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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27
The Acc of the HARM.

The harp, which was suggested by
the lutte, is ascribed to Jubal, 1915
B. c., and was King David's favorite
instrument. The harp was used by
the Welsh and Saxons, and also by
the ancient peoples of Ireland One
of the oldest harps in existence is in
the Dublin College museum, and orig
inally belonged to Brian Boroihme,
king of Ireland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27
Plenty of Practice.

Eyes. father. when 1 finish my edu
cation am going to follow my literary
bent and write for money"
'Humph, John, you ought to be sue.
cessful. That's all you did the four
years you spent in college,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27
worId,s Hirhe.t CanaI Loc,,,

The lock to be placed in the Danube
Oder canal will be 131 feet high and
the highest in the world. The Aus
TRAN minister of commerce has offered
prizes of 100000, $4,000 and $4,000
crowns for the best plans for it I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27
Rnther Gnre Him Awaz.

Fond Father Showing of his of
springs intelligence)-Now, Elsie dear,
what is cat?
ElSie-Dunno.
Fond Father-Well, what's that fun
ny little animal that comes creeping
up the stairs when every ones in bed2
Elsie promptlyl-Papa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27

A reporter for the Kansas City Jour
nal at Topeka finds that 312 pianos
were destroyed in the North Topeka
flood. If these instruments had an
average value of $500 the total would
amount to $4,000. One thing is GER
tain, not single piano which passed
through the flood will ever be used
again. Pianos are commonly regarded
as of strong and substantial construc-
ton. To look at those which passed
through the Topeka flood one woulG
conclude that they were as fragile IS
house of cards. Their woodwork is
swelled, bulged and split. Their veneer
ing has peeled off like paper from a
wet wall. Their Intervals are warped
and twisted out of all semblance to an
orderly machine. They have been
thrown out in the streets, without an
exception, to be hauled away with 9TH
er rubbish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27

quickly gone, and then it became nee
essary for the male passengers to get
something to eat The farmhouses
saved us. Several of us got boats and
rowed from house to house each day.
and in this way secured food sufficient
for at least one meal a day. One
means of securing food seemed to be
furnished by Providence. The water
drove poor little rabbits up under the
very wheels of the cars. AS the water
crept higher the rabbits actually got
on top Of the wheels. Every morning
it was easy to collect as many rabbits
as we could eat. That seems remark
able, but it was really a fact"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27
M'cooK's VISIT ToAs SCOUT.
How the Famous General Showed
His Regard For an Old Friend.

Several years ago the late General
Alexander Mcdowell McCoolS paid a
visit to Santa Fe, \. NJ, with some
railways officials, says the Kansas City
Star. On arriving at Santa Fe his first
inquiry was for one Lucian Stewart
He was told that Stewart was in the
hospital, awaiting death from old age.
''Then he may die tonight. and l will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27
COLD STORAGE OF FRUITS,

Interesting Results of Experiments
by Department of Agriculture.
w. II. Raglan, the special agent Of the
department of agriculture in charge
of the experiments in the cold storage
of fruits, reports on the progress of the
last year that some prevalent opinions
have not been borne out by the invesi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27

The shortest life is long enough If it
lead to better, and the longest life is
too short If it do not.-Colton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27
FROM THE FLOOD LANDS
Telegrapher Describes Incident
of Oregon Cloudburst.
HEPPNER A vER1TABLE TRAP.

