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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
: BIG ENOUGH TO HIT.
So Thought the Small Roy, but tn.
Man Thought Ddnerently.

30 Thought the Small hoy, but the
Man Thought Ddnerently.
He wasn't very big but he was a
sturdy little chap withta face that bore
the marks of much thinking and pre-
mature responsibility. / learned after
ward that he was supporting n crippled
mother and an invalid sister who had
been left helpless in the world by the
death of her father. He might have
run away from home and evaded the
responsibility, but he didn't think of
It He just sold papers.
At the loop on Fifteenth street a
crowd was gathered, waiting for the
evening cars. \ ragged young girl was
selling flowers at the Fifteenth street
end of the waiting station when a man.
rushing TO catch his car, Knocked her
against the side of the building. With
out stopping, probably not having no.
ticed what he had done, he continued
his rush, when the boy stepped in front
of him defiantly.
Say, what do you want to knock a
girl down for? Hit me. I'm big
enough"
The man paused in surprise and then
glanced around. He saw the flower
girl plchlnS up nef wares anu unuer-
stood. Without a moments hesitation
he went back TO her, gave her enough
money to make her eyes sparkle with
joy and said:
Pm sorry, my dear, that I hurt you.
i didn't see" Then, turning to the boy,
he continued: You said you were big
enough. young man, but you're a great
deal bigger than you think. Men like
you will have lot to do with keeping
this old world in a condition of selt
respect"
Then he caught his car, and the boy
and the girl stood there wondering
what he meant.-Denver Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
Frsnce and the Potato.

There was much difficulty in intro
ducing the potato into France. 1t was
only toward the end of the reign OF
Louis XIV that it began to be used.
The learned had opposed its introduc-
ton Systematically, saying it produced
leprosy, and the common people re-
fused to test it even on their live stock.
A trick at last established it. Fields
were planted all over France with po-
tatoes and carefully guarded until the
tubers were ripe, 1t being given out
that these fields were growing a new
thing specially for the king and that
trespassers would be prosecuted. Now.
the laws at that time were severe. A
man might be hanged when he hunted
in the wild forest. for the game was
the seigneur's, almost each one of
whom kept his private gallows. Tres
pass against the king implied, there
fore, terrible punishment.
The danger of the punishment proved
Itself an alluring bait. As the contriv-
err. wise in foresight, had seen, the
fields that were purposely left unguard-
ed were pillaged right aud left, the po-
tatoes eaten, some kept and planted
and the tuber at last effectually intro
duced in France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
Skin Diseases

EcE PSORIASIS ACNE and great
properly be called undoubtedly
- a theso pinp pies
longer
the gand
wichita Kans. | burning,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
DREAMS WHICH HAPPEN.
A Robbery That Was Witnessed by
Woman During sleep.


A lady spending the summer in the
country. some 20 miles from her city
residence, dreamed that the latter was
robbed. she herself being a witness of
the robbery. In her dream she saw two
men. one of whom limped. in the act
of rummaging some trunks in the hall.
A candle stuck by means of its own
wax ON the newell post illuminated the
scene with a dim light.
After finishing their work with the
trunks the men went up stairs to q
closet. from which they removed cur
tains and hangings stored for the sum-
mer months. The dreamer observed
that they overlooked her most valuable
curtains, which had been placed well
back on upper shelves.
Suddenly she seemed to be transport
ed to her birthplace at Auburn. n. Y.
where she especially noted the bronze
figure of an Indian which surmounts
the prison edifice.
At breakfast the next morning she
related her vivid dream to those pres
ent. five OF whom are now living and
vouch for the fact. Subsequently IL
was found that the city house had been
entered and robbed. On the newell post
were the marks of the candle. The
curtains had all been taken but the best
set, which were found where the dream
er had seen them.
Suspicion was directed to a painter
who had been at work on the house,
who was lame and who disappeared
Immediately after the robbery. Inves-
tigation of this mans character showed
that he had served a term in the Au-
burn penitentiary.-Hea Culture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
TRAINS.
LlAvI- ARRIvi
Notice of PublIcation-Chaneery.
State of Illinois, l.
Rock Island County. .

