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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
HANDY CORN MARKER.
tinetly, No Matter How Rough
the Ground May he.

The implement shown in the illus
tration will mark two rows at a time,
and mako them distinct. no matter
how rough the ground may be. The
construction is readily shown in the
accompanying illustration. The
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
What Elsie Said.

"I'm afraid l can't interest nh FIVE
year-old Elsie in fairy tales any
longer" \ .
"And why not? ?"
II was telling her about the Forty
Thieves and when I got to the 40
oil jars with a thief in each jar, vlnt
do you suppose she said?"
81 give it up"
"She said: Wouldn't that jar yo,?'
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12

Flanagan-I didn't see you at the
baseball game yesterday lafternoon,
Madden.
Madden-No. TIL compa4 has shut
down on tn men goin' to I'LL games
any more.
Flanagan-What's all thaafor?
Madden-Shure, they dor3 want
'em to hear the umpire calm 'em
out on strikes, guess.-Judg.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12

A correspondent Of the Lewiston
tMe.) Journal suggests that some en-
.erprising individual could get abun-
dant wealth by starting an angleworm
farm. In the height of the season at
Rangeley these worms sell at one dol
lar a quart, and the supply is never
equal to the demand.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
?ss3;sS 8: S:!. !; : !! + :;a:?| 3 ss'S sS

You can be cured Of any form Of tobacco using
new life and vigor by taking N0.TO.RAQ,
that makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds In ten days. over 609 000
cured. All druggists. Cure guaranteed. Book.
REMEDY CO.. Chicago or New York. AZ
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
The Dear Girls.

Miss Tellit-Susie Anteel says that
young Rimer, the poet, has written
some verses entitled, Lines to Susie's
Eyes"
Miss Sezzit-Well, don't call it very
kind of him to draw attention to her
crows feet."-Baltilnore American.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12

@n0, ana when
real motherhood
comes it often
comes to mothers
who suffer intol-
|erabiy during ma.
|ternity and who
are unable to
nurse the weak.
ling child which
frets and means
in their arms.
Motherhood 10
prepared Tor ana
provided for by
the use of DR..
Pieroe's Favorite
Prescription. 1t
cures au sea,
tranquilizes the
nerves, gives a
healthy appetite
and promotes rest
full sleep. 1t
suakea the hahy,'c
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
Motherhood

Us natural instinct which shows itself
in the girl - soon a. she is big enough
to play the mother to her doll. Unfor-
tunately the wonanly health does not
always keep pace with the motheriy in
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12
Proof Of blindness.

we'll, William, did you give tho gov.
srnor my note" asked the gentleman
Of his rustic servant.
"Yes, sir. I gave tito him, but there's
no use writing lettes to him, he can't
see to read 'em. Hes blind, sir, blind
as bat"
''Blind!"
"Yes, sir, blind. TwSt he asked me
where my hat was, andy had It on my
head all the time. Blin' as bat, sir.
No doubt about it!"-Chi\ago Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12

Adnlterated flowers are the latest
blow At civilization. A bright carna-
non used as b'utonniere is composed
Of sliced turnip dyed with acid ma
senta, and scented with combination
NJ called "oeillet"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-09-12

by keeping up as constant q cascade
of water as possible with stable buck
cts upon the rooms adjoining the out
break. The fire, however. continued
70 extend its borders in all directions.
as the now white-hot brickwork Of
the chimney communicated destruc-
tion to the paneling Of all the rooms
that surrounded its glowing shaft.
The noise of these proceedings had
in the mean time reused the whole
house. Amy Ashton had hurried into
a peignor and a pair Of slippers, and
was just hesitating at her door before
making q dash over to her aunt's bed
room for consolation and advice, when
Spencer, begrimed with smoke
rushed along the corridor. Confronted
BY sudden temptation, human nature
is but weak. This glorious and un-
looked-for opportunity of holding in
his arms, for just five short minutes,
this most tempting and tantalizing
of girls was too much for him. He
knew that, to her, he was merely a
middle-aged fogy; In few months
she would probably marry Fred Nor
man or some other young cub. His
house might burn to cinders for all
that he cared, but the wild intoxica-
ton of having her in his arms for
those few minutes, he resolved should
be his. With resolute man, to think
is to act. He hurmed toward her.
"There is not minute to be lost
Miss Ashton; trust yourself entirely
to me-" With these words he lifted
her boldly from the ground. Amy
Ashton had no time to think; her arm
tell naturally enough upon his right
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
Near the Popping Point.

