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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
1T MADE LgMATRe SIGH.

A Gesture and an Accent That He
Gould Not Reproduced
The Figaro relates the following an
ecdote about Frederic Lemaitre: "He
had acted with marvellous success in
a play by D'Ennery and Marc Fourier
when one evening after the second or
third performance he was suddenly
addressed by a stranger, How much
will you take to be i'll tomorrow, the
day after tomorrow and for a month 2
''Lemaitre dragged the unknown un-
der a street lantern and looked at him.
He was a well known writer. 1T is
your said the actor. Why do you
wish me to be ill?'
''The other hesitated slightly as he
explained his strange proposition. He
was inspired by an insane hatred to-
ward Mare Fourier and had sworn
to ayenge himself on his enemy by all
conceivable means. Help me to
wreck his DRAMA he concluded, and
1 will make you rich. l have the
means to Go it. You earn great deal.
l will give you ten times as much for
six months longer than your piece will
last. VIII you agree?
"Iemaitre had quickly recovered
himself. He seized the man by the col
lar. shook him hard for minute and
then, with'a vigorous kick, thrust him
away, crying: How much will 1 take?
Thirty pieces of silver, Judasr
IAN old actor who told the story
added. How often has Frederic Lee
maitre sighed in my presence when he
recalled the episode, "Alas, l shall new
er be able to reproduce the gesture and
the accent of that moment-''"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
The Penguin,s Bump of Locality.

On shore the penguin is an awkward
creature. Water is its element. When
hunted on the ice foes, the birds gen.
orally try to run away i'll an upright
position, but just as the hunter thinks
he has got one the bird lies down on its
white belly and paddles along over the
snow very quickly, the hard, smooth
quilts slipping over the snow crystals
almost without friction. a remarkable
Characteristic of the penguin is his
bump of locality. Both on shore and
in the water he never loses his way.
To human eyes one ice foe is precisely
like another, but under that roof of
similar ice foes 1 have seen penguin
of the larger species find its mate on
foe after diving and swimming for a
full mile under water.-Leslie's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
Men and saIutes.

A recent writer says: THE China
man bends to the very ground when
he salutes; the Russian, farther west,
takes off his hat and scrapes with it
his very path; in Prussian konigsberg,
always farther west, the passersby sa-
Lutte each other by taking off their hats
or caps very low; in Berlin the head
covering is raised but little; in Paris
still less, in London not at all or with
a difference The American keeps his
hat on immovably and never bends,
but all civilized nations, of course, take
off their hats to the ladies'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
The Age of the water Clock.

AS far back as 1886 B. C. a China
man named Hwang I'll discovered the
principle of the water clock, or ''clep-
sydra."
1t was very crude instrument, chief
ly for astronomical purposes, and was
committed to the care of an officer
known as the "clepsydra adjuster." 1t
consisted of two copper vessels, one
above and one below, the former hav-
ing hole in the bottom, through
which the water percolated into the
latter, where there was a float, the
gradual rise of which indicated periods
of time. Portable contrivances of this
description We're sometimes carried on
horseback.
Instruments constructed on the same
principle were in use among the Chal-
deans and Egyptians at an early pc
Rod. The invention in western Asia
was independent of that in the east,
both being the result of similar wants.
Clepsydras We're subsequently formed
of a series of vessels communicating
by tubes passing through figures of
dragons and other images, the whole
being rendered yet more ornamental
by floats held between the hands of
genii.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
The Hendsman,s Perquisites.

Strange and unreasonable laws guar
anteed to the headsman his full share
of emoluments. He was well paid for
his work and never suffered from a
dull season. From the towns he re-
ceived poultry and fodder, from the
monasteries fish and game. The Abb
baye de Saint German gave him every
year pigs head; the Abbaye de Saint
Martin five loayes of bread and five bot
ties of wine. Cakes were baked for him
on the eve of Epiphany. For each leper
in the community he eXacted-heaven
knows why-a tax ut Christmas time.
Les files de joie were his vassals. 1t
was his privilege to seize in the market
place as much corn as he could carry
away in his hands, and the peasants
thus freely robbed submitted without a
murmur, crossing themselves with fer
vor as he passed. He had the power to
save from death any woman on her
way to the scaffold. provided he We're
able and willing to marry her. He was
the first official called to the body of a
suicide, and, standing on the dead
mans breast, he claimed as his own
everything he could touch with the
point of his long sword.-Agnes Rep
plier in Harper's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
The Woodcock.

