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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-25
Thirty Thousand Saw Remains.

Rome. July 25.-Another day the
body of Leo NH has lain in state
in the basilica of st. Peters. and about
10000 people passed before the cata-
falQue during the day. This is prob
ably a slight increase over the num-
ber which viewed the remains the first
day. and the augmentation was doubt
less due to the widely. circulated re-
ports that it would be the last day
upon which the public would have an
opportunity of looking upon the body.
Those reports proved to he baseless,
and the body will continue in the
chapel of the sacrament at least dur
ing the greater part of today. The
fears expressed by the Vatican au-
thorities concerning decomposition ap-
pear to have been exaggerated.
VIII Be Inferred This Evening.
With impressive ceremonies the body
will be inferred this evening in
sarcophagus in st. Peters, where it
will remain until taken to its final
resting place in the church of st. John
Lateran. Italian soldiers again pre-
served order inside st. Peters. The
dav was notable for the solemn masses
celebrated for the repOse of the soul
of the late pontiff at st. Peters and
other famous churches in Rome, which
were largely attended,
ConoIave EnEFOSses the Interest
Interest is now largely engrOsSed
with the coming conclave and its re-
suit. The gossip of the day may be
summed up briefly by saying that Car
-l.......oc. ..e nInntiL.rl
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I he Genius Of
Augustus
BY BURTON ross.
x
i copyright. 1905. by Daily Story Pub. Col },

e T. & 4 < = t. y .-= Z s.
AUGUSTUS BLINKER was gen
~ }ius. There was no doubt about
it and the entire city acknowl-
edged it = aye, even boasted Of
it. The final test of genuine
ness as to the title was blown
into Augustus by the van Os-
trands, father and daughter, when
the latter, acting upon the advice of
the former, became his affianced
wife, selecting him from a score or
more of suitors comprising the very
cream and pick of the eligibles of the
town. 1. s a.. ~ -
+ ''Yes, sir, we are going to- that is,
my daughter is going to marry young
Blinker,' asserted Banker van Os-
trand shortly after the engagement
was announced, swinging his gold
headed cane impressively, because
he is young man of financial abil-
ity-I may say of positive genius: It
is. not that he hasa very comforta
BILE fortune; other young men of the
town have much greater ones; but,
sir, when a young man without capi-
tai nor commercial position, nor cred
it, without backing or influence, lifts
himself from the ranks-from the
ranks, sir, it bespeaks ability, sir,
that is bound to be felt, sir, in the
financial world. Why, sir; that one
coup Of his in P. & G. NJ, where the
situation was so complicated as to
set the best of the financiers at sea,
strand he only a clerk in an insur-
ance office, was enough to stamp him
as a genius, sir; a positive genius.
I regard him as a coming man, sir,
and that is why we-that is, that is
why my daughter selected him as a
son-in-law-tha is, as a. husband, sir.
I predict that he will be heard from,
sir, in no uncertain way in the field
of finance"
That settled it, and Augustus was
freely accorded the position he as
sumed. He certainly lived the part
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Spirit Of the Northwest.

When the new settler crosses the
Rockies the altitude, or the >rarified
atmosphere, or some vapor of the
west vet unnamed by science, seems
to endow him with the roseate Vi
sion. 50 that ever afterward all that
he beholds is good and beautiful
and bigger than anywhere else.
q There is something refreshing and
.edifying in the way the northwest
erner shows off his town to the
stranger; his boundless admiration
for the new Episcopal church; his
pride in the paving of Main street;
his brotherly interest in the devel-
opment of the First national bank;
the imagination with which he
prophesies the glorious future of the
place, and exhibits the acres and
acres of desert and hillside which
the town is presently to populate.
It is an adamantine visitor indeed
who goes away without taking a
deed or. two for hopeful corner lots
in the residential district. Ray Stan
nard Baker, in Outing.
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INCREASE OF INEBRIETY.
Statement by DR.. stearns In His Ar
nual Report Of the Work Of
the Hartford Retreat.

