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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-08
Davenport. Rock Island n Southwestern

4 few good things to know:
1t is the shortest line to Chicago.
1t connects at Clinton with all
Northwestern trains.
1t takes you to ali the principal
points in Illinois. Iowa and Nebraska
1t runs through sleeping cars from
Rock Island TO Chicago every evening.
1t has the only city ticket Office in
Rock Island.
For information. time tables, etc
call on or write to W. Il. JafTrav. &.
I. ~ P. agent. 1903 Second avenue.
Telephone 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-08
Blizzard Probable.

1t is predicted by the weather bu-
reau that the thermometer will dr. OPP
to zero tonight.
Appearances are favorable to a biz
zart. although one is not officially
promised
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-08
PAYS THE BILLS.
Rock Island Fuel Co.

Office Twenty-Third street and Thirt
avenue. Phone 1897.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-08
The weather We May Have.

Snow this afternoon and tonight: Fri
day. fair Much col der tonight, with
cold wave.
Today's temperature. Il.
JIM SHERIEB, Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-08
Volcanic EruptIons

Are grand. but skin eruptions roll
life of Joy. Bucklen's Arnica Saly c
cures them; also old running and
fever sores, ulcers, boils. felons,
corns. warts, cuts, bruises, burns,
scalds. chaPPed hands, chilblains.
Best pile cure on earth. Drives out
pains and aches. Only - certs
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold b.
Hartz & Ullemeyer. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-08

steamship Tickets TO and From Europe
Call on or write to W. r. Jaffrav,
{. l. X p. A, ID. z. /. x y. W. rail-
way, 1903 Second avenue, Rock Island.
Telephone IO4O.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14
A Rubber Neck.

A rubber neck is a person, male
or female, who life is dedicated to
other peoples business. They make
no charge for services and are de-
lighted beyond measure to help at
tend to everything except what con-
Germs themselves. They are usually
men with dyspepsia or microbes in
the Intelligence, or woman whose
careers have been stretched out of
all proportion looking under the
bed for the proverbial man or frosty
girlies from 80 to go who delight in
acting kittenish and saying 1--WE
girls, or married woman who have
caught on as the last car in the train
went by and grabbed a man when
he was to drunk to defend himself.
Rubber-necks seldom die, and when
they happen to their poor unhappy
spirits just hang around when the
wind blows chilly and cold, ,and un-
happy things prowl. Good whole
some people are too busy with the
decent sweet things of life to be rub
bernecks. Sunday Siftings.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14
The Light of the World
Our Savior in Art.

Cost nearly 100000 to produce.
Contains nearly 100 full-page en-
cravings of our Saviour and His
Mother by the worlds greatest
painters. True copies of the greatest
Masterpieces in the art galleries Of
Europe. Every picture is as beauti-
full as sunrise over the hilltops.
Contains description of the paint
ings biography of the painters, the
names and locations Of the galleries
in Europe where the originals may
be seen. Also contains a Child's
Department, including a Child's
Story of the Christ and His Mother,
beautifully written, to ft each
picture. This wonderful book,
matchless in its purity and beauty,
appeals to every mothers heart, and
in every Christian home where there
are children the book sells itself.
Christian man or woman are making
money rapidly taking orders. A
Christian man or woman can in this
community soon make 81 900 taking
orders for Christmas presents. Mrs
Waite, our agent in Massachusetts,;
has sold over $4,000 worth of the
books in a very short time. Mrs.
Sackett, our agent in New York,
has sold over 81 500 worth of the
books in very short time The
book is printed on velvet-fnished
paper, beautifully bound in Cardinal
Red and gold, and adorned with
Golden Roses and Lilies. 1t is,
without doubt, the most beautiful
book of the century. Write for
terms quickly and get management
of that territory. You can work on
salary or commission, and when you
prove your success we will promote
you to the position of Manager and
Correspondent, at a permanent
salary,to devote your tine to attend
ing to agents and the correspond
ence. Wanted also State Manager
to have charge Of Office in Leading
City of the State and manage all the
business of the State. Send for
terms. Address
THE BRITISH-AMERICAN co.
Corcoran Building, Opposite U. S.
Treasury, Washington, D. G.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14

