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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09
THE DAILY SHORT STORY.
LOVES OLD DREAM.

"a what?' Miss I.avinia inquired, at
fault for a moment.
"A jacketin," Mr.. Turks responded.
HAD words with him, mum, in the
manner of speakin. An Arrowsmith,
he never was one TO sit down quiet TO
n jacketin, bein that high spirited. We
calls him the Village 'Ampden on the
road. So he up an arsts the master for
his clothes, he did"
For his clothes" Miss Louisa in
terrupted, not following the narrative.
Yes. mum-for his clothes. You see,
In workhouse things is always done
reS'lar and respectable. When in
mate wants to leave. the reg'lar course
Is he arsts for his clothes, an IT takes
24 hours for the formalities to be COM
pleted. An Arrowsmith arstin for his
clothes, the woman he was enamored
of arsts for her clothes, too, an out
they goes together permiscuouslike, as
II would seem. but really through his
writin to her clandestine to warn her.
An Arrowsmith, he'd never cashed
them orders you sent to him through
bein so much enamored an keepin it
all for her.
lisa interposed, 1--WE sent him two post
al orders last winter for a couple of
shillings each to buy himself tobacco
when he was in Maidstone Union"
Mr.. Turks nodded. That's it," he
answered sagaciously. can now comes
the trouble. He never cashed 'em,
through bein enamored of the woman.
So out he an she went an goes, Of
course, together to the public 'ouse.
An there, drinkin away the money you
was kind enough to send him, Arrow
smith an the woman gets to words at
last an speaks Ugh TO one another an
has it out an fights in the end, through
bein in liquor. An the woman hits
Arrowsmith on the 'ead with n pewter
an then runs away an Arrowsmith
after her. An n p'liceman in plain
clothes, he sees 'em an follows 'em. An
they runs right on as far as Southwa-
ter church an straight into the church
yard. An there Arrowsmith catches
her an hits her a blow, an the wo-
man she falls down crossways upon Il
tombstone an hurts her spine. An
back she goes TO hospital. An the
p'liceman cops him. An Arrowsmith,
he's now in Lewes Jail awaitin his
trial. An he's sent me to arst if you'll
allow him n trifie.''
Thus ended loves old dream. 1t was
but n sordid comedy. Yet Miss La
vinia, village councillor though she
might be, was poorer that night by 3
shillings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09
HELP FOR WOMEN
WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED.

81 do not feel very well, / am so
tired all the time. 1 do not know what
10 the matter with me-"
You hear these words every day; as
often as you meet your friends just so
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signifi-
cant words yourself. and no doubt you
do feel far from well most of the time
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bear
ing-down pains, headache, backache,
and had all kinds of miserable feelings,
all of which was caused by falling and
Inflammation of the womb, and after
dOctoring with physicians and numer-
Gus medicines she was entirely cured by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09

Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound.
If you are troubled with pains,
fainting spells, depression of spirits,
reluctance to go anywhere, headache,
baclxache, and always tired, please re-
member that there is an absolute
remedy which will relieve you of your
suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof
is monumental that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the
greatest medicine for suffering women.
No other medicine has made the cures
that it has, and no other woman has
helped so many women by direct advice
as has Mrs. Pinkham her experience
is greater than that of any living per-
SON. II you are sick, write and get
her advice her address In Lynn, Mass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09
AdmIni.trator.. NotIce.

Estate OF Charles p. Ryder, Jr, deceased.
fhe undersigned having Deen appointed ad-
mnistrator of the estate of Charles p Ryder
Jr late of the county OF Rock Island. state
OF Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that
be Will appear before the county court of Rock
Island county, At the county court room, In
the city OF Rock Island &C the July term, on
the first Monday In July next, a. which time
al persons having claims against said estate
are notified and requested to attend, for the
purpose of having the same adjusted
Ali persons Indebted 10 said estate are re-
ouestcd TO make immediate payment to the
updersigned-
JOHN q. II. READ. Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09

No physician has ever reached the
highest point of success and skill in
all the various departments of medi-
cine, nor is the most skillful medicine
able to do good work without suitable
tools. Having devoted their time
and energy for years in the study and
treatment of chronic diseases and
surgery and having furnished their
offices with the very best apparatus
obtainable for treating the same, the
German-English specialists JUSTLY
CLAIM to CURE and Do CURE DISEASES
that the general practitioner not only
fails to benefit but often pronounces
incurable.
The X-RAY CURES CANCER and
reveals TUMoRs and foreign bodies
lodged in different parts of the body,
enlargements of heart, liver, kid neys
and diseased bones.
Consultation Free and Confidentis
dreds Cured by Mail.
ffice, Der Democrat Building,
Hours to II q. M, to and 2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09
rHE TRAVELLERS, GUIDE.

