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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
Cedars Twenty Centuries Old.

Some cedarS are undoubtedly more
than 1000 years old, for, though OH
good moraine soil they grow about as
fast as oaks, on bare pavements and
smoothly glaciated overswept granite
ridges in the dome region they grow
extremely slow.
One on the Starr King ridge, only =
feet IL inches in diameter was LAO
years old. Another on the same ridge.
only l foot ~ inches in diameter, had
reached the age of S34 years. The first
II inches from the bark of medium
seized tree-6 feet in diameter-on the
north Tenaya pavement had $50 layers
of wood. or 81 to the inch. Beyond
this the count was stopped by dry rot
and overgrown wounds.
The largest l examined was 30 feet
in girth, or nearly 10 feet in diameter,
and, though | failed 10 get anything
like complete count, learned enough
from this and many other specimens
TO convince me that most of the trees
to 10 feet thick, standing on polish
ed glacier pavements. are more than
90 centuries of age rather than less.
Barring accidents, for all 1 can see,
they would live forever When killed,
they waste out Of existence about as
slowly as granite.-John Muir in At
lantic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06

and Friday concerts from 2:30 to 1C
O'Clock p. m. and on Sunday, from
ESQ to 10 o'clock p. m.
$50 high grade wheels to close:
Ramblers. $29.50; Columbia chain
less. $40: Sterling chainless. s43. so;
Eldredge, $3.50; Lloyd's spinner,
$3.50 Barnes Tribune new wheels
$500; carbide, 16 cents can; selar
lamps, S1-95. Lloyd'sis the place.
Parties in search of desirable build
ing lots in one of the choice locations
of the city will find it to their inter-
est to read the want column on an
other page. The lots are in Mem
iry's addition. E. j. Burns, room IL.
Mitchell & Lynde building, is agent
for them.
Tickets are going lively for the day
telephone operators moonlight ex-
cursion on the steamer Winona and
barge. June 81. 1t promises to be
one of the largest excursions ever
given by the girls. There will be
music and dancing and entertainment
galore for all who attend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
IDEALS NoTAPoPULAR ONE.
That OF the Jay Town Advertising ReceP-
tacIe Scheme Proposed.

That OF the Jay Town Advertising ReceP-
tacIe Scheme Proposed.
1t is doubtful if a proposition has
ever come before the city council that
has met with more general disaPpro-
val than the proposed advertising
waste paper receptacles. The con-
sensus of opinion seems to be that
if Rock Island needs boxes of this sort
distributed throughout the city, the
council should order the m and the city
own them; that Rock Island has
grown too great to permit concessions
of this kind for cheap advertising.
Cities of this class do not award pri vi
leges that involve the designation of
attractive street corners for the sake
of providing q matter of convenience.
II the boxes are desirable let the city
take care of it. People have given to
the Identification of Rock Island
streets and parks, and they want no
dickering with schemers with n
view to adding anything that is not
already possessed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
Prospect PARK.

This fine pleasure resort now open
for the season. Band concerts Sun
day afternoon and evenings. Music
and dancing every Wednesday and
Saturday nights. New refreshment
pavilion open. Roller coaster. boat
ing, fine new artesian well. Special
accomno 'ations for picnic parties
Fine resort for children. Mexican
burro riding, trick bears, herd of
elk, etc Five-cent fare to Prospect
park from any part of Rock Island or
Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
Fatal Fall from a scafroId.

Arthur Henderson, a carpenter fell
from a scaffold at the Davenport
Elevator Co. $ new elevator under
course of construction in West Daven-
port this afternoon and broke his
neck He died instantly. The dead
man was a single man and came from
Missouri.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
The Weather We May Have.

Probably thundersto rms this after
noon and tonight; Thursday, generally
fair; cooler
JIM. SHERIER, Observer.
Tempersture-At q n, Il: At $40
p. n. s..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-06
A Monster Devtl Fish

Destroying its victim, is type of
constipation. The power of this mall
ady is felt on organs, nerves. muscles
aud brain. But DR.. Kings New Life
Pills are safe and certain cure. Best
in the world for stomach. liver, kid
news and bowels. Only rs cents at
Hartz & UIlemeyer's drug store
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
Why Paris Is Beautiful.