ROCK Island County.
In the Circuit court of said County, to the
September term, A. d. 1901. In chancery.
Ella Oberg vs.. Martin Oberg.
Amdayit of the unknown residence OF
named, having been died In the clerks once
of the circuit court of the said county,
notice Is hereby given TO the said
Martin Oberg. defendant as Aforesaid. that the
complainant hled her bill of complaint In
said court, on the chancery side there
of, on the 9th day OF March. A.
D., 1901, and that thereupon . summons
issued out of said court wherein said suit
Is now pending, returnable to the said court In
the city of Rock Island. county Aforesaid, on
the 9Th DAY OF May, A. ID. 1901, which was the
first day Of the May term A. ID 1901. of said
court, as Is BY law required, and that said
cause has been continued to the September
term of said court, to be holden In the city of
Rock Island, county aforesaid. on the third
Monday of September. A. ID. 1901.
Now, unless you. the said Martin OberR
unknown resident defendant shall personally
be and appear before the said cfrcuft
court, on the first day of the next
September term thereof holden at Rock Is
land, 10 and for said county. on the third Mon
day OF September next. and plead, answer or
demur TO the said complainants bill of
complaint the same and the matters and
things therein charged and stated, viii be
taken as confessed and q decree entered
against you according TO the prayer OF said
bul. GEORGE W. GAMBLE. Circuit CLERK
MCEHIRT hCESIRY, Complainant's Solicit
tors
Rock Island. Ill, March "a. 1901.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
BETRAYAL.

Out Of the chilling rain and fog
That hid the mountain from our sight
dusky cloud came floating down
At early dawn OF light
The cloud dropped softly to the lake
Amid a sound OF whirring wings
And spread into a graceful line
host of living things.
We hailed this burst Of joyous life;
The sunless day seemed dark no more,
When suddenly a shot rang out
And echoed round the shore
The waterfowl were natures guests.
But they were doomed, and all that day
The shots pealed forth, and on the waves
The dead and dying lay.
At last into the breeding mist
There vanished. soaly as ii came,
broken flock, with Nplumage torn.
After that day Of shame.
fairy Thatcher Higginsoni in Youths Compar
on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
AS SAFE AS
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
We Desire to Call Attention to the
Fact that We have Con-
stantly on Hand
First Mortgage Loans

In sums of 5000 and upwards, on
farms and other choice real estate,
running five years.
The following is a partial list of
completed First Mortgage loans on
hand, which we now offer for sale.
subject to previous selections. These
loans have been carefully selected,
and are first-class in every respect.
They are and 81 per cent net to the
investor. We have other loans to
offer if these are not in amounts to
suit the investor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
Notice of PubIIcation-Uhanoery
State OF Illinois, l..
County of Rock Island. .

County of Rock Island IS
In the circuit court, September term, A. D. D.,
James Balmer vs. Julia Phillips. Frank M.
Phillips. Clyde e. Phillips Artie Phillips,
Maud Adams, Anna N. Phillips Edward ID.
Phillips. and ID. X Moberiy and Frank s.
Cool. administrators OF the estate of ID. 4.
Phillips, deceased In chancery-
Afldavit OF non-reSidence of the said Julia
Phillips. Frank NJ Phillips, Clyde G. Phillips,
Artie Phillips, Maud Adams. Anna NJ. Phillips,
Edward d. Phillips, and ID. X Hoberly, admin
istrator Of the estate of ID. Z. Phillips, de-
ceased, having been fled in the clerk S ONCE
of the circuit court of said county, notice is
therefore hereby given to the said non resi-
dent defendants that the complainant fled
his bill OF complaint In said court. on the chan
Gerry side thereof, on the 18th day of August,
1901, and that thereupon a summons issued out
ing returnable on the third Monday IN the
month OF September next, as Is by law re-
CURED Now, unless you. the said n-resi-
dent defendants above named Julia Phillips.
Frank NJ Phillips, Clyde G. Phillips, Artie
Phillips, Maud Adams, Anna NJ Phillips. Ed
ward ID. Phillips and ID. X Moberiy. admins
traitor of the estate of ID. E Phillips, deceased,
shall personally be and appear before said cir
cult court on the first day OF the next term
thereof. to be holden at the court house in
the city of Rock Island In and for the said
county. on the sixteenth day of Septem-
said complainant's bill OF complaint, the same
and the matters and things therein charged
and stated will be taken as confessed, and q
decree entered against you, according TO the
prayer of said bill
GEORGE w. GAMBLE, Circuit Clerk.
Rock Island, III Aug. -, 1901.
SEARLE MARSHALL, Complsinants Solici-
tors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
THAIHl.

