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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27

night. Have yo' seen any on EN-, sa< =
Il think 1 saw one last night. Have
you ever heard of n lovely young girl
haunting the hOuse?'
Pears to me. sab. l have heerd
bout dat
q saw her last night. 1 was tempt
ed to see if she was ghost by sending
q bullet through her"
The old man looked troubled. Dat
ghost didn't never hurt nobody" he
said. ''Hain't no 'casiOn to shoot nor
nOtten.''
Il won't, Ethan. if 1 see her again.
I'm not afraid of ghosts. Give me an
other cup of that substitute for coffee"
"'Tain't berry fine. sab. De block
aders don't let us hab any real coffee in
desc days. Don't shoot none o de
hants, sab. Dey won't hurt yo'.''
That night l did not go to bed till
past midnight. There was another
walking of the ghost. This time she
ran down The stairs, a terrible anxiety
on every feature. made up my mind
that ,somc one upstairs was very i'll
and She was going down for some need
ed article. When she came back 1
opened the curtains and met her face
to face.
"All's lost" she moaned.
'AlrS gained" / replied. You peO-
pie of the south have dreaded our COM
ing SO long that when we come you are
in terror for your lives. Some one-is ILL.,.
There is a regiment stationed az j., five
miles from here. I can ride over and
bring n surgeon.
She stood irresolute for a moment,
then said:
Yes. it is better that he should be
taken than that he should die. My
brother an officer of the Confederate
army. is lying upstairs wounded, and
we fear he is dying"
There was a satisfaction i'll the ride
l took that moonlight night. bringing a
surgeon back with me to treat an enc
my. BY the time l returned the family
were not only reconciled to trust me,
but>eagerIy awaiting the man brought.
When we entered the sick room, there
stood mother ana sister by the bed
side OF the invalid The surgeon could
not have been more tender with the
most beloved of his comrades than he
was with the Confederate, remaining
with him till morning and coming ev-
cry day for Il week. when he pronounc-
ed him cut of danger.
Ethan" said ore day after the Sc
cret was out. are there any more
ghosts in the house?"
''Fo' de Lawd. mars'r. I'ze berry
much mo'tyfied bout dat what ] tole
yo'. Missis and Missy Florence reckon
ed yO' Yankees a kill Mars'r Howard
s soon as yo sot eyes on him"
ETHAN" | replied. you told me big
lies about the 'hants'"
When General BIS troops arrived.
rode out to the general and told him
that there was case of yellow fever
in the house and he had better put a
guard about it till the men had passed
in order to be sure no one became in
fected. Then rode on to report his ar
rival to my general. muttering:
You're bigger liar than the dar
XIV" AMBROSE SPENCER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
Before He Was President.

The following was not written by
one Of those enemies of prosperity
against which the Protective Tariff
league rails. 1t appears in an account
of the tariff of denominations" written
by Theodore Roosevelt in his Life of
Thomas III. Benton" We commend it
to some of his worshipers for their
pre- yerful considera ton:
Free traders are apt to look at the
tariff from sentimental standpoint.
but it is in reality purely business
matter and should be decided solely on
grounds of expediency. Political econ
omists have pretty generally agreed
that protection is vicious in theory and
harmful in practice, but if the major
ity of people in interest wish it and it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27

AFFECTS only themselves there is no
earthly reason why they should not be
allowed to try the experiment to their
hearts content. The trouble is that it
rarely does affect only themselves, and
in 1928 the evil was peculiarly aggra-
waited on account of the unequal way in
which the proposed law would affect
different sections. 1T purpOrted to ben
eft the rest of the country, but it I'M
doubleday worked real injury to the
planter states, and there is small
ground TO wonder that the irritation
over it in the region so affected should
have been intense"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
AssIRuee,s Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed assignee
of the Rock Island Furniture COM
pany, a corporation of the state of
Illinois doing business at the city of
Rock Island in Rock Island county,
Illinois, and all persons holding any
claim or claims against said company
are hereby notified to present the
same to the undersigned under oath
or affirmation within three months
from this date whether asaid claims
are due or not. All persons indebted
to said company are requested to
make prompt payment to the under
signed.
Dated Rock Island, ILL.,, Oct 81, A
D.. 1908.
CENTRAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK.
Assignee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
stockholders Meeting.