CHICAGO, ROCKISLAND
H<K ~ Pacihc Railway = Ticket
H,l171Hkfft can be purchased or baggage
tr@ checked az K 7 & p. Twentieth
r. street depot, or C., r. l. q Z
depot, corner Fifth avenue anc
ShErty-nrst street. Fraak e Piumner, Agen1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09

Appeals to the reason of thinking
people. The world is weary of sub
stitution. therefore see that you get
Rocky Mountain Tea made by the
Madison Medicine company. SIS cents.
I. III. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09

fice Democrat Building EOS West Third ST., Davenport
II a 2to4 and p. H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-09

Tell your druggist you
must have Omega oil
and nothing else He
viii give Il to you or get
II for YOU The Omega
Chemical Co, 757 Broad
way, New York. will mail
you a bottle. prepaid any
where inthe United States
for soc in cash, money
order or stamps T32
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
A WORD FOR TALLEYRAND.

Talleyrand spoke we'll and wrote better his
appearance at the Academic de la Langue being
looked for event. social lion, he was not
arrogant in prosperity, and in adversity he bore
up with dignity. Forced into the priesthood, he
never had pretended to have vocation; ex-
communicated by Rome he nevertheless
bic to serve the Church at critical times. Be
ing in office under Louis XVIII when Napoleon
suddenly came back from Elba. the minister
discovered that his liver out of order, that
he must go to Carlsbad. The first duty of
diplomat" he observed, lis to take care of his
liver" After Waterloo when the situation again
became difficult, the liver again became affected
1t was, by the way, OF the victor at Waterloo
that Talleyrand said, Il grateful to
the duke. since he is the statesman in the
world who has ever spoken well of me-" This
with tears in his eyes. Theirs, in touching
eUlOgy pronounced upon him at his death, said
that Taleyrand never harmed anybody, and
that he hated persecution and violence OF any
kind
secretly serving the interests of France. He
never betrayed her A celebrated French writer
said Of him: 'Talleyrand is not the only man
Of that generation who, having entered life with
noble illusions, after several unsuccessful at
tempts followed by as many disappontments
conceived contempt for theory and acquired a
stock of political sceptcisms. 1t is only fair to
acknowledge beside the fexibility Of his form
the perseverance of his patriotism The reply
Of Louis XVIII when asked his opinion of his
minister to quote the lines of Corneille re-
gardng Richelieu, He has done too much
good that | should speak i'll of him. and too
much harm that L could speak well of him
Saturday Review.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
A DREAM STORY.

From time to time l have been so interested
and amused by reading in The Spectator ac-
counts of vivid and realistic dreams that feel
tempted TO narrate one that happened to me,
leaving il to your judgment TO whether il is
worthy OF notice in your paper. In November
1875 awoke one morning fully impressed with
the idea that l was receiving a gift an n
usually large gypsy ring, set with single
sapphire with a brilliant each side. The
dream was a pleasant to the female mind
and L soon fell asleep again, but only to awake
with still stronger impression that the jewel
was actually in my hands. So curious my
sensations that on my maid entering my room
at o'clock | told her of the two dreams, most
mlnutely describing the ring and / also asked
my husband to bear witness to the statement
should anything follow confirm the dream.
Two hours later the postman arrived, and so
great my excitement and establishment at
seeing small, neatly done up packet (evidently
a ring case) that l dare scarcely open it, and
decided 10 ask my maid to do Before break
ing the seal | asked her to repeat the descrip-
tion Of the ring that / had previously given her,
and then the little packet opened, and the
joyful exclamation followed: why. my lady,
here ii is" The ring sent to me by friend
in memory Of his wife, who had died some
months before; but L had absolutely no idea
that | should be the recipient of any souvenir
Of her did i see her wearing the ring
in question. The same maid is still in my SER
vice, and tas well as Sir Astley) substantiate
my story-(Letter in The Spectator.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
SENUSSISM.

