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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-05
The SECOND Need.

Stockman = You remember that
pointer" you gave me on the street
yesterday?
Bonds-Yes. What about it?
Stockman-Why, | tried it. and as a
consequence I've come around to see if
you couldn't let me have n retriever
Richmond Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-05

NotIce-A application for Change of Name.
Notice IS hereby given that the undersigned
will at the May term. A. 10 1901, OF the circuit
court of Rocx Island county. Illinois, which
conveues on the 9th day nf May A. d. 1907,
make an application to said court for leave to
change his name from that John r. Johnson.
which he now bears. 70 that OF John Theodore
Norrby by W ich name to be assumed he Is u
be thereafter known and called.
Anyone utter sEed can appe AT in said court
and file obiectio- $ = 1ch intended change 0f
name IL they desire al d may show cause
why The court should not grsns the ErIysr OF
JOHN t. JoHi SON.
W. J. Sweeney Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-05

GA 81 W q Fl Il "a.
Bs.uth . a The Kind You Have Always Boggb
S'sls'''' NINzZu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-05
Free.

Free lessons in art needlework and
lace making Tuesday and Friday,
0 to 10 o'clock. All the newest
patterns in braids for lace making
now on sale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-05
WE CURE WHEN OTHERS FAIL
Chronic
Nervous and Private
Diseases
of Both Sexes.
Consultation Free.


mcd
Debility
peculiar
therefore
encen thet reatmento chicd
saosta with
Besto # credentials
Only Durable Cases Taken. Il you cannot call write
Honrs 10 = 10 am to
Mccullough Building, Davenport
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
csld.Fsod Cure Fad.

A new cure has appeared in Paris
which is said to be much in vogue. es-
pecially among members of the smart
set. 1t takes the form of special diet
and the particular malady at which 1t
is aimed 10 overstoutness. The idea OF
this diet is that everything, or nearly
everything must be eaten cold; and
even hot coffee. tea or soup is forbid
den to those following the regime. The
early breakfast Of toast, cold game or
hard-boiled eggs and ham Is accom-
panied by a cup Of cold milk At lun-
cheon, again, there is nothing but cold
meats and cold puddings. with bread
and cheese or salad; while again. at
night. the meal may consist only OF
mayonnaise Of nsh. csld entrees. and
ontremNt0,
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
MINES OF PRECIOUS sToNEs.

U.itsA states Produces Tarseisss. sap
phirss. RhoAo.its, Bsryi $50 Qssrts
One of the little-known products OF
the United States is precious stones.
To be sure, our yearly output OF dia-
monds Is valued at only $3.50. but last
year there was a large output Of Ans
sapphires In Fergus County. Montana,
and a considerable development Of the
mines of fancy-colorsd sapphires In
Grant County Of the same State. There
was also a systematic working OF the
beryl deposits in Mitchell County.
Montana, and an increasing output OF
the turquoises of Grant and Santa Fs
Counties, New Mexico. and Of Lincoln
County, Nevada. There was large
sale of turQuoises. cut with the native
rock formation. under the name Of
turquoise matrix," from all localities
where those stones are found. The
mining of purple-pink sarnets In
Macon County, North Carolina. was
largely carried on. The discovery of
colored tourmalines was made In q new
locality in California. The stones Of
greatest value produced in the United
States are turquoises. sapphires.
rhodonite. beryl, quartz and crystal.
The total value of precious stones
mined In the country in 1900 was $2sa.
$40, as against 3ls6.77e N 1899.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
A Clever Hwlndl


Two London crooks, Granger and
Rice, engineered a slick swindle re-
Gently. They forged a check for 81 900
and signed 1t with the name of man
who had big balance in his band.
Then Granger made up" to resemble
the person whose name was being used
and, waiting until the man had gone
out to luncheon. stepped into his office
and into the telephone box. At the
same minute Rice appeared at the bank
and presented the check. He said he
was new clerk of the man whose
name was on the check, but the cashier
refused to give the money to him un-
til he was identified. Rice said that
his employer wanted the money right
away and suggested that he be called
up by telephone at his ONCE. This
was done and Granger. at the other
end. answered the telephone bell and
said. Of course. that the check was all
right and please hurry and give the
man the money" Then he left the
ONCE without 1t being discovered that
he was not the proprietor of the place
and, meeting Rice. the two divided the
money and made off, Both were sub
sequentiy arrested, the story being so
good that they told 1t. It then
reached the ears of the police.-Utica
0lohA,
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
Trick Of Lawysrs Trade

