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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
KATIE WON AGAIN.
A Utah woman.s Management.

The first misunderstanding that
| Katie and / ever had was on account
of coffee. She would not give it TO
me because she was sure it was the
cause of nervousness and sick spells,
so ! regularly dropped into my
| Aunt'a house on the way from school
| q am IA school teacher you see) and
stealthily put down good strong
cup of coffee each day.
One of my sleepless nights / lay
wondering what allied me and how
long my money would last if / got
sick suddenly. l went to school the
next day as | had often done before,
with nerves very tremulous and Il
distressing headache creeping over
every cubic inch of my brain.
When | reached the dinner table
at night, shaved and i'm my right
mind. but very tired and faint, |
gave n little start of surprise and de-
light, followed instantly with n feel
ing of shame.
Had my sharp, though mild-eyed
little wife discovered the extent of
my recent perfdy? Did she know
had been taking coffee each day,
contrary to agreement? Beside my
plate, in my own beautiful silver
Xmas present cup, smoked and fair
" smiled the beverage, inviting, de-
licious liquid. ! fastened to pour in
generous supply of cream with the
usual ratio of sugar. Then L slipped
the treasure with delight.
1t tasted Il good deal better than
usual someway, but not exactly ma
tural. When my cup was about half
empty l began to wonder if il would
be rcplenished, so 1 stole a glance
at the little woman. She had far
away look in her eyes and little
victorious curl on her lips.
All at once 1 understood, Now
Katie L said amazedly, you don't
mean to tell me this is Postum" Her
pretty little laugh rang out at once,
and she asked through the folds of
her napkin, Don't you think now
there is such thing as a good food
coffee?
1 roared with my late experience
fresh in my miud) Don't ever say
coffee to me again; 1 am saved
man tonight l then and there hug
ged my guardian angel and swore off
on coffee, for keeps
My health and spirits have been
gaining steadily, until now L sleep
like a babe and eat like a., well,
like man who knows his food is
going to agree with him.
1t was a happy day for wife and l
land for numbers of our friends)
when the real danger of coffee drink
ing was discovered and beverage
that would take it's place was put
on our table. / have been saved
from a spell of nervous prostration,
the outcome of which no one can
ever foretell." Ross House, Robin
son, Utah.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
BALLLECTURENEXT
Event at Burtis Opera House To-
morrow Evening TO be
Largely Patronized.
RARE PICTURES TO BE SHOWN
Musical Program to be Rendered
Under Direction OF Prof.
TOenniges.

There are Il few very good seats
left for the lecture of Sir Robert
Ball, the English astronomer, tomor-
row night at the Burtis i'm Davenport,
and those who do not avail them
selves of the opportunity to be pres
ent on that occasion will have a long
period in which TO regret having
missed il. The lecture is to he IL
Illustrated with the best of lime light
pictures of the heavenly bodies taken
under powerful lenses and appearing
just as when the planets were seen
through one of the big telescopes.
Sir Robert is celebrated through
out the British isles for his lucidity
of explanation and his knowledge of
that which appeals to the under
standing of and interests of the pub
lie. He does not talk over the heads
of his hearers, nor does he weary
them with dry and tedious facts.
The fact that he has given the
greater part of his time in this coun-
try TO courses of lectures before the
large universities of the east and
that he has been showered with So
cial honors wherever he has gone is
the highest testimony TO his power
as an educator and an entertainer.
The Musical Features.
The concert preceding the lecture
will be by the best of local talent, a
quartet consisting of Mrs. Alice Dut-
tin-Atwill, piano; c. F. Toenniges,
violin: William \. Paarmann, viola,
and Oswald Stark, cello. The num-
Der selected is Beethoven's inspired
quartetto, OPP. 10, and the quartet has
given it a degree of preparation
which insures those who are so for
tunate as to hear it one of the great
est treats of the season. The con-
cert will begin at S o'clock.
Tickets are so and as cents and
seats may be reserved at Fluke's in
Davenport by telephone. Special
cars to Rock Island and Moline after
the lecture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
Saw Death Near.

at often made my heart ache"
writes l.. C. Overstreet, of Elgin,
Tenn, to hear my wife cough until
it seemed her weak and sore lungs
would collapse. Good doctors said
she was so far gone with consump-
ton that no medicine or earthly help
could save her, but a friend recon-
mended DIR. Kings New Discovery
and persistent use of this excellent
medicine saved her life" It's abso-
lutely guaranteed for coughs, colds,
asthma and all throat and
lung diseases. soc and $1.0O at Hartz
& UlIemeyer's. Trial bottles free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
An Ernnralist.s story.