You will further observe from the
tables Of statistics appended, that
in no less than 81 Of the admissions,
that is in more than II per cent,
the insanity was thought to have
been caused by the abuse of alcohol.
This may be higher per cent. Of
such cases than exists in some state
institutions, but, it corresponds quite
accurately with our own history in
this respect. In fact, alcohol plays
SO important role in the produc-
tion of insanity and crime, especially
in cities and large towns, that So
.ciety should use every means to edu-
cate the rising generation as to the
danger attending its use as bev-
erage. The effects of alcohol upon
the elements of the nervous system
are much greater before 20 years of
age than afterwards The brain is
more sensitive to the effects of all
toxic influences during the period of
adolescence, and young persons ac-
qnire habits of using both alcohol
and tobacco much more readily than
during later periods of life. When
once formed during this period. they
are much more likely to become in
corporated with the development of
the system and thus become perma-
nent. They may eventuate in some
cases in a degeneration of the cells
of the brain and the vase motor por-
tion of the nervous system. In ether
cases, before such stage is reached,
there may result morbid changes in
the mental activities of the individu-
al, attended by cravings which will
become very difficult, and in some
cases impossible to resist. The will
power becomes much impaired, and
the higher ideals of the individual
are lost.
The Importance. therefore. that
some effective measure be adopted.
if those already in existence are not
adequate, to have instruction given
to the pupils of the public schools
of the state regarding the nature, and
effects of alcohol when used as a bev-
erage, can hardly be overestimat ed.
Such course should be continued if
at the expense of less important sub
jects of study. ~
This can be done more effectGally
than elsewhere in the higher grades
of schools, and should be done main
ly by means of conversations and
oral instruction in the form of ques-
tions and answers by both teacher
and pupils. In this way and by il
Illustrative examples and plates. pu-
pills will more readily become inter
ested than by reading any amount
of dry material which deals with
physiology.-Dr. Stearns, in Annual
Report of Hartford Retreat.
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Smoking Among the Ancieats.


The frequency with which old pipes
made of clay, wood and metal have.
been found in England, Ireland, Ger
many, Switzerland and France, has
led archaeologists to the belief that
the ancients may have smoked. The
belief receives some color from pas
sages in ancient authors. Herodotus
remarks that the inhabitants of the
Aroxes islands, supposed to be the
modern Volga, "were wont to throw
piles of fruit on a fire and then to
inhale the vapor, with the result that
they became as drunk as ever the
Greeks became after drinking wine,
and the more fruit they threw on the
fire the more drunk they became"
Pomponius Mela talks in similar
strain of certain Thracian tribes.
Pliny asserts that the vapor of plants
was used to cure diseases, and says
that in some instances it was even
inhaled through a tube.-Scientifc
American. &
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to perfection. The expression of
owl-like wisdom never deserted his
fat face. By no mischance did he ever
let down in the ponderous dignity Of
his department., his walk, his hand
shake, nor the cautious economy of
his conversation. #
It was all very mystifying to those
who had known him six months ago
when he was driving quill at seven
ty-tive per month in the general Of.
fees Of the Improvident Insurance
company. Then, truth be told, he
was considered something Of llnk-
head, q wooden-faced plodding, rath-
er stupid young fellow who did fair
II well in his position because being!
incapable Of original thought or ini-
tiative, followed blindly the direc-
tions given him and became thereby
"a most accurate machine.
The story of his TRANSPORTATION
was best told on his wedding night
by Archy Spaffo to q group Of won
dering fellows in the smoking room
whence they had retired after the
ceremony to imbibe a bracerS and
burn a cigarette.
It's the most marvellous thing
since the Arabian Nights and the
funniest thing since Don Quixote, =
burst out Archie after listening with
signs Of growing impatience to a dis
cussion pro and con as to whether
Augustus really was q genius or not,
and how he came to make his killing,
anyway ST know all about it, and
il you idiots will quit jabbering :
minute I will set your minds at rest
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A Chinese Joke.

In his recent book on 'China and
the Chinese" DR.. Giles specimen of
Chinese humor which, if the source
were not known, might well be mis-
taken for American humor.
There is a Chinese story which tells
how very stingy man took paltry
sum of money to an artist payment
is always exacted in advance and
asked him to paint his portrait. The
artist at once complied with the re-
quest: but when the portrait was
finished nothing was visible save the
back of the sitter's head.
''What does this mean?'' cried the
sitter, Indignantly. r
"Well,' replied the artist, 81
thought man who paid so little as
you paid wouldn't care to show his
face" ."-"China and the Chinese"
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Child Drunk at Mother,s Tab,.

George Snyder, Of Hoboken, N. j., IL
years old, was honored by his mother
with a birthd day party She invited her
acquaintance to dinner, and furnished
abundance of drinkables. George was
permitted to drink all the beer and
wine he wanted. By midnight he was
most terribly drunk. He stag ggered out
into the street to get the air, and sank
down in a drunken stupor. a police
man arrested him and sent him ia
headquarters from which he was sent
to q hospital. Homiletic Review.
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An object Lesson in Alcoholi.r,
SWISS want Temperance. g.

