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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10
SHORT STAGE STORIES

The attraction at Harper's theatre
tonight is Uncle Josh Spruceby. "
This celebrated New England comedy
drama has become very popular. The
scenes of the play were taken from
Vermont. The principal character in
the play is Uncle JOSH" an old
''down east" farmer, and an opportun-
ity is presented for some very strong
dramatic situations, as we'll as pure
comedy and wholesome fun. A car
load of special scenery is used and the
great saw mill scene is presented
Songs, dances and many unique spe-
cialties abound. The company car
ries Is people. A big street paradt
was given at noon. The musical
features include a big band and q
splendid orchestra of II pieces.
The little Minister" to be seen
tonight at the Burtis. is Scotch
through and through. ''Wha is
thatP are the first words of the play.
But dinna fear. lassie and laddies
The dialogue of the play is not pep
pered with '.Hoot mons" and ''dinna
kens" aud the Scotch burr is but little
in evidence In fact, there is only
just enough dialect TO Create an at
mo,phere of highlands and heather.
When you are considering Barrie
play, The Little Minister" you
might as we'll dismiss the book from
your mind-if you can dismiss so
charming story. Story and play
vary but little to the end of the sec
ond act, but from that point the play
is practically new creation and not
a dramatization of the book. The
main scene in the third act and the
denouement in the fourth are said to
be capitally managed.
Manager Charles HI. Yale has been
fortunate in securing at all times un-
common special features, or rather.
novelties. that have not been seen in
other attractions. and in this seasons
production there will be no deviation
from this rule. The three Brothers
Leando, whose phenomenal act has
placed them at the. topmost round OF
novelties, will undou btedly prove a
revelation to those who have not be-
fore had the pleasure of seeing them.
Also in Richard L. Brown Mr.. Yale
has secured an absolute novelty,
which can also be tru chfully said
about this seasons ballets. With the
mum Der of exclusive features offered
in the ever blooming spectacle. the
gorgeous scenery, brilliant costum.
ing, intricate tricks, bright ballets,
pretty women, funny men, clever
dancers, male and female acrobats,
gymnasts and pautomimists, form in
its entirety colossal entertainment
presented only by Charles IL. Yale's
Forever Devils Auction" which will
be the attraction at Harper's theatre
next Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10
HAPPENINGS AT HAMPTON
Budget of Late News From the Upper End
ToWn.

Town.
Hampton, Jan. 9.-Henry Fitch,
who has been confined to his bed for
several weeks with stomach trouble,
is reported some better.
Mrs. l.. j. Henry is suffering with
an attack of Ia grippe.
Mrs. Thompson has left for Sioux
City, Ia on visit to her son.
James Maxwell and wife have re-
turned from Moline. where they have
been whiting for some weeks.
Sigfred Petersen has gone to Moline
to resume his studies.
John Markham, who has had quite
siege of tonsilitis. is slowly recover
ing.
Mrs. Walter Ellis is about to leave
for Calmer, Ia which is to be htr
future home. her husband having Sc
cured situation as express messen-
ger between CAlmer and Austin,
MINI.
Last Friday So employees of the NJ j.
line Ice company went on strike tor
an increase in pay. The company re-
fused to grant an increase and the
men refused to go back to work.
The G. M. GS St. p. steel rail gang
is very busy in Hampton and yicin-
ity replacing the present rails with
heavier ones. Considering the i'm
provements other lines near here are
making this may mean better &C.
COM odations for us in the near fu-
ture.
The coal banks around here have
been doing very good business
lately and prospects are good. They
expt ct a rush as soon as the river at
Port Byron freezes enough so teams
can cross with safety.
Martin S. Corners and wife, of
Savanna. Ill were in the village the
past week visiting relatives
The many friends of Mrs. Samuel
Heagy in this vicinity are sorry &c
hear that she is suffering with Ia
grippe, and wish for her early recov-
cry so that she may return TO her
home here in the village, where she
has resided so many years
Charles f Skies ha> accepted po-
sition with an iron bridge company.
which is now putting in bridge in
Schuyler county.
w l.. Black seems to be the cham.
pion rifle shot in this vicinity. At a
recent match he came home with four
turkeys and goose.
w. G Denison will move his family
to East Moline in about two weeks.
where the most of his work is located
and where he has been very busy the
past season.
Laurel camp No. 80, NJ w. of A
installed the following persons as
officers for the ensuing year: Venel
able consul, o. j. Guckert; advisor
/ A. w. Wilken; banker, S. S. Baker
clerk, G.. f. McNabney; escort, G. E.
Skies; Waterman, Joseph Hermes
sentry, William Barsel; ply stefan, A
r. Beil; manager, three years. Jos
eph Hermes; delegate. e. E. McNab'
neY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10
ALL AROUND ANDALusIA
Masons Install Their Officers-Other
Items of Interest.