81 suffered for years with a bron-
chial trouble and tried various rem
edies but did not obtain permanent
relief until 1 commenced using One
Minute Cough Cure" writes Rev
James Kirkman, evangelist of Belle
River, Ill. One Minute Cough Cure
affords immediate relief for coughs,
colds and all throat and lung troub-
les. For Group il is unequalled. Alb
solutely safe. Never fails and ia
vorite with the children. b. II. Bic
Der and Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
It's Easy to Say

BE careful but we must all go
from heated houses into chill outer
air, and the change sets us cough
ing and Wheeling. Avoiding winter
colds is difficult; curing them is not
hard if you take Aliens Lung Bal
sam. Better begin when the cold is
young and not wait until it settles
deep into the lungs, for then. with
Aliens Lung Balsam, complete re-
lief will be slower.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
OfBeneat to You.

d. S. Mitchell, Fulford, Md: Dur
ing n long illness 1 was troubled with
bed sores, tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve and was cured" Cures piles,
sores, and burns. Beware OF coun-
terfeits. B. II. Bieber and Hartz q
UIlemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
Eastman Film kodaks

FOR CHRISTMAS--SpeciaI Holiday Prices
No. 1 Pocket Kodak, size of picture,
2HX3H inch. Reduced from SO to
IS.
No. , Folding Pocket Kodak, square
picture 31aX3R inch, from SIS to $12.
No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak, size of
picture. 3HX4H, from $3.50 to S14.
No. + Cartridge Kodak, size 4X5 with
combination film and plate holder,
complete, from $3.50 to S22.
No. Bullet Kodak, plates and
films, size 31aX3a inch, from $40 to
SIS.
Panorama Kodak, size 214X7 inch pic
ture, from SO to SIS.
Brownie Kodaks, 81 outfits, 75c.
Silk down photo cloth, for fancy pill
lows, soc per pkg.
HARTZ & ULLEMEYER,
Prescription Druggists,
Cor. avenue and Goth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
MERCHANTS HOLIDAY NUMBER
Annual Special Edition of The Argus Sat
urday Evening.

urday Evening.
The annual merchants holiday
number of The Argus is to be pub
lished Saturday night of this week
and, as usual, will abound in care
fully selected reading matter and
attractive advertising features. This
edition is always awaited with inter
est by merchants and holiday shop
pers alike, for it never fails to af-
ford the seasonable pointers, so to
speak, that all are looking for. All
the People of the city. and particu-
larly the ladies, should make it a
point to read The Argus, every col
umn in it, Saturday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
no WIN Won MUST ACT.

10 WIN YOU MUST ACT.
If you have the backache, are ner-
vous, restless and irritable, the sooner
you buy a box of Kid-Ne-Oids the
quicker you will be cured. No cure
no pay. Coated tablets, SOC. Try them.
L. H. THOMAS. Leading Druggist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
Cold Weather Footwear

Be prepared cold by keeping your feet
We supply you with warm lined and felt
shoes all styles from Common Sense last
older people find comfort in fine Kid
StyliShed Lined Shoe for the younger generation.
Our Slipper Department is complete ). Every style
shape Felt Slippers you think Of, from
5Oc to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
One Bottle

of Remick's Pepsin Blood Tonic will
make you fairly sparkle with new life
and vigor. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-11
All Records Broken
HERE ARE YOUR SPECIALS FOR
THE WEEK:

4 cans Great r. j. corn .... csc
5 bars Armour white soap 800. zoe
Id rice ............... 25c
4 Id. Pearl tapioca ...... CSC
Is Id. pail jelly .......... SIC
gal souer kraut ....... csc
gal. sour pickles ...... csc
doz- boxes parlor matches 49,. 1Oc
Falcon pancake flour 3 pkg. -. Csc
Dried peaches, 3 Id ... CSC
Dried aPricots, 3 Id. csc
Table peaches, per can .12hc
Table pears, per can ............ 10c
Table red cherries, per can ...... 1Oc
Washing soda, per Id. .... &c
i lb. corn starch ... sc
gal. maple syrup ............ 95c
= bars of Scrubine, same as Sa-
pOliO ..-..-------.- ...-.-...--- &c
Sorghum molasses, per gal. ..... soc
Heinz dill pickles, per doz. 80. 15c
Why pay soc for baking powder
when Horton sells I lb. for Zoe. 1Oc
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
SOME LIVE QUESTIONS.
AUNT JENNIE.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE There are
some questions in which everybody
be interested, and upon which all
who have an opportunity should
make themselves heard.
Now we think the licensing of the
liquor traffic is "a question in which
everybody should be interested. No
more important problem has ever
agitated the public mind. Just now,
in our own county, the question Of
dlspensary or no dlspensary is being
quite warmly discussed. We do not
want Il dispensary we want total
prohibition. Put if conditions are
such that we cannot have that now,
the dlspensary is far preferable to
the saloon, and drunkenness and
crime have greatly diminished since
the closing of the saloons.
Another question of serious mo-
ment, Is the use of cigarettes. It
makes US feel sad to see children
whose forms are drawn and dwarfed
by the use of tobacco, in the form of
chew or snuff, and we sometimes
wish there were some means Of pro-
tectlng infants from the cruelty
of parents who would teach them
the use OF the weed. But when we
can hardly meet ii small boy who is
not acquainted with cigarettes and
cigarette paper we are alarmed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
TOWN LIBRARIES.
(I'O be CORtiRued.)

A good library and reading room
in every small town in NOath Caro-
lima would be Il NEAR of great good,
we have no doubt, where it is properly
managed. We are not speaking OF
the miserable Book Clubs" So
called, which are too often only an
excuse for drawing social lines among
people, none of whom have money
enough to be in what Is known as
''the 400" and the members of which
have neither taste to enjoy nor
capacity to comprehend a book, but
a library containing strong, pure
books, in cheap binding, if need be,
and which is absolutely tree to the
public. A comfortable and cOzy
reading room with books, magazines
and fresh newspapers would be an
inviting place for "a visitor to town to
spend an hour, and likewise for those
who may have leisure from their
work. Everybody should be encour-
aged to enjoy the benefit of the read
ing room, and little mud ON d mans
boots, or u hole in his hat, should not
debar him from its privileges. 1t is
astonishing at what small cost such
an Institution can be established. A
few earnest spirits and twelve or
fifteen dollars are sufficient to begin.
Two or three weeks ago such Ii thing
was undertaken in brownsville ana
already there are between two and
three hundred volumes In the libra
~ n newspapers galore. 1t prom
lSes to be d means of great good to
the community and we commend 1t
to N sister towns of 1000 and down
wardS.-Charlty and Children.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
FROM wATAUGA's MOUNTAINS.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Seeing no
letters from Watauga, l will try to
represent it as best l can. AS Wa
tauga is among the mountains, it is
one of pure air so essential to health.
It has also much beautiful scenery,
and is a pleasant summer resort for
the people of the Sunny South. I
am a famer's daughter and do not
have many spare moments. I de-
light in spending them in reading.
AS my time is limited l try to select
the berry best of reading and I read
the fourth and fifth pages of The Pro
gressive Farmer, and other good
books and papers never read novels
and continued stories, because l do
not believe them to be good food for
the mind.
| wish to say a few words on edu-
cation. l think that parents ought
to educate their children as far as
their means will permit. Let the
children help by following some
good occupation during the summer
season. Then they will appreciate
their opportunities and prize them
more highly.
l think more attention ought to be
given to the education of the girls.
In my estimation, it is as important
as that of the of the boys. Some
people educate the boys and
leave the girls at home while it
ought to be the vers because
boys can more readily educate them
selves. 1t isn't any wonder that
there are SO many unhappy mar
riages, for they really do not know
what kind of partner they need.
1t is for them to work for something
of their own possessions. They can
never possess any goods of this
worlds that will be so substantial as
u good education. They will appre-
ciate it above all earthly treasures,
and prize it nor highly than gold
for it Gan eve be taken away from
them. MINNIE.
Watauga Co., N. G..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
UNCLE BILL HEARD FROM.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il am a con
slant reader of the Social Chat, but
not Il member. l like to read it each
week there are so many good ideas
brought out. GA Farmers Wife's'
letter is good. I remember when
my grandfather TANNED his own
leather and made shoes for his own
family and hats for his boys of skins
that he would tan. He raised sheep
and geese and hogs and lived at
home. / have seen the flax brake
and hackle and fax wheel and the
tow cloth, and it would last much
longer than the cloth of the present
day. And they had sober boys and
their boys were not men under 21
years, and they we're under their
fathers thumb as long as they
remained with them, and the girls
were under their mothers directions
until they married and left home.
But what of the present day? How
many parents know where their boys
are on the Sabbath day, and how
many seem to want to know at any
time?
1 was in town a few days past and
met a boy on the street he couldn't
walk On the pavement all the time.
He was first in the street and then on
the pavement. What will be the
future destiny of his parents and
what will become of the man who
put the bottle to his neighbours lips?
May the Lord speed the day when
our lawmakers will pass some law
to stop the traffic in the accursed
stuff. Well, what about the church
member who breaches prohibition
and when election day ONE goes to
the ballot box and votes for party in
stead of the man on the prohibition
ticket? UNCLE BILL.
Rockingham Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
Our Social Chat.
- EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, N. c. =

