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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01
Publication Notice.
State of Illinois, -
County of Rock Island.

State OF Illinois, -
County of Rock Island. %
County court of Rock Island county. To the
February term. A. ID 1907
John J. Hun'ley, administrator of the estate
of James Ecgington. deceased, W Melyina
oulter, Margaret Toland. Eli abeth RansinS.
Clara rdging .on, lila EdgtngtOn ard Nellie
Edgington and Elmer Lee. Petition TO sell real
est ate TO paw debtS:
Afidavit of the non-residence OF Melyina
Coulte-. Margaret lola d, Eliz 4beth Ranklns,
Clara Edgington Fila Edgington AID Nellie
Edgington. defendant above named. hav-
ling been filed in the ONCE OF the clerk of the
county court OF Rock Island county. no.
tee is hereby given TO the said Melvina
Coulter. Margaret Toland Elizabeth Rd XII S.
Clara EdgtngtOn, Ella Edgiugton and Nellie
Edgington. that the said plaintiff admins ra-
ceased, has fled his petition in the said
county court of Rock Island county for ar
order 20 sell the premises belonging to the es
tate OF said deceased. or so much OF il as N AZ
be needed 10 pay the debts of said deceased.
and described as follows. to-wit:
Lots four ca in block thirty five t36l in the
village OF Ardalu-ia in the county of Rock
Island and state of Illinois and that a sum
mons has been issued out of this court against
you. returnaole at the February term. A. ID.
1870. % said court, 10 be no den on the first
Monday OF February, A. II. 1900, at the court
house in Rock Island in Rock Island county,
Illinois
Now. unless you. the said Melvina Coulter
Margaret TalanC. EliZsOeth RanbinS Clara Ed
ginHtOn Ella EdgingJOn and Nellie EdRington.
shall personally be and appear be fore said coun-
" court OF Rock leland county, on the first
Rock Island. in said county. on the first Monday
OF March, 1900. ard p cad. answer or demur
TO the said complainant petition fled therein,
the same and the matters and things therein
. md decree entered against YOU according To
the prayer OF said Dill
ROCK Island Illinois. January -. 1870
ADAIR PEASANTS. ComplainRnts Solicit or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01
LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Rsndeline Requa, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed ad-
ministratriX. OF the estate of Randeline ReQua
late of the county OF Rock Island, state OF I'LL
nois, deceased, hereby gives notice that she
will appear before the county court of Rock
Island county, at the county court room, in the
city of Rock Island, at the April term, on
the first Monday in pril next, at which
time all persons having claims against said
estate notified and requested to attend, for
the purpose OF having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this Goth day of January, A. D. 1850.
EMILY FREEMAN. AID ADMINISTRATORS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01
DR.. E. VALENTINE HEATON

This is the Gentleman who is Entitled to
All the Credit for All the Numerous
Cures That are Being Effected
at the British Medical In
stitute at No. 1909
Second Avenue.
A staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have at the urgent solicitation
of large number of patients under
their treatment in this vicinity es-
tablished a permanent branch of the
institute in this city at No. 1902
Second avenue.
These eminent gentlemen have de-
free for three months (medicine ex-
cepted) TO ali invalids who may call
upon them for treatment between now
and Feb. 10. These services consist
not only of consultation, examination
and advice, but also of all minor sur
gical operations.
The object in pursuing this course
is to become rapidly and personally
acquainted with the sick and the af-
fiicted. and, under no condition what
ever will any charges be made for any
services rendered for three months to
all who call before Feb. Is.
The doctors treat all forms of di-
sease and deformities and guarantee
cure in every case they undertake.
At the first interview thorough ex-
animation = made, and, if in durable,
you are frankly and kindly told so,
also advised against spending your
money for useless treatment.
IL l. .l-,.< J.,
and cartal rhal deafness, also rupture,
goitre, cancer, and all diseases of the
rectum are positively cured by their
new treatment.
DR.. Z. Valentine Heaton, the chief
consulting surgeon of the institute,
is in personal charge
Office hours from 9 a. m. till p.
m. Not open Sundays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01

The surveys for the Pacific cable
Show the following distances: San
Francisco to Honolulu, 2,100 knots;
Honolulu TO Midway Island, 1,16O
knots; Midway to Guam, 2,2SO knots
Guam to Lingayen bay, Luzon, 1872
knots
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01
A Misunderstanding.

