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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-09

Rooms, 40 SO, 81, So, 81, 50 Mitchell &
Lynde Bldg, Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-09
DAVENPORT DOTS

The reason all the street cars in the
city were still for an hour at noon
yesterday was ON account of a break
down at the plant of the power com
pany. The breakdown occurred at
the most announcement part of the day
and many Davenporters missed their
dinner on account of the suspension
of the street car traffic. The break
was soon repaired and the cars run
ming again the same as usual.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-09

Peoria, Springfield, ST. l.,
Indianapolis. Cincinnati.
Peoria, Springfield, Indian
apolis. Cincinnati. Bloom
ington, st. Louis. .......
Peoria Express ............
Peoria, Indianapolis, Gin
cinnAti, bloomington. -.
Gable g. Sherrard Accom- .
Gable b Sherrard Accom- .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-09

Tuesday the directors of the ID. NJ.
Sechler Carriage company met at Il
special meeting to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late ID. NJ.
Sechler, the former president of the
company. L. NJ. Sechler. formerly the
vice president, was elected to the
chair of president of the firm and II.
o. Edmunds, of Chicago, was elected
vice president. y. T. McElvain was
reelected secretary and {. NJ. Hill was
made treasurer, while John SamueIs
is again manager. II. o. Edmunds.
who was elected one of the directors.
will not. actively engage in the bust
ness and Will still remain in Chicago.
He is a sOn-in-law of T. NJ. Sechler.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-09

Mrs. =. j. Johnson, wife of the cut
stone contractor, died yesterday at
1880 a. IN. at the city hospital from
cancer Of the stomach. She has been
ailing since last Christmas and one
week ago was removed to the city
hospital where an operation was per
formed on her. She was born i'm Swe-
den in 1855 and came to Moline in 1850.
having made Moline her home ever
since. She is we'll known in the city
and was formerly Miss Emma Peal,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas
Peal, and is a cousin of the late Os-
car Peal and his family She leaves
her husband and seven children, who
are Olga, Esther. Jennie, Phillip,
Alma, Elmer. Frank, all of this city,
and several relatives in Sweden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-09

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE
~ & St. Paul Railway. D.,
ZEs3C4c6 r. N. W. passenger sta
zAHWHVKYT1 tion at foot of Seventeenth
-. .--S street. George w. Wood,
2EHAW agent. The trains for Du-
buque and points north run
via Illinois side of river.
p AIMS for Freeport and Milwaukee win run
via Davenport, Clinton and Savanna.
AL trains VIII connect at Savanna Tor points
east and west.
TRAINS. LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Dubuque and ST. Paul Pas
g6nger $3.50. e. AAsOO AL
Dubuque and st. Paul Pas
genRer ,,,,............... $50 pm
MIITSukee Express ..,..... ZOO am BAT pm
Freeport Fxuress ,..,., 3:45 pm iI:40 am
All trains daily except sunday
sPassengers for points beyond Savanna VIII
make connections leaving at M. ana AZ
irving at S:47 .. m via Iowa side OF the river
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-09

sSh Louis, Springfield
GAlesburg, Peoria au3
Quincy +1:3O am So:5o am
0hicaso ................ II 30 am ts:Ss am
50. Louis, Kansas City,
Denver and Pacific
OOa8b 49, SIZED PHI ~f'IO pm
Sterling and points IN
termediate ............ t7:2S PM N:l0 pm
Dubuque, Clinton, La
Crosse, ST. Paul, MINI
and N. W............... S%7:40 PM 200 am
Ia Crosse. -. 100 AMI roo pm
Clinton and Intermediates sS7:00 am 200 pm
g. Stop at Rock Island % minutes for meals,
SDaIly. fDsi1y except Sunday.
TalaohOne 1I80
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
A SPECIAL REQUEST.

There hes come TO this department q
special request in regard to an advertise
ment that appeared several months ago
asking for Mrs. Fannie Hutchinson The
parties concerned did not see the 'ad'
and are very anxious to help find the
persons advertising. We have received
the letter we give below hoping 1t may
b.. the means of helping a poor woman
The "ad' was concerning an estate that
IS due her from that country. She is very
old and poor, has no support except a
little grandson, and she asked me to try
TO get it for her, and thought perhaps you
could assist me in some way. Mr. Good
win, your agent. advised me 10 write
YOU about 1t. From what / can find out
about the advertisement in the paper,
the money is In the bank there waiting
for her to be identified and call for it.
She needs IT very badly. She is on tho
mercy of the town. We furnish her with
a house to live In. Please find out what
YOU can and write as soon as possible.
All parties can address NJ. o. Kennard,
Batesvile, Ark, independence county.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
WINTER COVER CROPS.
By F. J. Merriam.

