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AGENTS wANTED--"Neyer SIP" skirt
supporter, 500 per cent proht, selis for
lac. sample &c, circular free. Magic
sup, Co, boy dSl, Oakland, Cal 20
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BARGAiNs.--corner LOT with three cot.
tages, rents for SIS per month, Fourth
ward. STOO: Groom cottage In Fair
Grounds Extension, corner lot, $500; 3.
room cottage on Houston Heights boule.
ward, 500; corner lot In Fair Grounds Er.
tension, $1S0i nice broom cottage, modern
improvements, on Iceland avenue, corner
lot, 5000. sullivan & Hanna, al Moore.
Burnett Building. Both phones. II
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70 INVESTORS--1 have ninety-siI acres
near the limits OF Houston that ! am
nnxicas TO sell for cash and oner same
at a sacrifice. H. l., Archer, F. Nj, bfun-
ner. texas. ~
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VTTN I'm wv NTNTTIUN UNlIUINIh III pTONt4
able mail order business Is Inarvclousiy
successful; we are Origlnators and pion-
GERS in This heli many whom we started
only three mohths ugo receive 200 lettera
daily: IL YOU want 10 begin business for
yourself aud uiubark In this money max
tug Hcld uhe business Of the FUTURE,
writo for complete plan; covers every
point. Address with stamp, Central Sup.
Co, Kansas City, Mo. 90
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400 PEA CENT profit selling Trinola suap;
leiAoves ink. paint fruit, all stains; also
toilet soaps canYasscrs general agents;
salesman get exclusive territory; state
proposition wanted. Davis Soap. Ill Des.
PLANES, Chicago 70
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lafres,s lesmen to start branch stores.
Wholesale tailoring house Of
MIR \, opportunity to experienced
Kitten Slothlng statesmen OF good
] 4 comuio such men they win fur
',ns n Pete equipment, including
Cant Inc piece TO start a modern
y p,siloring business. No invest
hes -..su on part Of the statesmen.
Y nsns ratanteed TO right parties.
J n w. WHO started IN this way a
~ sso' are now we'll rated mer-
( Shsnvr further particulars address
I'm s;rS;---on. Lock Box 529. Chicago.
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BEAUMONT OIL BURNER on -xhIbiIion
at Bryan hail. can be used In stoves and
ranges al onefourtn the cost Of any
other fuel agents wanted. 3. y. Jevons,
general agent. Houston. IA
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w III n u IVIV-t III Y y NTWVh q. M
accompanied with certified check I'm the
sup OF $3.50, payable to the mayor OF
Preuham or his successor in office 10 he
forfeited in case bond In the sum Of
5000 well secured, Is not made withih
Ave DAYS from date OF award OF contract.
James A. wilkins. Mayor Of Brenham. ID
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nave 3OO,OOO cubic wards Of
grading to let on Santa lee extension from
san Augustine TO Center, Texas; long 100
and good prices l., J. Smith. contractor,
Center. TeXas. 10
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WAETED-Two al 'ronnd laundry hands
y. J. King a Psxts. ~
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LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY

FOR sALE--Four or ave pairs Of extra
hgaYy draught horses; also some good
muiee. X @. Farmer. Brennan, Texas.
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ENERGETIC men can make money dTS.
tributing samples of mercbandise az
we secure advertising matter for dstribv.
rlon throughout the country and want
men 70 do the work. good pay. Horn As
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FOR sALE-At very low prices: Large
ana Groom house close IL on corner Cap
ltol; 6-room cottage on Crawford, $1,000:
~ lots and seven houses close In, Fourth
ward, pays 10 per cent gross on $1,000.
see Houston Land and Trust Co. for prices
and terms.
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MAGIC PURSE- ,Greatest puzzle OF TIA
century a bonanza FOR agents; sample
2ac. Lone StHr Nov. Co. 300 n. Broad
way. Tyler Texas. 20
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS-r25 niles
rice canal work from Pine Island bayou
10 Sour Lake, Texas, to let; prairie work
material good fills average four feet;
supply haul short win pay good prices:
zee US before all Is taken. Address, care
Dutton hotel. Beaumont. Texas Brooks
Bros & Co. f1s
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~Ocst ssTamto"
ars- rsad.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-Twc or three iots corner Har.
Hyness s4oa Harrisburg road
1 HAVE 100 acres land In Jackson county,
B 10 miles north OF Edna, at s.. SO per acre:
snap have SO acres, choice land, near
Dickinson Station; hne arteslan well. All
with modern improvements: a sacrifice. /
have 8 acres OF beautiful bayou front: a
pick up. have some beautiful homes in
Third and Fourth wards, at bargains I
have oil and rice lands that are prize
winners. have blocks aud vacant lois.
that must be sold; owners need the cash
III. A. Arnold, 81 Binz.
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lave one million cubic yards Of good
good prices pay both WAYS FREQ transpor.
tatlon over southern Pacific. Apply ~ my
office In Jacksonville or Orange, Texas
T. A. Robinson, Contractor T-2l
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GOOD FAMILY HORSE for sale: also
buggy and wagon. Apply 1910 shearn
10
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AGENTS WANTED.

