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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
A PerpIexinE Game.

Before beginning the game of neigh
bors ii is necessary to inquire who
knows it. for it cannot be played unless
there is at least one person to whom it
is new. When that person has been
discovered-and in this there is need for
diplomacy, lest he suspect trick-he is
sent out of the room, but before going
he is told that the party will arrange
to think of some object, and that on his
return he will have to find out what it
is by questioning each person in turn,
but framing his questions so that the
answers may be yes" no" or Il
don't know
After he has retired it must be ex-
planned to the players, who are seated
in a circle, that each is to fix on his or
her left hand neighbor as the object to
be guessed. that all questions must be
answered truthfully, having regard to
that person. The result will be most
bewildering, for. as will be readily I'M
derstood. the queries will lead to an
swers which will make TT appear TO
both dark and fair, man and woman,
tall and short and a variety of other
absurdities and contradictions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
THE EVIDENCE OF AN EXPERT
BY HOWARD FIELDING.
coPYRIeHT, 1eo1, eY CHARLES W. HOOK.

of resentment. 1t was sharp, eager and
searching, but without hostility.
Following my glance, my friend Dem
ming said to me:
Morton was on the stand yesterday.
District Attorney Barlow tried to make
him swear that he had seen Moore in
Sudbury on the afternoon when the
poison was sent. You see, the defense
is an alibi. Moore says he was in Dur
ham, and ne brings several reputable
witnesses who will testify that they
saw him there. Among them is Dea-
con Lewis, the old gentleman wiping
his spectacles over there in the corner.
See him? Well, his word is worth as
much as that of any other man in this
community. He and the other alibi wit
nesses were standing in a group on a
street corner in Durham in the edge of
the evening. and Deacon Lewis said.
There goes Loren Moore of Sudbury
and the others looked and saw-some-
body. Was it Loren Moore? They say
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
WOULD FLY DOWN FOR THEIR
SHARE

about It. My ancestors were not born
IN a barnyard. as yours were"
"Cock-a-doodIe-do Indeed" val
iantIy challenged the barnyard fowl.
Come down. and Wen fight it outi''
But the Gray Pigeon would not come
down He knew better. He had seen
exhibitions of the bantam's prowess.
Master Gray Pigeon lived in a barn
yard cot. q handsome apartment house
with gable roof and dormer windows
and separate entrances for each of the
tenants.
The inhabitants Of the cot were
cared for by the little boy who lived in
the house to which the barn and barn
yard belonged. The boy had taught
them to come at his call, perch upon
his shoulder and even take food from
his hand.
Whenever the fowls were fed the pi-
geons would fly down for their share.
and so poultry and pigeons had become
pretty well acquainted Gossip was
exchanged at their meetings in truly
neighborIy fashion
When Mr.. and Mrs. Fantail, the aris-
tocrats of the cot, became the proud
parents of two tiny naked pigeons,
Matched from two dainty white eggs.
all the hens and matronly ducks, geese
and turkeys sent fluctuations to Mrs.
Fantan and marveled greatly when
they heard that the mother and father
fed the babies with a soft, milky sub
stance which they prepared in their
crops and then elected into the mouths
of the young ones. The squads, as the
Juvenile pigeons were called, were thus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
THE BASKET LID WAS OPENED.

THE BASKET LID WAS OPENED.
where he had been kept warm and dry
in a scrupulously clean cot washed out
once a week by the little boy who
owned it and knew that birds do not
like to live in dirty rooms any better
than respectable human beings do.
In the morning when he awoke he
heard a fierce shrek overhead and had
just time to dart away and escape the
clutches of a big hawk. a fierce bird so
impudent as sometimes to attack Gagged
birds on verandas. Gray Pigeon dared
not light until he had put several miles
between himself and his fierce pursuer.
Just a quarter of a mile away he no
ticed pigeons dying in and out of
small building. They were not hardy
rock dwelling pigeons, but domestic
ones. but Gray Pigeon was glad to join
them in order to get a meal. After he
had satisfied his hunger he crept into
one of the pigeon houses. quite large
building lined with boxes and perches.
He was in his first nap when several
men came in with hampers. He was
packed into one of the hampers with
others. For several hours they jolted
anu NLtn 1T lAc DdShCl was
allowed to rest Gray Pigeon could hear
a crowd of people talking outside.
Finally the basket lid was opened.
and the birds rose into the air. A dozen
shots rang out, and a number of Gray
Pigeons companions, with cries of ag-
ony. sank. dying, to the ground. The
birds had been released at a pigeon
shooting match to crafty SO called
sportsmen. Several of the pigeons. al
though wounded and bleeding, escaped
to the woods. where they persisted of
wounds and torturing thirst and hum
ger.
Gray Pigeon, unframed. tore through
the air. His terror was great. The
hawk he had feared. but he felt that
with wit and swiftness he had a chance
for his life. The men. with their SUI
perior intelligence and mysterious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
RlNal Camps.

