davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1901-09-26

"New York City. June 18th, 1~9O1.-Iheart.
lily recommend Garfield Tea for liver trouble.
Our family physician prescribed your Tea,
and after taking four packages my system
is in perfect condition and my complexion
has become clear" 1t has been demonstrat
ed by years OF use throughout the world that
Garfield Tea ~clennses the system and purifes
the blood; from all reports it would seem
that nothing can equal this simple herb med,
icine that cures in Natures way.
, 1901-09-26

busted like a paper sack. This shows
the folly of vanity and self-conceit. O.
my friends. let us endeavor not to act
In that manner. but to be good and
truthful. Let us remember that life is
short. and that we must always be up
and doing. Some people like bullfrogs
to eat, but l would rather have pie.
JOHNNY.
, 1901-09-26

DIR. Louis Knapp Of st. Louis has
undertaken the sole are of a Chinese
leper in that city, and will be isolated
with his patient until the death of the
latter releases him. The doctor parts
with his wife and four children indefi-
nitely. and assumes his charge in the
hope of discovering n remedy for the
disease.
, 1901-09-26

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
, 1901-09-26

Strong-"I was sorry to hear that
you had lost your job. What are you
doing now?"
weeks-"Taking lessons In wood
carving"
Strong-"Have you a position n
view after learning the ert?"
Weeks-"Yes. My wife is going to
open a boarding house"
, 1901-09-26

What is the use of employing some one
TO do your dyeiug for You. II you use
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES you can
do it just as well as a professional.
Sold by druggists. loo. per package.
, 1901-09-26

Little Elsie referring to grandma
with ear-tIumpetl-I wonder how poor
gran'ma1l ever get along in heaven
without her trumpet. Little Tommy
Why. | s'posc she'll have to borrow Ga
briefs when anybody wants TO talk to
her.
, 1901-09-26

Scribblcr-I sign my name to every.
thing | write now. What do you think
of the ldeaf WAbble-rhat's all right.
old man, as long as you don't give
our address.
, 1901-09-26

Within twenty miles of City Hall
park, New York city, there are nor
than 4,O0O,00O people. or more than
one-twentieth of the worlds popula-
tiOD.
, 1901-09-26

A fluent speaker in the curse of an
hours speech will utter from 1000 Ia
1000 words, an mount which will ill
nearly n page Of IA fair-sized newspa,
per.
, 1901-09-26

Gunnlson, Colo, Sept. 22.-The
court received the jury's verdict in the
Mnlany case at o o'clock this morning.
The defendant was found guilty Of
manslaughter.
, 1901-09-26

Experience" said Uncle Eben. rs a
ve'y pnw'ful teacher, but you wants to
look out fob her. II dOCsn' do de sailor
no good to know whah de rock is aftuh
he has done run into H."
, 1901-09-26

What made you call the spectators
AZ the ball game cunnibalsT The
way they roasted the umpire, OF
course"
, 1901-09-26

When fortune knocks at the door OF
a lazy man the chances are he Is
somewhere trying 10 borrow u chew OF
tobacco.
, 1901-09-26

1t is said that kissing is a cure for
freckles. 1t will not be difficult to find
martyrs who will offer themselves as "A
ss'-vno Of course
, 1901-09-26

We thank o for trying Wizard Oil
for rheumatism or neuralgia. then you
will thank us. Ask your druggist.
, 1901-09-26

France seems to he just aching to
knock the stutiing out Of turkey.
, 1901-09-26

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syruc.
For children %teething, softens the gums, reduces i-
Examination, allays pain. cures wind collie 2Sc q bottle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
IN GOLD FIELDS
Man Advises Women to Keep
Away From
Them.
FINDS HER LOT A HARD ONE
Is Put On Equality With Her Broth
erThe Other Side of
the Story.

