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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

A frequent action with babies is to
turn the soles of the feet sideways, cp-
posite to one another, while the legs
remain straight. Just this attitude
would be assumed by n monkey when
-iimbing tree or walking on branch
in order to grasp the stem with its hind
legs.
The inherited effects of thus grasping
tree trunks or limbs with the hind
hands are often very marked in young
babies. The bow legs. which are Il
feature of infancy and matter of
some anxiety to mothers. are no more
than the relics of the tree climbing
stage. and the mother need not be
frightened about this character; any
normally healthy baby will grow out
of it soon enough.
Then. if young baby be held so that
its feet touch the ground. one may see
that the feet are not put fiat to the sur
face. Instead, the outer portions of the
feet rest on the ground. while the soles
of the feet are more or less opposed to
one another; they have the bough
grasping attitude. - Pearson's Maya
zine,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
4 Remarkable Record.

Chamberlain Cough Remedy has a
remarkable record. 1t has been in
use over thirty years, during which
time many million bottles have been
sold and used. 1t has long been the
standard and main reliance in the
treatment of Group in thousands
of homes, yet during this time no
case has ever been reported to the
manufacturers in which it failed to
effect cure. When given as soon as
the child becomes hoarse. or even as
soon as the Group cough appears, it
will prevent the attack. 1t is pleas
ant to take, many children like it. 1t
contains no opium or other harmful
substance and may be given as conf
IDENTIFY to baby as to an adult. For
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
MAKING MANILA HEALTHY.
Radical Reforms to he Carried Out
by Governor Taft.

Radical Reforms to he Carried Out
by Governor Taft.
Governor Taft and the health board
of Manila. according to official reports
to the war department, have agreed on
comprehensive plan for reclaiming
the city of Manila from the unsanitary
conditions which prevail there, writes
the Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger and Times.
The experience during the past few
months in controlling the epidemic of
cholera has satisfied the American au-
thorities that only the most rigorous
measures will suffice to protect Manila
from peStilence whenever occasion
arises. 1t has been decided that every
building which is unsanitary must
come down and be removed, the low
places in the city are to be filled in,
suitable sewerage is to be insisted on,
walls are to be built to hold back tide
water and new buildings Will be per-
mitted only in compliance with strict
regulations as to plumbing and con-
struction which will insure healthful
conditions.
1t is estimated that when the build
ings in the slums of the city are torn
down over 10000 people will have to
be moved out into temporary camps.
Governor Taft announces that he will
do this and have the people carefully
looked after in their temporary quar-
tiers.
Captain McGregor, the city engineer,
has taken part in the conferences and
gives it as his opinion that it will be
necessary to fill in over the whole site
of the city in order to secure the
grades that will make it possible to
drain the streets and houses and ac-
complish safe sanitary conditions.
The cost will be large. 1t is estimated
that the reclamation of the San Nicolas
beach will cost at least 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
NEWEST GERM DISCOVERY.
How the Bacillus of Summer Com
plants Was Found.


Physicians and parents the world
over were deeply interested the other
day in the announcement that through
the philanthropy of Mr.. John ID. Rookie
Teller there had been discovered in the
Thomas Wilson sanitarium, near Bal
timore, the germ of the infantile dis
ease commonly known as summer COM
plant, which for many years has de-
fled the skill of medical science and
has swept hundreds of thousands of
small children to death every summer,
says the New York Herald. Two years
ago little Jack Mccormick, the two
year-old grandson of Mr.. Rockefeller,
died of this disease at Mr.. Rockefel-
ler's summer home at Tarrytown, n.
Y. Shaken with grief, Mr.. Rockefeller
demanded of the physicians to know
the cause of so great mortality among
young children.
I'VE only know that this disease in
infants is probably caused by some
germ" they told him, but what that
germ is or how to reach it we do not
know"
"Then it is time you found out" re-
piled Mr.. Rockefeller, land 1 shall put
you in the way of finding out"
Within Il month Mr.. Rockefeller had
set aside 100000 for the establish
ment of an institute of medical re-
search. Under the direction of DIR. VIII
liam II. WEIGH the work was taken up
in earnest at the Wilson Sanitarium
For Children near Baltimore. Here
each summer from 800 to 500 children
are treated. With the opportunities
thus afforded the germ was isolated.
Experts are now at work to learn some
method of destroying the germ and
thus curing the disease.
The discovery of the summer COM
plants germ is regarded by physi-
clans in New York as of great impOr
lance though not unexpected. The bac-
teriologistS of the health department
think it will prove of value for use in
the tenement house districts. DIR. Err
nest ]. Lederle, health commissioner,
said that the discovery was most valu-
able, and he was deeply interested in
it. The death rate among infants in
New York had been cut down this sum-
mer, but he could not say whether this
was because of the departments con-
centrated labors or the mild weather.
DR. George +. Shrady said that the
discoverer deserved great credit for
isolating the fatal bacillus. He added
that most antitoXic treatment, except
in diphtheria, was n failure, but he
hoped that the discovery, which might
be n protoZOan instead Of Il bacillus,
would be of practical value.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Administrators Sale Notice.
Sweaneu & Waller


