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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-09

Dentist, spare that tooth,
Leave single stump
! know the blame thing aches
And keeps the jump;
But when little boy
Unless my memory fails
With it | cracked the
And bit the single nails.
Minneapolis Journal.
And barber, spare that hair,
Leave a single lock
I'm growing bald up there
Till life is all a mock!
So spare that lonesome lock-
Let them who dare derde
II is my greatest treasure now
And part il the side.
1t said that the way Chinas dead statesman came to
his this wise His mother as she was rock
ng him sleep remarked tentatively to the infants father
II wonder what had better call him?" Whereupon III,
precocious rascal taking his fist his mouth quoted tn,
line which Englands poet write many years later
III you're waking in the call Earl Ii mother
dear"
Now, isn't love funny thing?
How dire or dread the task
He stops falters he!
He never stops ask;
Except to ask where it is at
That he may go and risk it
And then when he won the maid
He shrnks to face her biscuit
J. M. LEWIS.
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WIN neneft ThemseIvss.

st. Louis Republic ~. 30
But IL the Cubans themselves are wise IN sssnn
annexation. 1t means more OF good TO theIn U.s.
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Catered Of the Posioee at Houston Texas SeeondCas
Mail Matter.
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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION.
Nos 11o1, 1908, 1905 1907 and 1909 Franklin Avenue
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TAWPERING WITH TRIPLES.
NEPENTHE.
ITO Annie McS)

NEPENTHE.
ITO Annie McS)
When inspiration halts or flags
/ tune my harp you;
Whence life bitter grows, drags,
dream of eyes o blue;
Your aureole OF golden hair
Enwraps me as chain,
And lifts my heart from depths OF care
Upon its fairy sken.
What though the skies are low'ring gray?
What though the seems dead?
And shadows train across the way
And Hope seems fed?
One thought of you comes like rift
Through all my discomfort,
And all the lowring shadows lift,
And Musics self seems blent
With all the chords that erst sad
And through lifes mist OF tears
Hope laughs till all the world is glad,
And sorrow disappears;
And ife's a garden all a-bloom
Where feathered songsters Groom,
And eyry breath of sweet perfume.
Like half forgotten tune,
Enweaves my soul in meshes fine
And wraps my being round,
Till as a draught Of old wine
Soohes into a swound,
sink and dream, Just dream OF thee!
And ev'ry witchng vile
Till naught but you real to me,
And naught but you worth whel
And so as warriors bold OF old
Drank to their "adye faire'
Her eyes of blue; her locks of gold;
In vintage old and rare
So / would lift LIES beaker high
Drink to your eyes OF blue
Then the empty goblet byl
With one last look you'll
4
The famous blind girl OF Long Island says she likes
ad fairy stories. Her fortunate sisters conten
merely tell them.
A Boston girl has been discovered who possesses thre
stnct personalities the only connecting link between then
cuing to be the fact that they all like beans.
A New York woman, Mrs. Heeanketchitt recently con
ssed having committed theft, but says she did
save her husbands name. Amy who was guilty OF
isdemcanor like that should plead insanity
From sanitary point OF view the is good thns
mere are in fact no flies on it.
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UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES 7rU ordeys CiycH by
employees the Office be recognized and raid accepted 80
payment of
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CORRESPONDENCE Of any description schrthcr intend
cd for the BHsrcSs Editorial Department Shonig De ar
ord az checks drafts nonsy-orac eic made fdydble 10
THE HoUsToN PKISrING CoAtPAyY"
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Business Department 1885, Editorial Department 45t.
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FOREIGN OFFTCES-Eastcrn business Office Il, Is, 40
and 50 Tribune building New York (Ihe S {. Beckwlth
Special Agency Western 400 The Rooker Chicago nc
5. {. Beckwh Special Agency.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
HOW AN ILLINOIS TOWN
WORKED WOODMEN SOCIETY.

