ideals are and how foolish it is
to say what we would do if we could. 4
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
ozark. the ,ErnId Angels sine.-


Two turns brought me from the
crowded highway along which cab and
omnibus were speeding toward Lon
don's center of attraction to the quiet
street in which fire and food awaited
me. AS / made the second turn l saw,
through the murk of a mid-December
evening, three figures pressed close
against the area railings-surely my
own area ratings. And through the
murk came in treble bawl the sound
Of peace ON earth, good ill ter men. I"
The area door opened with clatter.
"Now, then, be off with yerl I'd
smack yer eds if I could get near yer.
Maxim that noisei Now. thenr'
"Garnl Want yer airy window
brokef '' said the biggest of the trio,
pulling himself up by the ratings and
resting his chin between the spikes.
As entered at the gate they scurried
away in fear and trembling, and cook,
distracted, slammed the area door. A
minute later want of discord came
down the street:
ozark, the 'erald angels sing"
-AcadeIOy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Story of n 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
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 80 cents. Sold by Hartz
IL Ullemeyer. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
The Collie. md Amen.

I once witnessed a phase of prompt
evolution of practical and of devotional
religion in Scotch sheepdogs on a COM
munion Sabbath among the mountains.
The churchyard was crowded with
shepherds. accompanied by their dogs,
which lay quietly asleep at the feet of
their masters. The sermon was finished,
the psalm had been sung, the final
prayer was being offered, and there was
no sign of impatience, but the moment
the benediction commenced the devo-
tional doggies all reused themselves,
and before the ''Amen" they were in
marching order. Hail." an
Autobiography.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
Martin Danielsen Goes to Join His Regi-
ment at Iloilo.


Another letter was received to-
day by The ARGUS from Martin
II. Danielsen, in the Philip
pines. 1t was written March l on
board tug. 1t says: Il am be-
ing transported to the st. Paul, which
is to carry reinforcements to Iloilo,
Cebu and Negro. We had a tough
battle outside of Manila today. Only
a few Americans were wounded. !
am going to join my regiment out in
the swamps near Iloilo, and shoulder
gun as long as l am able. The heat
is becoming more intense daily.
Water is scarce. There is plenty OF
hard tack and horse, but if we kick,
the answer comes, these are war
times The mosquitoes nearly eat a
fellow up. Small pox has broken out
at Iloilo. A number of the Tennes-
see boys have it. I'm as brown as an
Indian. have stood the heat pretty
well thus far. am sorry to say that
our death rate is increasing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
STEAMER SIDNEY ABEAUTY.
Diamond 10 Boat to Soon Run Between
Rock Island and Quincy.

Rock Island and Quincy.
The Diamond 10 steamer Sidney,
the first of the company's packets out
this season, came down from Dubuque
yesterday at noon, having left that
city Saturday morning. She is due to
arrive in st. Louis tonight. Capt.
Tom Burke is in command, with Steve
Dawson and Hi Beedle as pilots, Nor
ris Killeen clerk. and William Blank
stewardThe Sidney has been practically
rebuilt and completely refurnished.
She is now almost the image of the
Dubuque and in all respects as good
as new boat. For the present she
will run between Burlington, Quincy
and st. Louis, but about the 18th she
will be succeeded in the down river
trade by the st. Paul and will be then
transferred to a run of her own be-
tween Rock Island and Quincy, max
ing three trips week. Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays, and alter
mating with the w. j. Young and
making direct connections at Quincy
with the St. Paul for St. Louis. When
the other Diamond 10 packets come
out this will give Rock Island the adj
vantage of three packets week to
st. Louis, two week to St. Paul and
a daily short line packet each way.
The stage of water at the bridge at
6 a. IN. was 40; and at noon it was
49,. The temperature at noon was
63.
Boats down were the Mac and Verne
Swain; up, the Hennepin and Verne
Swain
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Preparing For the Feast.

go to the restaurant and bring me g
beefsteak with onions.
Orderly-Lieutenant. take the lib
erty of reminding you that you are in
vited out to dinner today.
Where have been invited out to
dinnerf"
'You have been invited to dine with
Mr.. Holdfast. -
$50 have to dine with the old miser 2
1 must not go there unprepared. John.
go to the restaurant and bring me two
beefsteaks with onions. London Tit
Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10

rough November night. Just before The
lines were let off one of the seamen, saw
a rat run over the hawsers to the wharf.
In a moment another was seen. The
seamen called others of the crewjto see
the unusual sight Between so and 10
rats poured out Of the ship and took
refuge along the wharf The crew re-
fused to sail, but the captain was OBJ
stinate, shipped fresh crew and sailed
forthwith. The ship was lost with all
hands. Words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Trusts and the Tarin.