Is l. Springfield. Peoria
Quincy via Galesbure
and STERLING ....-.....
Peoria, BeArdstoWn, Bur
llngton, Denver and
west. ..... .ss....... ...-
St. L, Kas- City, Denver
and Pacific Coast via
GaleSourg -....--.... see.
Sterling and points inter
mediate. .........-..-
East Moline, Suburban .
St. L, Denver and west .
Clinton and Dubuque 49,
Davenport and Clinton.
Clinton, Dubuque, La
Crosse, St. Paul, MINI
& West and ~. W..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02

now pass through Inat runner. aIrnougn
safely in my car, without a shudder
and prayer OF thankfulness to Proyi.
dence for not forsaking me in those
trying moments"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02

Amethyst quartz varies in color from
very light blue to very dark yellow,
then green, then transparent Its colsy-
ing is dueto manganese.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02

Telephone IIs0
sDaIiy. tDaEy except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02
Sovereign Grand Lodge,
!. @. O. r.
SEPT. 10TH TO 21ST, 1901.

SEPT. 18TH TO 21ST, 1901.
Round trip tickets to Indianapolis.
Ind, will be on sale from all Big
Four'' points on September IS, II and
Is, 1901, (also on September 10th
from points within radius of 100
miles from Indianapolis,) at rate of
one fare for round trip.
Tickets good for return until Sep
TENDER 23rd, 1901.
For full information and particulars ss / o
rates. tickets, limits, etc. call agen rs
Big Four Route" or address the undersigned.
WARREN J. LYNCH. W. p. DEPPE
Gen. Pass. s Tiki Agt. Asst. c. p. & 7. A.
Cincinnati. o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-02

poisonous
organ and
purify blood
It's perfect ando for all blood hu and when taken the circulation
normal The skin can't red diseased condition when
remedy and the and best beuf Write physicians
SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA,
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19
NORTHW EST NEWS.

Portland's horse meat cannerv has
taken on a new lease of life, and started
up, expecting to slaughter 10000 head
OF cay Uses this year. The company re-
ports large orders from Norway and
Sweden, and according to allegations of
the operators, will send it's entire
product abroad.
West Coast Trade: Tacoma exports
foreign and cOastwise, as shown by the
harbOrmaster's report, amounted to
Sc, 047, 1874 for the first quarter OF 1901
compared with $4,1S6, 524 for the same
period of 1900. Imports were S1,S73.
GOT this year against $2,224, 43O to
April 1, 1900.
Walla WaIla has asked Carnegie for a
library donation.
The Everett -four mill has consigned
LOCO barrels of -four to Hong Kong.
All shingle mills in Snohomsh county
are closed on account of a strike. En-
ployes ask for an advance from to TX
cents per thousand, and knot-sawyers
from 8 to 10 cents per thousand.
The San Jose scale is giving orchard
lists near Dayton considerable concern
An inspector has been appointed and is
making the rounds.
An amusing suit over a small JERSEY
COW has been settled at Aberdeen. Rob
ert Lowry and R. B. Haynes claimed
the animal, worth about $40. There
have been several trials of the case. all
| OF which Lowry won. The case was ap-
pealed and was to come up in the Super
iOr court at MOntesanO few days ago,
when the parties agreed to abide by a
decision of an outside veterinarian, as
to the age of the animal, Lowry claim
ing she was nearly 4 years old and
Haynes declaring she was not 3. The
veterinarian, DR.. Peppard of Olympia,
went there and decided in favor OF
Lowry, who takes the COW, and Haynes
paid $135 costs.
W. G. Hencke has been rendered a de-
cision in his favor by the supreme court
in his suit against W. Fl. Babcock, the
Eureka Flat wheat king, in the sum oil
| $4,000. While in Babcock's employ two
years ago Hencke sustained the loss OF
| an arm.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19
Doctors Advise