Rock Island, III, Oct. %, 1908.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Peoples Power com
pany will be held at the Rock Island
office of the company, corner Seven
teenth street and First avenue, Fri
day, Nov. 81, 1903, at $3.50 p. m, for
the election of directors, and any 9TH
er business that may come before the
meeting.
PEOPLES POWER COMPANY.
S. S. Davis, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27

Senators Blackburn and Lindsay, of
Kentucky, were once travelling to-
gether through the Allegheny noun
tains. Blackburn went into the smok-
ing room and returned in n few min
utes looking so much depressed that
Lindsay asked: Whats the matter,
Joe?' why, I've lost the better part
of my baggage" said Blackburn. in
heartbrOken tones. WAS it stolen or
did you leave it behind?' Worse
than that-the cork came out"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
TIL. rHOMASTAKES ALLRISK
Says, If II-o-na Fails to Make You Well. 1t
VIII Cost You Nothing.

VIII Cost You Nothing.
You have nothing to lose when YOU
buy n package of Mona, the flesh
forming food and digestion regulator,
at T. II. Thomas reliable drug store.
He takes all the risk; you have moth
ing to lose.
If Mi-o-na does not give natural
increase in flesh. cure dyspepsia and
restore health. he will refund the
money on your simple say so.
This remarkable preparation is a
true flesh-forming food that builds up
good. healthy, solid flesh and muscle,
and makes thinness and scrawniness
a thing of the past. The price is only
80 cents package. and it will cost
you nothing unless it gives perfect
satisfaction. Mi-o-na is the only flesh
forming food that is prepared in tab
let form and is pleasant and easy to
use. II mingles with the food you
eat, aids assimilation. tones up and
strengthens the digestive organs and
restores health to the whole physical
system.
The benefit from Mi -o-na is not
mere relief. 1t tones up and strength
ems the digestive organs and perma-
nent cures follow its use. The thin
and emaciated dyspeptic who uses Mi
o-na viii have natural increase of
firm, solid flesh so that the outlines
become plump and pleasing.
Begin the use of Mi-o-na today at
T. II. Thomas risk, and if it increases
your weight and cures you of indiges-
ton, it will cost you so cents. If it
does not, he will pay for the treat
ment himself and return your money
to YOU.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27

Fifteen years ago Judge Gary, in
Chicago. sent to the gallOws five an
archist murderers. Frightful curses
were hurled at him by the condemns
ed men, their relatives and adherents
The superstitious trembled for the
judge. He has just celebrated, at the
age of 70. hale and hearty. his 40th
year on the bench. All of which leads
10 the conclusion that perhaps an
anarchists curse is a blessing in dis
puise
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
Ex-Congressman Tim Campbell. of

EX-Congressman Tim Campbell, OF
New York. whose classic remark
Whats the constitution between
friends?" gave him high rank as Il
statesman, was speaking of bOodlers
the other night when the name of Il
genius i'm that line who had high rank
in the Albany game some years ago
came up. Some one questioned
whether this lobbyist was as slick as
he had the reputation of being. when
the eX-congressman remarked: why.
that fellow could hear a 2-cent stamp
drop in Il waste paper basket
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
May BE Another "surprise,, for Hay

There must be something out of fix
down at Washington. Apparently the
president has not yet framed up an eX-
cuse for gobbling SantO Domingo. But
perhaps he is preparing to give the
faithful Hay another surprise" -
Johnstown Pa.)tDemocrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week. weekly,
81 per year IN advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must have
real name attached for publication. No
such articles will be printed over fictitious
signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every town
shIp in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27

John ID. Rockefeller's plan to
spread the light of the gospel by peg
ging up the price of kerosene will de-
feat itself. 1t is not calculated to put
the consumer in christian frame of
mind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27

NJ. j. Balm, Ann Arbor-"Have tried
many medicines but find nothing so
good as Rocky Mountain Tea
There's no other medicine that makes
sick people well so quickly. 35 cents.
For sale by t. FL. Thomas, pharma-
Icist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
Friday, November 81. 1908.

