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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18
MISCELLANEOUS.


MEN-our catalogue explains how we teach
the barber trade in eight weeks; mailed
free. Moler college, Chicago, Ill.
If YOU WISH your money to earn 4 higher
rate of interest than is paid by savings
banks. call on Marion Z, Sweeney, attor-
ney. rooms 1896, Mitchell& Lynde building,
Rock Island.
WE PAY CASH For labor. SIS and ex-
penseS weekly; salary at end OF each week;
expenses advanced; travelling position; no
canvasSing- the Columbia mousse ia
Dearborn Chicago
materials turnisned. Steady work guar
anteed. experience unnecessary; SEND
work department, Ideal company, Chicago.
SPLENDID wages guaranteed men who
learn barber trade with US. Only two
months 6 required POSITIONS Td5n board 9TS
tools and transportation If desired. Par
lege, Chicago, Ill
II YOU WANT to buy. sell trade or rent
the Mail is the one paper in Moline that can
do 1t for you. Mail wants are popular and
Nail wants bring results. One-haf cent
per word is the price TO all alike, cash in
advance. 2-cent stamps will do. Evening
and sunday Mail, Moline. Ill
DO YOU WANT AGENTS?-Many years ex
perienGe places US in position to give you you
assure you success. Ask for free letters
of information and bulletin of daily papers
that pay. We also start responsible par
ties in the mail order and agency supply
business Lord S Carver. Racine, Wis
PERMANENT position for the right man,
not to canvass, but to represent old estal :
IiShed manufacturers having 100000 CAPT
tai. 800 per year and expenses, pay able
direct from our office. Straight salary
not conditional upon results. but upon
faithful work. No experience required.
Chance for promotion. State age and give
references; Address Manager, Box $50,
Chicago. Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18
HeiSkelI'S
Ointment
Heals the Skin.

Prove IL or y stubborn case Of pirnples, eczema
tetrrrs ~ry-'p--lh-, ulcers or any eruption The
cure - fs-rrfl nuelir- e. cent? q box, druggists
or - mai. pIstp paid. Back up it, good work
: Witb HsisA-iI's Moderated SO=p. = cents.
! JOHNSTON. HOLLOWAY 4 Co.,
S@l CSlEDeree 81, philadelphia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

FOR E-Four-and-one-third acres of
land for sale in South Heights at a bargain
Reidy Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18
cLAIRvoYANr.

MAGNETIC HEALING Dorothy Den
ton. magnetic healer and palmist. Rooms
81 and %, Mccullough block. Davenport.
Hours l to 5. and 7;S0 TO p m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

FOR SALE-Lots in McEniry's addition by
Z. ]. Burns, room T. Mitchell & Lynde
building, These lots are on Sixth avenue.
between Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth
streets Convenient to Fifth avenue or Elm
street car lines. Terms to suit purchaser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18
unir AZ. Ynnr KIdnev, !

D. 2s3 ssRss ~;
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN-In any amount, on any
kind of security. Also choice property for
sale or rent. W. l. Coyne, go Seventeenth
street, up stairs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

to sell 'Schley and San
tfago. " by George +. Graham. Autograph
introduction and personal account OF bat
tie by Rear Admiral SChley True story
of Santiago told tor the first time by the
only eye-witneSses of the fight. Sells fast
er than Life of Mckinley" Liberal COM
missions. Free outfit ready. Send seven
2-cenr stamps for postage Books now
ready Beware of limitations Can be had
only from soie publishers. w. b ConEey
company, Chicago, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18
FOR sALE-PROPERTY.


FOR SALE-SeveraI very cheap cottages
$1,000 to $500. Gordon & Bowman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18
FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS.

FOR SALE Household furniture. all this
week at 30 Thirteenth street. Call morn
inpS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

FOR SALE-A folding bed almost new and
in good condition Inquire at s03 TWEEN
tieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

MEN-Our catalogue explains how we teach
the barber trade in eight weeks; mailed
free Moler college, Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18
FOR RENT-ROONIS.

