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Be ConStN6

Be constant, o happy soul, be constant
cradle thou art b thyself, vet thou wilt
be protected. epfiched and beloved by that
greatest God, Is if He had nothing else to
do than to lead thee to perfection by the
highest steps of love; and if thou dost not
turn away, but perseverest\ constantly,
know that thou oferest to God the most
acceptable sacri6ce.-Miguel de Moiinos.
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SelfNerlect.

Perhaps the most difficult problem we
have to solve in our Christian living; is
how rightly to correlate the duty Of self
development and the duty of self-devotion.
When yielding to q strong impulse to self
development We too often forget to devote
ourselves, and when coming under the
sway of sentiment of self-devotion we are
apt TO neglect our self.development. But
ssoeseif is mot oHs The Great Benese
tor of mankind blessed the world not simp-
" by laying down His life, but through
the richness of the life He laid down.
Thomas Anderson.
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The Souls Anchor.

You are certain TO be assailed with
troubles. No hurricane can strike full
rugged ship more suddenly than storms Of
adversity may burst upon you. But if
Jesus Christ is in your soul you cannot suf-
fer wreck. There is many bereavement.
many a trouble that may strip man of
canvas or cordage, but never touch the
solid strength Of his godly character. I
have seen Just such fast anchored Chris
tians.-The Rev. DR.. T. L. Cuyler,
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The First Typewriter.

The first typewriter, which was patent
ed by C. Thurber in 1912, will be eXhiD-
tied at the Worlds Fair. The type keys
are set around the pehipher of a horizontal
brass wheel, and in order 10 print letter
it is merely necessary to punch one. OF the
buttons, which causes the type to descend
through little tube and make mark.
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Faith and. Faithfulness,

Meanings of words are not accidental.
Words, Ike pebbles by the roadside, are
histories in themselves. The words faith"
and "fsithfulness" seem different at. first,
as if the added syIlables had changed the
meaning Of the original word. Faith is
confidence in what cannot now be seen.
Faithfuiness is constancy in the ful6llment
of known duties. Yet what but faith can
secure faithfulnessg Being full of faith
faith in God and faith in men-makes it
possible for us to be faithful in our daily
work for God and for men.-Sunday-
School Times.
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Make Heart Beat After Three Hours.

Adranalin was used to bring dead
man back to life, and it proved part.
ly successful. Joseph 10th, of Oakdale,
Ohio. was killed by a live W ire After he
had been dead three hours the doctors be-
gan their experiment, and in fifteen min.
utes the heart beat slightly and the blood
began to course through the body. Short
ly after, however, all signs of life disap-
peared.
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Thoughts For Me.

l. I must humbly repent of all my sins.
2. I must honestly confess my sins to
God. r-.-
3. I must ask the Lord to forgive me
and make me pure.
4. must try to live pure and holy life.
s. I must do all I can to lead others
into the good and righ. way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16
The way It's Done in Turkey.

Turkish methods are usually arbi-
trary, often contradictory. Mr.. Mora
WITT, the author of the Finances Of
Turkey. has received from the Sultan
the Grand Cross of the Order Of the
Medjidie in recognition Of the excel
lencc of his work. AZ the same time
the Turkish censor has prohibited the
circulation OF the hook in Turkey, and
has ordered the police TO seize any
copies which have conle under their
notice.
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Snir}fupI Thfnrg Lar.

Spiritual interests have net kept pace
with the rapid Development Of the mate
rial and things have ave been sene brought msnsTbe
Rev. George A. Combs. ...-.., ... =
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To Borrow Twenty-Five Millions.
Philadelphia Councils want to borrow
eos 10O 600
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-12-16