The greatest amount OF cold ever
known to be endured by white men
overlook Lieut.. Schwsatka's party IN
search of information about Sir John
Franklin's party. They were over
eleven months in sleds, ,andjourneyed
about 5000 miles. The thermo-
meter sunk 1O3 degrees below freez-
ing point. The highest tempera-
ture that day was So degrees below
freezing point. For twenty-seven
days the temperature was 81 degrees
below the freezing point.
Not long ago an Arizona rancher
posted the following notice on a
cottonwood tree not far from his
place of abode: "My wife Sarah has
left my ranch when | didn't Do Q
Thing To her, and | want it dis
tinkly understood that any Man al
takes her and keers for her on my
account will get himself Pumped sc
full of Led that sum tenderfoot viii
locate him for a mineral claim. A
word to the wise is sufficient ano
orter to work on FOOLS"
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14
A Severe Scoring.

Tuesdays Independent contains
the following concerning the SEN
tence passed upon A. A. Schole con-
victed of manslaughter for the MUIR
der of j. N. Hicks at Mardis last
August;
The District Court convened at 10
a'clock this afternoon, Hon. Geo. f.
Talbot presiding.
This being the time set for passing
sentence upon A. A. Schole, con-
victed of manslaughter for killing OF
j. N. Hicks at Mardis last August,
Webster Patterson, council for de-
fendant, moved the court that the
defence be given until December goth
to file and serve bill of exceptions
No objections being made by the dis
tric. attorney, the court granted the
motion.
The court then asked the defrn
dant if he had any legal cause tc
show why sentence should not be
passed upon him. The defendant
replying in the negative, he was re
quested to stand up while the cour
reviewed the facts of his indictmen
by the grand jury for the crime o
murder, his plea of not guilty, tria
and conviction of manslaughter.
The defendent then sat down anC
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14

Webster Patterson made an earnest
plea for leniency. He went over the
facts as claimed by the defendant
and asked the court to take into con-
sideration the previous good char
acter of the defendant in fixing the
penalty. District Attorney Wilson
in reply stated that the court had
heard all the evidence and was
better qualified to weigh it than the
attorneys in the case.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Wilson's
remarks Judge Talbot reviewed the
facts Of the killing of Mr.. Hicks and
the condition of affairs in Mardis.
He said in part that in the last four
teen years 25 per cent. of the voting
population of Mardis had been
killed, and 25 per cent. more had
been engaged in the killing, making
total Of 80 per cent of the voting
population that had been engaged
iu these crimes. This condition of
affairs was disgraceful. No other
community from Central Africa to
Central America has such a high
percentage of crime and it was high
time that some punishment should
be inflicted. The sentiment of the
people of Mardis was not favorable
to law aud order. Some of its citi-
zens lwere respectable when they
went there and would make good
citizens again if they lived in more
orderly community. Some of them
censured juries for favoring the pun
ishment of crime. No prudent man
would want to invest his capital,
raise his children, or risk his lie re-
siding in such a comma 1ity. If not
checked, this sentiment is likely to
spread to other parts of the county,
which by good schools, proper ex-
ecution OF justice apd full protection
of life aDd property by our courts
and iUries is destined, with its great
ratural reso .ces, 10 become vne Fl st
10 the STATE.
The Judge concluded BY sentenc-
ing the defendant TO i'm . ..sement in
the State prison at Carson for the
term of ten years. the full limit of
The law.
The defendent took his sentence
coolv. 1t is almost the universal
opinion of every body fanilis. with
the case that the fellow has escaped
very fortunately, considering the
evidence in the case.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14
concering Trib.