WANTED--At once, experienced travelling
statesmen for Texas; we want sairsmeS3
no novice need apply. Box 6l4. Chlca 20,
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BOARD AND ROOMS.

LARGE UPSTAIRS front rGgu; modern
convenlHnces; private family l2lo Travis,
close in. ~
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Ifa,e, I'VE man TO represent one of
,sO,s,n, Eoding tailoring houses
i ensrs. Iexas to place agencies and
a ls,ang sales If necessary; to the
n ., a man a liberal proposition
'ttly naae' this Is no fake. hut
d brslsnitlmate proposition: unless you
n vhane ss DO not answer; give refer
/ sa y. writing. Dept. u. L.. Box
49, 49, Lnlcago.
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YOUNG MEN WANTED, any distance
copy letters home evenings and return to
US, we pay $40 per 1000; send addressed
pept. los. Box 1411. Phllndeinhlr 30
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eli hor United States army: Able
4 unmarried men. between ages 81
n elizens OF United States, Of
h al aeter and temperate habits,
, InSe speak, read and write English.
i, fnn ssnallon apply 10 recruiting Of
~ u . Shaw building. Houston.
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IN Home writer's; / average $40
|lil 4 writing Tor a company; any
E ol'ss this position by sending
" 1Ims FOR particulars. Address box
usshsrt Texas. 20
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| nan nrst,class nonunlon barber;
!. W preferred: none other need
. EEers. Halletsyille. Texas.
NJ -
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HOTELS, SUMMER RESORTS

HOTEL ELNORE B.. Cleveland. Texas.
viii open up on May /. 1907 70 the trav.
cling public; II Is Just completed with
TWENTY-FIVE up-to date rooms, modern fur-
nIture and fixtures, under the manage.
ment OF Mrs. $. W. Wright. 1928
RANDERA HOTEL, Bandera, Texas-open
fov summer: hunting and fishing faci!i-
lies. telephone connections. mountain
and river drives ia
ELM HOUSE, 50 John Street, Toronto
Accommodations for a limited number Of
Suests: delightfully."- situated ard conye-
nisnt 10 all lines Of boats and cars; tsrnas
on application n
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|7iTD-Iadies to embroider doylies and
N, pleces at home; all materials fur
I'm to $50 per dozen: send stamped
ErJpe 10 Berns Mfg. Co., 81 Dearborn
|x'Chlcago III. 20
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{ks5-I colored girl about IL years
4 NM snrse and help with Homework.
] Z III Caroline. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-19
anna Hirher uses of Trees.

Most people have formed the habit of
talking about shade trees, fruit trees
and lumber as if shade, fruit and build
ing materials were all for which the
trees were good. OF course the artistic
eye looks at them for beauty, the ento7
mologist as harbors for insects and the
botanist for herbarium specimens, but
the true lover of the tree thinks of it
in its wide value to all living things in
the universe.
Though trees lack the power of volt
ton and have no nervous system in
the ordinary sense of the word, they
are highly organized forms of life.
They accomplish a vast amount of ac-
tual work in n day and earn their liv-
ing as surely as you or do. Their
work is the worlds work of the unself-
ish kind. They struggle for self preser-
walton and the perpetuation Of their
species; they return to the soil and to
the atmosphere materials loaned them
for food; they are aitruistic in provid-
ing an abundance of fruit for the use
of others; they furnish grateful shade
to man and beast. are the refuge of
biEds and insects and add to the beauty
NJ nature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-19