Masons Install Their OffIcers-Other
Items of Interest.
Andalusis, Jan. 9.-Guy Hays has
returned to Rock Island.
Charles Burgoyne was called to
Muscatine Monday on business
l. Simon and son, of Rock Island,
visited at [ H. Buffum's Friday
DR.. Bengal. of Illinois City. made a
professional call in our village last
week.
The M. w. A. supper and dance
Friday evening was largely attended.
Ridge, spent Monday with her mo n
er.
The Misses Clara Davis and Lille
Kemp we're Reynolds visitors Saturday
and Sunday.
Gus Egger spent Sunday at his home
in Buffalo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Parmenter have
returned from Grand Mound. Iowa.
Mrs. William Roseman had the mi :
fortune to lose the end of her middle
finger f her left hand in a sausage
grinder Friday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. James Hayes and Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Witt, of Foster, spent
part of last week with relatives.
William Seegar disposed of his
property here and removed with his
family to Nebraska.
Mrs. Henry Thompson has gone to
Rock Island to visit her mother.
Rev. Mr.. Spurlock's two brothers,
of London Mills, were visiting at the
parsonage last week.
Godfrey Schneider was in our viii
lage Monday
Mrs Ora Heath. of Taylor Ridge.
was Saturday caller.
Dolph Dunlap has moved on the
farm of Thomas Catterall. Mr..
Spickle- moved into the house vacated
by Mr.. Dunlap. and Mr.. Catteral is
now living in the house formerly re-
sided in by Mr.. Spickler.
The Masons had installation of Off
GERS as follows: w. M, G. L. Wenks
S. W.. j. c. Burgoyne; j W., Robert
Brusso; S. D., George Burgoyne; j.
d Charles Brusso; secretary. Robert
Brookman; treasurer. j. F. Mounts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10
SOMETHING TO APPRECIATE
Il the Work of the British Doctors at 17o0
Third Ave. These Eminent Gentlemen
are Giving Their Services Entirely
Free for Three Months TO All
who Call Upon Them Before
january &c.

who Call Upon Them Before
January 26.
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 country. es-
tablished permanent branch of the
institute in this city at 100 Third
avenue, over Tremann's meat market.
These eminent gentlemen have de-
cided to give their services entirely
free for three months (medicine ex-
cepted) to all invalids who call upon
them for treatment between now and
Jan. 90. These services consist not
only of consultation, examination and
advice, but also of all minor surgical
operations.
The object in pursuing this course
is to become rapidly and personally
acquainted with the sick and afflicted,
and under no condition whatever will
any charge be made for any services
rendered for three months to all who
call before Jan. 26.
The doctors treat all forms of dis
ease and deformities, and guarantee
cure in every case they undertake.
At the first interview a thorough ex-
animation is made. and If incurable,
you are frankly and kindly told SO;
also advised against spending your
money for useless treatment.
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness. cancer, with
out pain or cutting, rupture. all skin
diseases. and ell diseases of the REG
tum are positively cured by their new
treatment.
DIR. r. j. Nate, the chief consult
ing surgeon of the institute, assisted
by one or more of his staff associates,
is in personal charge.
Office hours from 9 q. m. till 8 p.
m. No Sunday hours.
Special Notice-H you cannot call,
send stamp for question blank for
home treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

The most soothing, healing and an
tiseptic application ever devised is
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t re-
lieves at once and cures piles, sores.
eczema and skin diseases. Beware of
limitations. B. II. Bieber and Rartz
& Ullemeycr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

Omega your they tender, they
burno
fortng soothing this
wipe plenty Oil
will sound Omega Oil good for
thing liniment ought to be good for.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10
TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS.