The food of the woodcocll consists of
worms, leeches and grubs, which the
bird seeks by probing with its bill the
earth of such swamps as contain them.
There are miles and miles of wet
swamp lands among our hills where
the soil, composed of peat and de
cayed leaf mold, is too cold and sour
TO hold worms. Into such swamps the
woOdeock never goes. The best wood
cock ground is along the banks of
woodland brooks that wind in and out
through alder swamps. where the rich
black mold is soft and full of worms
and where the skunk cabbage and he'll
lebore grow thick and broad leafed.
Such places are the woodcock's dining
rooms, and in them he leaves his sign
manual, the oblong, almost triangular
holes which dot each and every square
foot of earth where a worm might pos
sibly lurk.-Outing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
HIsToRlc HITcHINe PosT.
One OF the Familiar Landmarks of
| the. National CapitaL.

One OF the Familiar Landmarks of
| the National Capital
One OF the oldest signs in Washing
man about three and a half feet in
height that stands in front of a livery
stable on Sixth street northwest be
tween Pennsylvania and Louisiana
avenues. 1t has been there since 1862
and is one of the familiar landmarks
of the city.
During the civil war Generals Grant,
Mcclellan, Hooker and others who
patronized this stable a great deal tied
their steeds to this hitching post, and
since then other distinguished person
ages have had occasion to use this post
during every presidential Inauguration
that has occurred since Lincolnis sec
ond term.
AS a matter of fact, this much of
Sixth street northwest, between Penn
sylvania and Louisiana avenues, is a
historic locality in more than one
sense. 1t was on the corner of this
street and Louisiana avenue that Gen
eral Robert E. Lee babe farewell to his
old commander, General Winfield
Scott, when the former withdrew from
the Union army to join that of the
Confederacy. During the first two
years of the war General Mcclellan
and others came here regularly to pur-
chase and inspect horses, it being at
that time q sort of horse marketable
timore American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
RHINocERos HUNTING.

The Killing of n Big Rhino on THE
Hanks OF the Nile.
Z was dashing along, confident that
the rhino must be far ahead, when 20
wanji whistled. 1 could see nothing till
he pointed out the brute lying quite
close to me. The sun beating on her
mud caked hide made it blend SO per-
fectly with the red earth and yellowish
grass that I should have walked right
up without seeing her. She sprang to
her feet. We both fired. She made a
short dash toward us, but thought bet
ter of it and rushed down small slope
on to fiat bed of short reeds. Here
she turned again and defed us. Again
the heavy guns roared. She spun round
and round several times, staggered, re-
covered and dashed off only to stop,
however. under the next tree. The -303s
cracked, and in a wild chorus of thank
full yells she toppled over, rose again,
spun round and finally subsidized into
the grass. We went up quite close TO
finish her. She fought hard to rise and
have last charge, but the little pencil
like bullet gain sped on its sad errand,
and the game old relic of prehistoric
times breathed her last. We were sad
men as we gazed upon her groteSque,
misshapen form. Somehow one feels
such blatant upstart in the presence
of the pachyderms when one thinks of
the unbroken line that dates back I'M
changed into the unthinkable ages of
the past.-Ewart Grogan in Outing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
All Sirloin.

Holman T. Days pine Tree Bal
lads tells in verse number of sto-
ries that actually happened down in
Maine" and are remembered there to-
day by old narrators. One relates TO
Barney McGauldrie, a landlord of that
state, at whose house famous men
liked to stay, that they might enjoy n
merry joke.
Barney was always loyal to his
friends. At one time a new meat
dealer came to town and tried to Sc
cure the landlords trade.
81 have always bought meat of Jed
Haskell" said Barney, land 1 guess
won't change"
But" said the other. "old Haskell
doesn't know his business. He doesn't
even know how to cut meat"
"Well," drawled Barney. "I've al
ways found that he knows enough
about it to cut sirloin steak clear to the
horn, and that's good enough for me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
The bucket Shop.

