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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
LOST MAN HAS BEEN FOUND.
W. F. Mccartney Goes to Sleep In Open
and Nearly Freezes.

". F. Mccartney, of South Rock
Island, who disappeared last Monday,
was found last night at Coal Valley,
to which place he had walked,
while temporarily demented, it is
supposed, and becoming fatigued,
lay down by the roadside to rest
and fell asleep. He was nearly
frozen when discovered. By his side
were his dinner pail and the AK that
he had used in chopping wood, at
which he was engaged on the day OF
his disappearance. Mr.. Mccartney
was brought to this city, where he
was met by his folks and taken home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
A DROP IN TEMPERATURE.
Bulb Is Chased Down AZ Degrees During
the Night.

There has been dropof 4S degrees
in the temperature since the arri-
val of the cold wave, the Coming of
which was announced in last even
ing's ARGUS by Observer j. NJ. Sher-
Ter The lowest point reached dur
ing last night was 8 above zero.
While we are not promised anything
more severe in the Immediate future,
still, so Observer Sherier says, the
present wave will hold the fort for at
least Sc hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
To Cure . Cough,

stop coughing. as it's irritates the
lungs and doesn't give them any
chance to heal. Foley's Honey and
Tar cures without causing strain in
throwing of the Phlegm like common
cough expectorants. For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
A Card.

Phelps "4-C" Cough. Cold and
Group cure is guaranteed. 1t cures
chronic cases. 1t is out of the old
rut. For asthma and all other lung
troubles take &c" The HARPER
House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

It's the little colds that grow it on
big colds; the big colds that end in
consumption and death. Watch the
little colds. DIR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup. For sale by Marshall & Fisher,
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25
If Banner SaIve

doesn't cure your piles, your money
will be returned. 1t is the most heal.
ing medicine in the world. All drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

j. A. Lambert. OF Rachel, \. C.,
writes: Il heartily endorse Foley's
kidney Cure. 1t does what you claim
it will do, and there is nothing equal
to it, and thank you for the good it
has done me-" Ali druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-25

GA - TO q.
B..., Ii. The Kind You HaB AMzys Bought
'''' q &MASz0
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
rwo COINCIDENCE STORIES.
Told In Good aish in a Club where ALE
Romancing Is Barred.

Told in Good ] aith in "A Club " here ALE
Romanci.g Is Barred.
Chicago Inter Ocean: 1t was the sec
retary's turn to tell a yarn to his fell
lo~w-members of the Coincidence club
The Coincidence club, by the way, has
no cumbersome machinery. 1t has
members n officers, meets once a
week to tell queer stories along the
line suggested by it's name, and every.
thing but the strict truth is barred.
Nv got two stories, much alike, to
tell. There's nothing dramatic or sem
sational about them. They struck me
as queer, though. You know I'm a
lawyer. One day a man named Dodge
brought in a letter of Introduction to
me from a friend out west. He had a
simple sort of a case, and | asked him
TO come back at 8 o'clock that after
noon. Then | went over to the Grim
inal court on business that kept me
Till within a few minutes of 3 o'clock.
AS entered my Office there was a
man sitting in the shadow. Without
really looking at him, and with my
mind full of the appointment | said, as
went to my private Office. How are
you, Mr.. Dodge? III see you in a min
ute Pretty soon | rang and told the
Office boy to show in Mr.. Dodge. The
man came IN and he wasn't my Mr.
Dodge at all. Imagine my surprise
when he said: How did you know my
manner At the same time he handed
me a letter of Introduction from a
friend down east. His name was Dodge
all right, and he had a case. l gasped
over the oddly of the situation, ex-
planned the coincidence to my visitor,
and even showed him the other letter
of Introduction. But the man did not
believe me. He evidently thought I
was a liar, and left without putting his
case in my hands. A few minutes
later in came the first Mr.. Dodge, and
we had a good laugh over it. The other
coincidence was this: l got letters
from two friends-one west of Chicago
n n south, asking me to collect
claims against a big Chicago firm and
a big insurance company with an agen-
cy in Chicago. l telephoned and made
appointment with representatives of
each of the concerns-one at II and the
other at 12:3 80 o'clock. l went out or
an errand and was delayed until 1890
o'clock. When | came in both men
were waiting. Strange as it may seem,
both men were named Rose. l intro
duced them. One was originally from
Rhode Island and the other from Con-
necticut. As far as they could figure
out they were o related. I've used
false names, but otherwise the stories
are strictly true, and can be proven by
evidence that will pass muster il a
court of law"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
Horse. for the English Army.


