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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
WHEN A WON WILLS,
Daring Deed of a Washington Dame with
Social Aspirations.

Daring Deed of a Washington Dame with
Social Aspirations.
People who go about and in society
tell me that when a ardentIy
desires to make herself one of the IA
vored few of the smart set. there is
really nothing she will stop at, and
some Of these same persons have been
telling me this story in illustration
OF what they say. In high officialdom.
says 4 writer in the Washington Post,
is a little lady, dainty as a spring
crocus, who was a member of the in
ner circle long before she became a
part Of oiicialdom. On one of her
last reception days she was chatting
with two cabinet women. when the
servant announced the arrival of a
who is struggling to get into
things as never a SOCIAL climber strug-
gled before. The hostess knew her
by sight merely, and had never 90
much as had a bowling acquaintance
with her, bit official people are used
to seeing strangers at their receptions,
and the lady of the house bowed with
her usual graciousness. The climbers
quick eye took IN the situation. She
saw the two cabinet women. AMI she
knew they say her. She rcse to the
occasion in mastery fashion. "My
dear Mrs. Blank" she said gushingly,
clasping the hostess hand warmly. "I
was so sorry not 10 have been at homo
wher you called on Friday. 1t was SO
sweet OF yoi ~ come SO soon, and l
do Iope yu IL come in very often, in.
formally, that way" And before tho
hostess had recovered FROM; her sur
prise the climber has passed on, we'll
content, for she had appeared in the
presence of two cabinet women as the
intimate friend of a lady who had
never eve set foot on her doorsteps.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
FOOLED II HOSPITAL.
Was Pronounced IncurabIe, but Got
Well on Pure Food.

Was Pronounced IncurabIe, but Got
Well on Pure Food.
Sometimes In q case of disease re-.
sulting from the s Of improper food
the symptoms are SO complex that
medical science cannot find the seat OF
trouble, and even the most careful
hospital treatment fails to benefit. A
gentleman of Lee, Mass, says: ION
April LIST, 1900. | was sent home by
one Of u Massachusetts, hospitals.
saying nothing more could be done for
me. have been a great sufferer from
nervous diseases and rheumatism and
nervous prostration and had previous
~ been treated at Sharon Springs and
by a number Of doctors without get
ting much assistance.
Zone day l was feeling worse than
usual when l read an article about
your Grape-Nuts that impressed me
so that / sent out for a package. I
commenced using it at breakfast the
next day.
"For fifteen months l never missed
one day. II you ever saw n one
grow strong and improve 1t was 1. |
gained from 1852 ounds to nv old
weight OF les. / will always be a Grip
pie from rheumatism, but otherwise I
am 80 much improved that / now feel
. well as any man In the country"
Name furnished by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
There Is a receipt book in each pack.
age OF Grape-Nuts that will interest
the housekeeper.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Quality, Not Quantity.

It happened many years ago, when
Oliver Wendell Holmes was occupying
mot q chair" as he himself expressed
1t. but a whole settee" ut Harvard,
Holmes colleagues at the time were
all unusually tall men. One day the
genial little doctor. in company with
several of these tall professors, was
pacing up and down a long corridor.
Jingling small change in his pocket as
he walked, he looked up at his COM
panion and remarked calmly: Cen
tlemen, l feel like q 3-cent piece among
pennies. "-Philade lphia Public Ledger.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
MANUAL TRAINING THAT PAID.
Business Man Sold His Sons De-
signs to the Firm.

ut Is very difficult to induce en-
thusiasts on manual training to admit
that utility forms more than a minor
consideration in tho'r plea for special
training. They continue 20 cling TO
the belief that it's educational value
Overshadows all of the other good
things claimed for their pet hobby.
The practical business man who has
sons in school takes the enthusiasts
view mainly on faith. He cannot take
time to go into the theoretical merits
OF the subject, and is willing to trust
educational experts on educational
matters. But his faith Is helped won
derfully, and SO is the cause of man
ual training, by such little incidents
as the following" said a school in
spector the other day.
I'm n of the public schools Of the
city the boys were required to origin
ate designs for the box covers which
they had previously made in the work
shop. One boy, developing a great
liking for the work, devoted some of
his leisure time to planning designs
to cover various kinds of spaces. The
decorative value of his designs at
tracted the attention of his father,
who holds a position in one of the
large publishing houses of the city.
The father took four pieces Of his
boys and submitted them t. his firm
for use Two were accepted and now
adorn the covers of widely circulated
books, and what is Of great impor-
lance to the boy, a check In payment
for services rendered came to him
through the mail. So here is one
father fully convinced of the value Of
manual training."-New York Times,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
~ #SSs x e Il * e e x = * x & e & =: 3
\
.,GUILTYo2RR !
INNOCENT? !
y:
By AMY BRAZER, X
BY AMY BRAZIER