outlined to Mr.. Jones, and he did not
offer any strenuous objection, particu-
larly as the doctor offered to bear all
expense incident to his admission to
the society.
In due time Mr.. Jores' application
was received by the Woodmen head
physician for Illinois, and on it's face
it showed Mr.. Jones' to be an excel
lent insurance risk. He was accepted
and short time thereafter was adopt
ed as q memb Der of the local Woodmen
camp. Two months later he died,
and the local Woodnen assisted the
doctor in .'fiying'' proofs of death,
which was done with the same skill
which characterized the doctors man.
ipulation of Mr.. Jones' application.
The claim was promptly paid and the
town relieved of an expensive burden.
The foregoing facts have just come
to light. but the fraud was perpetrat-
ed more than two years ago. 1t is
not likely that any action will be TAX
en- by The Woodmen management
looking to the recovery of the money
paid, as all the parties to the fraud,
to quote the language of the man who
turned informer, ''are not worth q
tinker's expletive,' y and are no longer
members of the society. II criminal
prosecution was begun. the society
would be still further out of pocket.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
MOURNED As DEAD
Martin Partin Hears From Daugh-
ter He Supposed Passed
Away in infancy.
THEY MEET AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Story Stranger Than Fiction Told
BY Mrs. E. {. Hesen,
of Davenport.
THEY MEET AFTER THIRTY YEARS

Mrs. z. Z Hesen, the milliner at
1909 Harrison street, Davenport, is
entertaining her father, Martin Par
tin, of Missouri, and if the annals of
fiction contain anything stranger than
the tale that hangs thereby, it is not
outside the works of Munchausen.
Though married woman with a fam
lily, this is the first time she ever had
an opportunity of conversing with
her father. The last time Mr.. Partin
heard of his daughter previous to this
visit she was lying in her coffin cold
in death.
Thirty years ago, when Mrs. Hesen
was an infant six months of age, the
family lived at Decatur City, Iowa.
Her fathers interests called him to
California about that time, and while
he was in the far west word was sent
to him that his little daughter was
dangerously i'll with disease of the
throat and nose and that an operation
would have to be performed to save
her life. The next word was that the
operation had been performed 80
that as a result the child had died.
This being the last link that connect
ed him with Iowa, he did not return,
but went to another part of the coun-
try, and LETT no address behind him
Nursed Back to Life.
The infant did indeed seem to be
dead. and was laid out and prepared
for burial. For day and half the
child lay in her coffin. Then, in
amazement. it was discovered that
the spark of life still fingered. Low
ing friends famed the tiny spark into
a flame. With watchful care the
little one was brought back from the
very brink of the grave. She lived.
and it was decided to send the joyful
news to the father. But the father
could not be found.
Thus, at the age of 6 months, the
child was left in the care of strangers.
She was adopted into a family of
strangers and grew up without even
knowing the name of her father. 1t
was not until few years ago that she
learned the story of her life, and since
then she has been very active and
earnest in the search that has just
been rewarded with success.
Search for Father.
But the search was a long and
seemingly fruitless one for months.
Mrs. Hesen went back to the Begin
ming and sought to learn from people
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
Woodmen Committees.

The following standing committees
for the Woodmen national head camp
at st. Paul in June have been APP.
pointed by Head Consul w. A. North.
colt.
Committee on Laws-Charles G
Laybourn, chairman, Minneapolis
Mimi; Truman Plantz, Warsaw, Ill.
John Sullivan, Kansas City, Mo-; j
w. Houder, Columbus, Neb. E. A.
Enright, Kansas City, Kan.
Committee on Credentia1s-M. r
Carrier, Chairman, Lansing, Mich.
George W. Reilly, Danville, Ill (; Ed
win A. Reece, Portland, Ore; DIR. w
H Parks, Downing, Wis; s. d. Robb
Clinton, Iowa.
Committee on Mileage and Pei
Diem-F NJ McDavid. chairman,
Springfield, Mo-; Dr.. E. E Porter6eld,
Indianola, Iowa; G. F. Hurrel, Holton,
Kas H. w. Elsass, Massillon, Ohio;
William G.. Dustin, Dwight, Ill.
Committee on Appeals aud Griev-
ances-E. B. Belden. chairman, Rs.
cine, Wis; Thomas II. Daffy, Du-
buque, Iowa; E A. Mitchell, Chilli
cothe, ILL.,. L. w. Otto, Crawfords-
vile, Ind; Thomas Stevenson, Joliet,
Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01