Denver News
AS defects in the laws have permit
ted the trusts1to organize, and as leg,
islation to wipe them out of existence
appears impossible now that so mauy
have been organized, in direct evasion
at least of national and state statutes.
the most feasible way of disposing of
them is by opening the doors to unre-
strained trade and an increase in the
volume of money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Aoueer a. MedIcIne.

There is a medicine whose proprie.
tors do not claim to have discovered
some hitherto unknown ingredient,
or that it is q 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, 1899-04-10

The residents of Alva, Oklahoma,
recently petitioned the town council
to change the name of the place to
Capron, in honor of Capt Capron, of
the Rough Riders, who was Killed at
Santiago. The petition was granted
by unanimous vote.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Beauty Is Blood Deem.

Clean blood means clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your b.ood and keep it clean, by
sti-ring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
,,urities 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, loo, 25c. SOC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Rheumatism Cured i'm a Day.

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 8
days Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
ease immediately disappears The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cents.
Sold by Otto Grotjan. 1901 Second
avenue, Rock Island, and Gust
Schlegel & Son, 220 West SeconC
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10

IT is stated that Col. A. S. Frost, of
the South Dakota regiment. who led
the charge at Marilao, the bloodiest
and most brilliant of the campaign,
Twas first lieutenant in the regular
army at the beginning of the Span
ish war He is not West Point
man, but was promoted from the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10

LIKE John Sherman, James O..
Blaine, Lord Brougham and Garibaldi
all had opportunities to read their
own obituaries in the newspapers.
Blaine had only one such chance, but
Broughman mad two and the Italian
reyolutionist fully dozen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10

They say Aguinaldo plays the lutte.
but the American army, as the Peoria
Journal suggests, will see that he
doesn't play the loot on the cities of
the Philippine islands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
BuekIen,s Arnica saIve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chilblains, corns and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or nc
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Hartz & Whenever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10

From a quarry of soft redstone in
southern Minnesota, the only stone
probably of its kind in the world, tho
Indians for centuries obtained materials
for the pipes. which were probably arti-
cles of commerce, as they are found in
Indian graves from the gulf to Canada.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10

The wealth represented at the Fair
Vanderbilt wedding amounted in the
aggregate to 1910, 000,0 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Ignorance of La1v
Excuses No One. !"

A%(%OCS xNO N<ftS.
This maxim applies zuifh
especial force to ignorance of
the La1us of health. Every
man and voman of i1tellf-
gence knoeus the physical
fact that the blood reaches
the remotest parts of the
human body. IF there IS a
disturbance anywhere, 1uhy
should one tgnorantb sup
pose that the seat of the
rlalady Is local?
Is it not more rational to suppose that
the impure condition of the blood is
doing the mischief, as it is? Experience
has demonstrated the fact that this is
the case in % per cent. of complaints.
If your "life's blood " is pure, nature
will take care of the rest. Hoods Sar-
saparilla enables you to cleanse your
blood of all impurities and make it strong
and wholesome. 1t neUer diSdppOints.
Scrofula ~ am a. years old and owe
my good health and steady nerves to Hoods
SarSaparilla, as it cured me of scrofula,
rheumatism and catarrh. 1t has prolonged
my life" JAMES BROWN, So East View Ave-,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Debility al was weak, run down and
nervous. Severe pains in kidneys, with
heart trouble. Hoods Sarsaparilla made
me strong and new. 1t is an honest med
icine." CHARLES HENDERSON,, Amsterdam,
New York.
BlotcheS My face used to be covered
with pimples and blotches and suffered
from continuous headache. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla quickly removed the cause and my
face. is smooth. Have no more headache"
+. II. SEIBERT, Hammond, Ind.
Catarr1 =" Many years suffering from
catarrh makes me appreciate Hoods Sar-
saparilla which cured me; also of indiges-
ton and kidney trouble. 1t gave me
strength and good appetite" Mrs. o. J.
PHILLIPS, Pontiac, Mich.
Weakness bless the day heard
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla as it cured me of
extreme weakness after grip, built my
husband up after pneumonia, cured eczema
and blood poisoning in our children" MRS.
NJ. A. DILwoRTH, Box 4, Embreeville, Pa.
hoods SaadabasiM
SZazaaslEEz2S1zI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10
Grain-O Brings Relief