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department or
The Progressive Farmer, we have some OF Ine
most wide-awake and progressive young la0ies
and young men and sOmeO of the most enteTtaln1
ing writer's among the older people OF THIS anu
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
o r REQUESTED to join oy senadng
us a letter on some subject of general interest,"
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING, give full name anu posi-
office address for Aunt Jennle's ln1orhlaLlon.
in print, give name by which you wish 10 DC
known as a Chatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as a RUE
elapSe between the time a letter is written anu
the date of its publication.
all letters to Aunt Jennie, care OF
The Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. N. Z.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
AUNT JENNIE'S LETTER.

There is no habit so easily cOntrac-
ted or that proves quite SO insidious
as the smoking of that seemingly
insignificant little cigarette. All,
my boy, you think it manly to dare
fate. Let me tell you that fate is
ensnaring you. Within that little
roll of paper you hold ready to APP
ply the match there turks a serpent
that will keep himself hidden from
you at first, but by and by you will
realize that he holds you in his pow
er, for when you form that habit of
smoking cigaretts you are a victim
of his. Habits can be broken, you
say. Yes, 1 know that they can, but
how many persons have you known
to break them and how many have
you know to be broken by them?
If you persist in this habit it will
most assuredly wreck your physical
being. Your mental attainments will
not be what you friends hope and
believe you capable of attaining.
You will be d disappointment to
yourself when you realize what you
might have been had you denied
yourself this transient pleasure.
The staunchest business men in our
country are beginning to realize the
tact that boys and men who smoke
are not so trustworthy as those who
do not indulge and some of the large
railroads employ only those who do
there is no harm in the cigarette?
One of the most pathetic speeches
speeches ever delivered in our House
of Representatives was made by IL
man who had lost a son through the
cigarette habit. He, in his sorrow,
was pleading for other fathers sons
who might become slaves to the
same demon. He declared that it
was impossible for him to keep his
stake, as he felt that he would not
be true to himself or his boy were
he to utter no word of warming to
the boys who have not yet become
addicted to the terrible habit. Why,
only a year or two since a young
man from one of our leading colleges
who was Il slave to cigarettes came
to our city and bought and smoked
package after package but still was
unsatistied and finally obtained 90
caine. No one knows just how it
happened, but he was found in his
room dead the next morning. Now,
do you think that his young life
would have gone out SO suddenly
and been so unsatisfactory had he
never smoked that first cigarette?
Uncle Bill gives us d sensible talk
this week. Let US hear him again.
am glad you came, Minnie, and
we are delighted to add Watauga
to the list of counties represented
within our circle. Come often.
1t Was Mrs. RinggOld's letter that
caused me to think so earnestly OF
the terrible conse Iuences of the
cigarette habit. Her letter is inter
esting read it.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19

