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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
THE UNISON WEED.
Probably a Legacy to Us From south
America or Asia.

America or Asia.
Once upon time the name of James
town must have been very sharply
shortened Within the memory of
many people now living James was
pronounced "Jeems;" in fact, we~be-
Iieve that that was the accepted pro-
nunciation of our Virginian forefa-
Tiers But Jim" must have been the
diminutive of ''Jeems," as well as of
James; at least we judge so because
what is popularity known as ''the jim
son weed" really is the jamestown
weed.
Nor is there any reason to suppose
that this contraction was made jeer-
ingly or sneeringIy. More probably it
grew into use jess So and we find
intelligent Americans to whom it has
never occurred that there is any con-
nection whatever between jamestown
and JimsOn. All the same, the au-
thOrities say that "JimsOn" is short"
for the name of the place where the
English made their first permanent set
tlement in what is now the United
States and where the Old Deminion's
first capital was located.
The Unison weed. however, is not
native plant, but probably came to us
from South America or Asia. 1t is a
question how it got to jamestown, but
we believe it is conceded that it is not
indigenous to Virginia. If it was de-
liberately and designedly imported, it
must have been because of its medic
inal value; certainly not for its odor,
which is vile; certainly not for its flow
eFS and leaves because they do not
compare in beauty with those of scores
of native plants. And, while this weed
is now recognized as having some me-
dicinal value, it may not have had that
reputation then" with Europeans. The
Chinese, however, use ii TO some eX-
tent incidentally and may have done
SO from time immemorial. that country
being little given to the acceptance Of
new ideas or new remedies.-Richmond
Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
Boots and Shoes.

Boots are supposed to have been the
invention of the Carians. They We're
mentioned by Homer, 907 r. c..
Grecian women possessed twenty-five
kinds of footgear, which may be
classed as those which cover all the
foot up TO the ankle and those which
simply tied on the top of the foot with
wide ribbons or straps. The practice
of shoe and sandal wearing can be
traced back for some thousands Of
years and is probably of eastern origin.
Frequent mention is made of the shoe
in the Bible, from the book of Exodus
to the Acts, and there is mention made
of a shoe latchet as early as the time
of Abraham.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
"eALDY" MoNsoN's SCALP.
How 1t Was Won by Lucky BALD
win In n Faro Game

win In n Faro Game.
During the time that gambling was
in its glory on the Pacific coast" said
an old Californian, Lucky Baldwin
was easily the most daring chance tax
er of all the notable argonauts. Bald
win did some amazing stunts in that
day of all day and all night drinking,
when Overmellow men. most of them
with riches so suddenly acquired that
they hadn't had time to stop and figure
on how much they possessed, tried to
outvie one another in the capers they
cut with the Lady Fortune.
"One night in the late fifties Lucky
as he was then called, walked into the
famous old AlcatraZ club on Kearney
street in San Francisco after having
been reIigiously stunning his bed for
about three days and nights running
and in that shape Lucky was, in those
days. ready for anything.
"A famous dealer in the Alcatraz
club-the biggest gambling establish
ment on the coast at the time-was
Badly Monson. so called because his
poll was bare of hair as a pat of butter.
except for tiny patch that remained
right on the crown of his head. 1t had
been a cowlick. and, with consistent
stubbornness. it had refused to go when
the rest of 'Baldy's' hair had departed.
Baldwin strOlIed~ over to where
Badly Monson was acting as lookout
for the faro game, preparatory TO TAX
ing hold of the box himself. and draw
ing Monson's head down Lucky began
10 count the hairs that the dealer had
left on the top of his head.
"'How many have you got lefty
Baldwin asked of Monsoon.
"'EightCen of 'em an inch or more
long, the last time they were counted
soberly replied Badly There may be
some trifing short ones besides in the
tuft. but they don't figure.
"'Eighteen, eh?' said Lucky We'll,
it's just fOolishness to be packing
around only eighteen hairs Turn me
the king, open. for $4,000, and if l win
your eighteen hairs go with the pot
how's thatT'
Badly glanced inquiringly at the
proprietor of the club. who was stand
ing by, and his employer gave him the
nod. MOnson took the dealers chair
and began the deal. The king won
down near the middle of the box and
the proprietor of the club scrawled Il
check for $4,000 on the Bank of Cali
fOrnia and handed it over TO Baldwin.
LUCKY shipped the eighteen hairs
off Badly Monson's head with the
razor edged blade of his pOcketknife,
had the housekeepcr at his hotel tie
them up in tiny pink ribbon, with Il
double bow to set them off, and ex-
hibted the tuft in the window of the
Bella Union, labeled Badly AIonson's
Scalp Washington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
Eccentricities In Palaces.