Charles A. Taylor says the Town
That Was Swept Away Lay In a
Pocket In the Observation-Disclosures
Flood Drove Rabbits Into Railroad
Cars, and Passengers Thus Secured
Food.
b. G. Hart, the telegraph operator
for the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton company at Heppner, recently
wrote for the New York World and
sent by wire an account of a tragic mo-
ment in the flood in which he had a
miraculous escape from death, taking
with him four children. James Ker-
nan, the station agent, and his wife.
whose daughter (Katie) Hart had with
him, would have escaped also had not
Herman stopped to call Portland in an
effort to inform the outside world that
Heppner was being overwhelmed with
waters. Here is the account from Mr..
Hart. dated Lexington, Ore:
Il was working in the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation company's office
at the time that the food was coming
down upon US. l was writing q letter
to my parents, who live in Hilgard,
Ore. noticed that it was raining very
hard, and, in company with Mr. Ker-
nan, the station agent his wife and his
fifteen-year-old daughter, watched the
creek. We did not realize that it was
rising so fast until we heard q terrific
roar. Then 1 called the attention of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman to the flood
which was coming, with the water roll
ing over and over, picking up and
crushing houses. as though they were
eggshells. 1 cried: My God! Isn't
that awful? Come, let US run for the
hillSr
AZ took hold of the little daughters
hand and those of three other little
children that ran into the station be-
fore 1 started. I rushed for the hills,
Dir. Herman and his wife following.
Only by the help of Divine Providence
did 1 succeed in getting the four chill
dren out on high ground, and as 1 gain
ed the higher ground turned to look
and see how the best friend l ever had
on earth was making it. The rapidly
rising waters had caught him and his
wife, and they were drowned before
my very eyes. Neither tongue nor pen
can describe the scene, and it seems be-
yond human minds to imagine the
sight"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-27

Heppner, Ore, as described by
Charles A. Taylor, the playwright, was
a veritable trap for such a food as the
one which recently brought death to
a large number of its population. Mr..
Taylor has several friends there, and
believes that many of them were vic
tins Of the cloudburst.
''The first time l went to Heppner,"
he said to New York Evening Journal
reporter, twas in November, 1901. The
town was twenty-six miles from the
main line and the trip there was slow
and tedious. The railroad ran along
Willow creek, which was a strong
mountain stream in deep valley.
my company was the first that had
been to Heppner in three years, and I
never saw people so glad to see actors.
There was no room for us in the
small but well equipped hotel, but the
Landlord turned out enough guests to
make us comfortable. We were
treated royalty on all sides and moth
ing seemed too good for us.
1.-THE very thought of going to see
a play seemed to thrill them, and that
night the little opera house, which was
used for charitable entertainments al
most entirely, was packed to the doors.
The same thing was true the next
night, and Mr.. Crawford, proprietor Of
the hotel, told me that every man,
woman and child in the city who was
not i'll had seen the show.
1.-THE wealth of the town was re-
markable. There did not seem to be
any poor people there. They seemed
Ia Il
were willing to let the world outside
progress without their aid. The hotel
was about the only building In town
that was up to date. The rest of the
houses were built along the main
street, backing on the creek.
1.-The town was in a pocket in the
mountains. On every side were high
hills, sloping down to the houses and
being drained into the creek which
proved so much too small when the
cloudburst came on Sunday June I'D.
The creek il like a raging torrent all
the time. It runs into the Columbia
river just above the falls and few
miles below Heppner."
Elliot g. Houston Of the Denver
Record Stockman, had an uncomfort-
able experience in travelling through
the water belt OF Kansas during the
recent foods on his way to his old
home at Louisville, KY, says the Den
yer Post. With forty-eight other pas
sengers he was water bound for six
days on a Missouri Pacific train four
miles from Bridgeport, Kan. 1t was
impossible either to move the train for
ward or to go back, and in a short
eime the food supply was exhausted
and the male passengers rustIed eat
ables among the farmers of the neigh
borhood.
1--WE exhausted the food the first
day." said Mr.. Houston. sat the start
we were told that we could have but |
two meals instead of three meals a
day. Every semblance Of food was
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
For Sale.

A handsome building property located in
the center of the town. aud containing 10
acres. The same may be bought rs a whole.
or i'm part. This property is improved by
fine stable, and out houses. For further
information and laticulars. makeapplication
to Blackburn Smith Attorney-at-law
Borrvville. Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01

Mrs. Clapp and son have returned Il
their home in Pit,sburg.
Mr.. Josh Campbell. accompanied b,
his sister, Miss Bessie. left for New YorL
Monday.
DIR. III. +. Drake. of Waynesboro, Va.
is visiting Mr.. \. ". Drake and family
Mr.. IL. z. Collins. of Baltimore, is AT
Almieda.
Kindly take notice that Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm is of great bcne6t To those
sufferers from nasal catarra who cannot
inhale through the nose, but must trea;
themselves by spraying. Liquid Cream
Balm differs in form. but not incidentally
from the Cream Balm that has stood for
years at the head OF remedies for catarrh.
1t may be used in any nasal aiomizer.
The price, including a spraying tube. is
- cts. Sold by druggists and mailed by
Ely Brothers. SO Warren Street. New
York.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
breaking IL Gently.