Recently there came to light fraud
perpetrated on the Modern Woodmen
society which cost the society IS, 600.
The particulars are now on file at the
Woodmen head Office and were fur
nished by the former clerk of the local
camp which assisted inI perpetrating
the fraud.
John Jones was consumptive liv-
ing in small Illinois town. The dis
ease promised to carry Mr.. Jones
across the range within a few months.
He had large family of small chill
dren, and was a pensioner on the
towns poor fund. The physician in
attendance call a meeting of few of
the leading men of the town, and ad-
vised them that Mr.. Jones would die
in a short time, and unless some
thing could be done it would be
necessary for the town to assume the
care of the family for an indefinite
period. One unusually bright fellow
present suggested that Mr.. Jones
might be made member of the Mod
ern Wocdmen society. and in this way
he could leave his family So. DOC when
he died.
The physician declared the sugges-
tion most happy one. and guaranteed
that he would fix the application sc
that it would pass. The scheme was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
cATARRH OF THE STOMACH.
A Pleasant, Simple, but Safe and Enectual
Cure for 1t.

A Pleasant, Simple, but Safe and ETectual
Cure for II.
Catarrh of the stomach has. long
been considered the next thing to in
durable. The usual symptoms are a
full or bloating sensation after eating,
accompanied sometimes with sour or
watery risings, formation of gases,
causing pressure on the heart and
lungs, and difficult breathing. head
aches, tickle appetite, nervousness
and general played out, languid feel
ing.
There is often a foul taste in the
mouth, coated tongue, and if the in
terror of the stomach could be seen, it
would show Shiny, infamed condi-
ton.
The cure for this common and OBJ
stinate trouble is found in a treat
ment which causes the food to be
readily, thoroughly digested before it
has time to ferment and irritate the
delicate. mucous surfaces of the stom-
ach. To secure prompt and healthy
digestion is the one necessary thing
to do and when normal digestion is
secured the catarrhal condition will
have disappeared.
According to DIR. Harlanson the
safest aud best treatment, is to use
after each meal a tablet, composed of
diastase, aseptic pepsin, little nux,
golden seal and fruit acids. These
tablets can now be found at all drug
stores under the name of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, and net being
patent medicine can be used with
perfect safety and assurance that
healthy appetite and thorough diges-
ton will follow their regular use after
meals.
N. j. Booher, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
"Catarrh is local condition result
ing from a neglected cold in the head,
whereby the lining mem rane of the
nose becomes inf1amed and the pois-
ouous discharge therefrom passing
backward into the throat reaches the
stomach. thus producing catarrh of
the stomach. Medical authorities
prescribed for me for three years for
catarrh of the stomach without cure,
but today am the happiest of men
Dyspepsia Tablets. cannot find ap-
propriate words to express my good
feeling l have found flesh, appetite
and sound rest from their use"
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the
safest preparation as well as the
simplest and most convenient remedy
for any form of indigestion, catarrh
of stomach. biliousness, sour stom-
ach. heartburn and bloating after
meals.
Send for the book, mailed free on
stomach troubles. by addressing F. A.
Stuart company. Marshall, Mich.
The tablets can be found at all drug
stores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
MAY LOSE HIS LIMB
Melvin Peterson Injured in Coast
ing Accident on Forty
fourth Street.
ooLL1DED WITH A HIToH1NG POST
Physicians Say Amputation is
Necessary, But Father Will
Not Permit il.