hapS before they meet again. "She
will yearn for the touch of a vanished
hand" she will long with a sick long
ing for the sound of his merry voice,
the sight of his face.
George" she whispers-and her
voice is trembling-"my father has
sent for me, and 1 am going to Tas-
mania"
Going to Tasmania%"
In the face of his other hideous trou-
BILE, he hardly takes it in, and echoes
her words mechanically.
Yes Barbara says, almost in her
usual tones, Il am to sail immedi-
dately, and We have got to say good
by"
Still George stares at her with his
heavy eyes, that look as if they had
long been strangers to sleep, and he
seems as if he could not find anything
to say.
But at last words come.
My darling, my darling, it is bet
ter for you to go away, after ALL"
He is white as chalk as he gazes
down at her; but Barbara Is quite
him. and he is dimly conscious of a
smile that Is ~quivering and dancing in
her eyes.
George, I have something to say to
you," Barbara says, and clasps both
her hands upon his arm. Come"
They walk down the road together.
1t Is their last interview. How shall
they crowd in all the vows and prom
1ses-the promises that are made
when young hearts seem breaking?
1t is over at last-the girls face
very tear-stained, and the mans pale
with feeling.
You have promised me-" she is say
Ing. Swear it, George-you will
never bet on a race again, for nv
sake, for my sake."
God helping me, l never will" he
says solemnly, his golden head bent
over hers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
CT His Beat,

The recent civil service examination
brings to mind an amusing story
which was told in connection with
one of the earliest examinations for
policemen. says the New York Times.
The question asked by the examining
commission was: How many miles
to the moon?" Pat, a lusty son of old
Erin, whose right TO a place on the
force had never before been disputed.
answered: Il don't know how many
miles it is. but | know that it Is far
enough away to be outside my beat,
when it's full"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

A man carries his memory in his
pocket when there is little else there.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
v.


When Barbara returns to the Court
with pale cheeks and without her
bunch OF ~violets, that repose il George
Rouverie's pocketbook as a farewell
souvenir, 1t is to find a scene of con-
1uslon and a group in the hall, con-
sisting of the servants, and they are
surrounding a central figure, which
turns out to be Mrs. Saville lying on
the floor.
A loose stair-rod has precipitated
her down the stairs, with the result Of
a broken ankle.
The accident e~ffectually puts a stop
to the trip to London. When-with
the aid OF the coachman, Sebastian,
and the cook-she has been convened
up stairs, she turns to Barbara with q
moan.
4 shall be tied here for weeks! I
am suffering horribly! You must go
to London with Sebastian"
Don't worry about me, Aunt Julia"
Barbara says, plying the pain that is
shown in the twitching face. 81 can
travel alone"
Nonsense! AS if Sebastian would
allow such a thing! You can go
straight to your Uncle Henry's, and
Sebastian will see you safely on
board. My foot is fearfully painful,
| hope the doctor has been sent for"
Yes. Sebastian rode off for him at
once"
Then you may go down stairs and
send Mason to me. What a figure you
look, Barbara! l suppose you have
been having a scene with that young
Bouverie?"
Barbara says nothing. Her aunt is
in pain, and pain makes most people
irritable; SO she leaves the room. and
prepares to continue her own pack
ing, folding away her possessions with
a strange sense of unreality, wonder
ing Idly what manner of life she will
be living when her gowns see the light
of day again.
1t is all Over at last! The lovers
manage a last farewell, and then Bar
bara is gone. whirled away on the
AAoS poiI VI IL lOAS Wy dSc, W D0RIu
a life that to her will only be a time
of probation till George Bouverie shall
come and claim her.
Within a week Sebastian is home
again, having seen Barbara safely on
board and started for Tasmania.
"She is a most extraordinary girl"
he says, sitting by his mothers bed
side, and giving her a report Of his
proceedings. Just fancy! She would
not buy a single thing for the voyage
except a deck chair, a rug and some
lavender water; and she insisted on
travelling second class, though her
fathers friends were going first, and
seemed greatly annoyed. They will,
through Barbara's o~bstinacy, be I'M
able to be of the slightest use to her
during the voyage"
What can she mean?" calculates
Mrs. Saville, looking very grim and
grey as she reclines on her pillows.
Sebastian shrugs his shoulders.
Who can assign any reason for the
vagaries of a woman's mind? That
fool Bouverie came to the railway sta
tlon, and they stared into each others
eyes like a couple oflunatics. | thought
Barbara was going to have Mysteries.
Well, she has seen the last of him.
II rumor is right, he has about come
to the end of his tether. He looks bad
enough, and it strikes me his express
sion spells ruin more than grief at los
ing a sweetheart"
1T is a good thing Barbara has
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Free Medical Advice to Women.