Misunderstood symptoms of disease
lead doctors to treat something else
when the kidneys are out of order.
Foley's Kidney Cure will bring you
health when other medicines have
failed. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY resents the
senate investigation of Secretary Gage
as a reflection on him and his admin
istration. Who has forgotten the
famous attacks upon Gen. Alger are
attacks upon me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01

The. committee engaged in the
work OF providing for Gen. Wade
Hampton house at Colum bia, S. c.,
in place of that recently destroyed by
fire, has almost completed it's work.
The building is large one of colonial
style.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01

SINCE Temporary Gov. Taylor, of
Kentucky, could not bring enough
mountaineers to the capital to pre-
vent the execution of the law, he de-
termined to take the capital to the
mOuntaineers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01

TAYLOR of Kentucky must be given
credit for choosing a place by the
right name a. the capital of the mon
archial form of government ne is seek
ing TO set up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01

GREAT BRITAIN is being brought to
realize the moral: Thrice armed is
he who hath his quarrel just"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01

Lines east of Peoria carry through
coaches and sleeping cars on night
trains to principal cities.
NJ. A. PATTERSON.
Genl Pass. Agent,
Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01

Gov. GOEBEL, of Kentucky, is best
loved for the enemies he has made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01
THE ARGUS.

IN THE NAME OF j. W. POTTER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-01
An Honest Ton of Coal

For your money is what you want when
you buy and TO get il you should buy from
a reliable and conscientious dealer. We
don't send you one thousand pounds of
dirt and dust with one thousand pounds OF
coal, but two thousand pounds OF good
high grade, well screened coal We can
make prompt delivery of hard and soft
coal, camel coal or the celebrated POGO
hontas- smokeless coal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
English ms written.

AS most everyone knows. a great
majority of the beautiful toys sold dur
ing the holidays are imported, the for
eign makers not only shipping them
here, but to other countries, and it is
not uncommon when shipping articles
needing an explanation in order to
operate them to have descriptive cir
cular printed in several languages ac-
companying the article. Imagine the
surprise of holiday buyer when pur-
chasing magic lantern to find cir
cular reading: "Kindle the lamp out
side of the ROOM" One would imagine
that in this country cord wood was
used to light lamps. This twisting of
the English language way not half SO
bad as the Chinaman wlo sold some
beautiful carved ivory ware. This en-
terprising Chinaman, desiring IT, call
the attention of all to the fact of his
having a wholesale and retail store,
pasted on the inside of all his boxes of
goods: "Wholetail and retail store."-
ENQUIRER.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17

"The cures which we have to resort to
are in many cases." said the head physi-
clan of one c>'*he largest Scottish luna
tic asylums, "as curious as our patients
whims. One patient had for six years
been under the delusion that his head
was turned the wrong way physically.
We put him in chair, tied him secure
ly, and then, having blindfolded him,
gave him an electric shock. He got up
crying with delight, and after that mo-
ment he was as sane as you ri. An
other declared he was top-heayy. We
weighted his feet with two three-stone
weights and left him for day. Wheth-
er the extra weight effected the cure
or not don't know, but he to-day holds
a very responsible position under the
government, and is one of the clearest-
headed men know. Another thought
that II he went to sleep the world
would stop moving. We dosed him with
chloroform. When he woke IL hours
later and found everything all right he
wept with joy, then turned over and
went to sleep again, waking six hours
later sane.".N. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
WHEN MONROE WAS PRESIDENT,

Though Bankruptcies were quite un-
known.
Was ever beauty like arrayed?
Entertainments spell has never flown
From dainty lace and rich brocade.
The danes, the maids, the gowns they
wore
Were taste and grace and beauty blent,
And hearts were warm unto the core
When James Monroe was president.
The beaux, rare gentlemen, forsooth.
Wore wigs combed up in powdered pun,
And no one blushed to take, in truth,
From silver box q pinch of snuh.
Sweet Courtesy held high command,
And men were peers to all intent,
The mark of rank an honest hand,
When James Monroe was president.
And tallcw nodded round wick
When burning seemed as diamonds
bright
They scarce have traded candlestick
For twinkling ircandescent light,
The DANES the maids, the galIants all,
Who long have slept meath earthly tent,
The same whose presence graced the ball
When James Monroe was president
All, long the years that intervene,
Yet laugh, we scoffers, as We may,
Sful Purity's acknowledged queen,
And Courtesy is king to-day
Hearts beat as warm to-day as then,
And oharity's as kindly meant
As twas 'mong those, Gods noblemen,
When James Monroe was president.
Roy Farrell Greene, in Youths Com
pani0n.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
Can't Abbrcviate 1900.

