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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
DUMAS ON SNAKES.
q Characteristic story OF the Impe-
cunious French Author.


q Characteristic story OF the Impe-
cunious French Author.
When NJ. de Villemessant was found
Ing LIE Grand Journal, he wrote to Du-
mas, asking for his assistance. Dumas
at once prepared romance in six vol
umes. In the meantime the editor
asked him for some articles or cause
ries, which were to be published imme-
diately. al have the very thing" cried
Dumas, 81 was just about to. start on
q whole series about snakes" ION
snakes?" eyes. / have the entire sub
ject at my fingers ends. / spent half
my life studying them. There's not a
soul who knows anything about the
dear, interesting little creatures. You
will find it Will be q great success
this article" The editor, half con-
WINGED, agreed to accept this article
ION snakes" saying to himself, "After
all, Dumas is very likely to hit on
something effective" eff you want a
little cash in advance. you can draw on
me-" 81 have plenty" said Dumas, 'for
the first time in my life, L confess; but,
still, 1 really have enough"
They parted, and the editor returned
to his office On arriving there he
found Alexander's secretary waiting
for him with the following paper,
ready signed:
Received the sum of so napoleons on
account of my story. A hearty squeeze
of the hand. A d.
The next day the secretary arrived
with the first feuilleton and a letter,
which ran:
Ny Dear Friend-Be kind enough to
hand the bearer the sum of napoleons.
A. D.
The very same evening came a dis
patch, from Havre:
On receipt of this please send 20 napo-
Icons to my lodgings at Frascati. A
thousand thanks. A d.
An hour later came another:
Ny Dear Boy-I should have said IS.
not 90 maps. You are my best friend.
The feuilleton is on the road
The finale of this capital story is no
less characteristic. The feuilleton ar
rived by post ON the following day and
was found to contain exactly four
lines of Dumas composition, two at
the beginning and two at the end of
the lJaper. Thus it ran: Il copy from
my good friend, DIR. Revolt, the follow
ing particulars about snakes" Then
came a long essay on that subject, all
copied out in his own neat handwriting
and closed by this original remark,-''In
my next 1 will deal with the boa con-
strictor, the most curious of all the
snakes. Black and White
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
A Royal Road to wealth.

When a certain late shah of Persia
became temporarily embarrassed for
money, he had quite a unique method
of filling his purse. He would go to
the market. where, after examining
the shops, he would select one and,
turning to the proprietor, would say.
"Will you take me in as q partner in
your business for the day?" The Of
fer was, of course. eagerly accepted.
The shah would take his seat near the
shop entrance and say to his courtiers,
whom he always took with him ON
these occasions: Now, I'm salesman.
Who'll buy?'' The latter, not daring to
refuse the offers of the royal mer-
chant, set about clearing the shop of
its contents, paying sometimes ESQ for
goods that were not worth f10. No
one was allowed to beat down prices
or to leave the place without making
purchases. When everything was sold,
the shah had list of the cost price Of
each article made out and loyalty
shared with the shopkeeper the
amount of the profit realized
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
IS TO Be A
BIG EVENT

The Inauguration of DR. WOODROW
Wilson as president of Princeton uni
versity, which is TO take place Oct. %,
will be made notable by the presence
of President Roosevelt. and ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland President Roosevelt
will be on the platform with ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland, DR.. Patton, the late
head of Princeton. anu Dr. Wilson.
The latter three will make addresses.
President Roosevelt may speak, but
that has not been definitely fixed.
After the inaugural exercises DIR.
Wilson will turn the first soil for
dormitory to be erected by the class of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

80. The members of the class will re-
serve the first right to the rooms for
their sons who will enter Princeton.
DIR. Wilson's election to the presi-
dency of Princeton last June was the
surprise of tine college commencement
season. Up to the time of its occur
renee there had been no intimation
that DIR. Patton intended to resign.
DIR. Woodrow Wilson is Il native of
Staunton. Va. where be first saw the
light forty-siX years ago. lie was n
member OF the famous class of 10 at
Princeton. Il was only recently that
this class did what 10 other class has
done. 1t presented to the university a
dormitory to cost 100000
After his graduation DR.. Wilson stud
led law and for time practiced at At
lanta, Ga. He then took a postgradu-
ate course at Johns. Hopkins univer-
sity. After leaving Johns Hopkins he
became professor OF history at Bryn
AIawr college. and from 1883 to 1890
he was professor of history and politi-
cal economy at Wesleyan university
In 1890 he returned to Princeton as
professor of politics and Jurisprudence
which chair he retained until his cleo
ton as president.
DIR. Wilson was married in June.
1885, to Miss Ellen Louise Arson. They
have three children, all girls.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
MEET OF W. C. T. U. TO
BE HELD AT PORTLAND

