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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-10

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-10
DANGEROUS ULCERS
R0UTEU I'M THE BLOOD.

After the of when the vital powers are naturally
is noticed hurt kind heals slowly often very
cant scratch orb
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One bridge club has recently gone
out Of existence and It's last meeting
is scarcely mentioned by the members
TO the outside world. says the New
York Sun. The list of the members
reads like a page out Of the social
register. Even that fact, however,
could not save II from disruption after
the exciting Incidents that marked the
last meeting,
One Of the players was a woman
whose social position is as well estab'
llshed as the fact that she has a vio'
lent temper, which she has never
found Il necessary to control. Her
partner was a much younger woman,
who thought she was DOING "a SOL As
she could with her cards.
Her high-tempered partner did not
agree with her. She repeatedly showed
her dlsapproval Of the others plays.
After one that especially displeased
her she lost all self-control, and lean
ing forward she slapped the offending
partner on the cheek.
All the women jumped to their feet.
The astonished hostess rushed across
the room. The irate player had Just
raised her hand to apply another slap
70 her unfortunate partner when tho
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Don't Bet on Your Watch
New York eweer Gives Good Advice 10 Those SpOrtvey
LncIined-The Best Tin,epieces Are Liable 10 Develop
Unsuspected Weaknesses at Any Time

In the windows of nearly all the big
retail jewelry stores downtown are
chronometers, In fact, the chronom-
eter has become the most valuable
part Of the window display.
Two prosperous.looking men, after
comparing their watches the other day
with one Of these chronometers, were
seen to go inside the store and a few
minutes later to reappear. AS they
did so one of the men passed a roll OF
bills to the other. Then they laughed,
shook hands and separated.
The jeweler stood inside and smiled.
IT'S funny" he said to a Sun re.
porter, how many people there are in
this world who have the betting fever
and how foollshly they risk their
money. Those two men are samples.
Before the day is over I've no doubt
half dozen more will be In to get me
to decide similar bets. Every day we
have some.
what did they bet on? Why, on
the ncarness of their watches to the
correct time. OF course, two men who
make such a bet have the betting
bunch to begin with. Then they're
also stuck on the watches they carry.
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Some Facts About the Bible
Number Of Letters and Words Ia the Holy Book Counted BY
Unfortunate Confined IN Spanish Prscn-7he Word
Reverend" Occurs Bot Once IN the Pages

Il is we'll known that the number
Of letters, words, verses, etc, con-
tained in the Bible have been counted,
but by whom when or where, is not
generally known. Treats publica-
ton, entitled "Curiosltles OF the Bible"
speaks Of the occurrence as being Of
Spanish origin, and that the Prince of
Granada, fearing usurpatlon, caused
the arrest of the supposed would.be
usurper, and by order of the Spanish
crown he was thrown intc an old pris.
on called the place Of skulls, situated
In Madrid, where he was confined for
thirty'three years. with no other com.
panion than the rats, mice and other
vermin that frequented his dismal
cell.
During his confinement he counted
the letters, ETC., contained in the Bible,
and scratched the several numbers
on the stone walls with a nail. When
his work was discovered he was fur.
nished with writing utensils and or.
uered 10 make copy OF the results
OF his long and tedious task, ard. on
Its being completed, he finally re.
ceived his liberty.
The following is a correct cony of
his great work:
The Bible contains 1866. $50 let.
tiers, 77S,746 words. S1,17S verses, l..
1876 chapters and &C books.
The word and" occurs 1854 times.
the word Lord" 1853 times, the word
Jehovah" 6,S55 times, and the word
reverend" but once, which is in the
ninth verse of the One Hundred and
Eleventh psalm.
The middle verse is the eighth verse
OF the One Hundred and Eighteenth
psalm. The twenty-hrst verse OF the
seventh chapter of Ezra contains all
the letters Of the alphabet with the
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Broke Up Bridge Whist Club
HoETempered Leader Of Society Slapped Her Partners Face
Ia Rage Over What She Considered MispIay-Too
Many Women Involved for Affair 10 be Kept Secret