The Russian Empress Anne built a
great palace of ice and on occasions
when the fancy seized her punished
several of her dainty cOurtiers by COM
pelling them to pass the night in this
great chamber of state. where they
were almost frozen to death.
The Car Paul. ancestor of the pres
ent emperor of Russia, constructed a
room formed entirely of huge mirrors,
where he spent hours walking to and
fro in full uniform-a singular taste
for the uglieSt man in Russia.
One of the native princes CT Java
cooled his palace by making a stream
fall in a cascade over the gateway, and
the Indian despot Tippo Sahib placed
beside his dinner table a life size fig
ure of tiger devOuring an English
officer, the roar of the beast and the
shrieks of the victim being initiated
by hidden machinery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
CIaadagh wedding Rings.

The Claddagh wedding rings are alb
solutely different from the ordinary
plain gold finger band which a eynic
once declared to be 1.-The sign manual
of a mans fmpertinence and a wOm-
ans folly" Those used by that pic
turesque colony, the CIaddagh fisher
folk, are in the form of two clasped
hands holding a heart. 1t is quaint
pretty and symbolical design, and, odd
ly enough, the very old specimens are
thought to be the most valuable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
Food and Character.

A scientist has recently been investi-
eating the effect of food, particularly
vegetables, on the human character.
He affirms that diet of carrots ameli-
crates harshness of character and re-
duces nervous irritability; peas create
ioyousness, while turnips have de-
pressing influence. Cabbage is good
for pulmonary complaints, while lettuce
acts as a sedative upon the human
frame owing to the opium contained
in its milky juice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
COURTESY IN THE HOME.
II Is Essential to Happiness In this
Family Circle.

Family Circle.
There is no place where there IS
greater need of true, refined, everyday
courtesy or where it will be more
greatly appreciated than in the home
circle. Yet in how many households do
we soc an entire lack of it.
The husband comes in tired and sur
ly, hurries down his meal. gives the
cat a kick and de"arts without one
kind word or gracious act to any one.
The children are noisy and quarrel
some The mother, tired and nervous,
has only sharp, recriminating words
for her husband, the children and the
servant. The whole atmosphere ap-
pears surcharged with the very quint-
essence of disturbing and dishearten-
ing elements.
Let a visitor come in to make a
neighborly call, however, and how
quickly everything is changed. Both
husband and wife welcome him with
the sweetest of smiles and courtesy.
When the visitor departs. he is bowed
out with the most charming grace and
in silver tones invited to call again.
This is eminently right and proper,
OuI WHY SllOutu llOl ltlS SuihC NOASA4
Grafton prevail among those who are
bound to each other by ties of family
relationships own. whom we love
bestY' Why should not the wife, the
child, the servant, whom you meet ev-
cry day in the most intimate relations
why should they not, ask, be
vouchsafed some courtesy as well as
the guest who calls for brief hour?
Charity begins at home," we are
told, and l think courtesy should too.
No one, be he man or woman, can
stand weeks and years of continual
fault finding or habitual dlscourtesy.
You bow to your next door neighbor
when you meet her in the street and
give her kind or cordial word. Why
not be respectful to members of your
own family? Try it, You will find
you will be happier for it, Your home
will become an ideal one, and every
one will be Influenced to good by the
light which will radiate from it.-Pitts-
burg Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
UnchanEeabIe.

I'D like to exchange this" said a
woman who the other day entered q
retail bookstore.
The clerk unwrapped the bundle and
glanced at its contents.
I'm sorry, madam" he said, "but
we can't do it,
'Why not?" she cried. You've al
ways exchanged books for me hereto
fore"
81 know" replied the clerk politely,
but firmly, "but we can't change this.
It's The Leopard's Spots "-Philadel-
Dhia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
Antiquity of the Pump.

Machines for raising wafer may be
said TO be as old as civilization itself,
and their invention extends so far be-
yond written history that no one can
say when the art of lifting and dis
trfbuting water began. Egypt, the land
of unfathomable antiquity, the oldest
civilization of the orient, noted not only
for her magnifcence and power, but
for knowledge, wisdom and engineer
ing skill. understood and made prac-
teal use of such important hydraulic
devices as the siphon and the syringe,
the latter being n remarkable inven-
ton and the real parent of the modern
pump. Whether or not syringes We're
ever fitted with inlet and outlet valves,
thus making the single action pump, is
not known. But bellows consisting of
n leather bag set in frame and work
ed by the feet, the operator standing
with one foot on each bag, eXpelling
the Enclosed air, the exhaust bag being
then lifted by a string to refill it with
air, implies the use of a valve opening
inward, and it is difficult to conceive
of a continuous operation without one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
Fathers shortcoming.