a man who has recently returned
from the Cape Nome gold fields
speaks in no uncertain voice of wo-
men contemplating a journey to Cape
Nome, advising them strongly to stay
at home, He says:
Women who go to the gold fields
expecting to have favOrs shown them
because they belong, to the weaker
sex, are likely TO finh out their mis-
take as soon as they leave what L
consider the border of civilization.
Women are shown some consideration
all the world over, even at the gold
fields, but il does not extend far
enough in that country to make her
lot much easier than a mans.
"A woman must go prepared to
carry her own pack, unless she has
money enough to hire somebody to
do il for her, in which case she is
rich enough to stay at home. Wo-
men and men alike must act as beasts
of burden, and any woman going to
Cape Nome must be able to look out
for herself. and to be in no sense de-
pendent on others for anything.
There are just two circumstances
under which women find that they
receive better treatment than men.
For instance, if n woman falls down
in the mud (and when there is not
ice there is nothing but mud to fall
i'm, the men. if there are any around,
will run with one accord to pick her
up.
again, when the mail comes in,
the men line up at the post-office, and
the string often extends two hundred
yards into the street. These men
guard their places from one another
with the most jealous care. But let
n woman come along. and without
murmur the men fall back, to give
her first chance at the mail window.
Let no woman be misled into believ-
ing that the gold fields are the place
for her"
This is one side of the question.
The other comes from young wo-
man who, having no ties in particu-
lar. and being fond of change and
travel, made up her mind to go to
the Klondille with the first rush of
gold seekers. She went with no de
finite purpose, but she carried with
her as stock in trade a good education
and q knowledge of stenography and
Finding that such tai
ents' were commanding n preumium,
she set about getting work, and with
no difficulty found a place which
paid her at the start so n day. AS
her employers came TO know her
value they permitted her to fill up
the time when they did not need her
services with doing outside work, and
in this way she sometimes earned
nearly double her regular salary.
She did not spend any more money
than was absolutely necessary, and
when n hint came to her of promis-
ing claim which was in the market
she was in a position to buy shares.
She says that if present conditions
hold good, five years of the Klondike
will send her home again, financially
New York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
HOW BUCK ROWLAND
WON ROOSTER FIGHT
American Soldier Puts an Eagle Against a
Filipino Barn Yard
PUgilist.

Alfred Wagner, the Rock Island
young man recently returned from
service in the Philippines, has a sup
ply of most interesting stories. One
he tells is characteristic of the Fill
pino and the pranks the American
soldiers occasionally play. upon him.
To the little brown mans credit. be
it said, however, that he is seldom
duped long on the same game and
never twice.
Two years ago when the LIST Wash
ingtOn volunteers were campaigning
in Luzon they had with them an
American eagle as a mascot. The
bird was taken from the mountains
of their native state when young
and was perfectly tame. On marches
he was carried with the regiment
and when in camp he was allowed his
liberty, which he never abused. In
the regiment was one Buck Rowland,
private of no common type. He
was tall and raw-boned. slow of
speech and action and n dead shot.
drunk or sober. He was near 40
years of age, had spent all his life in
the west and in his youth had made
a name for himself as n scout and In
dian fighter. Utterly reckless, he
hunted Filipinos after their own
methods. He held the army
regulations in absolute contempt
and after a few Intellectual at
tempts to discipline him the officers
of his company gave il up and let
him have his own way, going and
coming as he pleased, perhaps the
only private in the army who was
treated with such extreme consider
alton. He finally went entirely TO the
bad and escaped a 20-year term Of
imprisonment to which he was sen
fenced by cOurtmartial by opening a
bunker port on the transport Ham
cock, on which he was being shipped
back to the states, and swimming
ashore while the vessel was lying in
the harbor at Nagasaki, Japan. He
told some of his fellOw-prisoners who
saw him go that he was going to fight
with the Beers. But that is neither
here nor there.
Cock fighting is the ruling passion
of the Filipino. An American who
has been among the islanders and
knows them pretty well says fighting
ROSTERS and stealing are the only oc-
cupations they recognize as Pastimes.
On the former they will stake every
thing but life. On the latter they
often risk that. Nowhere on earth
do game fowls reach a higher state
of development than they do in the
Philippines. They are bred and
trained to the business and have been
for generations back these hundreds
of years
The American soldiers, with their
remarkable adaptability and love of
excitement, are not slow to recognize
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
THE OLDEST LOCK.
It Formerly Secured One of the Doors o
Palace of Nineveh.