the black scale is seemingly very near.
Thousands upon thousands of dollars
have been annually expended in Cali
fornia in spraying the trees to get rid
of the pest. says the San Francisco
Call. Orchardists have lost their tenn
pers and been at large financial loss
and great inconvenience. The fact has
recently been made manifest that tiny
flies which are able to and delight in
vanquishing the black scale viii thrive
and propagate in the open air in Cali
fornia. This means that the black
scale must speedily go.
Orchardists and owners of fruit
lands all over the state had been wait
ing to hear concerning the result of the
investigation which Alexander Craw
of the quarantine division of the state
board of horticulture had been making
in Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa
Barbara counties. Mr.. Craw returned
to San Francisco. and the substance of
what he has learned is given in the
foregoing.
The flies that were sent out are thriv-
ing. In forty-seven days they passed
through three stages of existence.
They are now inhabitants of Califor-
mia and will instinctively hunt the
black scale wherever it may be found.
Various forms of scales have been
killed off by preceding parasites, but
not one of these tiny destroyers had
the name that helps to make the men
ace of the black scale formidable. Its
title is the Scutellista cyanea. 1t is
native of South Africa, where it has
demonstrated its ability as a sure de-
stroyer of black scale
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
BIRD DOGS.

Some of the Almost Human work
These Clever CANNES Perform.
Roading denotes that dog is follow
ing a trail toward the birds by their
foot scent, as a man in an analogous
manner might follow a flock of sheep
by watching their tracks.
Drawing denotes that dog is ap-
preaching birds by a scent in the air,
as man might follow a-fock of sheep
by the long line of dust lowering over
and around the trail. Drawing is con-
sidered a much superior manner to
.oading. 1t is commonly marked by
greater accuracy, equickness of execu-
ton and dash of manner.
Pointing is the stop which the dog
makes when he has definitely located
the birds or when he thinks he has
done so. 1t is the preliminary pause to
accurately determine the whereabouts
of the hidden birds before he springs to
capture. If he misjudges and springs
in the wrong direction, all his pains
and labor come to nothing. In his
training he is encoura ged to point, but
is prohibited springing. so that after
time he makes his point and holds it
stanchly.
IF by any act, wiilful or otherwise,
he alarms the birds and they take
wing, it is called a flush. If the dog
when going up wind on game fushes
the birds. he commits an error. If I'M
der certain circumstances he Pushes
when going down the wind, the error
may be excused on the ground that be-
ing DIP wind of them it was impossible
to scent them and therefore impossible
to know of their presence.-Outing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
TO REVISIT OLD SCENES.

Famous English Society Woman
who Is Coming to This Country.
Mrs. Cornwallis-W who by many
is regarded as the cleverest woman in
London. is to pay a visit to her old
home in New York this winter.
Mrs. CORVALLIS West has had bril-
liant career. AS Jennie Jerome of New
York she was noted for her wit and
beauty. In 1874 she married Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, second son of the then
Duke of Marlborough. His subsequent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
SALVATION ARMYs HEAD.
Why General Booth Is Paying Amer.
lea Another Visit.

lea Another Visit.
General William Booth, founder and
head of the Salvation Army, who re-
Gently arrived in New York on his
fourth visit to this country, is still hale
and vigorous at the age of seventy
three. General Booth was met in New
York bay by twelve large steamboats,
loaded with Salvatonists, who gave
their venerable leader n mighty well
come of song. The object of his pres
ent visit is to inspect the Salvation
Army forces in this country and to
plan new lines OF effort
General Booth began his religious Ia
bors as minister of the Methodist new
connection in 1850. Eleven years later
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
auite nm Innoxntion.