''The trouble with father" said the
gilded youth, lis that he has no idea
of the value of money"
You don't mean to imply that he is
a spendthrift?"
Not at all. But he puts his money
away and doesn't appear to have any
appreciation of all the things he might
buy with t.'-Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
And Then Not Do It.

'Many people are entirely too hasty.
A man ought to think two or three
minutes before he opens his mouth at
ALL"
1T altogether depends. He ought to
think two or three years before he
opens his mouth to sing."-Philadel-
phia Ledger
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
\ Center or Nttrnction.

81 shouldn't be surprised If our child
should be a great statesman, with ex-
traordinary talents for filibustering,"
said the father
''Why, he can't even talk yet" said
the mother
That's true. He hasn't anything to
say, and vet look at the time and at
tention he can monopolize. Wash
ington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
schoo1box Definitions.

These are two schoolboy definitions
illustrated by sentences:
Frantic means wild; 1 picked some
frantic flowers
athletic, strong; the vinegar was
too athletic to use."-Little Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
The Difference.

what is the difference between a
wornan's whist club and a mans poker
club"
why, in one You get home to din
ner and in the ,ther to breakfast
Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05
Chicago Dental Company
For You.

If you are in need of dental work
call on US before going elsewhere as
we can save you money. We use
nothing but the best of material and
our work is guaranteed to be first
class in every respect. If you are in
need of a set of teeth call and soe our
thin elastic plate. We guarantee it
to fit in all cases and when all others
have failed. We never ask you more
than our prices below.
NJTNTC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-05

Spend not all You have. believe not
all you heav and tell not all you know.
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
CARNEGIE PAYS TAX ON
100000 WILLINGLY
His Assessment on Real and Personal
Property Heads List in
New York.

NEW YORK. Nov. Andrew Car
negie has paid into the city treasury his
tax on 100000. This is the full amount
Of his assessment. both on personally
and real estate. and puts Mr. Carnegie
far in the lead Of all other taxpayers as
TO the amount contributed to the city.
The valuation OF Mr.. Carnegie's realty
this year was s.. 0OO. 900. and his personal
property was on the tax books at the
same figure. Such an enormous sum for
personally exceeded all former valua-
lions. even that put on the property OF
William Waldorf Aston before he re-
nounced his citizenship. No intimation
came from Fir. Carnegie that he desired
a cut
Tax commissioners We're amazed sew
eral days ago when Mr. Carnegie 8
check arrived for SOC $3.50. me full
amount due on the personality assess
ment Of 5000 900
Officials Of the tax department con-
slider the example set by Mr. Carnegie
as worthy OF high praise.
Payment OF 7O,es350 was also made by
Mr.. Carnegie on his real estate.
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
"TRAMPS AND BEGGARS"
WILL Be DISCUSSED
Local Charity Workers to Attend In
portant Meeting in Phila-
delpzia.

''Tramps and Beggars" VIII be dis
cussed on Thursday. November Is. at a
special conference called by the Phila-
delphia Society for Organizing Char
ity. Speakers from charitable organizR-
tons of New York, Chicago. Washing
ton. Baltimore, and other cities Will take
part in the discussion, which win occupy
the entire day.
The meetings will b acid in the Way
farers' Lodge corducted by the Phila-
deIphia society The discussion Will be
informal, but the following topics have
been suggested: Relation of Railroads
TO the Tramp Evil. Possible Plans CT
Cooperation Between Railroads. Private
Charities and P6blic officials Police
Lodgings" Shelters and Work Tests, ="
Houses of Correction" Free Transpor-
tation.' Street Beggars." blind and
Crippled Beggars. What More Than
Punishment Is Needed" Constructive
York Education OF the Public
Among the representatives Of local
charities who have been invited to par
.icipate IN the conference are Major
George. S. Wilson. secretary Of the
Board OF Public Charities; A. Harvey
Tyson, superintendent or the Municipal
Lodging House: n. A Robbins. secre-
tary OF the Central Union Mission; VIII
liam F. Downey, OF the Good Samaritan
Home: Capt Frank L. Roper, of the
Salvation Army, and Charles Il. Weller.
general secretary of the Associated
Charities. Mr. Wilson. Mr.. Weller. anc
Mr.. Tyson have already made arrange
ments to 20. and it is probable that
other charitable workers In Washington
will take part III the conference.
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
MURPHY WANTS TO SEE
MCCLELLAN PRESIDENT
Iammany Leaders Choice Said to Be
New York MayOr-Elect.