It Formerly Secured One OF the Doors of
Palace of Nineveh.
The very oldest lock in existence is
pne which formerly secured one of the
doors of a palace of Nineveh. 1t is gil
gantic affair, and the key to it, which is
as large as one man can conveniently
carry, reminds one of the Scriptural pas
sage where the prophet makes reference
to such instruments being carried ON
the shoulder. The exact words in the
passage referred to are, ''And the key
of the house of David will lay upon
his shoulder"
This enormous key to the lock from
Nineveh is nearly 81 feet in length
and of the thickness of n four inch drain
tile. 1t was found at the end of ruin
ed chamber, where large wooden door
had probably once stood; the gigantic
brass hinges and heavy bars being still
in fair condition, though somewhat cor
roded. This relic of the olden times has
but few points of resemblance to the
keys of modern manufacture, or even to
those of the early part of the Christian
era The tubular idea had never been
thought out in those days. but the key
is fearfully and wonderfully made, be-
luR eludlly dS lulTlCdIe a piece u Iud-
chinery as the lock in which it was
used A great many of the bars and
pegs in the lock are believed to have
been made of wood, as their places are
now empty. The notches and pegs in
the key, however, show that there We're
corresponding pegs and bars in the lock
at one time. The great lateral iron bars
at the end of the key, with their COM
plicated series of notches, crossbars,
bumps, etc, are proof that the lock was
once similarly provided. This being the
case, it is reasonable to suppose that at
one time the door to that palace could
not have been opened until the key had
been inserted and the impediment to
the drawing back of the bolt removed
by raising up so many bars and pins
which had fallen down into their places
upon the key having been withdrawn.
Similar locks and keys were in use in
Egypt 5, 900 years ago.-St Louis Re-
public
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
uoxv 10 Recome wealthy.

rs, In a New Hampshire city there
dwelIs an octogenarian physician who
in addition to his wide medical skill is
known far and wide as dispenser of
blunt philosophy. The other day a
young man of his acquaintance called
at his office.
81 have not come for pills this time,
DOCTOR" said the visitor. but for adj
vice. You have lived many years in
this world of toll and trouble and have
had much experience. 1 am young, and
1 want you to tell me how to get rich"
The aged practitioner gazed through
his glasses at the young man and in a
deliberate tone said:
Yes; 1 can tell you. You are young
and can accomplish your object if You
will. Your plan is this: First. be indus
trious and economical. Save as much
as possible and spend as little. Pile up
the dollars and put them at interest. If
you follow out these instructions. by
the time you reach my age you'll be
rich as Croesus and as mean as hades."
Buffalo Commercial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
TELEPHONES ON THE TRAINS

The Southwestern System to Introduce a
New Idea.
a novel plan for telephoning from
trains to different parts of Chicago is
now being considered by officers of
the Northwestern railroad. The idea
is to equip the overland limited train
of this line with telephones and con-
meet them with wires of the Chicago
Telephone company for the conven-
fence of travellers who may desire to
telephone to friends or for business
purposes after they have reached the
depot but before the train is started.
The overland limited is the great
California train of this road, being
made up entirely of sleeping cars. 1t
departs from Chicago at s p. IN. 1t
has been demonstrated that many
persons after they arrive at the sta
ton or have boarded the train desire
to telephone to friends or others be-
fore the train starts. Articles are
often forgotten or some important
business neglected in the hurry to
reach the station. 1t has been found
inconvenient to go up into the sta
tiOn to use the public telephones and
in doing this there is a liability of
being left before the connection is Sc
cured or the business transacted over
the wire.
1t Is now proposed to obviate all in
convenience and liability of missing
trains by connecting the entire train
with the central office of the tele-
phone company, the idea being to
place a phone in every sleeper BY
such an arrangement connection
with any part of the city may be Sc
cured without the necessity of the
passengers leaving the train or TAX
ing any chances of being left. The
conversation over the wire may be
carried on until the train starts. q
simple continuance being used to dis
connect the wires at the last minute.
1t is further planned to equip the
cars with telephones to be used be-
tween the different parts of the train
while the latter is running. This
was done recently by the Canadian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07