FOR RENTING rooms tor light house
keeping. 1908 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

FOR RENT Two furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 527 Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

WANTED-An established wholesale house,
recently Incorporated, extending business,
desires to engage competent manager for
branch house. Salary 800 per month, eX-
penses and commission. Must invest 81 600
In capital stock of company, on which divi.
dend of per cent VIII be guaranteed. and
furnish satisfactory references. Address,
Secretary, box 40 Kansas City, Mo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

WANTED-Traveling statesmen calling on
the dealers and manufacturers can double
their income selling our antitrust roof
paint and boiler compounds as side line
Write Us for proof Vulcan Chemical COM
pany. cleveland, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

person who will distribute
circulars for 81 daily should address Stan
dard company. Wells Chicago. Steady
position. No CanyaSSiug.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

WANTED Work in upholstering. cabinet
making and repairing of all kinds. Work
called for and delivered and satisfaction
guaranteed. Also manufacturer of Easy
Bright furniture polish. Can on or address
c. V. Christ 2il9 Fourth avenue. Give
him trial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

FOR SALE-Hotel restaurant, laundry and
other lines of business Eastman Co.,
l7141S Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

WANTED-At once. three gentlemen or la
dies Good inducements. Call between
4:S0 and $50 p. m. at 30l Twentieth street,
Room ,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

WE PAY CASH-FJ labor. SIS and eN-
penSeS weekly; salary at end OF each week;
expenses advanced; travelling position; no
canvasSing. The Columbia house. 324
Dearborn. Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

IF YOU WISH your money to earn higher
rate of interest than is paid by savings
ney. rooms 1896, Mitchell& Lynde building
Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

WANTED-DreSsmak VIII sew by the
dav or at home. Prices reasonable and
satisfaction guaranteed. Leave orders at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-18

nursery pays cash weekly
if you sell. Stark trees. Louisiana. Mo-;
Danyille, N Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20

geometric terms. The letter she
wrote raised a blister" as Herman
afterward confessed.
what is a guardian angle?" sh,
inquired, sweetly. i've searched my
geometry from cover to cover, an,
asked all the girls, and thought OF al.
the angles I've ever heard about t.
right, acute and the reSt--and there
isn't one | could possibly be unless
it's the one they call Obtuse. Dc
write and tell me what it's like, ana
where | can find it. Guardian angle!
1t sounds terribly learned, and yet
poetical, too. DO they teach about
it in trigonometry?
Il quite expected that you would
be superseded again, and now that
you have the leisure, | am not going
to do anything that will interfere
with your learning how to spell
This is the last letter you will get
from me till you have mastered the
art. At Christmas, if you wish, will
examine you from the speller lent
y
words. If you pass the examination
we will resume our correspondence,
and if you don't we will not. / am
quite in earnest. From this iudg-
ment there is no appeal.
Witness my hand! Your cousin,
Janet"
Herman must have known that
when Janet wrote like that there was
no appeal, and he made none, but got
to work.
As for Janet, she was in the dark
as to the movements of her cousin,
and not a little frightened at what
she had done, until she heard that he
had refused third position. She
took that as healthy sign. Her
knowledge Of him told her that the
next one he accepted he would be
prepared to keep-and he was.
At Christmas time the whole fam
lily assembled to hear the spelling
lesson. She gave Herman 500 words,
and he spelled them with a certainty
and independence which showed that
he had mastered something else be-
sides photography. Four hundred and
ninety-nine were right-it was rec
ord to wonder at. But when she gave
him angel" he smiled in his old ex-
asperating way, and spelled IL
"J-a-n-e-t. Youth Companion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20
WHEN TED'S AWAY.

When Teddy has gone fo- visit
Such a change as comes over the house!
There's not from one day to another
Enough racket to startle mouse
The cook is no longer molesteo,
The puppies are never at strife,
Grandpa's mid -day nap is unbroken,
And the cat has some peace OF her Ike.
There Is no one to ask endless questions
And no one to race through the hall.
There is never whoop or whistle
And never a door banged at all;
No coaxing to tell us story
And never lesson to say
Oh, the house is delightfully."- quiet
And peaceful when Ted is away!
But then there is no boyish laughter
To make even burdens seem light,
And no little tired lad to cuddle
On a motherly shoulder al night;
And no one to whisper at bed time,
With shy, tight hug and kiss,
That n all the wide world he is certain
There isn't mother like his.
There is no one to run on an errand
And no one with secrets" to tell,
There is no one to find Grandpa's glasses
AND hunt for his slippers as well;
And somehow or other we're feeling
That an hour seems as long day
oh, the house is so Greadfully quiet
And lonesome when Ted is away.
Il. NJ. Montgomery, in Rams Horn.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20
WAY TO SAVE MONEY.
Young Man who Wishes to Marry
Takes to shabby Dress of the
Professional Cut.