The stingy man may keep everything
except his promises.
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opportunities IN the interests Oh HIS pTo-
gress. He made use of discipline, disan-
sins and errors; in no way coIdoning
them, hnt with a purpose to make them
serve Him and work for David's promo.
tion.
Life takes on larger meaning. and that
meaning is better understood when God
is in our life.
The little fountain up the slvpe of some
Alpine peak has its significance, but when
we connect it's ceaseiess flow and contrlbu-
tion with the Rhine. which gives a wafer
way to'a large country, it seems more i'm
portant to us.
When the Rhine flows onward. bearing
and rivers through a wide domain. and
gives its varied service % the wealth and
welfare of an empire, we give the noble
river larger consideration. 1t means much
more to us. The coming of the King OF
Italy tn France and Paris is something
more than a personal visit. The Hing
brings the good will of kingdom. He
represents the desire of rapprochment Of
two nations into reconciliation and friend
ship. The decoration of city, the splen-
dor of illumination, the march Of soldiers.
the manifested good will of a people. are
the emphatic expression of tie value ot
fra ternity between nations.
These and recent movements of similar
Kind are the .utterances of that longing for
the federation of nations in spirit Of ad-
justment which will make for the prosper
:ty and progress of all people. The move
ments in themselves may seem simple. but
they arc not chi'd's play, when we recog-
nice what large designs and hopes they ex-
press.
This little life of ours takes on greatness
and grandeur when we recognize that God
enters into it, with His wisdom. His love,
HIS purpose and His power. David was
TO carry all these with him through the
long and trying way that. led from the
sheepcote to the throne of Israel. That
life was big with the plan ant power OF
God in it. 1t had all the meaning and dig
nifty which these factors could give it..
When: we take comprehensive look we
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28

''For several days President Roosevelt
has been following closely the devel-
opments of the situation in Turkey.
With the country in such turmoil as
now prevails almost anything is like
~ TO happen. With a view to consid-
ering the subject the more carefully
the president and Secretary Of State
Hay had arranged for conference to-
da.y at Sycamore Hill. At this con-
ference the president and Secretary
Hay will consider the Turkish situa-
tiOn carefully.
In absence of definite information
concerning the assassination of the
vice consul the president will take no
decided action beyond that al
ready taken in sending the European
squadron to Beirut. This action is
viewed now as a precautionary meas
ure. 1t is the determination of the
United States to support its demands
upon Turkey for the punishment of
the murderer or murderers of Consul
Mangelssen, but under the circum-
stances surrounding the murder are
known officially and precisely the
United States will not take any drastic
action.
A demand that officials of United
States be afforded protection for their
lives and property will be made, and
the Turkish government will be held
Consul Magelssen, whatever may be
the circumstances of the case. Pres
ident Roosevelt is concerned over the
situation as it has developed because
it indicates an intolerable condition of
affairs in Turkey. He recalls the fact
that only recently a Russian consult
was murdered in Turkey
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
He Built one of the Pyramids.

The British museum, the great Euro
pean storehouse of things out of the
ordinary, has hundreds of Egyptian
mummies of all dynasties carefully
slowed away within its walls. Some Of
these are comparatively recent efforts
at embalming, and others date back TO
the wide revolving shades of centu-
ries past" The oldest Of the entire col
lection is the mummy of Mykerinos.
He was a king in Egypt in what is
known to history as the fourth dynas-
ty" and wore his golden tiara and sat
on the throne of thrones 1000 years be-
fore the wise men followed the star Of
fate till it stopped over that lowly
hovel in Bethlehem where the infant
Jesus lay.
Mykerinos was the builder of the
third pyramid at Gizeh, where his
headless mummy was discovered In
the year 1886. The stone coffin in
which he was being transported to
England was lost at sea and lay at the
bottom of the ocean for two years be-
fore being recovered. 1t is seldom that
mans bones are subjected to vicissi-
tudes. especially 5000 or 6,OOO years
after his death.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
IOWA POPULlSTS
HOLD CONVENTION
Full State Ticket and
Adopt Platform at Des
MOines.

Des MoineS, Ia, Aug. 23.-The ticket:
Governor, L. II. Weller, Nashua; lieu
tenant governor. 5. T. Harvey, Des
Moines; judge of the supreme court, ].
\. Lowenberg, Ottumwa; railroad com
missioner, Walter McCullah, David
City; superintendent of public instruc-
ton, HilO Bunce, Stuart. The Popu-
list state convention nominated the
foregoing ticket without contest, but
INDUCED in II spirited debate over the
platform. One faction. headed by
Howard Rose. of Charlton, desired to
eliminate the demand for the referen-
dunn and confine the party's appeal on
this line TO the initiative.
The platform indOrseS the Omaha
platform OF 1892; favors the adoption
Of the initiative and referendum in all
elections of state and national charac-
ter; demands the right to elect. both
as to who shall be public officials that
what shall be the public policy in gov
ernment shall be conserved of the peo-
pie, and that all forms or systems in
VaSive of this right shall be repealed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
OBJECT
Demand That Christians be
Ousted From the Land
of the Shah.
NOTICE SERVED TO THAT EFFECT
British and Russian Influences Seem
Especial Objects of
Attack.