1t is curious fact that the Arab mind has
seldom been deeply stirred by the eXtravagances
OF religion. The great movements have been,
with few exceptions, Puritanical and self
denying; and It is with SenusSism. Like the
cult of the WahabiS, it deducts from, rather
than adds to, the status of religion, but unlike
Waha biSm il leaves to the native some of the
traditions of his people, notably the reverence
for and pilgrimage to the tombs of saints.
Dancing, music, smoking and coffee strictly
forbidden. being contrary to the spirit if not
to the letter of the Koran. In contradiction to
this strict enforcement of orthodoxy, mystic
ideas of Sufism not wanting. Yet the Senussi
allows his followers no direct doctrine of mys-
ticism. He breaches repentance and abstention;
the mysticism he keeps for himself 1t is he
only who has reached the stage, through the
perfection of knowledge, in which he die
tate to his people, and he holds out no hope.
matter how pure the life may be, of any other
mortal reaching parallel perfection. While he
is reported to perform miracles, there is no evil
dence that he lays credit to such powers, nor
that he has ever claimed to be the promised
Mahdi The stories current, more in the maya
zines and newspapers of Europe than in North
Africa that the SenuSsi has collected enormous
stores Of arms and ammunition, can be dis
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13

60 81 i'e9 from the normal brown by very
Nv m udihef zone, almost black, in the middle
iiie. VI course, emotion must act by it's pro-
ouIIu arrangement of the function of the corteX
Ii al tiie praIn. Here we had a like effect pro-
I Hpceu py an organic influence occurring under
op9ei tauon within two days, and limited to the
opposlle side TO that which the disease would in
iHehce. Ihe escape of the hair of the scalp. and
dheClloh OF that of the face. may be ascribed
TO the special seat of the chief cerebral irrita-
non Inc hairs were made pale throughout
ueir length. This, an absolute fact a re-
suit produced in two days is significant. The
only possible explanation is that the process at
Tue root OF the hair by which the normal pig
ilent is produced is so changed that a material
IS formed capable of dscharging the color of
the pigment, and that this ascends the tubular
halr and causes its effect, at least as far from
Ihe root as the length of the hairs on the face
Inc degree TO which this chemical process is
uhoer the influence of the nervous system is
strlkingly obvious, but similar action is treat
eu on most of the secretory processes of the
body- Tears are ilIustration.-(Dr w r
Covers in knowledge.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
FOREIGN SELECTIONS
INTERESTING AND ANTrsISc r,x-o,r,,,, ,,,,,.
FROM THE PUBLICATIONS OF
OVERSEE
THACKERAY's DAUGHTER ON GEORGE
SAND
OFERSEA

me only time the writer ever saw Npa Sand
sHe s@he ner The impression of a sort of snhiny
"a a pidch SILK dress Her black hair shone
1uIs IN tfle night as she sat motionless a dark
~ d Ozark hSure in the front of a theatre box
W. men We're sitting behind her-I remem-
VI the cold. Unconditional almost reluctant
SsaItatloh ,: she gave in return to my friends
sIneious aio animated greeting. This was my
oii. sIsht or that woman of genius of that
EIuiNiiuoe OF women whose acquaintance | only
seem TO be making to-day
Many people have said that Consuelo was
drawn from Mrs. Sartoris: others have christ
eneo Mime Pauline Viardot Consuelo / once
asked this latter old friend about George Sand
livery lhlnS has been already said" she an
swered, Tout a etc dit; mais ce que ron ne
ara !ainals assez, c'est cOmbien ellie etait bonne
Ellie etat bonne. bonne, bonne.' This Consuelo
went on 10 say that she had only known George
Sand IN her later life, when she was wise and
penehcent, and then il she had rendered
her one great and special service for which she
should ever be grateful. Nine Sand had been
The person 10 suggest and bring about her happy
marriage.
On one oceasion-so Mrs Kemble used TO tell
us-Mrs. Sartoris called on George Sand. Mrs.
henb.e asked her sister with interest
what had happened what Nine. Sand had said
laughed She was very vehement very dicta-
toriai, very contradictory; in short very like
yourself, Fanny" But this can only have been
a joke and meant joke. for the two women
were OF different elements and worlds apart.
Mrs. kemble had humor, George Sand was absO-
lutely without humor. Would that that saving
grace had been there 10 rescue her from the
exuberances of romance-(Mrs. Richmond
Ritchie- in The Cornhill Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
QUEER FACTS ABOUT ORCHIDS.