The game of rival camp is a va
riety of the one called mineral. ami
NAL or vegetable" The players divide
themselves into equal numbers and
form two circles or camps at different
ends of the room. These we will call
the right and the left camp. One per-
son from each camp goes out of the
room. and the two arrange each to
think OF some particular object. Then
they return to the room. and each takes
up his stand in the center of the others
camp, where the players question him
as to the object of his thoughts.
The first question asked must be, us
It animal, vegetable or mineral?" That
being told. the answers must be Yes
or No" only. Each camp tries to
guess before its rival. for the one which
guesses rightly first gains a man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

to the south, there to remain until
warm weather would make the woods
again habitable. - .
This is extremely odd" the Gray Pr
geon exclaimed. II expected to find
the woods full of my wild cousins"
He walked about over the ground
looking for something to eat, but could
find nothing. Hungry and thirsty. he
perched on the limb of a bare tree and
for the first time in his young life went
to sleep supperless.
Liberty isn't what it is cracked up
to be-" the pigeon sighed as he dozed
off to dream of the despised home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

The Discontinued Cats Lesson.
Concealed in this fable are six words. which.
when properly arranged, constitute well known
proverb. Try TO ind them.l
~ nee there was a proud and lux
urious cat who, although he re-
ceived nothing but tidbits OF
chicken and dainty pieces of
fish, was so fastidious that he often
scorned all these good things.
A change in fortune made his master
so poor that he could not afford a loaf
of bread for his children. and so puss
had to skirmish for living. This is
hard luck" said pussy.
At first he Jared far from we'll, but
he soon recovered from that early fas-
tidiousness. Often the cat could scarce
ly make both ends meet, and a scrap
from a garbage heap tasted better than
delicacies in the old days. He became
so humble that he thought himself we'll
off when he could pick over the bone
left by an ash barrel cat. Fortunately
a portion of his masters fortune re-
turned to him, and puss spent the rest
of his days in comparative comfort, a
better and wiser cat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

from the other. Supposing the right
camp first guesses rightly, it recalls its
own emissary from the left camp and
also retains the man sent to it. Each
camp now chooses another man" to go
out of the room, and the game contin-
ues as before. it being eventually won
by the camp which succeeds by rapid
guessing in drawing most men" from
the other
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
Mathematics.

MA AA@A GASS
eff there were
100 chickens in
q COOP" said
the teacher,
endeavOring to
fasten the at
tention of her
class of colored
children, "and
two were miss
ing one morn
ing, how many
would you still
have?"
" Well" an
swered Picka-
hinny Jim, "if
de chickens was
mine in de fus'
place I'd have
eighteen, an, if
dey wasn't, L
reckon I'd have
two."-W a h.
ington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