hostess attempted to separate the
two.
The hostess got the blow. Her sur.
prise at the force Of the blow was
such that she fell under the table
She discreetly remained there until
the fleeing guests escaped from the
room.
One woman got wedged behind a
sofa and had to stay there until the
row lad altogether abated This han.
pened only after the woman Rrst AZ.
tackled had burst into tears her AN.
tagonist had sailed out of the room
In unrepentant scorn and the hostess
not damaged but shocked. had clam
hered to her feet.
Naturally that bridge club mot M
more to play cards, All but the be,
llgerent member had series NJ in
formal discussions looking To the sim
preston Of all talk about the Anal
They all swore secrecy.
But there we're sixteen women ON
cerned and the affair leaked ont I,
has been a sensation OF the winto-
Naturally the accounts of Il have
grown. Some of the exaggerntions aro
grotesque. But they are no more no
markable than the original incident
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rceptIon Of the letter !.

exception Of the letter J.
The finest chapter to read Is the
twenty.sixth chapter Of the Acts Of the
Apostles. The most beautiful chapter
is the Twenty.third psalm The nine
teenth chapter OF II. Kings and the
thiFtyseyenth chapter Of Isaiah are
alike.
The four most inspiring promises
are to be found in the sixth chapter
Of st. John, thirty.seventh verse, and
fourteenth chapter, second verse; also
eleventh chapter Of st. Matthew, TWEEN
ty-eighth verse. and the Thirty.Sey.
enth psalm, fourth verse.
The longest verse Is the ninth verse,
eighth chapter Of Esther The short
est verse is the thirty.hith verse,
eleventh chapter OF st. John.
There are ten chapters in the book
Of Esther in which the words Lord"
and God" do not occur. The eighth,
fifteenth, twenty.flrst and thlrty.frst
verses OF the One Hundred and Sew
enth psalm are alike. Each verse OF the
One Hundred and Thlrty.Slxth psalm
end alike. The One Hundred and Sew
enteenth psalm contains but two
verses, the One Hundred and Nine.
teenth psalm contains 176 verses.
There are no words or names Of more
than six syllables.
II has also been discovered by some
person unknown that in Joel. third
chapter, third verse, the word girl
occurs, and in the eighth chapter OF
Zachariah, fifth verse. the word
girls" is mentioned for the only
time In the whole book
The eighth chapter OF Esther, ninth
verse, contains ffty.two ts The word
SNOW" appears twenty.four times in
the Old Testament and three times in
! the New.--Boston Herald
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ing and scratching. Before Shultz
could seize II a half dozen more Of the
creatures leaped from the cage full
upon him to the help of their squeal.
ing comrade. Shultz dropped his Ian.
tern. but fortunately II did not 80 out
then with his weapon he began battle
with the ravenous pests as best he
could. But all this while he was be-
ing bitten on hands and face and neck
He feared most for his eyes, for the
animals appeared to be doing their
best 10 reach these. One ear was
torn.
Shultz, after battle which he
thinks must have lasted ten minutes.
succeeded in killing FIVE Of the weas.
els with his club. Then the other,
evidently frightened at the lessening
forces, attempted to escape. But in
this game Shultz had the best Of It. In
his fiounderlng and dancing about he
had accidentally overturned a barrel
OF potatoes and these spilled out upon
the floor, completely shutting up the
hole in the boards through which the
weasels had gained entrance. The
lantern furnished enough light to fight
by and Shultz after half an hour ex.
terminated the whole colony of weas.
els.
After the fight was over, besides
smarting with innumerable bites OF the
animals, Shultz found that the odor in
the shed-something like that OF a
skunk-was Affecting him and for Ave
hours afterward he was the slckest
man in all the Wallis run region. He
got his wife up TO make tea, but the
first thing she did when she got down.
stairs was to make him 90 out In the
cold night and leave his offensive out
er garments to cool of in the night
winds.
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Weasels Fight for Their Lives
Chicken Sealing Pests Make Desperate Attack Farmer
Who Finds Them at Work IN His Turkey House-Her
man ShUIz Finally Wins Dearly Bought Victory