for the future of our country. Yet
there are parents who look on COM
placently while their children are
contracting the terrible habit, be-
cause they are entirely ignorant OF
it's deadly results. The people need
to be aroused upon this subject.
One other measure which should
enlist the active interest of every
true man and woman, is the educa-
ton of the children of our State.
The number of children who are
growing up in North Carolina with
out even the rudiments of an edu-
cation is appalling. There r num-
bers of children who do not attend
one-half the public school term. To
provide for a longer school term,
and more efficient teachers is all
very we'll, but what benefit will the
State derive from the expenditure,
if it's future citizens do not attend
the schools? If every boy and girl
should learn to read, and if they
and the older people would cultivate
a taste for good literature, the first
decade of the twentieth century
would bring remarkable changes for
the better among our people. SO let
it be. JENNA RINGGOLD.
C1mh ar1and Co. N. {.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO PRAISE.

"I just love Mrs. Jennings! SID
always tells me when I'm lOOkin.
we'll" said an impulsive girl. And
the listeners smiled. Yet thesppaka
was not a conceited girl she merely
delighted in loving appreciation, and
the thought that she was pleasing to
her friends.
Let US not be afraid to speak tbo
hearty, direct word of praise, wher
we can do so with entire TRUTHFUL
ness. Discriminating appreciation ID
a very different thing from f~attery|
and is worthy of cultivation by Us
all. That is a shallow coupIet which
tells us that "Praise to the face b
open disgrace"
The first week Of a summer vaca.
ton was really married for a sens,
tive and rather self distrustful girl
by the revelations of the small mir
rOr in her room. Without actual
distortion her face looked back at
her with a most un~attractive, green.
ish pallor. All the pretty rufled
gowns, fashioned by mothers loving
fingers, proved alike unbecomingan and
a heavy disappointment. "That y
such a pretty gown" n of the
O1Hor hOar 1orS ror,ouvoJ ono dav
"and just your color" And the gin
found herself impulsively pouring
out her disappointment in it and
breathing a faint hope that it might
be partly the fault Of her glass
"Come right into my room" said
this woman with ready sympathy
81 have a good, correct mirror.
And the young girl went in and was
comforted. "Come and use it wheD'
ever you feel like it," continued hsf
friend.
A mere trife? Yes, it was but
the kindly possessor of that correct
mirror lived gratefully in the girls
memory for long months afterward
All pupils know the zest and ID
SEPARATION that are given to study By
the kindly commendation of an ap
preciative teacher. In every Young
Peoples Society are timid ones wh0
speak with the greatest difficulty,
and who will be spurred on to new
efforts by a hand-clasp and assurance
that their words are helpful. Mons
OF us need be afraid of being Classeo
with the fatterers, if we study "
keep our words of praise within tho
bounds of absolute sincerity.-Youns
Peoples Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-19
HE BELIEVED IN PROTECTION.

A colored man was arruigned be
fore a magistrate charged with car
rying deadly weapons. A razor was
found In the Defendants pocket, and
so, when he was brought to the bar
of justice, the case against him
seemed pretty strong. To the sur
prise of the judge, and every one
else in the courtroom he pleaded mot
guilty"
How can you account for the
razor being found in your posses
slon?"
The defendant grinned and said:
IN try an 'splain dat, jedse."
I'D like to hear you,' said the
Judge. "Dld any one threaten your
Iife?"
mo, sab dey warn't nobody
treat min NAH life sab"
"Then why did you carry it?"
Il done toted hit roun', sab, fur
~purtecshun, sab"
For protection, eh? Why, you
just admitted that your life was in
no danger"
"Yo' doan' ~un'erstan' me, jedge :;
III try an lucidate tlngs, sab. Down
ter de house whar I'se alb Jardln',
sar, dey is d powahful lot of low
down coons, w at jes' wouldn't stop
at takin' tings wat doan' blong ter
dem, so l jes' put hit in nah pocket
FUR p~urtecshun, sah-purtecshun OBJ
de razah, sab"