Henry W Walker. a former Washing
ton correspondent. and at one time a
European correspondent OF the Asso-
ciated Press. is at the New willard
For several years Mr.. Walker has been
the editor Of the New Yorker" Re
gardlng New York politics Mr.. Walker
said.
Charles F Murphy. the leader Of
TammAny Hall is one Of the most saga
cious political leaders in the world. I be-
lieve that within very short time he
viii be one OF our most potent figures
IN a national way. Murphy wants TO
see Mcclellan President. All his great
generalship vii be exerted in that d.
recfion. The south and West want 10
go back to the old successful combIna-
ton Of the solid South. New York, New
Jersey. Connecticut and such States as
Wtll be Democratic.
Because there are so many news
paper men in Washington. / want 10
say Something Of Colonel Mcclellan as a
newspaper MAJ ! worked with him on
the sew York Journal the World. and
the Herald, and on all OF them he was
a most valuable member OF their re-
spective stats. AT the time he was on
the Journal its humor was the most
quoted OF any daily newspaper In the
land. and he wrote the most pungent
paragraphs. IL was something Of the
style or our lamented EIerrick Then he
went 20 the World as one OF Col. John
a. CockcriIs valued assistants. Colonel
Cockerin said at the old Washington
Press Club that Colonel Mcclellan was
boraea great journalist. and, as a man
81 love with his profession, he regretted
that Colonel Mcclellan had ceased
Journalism for political life.
.'On the New York Herald Colonel
Mcclellan was the Wall Street reporter.
end achieved several notable feats.
among which was a sensational inter
view with Jay Gould. which affected
stock quotations many points.
ITO be = successful politician In
America, as II has been the rule IN
Europe. a man must know Journalism.
Emperor William understands the art
and Lord Salisbury made his living by
his pen. Our President was a New York
reporter. but be did not have the expe-
rience Of Mcclellan The last-nauaed
gentleman scored a great political feat
Ia 1ssS-the Dudley blocks Of I'VE letter. .
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
PAGTN'S APPOINTMENT
SOLELY UPON MERIT
Attorneys Promotion VIII Greatly Strengthen the Depart
ment of Justice in Prosecution Of Important Cases.

Inquiry at the Department OF Justice
develops the fact that the recent selec-
ton Of Oliver Z. Pagin. of Chicago, as
assistant attorney in the department,
was an appointment made purely on
merit. Attorney General Knox wanted
a man of just such ability as Mr.. Pagin
possesses in the way of preparing Grim
inal pleadings, and selected him regard
less of politics.
Senator Cullom, Of Illinois, was adj
Vised Of the plan to bring Pagin to
Washington. The Senator heartily as
scented TO the tdte. though he said lii
nois could not well spare the man from
the position he mas heId for years. that
Of assistant to the United States dis
trict attorney of the Chicago district.
The selection OF Mr.. Pagin is in line
with the policy pursued by Attorney
General Knox with the sanction of the
President that OF strengthening the De-
partment OF Justice wherever possible.
II points to a vigorous handling of the
postoffices cases. deep probing of the
land scandals and such other criminal
matters as may require action by the de-
partment.
Mr. Pagin is 4 modest. unassumlng
man, forty-two years old. In the Chi
cago Office he has made a speciality CT
criminal law, and has come to he e.
garded as a master hand at the draw
ing of indictments. In recent years he
has been engaged By the Department of
Justice in looking after a number of
special criminal cases, Among these
have bs-Sn important internal revenue
cases in New York and elsewhere.
In the beef tI4st cases in Chicago, Mr..
Pagin took leading part. and did
The Washington times., 1903-11-08