The Swiss government has appro-
priated large amount OF money
this year for the publication and dis
.tribution of FIVE books against the
use of alcohol, These books are
scientific as well as practical and in
dicate most pleasing advance in
the effort to make the people ac-
quainted with the subject. one Of
these books has the following strik-
ing title: The Effects of Alcohol
on Work, Being q Result OF Re-
searches Of the Krapelin school, 4
The other is on The Longevity
Diminished by Alcohol 81
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''t|IlIIaI||(II!R||||lt
"po0R OLD DAD!"
How Little Boys Private Sketch
Book and His Notes Wrought q
Reform In His Father.

I suppose it's only natural that
every parent should think his own
! boys and girls the cleverest and best
looking children in the world. And
this was just me with my two little
BARNS, Victor and Cherry. They
were twins, and the only children we
possessed, and I often said to the
wife, They're worth more than all
the children in the town.
They were only seven years old at
the time of which I write. and
healthy, bonnie little twins they
were. Cherry was clever with her
needle, Victor was more than clever
with his drawing. All the time when
he wasn't at school he had his pen
Gil in his hand, and his pocket-money,
instead of being expended in sweets
or toys, always went in drawing
books and crayons.
I'm going to be an artitic,, dad,
and, like Sir Christopher Wren, I'm
going to build a great cathedral"
like to see a boy determined
what he's going to do when he gets
a man, so I encouraged him all I
could, and got him to bring his draw
ings to me when he had finished
them.
At this time I was drinking man,
hard-drinking man, but didn't
think the children knew anything
about it, for my sin was committed
when they enjoyed the innocent
sleep of happv childhood.
But little pitchers have long ears,
and little children have sharp eyes.
1t happened one night that I re-
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Soon Counted,

All kinds of questions come to the
answers-to-correspondents man Of a
daily paper, and the impatience he oc-
casionally manifests is not surprising.
editor Of - % wrote an inquiring
citizen one day, ''will you please tell
me how many kinds of typewriters
there are?"
This was handed to the answers-to-
correspondents man, and in the next
issue of the paper he replied to it as
follows:
:, ''Two-male and female .''-Youth's
Companion.
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A PAGE FROM THE DRAw1NG-BooK.

turned home sober. I had been Of
fered post abroad by a relative,
and I wanted to talk the matter
over with my wife, and see if we
could make up our minds to leave
the old country for the sake of bet
tering our position in life. l., s,~s
In order to write down some mat
ters connected with our proposed
journey, I wanted a pencil and
paper, and not having either at hand,
I opened my little Victor's drawer
and took out one of his pencils and
a drawing-book. This drawing book
was marked in large letters "PRI-
VATE," and my curiosity was
aroused, so I opened it. To my
great astonishment and dismay, the
first few pages, which were all that
he had filled, were covered with
drawings of whisky bottles! Whisky
bottles in all sorts of attitudes. with
faces of men, and arms and legs of
men. Some of the bottles were reel
ing through the street, some fighting
at the street corner, some lying in
the gutter with a policeman in the
rear. And at the bottom of each
page was written in big, bold hand
"Poor Old Dad!" I forgot all about
the offer to go abroad. I felt thun-
derstruck, and never SO ashamed in
my life. Our little Victor aware of
my sin! Our little Victor pitying his
dad! Our little Victor ashamed of
me, too! When had recovered from
the shock of the discovery I showed
it to the wife.
"How did he know?" she ex.
claimed. "How did he know?"
children know everything said
I sadly. ''But he shall soon unknow
this. I'm not going to be held up to
ridicule by my own little son. Poor
old Dad indeed!"
Never was I so determined in nv
life about anything. It was pow.
erful challenge to me to fight nv
sin, and I accepted the challenge. To
make long story short, we ac-
cepted the offer to go abroad. We
packed up our traps, but we left the
whisky bottle behind! Ny little Vic
tor is grown up now, but I have that
drawing book still in my possession,
with the clever sketches Of whisky
bottles, and the big, round writing
at the bottom Of every page, which
reminds me, whenever I look at it,
that these bottles were once true
representa- tions Of Poor Old Dad!-
National Advocate.
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rs Sss.NENERI OLD. 5