Melvin Peterson. IL years of age,
will, the surgeons say, lose his right
leg as the result of a coasting accident
which occurred on torty-fourth street
last evening.
The injured boy was coasting with
number of others on a bob-sled.
when the rope by which the steering
was done broke, throwing the sled
and its load against hitching post at
the side of the street. The Peterson
boy struck in such a manner as to
crush his right leg just below the
knee, splintering the bones and caus-
ing the ends to protrude through the
skin several inches.
Father Opposes Amputation.
The Moline ambulance was called
and the injured lad taken to the Mo-
line city hospital, where several ply
sicians who were called pronounced
amputation necessary. The boys
father, Peter A. Peterson. however,
refused to allow the operation to be
performed, and the injury was
patched up in the best manner posi-
BILE. The physicians assert that it
will be impossible to save the MEM
Der.
The Peterson home is at 443 Forty
ty-fifth street,
Child IDjured In Fall.
Lester, the 3.year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Seavers, sustained
painful bruises in fall at his home
yesterday. 1t was thought at first
that his clavicle was fractured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01

If troubled with rheumatism, give
Chamberlain Pain Balm a trial. 1t
will not cost you a cent if it does no
good. One application will relieve
the pain. 1t also cures sprains and
bruises in one-third the time required
by any other treatment. Cuts, burns,
frostbites, quinsey. pains in the side
and chest, glandular and other swell
ings are quickly cured by applying it.
Every bottle warranted. Price, 25
and so cents. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01

at Decatur City what they knew of
the case. She finally learned enough
to be convinced that her fathers name
was Martin Partin, and that he had
been in the grocery business in De-
catur City about the time of her
birth Finally she was told that she
could learn of his whereabou from a
man named Banks, of Omaha. She
followed the clue and her fathers
visit is the result.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
DOdd'S
Kidney
Pills.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Rock Island Savings Bank,

AT ROCK ISLAND,
State of Illinois before the commencement of
business on the 18th day of February, 1907. as
made to the Auditor of Public Accounts,
of the state of Illinois pursuant to law
RFSorRCFS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01

The stomach controls the situation.
Those who are hearty and strong are
those who can eat and digest plenty
of food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di-
gests what you eat and allows you to
eat all the good food you want. If
you suffer from indigestion, heart
burn, belle hing or any other stomach
trouble, this preparation can't help
but do you good. The most sensitive
stomachs can take it. b. H. Bieber
and Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
THE INDUSTRIAL FAIR
Is CATCHING THE CROWD

The attendance and interest mani
tested in the Industrial fair continues
to be a source of much satisfaction to
its promoters. The program for to-
night is headed by Mccall and Blake
more, sketch artists. followed by julie
APpler. cartoonisti Kilmer & Co.,
social athletes; Rooney Cockrell.
'coon" shouter, and Martin and
Crouch, comedy acrobats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
THE TYPHOID SITUATION:
TEST OF RIVER WATER.