Rock 'f Island nj H COUNTY. SIS.
In the County Court, September term, A D.
Otto GOttsch adDinistr ator of the estate of
Wilhelm Theme, deceased. petitioner, VS..
Mari Theme the unknown heirs or diviSees
or Wilhelm THE me. deceased. the unknown
owner of outlet number sixty (6O) in section
number thtrty-five (35). township number
eighteen Us). North range number two ~,
west OF the 18th p m according to the asses
Sor's plat of A. d. 1854 of lots. sub-iots and
out-otS, in the county of Rock Island and
state of Illinois, defendants petition for an
order to sell real estate to pay debts
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
Decree of sale made and entered in said
cause. on the Sth day of September, A.
ID 1902, at the Sept ember term, A d. 1912. OF
said court !, the undersigned aoministratcr Of
said estate, will on Friday, Oct 10, A d.
1902 between the hours OF ten O'Clock m
and i've o'clock p M, 5-wtt: At the hour oil
two O'Clock D. m. OF said dav, at the East
Door of the Court House, in the City oil
Rock Island, in said county and tate, sell al
public vendue to the highest and best bidder
or bidders, for cash in hand, the toiow1ng real
estate:
Out-Iot number sixty (6o) in section number
thirty-hve (S5) In ToUnship plumber eighteen
Us) north range number two (2) west of the
OF A. D. 1864 of lots. sub-l1us and out-lots IN
the C ty OF Rock Tslav d, Ia Rock Island county,
state of Illinois, subject. however. to Inc es-
tate OF homestead and the right OF dow er OF
Mari hieme. widow of said Wnhelm Theme,
decd, therein ard hereto.
Administrator of the estate of Wilhelm
Theme, deceased
SWEENEY & WALKER, Solicitors for Peti-
toner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
inc. a. E+Sz g. fail, druggists refund money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

year to five beyond the scriptural
three-score and ten, the bachelor is
mulcted $50. but having reached the
65th year. relief finally comes. and
the tax becomes nominal, being re-
duced TO 50 per annum. After so. {.
man can remain single without paw
ing anything. There is paragraph
relating to widowers, who are given
three years in which to mourn and
pick Il successor.
If man is unable to pay his taxes
he is put in prison, unless he can
show a lust cause. such as lack of
employment or sickness. y man who
can prove that he has received three
destinations in one year is also CON
sidered to have earned immunity
from taxation. 1t is said that the
law works like a charm. Since the
day when it went into operation the
alcaldeS of the villages and towns
have done a rushing business. and
the treasury is as empty as before.
which seems to indicate that between
the two evils of marrying or parting
with the hard-earned coin. the bache-
Iors of Argentina prefer the former.
1t is probable that the legislator
of France who wants to tax the bach
clors of his country has studied the
success of the movement i'm Argen-
tina. 1t is a well-known fact that IN
France both the population and mat
rimony are rapidly on the decline.
and some radical measure is neces-
sary to stop the evil, which consti-
tutes serious menace TO the coun-
try's welfare.-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Notice of Observation-Disclosures.