This is true account of one persons
idea OF breaking the news gently
The cook. whose home was off in the
country appeared before the powers
above" with letter in her hand
I'll have To go home for couple OF
days, num-" she said. My cousins
just written to me" And she handed
over the crumpled bit of paper with an
audible sniff
Dear Mary" it ran. you had bet
ter come home at once. Your father is
very sick" And il continued with
many particulars Of the illness.
At the end was postscript which,
like the old joke of woman's L. s.
had the pith OF the matter.
so long as yOu'll be driving up from
the village you may as we'll bring the
undertaken along with you in the wag
on."-New York Times.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
Sir Henry Irving'S Wit.

On one occasion Sir Henry Irving's
company, having been called to the
theater for rehearsal, found upon their
arrival that they We're considerably
ahead of time. As Sir Henry had not
yet arrived, one of the actors in the
company who was noted for his nc
complishments rs Il mimic proceeded
10 give Il lively and elaborate imita-
ton of Sir Henry's highly character
istic acting. AS he finished his dem
onstrauon Il well known voice came
from the depths of the darkened au-
ditorium:
Very good" il said; very good in
deed-So good, in fact, that there is no
need for both of us i'm this company
Harper's.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
THE "ROUND ROBIN"
No one knows Origin OF the strange.
Term.

No one knows Origin OF the strange.
Term.
a round robin is one of those
documents of which the name Is ia
miliar to most people. but which I'M
commonly few have ever seen or
signed. Every one knows that the
thing which bears SO singular name
is communication letter. remon-
STRANGE. warning or the like-the sig
natures 10 which are written around
the circumference Of the circle which
inclOscs the body of the Cpistlc. or
radiating thercfrom like the spokes of
wheel from a hub. - that the re
sponsibility Of signing is equally
shared No one Signatory can be ac-
cused of being either The first or the
last TO sign. of being the leader or the
whipper i'm.
The most famous example on record
probably is the remonstrance which
was sent TO Or. johnson in connection
with his epitaph ON Oliver Goldsmith.
The doctor had prepared an epitaph in
Latin. but some of his friends. who
had also been friends OF Goldsmith.
took exception to it on two grounds,
the first being that 1t did not quite do
justice 10 the author Of the Traveller
as a writer and particularly as poet,
and the second that il should be writ
ten in English. The party OF friends
Were gathered around Sir Joshua
Reynolds hOSpitable if somewhat i'll
served table. and though they found
themselves in general agreement on
these two points. no one had the Cour-
age To bc willing TO bell the cat" or,
in other words. 10 take the lead in
tackling the formidable Johnson on
these tvo rather delicate matters AT
last" says Sir William Forbes. lit was
limited that there could be no way so
good as that of round robin. rs the
sailors call il. which they make use
OF when they enter a conspiracy so as
not 10 let it he known who puts his
name first or last TO the paper"
The idea was at once accepted, the
address TO DR. Johnson was prepared
and all signed IL in the form proposed.
This very interesting paper is still cX-
tant and * preserved among OF, r
valuable manuscripts in the library II
Haigh Hall. near Wigan. the scat OF
the Earl Of Crawford. 1t begins. we,
the circumscribers." and the sigma
lures. written around the circle which
inclOses the address. include those OF
Gibbon, Burke. Joseph Warrior. Sheri-
dan. Sir Joshua Reynolds. George Col
man and half dozen others which are
nowadays but little known. Johnson
took the remonstrance in good part.
but as 10 not writing the epitaph in
Latin, declared that he would never
consent 10 disgrace the walls of West
minister abbey with an English in
scripuon, The whole story is emf
'nently characteristic both of Johnson
and his times.
No one has yet been able TO give a
satisfactory explanation Of the strange
term 'rOund robin. London Globe
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
Brick For Sale.

have 100000 Good second Hand Brick
for sale at - Ter '.OOo al Rel Bud Mills.
formerly owned by ChaS. l.. Wood. on the
Berryville Pike. miles Fast of Winchester
Address \. u. CUNNINGHAM An. Winchester.
Va, or Burnt Factory. Va So m
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
HIindfOId.

