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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-06

earthly possessions in a bundle under
his arm and with 81 cents ip his poelS-
ct, but with the resolution of heroisfir
in his soul and walked a stranger in
strange land into the little town of
Winchester. in Scott county. He
taught school. studied law. was adj
mitted to the bar at p and at rs had
served as states attorney, been TO the
legislature. had been a circuit Judge
and was then upon the bench of the
circuit court of the state of Illinois,
serving with exalted distinction and
honor in all these positions. lie re-
signed his high Office, where his fame
was assured. became member Of
congress IN the year 1913, where he
served four wears and at the age of 35
was 3 United States senator, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-06

some instances, his general DISPOSE
ton was kind Mr.. jackson, in con
clusion, said that, TO be II good law
Yer, one must be interested, must put
his whole soul and energies into the
matter in hand. There was no other
class o. men who competed as law
yers did, with their ambition fired and
the interests of themselves and their
clients at stake. who could, when the
trial was ended, so graciously lay
aside their weapons, shake hands and
be friends. Mr.. jackson said some of
his dearest acquaintance are those
of the legal profession against whom
he has fought the fiercest before the
courts.
The Bar In the EARLY Day.
+. ID. Sweeney, of this city, told of
The Bar in the Early Days" After
referring to the famous barristers of
other countries and other states he
said:
In this great hall of legal fame
Illinois hclds prominence in the first
rank. She had for her first territorf-
al governor. that peerless lawyer,
Patrick Henry. 1t was his fiery words
n the house of the burgc1ses in the
he state of Virginia. that furnished
the keynote for the tongues Of the or
ators who sounded the alarm against
British tyranny and k;ngly oppression
in America, and put in motion the
molding force that in less than eight
years struggle made the Is colonies
land Of the free and the nome of the
II. 4. 4
that burned and glowed in the hearts
eff our colonial fathers. Inspired
with this glow the early pioneers took
up the march Of empire westward.
scaled the Blue Ridge and the heights
of the Alleghen;es. crossed the Ohio
with rifle in hand and Tie powder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-06
THE LAWYER IN WAR.
Maj. Connolly Tells of Part Played by III.
noIs IsarrIsters In Rebellion.

nois BarrIsters In Rebellion.
Maj II. c. Connolly. Of this city. was
assigned the toast, "The LAWYER in
War Time" but owing To an indispo
sition he was prevented from attend
'ng the banquet, and the address was
read by his son, b. ID. Connolly. II
was as follows:
No men in the republic have done
more to shape its destines than the
lawyers. In counsel in the halls of leg
lslation and in war, they have always
been foremost.
The thunderbolts of oratory hurled by
the dramatic lawyer Patrick Henry at
George III and his government, lighted
the fuse that fired the Revolution He
was captain and organized the first mi
litary company in Virginia, was colonel
of the first regiment and was the first
commander chief of all the Virginia
forces. He was the first governor of
Virginia He was elected six times
President Washington offered to make
him secretary of state and rendered him
the position of chief Justice. He de-
clined. He said he preferred to remain
on his farm and play the violin, with
clinging around his back.
Hamilton, Madison, jefferson and
their lawyer colleagues organized the
young republic and kept the ship of
state under sail. After leaving the ar
my Hamilton prepared for admission to
the bar in four months. Burr was re-
quired to read two years. Burr was
jealous of Hamilton. This jealousy re-
suited in hatred and eliminated in the
fatal duel. Hamilton was fierce in bat
tie. Gen. Washington called him the ''lit
tie lion. He was a great favorite with
Mrs. Washington. The tory press spoke
of him as Mrs. Washington's "tom-cat".
Many who served in the army became
prominent as lawyers and statesmen al
ter the Revolution
The lawyer president Andrew Jack
son was the conspicuous hero of the war
of 1912.
The lawyer president Franklin Pierce
made a bright military record in the
Mexican War Many lawyers became
prominent in civil life who had served
in this war.
Lincoln Towers Above An.
In the war of the Rebellion lawyer
president Abraham Lincoln lowered
above everyone. Edward NJ. Stanton
was given official place in the attorney
Office by Judge Jerry S. Black
during the administration of President
Buchananan. Before the war he was at
the head of the Pittsburg bar. No ma
tion ever had more talented secretary
of war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-06