A Statement l ON the Proprietors.
We coined tie word, Trib our
trademark, which appears upon the
label of each bottle of our liniment.
Our product is combination of
various substances, some OF which
are common drugs. We do not fur
ther state the sources, or methods Of
obtaining and preparing, the ingre-
dents. A portion of the combina-
ton is to be kept secret at present.
We say this for the benefit of in
quirers. Trib has always been used
successfully in more than ten thous
and cases in Nevada. No injury
has occurred in any case. We offer
our record. Those who used Trib
Including some physicians of the
best standing) are satisfied.
We 10 not recommend Trib to be
taken inwardly. Though it contains
no narcotics; we offer it outward use
only. 1t may be used for spains,
bruises, stiffness of muscles, and
similar ailments, and for relief in
some cases of rheumatism:
For chilblains, cbafngs and blist-
ers; and for the relief of hives.
For frost bites, and for burns and
scalds wnere the exposed surface is
not so great as to make the use OF a
liminent dangerous:
For insect bites and stings, for
thornwounds, and for sores.
Many cyclers, some athletes and
some pugilists have used Trib sue
cessfully. Those who know best
do not ''bathe" in it, even when US
ing it as rub-down--they just rub
little into the skin-rub till dry
perfectly dry-and leave it so.
Trib is sold by druggists, or we
send two ounces for 25c, six for SOC,
or pint (16-oz for dollar.
We shall be pleased to answer all
further questions asked in good
faith.
TRIB CO., Carson, Nevada.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14
TRIB CO., Carson, Nevada.

Here is a list of questions for the
wide awake boy. Can you answer
them? You can see any day white
horse; how many of you ever saw a
Whit cot? How many binds OF
trees grows III your reighbornood
and What are they gool tol? why
does COW eat grass forward and a
horse backwards? Why does hop
VINE always wind one way aud "a
bean vine another? Should the in
side of the chimney be Larger at the
top or bottom, and :whyl Can you
tell why horse when tethered up
with rope always untwlsts 1t, while
a COW always twists it in hard,
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14
RAILROAD MEETING AT SAINT
L. us.

The Salt Lake Tribune says that
Director chomas Kearns and Reed
Smoot and attorney G. o. White
more of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
d Salt Laye left for the East Satur-
day. They did not go together,
however, Mr.. Whitmore left on
Oregon Short Line No. 5 in the
morning, as he has U1ited States
court business to transact on Tues
day in st. Louis Mr. Kearns left
oa Rio Grande Western No. 2, and
Mr.. Smoot came up from Provo on
No. 3 and went right through over
the Oregon Short Line. He is going
to Chicago first.
In conversation on the train, Mr..
Kearns stated chat lat st. Louis he
expec ed to meet the Others inter-
ested in the road. Senator Clark, j
Ross Clark, II. G. Kearns, 7 E. Glib
bon and in fact all the principal in
corporators will be there, when final
action is to be taken in perfecting
the organization of the company.
Whatever revision is necessary III
the legal papers will be signed, when
Mr.. Gibbon will return to Salt Lake
and file them. Mr.. Kearns thinks
they will certainly be filed before
Christmas, SO that the end of the
year will see all the preliminary
work finished, and the projectors of
the road will be ready to act as a
corporation on aud after New Years
Mr.. Mccartney is to return soon
to Utah, and shortly thereafter start
the work of surveying at this end of
the line aud just as quickly as he de-
termines the best route, and it is APP
proved by the directors, then active
work Will commence and be pushed
through TO completion as quickly as
it can be done. The date for com
pleting the work depends upon many
things, chief of which is the extent
of grading aud the date of commence
ment, but Mr.. Kearns said yester-
day that the directors, in an infor-
NAL discussion of the matter, had
arrived at the conclusion that with
reasonable success the road ought to
be built in two years. Already have
the surveys on The western end been
completed, rails ordered, route sell
ected, and the work of grading is
about to commence. This will COM
plete the road fom San Pedro to the
mountains east of San Bernardino.
From that point over the divide
some heavy work will be required,
but from the east slope of those
mountains to the Utah ranges there
will be very little heavy work.
Now that { engineers have been
appointed the neEt oficial to be Sc
lected will be superb riatendent of
construction. When ask as 10 this
yesterday; Mr.. Kearns said that
although several names had been
mentioned, 10 ore bad been SER
iously coasidered. A man will BE-
selected for the place by the director
and it may be that the selection will
soon be made. The appoiotee will
be man who is familiar with rail
road construction and maintenance.
At the st. Louis meeting many
things will be acted upon ia rela-
ION to the RAILROAD and its affiliated
co porations. Mr.. Kearns expects
10 return by Dec. Goth, when he con-
fdently expects TO have much infor-
nation pertaining 10 The road which
will be OF interest to the general
public.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14

kinky knott How old must grape
vine be before it begins to bearP
Why do leaves turn upside down
before rainS How many balls of
twine would it take to reach the
moon2 Why will wood float and
lead always sinkr Tell us why de-
linquent subscriber is always slow
to pay up.-Ex.
Lincoln County record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1900-1905, 1900-12-14

Quite a number ofthe boys went
to Panaca to attend the dance this
evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
4 DAYLIGHT METEOR.