The remedies they think best suited to
the needs Of their patients. When the
disease is of nervous nature, with head
ache, sick stomach, falling appetite, indi-
gestion, restlessness, loss of sleep and a
general rundown condition, a nerve tonic
and brain food is an absolute necessity.
The best of all remedies for weak, debili-
tated, exhausted nerves-best for the doc
tor to prescribe and best for the patient to
take-is that incompatible restorative,
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19
Losses in the PhiIiDnipas

An eastern paper that has been esnec.
tally active in battling with an imperial
ism found only in its Imagination has
maintained as frequent feature of its
editorial page a table OF the losses Of
our troops in the Philippines since the
first were landed at Manila, August 6,
1898. The total to March 25 last was
killed, 1876; died of wounds and acct
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

Rather a joke on Agoncillo and the re
puted Filipino iunta at Paris was the
statement given out from there by them
that Sandico succeeded Aguinaldo as
commander-in chief of the guerrilla army.
Sandico had then been surrendered sew
eral days and was in jail under American
guard. His reputation is so unsavory
that it is probable he will be placed upon
trial for several instances of violation
of the laws of war
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

Every now and again there Is revived
the picturesque proposition to construct
a railroad from America to Asia and
thence to Europe. The protector Of the
latest Of these apparently visionary
and improbable schemes is Captain
John j. Healy, an Alaskan pioneer,
who confidently declares 1t not unrea-
sonable to expect the construction of
such a line before many years have
passed. AS an evidence of the possibil-
tiles, Captain Healy calls attention to
the railway into the heart of Alaska,
which he expects will be put under
way within year. The projected route
or this line is nOrthWard from the
mouth of the Copper river, I'D that
stream, over the divide and down the
Tanana river, which flows into the Yu-
kon not far from the trading post of
Weare, which aspires to be the capital
Of the territory when Alaska is divided.
He predicts that this line. already In
fair prospect, will be extended from
the Yukon to Nome and thence to Be
ring strait An international bridge
across that strait would bring the rail
way to Siberia, after which it would
be but matter Of detail to continue
construction to junction with the ST.
berian railway itself, which reaches
Europe by direct train service. In view
of what has been accomplished in the
past, the railroad thus outlined might
not be an impossible engineering feat,
but 1t would be useless expenditure of
vast sums of money for which there
would be no return. The line would
traverse thousands of miles of unpro-
ductive country, frozen for many
months each year, sparsely settled by
semicivilized tribesmen without indus
tries of commercial value and promis-
ing no future more attractive.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

81 was fiat on my back for four months
with nervous prostratlon. Had bad
cough, headache, poor appetite and my
nerves were so shattered that | could not
sleep for days and nights at time. A
good old doctor, whose medicine had
failed to help me, at last gave up in
despair and advised me to try DR.. Miles
Nervine | did so and four bottles COM
pletely restored my health.
w. H. PALMER, Waterloo, Iowa.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

The city of Spokane will hold NUM-
cipal election May Z, with complete re-
publican and democratic tickets in OPP
position. At this early date a cam
paign as warm as is usually brought on
by a presidential election seems certain.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

A recent London dispatch says
Bishop Hartzell, who has been in Lon,
don for ten days, sailed for South Afri
ca to resume mission work for the
Methodist Episcopal church. He is
taking with him two students from an
Illinois agricultural college to teach the
natives how to use American plows
and reapers. The bishop is an ardent
supporter of the British cause in South
Africa, which he Identifies with the in.
terests of higher civilization" This
combination of things spiritual and
things temporal ought to produce some
results in South Africa.
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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19
HOW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY, & Co., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Oatarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best.
If you want Insurance, or a collection
promptly made, call on EachO, Larue &
Co., the real estate hustlersx
| have the Hulin Bros. stock OF bee
hives, which | will sell cheap. |. B.
Harris4
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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

A special session of the Nebraska
legislature is proposed for the purpose
of passing some necessary laws, and IN
cidentally to start another senatorial
disturbance
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