The longer I farm the more l become
coa--inced that what we need to do here
at the south to make our soils pro-
ductive Is to get more vegetable matter
into them by some means. Be the SOIL
stiff clay or light sandy loan, the great
majority of these soils need organic mat
ter The problem is how to get this
organic matter without its costing us too
much
We plant cowpeas to improve our soil
and when the peas are made We cut
them for hay instead of turning them
under. We need the hay and cannot
afford to bury a crop which Is worth
from SIS to $50 per ton as forage Now,
this Is all right provided the resulting
manure goes back on the land; but 1t Is
very seldom that the manure is put back
on the same land from which the peas
were cut. The vines are gone and moth
Ing remains but the stubble, This stub
Bile will help some, of course, and the
organisms are there on the roots which
capture nitrogen from the air, but the
accumulation of vegetable matter is slow
we embrace eve"y means within our
reach to add to the supply of organic
matter in our soil
We can do great deal along this line
comes necessary to turn them under next
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
"NOTHING BUT A LOT OF MEM
CRIES."

Among The writer's Of fiction none have
given more pleasure 10 fiction readers
than Irving Bachelor. in his novel OF
Darrell OF the Blessed Isles" he takes
us on a delightful voyage to the blessed
isles Of Imagination places one SO sell
dom visit and where 1t is sweet TO lose
ourselves far away from the isles of
reality.
In his charming description Of "D'ri and
l." he tells of tales of daring deeds in
the second war with the British in
1872. a. story fun Of love and patriotism.
But without doubt his latest book, "Eben
Holden" IS his most popular work.
One cannot read this book without being
benefited by the wise saying of Eben
Holden
Uncle Eben and ATrs. Wigs must have
been first cousins. They take very much
the same view Of life. and express their
sentiments in the same crude. forcible
manner. In the August number of Les
lies there Is a short article called New
Stories by Eben Holden" in which the
author of the book has an interview
with Uncle Eben, and in that interview
he gives utterance to a sentiment so
beautiful that the impression left is
charming.
uncle Eben Is in a reminiscent mood
and was recalling some OF the scenes Of
his childhood. especially his fishing times:
he says: II member it all-the brook and
the trees and The birds an the blue sky
an going home with the fish. Jes' like
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
TALK OF HAPPINESS.

Talk of happiness. the world is sad
enough
Without your woes. no path is wholly
rough;
Look for the places that are smooth and
clear.
And speak of those to rest the tired
ear,
OF earth, SO hurt by weary strain
OF human discomfort and cries and pain.
Talk faith. The world is better off with
out
Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt,
If you have faith in God or men or self.
Say 50; If not, push back upon the shelf
OF silence. All your thoughts of faith
shall come;
No one shall grieve because your lips are
dumb.
Talk health. The dreary pever-ending
tale
or mortal maladies are worn and stale.
You cannot charm. nor interest. nor
please
BY hanging on that minor chord, disease.
Say you are well. or all is well with YOU.
And God shall hear your words and make
them true.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
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for the people around She is not re-
strjcted In any sense of the word does
not wear striped garmennts-indeed, Is a
"trlstv'
She has made such a model convict that
the superintendent. Canfain roster. ex-
presses the nope that She may be pardon
ed in the near future.
Descrlped by r.. u bru1ley'
starr corresnondon+ of Tba constitution
,.o, 49,, fa,,l,,.,, orio+ia, ~ +ba
woman blacksmith In his story OF the visit
to the farm:
"At the main entrance to the women's
onarters was met bv woman attired
qu"''ei was ihel ~ q "0'i'ai "e''i 90
III men clothilS Htsl % "ii II " % -
this convict the first question was ap-
piled. and when the answer came it was
in n voice which BETRAYED beyond all
,.,,t. +ho't ona az tho 1av,s If the land was
'H' i..l.+ - no ,.ar,. beart of
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31