The average layman who may at
tend any of the more conspicuous tri-
ais In the civil or criminal courts 70
usually amused at FIRST by the wran-
giles and Tits of opposing counsel. but
in the end he becomes bored and Won
ders what is the point Of all this furi-
ous recrimination. Some light was
shed on this matter the other day BY
prominent criminal lawyer. who
said: II never engage in any of these
controversies without an object. When
I have a witness who IL going along
swimmingly and keeping his head, l
never mix 1t up with my opponent. but
when my witness begins to get ratified
under cross for instance.
am pretty apt to interject a remark
that will bring a retort from my
learned friend on the other side. One
word leads to another and In ji6y
we are at It hammer and tongs until
the court stops us. Meanwhile my OBJ
3ect Is accomplished. The witness
mind is diverted. he gets chance to
recover himself. and. II I happen to
have had the better of the argument,
he feels reassured and his confidence
u restored. Journal.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
NERVE WASTE"

One of the most helpful books on nerve
weakness ever issued is that entitled
"Nerve Waste" by DR.. Sawyer Of San
Francisco. now in its fifth thousand.
This work of an experienced and reput-
able physician is in agreeable contrast
to the vast sum OF false teaching which
prevails on this interesting subject. 1t
abounds in carefully considered and
practical advice, and has the two great
merits of wisdom and sincerity.
1t is indorsed both by the religious
and secular press. The Chicago Ad-
vance says: "A perusal of the book and
the application of its principles will put
health. hope and heart into thousands
OF lives that are now suffering through
nervous impairment"
The book is sl0O, by mail. postpaid.
One of the most interesting chapters
chapter Xxx, on Nervines and Nerve
Tonics-has been printed separately as
a sample chapter, and will be sent toany
address for stamp by the publishers, The
PACIFIC BuB. Co, Box 265S, San Fran
cisco.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
Sleeping tn. sao.tAs Away.

When Johnstone appeared in Park
Row yesterday. an acquaintance eager
iy gripped his hand and inquired where
he had been SO long. II have been
asleep" said the magazine contributor
Last December I sent a story to
Blanks. another to Thanks. another
to Crank's and one to Tanks. All were
accepted with the understanding that
they were to be paid for when pub
lished, SO went to sleep to save
clothes and vital energy until the hap
py day should come round. And hang
me II haven't woke up too soon!
Here am wandering about with not a
line In print and not a cent in pocket.
And there u neither law nor Justice on
my side. exist on sufferance. New
York Press.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
mAcLAaEn IN THE sLuMs.
Extra oei.g Rack-Rsnts and Giving to
Foreign Missions.

Extra oti.g Rack-Rsnts and Givisg to
Foreign Missions.
The author OF The Bonnie Brier-
Bush" tells slum story in the Cen
tury. It is called Jasmine Court and
a High Ranger" Jasmine Court,
Chestnut Street. belonged to an excel
lent maiden lady who supported mis-
sion work among the women OF India
with all Of her spare means. and dld
not know whence her income was
gathered. and would have been very
much Mortified If any one had told her
that her own tenants needed her heip
very much more than tie women In
the xenanas Her estate, with others
of the same kind. was managed by an
agent. who was not any worse ny ma
ture than other men, but who con-
sidered 1t to be his duty to spend as
little as possible upon the property
and TO get as uEca our Of 1t as he was
able, by unrelenting energy In secur-
Ing the rent. and imperturbable cal
lousness to the misery of the tenant.
Very likely he was n deacon in chap
el somewhere, and not only paid his
own bills with regularity, but also gave
literally to the hospital collection, and
was very much beloved in his own
family; for half our sins are done VI
cariously or ignorantly, and we may
be as cruel as Herod the Great, and
all the time consider ourselves 10 De
kind hearted. open-handed Christian
people. The agent would have been
very much ashamed II any one had
accused him of sentiment, and his pol
icy might we'll justify him from such
a charge; but even this austere man
had his lapses into poetry. although he
endsavored to make the muses. serve
the purposes OF business So long as
the street. to which his property clung
like a child to the skirts of a very un-
sympathetic mother, was called Back
Hooley Lane. he was quite content
that his court should be known az
No. II, and. indeed. except for police
sheets and coroners' inQuests. 1t did
not really require any name. Chest
nut Street Quickened the Imagination
of the agent, and as occasionally he
had been told that his property was
moral disgrace to the city-this from
the philanthropic visitors.-and also
that 1t was a sanguinary pigsty-this
(slightly translatsd) from the inhab-
tants-he felt that something must be
done; and instead of cleaning and re-
pairing II. he covered all Its faults as
with a garment by painting up in
black letters on a white ground-the
only whiteness IN the place: Jasmine
Court"
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
.A.nYMonEs A. sRlo4r.
Actor. Nov I.As.e. W.s o.ss Esliev
of IuA~An> L~~s