to and FRO at the sngnTesJ push, to the
sweet music of rustling green leaves,
beating against the air.
WED better go long home or my
mall be after us she said. looking up
at the sun. "Calkerlate it's about din
ner time for us now. Say. did you
know my names GenevieveT
She had turned so suddenly that the
others opened their mouths wide in as
constituent.
They hurried through the thickets
and soon came in sight of the house
nesting among the trees. a few min
utes later they tumbled, heller SHELTER,
In through the open door.
MA, where be you?" Genevieve call
ed loudly, the while cautiously keeping
watch on her visitors
"Here we be, over in the south lot, p"
came the reply from without. They all
ran to the door to see for themselves.
Grouped about some fallen head
stones on the hillside beyond the gar
den GGd barn pasture were the west
erner and Mrs. Morey with Gene
vieve'S mother and her stalwart, rugged
mountain spouse. Rollins father beck
oned the children to come ne9r, but
Genevieve hung back, for she held in
awe the spot called the south lot To
her it signified the family burial
ground. Tenderly the westerner coax
ed her to him and took her in his arms.
''Now, kiss her, all of you, for you
are her cousins, too, and this faded
headstOne stands over the tomb of your
great-grandfather Morey. Here on abe
hillside was his home"
The announcement was so strange
and sudden that the careSsing was not
very hearty, although meant to be sin
cere. Every face in the group kept on
a sober look until the new found cous
ms We're rods away from the telltale
stones which had brought about the re-
union. Then Rollin broke silence by
shouting: Three cheers for the Mo-
reys, anyway! Now We're all Green
Mountain boys and girls. Hip! hip!
nurrahr'
"And you bent tenderfoots neither"
concluded their brown eyed little cous-
in Gcnevieve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-19

- IdluS lldI Mlen tue ldlll-
lily party set out for a long talked
of visit to the native heath of the
Moreys, in Vermont, the children even
forgot good manners in their enthusi-
asm. They left their prairie city home
one balmy spring morning, and after a
couple of hours run the Chicago and
Boston express stopped at another city.
where Roxy and Ethelbert Morey,
young cousins OF ROllin and Luise,
Joined the group. This was the first
trip the children had made to a dis
lance. What it would be like they had
but misty ideas. but when RoIlin clap
ped his hands and declared, It's going
to be fun all right" his sister and
cousins agreed that there couldn't be
any mistake about that. They talked
it over all day and at night went to
their berths in the sleeper without even
a goodby glance at the vanishing pra-
ries.
The second morning the young tour
lists climbed out of the cars somewhat
dazed over their strange nights jour
new. They were still more daZed at
seeing before them, like a barrier TO
the further progress of the train, a
green mountain wall that seemed to
tower into heaven and almost lean over
into the plain where they were wait
ing for breakfast and the coming of
the mountain stage. Their eyes knew
the prairie and the few shade trees of
the streets and occasional groves, but
forests were only things of imagina-
ton, forests and mountains like those
before them.
They did not have long to wait. for
soon n stagecoach came rafting down
the street. The two old horses drew
up before the station. and Bill Dexter
hailed the party cordially from the box
seat of tire coach:
+, This way to the lake, sir. Drive
yer right up to the camp, sir. No ex-
ira charge fer the two, young ladies"
he said CALAMITY, pointing out Luise
and Roxy.
Mr.. Morey~ smiled indulgently at the
hoary headed whip, whose Green Noun
tain twang and expressions had some
what abashed the children. The two
men held a whispered conversation.
The old stage driver looked wise and
nlaced his finger to the side Of his nose
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-19