In the District Court of the United States
for the northern district-sOuthern division.
In the matter of Gorge + Schmale, bank
rupt. In bankruptcy: before Adaii Pleas
ants, referee.
To the creditors of the said George f.
Schmale, of Rock Islano, in the county of
Rock Island and state of Illinois, and in said
district and division aforesaid:
Notice is hereby given that on the 10Th day
of September A ID. 1902, the said George F.
Schmaie was duly adjudicated banE rupt; and
that the first meeting of creditors will be held
at the ONCE of the undersigned in The CITY of
Rock Island. on the northeast corner OF E'gh-
reenth street and Second avenue on Satur-
day, the 27th day OF September, a. d 1902 at
10 o clock in the forenoon. at which time In :
creditors may attend and prove their claims,
appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt and
transact such other business as N ay p,opeIiy
come before said meeting
ADAIR PEASANTS. Referee.
Dated at Rock Island, Ill, Sept. 10, 1902
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Mark Twain Not n Pioneer.

Samuel L. Clemens was invited to
the first annual dinner of the Califor-
mia society at the WaldorfAst no
tel the other night, says the New York
Herald. He could not attend, but he
sent from York Harbor, Me, a tele-
gram saying:
I thank you cordially for your invita-
ton. 1 was not early enough to be a
pioneer but was president of the Handler
subpioneers and for thirty-five years have
been that organizations only survivor.
The other members were hummer and
Lazarus and the Emperor Norton. In the
name of the subpioneers I beg to drink
with you. MARK TWAIN.
There was a large gathering of the
society. The Rev. Robert Mackenzie,
d. D., presided.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Prices: I5c, e5c. CSC and soc. Seats on sale
Monday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
TO TAX BACHELORS:
NEW LAW IN FRANCE

| The bill Just introduced into the
lower house of the French parliament
proposing tax on bachelors. as an
incentive to matrimony, calls atten.
ton once more to the numerous for.
mer attempts that have been made
to convert the confirmed ceIibate into
IL benedict by coercive measures.
The proposition to tax bachelors IS
not altogether new. 1t has made its
appearance in number of different
shapes. but it was left to n South
American republic - the Argentine
Federation - to put it to a practical
and. as has been claimed. unsuccess-
ful test. Taxation, however, is not
the only coercive method which has
been employed or suggested at differ
ent times for the diminution of bach.
elordom.
Some years ago, for instance, it
was proposed in Germany that every
celibate official in the lower grades
of the empires service be compelled to
marry. But as Germany is the land of
limpecunious ''iunkers." the rich mer-
chant princes with manageable
daughters, no compulsory treatment
was necessary to stimulate matri-
mony. and the scheme fell through.
In medieval times there was a king.
whose dominions being depleted of
population by war and peStilence.
ordered every young man in his king
dom to marry, granting special priv
leges to those who complied, and i'm
posing severe penalties on those who
tried to avoid their sad fate.
y few centuries later, one of the
half mad Mohammedan rulers of the
east issued an edict ordering the de-
capitation of every official who with
in given time had not espoused at
least four wives. The aldermen of
one of the New England towns who 4
few days ago introduced an ordin-
ance into the city council proposing
that all the bachelors in the munich
pal employ be obliged to marry o.
lose their jobs. shows that even in
this free country the poor celibate
is having hard time of it.
But undoubtedly one of the most
novel and determined efforts TO drive
the bachelors to matrimony or sui
eide is the law which has been pro-
mulgated i'm one of the states forming
the Argentine Federation. The law,
which has Just gone into operation,
will either make the territory within
it's jurisdiction matrimonial para
disc. or drive every bachelor to the
poor farm. 1t provides for n scale
of taxes that have an upward tend
ency till the man reaches his 18th
year y man is marriageable in Ar
%entine when he has completed his
Goth year. If from that date and I'M
til he passed his 3Oth birthday he
wishes To remain single, he must
pay 81 a month to the state. For tn
next five years. the tax increases 100
per cent. Between b and 80 the
bachelor is supposed to have crystal
lied into confirmed state, and a
strong financial Jolt is considered
necessary to wake him from his lcth-
ar%y.
He is. therefore. muIcted to the
tune of $40 month. From his 5Oth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Executors Notice.
oseph Mills, deceased

Estate OF Joseph MINIS, ueceGSed.
The undersigned, having been appointe j
executors of the last will and Testament of
Joseph Mills, late of the County of Rock
Island. State of Illinois, dece ased. hereby
gives notice that they will appear before the
County Court of Rock Island County, at The
County Court room, In the City of rock Is
land, at the November term, on the first Mon
day in November next. at which tim 9 all per
sons having claims against said estate are
notified ana re quested to at ead for the pur-
pose of having the same adjusted All per
sons Indebted to said estate are requested TO
N AXE immediate psym znt to the undersigned.
Dated this Sd day of Septembe'. A. d. I9U2
HANNAH NJ. CLARK,
SARAH e LEvEY.
Executors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Latest Labor Saver For Farmers.