Mrs. Pinkham invites all women to write to her
for advice. You need not be afraid to tell her tho
things you could not explain to the doctor your lei.
ter will be seen only by women and is absolutely con.
hdential. Mrs. Pinkham's vast experience with such
troubles enables her to tell you just what is best for
you, and she will charge you nothing for her advice.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
HOW'S THIS?

we otter One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured bv Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo. q.
We. the undersigned, have known F. l. Cheney
for the last Is years and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fnanci-
ally able to carry out any obligations made nv
their firm.
VEST TRUAX. Wholesale Druggists Toledo
Ohio; WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole.
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

A lazy mans burdens are heaviest
on his mind; put your interest in your
work and your work will soon be to
your interest.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27

Clara-Have you seen q more
changable girl than she?
Clarice-In what way?
Clara-Why, she has changed the
color of her hair three times and her
religion twice.-New York Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Another Case of Nervous Prostitution Gu

!, "DEAR 4 PINkHAh Allow m to express to you the benefit have
derived from taking Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Baov
l started to take it | was or the verge of nervous prostration. Could
not sleep nights, and I suffered dreadfulv from indigestion and headache I
heard O. Lydia E Pinkhans wonderful medicine, and began its use, which
Immediately restored my health.
50 al heartily recommend to all suffering orner Mrs BERTHA
4. DRIRKINs, 25x Lapidge St. San Francisco, Cal. (Nay q. 1907
H5000 ESe 81! 4. Ala if :. s SS, #. % %s R gsass. II: eaSaa ,sss" and 'sp"u"s
~ Lydia L. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn A
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
Read what Mrs. Day saws:

"DHAR MRS. PINKHAM will write you a few lines to let yu know d
the benefit l have received from taking your remedies. I suffered for shns
a.lon np pain in the stomach after eating, and constipation: I often thought
would lose my mind. / began to take Lydia Il. Pinkhanl's Vegetable
compound and " q o feeling like a e woman. 1 cannot prase its
mighty. 1t de all that it is recommended to do, and more.
II hope that every who suffers as l did will give Lydia T. Pinkham,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-04
FAMED AS SCULPTOR
WHO is. TO DESIGN
MCCLELLAN STATUE.

EOted Master With the CbiseI
Chosen Unanimously over All Conf
petitors-Somc of His WorI-The
Rejected "Bacchante."
Frederick AfacMonnies of New York,
who has been selected as the sculptor
of the statue of General George Il. Nc,
Clellan, authorized by congress to be
erected at Washington, is one of the
leading sculptors of the world. and his
work is already represented at the ma
tional capital by figure of Shake
speare in the Congressional library and
the two central bronze doors of that
building.
MacMonnies has been in the fore
most rank of sculptors only since 1898,
when his great fountain at the Chicago
worlds fair placed him upon a pedes-
tai He is one of the few Americans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-04