If to dig were as easy as to dine
and talk of digging, the Panama canal
would at once he completed by Sec
rotary Shaw.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27
TILE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1894 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island, Ill. ENTERED at
the postoface as second-class matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-27

BY THE j. w. POTTER co.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
THE CLUTCH OF CHANCE.


The race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong, but time and
chance happeneth to them all."-Eccl.
XII.
T'or the man who wins, there is pomp and
pride,
And the laurel wreath, and the cheer, be-
side;
And for him who fights but in fighting
falls,
ahere are echoes still Of the trumpet calls
But there is no balm in his bitter lot
Al ne meets defeat with his fight unfought.
Ahere are sore defeats that are all UNI
known
And they send their gloom to the proud
AND they plunge their shade on the hum
blest life
For they bring no stress and they bring no
strife:
by time or chance Is the loser caught.
AND he knows defeat ere his fight Is fought.
There are singers mute-and their hearts
are wrung
And their souls are thrilled with the songs
unsung;
There are men who dreamed of a picture
fair
But the hand is still and the canvas bare;
ana the others. too, with the goals I'M
They have seen defeat with their fights I'M
fought.
II man goes down with his sword aflash,
And has heard the lance and the armor
crash
II he loses then. he will shed no tears;
He hath dealt his blows, he has heard the
cheers:
But is soul must shrink from he knows not
what
~. a~l,. ,,r
fought
Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
THE HOME MARKET.
A Ffrst-Class Article and She Wanted
Her Father to Buy
Him for Her.

George is going to call on you to-
morrow, papa"
who is George?"
"He-why, don't you know who
George ISL"
mo, but if he is some protege of
yours, that you want job for, there Is
no use of his coming round. have more
clerks now than l can use," said the in
dulgent father, according to the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
"He-he isn't looking for that kind of
a job, papa"
"Eh? Then what does he want?"
"He-he wants better place"
'The dickens he does! Like to be a
partner, maybe?"
Eyes, papa"
Good, very good l like his mod
esty. Who's backing him-Morgan, or
Rockefeller, or one of the Vanderbilts? ?"
"I-I am backing him, papa"
"You?"
Eyes, papa. You see, I'm the one
th-that wants him."
"You-you want him." She mods and
a brief silence ensues. The old man
scowls horribly. well, what's his
price,"
"He will tell you, papa. l think you
will find him quite cheap if you make
it a cash transaction. But, please,
don't beat him down, papa He-he's
bargain at any price"
every well. Send him around and
I'll look him over. At the same time
Eyes. know, papa, but you must buy
him, just the same"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
MAGICAL EXPERIMENT.
Feat That Any Boy May Perform to
AstOnish Friends or Entertain
His Elders.

Here is little feat that any boy can
perform and yet it looks like trick of
a magician. If you wish to entertain a
company with it tell them that you have
bottle and a goblet, both full to the
brim of water, and that you are going
to empty the goblet by means of the
bottle without taking a drop of water
from the latter.
This is the way to prepare for it: With
q red-hot wire bore two holes through a
cork and into them insert two straws,
one of them extending above the cork
as high as the goblet is deep, the other
about twice as high.
Now, with little kneaded bread or
wax close to the upper end of the shorter
straw and then force the cork into the
mouth of the bottle until the water
spurts out through the longer straw.
Meanwhile you have goblet of water
on the table before you, and also basin
or bowl and pair of scissors. Hold the
goblet over the basin with your left
hand and with your right turn the bot
tie upside down, putting the shorter
straw inside the goblet. AS you do this
have some one take the scissors and cut
off the closed end of the shorter straw.
Water will at once begin to run out of
the longer straw into the basin and will
continue to run until the goblet is
empty. You must, of course, hold the
bottle so that the short straw will reach
down to the bottom of the goblet.
This is simply the operation of a
siphon.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
--------------------
Mixed Mustard Pickle.