From Nature.
Inst before sunset on September a magnifi-
cent meteor was observed in the North Of Eng
land and in Scotland. y large number OF desCrip-
lions of the object have appeared in the news
DaDers and il appears that Notwithstanding
broad daylight the spectacle was very brill
liant
Al St Anne's Lancashire. the meteor fell in a
nOrtherIy direction. and left column OF white
smoke which remained visible ten minutes At
Hunts Cross the time was noted tn I2m
and the object is said 10 have fallen near Hale
wood, leaving long trail of white dust for sew
eral minutes. As seen from Birkenhead the me
teOr appeared 6h '|fm- in the northeast. and
looked like a descending rocket. Its path was
nearly vertical and il left dust trail' for
nearly six minutes. At Wetherby. Works. the
smokelike cloud left by the nucleus remained
visible until 7h Bonn. At Overton. Euesmere.
the object is said To have apparently fallen on
a field on the left bank Of the Dee. about a mile
from Bangor lSyCoed-
AT and near Edinburgh the freball was Wit
messed by many persons One observer says
that at Oh. som. there was d sudden flash and
what appeared to be a streak OF molten silver
followed by a train of sparks whiZZed past.
apparently falling into large field of turnIpS
on his right hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

are fit substitutes for the two. The strictly ma
tional works are apt to be gaudy commonplace
or cruel horrors the latter including one picture
painted 6he size of lfe) by Fernando Cabrera
and representing a morgue, with all us a"lu
facts set forth in brutal candor. Madrazo 5 pol-
traits of women are facile, elegant, but purely
Partisan in character, the sort of work that Is
constantly met in the Salon. Antonio Fabres
belongs in the same category. His method is
snappy, he is amusing-after a fashlOn-but MS
work is altogether French, and not above the
conventional plane. Francisco Domingo is a
kind of Spanish Meissonier, less exquistey
polished but none the less interesting for that
fact. "Un Savant" by this painter, a pleasing
portrait, has delightful breadth. With him the
outlook improves, though the window through
which he glances does open on France rather
than Spain. Moreno Carboneros two
scenes from Don QuiXote' are admirably
sympathetic and spirited. One or them par
ticulary, in which the gentle knight is coming
to close quarters with the windmill, is so good
that it is hard to think amiably of the Hanging
Committee responsible for its having been
wretchedly hung. Daniel Verge, the noted il
illustrator, provides pleasant spot in the show,
though he exhibits but handful of fugi-
tive odds and ends from his sketch book and
portfolios.
The Spaniard who comes aggressiVey and
finely to the front is a comparatively young
man, Joaquin Sorola. He is a realistic painter
Of sailmakers at work, of nurses giving children
dips in the sea, of Spanish peasants lOunging. He
paints his simple personages in the simplest
fashion and pours sunlight over them until
his canvases threaten to MAKE you blink There
Is nothing delicate, nothing gracious in his art
The nearest he comes to the rendering of
beautiful line is in lie Ban' picture captivat-
ing in it's breezy and yet very graceful treat
ment of Tapping sheets and swelling sails. For
the most part, however Soroa is anxious to
set down nothing more than the facts he sees
them out of doors to paint figures with life in
them, stirring winds, hot sunshine and the vivid
play Of light and shade everywhere. A crude
passage here and there is poWerless to lessen
the vitality and sparkle of his work. He is by
all odds the most interesting figure in the Span
ish section and since that is not the best of
compliments, the Spanish section being gen
orally dull and tasteless, ii may be added that he
is also one of the most promising young painters
to be found in all the Grand Pa'ais X. G.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