Pacific road in the special train used
for the travels of the duke of Con-
naught..
The plan is to place small tele-
phones in every compartment and in
one end of the open sleepers. In this
way if n patron desires something
from the dining-car, n light luncheon,
a meal served in the sleeper, or even
a cigar or newspaper, all that will be
necessary will be to ring up the porter
in the diner, conductor of the diner,
or the news agent and order what is
wanted. This will obviate the neces-
sity of calling a porter and waiting
his pleasure.
So far as can be learned the
scheme of the Northwestern in the
telephone line has never been tried
by any railroad in the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
ARE GETTING SHY ON SHELLS

The Button Factories Below Here Are In
Trouble
Good button shells are not numer-
Gus down the river. The Quincy
Wing tells thus about the shortage
there:
There are plenty of mussel shells
in the Mississippi river. and they
are the finest that can be had, but
times in this part of the country are
so good that it is almost impossible
to- get anybody to fish for them. The
pearl button factory has started up
and MIR. Reinsberg, the manager,
says that it is impossible TO secure
shells sufficient from the Mississippi
TO keep his machines going. 1t is
not because the shells are not in the
river. for there are great beds of
them nearby that have hardly been
touched. but it is owing to the fact
that the fishermen appear to have
too much money.
''Reinsberg is shipping shells here
all the way from White River, Ark,
and they are nearly as good as those
that lay at the bottom of the Mis-
sissippi river almost within n stones
throw of his factory. This year, too,
he is Offering 65 cents hundred for
shells. Last year 30 and IS cents a
hundred was about the best price
the fishermen could get. The in
creased price has not had the effect
of starting the local fishermen to
work. and it looks likely that if Mr..
Reinsberg wants to keep his factory
going he will be compelled to de-
pend upon the fishermen of the Ar
kansas river.
The Mississippi river shells are
not so thick and as a rule they are
better formed than the shell from
the White river. They are much pre-
ferred for button making. There.
are from 16 to 20 varieties of shells
that come from the Mississippi, but
only three or four of them are
adapted for buttons. All of the but
tons that Reinsberg can make at his
Hampshire street factory in the next
wear are contracted for"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
Timid Applause.

During the earlier days Of the reign
of Queen Victoria dramatic perform
ances We're given at Windsor castle I'M
der the management of Charles Kean.
The audiences being limited and stiff
ly ar;stocratic, the applause was natu-
rally not especially hearty, and the
comedians felt the absence Of the more
demonstrative approval manifested in
the regular theater.
One evening the queen sent an equer-
ry to Mr.. Kean to know If the actors
would like anything (meaning refresh
ments), when the actor replied, "Say TO
her majesty that we should be grateful
for a little applause when the specta-
tors are pleased"
Back went the equerry and conveyed
the message. At the end of the act
there was a slight suggestion of hand
clapping and exceedingly gentle foot
tapping. james Wallack. who knew
nothing of the message sent to the
queen, hearing the mild demonstration,
pricked up his ears and inquired,
what is that?"
Mr.. Kean replied, THAT, my dear
Wallack, is applause"
"God bless mel" retorted Wallack. 81
thought it was some one Smelling peas"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
QUEEN lii TAKEN FOR
NEGRO in new YORK
Distinguished Honolulu Lady Has an EN-
barrassing Experience On
Her Trip.