The name bucket shop is said 10
have originated in Chicago when legit-
innate brokers would not handle an or
der for less than 5000 bushels, and Il
lot of places sprang up where men of
small means could speculate on tri-
fling capital, as small as a dollar, and
these spectators We're spoken of con-
temptuously as buying and selling
wheat by the bucket full. The term
was eventually applied to all broker
age in stocks and grain when the
amounts dealt in were smaller than
legitimate dealers or brokers would
handle and more particularly to places
where there were really no legitimate
transactions, but where the proprietor
and customer simply bet on the mar
ket, the proprietor allowing the Gus
toner to take either end of the bet in
consideration of commission, which
in reality is his percentage in the game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
Avn InfaIIibIe Resn1t.

Briggs-My wife has had wonder
full cure. She has recovered her voice
after being unable to utter a word for
nearly six months.
Griggs-You don't mean it, How did
1t come about?
Briggs-In the most unexpected way.
We happened to call at neighbors
where they were playing cards We
thought we might as well take hand.
What was the result? In less than five
minutes my wife was asking in
strong, clear voice. whats trumps?"
Boston Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
Do Not sleep ON Your Left side.

Do Not Sleep on Your Left Side.
When patient complains of bad
taste in his mouth every morning on
waking up says physician, the first
question L ask him is as TO the position
he assumes when going to sleep. An
immense number of people sleep on
the left side, and this is the most COM
mon cause of the unpleasant taste
which is generally attributed to dys-
pepsia. If meal has been taken with
in two or three hours of going to bed,
to sleep on the left side is to give the
stomach a task which it is difficult in
the extreme to perform. The student
of anatomy knows that all food enters
and leaves the stomach on the right
side, and hence sleeping on the left
side soon after eating involves Il sort
of pumping operation which is any
thing but conducive to sound repose.
The action of the heart is also inter
fered with considerably, and the lungs
are unduly compressed. 1t is probable
that lying on the back is the most nat
ural position, but few men can rest
easily so, and hence it is best to Guilt
vate the habit of sleeping on the right
side. 1t is very largely matter of
habit, and the sooner it is acquired the
better for the sleeper and the worse
for the physician.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
The baggage smnsher's wisdom.

The other day an express wagon
filed with trunks ratified up Broad
way, and just opposite the postoffice
big Saratoga slid off and came
crashing down on the car tracks. Sew
eral people ran out from the sidewalk
to rescue it, but the trunk proved to
be empty, and there was little dam
age done Now, if that had been
full" said one old gentleman to the ex-
pressman, you'd have had fine old
time with it, Huh" replied the bag
gage charioteer scornfully, full trunks
don't fall off by themselves. You got
to fling them offr'-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
A Henthen,s Idea.

A Chinaman who acted as secretary
to former Chinese minister to Eng
land has published book in which he
says:
''There is nothing which an Ameri-
can won't say. there is nothing which
an Englishman won't eat, there is
nothing an Italian won't sing, there is
no measure to which a Frenchman
won't dance, and there is nothing Rus
Sims won't coyet''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
From a Cynic's Dictionary.

Crank-A person whose views are
the opposite of our own.
Egotist "A person who thinks as
much of himself as other people do OF
themselves.
Honor-That which people talk about
when they want to get out of doing
something they don't want to do.
Society-That which we lay the blame
on when anything goes wrong.-John
Eliot in Lippineott's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
Eternity.

An unconventional preacher under
took to give his hearers a vivid con-
ception Of eternity. This is the way
he did it: IF a little sparrow were to
dip it's bill in the Atlantic ocean and
take one drop of water and then take
one hop day across the country and
put that drop in the Pacific ocean and
then hop back to the Atlantic, one hop
a day, until the Atlantic was dry as a
bone. it wouldn't be sun-up in hades."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
wouIdn't Lose THAT pleasure.

$50 you never talk about people be-
hind their backsT'
NO" answered the woman. with
grim expression. IF know anything
which would annoy a friend, l always
tell it in her presence. wouldn't miss
seeing her embarrassment for any
thing."-Washingto Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
Pure FLOODED.