With all OF this H;sl
The misty morn,
The perfumed kiss # sEs5s5s5 &.
~ blooms just born, #53J ;.5s ~
me new spring grass s ,sEs
Beneath our feet 81 ::ss4
,ine days that pass IS, 4,
seem more than sweet!
res ~. ~ ~. "a
5Ss Rave even caught f,t. . 1 5@.h
me touch that sways l.
Each vagrant thought =.
y TO woodland dells E; w
And tinkling streams. $l5&. ,;z.
And dainty smells I'M ii;&S
And splendid dreams!
The city walks
Are bordered now IS
BY blooms whose stalks s.
10 sway and bow, '..,s
And primrosed ways IN. e..
Are ours to go,
AS In the days ;. 6
We used to know! d = ii.
The mocking bird l'",s
e5a Comes here to sing, 9
And, wildly stirred, ].
our pulses swing
To each sweet note
That melts away
From his full throat :
OF mottled gray.
God bless the world!
The spring is sweet!
Z The blossoms furled
through winters ,sleet
81 Have soft uncurled
Each petals fold.
l8 The dear old world
Is never old!
N. Lewis. in Houston Post.
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Eth herSrams at Night.

. A plausible explanation of the fact
noted by Marconi that ethergrams
travel farther by night than by day
is that of M. Jolly, quoted by La Ma
ture. The waves constituting the
message were sent from west to east.
and would therefore be travelling,
during the day, against the earth cur
rent from England, while by night
they would be travelling with that
current in conditions similar to
sounds carried by strong gale.
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Surely q Good Doctor.

Murphy-An' can ye ricommind
him?
Casey-Oi can. Faith, he is a
moighty foine docther. Lasht Siptim-
ber, whan little Katie wor pros
thrated with difthayrie an braythin'
her lasht BIRTH, Oi said: 'Docthor, will
she live til mornin'?'. He said: Din
mis-, don't worry he said, she will
five,' he said, till many years afther
ye are dead and under the sod.'"
can did she?" 9
"She did. kansas City Journal.
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Proof Positive.

Roy's papa is a boot and shoe dealer.
One day a box of liquid shoe blacking
was received at the store, which Roy
helped the clerk unpack. One bottle
was found broken.
Afterward Roy's papa and the clerk
were conversing about the blacking in
Roy's presence. E, -
The clerk said: 'I wonder if it is
combustible.'''
Roy replied: "Oh, yes, it is, cause one
bottle come busted" p Cleveland
Leader. 49,, A. -
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Pats Puzzle.

Five or six men were recently chat
ting in a village inn, when one of them
said: - .s RE
II say, I bet ye dinners all round We
can't tell me the. answer to a puzzle I
knows OFF, *'-,.
'Done," said they. "I bet we can.
What is it?"
'Well," said Pat, "why is journal
ist the funniest creature in the world p
After vainly trying for about two
hours, they sadly said they must give
it up. -, ~. :
'Why,' said the delighted Pat, ''be-
cause his tale comes out of his head,
don't it?'-London Spare Moments.
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Changed His Expression.

Playwright-That villain in my
play doesn't act his part up to the
lines. He must wear look of wor-
ry and desperation.
Manager-Oh! don't get excited, I'll
fix that. John, go up on the stage
and start rumor that I have
skipped with the box-office receipts.
Baltimore News.
Warren sheaf., 1903-06-18
Expensiv Keepin =

tt S easy enough to make friends .
said spenders bitterly, "but pretty hard
to keep them. !"
''Oh, don't know Z replied Lenders.
I've got a mum Der Of friends who seem
perfectly willing to let me keep them .
Stray Stories
Warren sheaf., 1903-06-18
Tale About Bret Harte.

Ex-Minister Straus tells new one
on Bret Harte. He says that when
Harte was sent to Glasgow as the
United States consul he asked the
secretary of state for instructions.
The secretary told him that he was
going abroad with laurels on his
brow and that he should be careful
not to browse on his laurels.-N. Y.
Sun. ~
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Putting on Airs.

Mrs. Muggins you hear about
your neighbor? She was overcome
by coal gas.
Mrs. Buggins-That's just like them.
I suppose they were afraid people
wouldn't know they had coal. Phil
.adelpbia Record.
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. A Born Painter.

Burton-Talk about talent! I'd
have you to know, sir, that I am q
born painter. a
Stumkins- course, you are not
to be blamed for being born a paint
er; but I really think you are culp-
able in sticking to the business
Boston Transcript. ,
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Slow Young Man.

Ernie There goes that handsome
young yachtsman. Is he as bashful
as they say? 4.
Mabel Yes, indeed. Why, he is too
bashful to even hug the shore"
n. Y. Herald. I
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More Needed.

Dusty Daniel-Please sir, will you
lend me dime to get something to
eat? -
swell-Why you've got a quarter in
your hand now! What's that for?
That's to tip the waiter!" Boston
Globe.
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The Morning After

''Ira! Get up!" Mrs. Gayman called,
shaking her sleepy husband. IF you're
going down town with Asa you'll have
to hurry. Asa's up
"'Aces up ?" replied Gayman, sleepily.
You win the money. never did have
any luck" Philadelphia Press.
Warren sheaf., 1903-06-18
Wheat In Alaska.