Actor. Now xsAsss. IVES 0ass Fellow
of Inanits JssG
Maurice Barrymore. the unfortunate
actor who has entertained tens OF
thousands III his time. but is now
hopelessly insane. had fund OF an
ecdotes with which he never wearieo
of entertaining his friends. One OF the
latest stories he told at the LAMBS
club was Of = wordy encounter be-
tween himself and an Englishman who
believed, as dc many Britons. in the
entire superiority Of everything Eng
lish to what is American. "You out
strip us in only one particular" said
Barrymore. "In England there are
better Englishmen." The foreigner
then spoke of differences In the spell
ing OF words. "For instance" he said.
the word honor should be spelled
honour. but Americans spell 1t
honor" "Yea." replied Barrymore.
when we spell honor we leave you
out" Barrymores children have on
both sides q wealthy heritage OF clever
ness. Their mother, tie late Georgie
Drew Barrymore. was brilliant wom-
an and the possessor Of = keen vein
Of wit. When her health became i'm
paired Mrs. Barrymore removed TO
California, where she died. While she
was there In idleness a benent was
planned for . charity and Mrs. Barry
more WAS asked to appear. AS she
vas under contract to Mr.. Frohman
and could not play without his permis-
SION, she wired him at length. request
ing permission to give performance
In reply to her wordy dispatch came
one from the manager which was as
abnormally short Ms hers had been
long. mo" was all 1t said. Mrs Barry
more forthwith sent an acknowledg-
ment Of her managers message. 1t
Anply read "Oh!"
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
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The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
A Typical American.

They grow brave men in the Brit
ish army, but few FunstoAs. He Is
a typical American product. One can
imagine how such proposition as
his must have seemed. running up
against the gold-braided bureaucrats
who were responsible for the South
African situation!-New York Press.
Never help a man into trouble; try
to help him out.
Orange packing in California is done
chiefly by women.
Saw and ak contests are favorite
pastimes in Tasmania.
There is many a good wife that can
neither sing nor dance.
Logic evidently has legs otherwise II
could not stand to reason.
Ireland lost l. 746.OOo people by fam.
inc during the past century.
Time, tide and soda water wait for
no man.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
Nails at the Second Hand Store.

Nails ut the Second Hand Store.
For cheap town lots see y. b.
Thoman.
Wagon covers and tents at Second
Hand Store.
For bargains in farm lands go to
q. b. Thoman.
For bargain in iron beds go to
the Second Hand Store.
See Gal Downing for all kinds OF
draying. Telephone No. d.
c. b. Thoman has the best line OF
fire insurance. He writes farm risks.
DIR. A. W. Seabury, physician aud
surgeon. Offices on second hoor OF
Irwin building, East Main street,
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
An Extraordinary Auction.

An extraordinary auction is about
to take place at Pesth at the palace OF
the late Count Moritz Esterhazy. for
the purpose OF the disposal by public
sale of his immense collection OF
cigars, which is valued at 1000. this
being the reserve price put upon 1t.
1t does not consist of boxes OF cigars,
but OF single cigars Of every kind and
quality. Some people collect stamps.
others coins. others again buttons
some again collect snuff-boxes. But
the late Count Moritz Esterhazy de-
voted himself throughout his long life
to collecting samples Of every kind of
cigar from every part of the world and
from the cheapest to the most ex-
peusve.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
A c.uv.i.,e. Of Rsror-,

New Orleans is undergoing q con-
vulsion Of reform, 30 severe that the
sale of cigars is not allowed on Sum-
day" said q northern man Just back
from the Crescent City the other day.
THE drug stores are allowed to keep
open, but while they can dispense
medicines and other articles usually
kept at such places. they can sell
neither cigars nor liquors This strikes
a northerner as all the more eccentric
because we all gather the impression
that New Orleans is very cosmopoli-
tan city. and so 1t is in nearly all 9TH
er particulars"
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
DlbllolsAA AAoy.