MARY" said her father, you have
been keeping company with that
Mitchell fellow for more than a year
now. This courtship must come TO a
termination"
'Oh. father. how can you talk so?
He is, oh, so sweet and nicer
"Ahr' And the fond father arched
his eyebrows. Sweet and nice, ell?
Has he proposed?'
well. father. not exactly" And the
girl hung her head and fingered the
drapery of her dress. He hasn't eX-
actly proposed; but, then, last evening
when we were out walking we passed
by a nice little house, and he said,
That's the kind of cottage I'm going to
live in some day and l said. Yes and
then he glanced at me and squeezed
my hand. Then, just as we got by, L
glanced back at the cottage, and-and
L squeezed his hand"
"Oh, all. l seer said her father.
well, well try him another week or
twU.'-LondOn Answers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
Quaint Hannibal HamIin.

To the day of his death Hannibal
Hamlin was n figure that men would
turn and look at n second time on the
street. His tall form, which in old
age WAS but slightly bent. was always
clothed in the old fashioned black
swallowtail suit, and he always wore
n tall silk hat. generally back num-
ber," tilted slightly back on his head.
For years he was famous as n man
who never wore an overcoat, and to
his death he never burdened himself
with that. to him, unnecessary gar
ment except on the most severely cold
days. For a half century he never
changed the style of his clothes. He
walbed with swinging gait and had
so many friends and acquaintances to
whom he had to bow that smile SEEM
ell to be ever on his face.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
A Terrible TaIl,er.

A we'll known Milwaukee lawyer
with a weakness for long stories was
visitor at Madison "once upon a
time as the story books put it.
He saw upon the register of the Park
hotel the name of Colonel Gabriel
Bouck of Oshkosh and decided that he
WAS in duty bound to call upon that
NeStor of the Wisconsin bar. especially
as they had both occupied the position
of grand master of the grand lodge OF
Wisconsin AIasons.
He called on Mr.. FSOuck in his room
In the hotel and found the OshkOshian
in his shirt sleeves, yawning. He be
gan on Masonry. First he gave his
views of the brotherhood, from the
building of Solomon's temple without
sound of tool or iron" down to date,
and then he started in on the chapter.
Finally. startled by an extra yawn, he
broke off his story with:
''Well, Gabc, as / have been appoint
ed trustee for the Asylum For the Deaf
and Dumb / think l had better go to
bed. l have to take an early train for
GAINESVILLE
For lands sake! Is it possible that
YOU are going to learn to talk with
your hands too?" came the blunt reply
from the old Iawyer.-Milwaukee Senti-
mel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19

It seems n positively absurd question
10 ask, (Which of your eyes cries."
In an everyday, common or garden
cry it is well known that salt tears
make their appearance and rush away
down the face seemingly as fast from
one as from the other, whichever the
"other" may be, but if careful note is
made, more especially with emotional
people. it will be found that one of the
eyes has n special emotional tendency
and often opens the tear valve before
its companion has decided upon the IN
happy event.
Probably the best method of discov-
ering the emotional eye is to attend n
pathetic stage play and when the Weep
ing period comes along look out for
tear No. 1.
The writer attended such piece re-
Gently and was somewhat astonished
to find that all his grief came from the
right eye.
Whether the solution to the problem
is TO be found in the fact that he was
leaning on his right arm must and can
only be decided by an expert.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19

distance, leaving the wagon and team
10 its fate, but when the train appeared
il was only an engine and one coach.
The first roadbeds were formed, as
has been stated, by driving piles in the
ground, upon the top of which were
placed wooden stringers, in which were
cut groove for the wheels to run.
These were called wooden railroads"
and at distance appeared like the ele-
waited railroads in the cities OF the pres
ent day. The honor OF this invention
was contested between John Hartman
OF Scottsville, Va, and John Williams,
an engineer OF Ohio, but 1t did not
prove a bonanza to either. for the
wheels were constantly bouncing out OF
the groove, and the piles soon after
gave place to solid dirt embankments,
and strap iron rails were substituted
for the wooden groove. But the grad
ing was very imperfect and uneven,
which made riding on one of these
primitive railroads like going over n
corduroy road in n springless wagon.
with the cars bouncing over these
rough rails TO the juggling music of the
windows.-Richmond Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19