effective work It is regarded as entire
ly possible that Mr.. KnoX has brought
him to Washington in order to avail
himself OF his aid in case OF further
suits by the Government against the
mergers under the antitrust act
When the Postoffice cases came up last
spring and il was seen it would he nee
essary TO prepare indictments against
a number Of officials. the Attorney Gen
eral concluded TO secure Mr. Pagin's
assistance in drawing up the pleadings.
While other attorneys We're understood
TO be doing the work of ferreting out
the facts in these cases and werc given
the credit for il, il appears n large
share Of the credit Was due to Mr.
Pagin. He came to Washington in June
and remained here for n number of
weeks doing valuable service for the
Department OF Justice, and 1t was only
recently that It was discovered he had
been engaged IN this work
Until last winter Mr. Pagin though
doing work of the most brilliant sort,
was getting but $3.50 Senator Cullom
concluded he would never ask for an in
crease, but would live along on this sal
airy, unless something was done. SO he
managed 70 get a special provision In
eAAA appropriations at itt HIS bCAt[siN et-N
made the pay OF his office $, 500 year.
the same as is paid In some of the more
important Offices Of the same rank in
New York and elsewhere in the East.
Mr.. Pagin is regarded as an authority
on internal revenue laws, and Is the
author Of work on this subject. He is
expected to assume his new duties at
the Department Of Justice in about a
week
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
ELABORATE EXERCISES
At GERNANIC MUSEUM

Copies of the complete program OF
exercises TO be held at the opening of
the Gernanic Museum At Cambridge,
Mass, next Tuesday. have been re-
ceiVed here. The opening exercises
VIII take place at 3 o'clock in the new
lecture hail.
Prof II. c. G.. Won Jagemann viii be
the presiding officer. and the following
viii be the Speakers Baron Won dem
che-Haddenhausen. first secretary
OF the German embassy, who, in the
absence OF Ambassador Baron Won
Sternburg, VIII present Emperor Will
iams gifts; President Eliot OF Har-
ward. who will accept the gifts in the
name Of the university; Prof Kuno
Francke. who viii respond Tor the Ger
manic Museum: Hon. Carl Schurz, as
president of the Germanic Museum As
ISOLATION; Edward Robinson, as curator
OF the Boston Museum OF Fine Arts;
Prof. William James, who viii make
the formal address Of the meeting.
Baron Bussehe viii leave Washington
Monday morning for Cambridge.
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
BRYAN AN EXECUTOR.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. Tin the
probate court today William J. Bryan
was admitted TO act as executor OF the
viii Of Philo S. Bennett. an objection TO
him made by Mrs Benefits counsel be-
ing overruled. The amount of the bond
was fixed at $3.50. GO. Counsel on both
sides indicate that an appeal viii be
taken.
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
Helper DIED in Wagon.

William Thomas, a thirty-four-year-
old negro, employed as helper on one OF
the delivery wagons OF W. &. Moses &;
Sons. was taken suddenly I'll on his
wagon at Twenty-second and y Streets
northwest. Friday evening. falling back
ward into the wagon bed. The dri=cr.
Robert Ambrose drove to Tbomas'
home. at 25i5 NJ Street northwest, and
DR.. Eugene Daniels was called In, but
when he arrived Thomas was dead
Coroner hewitt investigated and found
death due 10 natural causes
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
SMELL ANARCHIST PLOT.

ROME. Nov. Two Italians tried TO
smuggle two kilos Of dynamite from {
German steamship which arrived from
New York Al Naples yesterday. The
smuggIers were arrested. There is a sus-
picicn that an anarchist plot was afoot
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
STEEL PLANTS RESUME.

PITTsBURG. Nov. Resumption of
operations at plants along the Monon-
gahela River VIII give employment 10
more than 5000 additional raen within
the next forty-eight hours. Notices haze
been posted at the Duquesne works OF
the Carnegie Company 10 the effect that
work viii be resumed in all departments
tomorrow night
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
FREE FIGHT IN PIERcE coURT.

There was a general, free-for-an negro
fight last night IN Pierce Court south
west, in which johnson Boldea. Annie
Chase, Mary Holly and Sophia Logan
participated. When the smoke OF battle
had lifted the police OF the Fourth pre-
cinct gathered these four together. and,
after scalp wounds on the heads OF
Bolden and Annie Chase and the wo-
mans broken arm had been set. at the
Emergency Hospital, they were locked
up on charges Of assault.
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
ORWELL D. TONNE DEAD.

SARATOGA. Nov 7.-Orwell D. Towne
who on Tuesday last was the Demo
cratic candidate for sheriff OF Saratoga
county. died suddenly here today OF
heart disease.
The Washington times., 1903-11-08
DEAD INFANT FOUND.

The dead body OF an infant was found
yesterday afternoon in mortar box al
Nineteenth Street and Vernon Avenue
northwest. The body was sent to the
noTgGS-a ut the order OF Coroner hewitt.