perhaps you have noticed that am
doing the artistic stunt in the mat
ter of my attire and personal appear
ance," said the engaged young man.
81 have come to the conclusion that if
| am ever to get married must save
money, and the only way | can save
money is by denying myself things |
like
"Now, ! have always been fond Of
dressing we'll but that is a thing Of
the past. Instead, | am doing the
genius pose. Notice my unkcmpt APP
pcarance. wear my hair long and am
raising a beard | never learned to
shave myself, you know, and that in it,
self is a considerable saving, | wear
shiny black clothes, flowing Wind
sor tie and an old soft hat with q very
broad brim-the broader the better.
THE people who do not know me
may take me for a tramp" he said
with smile, according to the Phiadel-
phia Record, "but for their opinion |
do not care. The people who do know
me merely think | am becoming ec-
centric. In the meantime / am saving
money, and that's the main thing"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20
HORSES LIKE TOBACCO.
One Mag That Got to he Confirmed
Chewer of the to Some OBJ
nOxious Weed.

"Gou bet your life that horses love
tobacco" said a horse owner to the
man who was inclined to doubt his
original assertion that horses were
very fond of chewing tobacco, relates
the Washington Star. Don't they2"
he asked the fat policeman who was
listening to the argument. The latter
aSsented, and the first speaker went
on. MY old friend here" pointing to
the policeman, remembers that roam
horse used to have. Well, every morn
ing when | went into the nag's stall
she looked around at me as much a.
TO ask if | had brought her morning
chew of tobacco with me. used 10
tease her by pretending | did not see
her. but she would look around again
and then begin to make noise. After
| would tease her awhile l would give
her n good chew of tobacco, and she
would be satisfied. Then | gave her
the morning meal on top of that, The
tobacco was somewhat stimulating
and wheneyc" it is once started you
may be sure you will have TO keep it
up. 1t prevents collie, and makes the
coats of the animals sleek and pretty
| remember a horse | used to have
that frequently gave chew of my to-
bacco. One day | pulled a long plug
of the weed out of my pocket, and
after taking chew myself handed Il
over TO the horse. The animal tore of
a big chew and was rolling it arounf
In his mouth when | looked around aoS
saw an old woman standing there
you ought to be ashamed of yourself
she said. Isn't it bad enough TO chew
tobacco yourself, without teaehirt
the poor beast to contract the vile
habit?' l didn't answer her, as I fsl,
certain that the horse was enjoying
himself, while the woman fused"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20
PASSING OF THE FlRESTDE.

The kettle never SINNERS on the hearth.
stone any more,
We have given up tie sacred fireside;
The kitten never sleeps before the bach
log on the floor,
And the spinning wheel has stopped
since grandma died:
But the poet, in his fancy, sees the ram
lily circle" yet
And blithely sings the glory of his
dream,
While the artist takes his pencil and is
happy to forget
That the hreside has given way to
steam.
The boiler and the furnace are in no
dress sublime,
The scornful bard refuses to ennoble
them in rhyme,
And the artist never turns
With his brush to such concerns;
They have spoiled the family circle of
1.-The splendid olden time"
Still, the preacher gravely breaches of
the sacred fireside,"
Forgetting that long since 1t ceased to
be,
Forgetting that the people he is preach
ing to abide
Where janitors are lords of all they
see!
All, the Preside is only a blind mantel
or the wall,
The logs that used to crackle blaze no
more;
No more fantastic shadows over old rag
carpets fall,
The hearthstone's but a grating In the
floor
The good old ways are ended and the
charm of them has fled,
No 'firesde" remains to lure us now;
No more alas. does father have to clam
Der out of bed
To light the logs while mother tells
him how,
Little Willie doesn't have to carry billets
in at night,
Or, caviling, chop kindlng nowadays
Stay!-that's but the steam pipe thump-
ing-'tis no time for flight or fright
We have given up the old poetic ways
Oh, a fancy screen is standing as an
ornament before
The walled and plastered place that was
the fireside of yore-
The wind is bowling "Woo-o-o-o!'
But no flames leap up the flue,
And the "reminiscences just a grating In
the floor.
IS. e. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20
CONFISCATION IN MOROCCO.
when an Official Dies His Property
and That of His Relatives Re-
verts to the Crown.