horn across the shoulder and came to
the land of the Illinois. with purpose
as high and as holy as the man who
stood in the face of the adherents of
kings and commanded the attention
of the king of England TO the example
of the dead tyrants of history. in the
immortal sentence: Caesar had hi.
Brutus. Charles |. his Cromwell anC
George III. may profit by their exam
Pile In those wonderful words, the
spirit and courage of the Anglo-SaXor
race burned in white heat. in which
it has been gathering strength and
force from the days of Alfred the
Great and has spoken in thunder
tones at Runnymead and in the clash
of arms at Agincourt and on the
bloody decks of Drake, Forbisher and
Howard with shout Of victory that
went ringing around the world.
I'm his early twenties thare came
lad from the Green mountains of the
state of Vermont, carrying all of his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-06
HON. E. w. HURST, Toastmaster.

HON. L. w. HURST, POSTMASTER.
of-each plate there was buttoniere.
The menu was as follows:
Blue Points.
Potage, Financiere.
Celery. Sailed Almonds Olives.
Outlets of Pickerel, Piquant Sauce.
Julienne Potatoes.
Mallard Duck. Game Sauce.
Fried Sweet Potatoes.
Asparagus HOllandaise.
Punch. au kirSh.
Neapolitan Ice Cream.
Assorted Cake.
Waukesha Cheese. Crackers.
Coffee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-06

There is no cough medicine so pop
ular as Foley's Honey and Tar. It
contains no opiates or poisons and
never fails to cure. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-06
Introduction by President.

Hon. +. w Hurst, president of the
bar association, ofiiciated as toast
master. and preceded the introduction
of the first speaker with a brief adj
dress, in which he felicitated the bar
risters on their recognition of the
social side of life. the laying aside of
their instruments of war, their for
getting of the woes that beset the
daily pathway of the lawyer of this
strenuous century, and in joining in
brotherly intercourse at the festive
board. 1t was relief from business
cares and was conducive of a better
understanding among the members of
the profession. the manifestation of
spirit of friendliness that should exist
between those engaged in a common
cause. The pressing demands upon
the time of the lawyer of today gave
him few opportunities to devote him
self to society. but he should take adj
vantage of all that is possible for him.
In this connection Mr.. Hurst referred
to the happy meetings the judges and
lawyers of Lincoln's day had, when.
after tramping over the circuit by
day, they would assemble in the even
ing, and brush aside whatever mis-
understandings might have arisen
and give themselves over to general
enjoyment, swapping of stories and
experiences Active interest on the
part of every member was urged in
the affairs of the association to the
end that it might he made a strong
and permanent institution. with ban
quets and meetings of frequent oc-
currence. which could not help but he
productive of good fellowship and a
better feeling among their number.
The Lawyer of Today.
Il. F. Peek, of Moline, opened the
program of toasts, having for his
topic THE Lawyer of Today" He
spoke of the pleasant relations be-
tween himself and the members of
the county bar and of the uniform
courtesy with which he has been
treated during his nine years of prac-
tice. The gathering of the bar, he
said. marked the revival of the fra
ternal spirit and old-time courtesy
which ever constituted the inner
charm Of the profession. The chief
characteristic of the days into which
we had fallen was the extension of
our industrial and commercial activi-
ties. The fiercest competition in all
pursuits. professional as well as com
mercial. was seen on every hand. The
inevitable result of such competition
was that the laboriously evolved doc
trine of the revival of the fittest had
become a proverb of every day life.
In the eager pursuit of our own for
tunes we were too likely TO forget
that six feet of earth makes us all of
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
The Cold Air Fallacy.