- COMMISSIONER Q. d. STEVENS.
of the department of agriculture.
~ recently made n visit to Belmont
farm. In Cobb county, u place that nus
heen built up from practically hotNihs
nv Hon ed l.. Wight, of Albany ana h0
talks Interestingly OF what is to De seen
and learned there IN the line OF lariiiHs'
dairying and stock raising.
"Everv man IN Georgia who Is inter-
estea In farming or stockraising ought
r.. visit Belmont farm declared Soio'lei
Stevens enthusiastically, for there Ia
much TO learn there as Well as 10 DC
seen There Is no other place IN lhs
south that approaches it that know o.
excant Fillmore, Vanderbilt's place. near
Ashevllle, n. c. ~.
-Four years ago I used to pass the
Mace wher Belmont is now located ana
when I heard that Ed wight had bought
II felt sorry for him for the lana was
moor: in fact, worn out, ana eoulo
hardly see how it could be made TO pro-
dnce even fair crops. But when went
over the place the other day decided
that Sidney Laniers little poem. Inc
Man from Jones, written years ago was
true There IS more in the man than
there is in the land.
At saw at Belmont a field of corn that
WAS better than any | ever saw IN Geof-
gIa Many stalks were over IA feet hlgh.
1t is planted in 32 foot roEs, IS inches
irt the drill and two stalks to the NIL
1t win make. in my opinion. 10 bushels 10
the acre. There were 10 acres of sorghum
that was as good as the corn; large
field Of sweet potatoes. 20 acres OF peas
and sorghum, soWn together broadcast LOT
hay, and last but not least, 20 acres or
;he famous Lookout Mountain Irish po-
tatoes. These were just coming UP and
a good stand is assured. which means
big crop. and a lot of money.
Just here | wish to say that I believe
that the planting of the Lookout Noun
tain Irish potatoes as a fan crop means
more money to the Georgia farmer than
ANYTHING else he can do They can be
planted after a small grain crop is har-
vested and in time to pnt in another
crop Of oats or rye. Belmont farm gath
cred 1G4 bushels from | acre last fall.
Twenty four Of The largest measured half
a bushel Weighing 80 pounds.
Not a seed Of cotton IS planted on
Belmont. Two crops are raised on every
acre OF land each year oats are nsa nted
from October / to March ! right along
through the winter and owing 10 the
method of planting are never winter
killed
Now you may think it strange that
all these things can be done by a man
who was not raised on farm, and YOU
are right about that, for the direct man
agement of the farm and stock is under
the control Of Loring Brown, formerly of
Bolingbroke, Monroe county, who has
lived on a farm for years. and knows
IS much about 1t and more about stock
and poultry than any man | ever knew.
He don't know the name of all the chick
ems on the place because there are 50
many that names would not go around.
but he knows each one by sight and can
tell you its history. But when it comes to
cattle and hogs he knows every one
by name. though there are over $50 of
each on The place.
Having seen SO much in the papers
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31

crops, to give the best results, should
be in the ground before the first of DC
tober, and the sooner the better We
want to give them all the time possible
to make growth before Christmas and
II your land is ready, why put off plant
ing it. / have seen excellent crops Of
crimson clover made from seed sown III
October; but early sowines are more GER
tain of success
The old idea that land be allowed to
lay out in order to reeuperate Is being
replaced by the newer idea of bringing
up a soil by intelligent and systematic
rotation. 1t is true that land viii i'm
prove when turned out and allowed to
grow up in weeds and grass; but natures
process of regeneration by the adding OF
vegetable matter to the soil through this
natural growth is far slower than where
scientific methods are applied and the
same end attained in cne-fourth the time
by the planting OF reuovating crops
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31