The purchase of a large number of
horses in the United States for the use
of the English army in south Africa is
made necessary by the fact that even
with the elaborate horse registration
system in force in Great Britain it is
impossible to secure all the animals
needed for immediate service at home.
In time of peace the military estab-
lishment of England requires for its
use a total of 1859 horses. In time
of war this total jumps at once to U.s.
749. Horse buyers for the army are
now at work, not only in this country
but also in Canada, in Australia, and
in Austria. Under the present arrange
ment in Great Britain a sort of horse
militia is kept always at the disposal
of the government in time of war. Per-
sons having a number of horses at
their disposal apply to the war depart
ment, which sends an officer to exam
inc them. Such horses as are found
suitable are registered and a price set
upon them. Their owners agree to
hold them always ready at the call
of the government and receive in re-
turn an annual subsidy of $3.50 a
horse. Under this provision $4,000
horses are registered. but even with
this large supply upon which they may
draw it has been found necessary to go
abroad for a majority of the heavy
draft and artillery horses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
HOUSE OF GEMS. GRANT AND
SHERMAN.

cock the new brown stone house at
the corner of Twenty first and r
streets. Mrs. Hancock lived here but
a few years, and sold it some time be-
fore her death. 1t is now vacant and
for rent signs decorate its windows.
In 1895 Gen. Miles was placed in
command of the army, and shortly
after friends in Boston, New York,
Brooklyn, San Francisco and other
cities, East and West, quietly gathered
together some $4,000 and, represented
by a small committee, after consulta-
ton with Gen. Miles as to location,
bought and presented to him house No.
1886 n street northwest, in the center
of the finest residence section. The
price paid, including repairs, is said
to have been $50, 600, and the balance
of the fund was used for furnishing
and decoration. So the project of buy
ing and building a home for another
of Il heroes will not be without
precedent in the history of Washing
ton, and should the desired or neces-
sary sum be raised, one more historic
house will be welcomed to Washing
toms already lengthy list.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23


day from 8 in the morning TO 5 at nignI
at the office. Unless a social engage
ment prevents, he spends the evening in
the den. At the Office he has his con-
gressional secretary to help him; when
working in the den Mrs. Henderson,
who is devoted to her husband, and
has made almost as close a study Of
public affairs as he, delights to assist
him.
Col. Henderson is almost an ideal
campaigner. There is nc lack of in
tellectuality in what may be termed
his stump speeches, yet their most
notable characteristics are heartiness,
obvious personal belief in what he
himself says, and enthusiasm. His
habit of livening UP the proceedings
occasionally by asking the audience to
join him in singing the "Star-Spangled
Banner . Marching Through Georgia"
or some other patriotic song, has long
been famous. On such occasions he
leads the singing himself in a strong
and really musical voice, while every
body joins in. Many a time the col
onel's singing has been highly effect
i've in rousing the audience, as well as
himself.
Personally Col. Henderson is a jolly
good fellow. He is taller and heavier
,han the average. His shoulders are
broad, his chest is deep, and he will
lie an impressive figure at the speak
er's desk. He walks by the aid of a
cane with a limp due to the loss of the
left leg at the knee. He was shot at
he battle of Corinth. His hand is a
big one, and his grasp on greeting a
g1iend is a real grip. His conversa-
tional voice is pleasant, and his talk
shows wioe and varied information.
Yet chance has played a most i'm
portant part in the new speakers life.
Had not Thomas Henderson, his faith
err, been more trustful over half a
century ago han most men are, David
Bremen Henderson might never have
been an American citizen at all. The
course of his whole career, since early
childhood, was changed by one act of
confidence on the elder Henderson's
part.
For generations the Hendersons
dwelt in Old Deer, a village attached
to the Earl of Buchan's estate in Abb
erdeenshire, Scotland. AS the colonel
is now, so was his father before him,
fond of singing, and possessed of a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