nolia which stood in Charleston in
side of the. line of old Revolutionary
Notifications. The branches of this
beautiful magnolia spread over 200
feet. The incident which made the
Council Tree of Charleston historic was
an unpleasant one for the Revolution
lists, but the people of the city never
ceased to venerate it. In 17S0 General
Lincoln commanded the garrison of
Charleston during a siege by the Brit
ish. In the early spring of that year
the besiegers were REINFORCED by n
command under General Clinton. and
Lincoln called a council of the leading
men in Charleston to discuss the adj
visibility of leaving the city to its
fate and saving the army by retreat
eng TO the open country. This plan the
citizens opposed, and Lincoln, finding
the cause hopeless, soon afterward
surrendered the troops and the city.
Conspicuous on the bit Of landscape
which is included in the San Juan Bat
tlefield park at Santiago is the famous
Surrender Tree, where General Shafter
met the Spanish commander, TOral
and arranged for the surrender of the
city. The tree is a ceiba, or silk cot
ton, and one of the largest in that re-
gion. The ceiba tree is never found in
forests and usually stands in the open
because It drives out all other varie-
ties. 1t is quite as common an arbo-
real feature in the West Indies as the
oak and elm in the United States.
All the conferences between the Span
ish and American officers during the
nepotiatiOOS ohOut surrender were held
under the Surrender Tree. 1t was there
that Generals Miles and Toral had their
preliminary talk on the 18th of July,
three days before the surrender. The
ceiba stood midway between the lines.
The surrender commissioners met at
2 o'clock in the afternoon, and after
the details had been discussed and cop
les of the treaty prepared in Spanish
and English the signatures were af-
fixed. 1t was then . o'clock. The GER
emory of surrender was witnessed by
the general officers of both armies,
with their staffs and n guard of 100
soldiers. At the same ime General
Shafter returned to General TOral the
sword and spurs taken by the Ameri-
cans from the body of General del Rey.
the Spanish leader who fell in the de-
Tense of FL Caney.
Other famous American trees were
The Stuyvesant Pear Tree, which stood
over 200 years at Third avenue and
Thirteenth street, New York; POntiac's
Memorial Tree. at Detroit; ArnOld's
Willow, in the Hudson highlands; the
Washington Cypress, at Norfolk. and
the Miami Apple Tree, near Fort Wayne.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-19

while he collected his thoughts.
The children climbed in beside Mrs.
Morey, while Mr.. Morey took a seat
with the driver on the box. y few min
utes later they went rumbling over the
village streets ut Il brisk pace. The
old fashioned rockaway swayed from
side to side, and the children chung to
each other in silence. Suddenly the
bus swung around the corner and. the
village scenery was left behind Rollin
reused his sister. who had buried her
head in her mothers lap. Look, Luise, -
he shouted. the mountains, They're
right on usr'
children announced some new discov-
erv. They were all entranced with
the beauties of this strange scenery, so
different from the fat, level country
which they had always known.
Though the high mountains seemed
very wonderful AT first to the children,
they soon became accustomed to them,
for, as Luise expressed it, They're
just like our own hills in the west, only
heaps bigger" But the forest growth
continued marvellous, particularly to
Rollin and Luise. They were so enthu-
siastic that Mr.. Morey suggested they
all alight at the foot of the mountain
which doomed before them. This would
ease the horses and give the juvenile
sightseers a better view of the trees
Astounding in rugged grandeur on all
sides.
''It was just what l wanted to do"
said Rollin, jumping down quickly and
followed by his sister and cousins.
The children scampered on ahead,
eagerly plucking leaves from bushes
and trees. ~They had only gone Il short
distance when they espied n small
barefooted girl as brown as a butter
nut seated on rock directly in their
path. Through her thin short frock
the outlines of her slender little body
Zrere plainly visible. Rollin was I'm
the Lead He walked on and would
have passed her by were * not for
the brilliant eyes and quizzical smile
which met his gaze.
"Be you the Moreys what's come
from the westT" questioned the strange
mountain child timidly.
Luise pressed close to Rollin. cts
an Indian" she whispered, grasping
him by the arm.
mo, faint either" he responded
brayely. placing his protecting arm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-19

Washington drew his sword on the
Sd of July, 1I75. and assumed COM
mand of the Revolutionary army.
Washington's Elm now stands in the
middle of street in Cambridge and
has many visitors. who are pleased to
carry away as souvenirs scraps OF its
crumbling bark or falling leaves. At
the time of the incident the tree stood
at the north end of the Cambridge
common and was then noted fer it's
size and beauty. The Continental forces
were ranged upon the common to re
ceive their new chief.
For nearly three-quarters Of a cen
fury, or from 17S0 to 1S49, the south
had q historic tree in the famous mag
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-19