Nine persons out of ten would prob
ably give the derivation Of blind as
coming directly from blind and fold
from the practice Of folding a cloth
round the eyes, as in the game Of
blind mans buff. The word has, how
ever. nothing to do with fold, but
means felled or struck blind and might
be writted blindfelled. In the same
way the word buttery is easily CON
fused with the common term butter.
with which, however. it has no con
nection save in the minds Of those who
do not know il TO be a contraction for
bottlery, place where bottles are kept
and over which the bother. or butler,
presides.-Chambers Journal.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01

The old squire lay a-dying. and his
faithful coachman was summoned 10
the bedside. "Well, john said the old
gallant I'm going now on a longer
journey than ever you could drive me-"
Never mind, squire; never mind"
cried the servant in broken voice
"It'n be downhill all the way."-Lon
don Globe
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Cap>tonc of the Public school system
of the State.
FREE TO NIRGI\IA\S
In the Academic Department.

Letters, Science, Law, Medicine, Engineering.
Session begins September IS For cata-
loguc address I. b. BARRINGER Chair
man. Charlottesville. Va 562m
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
FOR SALE.

TWO REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS
ALMoNr. No. ico7si: three years old:
weight 900 pounds.
EARL STANDARD. No. 1856. two years
old weight 1900 pounds.
These Bulls viii Dee sold very reasonably
II tSkcn NJ once. Oh account Of shortage of
feed Come and see them. or write.
EDWARD &. BUTLER.
"ANNHFtELD.
Briggs. Clarke County. Virginia
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
wanted.

At once. a secondhand Cook-Stove. in fair
order. good size. wood and coal. for a few
months. Apply az CorRIER OFFICE.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
Her Military Taste.

lis she fond OF the military"
Il should say she was. Why, she has
all her books bound in one color, so
they viii be uniform."-Chicago Rec
rd-Herald
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
Money to Loan.

In amounts of $500 and over. First lien
ON Real Estate invariably requirel.
BLACKBURN SMITH
Berryville. Va
Office opposite Jail.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-07-01
UnrecOgnfxed.

Fortune knocks once at the door of
every man"
YES, but she's generally very clever
ly disguised Chicago Post.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-29
primrose" 10 Released From the
County jail.

"A. ID. Primrose" the bogus circus
agent. completed his time in the coun.
ty jail for theft and was released this
morning. He claims that he was kept
In Jail Ave days after he had served
his time out. He said, after he was re-
leased that he was going 10 work to.
night for the circus over the river In
Juarez aud that he was going to be
honest hereafter.
He did not seem In HIS right mind.
but said that he had not eaten or slept
for several days and that he would be
all right shortly. He wanted to know
who had been his lawyer while he was
In jail and said that a large sum Of
money had been sent to him. but that
somebody else got 1t and he wanted
his lawyer to get It back for him.
Shortly after his release from jail
Primrose" visited the Offices OF sew
e'al lawyers ir the Bronson block.
abused them and accused them OF
having his money and Captain Mitchell
instructed the police to bring him In II
they could find him.--El Paso News.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-29
A Native Shot.

ROGUE Duran Is now convinced
that this life is hard and rocky road
to travel. About 1880 o'clock Sunday
morning he became involved In dis
pute with Manuel Cardinas. at the
Mexican hotel on Greene street. and
when the smoke cleared away, ROGUE
had bullet hole through the left
shoulder muscles Just down the arm
from the joint. At first ROGUE was
not minded to disclose the name of
his sssailant, but after n few hours In
jail changed his mind and the officers
were able TO place the sanguinary
Manuel under arrest. Rocques wound
Is not serious. unless blood poisoning
should set in.-Carlsbad Argus.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-29
NO INDIAN TROUBLES.
Army offieer Returns to Denver From
Trip to Mesca,ero Reservation.