1t is a custom in Morocco that all the
to the crown. The logic which leads
to such result is simple, for the gov
eminent argues that all fortunes thus
accumulated consist of moneys illegal
ly retained by the authorities, says
Blackwood's Magazine. A governor
when appointed is probably possessed
of no considerable fortune. When he
dies he may be a millionaire. Whence
came this wealth? Squeezed most GER
tainly from the tribes under his au-
thOrity, and therefore amassed only by
the prerOgatives of the position in
which the sultan had placed him. 1t
has never struck the Moorish govern
ment that these great fortunes might
more honorably be returned to the
people from whom they were stolen.
The result is entire confscation to the
crown, including often such private
property as his governor may have
been possessed of before his appoint
ment, and not seldom, too, of the prop
erty of his relatives.
When the mighty fall in Morocco the
crash brings down with them their
families, even uncles and cousins and
all connected with them, and il is not
seldom that the sons of great govern
ors, who have been brought up in the
luXuries of slaves and horses and ret
inues of mounted men, have to go beg
ging in the streets.
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He had planned that Hal should go
abroad, travel, study, write and do
the things that interested him, and in
time perhaps marry some girl who
should be his intellectual equal and
his social superior though Josiah did
not put it to himself in exactly that
way.
But Hal loved Amanda Gray, his
quondam schoolmate and playmate,
and wanted to marry her. Amanda
was poor; her mother ran a boarding.
house for Josiah's mill hands; but Hal
loved her. He knew the strength and
sweetness of her unSelfsh nature, and
he had refused to carry out his fathers
wishes unless Amanda could share in
the advantage Josiah had planned for
him. And when his father had refused
his consent, Hal had astonished that
local and domestic autocrat by de
handing the few thousand dollars held
in trust for him from his mother, and
had gone to the city and invested it in
business.
1t was the old story of the man with
capital and the man With experience
over again. In six months his little
patrimony was gone and Josiah had
been forced to pay out heavily to save
the family credit. But the old man
loved his son, though in his own way.
and he renewed his former offer to SET
tie handsome sum on the boy if he
would give up Mandy He gave him
two days in which to make up his
mind.
Hal laughed his father to scorn
and swore he would marry Mandy
anyhow. She'll marry me no mat
ter how poor | am" ne declared
But Mandy would not listen to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20
SALVAGE
By HENRY GALLUP PAINE,
Author Of Statute Of Limitations, Sunday
Sam" etc.
By HENRY GALLUP PAINE.
Copyrighted by Daily Story Pub. Coz

my Dear Mr.. Marcy:
HAL has told me how things stand be-
tween you and him, and write to tell you
that l will never marry him so long as your
opposition continues. | absolutely refuse TO
stand in his way. | want to assure you
that nothing he can say will alter my de-
termination. This decision is final. SO
there is no reason why you should consid-
er me in planning for him or in carrying
out any of your intentions regarding MIN.
You are at liberty to show him this letter.
yours truly,
AMANDA GRAY"
"Wa'al, son, wat be We a-goin' ter do,
naow?" asked Josiah Marcy, when Hal
had finished reading Mandy's note,
and had handed it back to his father.
Nothing different, father. cannot
accept this sacrifice at her hands. I
would be less than man if / accepted
what YOU offer me at such a cost"
Don't be fool, boy" Josiah pro-
tested.
NO; nor l won't be a poltroon
either" declared Hal. Tomorrow
shall go away and try to disappoint
you by showing you and Mandy, too,
that somewhere and somehow | am
capable of earning my own living, and
when | have shown that | can earn
enough for two | shall come back for
her"
In the light of his previous expert
ence Hallett Marcy was laying out a
rather large contract for himself in
making this declaration. In fact his
demonstrated lack of business ability
was responsible for the present stua-
ton. Yet in other respects he was far
from failure. He had fine charac.
ter, an affectionate nature and a hand
some presence. He had stood high a
college. He had refined tastes. But
he was entirely deficient in those prac-
teal commercial qualities that haG
enabled his father to develop from :
common laborer to a wealthy mill
owner.
Josiah was ambitious to realize il
his son the culture and social privi-
leges that fortune had denied to him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20