leader, and they have turned instinctively 10
the of their former chief, who for forty
years dominated the politics of Canada.
The name of Macdonald is still one to con-
jure with and, still more happily for the Con-
servatives, the characteristic lineaments OF the
father have been renewed in the son, while
Hugh John has much Of the geniality, suavity
and tactfulness which made Sir John A. Mac
donald the most lkable personality of his gen
Grafton Accordingly, he has been called from
the narrow political field of Manitoba and has
been promoted almost to a position of co-Ordi
nate leadership with Sir Charles Upper. The
campaign buttons and Autographs bear the faces
Of both men side by side, and there are constant
references to the Topper Macdonald" cam
paign
Hugh John Macdonald is the only of the
late Sir John Macdonald Prime Minister of the
Dominion of Canada from the confederation
until his death, in 1891, with the exception of
one Parliament He was born in Kingston in
1850 and was educated for the bar. After
practising for some years he went west to Win
nipeg, where he became head of a leading law
firm, two of his partners being sons of Sir
Charles Topper. He took absolutely no interest
or part in politics until he was over forty years
of age. In addition to his profession, he was
interested in military matters, and twice took
the field olIicer-in 1870 in the suppress
sion of the Red River Rebellion, and again in
1885, in the Northwest Rebellion campaign. Last
year he declined commission in the Canadian
regiment that went to the Transvaal.
In the general elections of 1891 the Conserva-
tives of Winnipeg were at their wits end to
secure candidate to pit against strong Lib
era who in the field, and by lucky in
spiration they picked upon Hugh John Mac
donald. He surprised both friends and foes by
his skill a campaigner, and easily. In
Parliament he made no attempt to advance his
political fortunes, and two years afterward re-
signed his seat on the ground that his private
business required his attention
His future will be determined largely by the
result of the coming election. In the event of
Sir Charles Upper regainiHg the Premiership.
Mr.. Macdonald will become member of his
Cabinet with implied claim on the leader
ship when it falls in through the death
tircment Of Sir Charles, who is now in his
eightieth year. In the more probable event of
the Laurier government winning the elections
Sir Charles will retire forthwith and the Con-
serVatives will have to select a leader at once
In this contingency it is probable that the choice
will fall on Mr.. Foster who has a record OF
nearly twenty years of brilliant service in Par
lament to his credit as well as the well earned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
HUGH JOHN MACDONALD.
PREMIER OF MANITOBA ACTIVE IN THE
CANADIAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

Montreal Sept 29.-The most interesting
feature of the present political campaign in
Canada, which is being carried prepara-
tory to a general election, is the prominence
given in it by the Conservatives to The Hon.
Hugh John Macdonald, Premier of Manitoba.
1t is true that this is not the first general cleo
ton in which he has been prominent, for in
1896. when the Upper Government appealed
to the people and met with a crushing defeat
he was Minister of the Interior, and as such
was much in evidence on the platform. In
those days. however his name was not men
toned for the leadership of the party and no
marked interest was aroused in him. The events
of the last four years have, however, convinced
the Conservatives that they badly need a new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

animals sunk in tragic collapse at the feet OF a
statue of the goddess, amid the rocks of DESC
late scene, is a mere weller of forms, with moth
Ing in it of imaginative fire or sensuous beauty
to divert attention from the artists technical
weakness In short, the peasantest thing for
the observer to do is to revert to the quartette
of men who in way another redeem the
credit of a school in which, paradoXically, they
really aliens.
The first of living Spanish artists, Francisco
Pradilla, sends nothing to Paris. The absence OF
his support tells heavily. Alike in his brilliant
historical canvases and in his small studies of
italian peasant life, this painter joins originality
and charm to great technical faculties. Vii
legas is another absentee. and one not easily
spared. 1t is n pity that he and Pradilla did not
consult together at Rome, where they both have
lived for many years, and send each some char
acteristc piece, if it were only small study, to
form part Of the national collection here. Few
Of those who sustain the burden or the occasion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30
LIGHTNING RODS ON ST. PAUL'S.

From The London Daily News.
A total Encouragement of the system of light
ming conductors on st. PauFs Cathedral is now
virtually complete 1t is interesting to learn
from KilIinSworth Hedges. NJ. l. f.. E, the
electrician under whose superintendent the
work has been carried out, that the old idea
that the erection of a lightning rod on the high
est point of a structure protected area all
round il is quite iIlusOry. The safeguarded
area was supposed to be the space within a
circle whose radius was equal to the height Of
the lightning rod. This theory, we understand
is dscredited and the Cathedral has been
protected by a system of conductors, perpen-
dicular and horizontal, comprising a mile
of cables, which at various prominent points
placed about fifty Acknowledgements of
solid copper spikes radiating upward, and eff