There's whole lot of people, thou
sands of them writing letters without
printed or engraved letter heads. who
abbreviate the year in the date line:
writing, for instance, instead of 1890.
80. Now what will they do with 1900:
They certainly cant abbreviate that.
When we strike 1901 it will be all right
again, then they can write Jan. 1, 'O1;
but 100 wouldn't mean anything, and
there's nothing to do but to write the
year out. This will be done through
out the year 1900 many millions of
times; as matter of sober fact the
multitudinous writing of these two
ciphers will involve the loss in the az
gregate of much time, and the using ur
of thousands of pens and much ink.
But it's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good. The writers loss, here, is the
INK makers and the pen manufactur-
.rs' gain; and for that matter it's Just
so with everything; things go on Just
about the same, whatever hanprns r.
n. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17

A recent report of experiment at the
Academy of Medicine in Paris gives
astonishing testimony of the virtue Of
rhythmicai twitching of the tongue as
means of restoring life in cases of
drowning or asphyxiation. Within the
past few months there have been at
this hospital 40 such cases of resusc:-
tation by this one means. Some of
the statements made by NJ. Laborde,
OF the Academy of Medicine, in con-
nection with this report are of ex-
ceptional interest. In one case a
drowned man was resuscitated ONLY
after three hours spent in uninter-
mittent twitching of his tongue.
Which is certainly a reminder TO
physicians that this remedy is one that
requires patience--N. Y. Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
THE GIRL OF TO-DAY.
She Is No Longer RELOCATED to the
Shelf After Passing the
Thirty Mark.

One of the most remarkable social
developments of these latter days is
the evolution of the mature heroine
of romance. Formerly this post was
allotted to the young girl or the
young married woman. In those
times, moreover, the adjective of youth
would not have been applied to the
maiden who had passed her twenty
fifth year, and only in the spirit of
the grossest fattery to the matron
who had seen her three decades. 1t
is typical of the age that this ex-
pianatory note should be necessary.
Now the expression young" is pure
ly relative. The period of middle age
has been entirely abolished. Where
almost everybody is younger than
somebody else, it is only the few who
are proud of their extreme antiquity
who can be regarded with any degree
of certainty as old. At 30 the girl of
to-day no longer retires on the shelf
as failure, to pass the rest of her
life in-the humiliating position of the
maiden aunt who devotes herself to
the children or revenges herself on the
poor. She is merely preparing to start
on a new phase of life with a more
definite plan and clearer vision.
Very often she marries and begins
afresh at 40. Sometimes she has been
known to be SO greatly daring as to
enter matrimony for the first time
when she has passed her fiftieth year.
For the matron the range is even more
extended. At 80 she is quite young
thIng-gay, frivolous, skittish, to
whom society and Irritation are tie
chief objects in life. Ten years more
tring her to her prime. 1t is the
period of fascination, of adventure, Of
impulse. The woman of 40 is capable
of any thing. She is the object of the
widest plans, the center of the most
daring romance. At so she is probably
marrying for the second time. Three
score will find her approaching the
altar fcr her third wedding, and if she
lives long enough, she may even re-
appear at later date to bring het
record up to four.-London World.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

One pond of sleeps wool is ca
pable of producing one yard of cloth.
Vienna; street railway system cost
$40, 00O, 900 and it is estimated that it
will pay for itself in ten years.
One thousand bricks made by ma
chine take 1875 minutes, instead of two
hours and four minutes when made
by hand.
Americans prefer electricity for run,
ming automobiles, the French petro-
leum and the Russians wood alcohol,
costing in that country eight cents a
gallon.
Steam shears cut into lengths the
steel for Sc buggy axles in 30 minutes.
The blacksmith without machinery
aid well to do the job in IS hours and
10 minutes.
The art of paper making has
reached the point where it is possible
to cut down a growing tree and con-
vert it into paper suitable for printing
purposes within "a hours.
Coal mining is developing rapidly in
canada. In Nova Scotia both the areas
worked and the number of mines show
a great increase. The coal areas of
Canada are estimated at $4,000 square
miles, not including areas known but
as yet undeveloped in the far north.
More than 500 men who were work.
ing at the BARRIERS trade in st. Louis
prior to the enforcement of the new
state license law have left the city.
These could have registered within
the 9O-day limit for one dollar each
without passing an examination, but
under the law the board can In its
Judgment revoke the license of any
barber unable to pass the examina-
ton. Fearing the latter, the 500 III
ferior workmen preferred to go else
where.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17

That eccentric genius, the late Frank
auckland, the naturalist, when he felt
tagged took railway journey, and,
having armed his eyes with spectacles
hung his head out of the window, and
averred that the perfect aeration of the
lungs which he thus obtained was the
finest stimulant he had ever discov-
cred. Motorists experience the same
invigorating effects of travelling at
speed through the open air. One of the
most enthusiastic "chauffeurs" in Eng.
land was, and had been for some time.
under the treatment of Sir William
Broadbent for indigestion and nervous
prostration at the time he invested in
motor car. From that day the doc
tors occupation has ceased so far as
this automobiles is concerned, as he
now enjoys the most perfect health.
and he puts this down entirely to motor
driving.-London Mail.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
DEEPENING LAKE ERIE.
Project to Dam Niagara River to
Meet the DfminutiOn of
Water.