The latest agricultural labor saver,
though humble in its way, is most use
full as removing a cause of danger. 1t
is an automatic safety gun for bird
soaring Not only now are the crow
boys most difficult to procure, but ''the
boy with the gun" is not always free
from danger either to himself or 9th
ers. The new machine fires at times
as fixed by the farmer. it fires safely
and takes loud decorating cartridges.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
site For Lewis and Clark Fair.

The board. of directors of the Lewis
and Clark exposition has selected a
site for the fair in the northern part of
Portland, Ore, at the foot of Will
annette place. known as Gilner's lake.
The site includes 2TO acres. of which
155 are water and 115 are land. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Two million Americans suffer the
torturing pangs of dyspepsia. No
need to. Burdock Blood Bitters
cures. Ask any druggist.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-06

the faintest idea. that he had discover
ed America.
Washington said to the soldiers at
Valley Forge that they that are whole
need not a physician.
Lincoln's propagation was very
strong.
The Chesapeake attacked the Shan
non and drove her up the Shenandoah
Valley then the Shannon attacked the
Chesapeake and the war ended in
battle
At the battle Of New Orleans three of
the British officers were killed, one of
them MORALLY.
There We're many lives lost, including
wounded. dead and dying.
The Romans left the Britions low
spirited and crestfallen.
The Parthenon was used as a pow
der magazine during the Trojan war.
The outline of Greece is very rugged,
surrounding all the country or nearly
all.
The Persians hurried across the Hell
lespont, burning it behind them.
The Phoenicians were never a very
noted sex.
The art of the Assyrians was noted
for wings.
The British shared their glory alone
Charles II didn't bother himself much
with women as most kings did in those
days.
Bathos expresses a great deal of
emotion as "a Daniel come to judg-
ment"
Hawthorne could not live upon his
pen.
A great many of our authors were
born there. Hawthorne, Thoreau and
the battle of Concord.
Dickens married, but not success
fully
Tennyson, born in a seaport town,
married a Boston girl, died at STRAIT
ford-on Avon.
The chief elements of English are
Anglo and Saxon.
The three great literary works of the
Hebrews were the translation of the
Old Testament into the New and sew
eral great histories; these they wrote
on paprus paper made from that weed
The great works of Hebrew liter
AZURE are the Messua (Mischna) and
the Palms of David.
The small kingdom of Judas was
ruled by a diverse character of
eighteen kings.
Adhere equals her-ad (again) here
again. Example: He will adhere the
story.
Cognate equals born together. Ex-
ample; Cats are cognats. Cats cog
nate together.
Append equals hang to- Example:
Ulysses appended to the raft.
They buried him without prayerbook
or songs, which was not proper in those
days.
Venice is the brightest and nearest
constellation to the moon.
She returned his affection as much
as she thought prudent, considering the
hasty temper of her brother
The president of the society was
magnanimously elected
The ball incres sed in magninimity.
The man showed his indigenous when
put to the test
An oiled paper is piece of trans
cendentalist.
God tempers the wind to the short
horned lamb
"A swanlike end" ThisSrefers to the
neck of the swan--it means a. Ions. end
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-06
shtppinC Memornndn.

Fernandina, Fla, June 5.-Arrived.
schooner Annie NJ. Parker, Carter,
LasPalmas; bark Alice Reed, Tord,
Puerta Plata.
Fernandina, Fla, June 5.-Arrived,
steamers Negenes (Nor) Svenningsen,
Philadelphia; Nordby DAM, Philadel-
phia.
Cleared, steamer Lord Antrim (Br),
WEIGH, Gottenburg and Stockholm, via
Norfolk
Sailed. barkentine Steven G.. Hart.
Raye, Boston; schooner Star of the
Sea, Quinlan, Providence.
Philadelphia, June 5.-Arrived,
steamer S. T. Morgan, Charleston.
Cleared, steamer Allegheny, Savan-
nah.
New York. June 5.-Sailed, steamer
Adra. Fernandina.
Gibraltar, May 3O.-Arrived, Auguste,
Pensacola. for Genoa.
Rochefort, June ARRIVED. Ruth,
Pensacola.
Charleston, June 5.-Arrived, steam
ers Algonquin. Staples, Boston and
New York. and proceeded for Jackson
VILE: Apache, Bearse, Jacksonville, and
proceeded for New York; Agnes (Nor),
Rasmussen, Banes, Cuba.
Pensacola Fla. June 5.-Arrived,
steamer Sauna (Nor). Christensen,
Tampico: steamer Kings County (Br),
Salter, Cape Town. via Barbados !;
schooner Union. Foster, Ruatau.
Cleared. bark Birma (Nor), johann
sen, East London.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-06
SHRINEs IN NAZARETH
Sacred Sites That Are Pointed Out
TO Pilgrims.