The r. 1. & p railway will sell
tickets to Springfield and return at
one fare JAN IS and II fer the benefit
of those wishing to be present at the
Inauguration of Gov.-Elect Yates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

Jan. Is the C, RI. P. railway
will sell round trip tickets to num-
Ter of points in the southwest and
northwest at a rate of one fare plus
81, good for return within 81 days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

BOOSTERS often crow over eggs they
did not lay. Same with people who
sell an imitation Rocky Mountain Tea,
made famous by the Madison Medi-
cine compapy's advertising. 80 cents.
T. II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

Diseases of Nervous System, Rheumatism
Diseasef of Women, Blood and Skin
Diseases of Men, YsricOcele, Strict
ure, HydroceIe, Rupture, etc.
Diseases of the Heart, Liver
and Kidneys.
The German-English specialists are
all graduates of the leading colleges
of the country. and have spent years
in college and hospital work, as their
numerous diplomas and certificate
will show. Their offices are equipped
with every electrical and mechanical
appliance and curative agent known
to the worlds greatest scientists to
be necessary in the diagnoses ard
and cure of catarrhal, rheumatic,
nervous or lingering diseases. Not
one physician in thousand possesses
such facilities. 1t is to these appli-
ances, new remedies and new meth
DDS, together with fifteen years of ex-
perience in college and hospital work
that many of their remarka BILE cures
have been attributed.
No matter if your case has been pro-
nounced incurable, call and see them;
it can do you no harm. Science is
advancing, you may yet find cure.
If your case is hopeless they will not
treat you.
Consultation and examination free
and confidential.
2O5 West Third ST., Davenport
RI g N m Sund ave q m 10 a m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

The Burlington will have on sale
January 1st and 10Th, and February
9th and 18th, home seekers excursion
tickets at one fare plus two dollars
(S2) for the round trip to various
points in the north, south and west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10
After Ia Grippe-WhatY

Usually racking cough and gem
eral feeling of weakness. Foley's
Honey and Tar is guaranteed to cure
the ''grippe cough" and make you
strong and well. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

Catarrh of nose, throat and stom-
ach, consumption (first stages) bron-
chitis and asthma and remedies that
have proven almost universally sue
cessful. By use of these methods,
mbined with their home treatment,
a cure can be effected in every case.
Deafness, Ringing In the Ears, Running
Ears.
Many of these cases are caused by
Catarrh extending from nose to throat
into the middle ear. Recently appli-
ances have been invented that carry
healing agents direct to the diseased
parts, effecting a quick and perma-
nent cure.
Office, Der Democrat Building,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

Bridges, rivers. tunnels mountains,
builds cities. gathers up the scattered
rays of ones ability. That's what
Rocky Mountain Tea does. So cents.
t. H. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10
The Wonderful Success

Many Effected by Specialists
Demonstrates Their Skill and Ability to Treat all Forms OF
Chronic Diseases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10
TRAINS

Clinton, Sterling. Chicago 7I5 am 6:45 pm
Clinton, Chicago, Omaha,
Denver, Rockford, James
vile, Madison ....-..-.- 1;50 ar
Clinton, Omaha Cedar
Rapids Anam a.. -. t1055 am
ClintonOmaha, Sioux City,
Utah and Pacific Coast 7:15 pm ESQ am
Clinton, Sterling Dixon
1ns Sne oss;....... 1910 pm
Clinton Chicago, James
vile, Madison, Rockford. $3:l0 pm
Clinton, Denver, Omaha,
Cedar Rapids .............l e:45 pm
Trains marked daily All others daily ex.
sept Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

trains marked daily; AL other trains daily
ex sept Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

Sc. L. Springfield. Peoria.
Bur. Quin- via Monmouth
Chicago, Sterling, Clinton b
DubuQue........-..........
Peoria, Beardstown, Bur
iington, Denver and west
IS. Paul h Minneapolis .....
Sterling, Clinton dubuque
9k. L., Kans O., Denver &
Psc. coast via Gaicsburg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