looking back to my childhood. When you
come to pick up an get ready to move
out o this world ven find We amt got
nnthin' but q lot O. memories" Then the
author asks him what was your best
memory He said he remembered one
year day before Christmas. his father
gave him two shilings-he walked all the
way to town and as he went he 'jingled"
the coppers in his pocket and thought
what he would do with them. He went
into a large store when he arrived In
the city, and here what he said:
Saw so many things couldn't make up
my mind t. buy nuthin. l stud there
feelin' NV a par O. skates. They wus
grand-all shiny with new straps an
buckles. | did want 'em awful-but l
didn't hev enough money. Purity soon l
see a leetle bit NV girl in a red jacket
loollin' at a lot O. dolls. She was ragged
an there Were holes in her shoes an
she did look awful poor an sicl1y. She'd
go up an put her hand on one O. them
dolls dresses an whisper:
Some day! Some day
"Then she'd go to another an fuss a
minnit with its clothes an whisper.
Some day Purity soon she asked If
they had any dolls with a blue dress on
for three pennies.
No. says woman. 'the lowest price
for a doll with a dress on is one shil-
lin
The little gal. she jes' looked es II she
wus goin' t. cry. Ter lip trembled.
Some day I'm goin' + hev one. says
she.
II couldn't stan 1t. an so l slipped UP
an bought one an put it In her arms.
1 pever'u fergit the look that come Into
her face then. Wal. she went away an
set down all by herself, an il come cold
an that night they found her asleep in
a dark alley She was half dead with
the cold an there was one thing about III
that made her famous. She he'd took
off her red jacket an wrapped it round
the little doll
Right here Uncle Eben was interrupt
ed In his story by the question, of course
like all good STORIES, she died and went
to heaven" Listen to the answer:
NO" said he quickly. "she lived an
went there, We don't hev to die t go
to heaven we've crossed the boundary
when We begin t. love somebody more'n
We do yerself if 1t amt nobody better'n
a rag doll
sentiment worthy of being treasured
in every heart,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY
OF BILL ARP.
"CAILEn ASIDE. -

CALLED ASIDE"
From the glad working OF thy busy life,
From the worlds ceaseless stir of care
and strife,
Into the shade and stiffness. by thy
Heavenly Guide.
For a brief space thou hast been called
aside.
There is sadness in every home where
our beloved "Bill Arp is known. and
many tears are falling for the loss we
have sustained.
The busy brain is resting. the cease
less stir OF care and strife" is over. and
our friend has been ''called aside" When
we think Of his many words OF wisdom
and cheer that have gladdened our hearts.
the brave words he was never afraid
TO speak for our rights. our hearts ask
the question. ''How can we give him
up?"
There have been few men so beloved
as our philosopher" and It is comfort
to know that men did not wait for him
to die 10 bring their flowers to Geek tho
bier. but their homage has been bestowed
along the pathway OF life and his friends
have loved and honored and sent him
words Of cheer that warned ana soothed
that great loving heart
Perhaps through the thin veil that now
separates US from the spirit land he
knows our grief and that he will ever
live In the hearts Of his people. His
labor on earth is done. but his works
Mill live after him and in many home
where his name has become a household
word Ills sayings will be treasured for
generations to come.
Our hearts go out IN tenderest sympa-
4xfrN nd
II the loss of such a man means so much
to the world what does it mean to those
stricken ones? May a loving Father
comfort their sorrowlng hearts and in
their loneliness enable them to hear a
voice from heaven saying
Il shine in the light of God,
His image stamps my brow;
Through the shadow of death my feet
nave trod.
! reign In glory now.
II have found the joys Of heaven.
I am one of the angel band:
To my head a crown of gold Is given
And harp is In my hand.
"Oh. friends Of my mortal years.
The trusted and the true
Ye are walking still through the valley
of tears,
But I wait to welcome YOU
DO you mourn when another star
Shines out from the gltterng SKY?
Do you weep when the raging voice of
And the storms of conflict die?
Then why should your tears run down.
or your hearts be sorely riven2
For another gem in the Saviors crown
And another soul in heaven
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
"a

a pure M. B. gobler to sell or exchange.
Please write.
Professor e. w. Anderson, Summitville,
Tenn, will exchange gramophone and out
rare confederate sword standard type
writer etc. Want old fashion hall clock
G or 8 feet high, old mahogany furniture,
stone relics or best offers.
". b. Morris, Gainesville, Ga, will ex-
change Spanish needle No y Powerful in
Strument for locat ting hidden treasures,
for a lady's size god-flled watch with
good movement or for other offer of equal
value.
Mrs Ida Smith. jefferson, Ga. has fine
pure bred single comb Brown Leghorns
and a few extra fine thoroughbred Silver
Laced Wyandotte cockerels to exchange
for offers. Write, with stamp
r. A. Lee, Evergreen, Ala, wishes to
exchange typewriter iron bed, cooking
stove, wood heater and other useful
| household articles for pure white or
Silver Laced Wyandotts. last spring pull
| den Laced Wyandott ROSTERS for TWO
| Plymouth Rock BOOSTERS. Write.
| Ruth Cory, Ringgold. La, has "a
| Childs History of England. self
| Raised or From the Depths, "Flfteen
| Years in He'll and other school books te
| exchange for "St Elmo" "Tnez'' and
| other novels. Paper or cloth binding ac-
| cepted
| Mrs. G.. w. Green, Enterprise, Ala,
| has two volumes written by Mrs. South
worth titles "Ishmaer' and "Self-Ralsed
| Cor out of the Depths'D, cloth bound and
| in good condition. to exchange for BOOK
ON the steam pump or steam engine or
other books.
Mrs II. " Royster r. f. D., No IA, Ac-
worth Ga, has two mockingbirds lboth
songsters) to exchange for Silver Wyan-
dotte chickens or equal value
f. Gross. Ogeechee, Ga has for ex-
change an unfailing cancer cure, mad
stone and scuppernong vines rooteO Tor
offers Write with stamp.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
The Heather Chinee Revised