"For a new actress she adopted an
original way of drawing attention TO
herself"
ATTEMPTED suicide? Diamonds sto-
len? Breach of promise case?"
Nothing of the kind. She simply
learned how to act. and acted. An
swers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

lished in 1880, under the title of the
War Cry. 1t is published weekly in
England and simultaneously at each
of the headquarters throughout the
world. at present there are thirty
four War Crys, with a circulation OF
nearly 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
WHITES RETIREMENT FROM
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS

of the west reads like fairy tale. On
March 10, 1901, he was nominated by
the Republicans for the short term in
the United States senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

Swing low, sweet chariotr' ex-
claimed Deacon Darkleigh. Swing
low, swing raight straight in ermon
us en- pick us up w'enst we amt look
in en- tex US off vile we nevah dream
in dat yo' comm at ALL Swing low
en- swing fastr'
.Hol. on dab. Rrotheh parkleighig
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

success in politics was attributed large
Iy to his wife's influence Two sons
were born of this union. In 1895 Lord
Randolph died.
About two years ago Lady Churchill
married George Cornwallis-W West, a
lieutenant in the English army. The
wedding caused much comment be-
cause of the youth of the bridegroom.
Mrs. CornwalIs-Westi is one of three
daughters of the late Leonard Jerome
of New York. Her two sisters married
Englishmen- One is Mrs. Moreton
Frewen and the other Mrs. John Les
lie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
His Free WIN onering.

whats that So Kept out of my sal
airy for?" demanded the employee of
the state institution.
THAT'S your voluntary contribution
for campaign purposes" blandly re-
piled the superintendent
but it isn't voluntary contribu-
ton. You've no right to hold it out on
me. That wasn't in the bargain.
never heard anything about it before.
1t is gouge. and won't stand it?'
But you have to pay it, you know,
pr lose your JOB. Does it go?"
Yves
well, that's why we call it volun-
ry."-Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

Griscom was instrumental IN securing
special congressional legislation per-
hitting those ships to sail under Amer
lean register.
Mr.. Griscom has been specially hon.
ored and decorated by foreign govern
ments, belongs to the principal clubs
and commercial organizations and is at
the head of leading banks. insurance
companies and great industrial cor
poTations.
He was married in 1862 to Miss
frances Candy Biddle. His home is at
Hayerford. Pa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

Miss Lily (after the proposaD--I
don't think you'd better see papa to-
day. Tom. My dressmaker has just
been here with her bill,
Tom Featherhead-Thi is just the
time. He viii be glad to get rid Of
YOU. ---
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11

shouted Elder SNOWFALL "Hor on Dan!
We doan' wan no ottermobile business
erbout dis yah sweet chariot!'-Balti
more American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
BLACK SCALES NEW CURE.

California Fruit Men Experimenting
With a Destructive Bug.
The day of doom of the pest that has
for years ravaged the orange and
lemon groves and olive orchards of
California under the ominous title of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-11
Going Her one meter -

TIT ONIE IIt-tNUEs
Cora-The ideal Jack couldn't get me
If he wanted me.
Lena-He couldn't get me even if he
didn't want me.-Smart Set.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23

longs. III git new breedin' shoat-"
/ An what'll git, Ezra?"
Tibet bombazine gown an black hat
with flower garden all over it,
dunn me-"
And they kept the studious young
man going-so far as the festal board
was concerned. He was a good feed
er, fine talker, a nice. pleasant
young man, easy to get along with.
Not a murmer ever came from his
lips about the broken vista. as viewed
from the front stoop in the cleaning.
The chorus of frogs never disturbed
Emf they did he never mentioned
it. 1t was never too lot, it never
rained too much, the air was always
satisfactory TO him. he never founa
fault with the butter, The eggs the
piecrust. or anything that was placed
before him. He loafed under the
trees or walked in the woodland-but
was always on hand at meal times.
Once. only once, he mentioned fnan-
cial affairs to Spriggins:
Papa is in Europe and will have to
drop a line to his banker where to for
ward my check for Ave thousand.
Papa is so kind, He will be pleased
with his boys poem in the autumn is
sue"
Just four months elapsed-one soft
moonlight night form crawled from
a rear window of the Spriggins' house.
Lightly gliding over the shed beneath,
the form leaped to the handy hillside
and disappeared among the shadows.
The boarder didn't come down to
the festal board. Ezra Spriggins
called-he called again. No response.
Then we went up stairs. Then he
came down. Then he and Hannah
said something. That's all,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23