Those who think that the Pennsyl
Sanla weasel cannot fight would do
well not to try to argue the case with
Herman Shultz. a farmer residing
over in the Wallis run district, says a
louisville (Pa.) correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Record. Shultz' expert
ence was with seven Of the animals
half-famished. ravenous creatures that
fought him as desperately as wildcats.
The scene OF ShultE' novel battle
was in a small shed in which a dozen
or more turkeys we're housed. Farm.
ers In that section have always been
losers OF fowls because the weasels
prey upon their flocks. ShultE had
taken the precaution to protect the
corner Of his shed in which the tur-
keys roasted with cage built of close
meshed wire, so that foraging animals
could not reach the birds. This very
cage, while II served effectively to
protect his turkeys. came near being
the undoing Of Shultz himself.
One Of the coolest nights OF last
winter Shultz vas awakened by hear.
ing terrible commotion in his turkey
house. The peculiarly distressing
piping of the hen turkeys told Shultz
practiced ear that an enemy was in
sight Shultz went to the shed with a
lantern, arming himself en- route with
a mixing paddle used to prepare food
for the pigs-a hickory stick about
two inches thick and eighteen inches
long. When he entered the shed the
rays of the lantern as he held It aloft
disclosed a half dozen or more weas.
els scouting about over the wire
frame.
Shultz struck one Of the weasels
with his cudgel, Gripping It a little.
Instantly the little animal attacked
him like q furious cat, squealing, bit.
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over, I s'pose It amt going to make
much difference II only one OF us
plants 'taters to-day
Not a Bit said I, II It doesn't
make any difference to you
No. II don't said Uncle Job. No
difference to me. at all. You're sure
you've got worms enough, though, my
boyf said he.
"oh, plenty. said |, starting to get
my fishpole.
And you're sure the trout IRE
biting good? said Uncle Job.
They never bit better!' said |.
IAN right, them said Uncle Job.
That being the case, guess I'll take
the pole and the worms and go down
to the creek and see what luck I'll
have. You just go on planting 'taters
as II wasn't here, and get In as many
as you can. for It's a good day for
planting and he took the worms and
the pole and went fishing.
81 was a little set back, Of course,
but couldn't help but admire the pre-
ponderance Of the business idea in
Uncle Job. It wasn't fishing that he
cared so much about. II was the get.
ting In Of the 'taters, and you will no.
tice that he did not make up his mind
to go fishing until he found could
get along with the planting all right.
So along about this time O. year | al.
ways think Of my uncle Job Phillis.
ter and the big business head that he
had"
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His Uncle Jobs Business Head
Incident IN Boys Life That Caused Him 10 Have Lasting
Admiration for His Relative Comes to His Memory
Usually About This Time of The Year

Along about this time O. year"
said the man with the loud cigar butt,
Il always think OF my Uncle Job Pill
lister and the big business head he had
The preponderance of the business
idea in my Uncle Job was great.
think Of II most about this time o.
year because | lived with him on
the farm when | was a boy. and he
said to me one day;
'Absalom s'pose you know them
early 'taters is to be planted to-day.
guess we'd better get at EN-
Il knew all about that later plant
Ing well enough, but | had Just dug
lot O. fishworms and was all ready
to 90 down to the creek to try the
trout. So said;
Ives, Uncle Job. But the trout
are biting tremendous, so folks are
saying
lis that so?' said Uncle Job, bland
ly Well, then. my boy, s'pose
you've been digging fishworms?
Ives. uncle, said |. feeling good
And you've got your pole and line
all fixed ready. too, s'poseH' said he
Yes, uncle, said l, and | could
Just as good as see myself on the
creek that minute and feel the trout
biting.
Greek amt too high, think? said
Uncle Job.
Never was in better shape for fish.
ing, everybody says said I.
Well said Uncle Job, thinking il
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Some GrewSon1e FadS of Collectors
One Millionaire Vanderbilt Gathered Together The Boots Of
Executed Observation-Disclosures of Human Eyes The
Fad ofAnother Man with More Money Than Sense