IS !. !: !" !: !. ].
k2ZNe4SZXFGS we entered the old
EE% Mi courtroom of Sudbury
NV ~ FNSt the prisoner was be-
EN AAVSN ing led in by a door
~ AMA SfI upon the other side.
~ ~ N We were upon the
>N east side. he upon the
west, and the light of
SZS3AAA- the forenoon struck
full upon him. He
was a lean and grizzled man with a
deeply wrinkIed forehead and thick eye
brows. beneath which were extremely
unpleasant eyes of distinct yellowish
hue. These eyes blinked in the light
like a cats, and their appearance in
creased the effect of terror in his whole
bearing
The room was very still even in this
moment of excitement. 1t filled wing
of the building and had an arched roof,
giving II the look of a chapel, in which
the high bench Of the judge might well
have seemed a pulpit Perhaps the as
pect of the place had its weight with
the country folk who crowded IL that
morning; perhaps. indeed, they were
more impressed with the majesty of hu-
man law than urban people are. At
any rate their demeanor gave dignity
TO a scene which is too often grotesque
and coarse when set within the bounds
of the great cities.
Loren Moore was accused of sending
deadly poison in a package OF coffee to
the house of his cousin, Mrs. Alice Hol-
burn, with the purpose of revenging
himself upon her for defeating him in a
lawsuit about property of no great val
ue. but long a subject of litigation. As
so often happens in such cases. the vic
tim Of the poison was not the person
who seemed to be intended Moore
stood before the bar to answer for the
death of a servant of Mrs Holburn's
named Mary bennett, a pretty girl
highly esteemed in this community
where character is more than caste.
Miss bennett had been engaged to
marry a young man who lived in the
neighbOring town OF Durham He was
pointed out to me Immediately by my
companion, and looked upon him with
great curiosity. for there was a whis-
per that Moore's probable acquittal
would place this youth in the prisoners
dock John Norton. the individual in
question. was tall and sturdy. with red
dish brown hair and a fresh. rudy
skin. / saw him stare hard at Moore
as the latter crossed the room between
the two somber guards. gray bearded
and dignified. 1t seemed TO me that
Norton's look was singularly destitute
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
6sRubDery

Dumleigh-
Miss Styles is
a funny girl.
I don't know
what to make
of her.
G. = q V e S -
What has she
b e e II d OF n 6
now?
Dumlei gh-
AS L went by
her house last
evening L nat
urally cast my
eyes her way.
g + q V e S
YeS2
Dumleig h-
She pointed at
n rubber plant
on the piazza
and sort Of
smiled. Bos-
ton Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
Anything to oBIige.

Manager-You won't
do. 1 want an I'M
married woman for
this part.
Actres s-Oh, that
will be all right. I'll
get q divorce. - New
York Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
In Trouble.

Willie Bookworm-
Ma, 1 feel so queer!
hIother-You'veb been
eating some of these
rich, indigestible rec
ipes in the cookbook
again, you naughty
boy,-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
STORY OF A MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE

all the district attorneys arts to say
positively, "The man was Moore"
II may be mistaken" he had said, ac-
cording to my friends report. II won't
say ii was him when / amt sure"
But upon the question whether he
had really loved Mary bennett or, be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

A very heavy child is not necessarily
healthy, but If baby is in perfect health
it's flesh should be firm and it's little
limbs well padded with fat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

For the evening meal of a two-year-
old child bread and milk or rusk and
milk is the wisest fare.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
WOmanlike.

wOmanlike.
He-I think 4
woman's club,
to be success
full, should aim
at something
far remove ed
from female
suffrage"
She I can't
dSISG w III NOu.
1 believe that
should be its
sole object.
He-Exactly.
But if it aims
at something
else it is more
likely to hit
that. Phila-
delphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
Advancing Years.

Old Condemnation old are you, lit
tie man?
Newsboy-Nearly Z. sir.
Old Gentleman-And how long have
you been in the newspaper business?
Newsboy-Oh, ever since was kid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

When Master Bob went out to skate,
His mother sale: you'd better wait.
! fear the ice T. rather thin"
Bob disobeyed and tumbled in.
The youngsteT gave fearful shout.
Pray, where's the man to fish Bob out2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

it was: but. between you and me. they
don't seem very sure of it except the
deacon. The others. in my opinion, say
so because he does"
This will acquit him." said I. And
my friend replied:
1t would EXCEPT for one thing per-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
No Facilities.

"Why don't you go
home and get warm,
little boy:"
"'CauSe we live in
er steam heated fat,
lady" New York
Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

Solution of ''The Good Natured Pug"
"One good turn deserves another
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04

nv NJ tired of this dull Iife!" cried
% the Gray Pigeon. 81 think I
will get out of this poky hole.
Do" sarcastically crowed
the Rooster. "Cock-a-doodle-
doc, You'll be glad enough to
chase back again.
"Coo-goo-oo-oo!" contemptuously con-
tinued the Pigeon. Much you know
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-04
HIDDEN PROVERB FABLE.