sculptor began work on that figure III
1891 he had little thought that any
thing about 1t could be called into ques-
ton on the score of morality, yet his
"Bacchante" was rejected by Boston
for that reason, though artists consider
1t one of his best works.
Other of MacMonnies' contributions
to sculpture are his Nathan Hale"
City Hall park. New York; Sir Harry
Vane." Boston Public library: army
and navy groups for soldiers and sail
ors' monument. Indianapolis; figure of
Victory" battle monument. West
Point. and the equestrian statue of
General Slocum. Brooklyn.
The selection of MacNTonnies TO de-
sign the Mcclellan monument was made
unanimously by the commission APP
pointed by congress after all the de-
signs and models submitted had been
rejected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-04

who are recognized by the French as
worthy to stand side by side with the
masters of the chisel.
1t was only last year that Mr.. Mac
Monnies returned to this country after
having spent seventeen years abroad.
He is native of Brooklyn, born in
1863. His first opportunity cane in
1880. when he was admitted TO the
studio of Augustus St Gaudens of New
York. The stimulating atmosphere of
that great artists studio prepared him
for his first visit to Paris In 1884. Aft
er n short time there he went to Mu-
Mich, where he studied painting, for
with the brush as with the chisel. Re
turning to Paris, he was soon recalled
to New York by St Gaudens, who
wished his assistance in the execution
of several important works. After q
year he returned to Paris and entered
the Atelier Falguiere, School of Fine
Arts, working portion of the time in
In the Atelier Falguiere he bore off for
two years the highest prizes open to
foreigners, ranking next to the PriX de
Rome-the PriX d'Atelier. So original
was his work that the great French
sculptor advised him to strike out for
himself.
MacAIonnies has also had a taste or
disagreeable notoriety. Boston would
not have his "Bacchante." When the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-04

vigorously Genyfng> the theft, offers
Rila present of pig TO end the mat
ter. Rika's relatives at once clamCr
not only for their original demands,
but for the pig as well. Possibly Il free
fight ensucs, and Rikas people get
badly used and threats CT soul snar-
ing" are heard on MI sides.
Then Rika's wife makes the snare for
Tetoro's soul. Taking her mat out into
the village square or upon q well fire.
quented road or path. she suspends the
snare from the branches OF trees or
sticks placed in the ground in such Il
position that she can closely watch the
Oriflcc in the center Of the square.
Rika's friends. male ard female, come
with her. They bring food and eat ii
and throw fragments under the snare
to attract the flies. with which the is
land is infested. If but one fly crawlS
through the hole Tetoro is dead man,
unless he suddenly gives in and allows
himself to be bled. for not only do
Rika's people watch the snare. but his
own as well No one of them would
dare to attempt 10 destroy the snare.
The death of the interferer by occult
And so for hours and hOurs-some-
times for days-many pairs of eyes
watch the. little circle of cane, and Te-
toro and his friends are now ready to
yield, but feel that still more eXtor-
tionate demands may be made. Then
at Inst fly is seen to crawl through,
and shout goes through the village.
TIA hopo tie lago! Ia hopo tie lago"
GA fly has passed through.,) Tetoro
hears the cries and Immediately imag
ines he feels i'll. His wife and relatives
crowd about him and try to cheer him
up. but his face assumes a melancholy
look. and as the time passes on he re-
fuses bis food. Perhaps he may con-
TESS that he did steal Rika's fish and
tremblingly offer TO make full restitu-
ton If Rika will catch a fly and make
it go through the circle from the re-
verse side through which the first one
entered voluntarily. Usually this Is
done, and what might have become
lasting family feud had Tetoro died OK
funk" through being bewitched, ends
up by the payment of SO much property
to Rika, and a feast for which both
parties provide the viands.-Pall Mall
Gazette
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-04
THE SOUL CATCHERS.
a CIRCULAR CUSTOM OF THE SOUTH
S:A ISLANDERS.