Army Officer Returns to Denver From
Trip to Mesea,ero Reservation.
Reports of threatened trouble along
the border OF the Mescalero A pache
Indian reservation were quieted yes.
terday by the return of Lieutenant
Laurence Butler Second infantry. Mr..
Butler was sent into New Mexico by
the department OF the Colorado to
make resurvey of the reservation.
which Is large and important one,
and was believed 20 contain some rich
deposits of coal.
One mine In particular was attract
ing the attention OF prospector, and II
was believed that the Indians were
about to be defrauded OF a most val
liable possession.
As the old survey was obliterated
and there was no means of telling
whether trespass was being commit.
ted or not, the re-establishment OF the
lines was turned over to the army, by
order OF the department OF the inter-
ior.
Mr. Butler was sent into the disput-
ed country and has now returned with
maps and detailed report. He stat.
ed yesterday that the coal deposits lie
along the border OF the reservation
for several miles. but outside the line.
The prospectors. therefore. have moth
ing to hinder their taking up claims
where they please II the coal had
been found to be inside the reserva-
ton the department OF the interior
would have seen that the Indians eth
er worked the property themselves or
received q proper remuneration for
leasing II.
Mr. Butler said that while he was
on the survey he saw few prospectors,
and that fhe interest supposed to have
been stirred up over the finding OF the
valuable deposits was a good deal ex-
aggeratsd.
When he left Denver the Lieutenant
carried with him q complete outnt Of
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-29
BIG CONTRACT.
The whitney Company viii % Plumb
Ing for Grand Canyon Hotel.
WON OVER CHICAGO BIDDER.

The Whitney Company--one Of Al.
buquerque's big mercantile institu-
tons has secured the contract for
the plumbing and heating of the
Grand Canyon hotel TO be erected by
the Santa re Railroad Company at
the Grand Canyon OF Arizona. The
contract will amount to about 324,-
500. and there were about twenty
bidders. representing concerns ex-
tending from Chicago to the Pacific
coast. Some Of the bids were consider
ably lower than the Whitney company
but the builders failed to comply with
certain requirements. They were all
thrown out. leaving the bid OF Chi
cago Arm and that OF Whitney com
pany only to be considered. Taking
everything into consideration. the bid
OF the Albuquerque concern was con-
sldered the best and was therefore
accepted. II Is understood that there
was only q difference of $50 between
the Chicago Arm and the successful
bidders. This a big feather in the cap
Of the Whitney company. and leads
the Citizen to say that the plumbing
and heating OF the Grand Canyon ho-
tel. when completed. will be found
FIRST class in every particular. Work
will be commenced shortly on the no.
tel. and must be completed by March
|, 1904
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-29
STRICKEN WITH ApoPLexv.

Carlos Dominguez Falls From His
Seat and Condition Critical.
Carlos Dominguez. who has for
twelve years been a guard at the penl
Tertiary, was stricken with apoplexy
at the convict camp In the Santa Fe
canyon Sunday evening. says the New
Mexican He had complained of feel
Ing slightly III curing the day and
about s o'clock In the evening was sit.
ting by fire when he suddenly fell
to the ground. He was unconscious
and was carried to his tent where
through the carly part of the night he
was delirious. He then dropped into a
stupor from which he rallied only
once. At daylight Monday morning
John A. Gwin, superintendent OF the
camp, sent a man into Santa Fe on
horseback to secure a wagon and mott
fy Dominguez family. Monday after
noon he was brought to his home in
this city and rallied from his stupor
for few moments when his wife first
spoke 20 him. DR.. Knapp was called
and pronounced the trouble an attack
OF apoplexy His condition is slightly
better today but Ia still regarded as
most serious.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-08-29

received. This morning Mr.. Stauffer
sent a message announcing the death
OF Phillips. and about noon telegram
was received by him from Phillips
sister Tessie conveying the sad intel
.igence that their father had died yes
terday.
Mr.. Phillips came to Santa Fe from
El Paso las, January. He was first
class workman. understood his bust
ness thoroughly. was competent.
steady and reliable. He was one of
the most popular young men In the
city and we'll liked by all who knew
him
The instructions received by Mr.
Stauffer from Phillips sister are for
a temporary interment here. as on
account of the death of her father 1t
will be impos Iible for any member Of
the family 20 leave California at this
time.
The funeral will take place Sunday
at 2 p. m. from the undertaking es-
Enlistment of Dudrow, Kennedy &
Townsend. under the auspices OF the
Santa Fc Typographical union, of
which deceased was a member, Rev.
w. Hayes Moore will oficiate.