The life of an orchid hunter combines in itself
all the most sensational features of exploration
in untrodden districts, often infested by fcro-
cious beasts and by even more savage natives,
and in many cases highly malariouS and disease
laden. The rarer orchids generally found in
the most inaccessible spots. and in the densest
and most marshy jungles Even the natives
avoid the districts into which the intrepid orchid
hunter penetrateS in search of his floral quarry.
A few years ago eight orchid hunters met at
Tamatave, and then separated in search of speci-
mems Within year only one of them survived,
and he had spent months in the most peSti-
lential swamps. from which he emerged with his
health permanently impaired. one of the others
had been captured by native priests. who
drenchcd him with oil and burned him to death
on their altar.
The expense Of collecting the orchids and get
ting them at last into the salesroom is very
great. For example, a fine orchid is found in a
very out of the way pant of Col mba. After being
gathered the plants wired to sticks and
nailed inside boxes. These boxes conveyed
on a journey of several days to Bogota, whence
another six days journey takes them to Honda
where they are placed on RATS and conveyed
down the Magdalena River to SaVanilli-a fort
nights journey-Where the steamer is awaited
When at last, after a heavy outlay, the con-
signment reaches England. quite half the speci-
mems will be dead, and in many cases the whole
of them will be too far gone for recovery The
orchid importer has always to be prepared for
Twenty-seven thousand valuable plants were
sent home on one occasion from Colombia by
Mr.. RoezL and of these only two survived the
voyage They We're sold for 40 guneas each
not high price when one considers what they
had cost.
Until the plant flowers it's value is purely
speculative. Its species is in most cases readily
determined, but it may present some variation
which will greatly enhance its value For
ample, certain orchid with purple bloom may
be worth about five shillings but example of
the same species with white flowers will realize
800 at auction. The value of plant depends
upon its rarity and novelty even more than upon
its beauty
Many years ago an orchid. of quite new and
unknown Species arrived in the packing in
which some foreign plants We're sent home. No
one knew where it came from, and for long
while it continued unique. Orchid hunters
sought everywhere for it, but not till seventy
years later it found.
Another orchid arrived in 1854 without any
known place of origin, and Notwithstanding per-
sisent search, its native habitation has not been
found yet.
Some years ago two orchids We're found In the
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
VAMPIRES AND vAMPING.

mus L have ineXpensiyely perused. and thrown
away Mr.. Bran Stoker's 'Dracuia.' One al
ways heard that il 'horrid" enough to suit
the taste OF Miss Catherine Morland in North
anger Abbey Yet il only wins a smile from
the experienced student of vampires and their
ways. The rules of Yampiring. as indicated by
Mr.. Stoker, are too numerous and too elaborate.
one does not why the leading vampire.
Count Dracula, could not bolt out of the box
where he was finally TO earth by a solicitor
named Jonathan. If he could fly about as a
bat, why did he crawl down steep walls head
foremost? The rules of the game of Vampire
ought 10 be printed in an appendix; at present
the pastime is as difficult as Bridge Perhaps
do not understand the rules.
FirSt-EYery vampire, all day. must lie in
consecrated ground. He can be stumped when
in his ground, not when out of il.
SecOnd-An day vampire is off side.
Third-No vampire may enter a house unin-
vited
FOurth-No vampire may cross salt water eX-
cept at ebb tide and full tide
Fifth-Every person bitten by a vampire be-
vampire. CThis rule strikes at the root
of morality)
Sixth-No vampire vamp a person pro-
tected by garlic. CThe peasantry of Southern
Europe always smell of garlic perhaps as Sc
curity against vampires)
SeVenth-A vampire staked through the heart
with sharp piece Of wood, is out.
Eighth-Eyery man should stake his own
young woman if she is a vampire
These appear to be the chief rules. There are
others to which person of taste would rather
not allude.-(Andrew Lang, in Longman's Maga-
zine
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
LAST LINKS WITH SCOTT.