Here are some sensible remarks for
a hygienic work on the prevailing SUI
perstition regarding the danger of cold
air and catching cold":
''It is very significant comment on
the cold-air fallacy, that people of all
ages, sexes, occupations and social po-
sitions, and in all conditions of gen.
eral health, catch cold, say to-day,
from the slightest exposures. Often,
indeed, they are totally at loss to
account for them, except upon one
surmise or another, like that of the
old lady who caught her death O cold
taking Cruel out Of damp basin;'
while next month, or next week, per-
haps, the same individuals endure the
most extreme exposures, as, for ex-
ample, riding for hours in face of a
driving rain or snow storm, until wet
and chilled through and through; or,
perhaps, being turned out at night in
bitter cold, half clad, to find their
way from their burning dwelling to a
distant neighbor' Sin short, they may
suffer the most taxing exposures and
yet catch nothing more than good
appetite for a warm dinner or a CHEEKY
fireside.''-Los Angeles Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
Saved by HandbiIls,

The enterprising advertiser is not
always rewarded as he should be, and
the gentlemen who indulge in fly post
ings and littering the district with
handbills sometimes regret the occur.
renee. However, the Manchester cor.
respondent of the Draper reports a
case in which the latter course proved
the salvation Of a small party who
were walking over some moors.
On hilltop they were overtaken by
a thick fog, and for seven hours were
wandering about trying to retrace
their steps. Their return is attributed
to a lucky chance.
One Of the number is young
tradesman, and wishing to push his
business he dropped small handbilla
here and there. When lost they recol.
lected these bills, and by tracing them
got safely back-Boston Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
HAD A PRACTICAL PROOF.
Natives Convinced That Spaniards
Could Be Killed

Gould Be Killed.
Early in the sixteenth century the
natives OF Porto Rico plotted to kill
the Spaniards on the island There
was much doubt, however, as to
whether or not it was possible to kill
Spaniard. Many of the natives in.
sisted that it was not Finally it was
decided to make an experiment. A
young Spaniard who was passing
through the Indian village was hos.
pitably received and fed and then a
number OF natives accompanied him
On his journey When he arrived at
river his companions offered to
carry him across. The young man
accepted and was taken up by two
men and carried into the water on
their shoulders. Arriving near the
middle Of the river they threw him
in and held him down until he ceased
to struggle. Then they carried him
ashore with profuse apologies, loudly
proclaiming that they stumbled by
accident and calling upon him to
arise and continue his journey. But
the young man did not move and
finally the natives were convinced
that he was actually dead. Having
secured the proof they wanted the
leaders of the rebellion at once be-
gan a general attack upon the Span
iardS
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
The Bcots Were Mrs. sni.h's

Mrs. Smith and Miss Brown were
once the bosomest of bosom friends
In fact, Miss Brown was constant
visitor at the house of Mrs. Smith
She was staying with her as a guest
one bitter cold frosty morning, and
the two were going for a walk.
Miss Brown, ready first, stood warm.
ing herself by the dining-room fire.
Dearest" called Mrs. Smith from
upstairs, "has Jane put my boots to
warm at the dining-room firew
mo, darling" Miss Brown replied
yours are not here, but your hus-
bands are"
Presently Mrs. Smith entered the
room, evidently not in the sweetest OF
tempers.
She viciously picked up the boots
from the fender, and left the room
tossing her head.
Then it dawned upon Miss Brown
that she had made an awful blunder.
and that the boots belonged to her
hostess.-AnsWers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
KEEPS THE CHURCH FILLED.
California Pastor Has Faith in Efficacy
of Advertising,

California Pastor Has Faith in Efficacy
Of Advertising.
The pastor Of a Presbyterian church
in San Jose, Cal, believes in filing
his church on Sunday, even if he has
to advertise in order to accomplish
that result. Here is notice he pub
lished last Monday: Found asleep
So you slept in church yesterday. did
you? Well, it was rather a drowsy
day, but if you had been at the Second
Presbyterian church you wouldn't
have dozed. The pastor preached two
earnest, enthusiastic sermons and the
nusic was alive and inspiring. Mrs.
Hillman Smith Gang that old favorite
The Holy City to the enjoyment of
all, and the chorus choir rendered two
anthems. The congregation was near
ly as large as the church itself. An
old timer there looked around and re-
marked to bystander: Well. I de-
clare. l thought knew everyone who
came to this church, but the last few
weeks don't seem to know more than
half Of them.'"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
Interests or Every Town Require That II
Shall BE Supported.