WILLIAM H. APPLETON.
From the Masters Table" in 1881.
William H. Appleton was actively en-
ployed as a clerk in his fathers store.
From the time of the first venture his
part in building up the business was a
conspicuous n for over sixty years.
His associations with foreign au-
thors began with Thomas Moore, and
his acquaintance with English pub
fishers goes back to the time of the
elder Murray.
He was a leading spirit in the direc-
ton of great undertakings like the
American ~Cyclopedia and "Pictur-
esque America" n his business life
included a safe passage through the
troubled waters of three great finan-
cial crises-in 1877, 1857 and 1873. In
addition to his publishing interests he
had an important part for years in
the direction of other large enter
prises.
One of the earliest and most persist
ent advocates of international copy
right, he and his partners recognized
the moral rights of foreign authors
when they were constrained by nc le-
gal obligation.
Speaking of the first book published
by the firm, in 1881, William H. APP
pleton recently said: That book was
about three inches square and half an
inch thick, but it's publication caused
the firm more anxiety than the Ameri-
can Cyclopedia, undertaken some thir-
ty years later" The American Cy.
clopedia cost $4,000 a volume before
a sheet was printed. Picturesque
America" was also one of the firms
costly enterprises. The capacity o.
the house is shown by such projects
as these. OF Webster's Speller over
million copies a year were sold at one
period, and this book was only al
item in the firms diversified business
nearly all of which came within the
intelligent grasp of the subject of thi:
sketch. He was married en- April 16
1914, to Mary Worthen, of Lowell
Mass. His children now living are
Miss Mary Appleton, William Wor.
then Appleton and Henry C. Appleton
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
AnrIomania in Paris.

A correspondent of the Westminster
Gazette writes: IF Anglophobia
reaches its acme in a certain class or
Partisan journals ~Anglophilia has at
tanned the ne plus ultra in social hab-
it's. So uncompromising is the belief
in A~nglo-Saxon superiority that
Frenchmen of fashion not only order
their clothes from English %tailors, but
dispatch their cuffs, collars, and other
washable garments across the Hanche
to be got up in London! This fact 1
have on the authority of one who
should know. e.. a Paris doctor in
large practice. What is the reason?
Are English laundries supposed to be
conducted on more hygienic prinei-
pies? Is Thames water found to be
less microbic han that Of the Seine?
My informer did not elucidate this
point, but the fact he insisted on, and
a curious one it is; in the wake of
Five O'clock lie tub football, and
cricket have followed Anglo-Saxon
soapsuds and iatirons!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
FROM HUMBLE LIFE.
THE NEW SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE.
Ia Life Story of David Brenner Hem
derson. OF IOwa-How Accident Made
Him an Am rioan-His E4riy Life on
the Farm.
Dubuque Lottery

between congressional sessions. Col.
David Bremen Henderson. now viz
tuaily speaker-elect of the house of
representatives, lives at Dubuque. Here
the colonel, with Mrs. Henderson and
a young unmarried daughter, stay at
the city's chief hotel. 1t has been a
genuine Mecca for pilgrims ever since
the decision was made in caucus last
summer that the colonel should have
the important place vacated by the
resignation of Thomas Bracket Reed.
Col. Henderson's reputation among
MS ~neighbors is very like his reputa-
ton in the house of representatives.
he Is spoken Of as a well-nigh tireless
worker, sympathetic and cordial, a
friend to a friend and a foe to a foe.
Among the people at large there is
some suspicion that should he fail in
any degree in his new position, it will
be because he is less firm than his pre-
decessor, but in Dubuque. where his
every action has been closely watched
Tor more than a century's third part,
there is no such feeling. AS speaker
Col. Henderson will display the same
open f%rankness and the same never
failing bluff courtesy that have always
characterized him, but should it be
called for, he will be ike a rock for
steadfastness.
Col. Henderson has two work rooms
in Dubuque. His office is in a big
building which is almost wholly occu-
pied by lawyers and railroad officials
and insurance men, on the main street.
His "den" is in the Henderson suite
at the hotel. He generally spends the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