William f. Curtis in Chicago Record
Herald.
1t calls for faith sufficient to move
mountains to believe in all the sacred
sites one is shown at Nazareth and
the stories that are told by the pious
men in charge of them They give de-
tails that are not only unnecessary,
but which none save simpletons or
fanatics can accept. They show you
rock upon which the Virgin Mother
used to sit while she gossiped and
discussed domestic affairs with her
neighbors; they point out the exact
spot upon which she was sitting when
the angel of the annunciation appeared
to her. and the paths is which she
used to walk leading the Child Jesus
by the hand. They take you to the
workshop in which Jesus assisted His
father with carpenters tools, and a
friend insists that he was shown an old
earthen jar in which the Virgin carried
water from the well, but they did not
go so far with me.
The points of greatest interest in
Nazareth are cavern over which Jo-
seph and Mary lived when Jesus was
a child; the synagogue in which Christ
taught, stone upon which He dined
with His disciples both before and af-
ter the resurrection; the Mount of the
Precipitation, from which the people
threatened to cast Him down the
cliff" and spring at which Mary re-
ceiVed the startling announcement
from the angel. All of these places
are problematical and located by guess
work some of them accurately, per-
haps, but nobody knows, for there is
not the slightest tangible evidence that
any Of them were consecrated by ac-
tual association with the Redeemer OF
Men.
There is a great difference among the
monks who have charge of the holy
places and their stories sometimes very
according to the credulity of their
listeners. A young Frenchman who
showed us around the Church of An
nunciation was a fanatic. bursting with
zeal, faith and piety. who evidently be
leved everything he said and desired
us TO believe il also. but another Fran
ciscan brother. an American. older.
wiser and more thoughtful who kind
ly accompanied US through the viii
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-06
GRAM. PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York, June 5.-Flour steady
but quiet and unchanged. Rye flour
quiet.
Corn meal steady.
Rye quiet.
Wheat-Spot easy; No. red, SOC
Options-forenoon wheat prices were
higher, but the afternoon brought a
sharp decline and general heaviness
Advance in corn, talk of too much
rain in Kasansas, higher cables, for
eign buying and light offerings caused
the early improvements, while real
izing and bear raid impelled the late
weakness. Last prices were Nc net
lower. July closed 7Sc; September,
75Bc; December, 771sc.
Corn-Spot steady; No. 2, 69Kc. OPP
tons opened firm and had a good adj
vance on Western manipulation, no
tably in December and higher cables.
Later, realizing, however, with the
wheat weakness caused reactions, from
which there was a slight advance, the
closing being steady 1ac net higher.
July closed 6L3sc; September, 64Ac;
December, 5014c.
Oats-Spot steady; No. 2. 45c. Op-
tons were strong early but finally
weakened by unloading and closed
easy.
Beef firm.
Cut meats steady.
Lard easy; Western steamed. $1O.550
1850; refined. easy; continent, $40. so;
South American, $780, compound.
Slb6SAc.
Pork steady.
Tallow easy
Rosin steady; strained common to
good. s157h.
Turpentine steady. 4sik649c.
Rice firm
Sugar-Raw firm: fair refining.
27sc; centrifugal. 90 test, 3 7-16c. Re
fined steady.
Conee-spot Rio steady: No. : in
voice. 5ac; mild quiet Cordova. S0
ike.
The coffee market opened steady and
unchanged Trade was unusually quiet
The room contingent saw nothing in
the foreign market news TO inspire
new ventures on either side and com
mission houses were almost without
business. The market closed quiet hut
unchanged 90 points higher. Total
sales. 1870 bars.
New York. June s-Butter slightly
easier creamery. 20022isc. state dairy
isH02iHe.