1t is not probable that a better story
teller than eX-Lieutenant Governor Da-
vid \. Ball of Missouri ever stood be-
fore an American audience. In 1896
he was trying to persuade the gold
Democrats that, Notwithstanding the
fact that they differed from the regu-
lars on the financial issue, they agreed
with them on so many points that they
ought to vote for Bryan anyway. lie
wound up that part of his speech as
follows:
How would a Mossback Missouri
Democrat look voting with the Repub-
licans? 1 will tell you. Up in Pike
county an old chap undertook to COM
init suicide by hanging himself with a
blind bride. Just as he was about
dead his son cut him down. The old
man rubbed his eyes and said, John, if
You had let me alone n minute longer
1 would have been in heaven Yes,
replied the boy; you would have cut a
deuce of n figure in heaven looking
through n blind bride. wouldn't you?
And that" concluded Mr.. Ball. lis the
way 4 Missouri Democrat would look
voting for n Republican under any Cir
cumstances whatsOeverr'-Cham Clark
in Saturday Evening Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
RUMORED SALE OF NEW
ROAD TO NORTHWESTERN

The rumor that the Davenport
Rock Island & Northwestern road has
not proved profitable Investment to
it new owners, the Milwaukee and
Burlington, and that an offer of the
Chicago Il Northwestern to take the
property of their hands has been prac-
tically accepted, is daily gaining
ground.
Today it was said that negotiations
had progressed to the point where a
traffic agreement had been made for
the continued use of the line between
here and Clinton by the Milwaukee
and Burlington and for the joint occu-
pancy OF the Twentieth street depot
oy the latter two roads. the former to
come into Rock Island from Moline
over the tracks of the Burlington in
stead of those of the Rock Island
The Northwestern, as is generally
known. has been striving for years TO
get a line into the three cities. 1t had
plans partly matured for building Il
branch into Davenport from Clinton,
through which city its main line
passes, when Promoter Frank Blair.
acting for the Gates interests, saw an
opportunity TO make little easy
money and got on the ground first,
gobbled up the franchises and built
road The Northwestern, still anx-
ious for direct relations with the
community, offered to buy the Gates
line on its completion. but the steel
baron put his price too high to mske
it bargain, and while Ihs North
western officials were holding him off
in hopes he won d come do wn few
thousand. he Unloaded to the Milwau-
kee and Burlington at a figure away
below what he could have gotten out
of the Northw, stern.
While the story that the road is to
be sold again may be simply idle talk,
till if such thing should come to
ps IS it would not make the people of
the community feel very badly, for
they would like 20 see a new road in
here, and none would be more wei
come than the Northwestern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
TOWN TALK.

Henry Speth, while cutting weeds
at his home in Davenport this morn
ing. was Frustrated by the heat. His
condition is not considered serious.
Sealed bids will be received for
erecting seats at river front for seat
ing purposes on the occasion of the
river carnival to be held during the
Woodmen's district picnic. Address
G. e. Pinkerton, secretary, NJ. w. of
A building.
Going and coming excursion trains
on merchants day will stop at River
view park. The park is located di-
rectly on the line of the c.. b. & O.,
about four miles west of Aurora. AN
electric street railway also connects
the park with the city. Remember
the date. July %. 81 so for the round
trip.
Wednesday night is the last night
of Cinderella" moving picture play
at the Watch Tower. Commencir Q
Thursday night Paris exposition pic
lures and comedy sketches. All free
every night this week.
Thirty-eight and one half miles is
the exact distance from Aurora 10
chicago. Retail merchants eXcur-
sion trains will reach Aurora in
ample time for persons desiring to
visit the big city. You can leave
Aurora at 1880 a. m, arriving in
Chicago at HAS a. IN. Returning,
leave Chicago at $3.50 p. m, arriving
in Aurora at $50 p. m.
Mrs. j. A. Davis, of this city. was
severely injured, and her daughter,
Mrs. +. w. Dormann, of Warner sta
tion, seriously injured in runaway
at the latter place Sunday. They
were returning from church when
their horse became uumanageable.
The two women and girl who makes
her home with Mrs. Dormann were
thrown from the rig. The girl es-
capped unhurt, while Mrs. Davis was
bruised about the head, and Mrs. Dor
mann was dragged and kicked by the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
8 CERTAIN OF ELECTION.