secretary Whitney FOR The trip. To- his
cottage at Nonquit, where he died the
iast OF June His body did not rest in
MS home in Washington. but was
esc@fte~ by two troops of cavalry
under Gen. Carpenter, to st. Mat
thews Church, where it Law in state
and from whence it was given a milf
tary burial. The family have lived in
the mouse during the eleven years that
nave interviewed between then and
now. 1t is in the very heart of fash
lonable Washington.
In 1885 Gen. John A. Logan was re-
elected to the senate of the United
states. Shortly after his reelection
ne purchased of Mr.. Sherman the old
fashioned colonial mansion and one
acre OF ground, a portion Of the Stone
estate, at the corner of Clifton and
thirteenth street, northwest. This
hne old house was in a state of dilapi-
oatioh' having served as a hospital, a
poardlng house and a residence for
sWarms of colored people, and finally,
almost abandoned, the COWS grazing
IN the fields about the house.
The location is quite ideal. COM
handing from its site upon the hilltop
a superb panoramic view of the city
and river.
The price was 500, coo, CT which Gen.
Logan paid a small portion only, and
gave his notes on time for the balance.
A few months afterward he died and
lett the debt unpaid. Capt. George e.
Lemon, a warm personal friend, start
ed a private subscription among the
friends of Gen. Logan all over the
country, and a fund of $50, 600 was
raised and presented to Mrs. Logan.
With this money she paid for the
house; restored it to its original
beauty; built a Memorial Hall" sac
red to the memory of her husband;
furnished the house in a style har-
monious with its architecture, and
made it her permanent home.
Shortly after the death of Gen. Han
cock, a syndicate of which Mr.. Stilson
Hutchins, of Washington, was a prom
inent member, presented to Mrs. Han
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

voice Which made him a general IA
vorite. The old Earl of Buchan, a
bachelor, who received much company
and lived hign, was one Of those who
took pleasure in Henderson's voice,
and often had him at the castle for
the diversion of his guests. On one oc-
casion when Henderson's efforts had
been particularly pleasing, the earl
told him he might occupy a good
Beers main street, promising that the
land should remain rent free to three
generations of his descendants. Ac-
cordingly Henderson built a row of six
small stone houses, investing virtually
all his savings in their erection, and
become a landlord and a man of sub
stance among his n%eighbors. David
Bremen Henderson, the youngest of
the children, was horn in one of these
houses on March IA, 1910.
After a heavy dinner the old earl
dropped dead one night, and the estate
passed into the hands CT strangers who
knew not Henderson. A few days later
the dead earl's younger brother called
at the Henderson home and asked to
see title deeds or some other legal
documents under which the land on
which the houses stood was held. But
Henderson had no title deed, no lease,
no legal paper Of any 0 whatsoever.
He had never thought to ask for any
thing Of the sort-the earl had given
permission for the occupation of the
land, so what need was there for pa
pers? Then, said the young laird, the
Hendersons must get out inside of two
days. Henderson could not believe his
ears, but the laird meant exactly what
he said, and six weeks later the fam
lily embarked on the old ship Brooks
by for the United States. where two OF
Mrs. Hendelson's sisters were living.
The Hendersons struggled slowly to
Chicago. When they reached that
place Thomas Henderson had just one
British sovereign 0ess than $50 left
of the money he had realized from the
sale of his effects in Scotland with
which to begin life anew.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
Materials for Writing to Be Improved.

Materials for Writing to Be Improved.
me pope has invited chemists mi
librarians from every part of Europe
to meet at Einsiedlen abbey, Switzer-
land, to consider the question of paper
and ink. The matter is a grave one,
since the records of this generation
will disappear in a time which can be
estimated, unless the materials for
writing be improved. A number OF
documents from the archives of the
vatican, it is said, will be submitted
by the pope. These documents are
scarcely decipherable, though they
were dated in the present century.
Perhaps things were worse in Italy
than elsewhere, for it was an incident
in Rome that first called public attef
ton to the evil. Bearing on this point
the London Mail says: Certain re-
turns were demanded in parliament,
referring to the condition of the army
in 1870. When the war office produced
them they were illegible. In twenty
five years or so the ink had faded and
the paper decomposed. This was an
extreme case, as it turned out after in
auiry, but all the records had deterl-
grated in an alarming manner. In
some countries, perhaps, greater care
has been used in selecting the quality
of paper and ink, but it is admitted
that the best will not endure like the
writings of old. This is a rebuke to
our conceit. This age is scientific in
nothing"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
Coffin of Gold.