There still lives in what Lord Rosebery speak
ing in the Scottish capital, called this Edn
Durgh so sacred and beautiful to u.s." whtl
saw SIR Walter on the evening he declared him
self To be the author of the Waverley Novels
no longer the Great Unknown. This veteran,
George Croai distinctly remembers the storm
OF enthusiasm aroused that occasion He
was also at Abbotsford two years later on pro-
fessional duty, and had the pleasure of playing
several Scotch airs the pianoforte, to the
evident qualification of his august patron. Both
of these events are recalled with pride by Mr.
Croal whose recolectionS might be thought
unique among those living in the year OF
grace 1901" However, they are not unique, for
another writer, after referring to the Edinburgh
citizen who was present at the Theatrical Fund
Banquet in 1877, states: In Bowden in Rox-
burGhshire, during the summer months, I con-
versed with four individuals who had seen Sir
Walter one of them Miss Janet Roxburgh
had attained the great age of one hundred years.
and was still able 10 speak intelligently about
the past. Another woman living in the village
remembered as a girl seeing Sir Walter 'hirp-
ling across the village green to visit name
sake, Janet Scott, with whom he delighted 10
have a Chat. as she had a great wealth OF folk
lore stories, and from her Sir Walter CLEANED
much of the local Scotch dialect. Charles New
lands remembered being at the laying of the
just at the junction where the Ettrick joins
it, when Sir Walter performed the ceremony.
Another correspondent, alive in 1900. Aaron
Forester. gunsmth, and his sister, Miss For
roster. talked with Sir Walter. and Thomas
Small. inspector Of poor. saw him marching in
the Circuit Court procession at the county
town"
The Berwickshre News" in the autumn of
1900 reported that there lives at Hawck ond
James Rutherford, an octogenarian who stl
purSues his trade of tailor, and while sitting
crosslegged at work speaks graphically of thd
people and Old World customs he saw in days
of yore. He is Earlston man by birth, and
serIed his apprenticeship with the clothier who
supplied the undertaken with the sable suis
he at Sir Walters funeral that dark Sep<
tember day in 1872, when the kindlest of Scots
was laid to rest in hushful Dryburgh. Ruther-
ford one Hogmanay went 'guisarding.' Thd
wont mi la1 a
there sang Scots Wha haze enthusiastically
that Sir Walter rewarded them with a crown.
Rutherford ofttimeS watched the well loved
SAirra, axe in hand, trimming the glades in hia
new plantations, and chronicles he was ayd
kindly in his manner, and fond of children and
animals "-(Eve B,antyre Simpson, in Cham
berSS Journal
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13

missed fables. He possesses army. scarce
ly retinue. His sole force and power is his
own prestige, and the missionary enterprise of
North Africa. His name Is known and hOnored
by millions, but these millions scattered
thousands of oases and separated by thou
sands Of miles. The Berber and the Arab.
deadly enemies of each other each reverence
him, but the idea of a vast united movement is
preposterous. Religion may be able to do much
to heal open wounds. but the hatred and jeal-
ousy of the two rival native races OF North
Africa are Observation-Disclosures Il. Harris, in
Blackwoods Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE.

WANTED. house on agreement: rent not to
exceed, etc; comeatable to Tube Railway
-(Mornng POST
Comeatable"! Next. please At this rate we
await with alarm the appearance of advertise
mehts couched in the following terms:
10 Let-Pleasant bungalow; smellable dis
tance OF sea; walkable to station
For Sale.-Bull terrier; excellent house dog:
scarable 10 duns and burglars
wanted, Tor the Little England Debating So
clety, an orator of approved pro- -boera blity
Gentleman going abroad wishes to dispose of
his bay mare, rising I breakfast S:3O), 49,
rideable. driyeable. huntabe. No reasonable
offer refuseable. Viewabe. ly appointment any
afternoon.-(P Punch.