Berlin, Aug. 2S.-The Christian
Orient a German missionary paper
published in Berlin, prints correspond
ence from Teheran alleging that the
leaders of the Persian Mohammedan
church have served notice on the
shah that unless he purgeS the conn
try of foreign religious and CONNER
cial influences, especially British aud
Russian, the church will precipitate a
revolution. The church leaders also
demand that the shah restore the re-
ligious and economic conditions which
prevailed in Persia a century ago.
Germans Exempt.
The correspondent says the anti-for-
eigE movement is not directed against
the Germans. because the natives are
convinced that Germany has no po-
litical intentions and that they con
slider TurkO-German friendship to be
a forerunner of good feeling toward
Germany throughout the Mohammc-
dan world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
COUPLE COULD NOT MARRY
TILL AFTER BALL GAME

BeHcvilIe. Ill, Aug. 2S---A game of
base bail at the park between the
Leans" and Fats of this city, in
aiu Of charity caused Il delay of the
marriage of Miss Pertha Hemp, of st.
Louis. to CasSiuS Schafer. of Indian
apolis. The couple had planned for Il
quiet wedding here as a surprise to
friends. Upon arrival here they found
the license office closed. due to Clerk
Charles Rhein being engaged with
the Leans" at the game.
The couple sought him out. but he
told them he was a member of the
Lean team and would not leave. The
couple decided TO wait until the close
Of the game. when Rhein issued the
license and they were married by Rev.
John Gala GhcT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
TROOPS GUARD
CONSTANTINOPLE
Appearance of RevoIutionists Near
Causes Alarm in Turk
ish Capital.

Constantinople, Aug. 2S.-Considera-
BILE forces of troops have been station
ed at various suburbs of Constantine
pie as a precautionary measure in
view of the appearance of insurgents
less than 100 miles from the capital.
\ trainload of troops was dispatched
yesterday from this city 10 TcheI lle-
sl>oi vilayet. Adrianople, near which
place three Bulgarian villages were
recently attacked by Circassians and
the inhabitants massacred. Troops
sent to reinforce the garrison at Kirk
Killissch. b miles from Adrianople,
were routed by insurgents, whose
numbers in the vilayet of Adrianople
are estimated at 5000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
PLANS OF ST. JOSEPH
PAIR ARE FOILED
Farmer Prevented From EIoping
With a Married
Woman.

st. Joseph, Mich; Aug. 2S.-A sensa-
tional elopement has been prevented
by the police. Frederic PRESLEY, for
many years a resident of Chicago, but
who for the last year has been living
at the farm of his sister, Mrs. Mary
Doax, on Lake Shore drive, became in
fatuated with Mrs. Lula Adams, Of
Chicago. who, with her husband, has
been at Jacob L. Schneider's farm, near
Glenlord. Not being satisfied with her
brothers management of the farm,
Mrs. DoaX came to the city and learned
of the state of affairs.
From information furnished by the
police it seems that PRESLEY and his
compaiOn had planned to leave st. JO-
seph for Chicago on the steamer City
of Chicago at 30 n. IN. Officer Fred
Grimes hurried to the docks and ar
rested PRESLEY, who was aboard the
boat, just as it was clearing the docks.
Mrs. Adams escaped. PRESLEY was
lodged in the county Jail to await ex-
animation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
MICHIGAN MAN HEAVY
LOSER FROM BURGLARS

Kalamazoo Mich, Aug. 2S.-Bur-
glars entered the house of Henry +.
Weimer, leading merchant, and got
money and jewelry amounting to $500,
some time before 10 a. IN. at night.
The articles taken included two gold
watches, a pearl and diamond stick pin,
several gold rings and 4 pearl neck
lace.
One one watch was engraved &c. V.
w" All of the family was away at
the time. Robert, a son, who acted as
head of the house during the absence
of the others, spent the night away
from home. Less plan a year ago
Weimer's house was l9oted in the same
manner. An attempt has been made
to keep the last burglary from the
newspapers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
GOVERNOR TAKES PART AT
WEDDING OF MILITIAMAN