1t Is not altogether easy to say in what
the undeniable charm and Importance of
Paris among European capitals consists.
That it has charm and that it holds a
position among European cities altogeth-
er unique was recently admitted by per-
haps the most conservative and ablest of
British weeklies, The Spectator. In gen.
eral. it may be said that Britons and
Americans especially feel that Paris
stands for the beautiful in architecture,
the grand and harmonious in its magnif-
icent streets and boulevards. while Lon
don, New York and Chicago impress not
only the foreigners, but the native born
also, with the fact that they are on the
whole vast business emporiums, where
the beautiful in architecture, the pictur-
esque in adornment and the grand in
planning and construction are incidental
Mt best. In the cities named these quail
ties are seemingly not seriously consider
ed, while in Paris they hold the place Of
first Importance and honor. The grand
streets and boulevards that tell of the
empire and tho genius Of Haussmann
were intended not so much for business
as for imperial splendor and the sayety
of nations. And this spirit seems to
penetrate the entire city by the Seine
Chicago News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
PEPYS AND HIS WIFE.
A Quarrel In which the Lady Got O
Black Eye.

Mrs. Pepys was a delicate woman who
suffered from frequent attacks of indis-
position. Pepys was always most SYM
pathetic and kind to her at such times.
He had his meals by her bedside and
"comforted her and pitied her" and
showed some of the most lovable traits
in his character. Once, while riding to
Brampton, she was taken very i'll, and on
alighting at an inn at Puntingford she
became so pale that Pepys was sin great
horror, thinking she would have died and
having" he said, "a great tryall of my
love and passion for her"
Yet he was occasionally very rough and
even cruel to her. Twice, when she
spoke GROSSLY to him, he pulled her by the
nose and hurt her so much that the poor
thing cried.
On another occasion when they were In
bed, owing to some remissness on the
part of one of the servants about whom
Pepys complained, Mrs. Pepys made a
cutting remark, which so exasperated
him that he struck her violently in the
face, giving her a black eye. She cried
out anil was in great pain, "but yet her
spirit was SUCH" he said admiringly, "as
to endeavor to bite and scratch me. But
l coying" (caressing with the hand),
made her leave crying and sent for but
ter and parsley and friends presently one
with another, and l up, vexed at my
heart to think at what 1 had done, for
she was forced to lay a poultice or some
thing to her eye all dag and is black, and
the people of the house observed it."
However, Mrs. Pepys was too forgiving
To bear malice, for the same day he stat
ed "her eye is very bad, but she is in q
very good temper to me-" She was IN
sble to go out for fortnight, and when
pepys went to a dinner party at Sir VIII
liam Batten's at Christmas time she
stopped at home and played games with
her servants.
Although docile and amiable enough
ms rule, she could show temper on &C.
casion, and it then generally ended in her
husband giving way to her. Nothing an
noyed her more than his meanness about
her clothes. Once Lady Sandwich re-
monstrated with him about this and
made him ashamed Of himself.-West-
minister Review,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
BEATEN BY A REPORTER.
Newspaper Mans Revenge For In
suits From q Candidate.

Newspaper Mans Revenge For In
suits From q Candidate.
A good story and one with a moral ID
related by well known southern writer.
mo great statesman with good hard
horse sense ever went out OF his way to
offend a newspaper man." he says.
"Some years ago there was very hot
campaign in Georgia for a big Office.
I'm a distant city lived a candidate
who was confident Of election. He was
proud and naughty and thought only OF
himself.
"A young newspaper man was detailed
hg ehG managing editog to accompany thu
statesman and report his speeches.
Now comes the funny part Of the
story. The statesman ignored his com.
panion-left him to take care of himself
introduced him to nobody-treated him
without any consideration.
"Once when they were riding In q
buggy through the country they stopped
at a spring. The statesman cooled a bot.
tie of wine in the spring and drank 1t all
without offering the journalist drop.
Then he helped himself to a cigar
from his valise and resumed his seat In
the buggy.
Drive on! he said.
"The newspaper man hated and de.
spised the cold blooded politician, but he
had his work to do.
"He reported the speeches and cam.
paign incidents, but in a quiet way he
knitted the statesman. The big man read
the reports and was conscious that some
thing was lacking, but he could not tell
exactly what.
"The newspaper man simply stuck to
facts and damned the candidate with
faint praise. He left out the element OF
enthusiasm. He was dull and deliberate
ly so.
"The candidate was defeated. and be
never knew how much the newspaper
man had to do with it
OF course he did not dream that his
own conduct had injured him. No mean
man ever makes the discovery that he il
NEAR" New York Mail and Express.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
Some British Laws.