Solution wilhemina of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-02
COMMITTEE ON STREETS

The Committee on Streets will meet in Rooms 10 and Il, City Hall, Friday, Octo- Der 3, 1902, at 8 p. m., when the following matters will be considered:
 Petition of E. M. Tillinghast, S. A. York, Grace W. Davies, ct al., for extension of Starr Street, from Winchester Avenue to Prospect Street, and for modification of order already passed for extension of Mans field Street, from Division Street to High land Street.
 Petition of William Stokes. ct al. for curb and grade on north side of Bassett Street, between Newhall Street and Win chester Avenue.
 Petition of Robert Hunter ct al.. for crushed stone pavement On Bishop Street. between State Street and Whitney Avenue, Petition of Patrick Miskell, tt al., for a grade, curb and walk on Anderson Street, between Gamer and Cold Spring Streets.
 Petition of Catharine F. Donnelly, ct al,, for concrete walk on south side of Middle town Avenue, between Clinton Avenue and Quinniniac River.
 Petition of Ike Jacobowsh for permission to erect post and sign in front of No 176 Temple Street.
 All persons interested, in the foregoing are notified to attend and be heard thereon without further notice.
 Per order.
 WILLIAM TRUEMAN, Chairman, Attest: JAMES B. MARTIN,
 01 St Asst City Clerk.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-02
EVERGREEN CEMETERY AssoCIA-
 TJ0N

A special meeting of the Evergreen Gene tery Association of New Haven will be held at the office of its Secretary. No. 132 Orange Street, New Haven, Connecticut, on the 3d day of October. 1902, at o'clock p. n., to consider and act upon the follow ing questions, namely: .
 The issuing of new notes, bonds or certi- ficates of debt. to an amount not exceed ing the sum of fifty thousand Cs50,0O0) dol lars, at rate of interest not exceeding five per cent. per annum; the principal of which shall be payable at some fixed time or times not exceeding thirty years from May IS. 1897; said notes, bonds or certi- ficates of debt to be used for the following purposes, namely:
 1. To take up or retire the notes, bonds or certificates of debts or other obligations of said Association now outstanding.
 2, For the building of new chapel for the uses and purposes of said Association.
 Said notes, bonds or certificates of debt to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of Con necticut authorizing the Evergreen Gene tery Association of New Haven to issue the same. passed May IS, 1897.
 g.. To fix upon the form and amount of each of said notes, bonds or certificates of debt and to fix upon the time or times for the payment of the principal and interest thereof and the rate of interest thereon.
 m BENJ. R. ENGLISH. secy.
 Sept. 30, 1902. $50 At
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-02
NOT YFRP PROFITABEF.

It has been known for some time that the Germans were not doing a very
 profitable business in Africa. The re-
 port of the German East African Com pany has just been published, and it is
 not very encouraging to those ffnan- cially interested in 1t. The company owns three plantations, and in no case
 has a profit resulted from the opera tions of the year, and only in two cases are the amounts derived from sales of products of the plantations mentioned.
 The company's method of bookkeeping l is to enter all the working expenses. less the returns, as an increase in the value of the assets, which are thus rep resented as having increased from 3,021, ,4S5 marks in 1900 to 3,3S1,S marks in 1901. Actually, the difference is said to represent a loss of 360,352 marks. But by this system of keeping accounts the value of the property, which in 1895 was 1,36S, 1905 marks, is made out to have reached 3,021,4S marks in 1901.
 The central administration of the com-
 pany in Berlin manages to declare a profit of 214,1S4 marks. Of this sum,
 191, ,514 marks are derived mainly from
 the monopoly of the coinage for Ger
 man East Africa which the company enjoys. During last year the company
 coined 215,O00 half-rupee and 350,OOO quarter-rupee pieces, and made it's pro-
 fit out of the silver coins and the nomi- nal value of the rupee. Of this profit,
 105,000 marks are distributed to the
 holders of preference shares as a divi-
 dend of per cent. The ordinary
 shareholders, who hold 4,12S,90O marks
 worth of stock, get nothing. and, in-
 deed, never have got anything, except on one occasion in 1900, when they re- ceived dividend of per cent.
 The Germans don't seem to be as suc- cessful in Africa as they are in some other places, but perhaps they will
 ''get there" in time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-02
THE TALK IN WASHINGTON,