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 2s.-Private
try band and Miss Elizabeth Chippen-
dale of Monticello, H. an English girl
who has resided in America about "a
year, were married IN the band pavil-
ion last evening with military honors.
Gov. Yates gave the bride away.
Miss Bennett of Chicago, who is the
guest of Col. and Mrs. Tanner, was
maid of honor, and Drum Major Rich
ard Wueller was best man. The cere-
mony was witnessed by every man in
the regiment and several hundred
guests at camp.
Several subscriptions have been TAX
en- up in camp with which to buy pres
.ents for the couple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
FASTING TEN DAYS FOR
THE SAKE OF SCIENCE

Fond du Lac, Wis, Aug. 2S.-Ienry
l.. LObb, of North Fond du Lac, has
begun a ten days fast for purposes of
gun Sunday and since that time Lobb
has gone without food. taking moth
ilg but water. Records of his temper
ature. respiration and pulse are taken
at regular intervals by DR.. A. J. Pull
len.
When Lobb commenced his fast his
temperature was over 50, but now it
is normal, as is also his respiration
Lobb says that he is feeling well and
does NOT notice any bad effects from
the fast so far. He has lost five pounds
in weight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
nrn,a, A,,ault Is Repulsed.

st. Cloud, Mimi, Aug. 2S.-An un-
known man attempted an assault on
Miss Anna Marschall, a young school
teacher living near the village OF st.
Joseph. The girl was on her way home
from the village when the man sprang
out from q cIump of bushes. She made
q desperate resistance, when a neigh
boring farmer put in an appearance
and her assailant took to flight During
the struggle Miss Marschal's face was
badly scratched and her hair torn, snd
she nearly bit of the mans thumb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
now POOR Lo is "BILKED."
His Land Holdings Arc a Great Tenpta-
ton for Designing Mex.

ttou tor designing Mex
He. however. is not authorized by
congressional enactment to guard the
interests OF his wards completely in
the matter Of leases. and persistent
efforts to secure control of the lands
through the lease process have been
discovered. \ favorite method for Sc
curing the leases is TO have the In
dams approached by merchants. who,
by offering their wares in exchange,
can secure the most favorable terms
from them. and the understanding Is
quite general that when control of a
piece of land is once secured by
means of leasing it win be held by
some means until it can be purchased
at the lessee's own figures.
The surplus lands belonging to the
Indians in the territory are worth
many millions and Secretary Hitch
cock and his advisers understand per
fectly how great n temptation they
are to designing men. The territory
is throughout a garden spot and farm
ers are going into it in great numbers.
It is estimated that there are now
fully half n million white people in
the territory. among whom many
combinations have been made to con-
troll the disposal of the lands.
The secretary himself discovered
that a number of office holders. many
of them outside of his own depart
ment. were stockholders and officers
in these combines, and he Immediately
made known his disapprOval of this
system. He has decided to send a
man in private life to investigate the
whole subject. the object being TO
make the investigation as searching as
possible The secretary has refrained
from any especial inquiry into the
charges made against the Dawes
commission until he could have a
complete and disinterested inquiry.
Now the commission will have to
meet the charges. The commissioners
-Tams Bixby and I. 3. Needles
have Just demanded an inquiry and
the reply is that II will be granted as
son as the right man can be found TO
make 1t.
The secretary realizes that while
there may be shortcomings on the
part of some of the government Off
cials there are on the other hand
many men not employed by the gov
ernment who have grievances against
these same officials and are disposed
to make all the trouble for them they
can. These men he designates as
"grafters."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
MONTANA LABORIMG MEN
DO NOT INDORsE HEARST

Helena, Mont, Aug. 2S.-The state
Trades and Labor Council has knock
ed out the proposition TO affiliate with
the socialist party by a vote of As to
a; sheIved the resolution to indorse
W. Il. Hearst for president, and got
into a lively fight over addresses
which Edward Boyce, past president
of the American Federation of Miners.
and Dan Mcdonald, president of the
American Labor Union. had delivered
at banquet Tuesday night, assailmg
President Roosevelt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
ORDERED To MAKE DEMAND
Minister Leishman Gets Instructions
President Watching Turkish Affairs.