One head of caulifiower Cor cabbage),
one quart sliced green tomatoes; one
quart small Tor sliced) onions; one
quart green cucumbers, one quart sliced
green peppers, one quart green beans,
Put all in weak salt water over night,
and in the morning scald well in same,
then drain very thoroughly. Have ready
six cups boiling vinegar and stir into it
the following paste: Three cups sugar,
one cup -four. four or five tablespoons
mustard well mixed with cold vinegar
to make smooth, and one ounce TURNER
ic. Put into the drained pickle, and cook
well.-Ohio Farmer.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

railroad. But Buff and Bouncer have
house all their own. 1t stands in
the little square homely city yard,
which extends out to the tracks.
You will understand that with noise,
SCOT, cinders and cramped quarters,
these city cats need some compensation
for that lack of freedom which their
country brothers enjoy. Their mis-
tress is SO fond of them and so afraid
of losing them that they are even de-
prived of the city cats chief pleasure
-back-fence promenades-by reason
of wire netting stretching fiat along
the top of the fence, so that they can
not climb up. AS consolation for these
privations, the mistress of Buff and
Bouncer has built them a house that
no carpenter need be ashamed of. She
began it as a sort of shelter for her
pets when they wanted to be in the
yard in bad weather. But once her
fingers and the hammer got started,
the rough kennel grew and grew. 1t
reached up until it became four feet
two inches high, and spread to two and
half feet wide. 1t took on some
fancy shingles and a cunning gable
window The work then become so
fascinating to the builder that she just
could not help adding piazza and a
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

bay window. She Is very small
woman, SO she devised a way to get
inside in order to fasten in windows,
to tack up curtains, and to complete
various other arrangements for the
comfort of her cats. Nearly the whole
side of the house Is swung on hinges,
so it can be pulled out, and as 1t comes
out, like shelf-table, some long, slen-
der-jointed legs unfold, and To-! a sort
of port-cochere, on the roof of which
the cats like to lie and sun themselves
and underneath which their hammock
can be hung.
One day, when the cats mistress was
inside the tiny house, sitting on the
floor and hard at work, Buff came in,
jumped up on a crossbeam high in his
house, and stretched his head up as if
to look out of the little gable window.
well, Buff" said the mistress, you
shall have an upstairs, since you want
it SO badly" So she put in a sort of
floor up there, leaving an opening, of
course, with shelf half way up, at the
back of the first floor room. to serve as
cat stairway. When Buff and Bounc-
er go to their second story they jump
up or this shelf-stair. then easily
spring through the opening into their
attic room. There is piece of thick
carpet for them to lie on, and there
they love to stay, doing or looking
lazily out of their little front window.
The little house is further fitted up
with a movable flight Of steps, which
stand sometimes at the front, some
times at the side of the piazza, but
which, you may be sure, Buff and
Bouncer do not stop to use. 1t also
has hammock and a bedstead for
each cat. And Buff and Bouncer will
lie in the hammock, allow themselves
to be tucked in bed, or ride in their
carriage-a doll carriage-and seem to
enjoy themselves hugely. They will
also sit up in little chairs at a small
table and eat, though they much prefer
their customary way. One has his dish
set on the floor of the piazza, and gen.
orally dimes there; the other has his
dish on the upper balcony or roof OF
the piazza.
They seem to like to lie and sleep in
or take ride in their carriage, though,
of course. they have to take turns. And
they like to lie in their hammock when
their mistress puts them there-that is,
they will lie still and pretend to sleep,
and have never said they didn't like
it, which is pretty sure sign that it is
agreeable to them, don't you think SO?
In the winter this home of Buff and
Bouncer is closed and covered with
canvas and oilcloth to keep it from be-
ing spoiled by storms and snowdrifts
At that Indictment season these wise
Boston cats prefer to live in the warm
cozy kitchen of the big house; so you
see what aristocrats they are. They
not only have a home all their own
but it is their summer. home, their
resort, to which they go as soon as the
spring weather begins, and which is
kept open until the fall rains make
their abode too damp and chilly fol
them. Happy Buff and Bouncer, two
very lucky cats!-St. Nicholas.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
THE VACATION CURE.
Why Every One Should Try 1t, Espe.
cially the Mother of
Family.