STRANGE OLD JEWISH CUSTOM.
Pillow of Earth and Earthen Plate for
the Oxford Dead.

one branch of the orthodox Jews
, still keeps up the custom which
seems more than thirty centuries old.
/ 1t is the laying of dead mans head
upon pillow filled with earth and
placing upon his face of an earthen
plate or saucer broken into three
pieces, one for the nose and one for
each eye. Where a family is very
wealthy the earth is brought from the
Holy Land, anu the mortuary plate
from a potter's kiln not far from Je
rusalem. It Is made of a reddish clay
and is similar to those now dug op by
the Palestine exploration fund labor
ers. To make the pillow and to break
the plate into the three conventional
pieces demand considerable practice
If not skill, and give steady employ
ment to little wizenedhp, long
bearded Polak rabbi, who lives down
in the Bend" between Park Row and
the Five Points. For the opulent he
has earth which he claims to have had
imported from Palestine and odd
plates which look as If they might
. nave DtSil Illdue ny the pOJIttS Oh
King Solomon. But the well-to-do
who follow the old customs are few in
numbers and the majority of the faith
full are not blessed with an excess Of
worldly goods.
How he breaks the plate is a secret
which has come down to him through
many generations 1t formerly was
done by sword afterward by a
trowel but today by a small hammer.
When the blow Is struck the fractured
| pieces should not be of the same size.
! Two should be small and somewhat
circular i'm outline SO as to cover the
optic orbit, while the third should be
! rather long and reach at least from
the eyebrows to the end of the nose.
The first part of the ceremony Is
easily understood. II expresses the
traditional saying, Thy pillow shalt
| be earth, but what the meaning or.
origin Of the three pieces of plate Is
, is not known to the official himself.
! He says: 1T is the law of our faith
ers, and follow the law"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23
The MAGIC NOTE.

Unto the opera he went.
Mid the orchestral roar
Re sighed in dreary discomfort,
1--WE heard all that before.
He fastened where the sylvan bird
Its carols would outpour,
He said, 1T is no use; I've heard
That self-same song before.
He read the poets lay sublime,
Full of eternal lore,
And sighed, How futile is this rhyme,
I've heard it all before"
And then a tiny infant came,
And, smiling, said, "Ah goo!
He laughed with it in glad acclaim,
And cried, Here's something new,
And if the baby laughed or cried.
And woke up all the street,
He hailed the noise with parent pride
AS music strange and sweet.
And when grave neighbors came one
day
And criticised the roar,
1t angered him to hear them say
We've heard such things before!
Washington Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23

beautiful and the loathsome. AS a
friend who waxed poetical on the the
subject once wrote 10 his mining COM
panion:
Then so away ii you have 10,
Then go away if you will,
To again return, you will always
yearn,
While the lamp is burning still,
For you've drunk the ehagres water
And the mangos eaten free,
And strange tho it seems,
Twill haunt your dreams,
This land of the cocoanut tree.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23
Where He Is independent

Why Dc you want to go back" his
friends asked him, ito desolate re-
gion where you have suffered such ter
ribIe hardships?'
The frostbitten face of the arctic ex.
plorer flushed a deeper red with en-
thusiasm.
Because" he said, when | am up
there can use train oil for heating
and lighting, live on walrus meat and
snap my fingers at the trusts"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23
Terminal Not Yet Arranged.

You have discovered a new disease,
have you, doctor? what are you go
ing to call it,"
That is a matter requiring some
thought responded the eminent med
ical specialist. 81 have decided upon
name, SO far as the first three or
four syllables are concerned, but have
not made up my mind yet whether to
classify 1t as an tits or an 'osis.'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23
Wall Street Wit.

An old fellow from Tennessee, who
had got pretty well battered in Wall
street, has this to say of things down
there: "The street is a simple matter
of tbs an faint. The bears say It's
to beat 'em down, an the bulls say
faint to push 'em up, an when a
sucker gets about half between the
it's an faint he's done for. That's.
where / was New York Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23
The sonaster,s Reason.

ooh, little bird. whose song hear,
You seem as happy as can be-
Is it because Of happiness
That you are singing in the tree?'.
mo, little girl" the bird replied.
Before it swiftly futtered thence.
I'm singing in the tree because
u much prefer it to the fence.
Edward |. Hecker.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23