Minister LeIshman Gets InstructIons-
President Watching Turkish Affairs.
Acting Secretary Loomis has cabled
to Minister Leishman, at CONSTANT
nople, to make mediate demands on
the porte to take adequate measures
for the protection of all United States
ans at Beirut, and to prevent any at
tack on the college buildings.
Acting Secretary Loomis has re
ceived a rather remarkable cablegram
from Minister Leishman. in which the
latter stated that he had called at the
Turkish foreign office at Constantine
pie to inquire about the assassination
of the United State vice consul, and
that the minister of foreign affairs EN-
phatically denied any knowledge of the
report. He also attempted to dis
credit it. The cablegram gave no
other information. Under the circum-
stances the state department officials
are inclined to believe that the Turk
ish foreign office is not in touch with
the situation at Beirut. They do not
attach sufficient Importance to Min
lister Leishman's last message to can
eel the order for the squadron to
sail.
A telegram from Oyster. Bay SAYS:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
The CandIensh of Puget sound.

Very queer tish are caught in the wa
tiers of Puget sound. One kind is called
the candlefish. 1t is dried and packed
in boxes like candles. We are told the
fishermen use them to light their'homes
and that at one time all the boats on
the sound used them instead of sperm
oil lamps. BY putting the heads of the
fish downward in a candlestick and
lighting the tail. which. in conjunction
with the backbone, acts as a wick, it
burns like a candle. They eat this fish.
and when cooking it is so fat it fries
itself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
KANSAS Is ALSO wATEKsOAKED
Torrents of Rain Set the Rivers to Boom
ing Again aT q Terrific Rate.

@~~-~~N
Kansas City. Aug. 2S.-Unprecedent-
ly heavy rains north and west of Kan
sas City have caused the Kansas and
Missouri rivers to rise suddenly to un-
usual heights, and the results may
prove grave \ bulletin issued by the
local weather bureau announced that
the Kansas. or Kaw, river would rise
from five to seven feet at Kansas City
in forty-eight hours. and Il rise of equal
magnitude. it is stated. is coming this
way down the Missouri. Two of the
temporary pile bridges here were car
ried out 10y last weeks rise. and others
were damaged, and 1t is feared that
the expected rise may carry out more
of them.
The current is swift and it carries
much driftwood. If these bridges so
out il will cripple the traffic of the big
packing houses and other establish
mentS across the Kansas from here,
and cut off communication except by
boat between the two Kansas Citys-
The Kansas river here rose three feet
in ten hours, and is still rising rapid
Iy. At Lawrence this stream rose four
feet during the night, and at Topeka
it is also up four feet
At Manhattan. where the Big Blue
empties into the Kansas, the latter
stream has risen seven feet in twenty
four hours. At that point the Blue has
broken from its banks and is cutting
across the country. taking short
course to the Kansas river. Many
farms are deep under water. At Stock
dale. eight miles north of Manhattan,
the Blue is slightly higher than during
the great June flood. Farmers continue
to move their stock and household ef-
fects to higher places. Several small
washoutS are reported on the Union
Pacific east of Manhattan.
Much Damage Done by q Storm.
MarshalltOwn. Ia, Aug. 2S.-A terri
tic storm did much damage south Of
here in Jasper and Poweshiek coun-
ties. Near SearsbOro the corn crop is
practically ruined. Roofs were blown
from boxcarS and out buildings over
turned Railroad traffic is badly inter-
sered with owing to washOuts.
Record Breaking Rain Reported.
Omaha, Neh., Aug. 2S.-There has
been record-breaking rainfall
throughout eastern Nebraska and
western Iowa In Omaha the precipi-
tation reached over two inches in
Continued on Page Eight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-28
LAND FORCE WON
COMPLETE VICTORY
Every Vessel in Barker's Fleet
Theoretically Sunk Off
Portland.

Portland, Ne, Aug. 2S.-Rear Ad,
miral Barker's fleet has made the long
expected day attack. Every battle
ship. cruiser. gunboat, and destroyer
in line. seventeen in all, was destroyed
theoretically, and, it is understood,
before they had fired a shot.
Portland, Aug. 2s.-After an hours
hombardment today the outer de-
fenses of Cape Elizabeth were captur-
ed by force from the navy and 1,6OC
men landed. The navy was declared
the victor Of the morning movement