The Wy ~ Natives In the Dogs De-
fore Civilization Had Fully Marked
Them ;'Or Its Own Used to Get Even
With Their Enemies.
y Little while aSo while turning over
como i--2mcnIos OF many years spent
il tn Pacific islands l came across q
small circle OF fine cane abo,-t two
inches iii diameter. From the side to-
ward the center ii delicate network of
the E5crs OF some plant was construct
ed, leaving Il small hole in the center
large enough for. say, bee to crawl
through The article weighed less
than II quarter OF an ounce; yet small
and harmless as il appeared. it is not
so very many years ago that it and
others like it were objects of deadly
terror to the natives of many of the
Pacific islands, particularly those of
aianahiki Humphrey island), for the
simple looking thing was soul catch
er9that is. n destroyer of human life.
Manahiki is one of u group of low
lying atOll islands to the north-north-
west of Samoa, and its people today
are about the best educated of all the
Acknowledgements people. They elect a
king and parliament, have one of the
most beautifully adorned churches in
the Pacific islands. and nearly all the
younger members of the community
can now not only speak but read and
write. English. The island is-for an
atoll-unusually fertile and the people
q fine, stalwart, handsome copper col
ored race. The main industries are the
making of ''cOpra" dried cocoanut) and
diving for pearl shell.
Soul catching" in the heather days,
prior to 1863, could be and was prac-
ticed by any one who desired revenge
or the life of an enemy. Indeed, al
though the people were nominally
Christians in 1873. it was still in
vogue. The mOdus operandi is very
simple. Say that two men, Rika and
Tetoro, quarrel Rika accuses Tetoro
of going out into the lagoon at night
time, lifting his (Rika's) fish traps and
abstra citing the contents. He therefore
demands compensation. Tetoro denies
the theft. The relatives of both men
take sides, and the quarrel assumes all
the elements of a feud with bIOodshed
1t may be that TetorO is man of
means or chiefly rank and influence
and treats his accuser with scorn.
VERY weIl,'' the injured Rika cries
eff l cannot get justice from you l
shall snare your soul, and you will die
of a wasting Sickness"
Tetoro, even If he is innocent, begins
to feel uneasy at thistthreat and while
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-04
Notice of PublIcatlon in Chanoery.

Rock Island County. S.
In the circuit court of Rock Island county,
September term, a. D., 1908.
Henry b. Carpenter, conServator of William
FIemmiUg. VS.. James + GINNING and Will
lam Wlmerton. IN Chancery. Bill for
Afidavit that the place of residence and
the postoffice address OF James Flemming
one of the defendants above named, is un-
known and upon due inquiry cannot be
found having been filed in the ONCE of the
clerk OF said circuit court of Rock Island
county, notice is hereby given to the said de-
PENDANT James Flemming that the COM
plainant filed his bill of complaint in said
court. on the chancery side thereof, on the
summons theTeupo1 issued out of said court
against said defendants returnable on the
third Monday OF Septem Der A. d 1878, as is
by law required. and that said bill is still
pending in said court and undetermined.
Now. therefore, unless you. the said James
F1emming shall personally be and appear
before said circuit court of Rock Island
county, on the first day of the next term
thereof. to be holden at the court house in
the city of Rock Island. in said county on
the third Monday of September A ID. 1893,
and plead, answer or demur to the said
Complainant'S bill of complaint. the same.
and the matters and things therein charged
and stated will be taken as confessed, and a
decree entered against you according to the
prayer OF said bill
GEORGE W. GAMBLE. Clerk.
MARTHUR & COOKE, Compliments Sol
icitors
August Is, 1903
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-04
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Charles zimmerman, deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed
administrator of the estate of Charles Zim-
norman, late of the county of Rock Island,
state of illinois, deceased, hereby gives no.
tiCe shat he viii appear before the county
court OF Rock Island county at the county
court room, in the city of Rock Island, al the
Vember next at which time all persons nav
ing claims against said estate are notified
and requested to attend for the purpose of
having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted TO said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this lst day of September. A. D., 1909.
HERMAN NOGEl4, Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-04
Notice of Final Sc Element:

Estate OF john hui q, deceased.
Public notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned, Carl Witt. has this day filed
his final report and settlement as such
in the county court of Rock Island
county. and that an order has been eu-
tered by said court approving the said
report unless objections thereto or cause to
the contrary be shown on or before the 9TH
day of Septembe a. D. 1903, and upon the
final approval of said report the said Carl
Witt will ask for order of diStri button
and will also ask to be discharged. ALI per-
sons interested are notified to attend.
Rock Island. Ill. Aug. 10, A. d. 1888
CARL WITT, Administrator.
Searle & Marshall, attorneys.