Half a dozen hotels in this town,
says the New York Sun, one of
which, at least, specially advertises
a royal suite, have turned away a
queen without knowing it. The
clerks mistook her and her retinue
for the third or fourth road com
pany of Black Patti Troubadours
and closed the registers.
This affront occurred on Friday
and Liliuokalani was the queen,
She thinks that she was turned away
from the Netherland, the Savoy, the
Plaza, the Waldorf and several other
hotels because she was not known.
She tried to be queen incognito
after her arrival here on Friday from
San Francisco and she might have
been incOgnito yet if she had not
been recognized by a former loyal
subject who is now a bellboy in a
Broadway hotel.
The queen was accompanied by
Joshua Rea, the royal secretary,
John Aimoku and Myra HeIelhe.
Rea tried to do business with the
hotel clerks while the rest of the
ItnIdlllttl III the SIlduOW OF IIle
hotel lobby. Almost any hotel
clerk who hadn't travelled extensive
ly might, on a busy afternoon, mis-.
take Rea for a negro in spite of his
straight hair. That mistake was
made, all along Fifth avenue, and
Broadway. Rea didn't say that he
represented the. queen.
AS the royal party was leaving the
last hotel on Broadway a bellbOy
spied the queen. He bowed so low
toward her that he butted the head
waiter. who was passing behind him.
1t would have been better for him if
he had transposed the butt and the
bow for the head waiter was once a
count. He was about to have the
bell boy fired when the boy explain
ed matters. The boy also did n good
turn for his former sovereign.
He had heard Rea tell the driver 10
go next to the Hotel Roland. He
called a friend of his employed at the
Roland and warned him that the
queen was coming. The friend told
the clerk and then made it possible.
for the queen to get to bed after
Rea. the secretary, had passed
rigid examination.
He asked the clerk at the Roland
for the two best rooms in the house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07

! one for ''two ladies'" the other for
himself and a friend.
I'VE are very strict at this hotel
about whom we take in said the
clerk. Have you any baggage?"
Sir" exclaimed Rea, throwing
down seventeen trunk and bag
checks, Il am tired of these insults.
L am the queens secretary. The
queen is here
What's she the queen OFF,
''She is the Queen LiliuokaIani."
That satisfied the clerk He let
the queen and Myra have room 80
and sent John and Joshua to BOZ.
They are going to spend the winter
in this city and Washington.
The queen, accompanied by her
companion, went shopping in the de-
partment stores yesterday morning.
They bought some beads and bright
remnants for the folks at home and
some department store oil paintings
for their own apartments.
The queen was terribly put to it in
the first store she visited. She got
off the elevator at the art, delicates-
sen and fresh fish floor and asked TO
look at some paintings.
Yes, ma m; old, new or medium
masters?' asked the clerk, throwing
out sample of each. The queen
cottoned to the medium, which was
a marine. Joshua admired it, too,
and said that the water looked nat
ural enough to dive in for sea beans.
The queen was pleased by the secre-
tary'S criticism and ordered the pic
ture. but the clerk spoiled the sale.
It's a dollar down, lady he said.
land n dollar month for seventeen
months. Our collector will call on
every first Monday. Please step this
way TO the pedigree desk"
The queen was speechless. Wav-
ing the royal coin-filled reticule in
the clerks face she swept through
the meat and fish department to the
elevator, followed by her retinue.
Myra stopped a minute to look at
some pigs knuclles and lost the
elevator. She caught the next car
and the nettled queen upbraided her
roundly.
The party had better luck after
that and selected seven oils and the
beads and remnants before lunch.
In the afternoon they went for
drive in the park and enjoyed half
hour in the monkey house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-07
WHEN ON THE GOLF LINKS
Rules Formulated by an Observant Mime
apoIIs Man.

Rules Formulated by an Observant Mime
apOIIs Man.
\ Minneapolis man, according to
the journal. has learned, while sit
ting on the fence and regarding the
golfers. not so much how to play
golf as how to look while playing it.
He has formulated the following
rules:
First If your hair is good play
bareheaded, but if bald wear hat.
Second. In swatting the ball don't
forget to stand knock-kneed, one
foot erect on the toe and perpen-
dicular to the turf.
Third. Roll up your sleeves, if
your forearm can stand it.
Fourth. Swearing at play is bad
form. though an occasional swear
word. particularly from a woman,
has rather a pleasant, humorous
sound.
Fifth. Consult the legs in the mat
ter of breeches, remembering always
that fat legs are worse than thin
ones since the pneumatic stockings
arrival.
Sixth. Use a singing, staccato
voice in addressing the caddie.
Seventh. Resting the handle of
the stick on your green, pretend
every II minutes to chalk your cue.
The joke takes well with the caddie.