Hours p m Sundays to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

.Dany. tDany except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-10

ARRIVAL departure. 4Daly, except Sun
EDaily except Saturday All others daily Tel
ephone 1893.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
TERMs.J Shopper year. in advanc
Six Months so cents.

account. Neither can it be avoided or
dispensed with. All future yields are
to be determined by the nature of the
development. The western settler who,
before clearing and plowing, would go
over his land with hoe in hand dropping
and covering potato here, few
grains of corn there, settinga rosebush
or an apple tree in the tough sod else
where, would be called a fool by his
neighbors and the results would prove
the neighbors right. Yet meu persist
in attempting mental philosophy in
some such manner.
A fancy for some new idea or theory,
or even some old one, has caused count
less men to temporarily exercise their
wits in ways which have brought them
into contempt. The parable of the
sower who scattered seeds of a good
quality, but was dependant upon the
soil, cannot be too carefully borne in
mind by any one who has a taste for
mental philosophy. MAHNUD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
The Duel.

The gingham dog and the calico cat
Side by side on the table sat-
Twas halfpast twelve, and, what do you think
Neither of them had slept wink!
And the old Dutch clock and Chinese plate
Seemed to know, as sure as fate,
There was going to be an awful spat
q wasn't there-I simply state
What was told to me by the Chinese plate. J
The gingham dog went "bow-wow-wow!'
And the calico cat replied ''me.ow!"
And the air was streaked for an hour or so
With fragments of gingham and calico,
While the old Dutch clock in the chimney-place
Up with its hands before its face,
For it always dreaded family row!
(Now mind. I'm simply telling you
What the old Dutch clock declares is true.)
The Chinese plate looked very blue
And walled: "Oh, dear! what shall we do!''
But the gingham dog and the calico cat
Wallowed this way and tumbled that
And utilized every tooth and claw
In the awfulest way you ever saw
And, oh! how the gingham and calico flew!
(Don't think that exaggerate-
got my news from the Chinese plate.)
Next morning, where the two had sat
They found no trace of the dog or cat
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away;
But the truth about that cat and pup
Is that they ate each other up
Now, what do ybu really think of that?
(The old Dutch clock, it told me so,
And that is how came to know.)
Eugene Field in Chicago Record.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25

the future will be known not by certain
formulas of doctrine but by means of
broader education, and will have sue
cess in transforming man into the
likeness of Christ. What the world
needs first is men, not specialists. Get
your man and then put him anywhere
in any profession or in the home, and
everything he does will wear the mark
and express the quality of that trans
formation which has taken place in his
LIE DOC.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25

drew his hearers to him and compelled
respect if not veneration; and tho per-
haps not to be compared with Webster,
Clay, Calhoun and other great orators,
he was speaker of no mean ability, per-
-suading men to his way of thinking not
through tricks of oratory, but through
the sound common sense and logic he
brought to bear. Any who read
Lincoln's debates with Douglas will be
astonished by the simplicity and clear
ness of his language. BONES.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
Monopoly VS.. Public Welfare.

post offices, gas and water companies
The functions of these monopolies
require that they be owned or regulated
10y the government, either federal, state
or local. They cannot be suppressed
because they are necessary for the
needs of man, and since they cannot be
held in check by competition or natural
forces it becomes necessary to regulate
them by law.
These privileges when vested in
private ownership, even under legal
restrictions, are generally applied and
used to the injury and disregard of the
interests and welfare of the public.
We need but compare postal with
express company rates. Compare the
charges per arc for city lights under
corporate monopoly with that OF city
ownership. Under corporate control
Vincennes, Ind, charges $96 per arc;
Racine, Wis.,, $985O; Lebanon, Pa,
$1O4. Under municipal control De-
catur, ILL.,, charges $50; Hannibal, Mo-,
$40 20; Brainerd, Mimi, $3.50, and so
on ad. infnitum.
But some people will tell us that
competition is certain to arise and
limit the rates fixed by these mo-
nopolies. Richard 7. Ely tells us that
experience has proven that recourse to
combination of monopolistic cor
porations prevents all attempts at
competition, and that the so-called
railway war or gas war is nothing
more than a method to crush a COM
petition or force combination. Where
two or more of such corporations are
engaged in the conduct of business,
apparently in competition, they are
generally working in harmony under a
secret agreement or combination
amounting to monopoly.
In conclusion l find that, while
artificial mOnOpolies not infrequently
incure a wrongful deprivation to others;
as was instanced during the suit against
the Bell telephone owners, wherein it
was shown that other parties had per-
fected an identical device previous to
Bell, but had not been quick enough
in applying for patent rights. Not
withstanding such occurrences, on the
whole they are beneficial to the public.
Second, because combination of natural
monopolies in one way or another
cannot be averted and since private
monopolis tax the public and its well
fare, to the limit of endurance, for that
reason these should be owned by the
public. RUDOLPH.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
Education & Religion.