reign Of Queen Anne and has been
preserved carefully.
A museum in Washington mas in It's
possession a buckskln collar which
was picked up in a field IN Wyoming.
II is artistically covered with shells
OF blue and white beads, and as pend.
ants boasts Ave arrowheads OF nint
and eight human fingers, probably
taken from the hands of enemies by an
Indian who had acquired the collect.
ing fad
From the descendants Of another In.
dian chief collector bought lasso,
80 feet long, made from the hair az
the wives and daughters Of pioneer
settlers. He keeps 1t in a superb cab
met with number of other horrors,
including a watch chain fashioned by
a Corsican bandit from the beard OF
one Of his comrades whom he had
stabbed In a quarrel over q division
Of spoil.
Collections Of tattoOed heads are
fairly common. The finest belongs to
an Englishman who Is the proud pos
SCISSOR Of rs. The tastes Of some col.
lectors run wholly to skulls, and when
they hear Of new one with a his.
tory they spare no trouble or expense
to annex II. Death masks are In strong
demand by the faddists and fabulous
sums are cheerfully paid for good
ones.
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There was the difference of two
seconds between the watches in the
case you just noticed. but on that S25
changed hands. I've known 1t to be
as high as hundred.
The difference between any two
watches is rarely less than half n sec
ond. It's generally more. But when
a bet Is made men generally want the
jeweler TO decide It and. Of course,
we're always willing. guess quite a
few thousands have changed hands
on my decisions by this time.
"A man will get a watch abroad and
pay big money for II. He'll meet a
friend who has bought one Of the
crack American watches. and II
they've got the sporting instinct a bet
will almost invariably follow a com.
parison Of the watches.
Perhaps both men have set their
watches that day or the day before,
and so are willing to wager all the
money they've got with them, and
that's often big roll.
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Some people find a positive fasci.
nation in the grewsome, and their
chief ambition in life seems to be to
establish a private chamber Of hor
roFs.
One Of the Vanderbilts, who died
some years ago, had a mania for col
lecting the boots of men and women
who had died on the scaffold, and a
new execution threw him into a fever
OF anticipation. When Guiteau met
his fate this collector travelled by
special train TO Washington and
waited three days before he managed
to make deal with the executioner
to get the assassin's boots. Mr.. Van.
derbilt's collection numbered 200 pairs,
each treasured as II It had been a cost.
ly gem, and labeled with the name Of
its original owner and a full history
Of his crime. He took as much pleas.
ure in adding to his queer collection
as in watching his millions grow, and
on his death the boots were purchased
by a Chicago museum for $500.
Another lover Of the grewsome de.
voted his time to the collection Of a
necklace Of human eyes, each polished
to the brilllancy of a jewel and richly
mounted on gold. This collection was
one Of. the exhibits OF the Worlds
Fair in Chicago, There is only one
other necklace Of the kind In the
world. 1t was found In Kent in the
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Granting all that Sir Thomas may
say as to the terrific speed Shamrock
III. will make during the races, 1t is
still fair to suppose that the Reliance
win not be exactly standing still at
the time
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Minister Bowen told the Yale stud.
ents that Venezuela is no place for
young men from the United States.
Good. For American young men of
the right sort there's no place like
home.
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Young Rockefeller is a chip Of the
old block. He insists that, for the
purpose Of taxation, his vast wealth
is more than Offset by his colossal
debts.
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The Maine man who has worked up
q business Of exporting cato.nine-
tails to London, where he finds a mar
ket for oil that he can get, certainly
thought Of something that had never
occurred to any one before.
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Henry Ward Beechers experience
with the contribution plate gave him
great skill in detecting coin values.
The congregation never could fool
him with rants buttons.
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The New York actress who has
undertaken TO write a play in twenty.
four hours probably won't get it pro-
duced in twenty-four years.
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Missouri has gained considerable
notoriety by making chicken stealing
a felony. AS a logical sequence II
ought now to make mule stealing a
capital crime
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Dr. jacques Of Boston says he can
make electricity from coal. More
fame for him II last winter he had
made coal from electricity.
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The baseball player who scores the
first home run of the season is great
er than he who ruleth at the city hall
in the minds Of some.
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DR., A. Conan Doyle is the only man
in the world that can unravel the
Burdick murder mystery, and lie
will want about a dollar a word for
the work.
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The Turko-Bulgarian debate is as.
Stunning a more threatening attitude
daily. In South America it would
be called a war.
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The man who is to cross Niagara
falls by hanging to a wire with his
teeth will probably turn out to be a
new.fangled dentist.
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Russell Sage has retired from &C.
tive business, but It is not true that
he is going to spend three afternoons
a week playing ping pong with Mrs.
Hetty Green.
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Buffalo Bill admits that he is a
millionaire. and what is better still,
that he will soon retire from the
show business.
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A new comic weekly is to be start.
ed in New York. II is one Of the cas-
lest things in the world 70 start a
comic weekly.
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The news that Haiti is on the verge
Of a revolution is not surprising, The
revolution mIcrobe is always active
in the tropics.
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Mascagni is telling the Europeans
that the Indians who inhabit America
are much worse than they have been
painted.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