That wheat was grown in Alaska q
century ago is proved by the discovery
Of twoo old -four mills, built by the sub
jects Of the czar in the southern part
Of the territory In dianapolis News. Is
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TantalizinR,

Weary Walker-De trouble wild me
is can't stand prosperity.
Hungry Hank-G'on! You never
seen prosperity.
Weary Walker-Sure, I've seen it;
but I've always seen it wild somebody
else. Dat's de reason can't stand
it.-Philadelphia Press.
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Cost Of . Mans FOOD.

A German statistician calculates
that the average man, when he has
reached the age of 20, has eaten food
that would cost $4,000 in the mar
kets.-N.SY. Post.
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a Philosophical view.

"A PhdlosOphfcal View.
Mr.. Harlemfat It's such q comfort
to hear that baby yelling
Mrs. Harlemfat Such comfortf !
Yes. 1t makes me SO thankful that
il isn't ours. .''--Broolxlyn Life,
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Truly Great Mind

Fudge-There goes a man with q
great mind.
Judge-He don't look it. In what
way?
''He minds his own business - and
that's a great mind. Baltimore Her
aid.
Warren sheaf., 1903-06-18
Rank ana Not Rank.

Wigg-How does he rank as sculp-
tor? NJ 81
Wagg He doesn't cut much Of a
figure. Philad delphia Record.
Warren sheaf., 1903-06-18
me ricans Taller Than Eur

Americans Taller Than Europeans.
The average European is five feet
six and seven-tenths, inches high; the
average American five feet seven and
eight-tenths. Their respective weights
are 1873 and 141 pound ds.--N.Y Y. Sun.
Warren sheaf., 1903-06-18
Il Does Not Say Au Revoir.

.$ Grymes You bet your life, money
talks. 81
Ukerdek What did it ever say to
you? 5ss
4 !" Tag. !" Judge. z
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5Whet He Should Have Done.

Berry such table manners! WHY, /
near that Jim eats the pie that his
wife bakes with q knife.
SibylIf you saw the pies you'd in
;agine he'd have to eat them With saw.
a chisel and 2 stone crusher Balti-
more Herald.
Warren sheaf., 1903-06-18
Making = Blunder Worse.

When you make blunder, do you
admit it or do you make it worse BY
lying Washing Ton lIa.) Democrat. .
Warren sheaf., 1903-06-18
{ ALCOHOLISM.
The Use of IntOxicants Acts as q Vir-
= -
ulent Poison to the HUI
man System.

It is a well-attested fact that the
regular and immoderate consumption
of alcohol acts as q virulent poison
to the human system. Its baneful
effects are especially manifest upon
the brain and nervous system, and,
sooner or later, if the habit is per-
sisted in to excess, it leads to mental
impairment. E
Alcohol insanity is well-recognized
form of mental alienation, and its VIC
Tins are to be found largely in towns
and cities where the drinking customs
are most prevalent.
The chief danger Of the drink habit
lies in the insidious inroads which it
makes upon the mind of the deluded
victim.
There is gradual process of men
tai Impairment, which he is incapable
of realizing, and which quite units
him for seeing himself as others see
him. e..
His moral perception becomes dulled
anG bis reasoning sense SO defective
that all appeals to him for reforma-
tion are in vain, and he gradually de-
generates, stage by stage, into phys
ical wreck and mental imbecile.
Every subject of chronic alcoholism
is de facto, if not de jure. insane, and
should be confined in an institution for
treatmen
In recent years the gold cure treat
ment has been the panacea for the
cure of drunkenness. It is all hum
bug; there are no medical specifics for
its cure. The true and only remedy is
complete abstinence from the poison.
and this can only be done by enforced
discipline and treatment in an insti-
tuition appointed for the purpose
DR.. Russell, on the Causes of Insanity.
in the Canada Practitioner.
An Object Lesson in Alcoholism. VI
Thirty eight inebriate patients
from the overcrowded Cherokee Ga.l
hospital en- route to the hospital at IN
depend dence, carried in special car.
with locked doors, and under the vigil
ant care Of two guards, was the inspir-
ing sight that lately might have been
witnessed. Inspiring? Yes; SO inc
briates confined like madmen and quite
as dangerous, is. spectacle that
should inspire every patriotic soul with
an abhorrence Of the deadly traffic
that robs men Of body, brain and soul
power and makes them a terror and a
menace to society. il as3s n. a5s