There ought to be no mistake in any ones
mind as to what constitutes an assault.
The most profitable thing to do in case
any one assaults you is to bring an ac-
ton for damages. He will feel the loss
of $25 more than bloody nose, and you
will feel much better for trip to Swift
zerland at his expense than for flooring
him.
The use Of mere words, however pro-
voking, is never an assault. But to hit a
man with fist or stick or to shake either
before his eyes is an assault. When you
shake stick, however, it must be within
striking distance. Stand at the other
end of the room, and you may brandish
a redhot poker without risk. If you
spit in a mans face, you grievously as
sault him. II you upset a chair on
which he is sitting, this is an assault. II
you had no hostile intention, it would not
be crime. But, hostile or friendly, you
are liable for damages. II you strike a
mans horse and he falls of, this is an as
sault that may cost you ESQ. And If you
present loaded gun at man you as
sault him provided he is within range.
Thus from Portsmouth you might assault
man in the Isle Of Wight by training
big gun on him.-London Answers.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24

Thomas Sheridan, the Irish clergyman
and grandfather of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, the dramatist, had great dis
taste metaphysical discussions. where
as his son Tom. the actor, had a great
liking for them. Tom one day tried to
discuss with his father the doctrine Of ne
cessity.
"Pray, father" said he, "did You ever
do anything in a state Of perfect indiffer-
ence-without motive, mean, of some
kind of other?"
Sheridan. who saw what was coming,
said, Eyes, certainly"
Indeed"
Eyes, indeed"
"What, total indifference-total, entire.
thorough mediterranean
Eyes, total, entire, thorough indiffer-
ence."
my dear father" said Tom, "tell me
what 1t is that you can do with (mindD
total, entire, thorough imlifferenceY
'Why, listen to you, Tom," said Sheri-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
J. O. ADAMS LAST WORDS.
Made to Order by Request, Said the
Iota nick Thou,nson

Made to Order by Request, Said the
Late Dick Thompson.
mot long before his death 1 called on
Dick Thompson, for so he is best known,
and / listened with unusual interest to
his political "reminiscences, dating from
1S4S, when he was in congress, and rum
ming on down to his retirement as sec
rotary of the navy department" said
Congressman lands of Indiana. II had
asked him about John Quincy Adams
when the latter was a member of the
lower house. After he had answered he
said:
"'Landis, l haven't much longer to
live, and want to make little confess
sion to you. 1t is important perhaps,
but am the only one living who knows
the secret, and think l shall feel better
to know 1 have told it. l was in the
house when John Quincy Adams had the
attack which resulted in his death two
days later. I was one of the four who
carried him into the speakers room. He
never regained consciousness. After his
death we who had carried him out of the
house met and questioned one another
until each confessed that he had not
heard Mr.. Adams say anything after we
words OF great men had an interest which
does not attach to last utterances in this
age. And so it was agreed that mas.
much as Mr.. Adams had no chance to
say anything for himself we would make
some last words for him commensurate
with his worth.
az was selected to formulate some.
thing suitable. 1t was no easy task, but
finally reported as his last words, "This
is the last of earth" One of the foul
who had helped to carry him out replied
81 am content" These last words were
not intended to be credited to Mr.. Adams
The member who said II am content
meant that he was satisfied with my re.
port, but l did not so understand him al
the time. l thought that the words were
intended as a sort of amendment and
added them. AS they seemed quite ap
propriate, we concluded to let them
stand, and there they are as they have
been quoted for so years.
Mr.. Thompson was not destroyer
He was not the man to mar, jostle oil
change, but he assured me that he want
ed to be put right on his last business, al
he called it, and I tell you the story a.
he told it to me. 1 suppose Mr.. Adams
spoke some last words somewhere, but
they were not the same which you ant
/ have heard about in our time."-NeW
York Sim
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
CROOKED FACES.