IHE relation of religion to educa-
ton or rather the identity Of
the.one with the other is ques-
tion which causes much COM
ment and argument among some of our
most prominent educators. Now just
substitute the word sect in place of
religion and you have the true question.
What truly defines education, defines
religion also, for one includes the
other. Nor does it follow that because
sectarianism is shut out of the school,
religion is also. Rather, because Sec
tarianism is shut out may religion enter,
with no one to say nay, for who shall
be the first to forbid the lesson of the
sermon on the mount or the Golden
Rule? Who would teach when these
in their practical application to life,
could not be taught?
Education is inherently and intrin-
sically religious and religion viewed
practically, is education. The two are
often put asunder, the narrow petty
details of either may 60 far astray the
one from the other, but they are to be
viewed in their general application to
life; to be viewed from the pinnacle of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25
Mental Cultivation.
SECOND PAPER.

IGNORANCE is no protection
against mental and moral harm;
if it were, that portion of Italy
recently known as the Papal
States would be the most virtuous
land in the world, instead of the most
corrupt and degraded portion of the
first civilized part of Europe. Mental
development, entire openness of mind
that allows free entrance to all of the
good thoughts and feelings that cluster
about the humblest and weakest of US,
is necessary to anyone who would
prepare himself to think clearly and
rightly. At first such mind may find
itself embarrassed, overloaded and
helpless under all that comes into it.
If the soil of distant valley in which
new settler mas staked a homestead
claim could speak, it would tell pitt
full story. Ground that never saw the
light is exposed to the sun; soil on
which weeds had bloomed luxuriantly
and sown seed to produce other fruit
was cleft by the sharp ploughshare that
left nothing behind but an expanse Of
bare brown earth; thickets in which
wild animals and reptiles had lurked
for centuries were invaded with axe
and grubbing-hoe; pools were COM
PEELED to disappear and with them the
obnoxious life they had harbored; deep
into the earth we'll is sunk for pure
and living water, and all things are
changed. A little later the soil could
tell a different story: Wheat grew
instead of weeds; the merry voices of
children can be heard instead of the
howl of wild beasts, and where the mud
had been blacklist the farmers grain
grew most luxuriantly, thickets of
waste were replaced by orchards whose
beautiful blossoms were succeeded by
luscious fruit.
The development of the mind, like
that of the soil, is work in itself, it is
a preparatory operation, but is not to
be despised or underrated on that
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-04-25

common sense, which is the only way.
In the old days we thought of edu-
cation as means of saving us for life
and of religion as means of preparing
us for death. This came of classifying
sacred and secular things. Every duty
is sacred task. 1t is as sacred to dig
ditch as to preach sermon, if the
digging and the preaching are done in
the right spirit. The great law of
thought is to seek out likenesses rather
than differences.
The common thought of all religion
is the Fatherhood of God and the
Brotherhood of man, principle. De-
nominationalism, then, stripped of its
specialities is nothing but these two
principles. 1 asked man to what
church he belonged. He said he be-
longed to DR.. Dowie's church He said
CDR. Dowie is a wonderful man; he has
bought several thousand acres of land
and we are going to build city, and
we shall have delightful community
The peculiar feature of that city would
be there would be no doctors in it. .
The main issue is Faith-cure; the
whole movement gathers about this
one; remove that and there would be
nothing left of the movement.
believe we have entered upon an
era of men-making, rather than cul-
tivation of "fads," and the church of