To the coffee drinker. Coffee drink
ing is habit that is universally in
dulged in and almost as universally
injurious. Have you tried Grain-O?
1t is almost like coffee, but the effects
are just the opposite. Coffee upsets
the stomach, ruins the digestion, af-
fects the heart and disturbs the whole
nervous system. Grain-O tones up
the stomach, aids digestion and
strengthens the nerves. There is
nothing but nourishment in Grain-O
1t can't be otherwise. Is and % cents
per package
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10

GEN. EAGAN may be court martialed
bv the Loyal Legion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-10

In almost every nsighborhood there
is some one whose life has been saved
by Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea remedy. or who has been
cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use
of teat medicine. Such persons make
a point of telling of it when ever OPP
portunity offers. hoping that it may
be the means of saving other lives.
For sale by all druggists.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-03-02
HOBBY HORSE.

1t is said that the horse can entertain
only one idea at a time, and he must
forget that before he can think again
OF course. the man who knows what
horse thinks is up on 'horseology,"
but we make no profession to knowl-
edge on that line. Doubtless, though,
this.is what gave rise to the character
ization that man who goes through
life with one idea, ever present, ever
talking, ever working to accomplish it,
is riding hobby horse. Very few men
feel complimented if you say they ride
a hobby horse, but if he rides fast
steed of the mind with the spur of en-
ergy, the bit of common sense and the
reins of intelligence, his idea takes a
shape in the naturalization of grand
invention, and he becomes a benefactor
to his race. His one idea becomes a
potent factor in advancing science and
civilization. Edison's hobby horse was
electricity, and under his grand mind
he has fashioned a steed of fire and
force, and with lightning flash its clat-
tering hoofs have resounded around
the world, doing grander work of
progress than ever was dreamed of by
the wisest philosopher. The JOURNAL,
infused with the idea that manufacture
ing enterprises would make for the ma
terial advancement of the Gem City "
has dwelt with emphasis on the wisdom
of inaugurating anys enterprise that
would give employment to laboring
classes The solid, substantial growth
of town is in the permanency and
profitableness of its ability to keep idle
hands and heads busy. This brings
contentment and puts money in gener-
al circulation where all reap the bene-
tit, directly or Indirectly Who will be
the Edison of Marietta to ride hobby
horse that will touch the button that
win put III motion new factory or in
dustry that the whir and hum of MA
chinery may sing song of joy and
prosperity?
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1899-03-02
HELP THE LIBRARY.

Some years ago, a number of public
spirited citizens formed town library
association, and with many discourage
ments, persevered until they were able
TO collect many valuable books, and
rent suitable room to receive them
Some time after this brave beginning
free library was opened in her own
house by Miss Sarah Freeman Clarke
whose gracious personality was bene-
diction to all who knew her. The in
tirmities of age at last compelled her
TO give up this labor of love; then she
generously resolved to give her valua-
BILE collection to the town. Citizens OF
Marietta bought suitable lot, and
Miss Clarke's friends ere, ted thereon a
substantial library building in which is
delightful reading room opened free
to the public. The combined libraries
number nearly 1000 volumes.
Many of our citizens are able to buy
any book, old or new, they wish, but
@NSANAot fuiNN us uHDACCldllN6 Ol
good reading, cannot afford to thus in
dulge themselves. 1t would be most
kindly deed for those fortunate ones,
to make their friends regular subscrib-
ers. The expenses of the library are
very small, all connected with it, ex-
cept ianitor, freely giving their service
es; but the income does not warrant
buying many new books.
Initiation fee Scots; yearly subscrip-
ton ~. In town of this size there
should be 800 subscribers, thus secur-
ing an ample income. Cannot this be
accomplished A.F.A.
We trust our citizens will rally to
the support of this very important in
stitution. A number of our citizens
could very well afford to subscribe and
assist in adding new books to the Ii.
brary.