New ornaments for the hair are
seen by the hundred, and range from
dainty wreaths or clusters of small
ribbon roses to big bespangled dragon
flies quivering on tiny spiral.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23
CAN WE'D ANY WOMAN
RACE PRIVILEGE RESCUED FOR
HIM.
ANY MAN ENJOYS

VoItsire Declared That Man Gould
Marry Any Woman He Chose
and There Are Stories That Look
as if He knew-An Enslishman's
Experience.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-10-23
LIFE IN THE TROPICS
PHYSICAL DlscoMFoRTs MANY
AMONG SCENES OF BEAUTY.
INSECTS SIMPLY LEGION

Mud Is Deep, Natives Degraded, and
Even the Streams Abound in Alli-
gators Lying in Wait for Those
Who Bathe-Yet 'Tis all Fascinat-
ing
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-18
SOME WRITER'S.

Goldsmith wrote the Vicar of Wake.
field in six weeks. Ii is said to have
been n story of his own recollections
Thomas Dunn English wrote Ben
Bolt in 1913, and some fifty years later
George Du Maurier made the tender
song famous the world over
1t has been mentioned as a proof Of
A. &Hnder POpe's love of economy that
he wrote most Of his verses on scraps
OF paper and particularly on the backs
OF letters
Charlotte Bronte's 'Janc Eyre" was
rejected by nearly every publisher in
England before it scored one of the
greatest literary successes in the
worlds history
Whittier, the poet. it is reported, said
to the doctors in attendance day or
two before his death, You have done
the best possible. and thank you. but
1t is of no uSe-I am worn out"
The poet Iieiue on the day after his
marriage drew up will in uhich he
bcqueathed ali he possessed to his wife
on condition that she married again
He desired, he said. that at least one
man should regret his dc2th
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-18
OSTRICH TACTICS.
Big Bird That Displayed as Much
tnaniHG Apache Indian

BIG bird That Displayed as Much
Cunning nm Apache Indian
\ well knowa hunter and taxderiuiSt
tell, this story OF personal experience
IL south Afrira, it goes far beyond dis
oel,iDG 4 SIa,Grr that has long Cloudcd
thn fair maine ot tdc ostrich
Arriving At one Of the monster hills
ot the white att, climbed upon it and
raised my observation glasses to my
eyes for careful survey nf the region
Ny dr>t glance showed me. arising
frotu the dead level OF the plain be,
yond. two objects. each having the
form OF a capita. >. These knew
were the heads and uecks of two oS-
tl.che>. though ! believed they had
sighted me-. remained immovablr in.
iii their necks We're suddenly draw n
down 10 the level oil the tops Of the
bushes which screened their bod,s
Ih"n ! kqeM ror q certainty that they
S"rr aware OF my presence and would
make u quick retreat
without losing an in~tant's time
ran 10 the spot where lie birds had
be"n standing ana found their tracks.
These | followed a. far as they were
distiuguishablc ana then took course
which | believed the birds would nat
uraily follow. No sooner had reached
the top OF the Ivne than saw one of
the ostriches climbing the side hill. Is
timating the distance. | took sight and
ared. The bali passed immediately be
tween his legs and struck in the sand
Of the side hill behind him.
'ln an instant the bird darted away
Ike an arrow In the direction of
small cIump Of bushes in the center of
an open space. That he would pause
behind this bush and then finally
emerge on the other side seemed Ger
tain. ana aimed To catch him as he
made fresh start from behind the
thorn He dew over the sand at ter
ride r. L. aud reached the bushes Then
I waited fully tiye minutes for him 10
emerge from his hiding, with my rife
ready sighted 50 that | could pull the
trigger the second he reappeared. but
finally went forward to rout him out
When | reached the clump of bushes
al examination OF the sand showed
taat the crafty Did bird had shifted his
course Mt r.Ght angle, making the
turn ST. suddenly that his feet had
ploWed up the sand for distance Of
several inches. This wary tact had
placed the bushes between the bird
and myself and he had made his way
to new. cover while | was iunocently
waiting FOR him on the other side Of
the ambush. An Apache Indian could
not have executed this maneuyer more
cleyerly. and smiled at myself for
having ever been foolish enough to be
l!eye the traditional story of how the
silly ostrich buries his head in the
sand and believes that he is thereby
concealed Philadelphia Post.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-18

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