Mrs. neutrality-suspicious., what do
you think is the matter with me?
Doctor-I am inclined to think that
your blood is not pure. III have to
give you something to purify your
blood.
Mrs. Bondclipper (haughtily)-You
are probably not aware that belong
to good old Norman family.-London
Tit-Bits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
An Exception.

links Most things that are bought
so to the buyer
jerks Yes, all except coal; that goes
to the ceIIar.-Kansas City Independ-
emit ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

A tiny little city boy on visit to
his grandmother in the country saw
her plucking hen. He looked into her
face and said, do you take of their
clothes every night. grandma 2"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

Russians who are religious do not eat
pigeons because of the sanctity con-
ferred on the dove in the Scriptures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
a synonym.

what is synonym" asked
teacher.
please. SIR" said a lad, ''it's a word
you can use in place of another If you
don't know how to- spell the other
one"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
Didn,t blame his wife.

Wife-You don't seem to enjoy the
dinner, dear. What's the matter?
Husband was wondering if there
weren't some typographical errors in
that cookbook of yours. = Chicago
News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
an Adeauate snppIy.

'Henpeck has given up smoking, ehi
That takes a good deal of win power"
"Yes. His wife has it."-Puck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
bad Beginning Makes Quick Ending

$50 the engagements ofi"
Eyes; she advised him to practice
economy, and he started in by getting
her an imitation diamond. "-Detroit
Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
1t was HIS ..HeIIo. >,

"You can't marry my daughter,
young man; she is already spoken
for"
That's all right; I'm the fellow who
telephoned you."-New York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

Cab is nine points in an argument
Portland Oregonian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

health again by taking Wine of Cardui.
As regulator of the menstrual periods
Wine of Cardui has never been known
to fail. 1t has seldom failed to restore
perfect health, even in the most persis-
tent and aggravated case of weakness.
Miss Ida NJ. Snyder, of No. 535 Ber-
gen Street, Brooklyn, n. Y, has used
Wine of Cardui and she says it helped
her into new life. Health to Miss
Snyder is worth great deal. She is
an attractive young woman with intel
lectual attainments and she occupies
the position of Treasurer of the Brook
lyn East End Art Club. This position
marks her as person of intellect, Gull
ture and refinement and it speaks highly
of the respect and trust her fellow
women have in her. She writes:
"If women would pay more attention
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

to their health we would
have more happy wives,
mothers and daughters, and
if they would Use more intel
igence IN the matter of medi-
cines, Observing results, they
would find that the doctors
prescriptions do not perform
the many cures they are given
credit for.
"In consulting with my
druggist he advised McE1ree's
Wine of Cardtti and Thed-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04
Harper House Pharmacy.
II. o. ROLLS, PROP, ROCK ISLAM
MISS IDA M. SNYDER.
Treasurer of the Brooklyn East End Art Club.

RMlENSTRUAL irregu-
I'VE larities are .gener-
III ally the beginning
0A of a woman's trou-
bles. With the vitality at a
low ebb, the blood weak
ened, the digestion disor-
dered, she goes about pale
faced, hoIlow-eyed and bag
gard, a piteous contrast to
the bloomin g health of
her former self. But over
1000. 900 women have found
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

ford's Black-Draught, and so l took It
and have every reason to thank him for
new life opened up to me with restored
health, and it only took three months to
cure me-"
You may secure the same relief as
Miss Snyder. if you take Wine of Cardui
as she took it. Thedford's Black
Draught is the companion medicine of
Wine of Cardui and it is a liver and
bowel regulator which assists greatly
in effecting cure. IL you take these
medicines according to directions, the
relief and cure is simple. Some cases
are cured quickly and others take longer
because the disease has run longer.
Remember how Miss Snyder took Wine
of Cardui- and has health. The same
medicines are offered you to-day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-10-04

We OF a
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from to m.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-07-24