The commerce of the great lakes is SO
vast that the lake waterway has be-
come almost as important as the path
across the Atlantic. In the lake navi-
cation season of 1899, more than s,0O0,-
BOO bushels of grain, nearly 100000
barrels of flour, 10000 900 tons of iron
and 1.o0O, 100000 feet of lumber passed
through the Sault Sainte Marie canal,
bound toward the east and Europe.
Practically all this traffic, and an
additional amount from Lakes Mich
igan and Huron, pass through Lake
Erie. Erie is the shallowest of all the
lakes, and the fact is apparent that its
level is lower than it was formerly.
The possibility of its falling still more,
as result of the diversion of some of
the water of Lake Michigan through
the great drainage canal from Chicago
to the basin of the Mississippi, leads to
an apprehension that sooner or later
the effect will be harmful.
Now a project has been devised, and
a bill introduced in congress to carry it
into effect, to meet the diminution of
the water of Lake Erie by constructing
dam in the Niagara river near Buffalo,
and raising the level of Lake Erie by
about three feet. Such a, dam would
deepen the water of the Detroit and ST.
Clair rivers, and would render more Sc
cure and easy the navigation of this
great waterway along which so impor-
tant a part of the food supply of the
nations is borne.
But to raise the level of Lake Erie
means to food lands along its shores.
1t means to flood certain Canadian
lands, as well as Americans; and this
would necessitate international ar
rangement and costly compensation.
For this reason, as well as for the rea-
son that great public enterprises al
ways move slowly, the conversion of
Lake Erie into vast mill-pond will
probably be deferred for long period.
Youths Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

First Horse-"Just look at that au-
tomobile!" Second Horse-"I should
say so! The clumsy beast is getting
ready to roll."-St. Louis Republic.
Daughter-"Would you object to my
marrying without your consent?" Rich
Father (significantly)-"Not at all.
I'd save money by it."-Philadelphia
Record.
She-"We must break off our en-
gagement. Mr.. Booper; / find that !
really cannot return your love-" He
well. anyway, 1 hope you'll return
my presents."-Fun.
Hoax-'I saw poor De Tanque this
morning and he told me that life was
a burden to him." Joax-"Shouldn' t
wonder. He always seems to be
loaded. "-Philadelphia Press.
Clerical Individual Gas De Tanque
enters saloon friend, take warm
ing" De Tanque-'No, thanks, L never
mix drinks. But I'll take little whis-
ky with you."-Baltimore American.
"As a lawyer Quibb's success is due
largely to his great power of will"
"Yes, I understand he has broken
more wills than any other man at the
r."-Philadelphia North American.
Lawyer Corpus-"The testimony of
those two experts was great sur
prise Lawyer Habeas-"Wasn't it,
though? First time 1 ever knew two
of them to agree."-Ohio State Jour-
nal.
AREN'T you afraid of bats, Mr..
Rickey?' Miss Meekleigh, your Ian
guage pains me. may take an occa-
sional drink, but as regards bats, be-
ieve you are misinformed." = Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Judge-"You say that words passed
between the accused and his wife. Did
you hear what they were?" Witness
mo, / didn't hear them, but 1 saw
them" Judge-"Saw them?' Witness
Yes; they were in the dictionary
that he threw at her" Boston Tran
script.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
old Roman coina

Under the corner of room in the
House of the Vestal, which is being
excayated in the Roman Forum, a
workman lately turned up a spadeful
Of gold coins. They are $40 in num-
Der, all stamped with the head of the
Emperor Authemius, who was killed
by the emperor-maker, Ricimer, when
he plundered Rome in A. D. I7a
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
A suEgestive Name.

Mr.. Dukane-There is one thing to b.
said in Gen. Kitchener's favor.
Mr. Gaswell-What is that?
"a man with that name should have no
difficulty in getting the range of the enemy"
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17

The Best Prescription for Chslls
and Fever is bottle of GROVES TAsrELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine ia
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Pr:ce, .,0c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17

The love of mc.1ey is said to be the root OF
all evil-and the lack of money produces
.Any branches Of the evil.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17

Ambition is an admirable trait, but It 70
not the single qualification for success.
Among highly ambitious youths must e
had been apprenticed to cooper: The
Young man felt that constant coopering was
not compatible with his hopes for she future
Accordingly, afte,. deiberatioa, a few
months ago he addressed letter TO the head
Of the great Rothschild banking house at
Frankfort, setting forth at some length his
strong dislike for his trade, and asking to Dc
accepted as "an apprentice millionaire"
promising diligence and all application in
learning 1.-THE business" The young man n
still cooper.-Youth's Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17

The readers Of this paper viii be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halle
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires ..
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the.
81 tSe sesse snd sVnt the patene
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura.
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.