They are the newest sort of smoke
in Paris, and have been invented by
intending benefactors Of the human
race who consider nicotine is deteri-
Grating modern man. A correspond
ent explains that the new cigarettes
contain not compound made of the
ground bean, as might be imagined,
but the leaf of the tree, fine, coarse or
navy cut, or manipulated after the
birdseye method, according to taste
Coffee leaf smoking is said to be not
only perfectly harmless, even if in
dulged in to the widest excess, but to
possess the property, deemed by the
inventors an unquestionable advan-
tage, Of imparting to those who prac-
tice it an intense and lasting dislike
for the flavor Of tobacco. Lovers Of
the weed should beware how they
trihe with the coffee cigarette.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20

/ Cured again and again, his ishl-heart-
ed epistles that had once given her
such keen delight became merely a
source of dread and dismay. Her eye
ran on from one mistake to another,
losing sense and substance. When by
any chance he fell into the correct
spelling of word that she had listed,
she felt it like a personal victory, but
every repeated blunder was Water
loo. She waited feverishiy for the
| inevitable.
Scarcely two months had passed
before it came. Herman was sobered
little when he wrote of it, but not
enough to affect his literary style. He
was superseded" again, he said, and
was fastening to claim another god.
bracing sermon from his dear cousin
Janet. He had about come around to
the standpoint of the fatalisr--nature
hadn't created him with prediction
for spelling, therefore it was useless
| to try to spell.
Janet read with mingled emotions.
She knew it was not lack of ability
I1uttt, IL lC nav nav q Si'Ntl
| there would have been more hope fo,
him. He had never felt the need of
| working hard. and the lack of disci-
pline was telling in every way. One
| part of his letter was really pathetic
not from its wording, but becaus,
| it was so true-where lie compared
| himself to a nice little stream of wa
| ter that was mostly noise and sparkle
The Bible has different way Of put
| ting Adjustable as water, thou shalt
not excel"
But Janet did not think of that. She
had forgotten for the moment that nc
| one NAV ever excel save by his own
| effort, and she was reproducing her
self bitterly for his present failure
| She was conscious that he had always
| looked to her to supply certain force
undeveloped in himself. The appeal
ran through the letter she was read
| ing, masked under his habituai Grol,
lcry, of course, tut to her the earnest.
ness was apparent, even through the
| nonsense.
Il may never win the degree of Phi
D., he wrote, whimsically, but an
| hopeful that my name may yet cut
| loose from its suf1ix n. G. l ought tc
have an equal chance with these fell
| lows in books. They never make he
roes of themselves from inner neces.
sity, you'll observe. / have your life
and letters for my nspiration-theA
! are inspiring, chum! And if ever com.
| pile a dictionary, swim the Hellespont
or otherwise distinguish myself, il
will be because my cousin Janet has
kindly - although perhaps uncon.
| sciousl y-assumed the role of guar
dian angel 10 me-"
Only-alas, poor Herman!-ho
spelled it angle!
The tender sympathy dropped out
| of Janet's face. 1t is not recorded
| that angels indulge in sarcasm, bur
it is doubtful if even q celestial be
ing would care to be described il
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-03-20
These Have Quality in Common.
Paint.

Again we offer our high grade mixed
paint. Another year has tested the mer-
its of this paint and so remarka bly, prov
ed its wearing quality. In covering ca
pacity and lus.er too our paint proves
its quality. Every shade is brought out
richly which is so important in improv-
ing the appearance of building. 1t ex-
cells in covering capacity-one gallon of
this paint will cover more space per gal
lon and cover it more thoroughly than an
equal quantity of any other paint, thus
making it no more costly than other and
inferior paints.