Which l wish to declare,
Quite emphatic and free.
That for tricks the most bare
Faced that ever l
The hcathen Chinee Is the limit
If you doubt it, please listen II me!
He haa cards up his sleeve.
He had cards in his hair!
sw'ar. I believe
He had cards everywhere;
And he took all my property, pardner.
And left NE clean busted an barrel
sat into a game.
Just a short time ago.
With that Chinee CHS name
/ believe is All Dough-.
And talk about cheating! Say, pardner,
The cuss never give me a show.
SO be circumspect, pard.
An take warning by me-
An don't play nary card
With that heather Chinee.
Or he'll put you plumb bang out of bust
ness
An fendishly chuckle with gee,
Denver News
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31

spring before they mature in order to
plant something else Is it not better to
keep nature working for Us all the time,
building up our land than to let the land
lie idle from four to six months out of
the twelve? The cost of the seed amounts
TO very little compared to the benefit
received, especially If the crop be of a
leguminous character. such as crimson
clover burr clover or hairy vetch Even
rye will help and win flourish on land
too poor to grow The former crops on
any fairly strong land, however. the
crimson clover will be all right Sow it
between your cotton and in your late
corn. and help It along with a few hun
dred pounds of chemical fertilizer to the
acre. The fertilizer should analyze
about 10 per cent phosphorc acid and 10
per cent potash. and can he made by
combining 1900 pounds acid phosphate
and 400 pounds muriate of potash to make
a ton.
If you do not intend to sow wheat or
oats on your COW pea stubble, but are re-
serving this land for corn or cotton next
spring, sow some crimson clover here
also. All YOU will have to do will be to
disc up the surface with a cutawav har-
row. SOW your seed and brush or harrow
It in lightly with q smoothing harrow
These cover crops will work all winter
gathering nitrogen and carbon to enrich
the land for your next years crop.
1T seems to me that we have been neg
lecting our opportunities along this line,
One has only to ride through the country
in the fall and witness the thousands of
acres lying bare and losing their fertility
by teaching and washing to fully appre-
ciate this fact And this is another ben
eft of the cover crop: it not only gathers
fertility. but it prevents this Teaching and
washing.
Now, If you are going to plant a cover
crop, do not put it off too long. These
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
A WOMAN BLACKSMITH,

The only woman blacksmith in America
Is at the state prison farm at Milledge-
vile. Ga.
Matte Crawford is the name of the
woman. who is a negro. She is said to be
one of the best blacksmiths in the ter
ritory about Milledgeville. Indeed, it may
be stated on authority that she can shoe
q mule quicker and better than any man
in the vicinity.
She was sent up seven years ago for
killing her step-father at their home
In Meriwether county Her step-father
had abused her, so she stated and when
he came into the house she took up a
chair and Drained him with it, This will
serve to give an idea of her great
strength.
She was sentenced to serve a life term
In the penitentiary and was sent to the
Chattahoochee river brick works along
with some other convicts. After being
there a while her great strength and ac-
tivity caused those in charge of her to
plan heavy work for her. She expressed
desire to become a blacksmith and she
was taught the trade. Her skirts being
In the way, her guards forced her to put
on trousers. Several whppings were nee
essary to make her consent to this But
after she had them on awhile she became
so attached to them as to refuse abso-
lutely to take them off.
When the legislature passed law es-
tablishing a prison farm few years ago
and putting all the women and disabled
convicts there, Matte was taken there
also. She was told she could take off
trousers and put on dresses again, but
refused
She is a woman of enormous strength,
and is well behaved. She does all the
blacksmith work OH the farm and much