folks DON'T Realize 1t Unt1k the
Camera Betrays Them.
"One of the principal obstacles in the
way Of successful portrait photography
said an old time local expert, lis the
asymmetry of the average human face.
The features of 80 people out of 100
are undeniably asymmetrical-iR other
words, the right and left sides ara differ
ent in size, shape and general contour.
We don't notice this variation unless our
attention is attracted to it, but it is
there all he same. and for some reason
that am not able to explain it is gener-
ally emphasized by the camera: My
goodness. my face is all crooked in that
picture! Is comment that is frequently
heard when ladies examine proofs. They
are generally told that the effect is due to
the lighting in the print and that it won I
be noticeable when the photograph is fin
ished. AS a matter Of fact, the retoucher
can work wonders in removing the evil
dences Of asymmetry. He can lift the
corner Of the mouth, soften the angle of
jaw and make both sides of the face
tolerably fair mates without losing the
likeness.
what say applies. of cour!e, to full
face pictures, only, for when tne head is
slightly TIE ueNldllOuS are SCuTCc-
" ever discernible. Nor does the rule
hold good Invariably even with the front
faces. Odd as it may seem some people
owe their charm of feature almost alto
gether to the fact of asymmetry. One of
my patrons is bewitchingly pretty little
lady, yet the sides of her face are as diff
ferent as if they belonged to total stran-
gers. One eye is oblique, while the other
is straight; her nostrils are not at all on
a line. and her mouth has a most cx-
traordinary twist. From those details
you would suppose that she was nothing
short of a monstrosity, but the very COM
bination I have briefly outlined is the
thing that gives her face an irresistible
piquancy. Among men asymmetry often
lends great strength to a countenance.
Bismarck was a striking example of
that fact, and so was Gladstone. If you
are skeptical, take full face picture Of
either and cover one half of it with a
card. Then reverse the process and ex-
anime the other side. You will be sur
prised. In fact, you will discover four
different men, all distinct types.
Orleans Times-Democrat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
OIL Bathing,


Oil bathing is a regular institution
among the Hindoos. An experienced
masseur rubs the oil on his patrons,
friends or relatives generally once q
week. And it is fact that moles, warts
and such faults OF the surface of the
skin are very rare among them. The
newborn infant gets the oil bath daily
for 40 days. The intervals are then
gradually heightened, but he will be con-
sidered very naughty boy who during
his school days tries to shirk the oil bath
at least once week. As youngster he
yells all the time he is being bathed.
Perhaps it is good for his lungs. Any
how nobody thinks of finding fault with
the nurse for the hallooing of her charge,
and, generally speaking, it may be said
that Indians have better lungs and better
pectorals as compared to the body weight
than the Europeans, and the feminine
bust is decidedly fuller and more perfect.
&C. N. Saldanha in Lancet.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
Not So sickIy After All

Recently a negro convict was taken
from Wichita to the penitentiary. On the
way down he begged the sheriff to tell
the warden that Il am sickly and not
able to work in the coal mines"
The sheriff promised. and, after seeing
the warden. told the negro that it was all
fixed; that he was not to work in the coal
mines, but be Waterman at the dead
house instead.
"Oh. heavenr' shouted the affrighted
aegro. Tell dat wahden l kin dig fohty
tons OBJ coal day. an don let him put me
wild dem orpusesn'-Kansas City Jour
nal
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
ne DROWNED THE BUFFALO.
IL Texas stoclkman's Story of an RE.
periene0 In the Little Arkanaas.