Rev. II. w. Taylor 10 BE Consscratsd
Bishop at Quincy Aug. d.
That the venerable Archdeacon
Frederick w. Taylor. rector of st.
Paul's cathedral OF Springfield. will
be made bishop coadjutor of Quincy
is now quite certain. 1t Is under
stood that his conservation in the
office will take place on the feast of
the TRANSPORTATION. Tuesday, Aug. 6
in st. Johns cathedral. Quincy. A
majority of the house of bishops
have given their consent to his eiec-
ton. and it now devolves upon Bish-
op Clark, of Rhode Island. the presid-
ing prelate. to issue to three bishops
to consecrate Bishop
elect TAYLOR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
FARMER PIPES WATER
FROM The MISSISSIPPI

A farmer living few miles up the
river from Moline has had bis faith in
wells badly shaken; so much so. in
fact, that he has become a skeptic on
the we'll question. The old MISSISSIPPI
pi having never yet gone dry, he ac-
cordingly has gone to work and dug
trench, in which he has laid a pipe
from the river to his house, nearly a
quarter of mile, and will pump the
warm and juicy fluid for the delecta-
tion of his stock and for household
purposes as well. And so being as
the old Mississippi continues to rise
while the water in the ground sinks.
his plan will doubtless work all right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
OR.ANDREEN ACCEPTS
Yale Professor Agrees to Take
Presidency of Angus
tana College.
ANNOUNCES HIS DECISION TODAY
Will Be in Rock Island to Take
Up New Work Next
Month.

DR.. Gustaf Andreen today tele-
graPhed his acceptance of the call to
the presidency of Augustana college.
to which he was elected by the Aug
ustana synod at its June meeting.
This sets at rest any lingering
doubts that may have existed in the
minds CT some as to whether he would
consent to leave his position as pro-
lessor of the Swedish language at
Yale.
VIII he Here In August.
The telegram stated that the doc
tor will arrive in this city about Aug.
L, and arrangements are already un-
der way to prepare the presto s
mansion on rhirtv-eighth street for
his coming. His family will join him
later on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
Is a Good breakfast Necessarye We


A good breakfast is the physical basis
of days work. The American break
fast. regarded with so much horror on
the European continent, has contrib
uted largely to make the nation what
it is today. 1t enabled our forefathers
to do an amount of work which 1t APP
pals foreigners to contemplate.
AS a rule there is something wrong
with the man or with his habits If he
cannot eat n good breakfast. A man
who works at high tension all through
the morning hours without this sub
stantiaI foundation is working entirely
upon his nerves. That means disorder
ed nutrition and sooner or later bank
ruptcy and collapse
If man gets up In the morning with
n bad taste and no inclination for food.
It is because his system is full of waste
and his circulation of distractions Let
him make a radical change In his hab-
it's and train his digestive organs to ac-
commodate n nourishing morning meal.
Medical Brief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
both Trained.

Little Edith had been very Ill, but
was convalescent. Waking up sudden
" and finding n strange lady at her
bedside, she asked, Are you the doe
tor?''
mo. dear" replied the lady; I'm
your trained nurse"
"Oh." exclaimed Edith. pointing to a
cage hanging near the wiSdow, train
ed nurse. let me introduce you to my
trained canary?'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
A Curious Error.

The Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale
told how a curious error crept into the
translation OF the Lords Prayer into
the Delaware Indian tongue. The Eng
llsh translator had as an assistant an
Indian who knew English. What is
'hallow' in Delaware" asked the trans
lator. The Indian thought he said hal
loo" and gave him the equivalent.
Therefore the Delaware version OF the
Lords Prayer reads to this day. "Our
Father, who art in heaven, halloOed be
thy name"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
FACTS FROM FOSTER.