SAAsOAc1ee Va A1VOAy AOWn nN0AlulT0 ln8G
Shall Be Supported.
1t is to the interest Of every town to
support a good newspaper, not through
local pride alone, but for practical bust
ness reasons. A newspaper is con-
stantly doing ten times as much for it's
town as itvcould ever hope to get pay
for-more than it could charge for, il
1t would.
The more prosperous a paper Is the
more it lis able to do. Show us good
weekly paper, full OF live local ads.
with a general circulation throughout
the county, and we will show you an
up-to-date, prosperous, progressive
community.
Show us a community that persist
emily proceeds on the idea that the
editor of the home paper can live on
the 'pi' that accommodates in the
office whose official bodies think it a
waste of public money to throw him a
bit Of public printing occasionally at
living prices, whose citizens have come
to regard is as one of their inalienable
rights to work him for long-winded
obituary notices and N'in memoriams,"
with three inches OF hymn book poetry
at the end, to say nothing about an
occasional notice of a lost cow or some
cotton seed for sale, and we will show
you community that is living from
hand to mouth and is always on the
ragged edge of adversely
People ought to stop to think about
these things. It is an important mat
ter. 1t is their own good that is in
volved, the welfare and progress Of
their community, therefore of them
selves.
A local newspaper is absolutely nee
essary to any community. No mer-
chant, no grand jury, no town council
that spends every year all it can af-
ford With the home paper, whether
that expenditure is actually necessary
or not, makes a wiser, more profitable
investment.
They are not '"giving" the home paper
something. On the contrary, it is
earning every cent it gets, and more,
provided it is a paper that is worth
picking up I'm the road.
And if it isn't that sort Of paper it
is usually the fault Of the town in
which it is Observation-Disclosures COnsti-
tuition.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
His Shoulder to the Wheel.

Eugene H. Lehman, the young Col
Orado student who was the first Amer
lean to be awarded the Rhodes schol
arship at Oxford, is a self-made stu
dent. His credentials were indisput
able, for they showed a percentage
higher than these submitted by a score
of other students.
Naturally he had to submit to the
interviewers of boys journals, and
success" papers, so that his career
might be the inspiration for other
struggling youths.
"Hc-y did you manage to work your
way through college so SUCCESSFULLY? q
asked an important representative Of a
very unimportant journal.
by keeping my shoulder to the
wheel" replied Lehman, tartly.
The answer will be appreciated
when it is understood that young Leh-
man worked his way through Yale
with money earned in pushing an in
valid In her chair for Is cents an
hour.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
WISE WORDS.

No legacy is so rich as honesty
Shakespeare.
A grateful dog is better than an
ungrateful man.-Saadi.
We first make our habits and then
our habits make us.-Emmons.
The retrospect of life swarms with
lost opportunities.-Sir H. Taylor.
To be happy is not the purpose of
om being, but to deserve happiness
Fitch.
Fortune may find pot, but your
own industry must make it BOIL
Rousseau.
When a person is down in the world
an ounce of help is better than a
pound of reaching.-Bulwer.
No man ever did a designed injury
to another, but at the same time he
did a greater to himSelf.-Home
When a man has not q good reason
for doing a thing, he has one good
reason for letting it alone.-Thomas
Scott.
To be perfectly just is an attribute
Of the divine nature; to be so to the
utmost OF our abilities is the glory of
man.-Addison. :.
Hope is always liberal, and they
that trust her promises make little
scruple of reveling to-day on the profits
Of to-morroW-Johnson.
The way to avoid the imputation of
impudence is not to be ashamed of
what we do, but never to do what we
ought to be ashamed of.-Dryden.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
TALKS OF CIRCUS GERM.
Veteran Snowman Says There Is
Fascination In the LIFE.