Mrs. 7. Wees left Tuesday on a
visit to Chatham, Ontario.
Mary Frank arrived home from
Minneapolis last Saturday.
VIM. c. Miller, OF McCrea, ar
rived last Thursday from visit in
Iowa.
-Bandmaster Geo. G.. johnson
left Saturday for Red Wing, to visit
his old home.
DR.. G. S. Wattam and his three
boys returned Saturday from their
outing at Cass Lake.
Mrs. liver Skiellsta and son,
Joseph, returned Tuesday from a
visit at Thief Riqer Falls.
Gust Swanson, brother Of Fred
Swanson, the harnessmaker, re-
turned to Warren last Friday.
Mrs. W. H. Dixon arrived home
from a visit in North Dakota on Sat-
urday last, but Mr.. Dixon remains.
p. A. Dalquist, UucIe Sans rail
way mail clerk, arrived Friday to
spend a couple days at his old home.
Rev. A. Mattson is attending dis
trict mission meetings at Grand
Forks and other points in the valley
this week.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-07-24
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours by t'NEw
South AMERICAN CURE It is a great
surprise on account of it's exceeding
promptness in relieving pain in blad-
der, kidneys and back, in male or fe-
male. Relieves retention of water
almost Immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is the rem
edy. Sold by E. F. Whitney, drug
gist, Warren, MINI.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-07-24

Maple Lake yesterday
ALBERT Dalquist and O. W. John
son returned from Maple Lake Tues
day.
H. L. Wood left Tuesday for
southern Minnesota and Iowa
points.
The county fathers are in session
this week as county board Of
equalization.
August Bystrom, OF Vega, has
accepted q position with the Vega
Land Company.
ID. R. Whitaker, the land man,
returned to the city Monday from
visit at Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Nick Schantzen's Siberian wolf
hound, Stub, was killed in a fight to
a finish with a badger last week.
Victor Peterson, a compositor in
the SHEAF office, went to Hallock on
Monday to spend short vacation
with friends.
Licenses to wed have been issued
to Carl Danielson and Karen Olson,
Peter 0. Kvickstad and Emma M,
Windedahl
Postmaster Ingalls,, of Ingalls,
P. o., made a business trip to Hal
lock on Monday, returning to War
rem the same day.
Mrs. Carrie Halyerson and child
rem left Saturday for Portland, Ore
gon, where they intend to make
their future home.
John P. Dalquist, formerly Of
Warrenton, was married to an esti-
mable lady, Anna Christine Sneve, at
Duluth, on June -.
Charley Wood lost a valuable
mare last Monday evening, at Argyle,
being on his way home from Grafton,
where he had been visiting.
Mrs. DR.. W. 81. Winchester and
her two little girls, OF New York city,
arrived Saturday for visit at the
home of Mr.. G. C. Winchester.
Mrs. L. s. Olson and children
returned to their home at Moorhead
on Monday. She will visit a mar
ried sister at Crookston on the way.
Rev. c. jacobson will preach in.
the Swedish Mission church at Vik-
ing next Sunday forenoon at 1920
a. m. and at Warren il the evening.
DIR. and Mrs. Aug. Gronerud and
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Johnson, OF Ken
needy, were visitors at the home
OF L. V. Wolfe, of Boxville, on Sun
day.
The members Of the Norwegian
Lutheran congregation spent
pleasant Sunday afternoon as the
guests OF their pastor, Rev. N. F.
Kile, at the parsonage.
- Mr.. and Mrs. Gustaf johnson
who have been visiting the families
Carl Eklund and Carl Lind, returned
to their home at Minneapolis on
Monday.
Mrs P. O. Dahlgren, wife of form
err county treasurer OF Marshall coun-
ty, arrived Tuesday morning to
visit her son Frank and numerous
friends in the county.
LOST: Friday afternoon, July
IS, on the road going north from
Warren to the Porteous school
house, a ladies cape. Finder please
return to SHEAF Office.
MIR. and Mrs. Aug. Lundgren and
Mrs. Rev. Mattson drove over to
Grand Forks on Tuesday to be pres
ent at the dedication of the Swedish
Lutheran church in that city.
Among those who left last night
to take in the Winnipeg excursion
we're: Mrs. T. Morck, Mrs. T. Thore-
son, Ira and George Bradley, Ed
Hinchman, E. A. Barger and Ed
Franson.
Mrs. John E. Ostrom, and sons
Ralph and Clarence, left last Satur-
day for Seattle, Wash, where they
will visit relatives and friends. Mr..
Ostrom took them by team to Grand
Forks, where they boarded the train.
AT the school election last Satur-
day, K. J. Taralseth and W. F.
Powell were chosen to succeed them
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