perienos In the Little Arkanaas.
A group Of cattlemen at the live stock
convention at 81 Reno were talking
I.bout the skill Of Oklahoma cowboys in
throwing the lariat when r. q. Word,
Sr., whose home is at Higgins, Tex, but
whose cattle are mostly in Oklahoma,
said: 81 had an experience roping when
l was a young man which put me through
q lively gait. As a Texan who had fol-
lowed the range all his life, / felt that
there was not a broncho on top Of 1.-THE
ground that could throw me and nothing
on four legs that couldn't rope and tie.
In the summer Of 1871 1 was on the Lit
Of Wichita, Kan. / had splendid horse,
trained for the range and almost as in
telligent as a man. One afternoon I
came suddenly upon five big buffalo bulls
that had wandered away from the main
herd. 1 pulled my pistol, killed one of
them and, not having time to reload, de-
cided to rope one. Shortly afterward I
found myself with big job on my hands.
''At the first throw my rope dropped
around the old bulls horns. Now, when
q buffalo makes up his mind to go any
where in a rush he travels in a straight
line. You may be able to turn him a
little, but in the main he will keep his
course. That was what this bull did.
He headed toward the Little Arkansas,
with the evident intention of crossing it.
My horse, always fearless when handling
cattle, was timid when in close quarters
with buffalo, and was unable to check
the bull, who soon had me going south at
q lively clip. / was becoming of the opin-
ion that the only way out of my trouble
was to cut my rope and let the bull carry
1t off.
''The Little Arkansas is narrow in
places, while at no great distance away
will be found pools four and five feet
deep and from % to 40 feet wide. The
bull rushed headlong into one Of these
pools. The opposite bank was perpendic-
ular and about a foot and a half above
the water. Taking in the situation quick
ly, I saw that ! could run out my rope
far enough to enable my horse to cross at
a narrow, shallow place. He jumped
across. In fact, ahead Of the bull, which
had to wade. My horse had to keep go
ing and jerked the rope taut just as the
bull started to climb up the bank. The
jerk pulled the bulls nese into the water
and his shaggy head against the perpen-
dicular bank. He made a great uproar,
but my horse held him there as in wise.
Strange as 1t may seem, / succeeded in
keeping that bulls nose under water
until he drowned. always regarded ahis
as my most brilliant feat of roping. ok
lahoma Cor. in Kansas City Star.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
Ingenious TippIinr.

A most ingenious and laughable plaI
was that evolved by inmates at tn,
Oneida county home to outwit the su
perintendent.
When they have hard colds, they ar,
given a bottle of cough strip, which Il
made at the home in large quantities
containing rum and molasses. One Of
the inmates devised a scheme whereby
he could extract the rum from the mo
lasses, so that he could get the rum ou
without communicating his stomach with
the molasses. He placed the bottle or
the window sill in the sun and discover
ed that the molasses came to the top
leaving the rum at the bottom.
Procuring straw at the barn, he in
serted it in the bottle below the molasses
and proceeded to drink the rum from
the bottom of the bottle.-Utica IN. Y.
Observer,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
A Quick Wink.

The closing of the eye, tine rest and the
opening of it have been measured and
are found to consume three hundred and
ninety fve-one thousandths of a second
This is a quick wink, and winks have
been measured that required forty-one
thousandths of q second more time. Fol
these measurements especially arranged
Photographic apparatus is required, and
then when bit Of white paper is placed
on the eyelid its motions can be accurate.
ly determined. In quick wink the clos
ing Of the eye has been found to require
seventy-five one-thousandths of second
the rest twice as long and the opening
one hundred and seyenty-one thousandths
of second,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
Turf Losses,

A London magazine gives an estimate
of the money lost on the turf through
out the world during each year. The
amount is placed at $3.50. 600. 900. of
which 100000 900 is lost on English race
courses and, strange to say. about $780,
100000 on Australian courses. The re-.
painder Ia chiefly distributed between
Ftanea, tie tdifed States and British
colonies. - .-.----.------,--
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24
They All Change.

Mrs. Younalove-Oh. dear! Such ia
life. Before we got married George was
tagging around after me ali the time. !
couldn't get away from him for minute.
That was three months ago.
Her Dearest Friend-Poor child! What
has the wretch done?
"He said last night that he thought
we'd move next month to some place
where he can have n den 80 as TO get by
himself once in awhile. Times
Herald,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-08-24

1t is characteristic of those who are Sc
we're on others that they cannot bear Sc
verify. Dean Swift, the severest satirisi
If his day, was one day dining with q
company of gentlemen, one OF whom he
had made the butt OF his ridicule, with
repeated sallies. At last the dean pour
ed upon a piece of duck some gravy in
tended to be eaten with roasted goose
The unfortunate gentleman, seeing this
Immediately said: "My good dean. you
surprise me. You eat a duck like 9
goose"
The company roared, and the pool
dean was so confused and mortified that
he few into rage and left the table.