Australia's yield of gold has gone up
nearly threefold since 1890, and its
value last year was over SIG, 100000,
An increasing quantity of this treasure
is finding it's way to the United States
as result of our expanding commerce
on the Pacific.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

The tramp season is now on, and the
festive hoboes will soon be winging their
way from the warm southland, where
they spent the winter, to forage through
the summer days upon the people of our
northern chimes. This sug gests that the
hobo has long been a nuisance, men
ace and an expense to decent people, and
that he should be vigorously suppressed
by state law, instead of cooped up in
jail to laze his time away for few DAYS
when caught at deviltry. Compulsory
rock breaking is the only cure for the
hobo. For him there is no punishment
which begins to compare with manual
labor. Ii laws are public opinion put
into statutory form, advanced public
opinion on the tramp question NAV be
found in Ohio. For several wears a
statute has declared that whoever is
found going about begging and asking
subsistence by charity shall be termed a
tramp, and be liable TO arrest and pun-
ieono' III ease sUarted several
months ago the lower courts held for
the tramp, but on appeal the supreme
court OF the state ruled against him.
This court of highest Jurisdiction de-
clared the act constitutional, and the
statutory definition and treatment Of
this peripatetic nuisance remains valid
and operative. Ohio's law is worthy of
imitation.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19

Tennessee is getting ready for the dis
franchisement of the colored man and
to join the galaxy of states that are do
ing business without the consent of the
governed
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19
Marrying Foreigners For Culture

Marrying Foreigners For Culture.
Countess FrenfaneIlio-Cebo, who is
visiting in this country, has told a Chi
cago reporter the reason why Ameri-
can girls marry foreigners. Heretofore
1t has been supposed that titles had
something to do with the case, but the
countess says that it is not so-that
American girls choose foreigners sim
ply because Of the superior culture Of
European men.
This plain talk will doubtless set
American young men inquiring as to
the particular faults of the homemade
brand Of culture. 1t has been suppos-
ed hitherto that American frankness,
honesty and genuine manliness would
outweigh any mere veneer of studied
pOliteness or the superficialities that
come with education in a foreign capt.
tai. But Of course this visiting count
ess knows, or thinks she does, what
constitutes real culture Doubtless the
noble Count Boni de CasteIlane is her
Ideal.
If the countess would prove her as
sertion that American girls marry for
eigners simply for the brand Of cul-
ture they receive, let her bring over a
number Of Europeans who have cul-
ture, but no titles. Let them be put on
the market and advertised as bargains
in European culture and see how many
Of them will be married in year. If
European fortune hunters had to de-
pend solely on their culture to contract
rich alliances, there would be mighty
little American money going abroad to
patch up decayed European estates. 1t
Is the title that attracts certain Ameri-
can heiresses, a large proportion Of
whom rue the day they surrendered
hand and fortune to it.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-19
NJ. J. SHIELDS & co.
Growers and Importers
of all kinds of 800
Grass and Field Seeds

We can name seed for evergreen pasture in
your section of the country. Why prospect
with untried seeds? With fifteen years of per-
sonal experience in growing, also with the ex-
perience of the Agricultural College at Mos
COW and Pullman, we submit the following list
of seeds out of hundred different kinds trIed
Bromus Inermus; Tall Meadow Fisque
English Blue Grass; Tall Meadow Dat Grass
Italian Rye Grass; English Rye Grass; Flat
Stemmed Blue Grass; Orchard Grass
Those are FRESH SEEDS; we are growers
OF them and will guarantee results and prices.
We are also growers and importers of
ClOvers. Alfalfas, Peas, Corn Wheat Russian
Speltz, Millets and all kinds of Field Seeds
Try our Mixed Grass Seeds for Evergreen
Pasture on dry ground. SIC per hundred, or
20 cents per pound
For references we cite you to w. J. Spill
man, Professor of Agriculture at the Agricul-
tural College at Pullman, Wash, and II. T.
French, Professor of Agriculture at the Idaho
State University, Moscow, Idaho. For prices
and further information address,
Nj. j. SHIELDS Il co.
Moscow, Idaho.