Bibliomancy has been practiced for
ages, but the old way was TO open the
Bible at random and lay the Anger on
q passage without looking at It. The
text thus selected was supposed to be
applicable to the person pointing 1t
out. This form OF divination obtains
at this day among some rather sensible
persons, who never make a move In
business without Arst yielding to the
bygone superstition. But II 10 not half
20 funny and weird as ichthyomancy.
myonancy. alsetryomansy. crithomap-
ey, ssonaaey. sayohomancy. eeloscopy
and gyronancy.-New York Press.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
WITH A FRYING PAN.
A Woman TeuJsrfoors Thrilling Z
perienc- In the Rockies

woman TeuJsrfoors Thrilling -
perisnc- In the Rockies
Mrs. Seton-Thompson. In her camp
ing experiences, entitled "A Woman
Tenderfoot." confesses that In the b.
ginning Of her Rocky Mountain life
she regarded rattlesnakes as only eAs
kind of disagreeable reptile she had
not then caught the popular horror
of them, and IT, t is possibly the rea-
son why she I'D dispatch her drst
one with so murh coolness One day
she was riding ia advance OF her hus-
band. She says: suddenly there cane
q noise like dried peas In pod. and
gliding across the road was Au0s
rattlesnake. WhisL .rs, my pony. Dsr-
formed flank mo, sment. 20 nearly
unscating me that | deemed II s1-
pedient to drop to the ground; and
Whiskers, without waiting for orders,
Ealloped down the ROAD. The rattier
stopped his pretty gliding motion
away from me and seemed in doubt.
"He Is going to rscoil and then to
strike" said l. recalling q paragraph
from my school reader. ! cast . dos
pairing glance around. and saw. almose
at my rect. nAlI uloucu " seo0
several inches OF rusty iron. Blsst b
the passing teamster who threw II
there. darted toward It and turned
on the rattler. armed with the goodly
remains of fryiAg-pan. The creature
was ready for me. with dartinG tonsu>
and nattsned head. Aaothsr instant
and 1t would have sprunS. Smash os
its head went ny valiant fryinS-pas
and struck q deadly blow. l recap.
tured my weapon. and again 1t do
scended. The rattlsr was settled. Bu
oh that tsii! that awful. writAing
lashing tail. can staad Indians
bears, wolves. anything but that tall
and a rattler 10 all tail exespt its head
The snake was really helpless. and
put one foot on him TO take his scalp
that is to say. his rattles. Thea tA'
xncanny thing began TO wriggle Ant
rattle with oId-ume vigor. HorrSt
thrills coursed through me-: but fer
titled by the assurance that the exist
ing rattle was purely reflex neuro
ganglionic movement" hardsns,
my heart, and captured Ne pod o
, dried peas. s."--Youth's Companion.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
pos,ro HABIT IN EnoLAND.
Easo.. ON stomach sad Brain Are Os-
oiasdly PsrAicious.

rs.o.. ON stomach snd Brain Are Ds-
eissaiy Psraioious.
George r. Sims, better known by
his nom de plume. "Dagonet' has TINS
to cay about the dosing with remeo'es
In England: I'VE hear good deal OF
the tobacco habit and the alcohol hao-
It. but very little notice has been TAKEN
en- of a habit which is more common
than either-viz.. the medicine haot
which prevails to quite an alarming
extent. 1t affects all classes. anu
when 1t once gets victim In "s
clutches It never lets him go. inere
are hundreds Of thousands OF Ehghsh-
men who take medicine OF some sort
every day of their lives. They 90 no.
as q rule, trouble the doctors-tney
doctor themselves. They take pills,
and draughts. patent medicines, anu
old-fashioned remedies with as nueh
regularity as they take their meals.
The habit is not confined to the class
that read the advertisements OF won
derful cures, and take the various
remedies one after the other, even
when they have nothing the matter
with them. Every chemist has upon
his books well-to-do customers VINO
have mixtures made up almost every
day. A doctor is called in and gives
a prescription. say for nervous dsprss-
sion or dyspeptic trouble. That pres
cription will live for years. The en-
tire family will try 1t one ater tne
other, and get at last to take 1t ABOUT
once a week as 4 mere matter OF mad
It. The system having been saturated
with medicine. Graves for medicine.
The victims OF the medicine hapit
would feel miserable II they were no.
dosing themselves. Some habitua'
medicine takers, who have had ione
illness and many prescriptions. viii
whom they set we'll. have the prescrip'
tions made up again one after tne
other, and go through the whole serie,
three or four times = year TOR the res'
Of their lives. There are families te
whom the chemist sends In his booh
weekly, just like the butcher or BAKER
Some of the customers are not con
tent with one kind Of medicine at
time. know one man who frequenti.
takes doses from four or fve dinsren
bottles during the day and who. wnei
he goes out of town for fortnight
takes his favorite mixture with MIN
IN quart bottles. He also has packe
Of about so prescriptions In his port
manteau In case of accidents. "-Chica
| 60 Journal.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
A M.sh.A,s e s.rpl,..d CAoir.

Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
in One Hundred and Twenty-nintb
street. New York. the largest Method.
ist congregation in the United States,
introduced with the services on Sum
day a surplicsd choir Of young men
and women, and boys and girls TO the
number Of so. The services were high
ly ritualistic and many Of the older
members were displeased because It
was copying Episcopalism. which the
church has heretofore stoutly opposed.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
,.,.ao... Second Hand Broad.

Among the queer Industries of Lon
lon is that of secondhand bread. The
dealers collect fragments of bread from
he restaurants and dust heaps. which
they carefully sort into FIRST and second
quality. The former. being compare
lively clean. is baked and then cut into
dice for soup and made into raspings
which are bought up by the cookshops
for garnishing. The second quality
bread is sold for food for poultry and
other domestic animals.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
CaPasgls's Grsvs,

On the grounds around his new man.
sion, 1t Fifth avenue and Nineteenth
street, New York. Andrew Carnegie has
set out a grove Of large trees. some Of
which are seventeen inches In diam
ster. Among the Twenty-Five trees
moved are twelve sugar naples. three
elms, Ave poplars and one silver
isafed maple. Landscape gardeners
say these trees are the largest ever
trspspianteA. They were brought on
large trucks from the borderlands OF
Coonsctiout, having been carefully up
rooted oy machinery that preserves
Abrous roots and also protects the
branches and twiGs from the slightest
injury. They came into leaf. with No
Sudicatiop of impaired Wcor.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
1, Renews and Builds Up

WINDSOR, ONT., Jan. IA, l9Oo.
| make the following statementfor the
benefit of all persons who are suffering
from impure blood: That have used pr.
G. ID. Warmers Compound oi seven
Cures. the great blood remedy, and |
know OF no better remedy for toning up
the system and giving renewal of life and
health. =. QuALi.iN,
Provincial Game and Fish Warden.
For Sale by McLean Bros.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
I,,ua uulI

US. LAND OFFICE At LAMAR, CoLo.
June lst. 1901. !
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
" named settler ha filed notice Of his inten
tion to maxi, final prn"f in support of his claim
,nI that said I,r,or will he made before the Reg
,-ter aud krcrivcr at Lamar, Colo, ON Thur sday
July II. 1891, viz: Elijah u. Wood. II. T.. No.
,,,.. for Ih- SWk Of Src -, Twp. q s., vi
ting. II W. B.l Z. n.
lie names til. following witnesses to prove if.k
continuous residence upbn and cultivation of
sail land. viz: Charles copeland. Juhu Wilson,
Oscar barnett aii ,inrge oyier. all of Lamar,
Colorado.
j. jlO W. A. MEREIi.L. Register.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
eov.,,.,. rurch... . Newspaper.

To provide the French royalists with
an organ the duke of Orleans. who is
the pretender to the throne Of France.
has purchased the Partisan newspaper
Soleil and will conduct the Journal In
the interests OF the cause OF which he
Is the head It is understood that the
duke will assume personal charge OF
the editorial department Of the paper.
The Lamar register., 1901-06-26
s....s. r-,s... TO Oar ..,'.- D..a.

sss.n~s Fvisass 70 Oar Saiise Dead.
Many Of the coast towns Of Califor-
mia instituted last year on Memorial
day Q unique form Of tribute to the
memory of our sailor dead whose un-
known graves lie in the ocean. Bands
of children marched to the waters
edge and while singing patriotic songs
strewed the sea with flowers. 1t Is
now urged that this pretty ceremony
be made q national custom, and with
this idea In view a circular. signed by
Mrs. Armitaxe g. C. Forbes OF Los
Angeles, CAL, is being sent about. urg-
ing all interested and influential peo-
ple to concur and assist In perpetual
Ing the ceremony.