Foster, July 19.-The Misses Lucy
Watson and Kate Foster arrived home
Tuesday after spending few days
at the Freyermuth home, on Musca-
tine island.
Rev. Jones. of Buffalo Prairie,
prea ched at the Thornton school house
last Sunday afternoon and will hold
services this coming Sunday at
1 o'clock p. IN. Rev. Jones is an ex-
cellent speaker.
Mrs. Frank Reynolds arrived home
last Saturday from a trip to Missouri.
where she visited several weeks with
relatives.
Mrs. Mary LeQIatte and daughter.
Miss Julia, returned to their home at
Muscstine, after spending few day $
with friends and relatives.
Mrs. Brad Whaley returned to her
home at What Cheer. Iowa, last Sat
urday morning
Ed Feldman and Kranz Bros startG d
out with their threshing machine this
week to thresh barley.
Miss Maude Ricketts, arrived here
from Grinnell, Iowa, last week for a
visit with relatives.
The Price family residing near Fer
dinaud were poisoned in me unac-
countable manner one day this week
and several members of the family
were made violently i'll. A doctor
was summoned and relieved his pa
tients. but as yet the immediate cause
of the sudden illness has no: been dis
covered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Krueger's little
daughter has been seriously i'll the
past week. but is little better at
this writing.
Miss Grace Peppers. of Illinois
City. has been engaged to teach the
No. 2 school.
The Misses May Reynolds and Min
ME Kranz are attending Liverich' s
normal school in Mnscatine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
ElRh ANeraIOna.

The celebrated Erasmus. although
native OF Rotterdam, had such an aver
sion TO fish that the smell OF 1t threw
him into a fever. Ambrose Pare had
patient who could never see an eel
without fainting and another who
would fall into commissions at the sight
of n earn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
Not n Success.

81 warn YOU" he said threateningly.
''to keep away from Miss Billion. I've
been making love TO her myself"
"Have you. really?" replied his rival
"Wcll. she'll be glad 10 have the mat
ter cleared up"
Cleared up, What do you meanT
"Why. she said she thought that's
what you'd been trying to do, but she
wasn't sure"-Chicago Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
THE TRICK.

DZZ7 TRICK may involve deceit or it may
EEEAbe a display of peculiar skill. There
H9is deceit in some soaps, but there is
none in Ivory Soap; it is display of pecu-
liar skill. 1t will stand any test and can be
relied upon to do all that is claimed for it.
IVORY SOAP Is $685.. PER CENT. PURE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19

Those famous little pills, DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. compel your liver
and bowels 70 do their duty, thus
giving you pure. rich blood to, re-
cuperste your body Are easy TO
take. Never grippe. b. H. Bieber and
Hartz & uilemeyer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19

81 am indebted to One Minute
Cough Cure for my present good
health and life. l was treated in vain
by doctors for lung trouble following
Ia grippe. took One Minute Cough
Cure and recovered my health l.
Il Wise, Madison, Ga. b. II. Bieber
and Hartz & Uullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
Information Desired.

The rural postoffice is the bureau OF
general information no less SO in Geor-
gia than in Vermont, and the Atlanta
Constitution reports n conversation pre-
cipitated by an old darby who APP
preached the village postmaster and
said: IN.
ANY letters fer meT'
mo
amy postal cards:"
'No"
ais my paper comeY' - U
mo
"Got any almanacsT s
mo" Z
"WelI. does you know anybody what
wants to buy live alligator"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19

Most Of the handles OF the Georgian
period took as great pleasure in see
ing themselves caricatured as our gen
Grafton does In seeing their photographs
In the shop windows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19

The expressions of grateful women
who have experienced wonderful
blessings using Rocky Mountain Tea.
compensates us for our efforts in
their behalf. So cents. Il. III. Thomas.
pharmacist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
Foot Crushed.

Charles Jr, SON of c. w. Horton,
while delivering groceries on Twen-
tieth street and Twelfth avenue today,
was hurt in manner that will lay
him up for some time.
The horse he was driving stepped
upon his right foot, crushing it and
tearing the nail from one of the toes
lie was taken home. where DIR. G.. Il.
Foster attended him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-19
CRUSHED BY A ROCK
Harry Davidson, Foreman at Pend
er's Quarry, Meets With
Bad Accident.
TAKES SIX MEN TO FREE HIN
Horse Steps On Foot of Charles
Horton and He is Pain
fully Hurt.

Harry Davidson. foreman at Pend
el's stone quarry, was caught late
yesterday afternoon by a large rock
which the gang of men ne was over.
seeing was attempting to roll out OF
it's bed.
Both bones of his right forearm
were crushed in a frightful manner.
Six men had all they could do to roll
the stone away and free him.
The injured man was taken to his
home on Forty-fourth street and Fifth
avenue. where DR.. Joseph De Silvs
set the broken member.