The coal strike may not be settled to- day or tomorrow, but tomorrow there will be an interesting meeting in Wash ington, when the President of the Unit ed States, some of the men who are divinely commissioned to do business in coal, and MT. Mitchell, the labof leader. will have talk. The hope is that the operators and MT. Mitchell wont be proud, and that they will be willing to love the people enough to save them from suffering much more. On the sur face this doesn't seem very promising, as it is admitted that the President of the United States can't do anything but humbly ask the barons and the leader of the serfs to let up on the people, who do not seem to have helper. But there is hope that the conference will at least be an entering wedge toward breaking the deadlock. Possibly it will, and possibly if it isn't there will be some other way out found soon There is no doubt that the people are hot, even if they haven't coal, and they earnestly want something done.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-02
HIS FIFTH NomrNArror.

Judge Livingston ". Cleaveland yes terday received his fifth nomination for Judge of Probate. and it was unani- nous and hearty. there being no con- testant and no critic in the convention. Judge Cleaveland has been successful and approved in bis office, and he has had loyal and unwavering support from the voters of the district. He modestly asks for a continuation of that support, and his record is the best justification of such continuation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-02
JAPANESE SYMBOLISM.

Elaborate System Which They Have
 Perfected to Convey Special Mean
 ings.
 The Anglo Saxon, in his self-assur- ance, thinks that his pictorial symbol ism, which he has borrowed chiefly from the Greek and Hebrew is the only one contained in decorative art. The anchor as representing hope, the wings for aspiration, the crown for power, the sceptre for authority, the scroll or open volume for wisdom are the main feat ures in his little system. He seldom realizes that the Japanese have devel- ed symbolism into a system so exten- sive as to make that of his own art world clumsy and ridiculous in com parison. To the brown men of Dai Nippon, Western symbolism is puerile and ridiculous. Theirs represents the united labor of the poet, painter, sculp- tor, and embroidered. A thousand ob- jects, all attractive and. a majority beautiful per SC, represent spiritual counterparts. The system is applied to kakamonas or wall banners, fans, gar ments, and screens. If you wish to con- vey to friend the sentiment of good luck, you send him as creen on which are painted or embroidered storks fly ing towards the sun. If the friend be aged, the storks should be flying to- wards the nest, and if very aged, the storks should be alighting. Where, on the other hand, death has occurred in some family to which you are attached, the symbol which expresses the fact is the cobweb with or without the spider. Here the Japanese artists are divided. The realistic school introduces the spid- CT, to suggest the voracity and destruc- tiveness of AzraeI; the ideallstic school omits the spider, and uses the web to express the thought that where the web is there is no longer any human &C., tivity, and that even the spider which made the web has shared similar fate. Where. for example, house is in mourning, the inmates should be shell tered with screens on which appear the graceful but sombre lines of the cob web. At least twenty birds are used to represent the different emotions. and three-score of leaves, flowers, and trees have these secondary meanings.
 Not alone does each leaf have a meaning per se but this is varied again by juxtaposition with one or two other leaves. The combining or grouping is a positive science in itself. Most promin- ent of all the symbols is the sacred mountain Fujiyama. Doubtless the majestic beauty and extraordinary iso- lation of that world-famous peak im- pressed the people of the islands from the very first. By degrees it became a symbol of their own country and of that higher country to which all souls yearn. It was mountain and also door into heaven. As symbol it ex- presses patriotism, the hearth spiritual, and aspiration. When, therefore, you desire to present screen to a friend let it contain storks, swallows and sparrows, bamboos, oak-leaves, fishes, the Temple of Nikko, and Fujiyama, but do not send one with cobweb un- less there be death in the family or one with the dragon of rapacity unless you desire to insult him.-New York Even ing Post.