The man who, when asked II he
were going to take vacation this
year, said, ooh. yes; my wife leaves
on Tuesday and won't be home till the
LIST of October" and then wondered at
the smile that went around, was yet
not perhaps SO far afield, after all. At
least this is the driftof certain recent
magazine article by well known fem
mime writer, says the New York
Tribune. 1--WE need vacations from
each other" she writes, land even
those whose relations with each other
are closest and dearest-perhaps I
should say particularly those whose
relations are such-require respite.
"A well known woman, one who is
also charming hostess and model wife
and mother, says that she is morally
certain neither friends nor home folk
would find her so agreeable were it not
for the fact that she makes it a point
to take periodical vacations from all
Of them. 1T is impossible she says
frankly, for human beings made after
the average pattern not to bore each
other to extinction If they have to look
into each others faces 1865 days out
of the year. A woman is infinitely
more attractive to her husband If no
hasn't seen her for little while, and
q man is far more lovable to woman
If there is some variation in the peri
DDS of his Homecoming
Certain it is that any woman who
has wrestled with the servant question
for whole year. who has thought up
one thousand and ninety-five regular
meals anc several hundred irregular
ones, who has had to cater to fastidi-
GUS appetites on quick lunch basis of
expenditure, that woman without
doubt has earned vacation from
and all of these will fare the better if
the vacation is taken.
Uninterrupted matrimony can be-
come the greatest bore on earth. In
six months man has told his wife
pretty much everything he knows that
he has any intention of telling her, and
has listened TO her opinion on every
subject under the sun times without
number, and the best thing they both
can do is to go foraging for three
months for something new, to think
and talk about. and give absence a
chance to make the heart grow fonder
If people were married only three days
in the week instead of seven there
would be fewer divorces.
Somebody says that the reason
many man is able to endure his home
is that he has the business day respite
from it to brace him up. and that the
insane asylums are so overcrowded
with women, married women, simply
because their lives are crammed so full
of the same people, prejudices and
points Of view day after day.
''The summer hegira is distinctly a
first aid to domestic peace This Is
possibly not the conventional vacation
point of view. but it is unquestionably
one that commends itself to the seeker
after things harmonious as we'll as the
student of sociology. At least it be-
hooves the homemaker to consider the
vacation recipe as cure for the do
nestle distemper that sooner or later
| seems to attack the average family"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
Prisoners Escape.

Two prisoners, Martin Thomp-
son and George Anderson, escaped
from the DeSoto county Jail at Her
nando last week by breaking the
lock. One of the prisoners, George
Anderson, who was in for stealing
a COW, returned and gave himself
up, but no clew to the whereabouts
of Thompson, who was guilty OF
horse stealing, has been discovered.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
Fatal Run for Train.

George Hallette, the coroner and
ranger of Washington county and
a prominent -eitizen of Greenville,
suddenly died on the Yazoo & Mis-
sissippi Valley train last week near
Winterville while going to his home.
Mr.. Hallette has had heart trouble
and excited himself in catching the
train, and just after leaving Winter
vile he died on the seat. His re-
mains were carried to Mobile, Ala,
his former home, for interment.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
The Natchez Mardi Gras.

At largely attended meeting of
the Natchez Mardi Gras Association
last week the Hon. P. W. Mulvihill
was reelected president; Karl Leh
mann, vice-president; James j. Cole,
secretary, and J. H. Chamblis, treas
urer. This is Mr.. MulvihilFs sew
enth term as president. All cleo
tons were by reclamation. The fl
nance committee reported larger
fund pledged than ever before, and
a royal time is anticipated.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
Can't Canvass vicksburg.

The Mormon elders received a de-
cided setback at the hands Of the
city council of Vicksburg last week,
as that body rejected their petition
to be allowed to hold public or open
air meetings. The action of the
council was based on the fact that
public opinion is decidedly averse to
their presence at all, as mutterings
have been heard against the elders
ever since they commenced to get a
foothold in the community.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
Pension Reports In.

The auditor announces that all of
the pension reports have been re-
ceived at his Office, The distribu-
ton will not be made before thirty
or sixty days. The total number Of
pensioners from the State has not
been footed up as yet, and it will be
some days before the total number
is given out, but it is known that
the names which have been added to
the list will result in an increase of
5000 or 10000.