Jr., has collected reports from all the
practicing physicians in the city in re-
gard to the number of typhoid fever
cases they have treated between Nov
/ last and the 1st of February. The
total mum Der has been 37S, or consid-
erably less than the wild estimates
that have been made at various times.
The samples of water sent to Cham
paign to be analysed by Prof. Palmer
were received last evening by DR.. g..
G. Craig, ST., who attended to their
collection and shipment. Four spec
linens were submitted, one bottle
from the settling basin, one from the
clear water basin, one from the chan
mel near the mouth of the intake pipe,
and one from the slough through
which the intake pipe passes,
After submitting table giving the
amounts of the different impurities as
determined by the tests, the results
obtained show the water taken from
the channel the clearest. Prof.
Palmer has this to say concerning the
tests:
Comparison of the four waters as to
appearance, and as to the data of the
|e-Ialyses, would indicate that there has
been some confusion in labelling the
samples of water. This sample is
marked Mississippi river, taken near
inlet pipe, but it is the clearest san
pie of the set of four, and it seems to
me that it must have been confused
with the sample which was labeled
clear water basin after passing
through sand filter There seems to
be but slight difference between the
water in the slough and the water in
the river itself at present. We would
not be justified in drawing any gen.
eral conclusion, however, at this
stage, but would suggest that you
endeavor to have this matter of con-
fusion of the labels cleared up, and see
to it very carefully in the case of
future samples that there can be no
such confusion. We have cent you
another set of bottles, and will con-
tinue to do so each week so long as you
wish to have the examination con-
tinued. ARTHUR w. PALMER,
Professor of Chemistry.
DR.. Craig insists that there was no
mistake in labelling the samples, but
thinks it shows that there is a leak
somewhere in the pipes through
which the impurities enter the mains.
He advises the use of boiled water for
all purposes, even for the washing of
dishes. and in preparing food which
is not to be cooked.
The result OF the analysis certainly
|atfords little source of satisfaction in
locating the cause of the prevalence
of the disease here. 1t does not ap-
pear that there is anything gained
from the test so far made to show
that there is any unusual impurity in
the water that is taken into the Rock
Island pipes, and certainly if there is
any suspicion that there is leak in
the intake pipe, it is matter that
demands immediate attention. In
view of the apparently unsuccessful
results that have attended Prof.
PaImer's investigation, the public
will await with greater interest the
outcome of the test now being made at
Madison through Prof. Albee. 1t
would seem, however, that a bacteria
logical analysis would afford sure
means of determining the water ques-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
BURLINGTON RAILWAY
LOSES AN OLD OFFICIAL

A. j. Cross, contracting freight
agent, and one of the oldest officials
on the c., B. & Q. road, died at his
home in Chicago last night. He was
to have been one of the party to visit
this city at the time of the opening of
the new depot, but was taken i'll a day
previous to that occasion. Mr.. Cross
had held the above position for a
period of 80 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01
What is
Home Without a Mother

Not much of place to salts
fy the inner man; not much
of a place even if mother is
there unless mother has flour
that is flour. Now we want
you to make mothers heart
glad by ordering sack of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01

The lingering cough following grip
calls for One Minute Cough Cure.
For all throat and lung troubles this
is the only harmless remedy that
gives immediate results. Prevents
consumption. B. H. Bieber and Hartz
& Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01

Puny children with weak constitu-
tons can attain an unusual degree OF
bodily and mental vigor by taking
Rocky Mountain Tea. this month.
Made by the Madison Medicine COM
pany. t. H. Thomas parmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01

Send for the book, mailed free on
stomach troubles, by addressing F. A.
Stuart company, Marshall, Mich.
The tablets can be found at all drug
stores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-03-01

But the search was a long and
seemingly fruitless, one for months.
Mrs. Hesen went back to the begin
ming and sought to learn from people
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-29
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
PL.fINTIFF IN "BOOo CASE FILES
 COUNTER REQUEST.

Claims Practical Joke Was Intended - Deutch Gets Over $50 Judgment In His Suit Against Jeremiah Donovan Blcnncr Divorce Partly Settled Mat ters In the City Court
 The plaintiff in the Wallingford Boo case, Miss Ethel Bartholomew, through her counsel, Messrs. Harrison, of Wallingford, and Newton, of Church & Hewitt. of this city, filed counter request for a finding yesterday in the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-29

matter of the appeal to the suprenle court in the case of the plaintiff against Charles l. Parmelee, the Wallingford farmer who shulfled his feet and scared her in that borough on the night of February IT, 1900,' and also in the case of James D. Bartholomew, her father against the same plaintiff It will be remembered that superior court re- gently, through Judge G. W. Wheeler, rendered for the plaintiffs to recover, the daughter $7O0 damages and the father $500. From this judgment the defendant will take the case to the su- preme court of errors. The original suits were for $1O,000 damages.
 Upon the request of the parties to the case for findings of facts Judge Wheel CT will compile finding which will be used as the base of the appeal to be taken next fall
 The plaintiff claims that the practical ioke as the defendant called it, was intended.