SURRENDER TREE. NEAR SANTIAGO.
ana. Illinois, Iowa. Kansas and Colo
RADIO to the Rockies were not treeless
to so large an extent. Recent expert
ments seem to establish that point.
Tests by the weather bureau at widely
separated places on the same parallel of
latitude have shown that the mean an
nual Temperature is lower at the sta
tions in the wooded districts than at
those on the open plains. And, while
that is true, it has also been found
that the extremes both of heat and
cold were greater on the plains than in
the forests.
Forests, it is easy to see. act as wind
breaks both in cold and in hot weather,
and thus they tend to moderate the
temperature in the country surround
ing them. If a careful study were
made of the location of the forests in
the western country hundred or sew
enty-five years ago. it might be shown
that they covered Ohio, Indiana, Ken
lucky, Michigan. Wisconsin and Min
neSota to such an extent that they
must have influenced the mean tenn
perature of the whole prairie section
and that their wholesale removal has
brought about changed conditions for
the inhabitants of the west.
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Thought IT was BareaIn Day.

/, Mr.. Closefist had been out walking.
He returned home tired and cross.
''Just what 1 might have expected he
whlned.\ II gave the only 10 cents I
had in my pocket to a beggar, and it
started to rain, and l had to walk
home. Don't ever talk to me about
the rewards of Providence"
'.And did you suppose Providence
would postpone shower of rain" his
wife asked, because you gave 10 cents
to a beggar? You weren't expecting
much for your money, were your
New York Commercial Advertiser, .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-19

- ONE trees charm the eye OF
the behoIder with their
magnitude or their pietur-
esqueness or their beauty
of outline and foliage, while others in
terest the mind by the stories they tell
Four trees noted for generations as
souvenirs of important events in Amer.
lean history are the Washington Elm
the Charter Oak, the Council Tree and
PENIS Treaty Tree. Recently the
Spanish war has added the Surrender
Tree at Santiago to the ranks of cele-
brated forest monarchs.
The Charter Oak. at Hartford, Conn,
was reputed to be venerable at the
time it became famous. Tradition says
that it was over coo years old when,
in 1857, the daring spirits of the colony
of Connecticut hid in its trunk the
charter of their liberties as a ruse to
avoid the surrender of the document
to the kings officer. King Charles IL.
had granted the charter. and his broth
er and successor, the Duke of York,
empowered Governor Andross to recall
all New England charters and rule the
colonies as one realm. The people
of the colony of Connecticut refused
TO give up their rights. and when the
charter was demanded hid it in the
hollow trunk of the ancient oak. King
James was driven from his throne and
Governor Andross recalled, and the
charter remained in full force. The
old tree was destroyed by storm in
1854
PENIS Treaty Tree stood on the banks
of the Delaware river at a place orig
inally called ShackamaXon, but now
KensingtOn, within the precincts Of
Philadelphia. Its history dates back
to a day in November. 1852. when WIZ
liam Penn, the English Quaker col
onist, met under its spreading branches
the chiefs of the Delaware tribe of red
men and concluded the famous treaty
which became the foundation stone OF
the great commonwealth of Pennsyl-
wanna. Among other pleasant things
Penn said to the children of the forest:
1--WE meet in the broad pathway of
good faith and good will. No advan-
tage shall be taken on either side, but
all shall be openness and love. We
are all one flesh and blood"
The Indians listened with delight,
for Penn was a new type of white
man. They said, "We will live in love
with William Penn and his children as
long as the sun and the moon shall en-
dure." The treaty was not sworn to,
and it was never broken
PENIS treaty tree was a spreading
elm. 1t was long venerated for its as
sociations. and Penn himself once tried
to purchase the estate on which it
stood. 1t was often painted, and copies
of the original drawings are still in ex
istence. During a gale in December,
1910, the venerable tree was prostrat-
ell and found by the rings. in its trunk
TO be $50 years old.
Under the shades of another wide
spreading and glorious American elm