The lieutenant governor of Burma
has ordered the renovation of Min
doom Minis mausoleum at Mandalay,
the work to be done by the public
works department as the maintenance
of a historical structure. This is the
tomb which some few years ago was
d%esecratsd by some Burma budmashes,
who believed that they would come
upon the gold coffin in which the king
is said to have been buried, but were
frustrated IN the attempt, as the coffin
is said to be entirely surrounded by
huge powders which can only be re-
moved by Neutrality-suspicious. Burma
Gazette.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
FRENCH ARMY AGAIN AVENGED

The cable that Urban
Gohier, one of the editors of the Au-
rore, has seriously wounded Lieut..
MERCER. son of the general, in a duel
resulting from attacks made on the
officer by Gohier's paper. This is not
the first time that the brilliant jour-
nalist has attacked the honor of the
army" and has in turn been bitterly
assailed by the officers. In the thick
of the Dreyfus excitement, when the
honor of the army" was a thing to
c%onjure with. Gohier published a book
called THE Army Against the Ma
tion," in which he exposed the moral
%rottenness of the military establish
ment. He did not criticise the army
from a military standpoint, but point
ed out its defects and weaknesses
from the social side, declaring it to be
a constant menace to republican in
stitutions. The book created such a
sensation that its author was arrest
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23


George Kerr, d nephew Of Mrs. Hen
derson, met the party at Chicago to
escort them farther on their way. The
young man had brought along two
covered wagons. In them the newcom-
ers finished their travels. Wasting no
time in idle repinings, Henderson
buckled manfully to his task. In less
than four years he and his sturdy boys
had established themselves so well
that they were able to buy a big tract
of government land in Fayette county,
in the northeasternmost corner of
Iowa, and there they settled and
spread out, after genuine American
pioneer fashion. They named their
new home Pleasant Prairie, but their
%neighbors wouldn't have it SO. They
renamed it Henderson's Prairie, and
so it is known to the present day.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
LATE MR.. APPLETON.
GREAT PUBLISHER WHO RE-
GENTLY PASSED AWAY.
Some of His Greatest Enterprises-One
of the Earliest Advocates of Inter
national Copyright--Association with
Foreign Authors and Publishers.

William Henry Appleton. head of
the publishing firm of d. Appleton &
Co., died the other morning at his
home at Riverdale, near New York. He
was in his eighty-sixth year. He was
for many years the oldest member Of
the house of d. Appleton & Co. The
history of his life is the history of the
Appleton company. He was born in
Haverhill. Mass, Jan. q. 1914. AS a
boy he was in constant association
with his father, Daniel Appleton, at
the little retail store which the latter
opened in Exchange place when he
went to New York from Boston, in
1926. When the founder of the house
published his first hook, Crumbs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

On one evening little 4-year-old
Dorothy had failed to remember her
father in her prayer because ne had
scolded her. You must pray for papa,
too, Dot" said her mother. But 1
don't want to-" replied the little one.
But you must, Dot" said her mother.
Dropping upon her knees again, Dot
added: And for PHYS sake. bless
papa, too, and let us have peace in the
family"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

the Baptist church. Her home is at
Prospect, Wis. When very young she
evinced a strong religious spirit, and
taught a class in Sunday-school at a
time when most other girls were pin
ing for nothing higher than a doll that
would go to sleep. AS she became old
er her devotional spirit strengthened.
This year she decided to broaden her
field Of usefulness and. after much
difficulty, on account of her age and
sex, succeeded in obtain . a license
to preach.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23
Travelling In Russia.

From Tit-Bits: Russian Official
''You can't stay in this country. sir"
Traveler-"Then I'll leave it," Official
Have you a permit to leave?" Trav-
eler-'No, sir" Oficial-tThen you
cannot go. l give you t~wenty-four
hours to make up your mind as to what
you shall do"