GSSiudNOu III the lITGs
There is charm, a fascination
about CIRCUS life that Is hard to ex-
plain" said veteran Snowman. "It is
surely a tough existence, being buff
feted about from place to place, often
without bed to sleep In, and the
wages, outside Of the salaries paid to
q lew stars, are amazingly small. Yet
when q man once gets q taste of CTR
Gus life it's all up with him. He's
never good for anything else, and
never wants to be. There must be a
germ, bred of the sawdust. that gets
into the blood. Take the canvasser,
Tor instance. They get 500 a month
and their board, which usually CON
sists of bad grub and Mn impromptl
bed in a wagon. Often they don't take
their clothes off for weeks at a time.
There's one fellow l know who pos
'sesses more than the average intelli-
gence. He has a trade, and during
the winter he makes, ON an average,
$2O a week. And yet just as soon as
the circus season opens he throws UP
his job and goes out on the road with
"a show for $40 a month. Tn almost
every town the management is be-
sleged by men and boys who want to
go along, and many Of them offer their
services for their board. Its a queer
state of affairs
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
49,
THE BAlD-HEADED MAN.
Furnishes Splendid Opportunity FOR
the Rising Lixerateur.

Why Is 1t that some up-to-date au-
thor does not see the possibilities in
writing readable story Of romance
OF love and have for its hero a bald
headed man? Lack OF hair In the
place where 1t really ought to grow
does not necessarily imply old age or
dotage.
The ba1d-headed man has fully as
much romance and sentiment in his
makeup as men who have curling
nalr or other kinds in liberal quantity
Ihe bald-headed man can love as
strongly, do as great deeds Of xalor,
or be ias chivalrous as he of the
abundant hirsute adornment. Some
tlmes ON the stage or in story we
nave had "a hero or lover whose hair
was tinged with gray, but the bald
nero has seemingly been passed by.
mere is certainly no reason for this.
ana 1t Is time the baldheads Of suita-
ole age get together and demand
recognition. Let there be an end to
their being exploited only through
the medium OF the so-called funny
man.
Leaving the realm Of sentiment and
getting to the business point of view:
10 the author who does this thing
right and gets up good, wholesome
story or the kind above referred to
success is assured. Every bald-heaG.
ed man in the country would feel in
honor bound to push it along" and
Inc edition would run into the mil
lions. Let the baldheads get to-
gether and lift the bald-headed man
OUT OF the comic weekly slough of
despond and give him his proper
place In literature.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
Civic Pride.

IT don't know what we're goin' to
do about them two leadin' citizens
said Bronco Bob. They're lookin' fur
one another with six shooters from
mCrnin' till night" HAS an insult
passed." mo, it wasn't any insult,
but some doubt ariz as to which was
the oldest inhabitant, an they're both
determined to settle the question fur
good an all"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
SrAra OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

FRANK j. CHENEY make oath that he is
senior partner Of the firm of F. j. CHENEY "
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF cATARRH that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CArARRa CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
f--, presence, this 9Th day of December
SEAL. A. D., 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
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Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27

When, in 1891, Miss Balfour was WIS.,
1ting the West of Ireland and studying
the condition of the people, she asked
one of them how they were getting on
in a particular village. "Arrah, miss,
sure and il 1t wasn't for the famine
we'd be shtarving" John Bull.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27

Aching backs are eased.
Hip, back, and loln pains
overcome. Swelling OF the
limbs, dropsy signs, and
rheumatic pains vanish.
They correct urine with
brick dust sediment, b q b
colored, pain in passing,
dribbling, frequency, b ed
wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills
remove calcui and gravel.
Relieve heart paipication,
sleepiessness, h eadac h . ,
nervousness, dizziness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
Some PoonIa

There are some people whose use in
the world it would be as hard to de-
fine as the uses of pieces Of parsley
draped around meat on the table.-At-
Gibson Globe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27
The Secret Revealed.

he secret Revealed.
This is the way the Sweet Things
score one another. How many sea.
sons has Edith been out? She savs
only two" Nonsense. She's the onIv
girl In our set with her ears pierced
and she spells her name with an
instead Of a y-those are both dead
giveaways that she's back number"
Observe system in all you do and
undertake.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-08-27

The great fame of
Doan's Kidney Pills is
won by the wondrous
power of the frcc trial to
demonstrate surprising
merit.