What Msaos 1t who is president Of
Venezuela, now that the customs re-
ceipts have been properly distrib
uted?
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

The politician who sets out to save
the country is frequently hauled up
for rObbing her.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

Ignorance Of the lar is no excuse
even for a lawyer.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

A good many men act on the prin-
ciple that the early worm who caught
the bird stayed up all night to do 1t.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

DR.. PaFlshursts ideal newspaper
may be handicapped by the shortage
Of ideal people to support 1t,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

How could c. Oliver Iseln continue
to be famous II Upton were to quit
challenging for the cup?
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

The valued Cleveland Leader asks:
why not boil the trusts" True,
roasting doesn't seem TO answer.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

Diamonds are going to be marked
up s per cent Lay In your summer
stock before the rise.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

The flying machines and automo-
biles are helping a good deal in the
race suicide business.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

European monarchs are getting to
be as "socisble" as village spinsters.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-06-03

Steel Rusts Quickly.
Steel rusts seven times as rapid.
ly as iron.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-10

a decisive fashion, but the latter doe
rot consider that the race was a gooC
test Of his ability and he wants this op-
portunity Of convincing his friends that
he has no equal as a pace follower. HIS
popularity on the local track will count
for big attendance without question
for In the seasons that the Colosseum has
been in existence. no one among the top
notch flyers has won greater repute than
the blond boy from Georgia.
Champion is always a game. gritty man
IN the bicycle saddle. ana that he will G.,
his utmost. not only to administer anoth-
er defeat to his southern rival. but also
to Put some OF the present records ont of
commission. is something 10 anticipate.
Both men are in fine condition for the
contest, and they will enter IL determined
10 win, come what may.
The two amateur events that the Solos
scum management has scheduled will ap-
peal to all lovers OF spirited wheelracing
Tho ten-mile open race insures a sharp
and pleasing battle between some OF the
cleverest OF the younger riders. while III.
one mile handicap will bring out a great
field OF starters.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-10
BOXING.

James ]. Jeffries and James ]. Corbett,
on next Friday night. will meet before
the Yosemite Athletic club OF San Fran
cisco In a 20-round contest. They battle
for the heavyweight championship OF the
world.
Every indication points to the fact that
both men will enter the ring in prime con-
dition. the result OF weeks Of good solid
training. 1t is reported that Jeffries has
not done as much training as ne should
both from disposition and from circum-
stances
The champion claims. however that he
Is in as good condition as ever and under
most circumstances he is the man that
should know best. II IS, Of course. possi-
bic, that he may be overestmating his
ability and undertaking. his opponent.
Corbett has gone al his training in such
a fashion as TO win the confidence OF
many and has displayed a determination
that augurs well. though these move
ments OF Fitz, the willy. lanky Cornish
man may be simply ruses 10 make a VIC
tory Of Jeffries more emphatic, should ne
win or 10 improve the betting. II Cor
bett has improved. as IL is is rumored. no
man Will have an ysure thin Cover him.
and he has a vast deal In his favor.
Every one knows that Jeffries has 10 do
the hghting in this contest In order 20
maintain himself. while Corbett must
simply last the 70 rounds and outpoint the
champion. He has the generalship TO win
the fight. and should he not be over con-
hdent or overanxious, Mr.. Jeffries may be
shorn Of his pugilistic locks.