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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-22

IHe quarter enueu JUne 90 as IOIIOWs:
EIgin Insane hospital $39.41
Kankakee Insane hospital ....... 41.S3
Jacksonville Insane hospital. 800. 1856
Anna Insane hospital ............ 32.4O
Watertown Insane hospital $500. 34.4S
Asylum for IncurabIe Insane go. 31.79
Asylum for Insane Criminals 80. 51.35
Deaf and Dumb school .......... CLOS
Blind school ....................5 57.79
Industrial Home for the Blind. S4.S5
Asylum for Feeble-Minded ...... 32.O2
Soldiers and Sailors home ...... 2S.79
Soldiers Orphans home ......... 53.GS
Soldiers Widows home ........... 52.O5
Eye and Ear infirmary ........... 1922
Training School for Girls .... 41.13
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-22
.FLAREUP IN |. N. G.
Probably Will Interfere With State
RegImentaI Rifle Compe-
titiOn.
SIXTH WILL NOT ENTER TEAM
Trouble Caused by Chicago Regi-
ments Getting All the
Practice.

Sterling. ILL.,. July 22-The 9th reg
iment will refuse to enter the state
regimentaI rifle competition. What
looks like a gigantic combination to
boost the Chicago regiments at the eX-
pense of the country regiments has
been unearthed and as Il result the
refusal of the 9th Will doubtless be
followed by the Bird. 4th and 5th regi-
ments, as well as the batteries and
troops of cavalry situated in the state
outside of Chicago.
smooth Scheme.
The entire proposition as set forth
by General Inspector of Rifle Practice
DIETRICH. of Chicago, is this: That each
regiment send a team of y to Chicago
to shoot for a trophy to be put up by
the state. Col. DIETRICH has as yet is
sued no orders allowing the country
regiments to practice, while the Chi
cago range has been open all summer.
The result is that the Chicago teams,
armed with a tip of the competition,
have had three months practice while
the country regiments have had none.
Now that the Chicago crack shots are
on edge the state authorities have
commenced arrangements for the reg
mental competition
Country Regiments Object.
The country regiments believe that
they are being made a stalking horse
for the Chicago regiments to win re-
nown on. The result is that Capt. Ben
Eick, l. R. p, 9th infantry, has notified
the general inspector of rifle practice
that he will refuse to send a team from
his regiment, and il is thought that the
remainder of the country regiments
will follow suit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-22
NInlnccn Released.

Washington, July 22.-American
Charge Eddy, at st. Petersburg. ca
bles the state department the British
embassy has been notified that the
Malacca has been released.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-22
Insurance Rates Quoted.

London. July 22.-Twenty guineas
per cent was quoted at Lloyd's for in
surance against the outbreak of an
Anglo Russian war within three weeks.
This is the rate which prevailed at
Lloyd's on the RussO-Japanese war
three weeks prior TO the outbreak of
hostilities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-22
Russia Assures England
Shipping Will Be
Let Alone.
MALACCA IS RELEASED
British Boat TOrpedOed in the
Gulf of Pc
chilli.

st. Petersburg. July 22.-The Rus
sian reply to the British protest was
handed to Ambassador Harding this
afternoon. Russia agrees that the
Malacca will not be brought before the
prize court and that no similar Incl
dent shall occur in the future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-22
Fierce Fight RngInE.
Confirms Report,

London, July 22.-According to a
dispatch from Moscow the Russky Lis
tok of that city. confirms the Asso-
ciated Press report from Lao Yang
that the Japanese have broken
through the Russian left flank and are
marching on Mukden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-22
says Left Flank Held.

St Petersburg, July 22.-The Off
cial messenger prints the following
from Liao Yang the goth: Our left
flank yesterday withstOOd a powerful
onslaught by the enemy. Reinforce
menfs were sent"
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Democracy in the White House.

IN view of the recent entertainment
OF John Morley by the President the
New York World says: Such a gath
ering as met Mr.. John Morley, at his
own request, in President Roosevelt's
dining room, could not have been
brought together under similar condi-
uons at the table of any European
chief of state. Labor leaders. capital
lists and students of social problems
found themselves equally at home as
they compared their widely varying
views of industrial questions under the
stimulating leadership of the President
and the keen and open minded inter-
est Of the chief guest
The fact that our chief magistrate
can put himself in this intimate touch
with the various elements of our citi-
zenship is one of the great advantages
he enjoys over those foreign potent
ates who, hedged in by impenetrable
etiquette, must depend for their in
formation about popular feeling upon
third and fourth hand reports filtered
through relays OF officials interested in
,concealing the truth.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
ACROSS LAKE ERIE IN ICE.
Death Almost Certain to Traveller
Who Loses Direction

No landmarks can be seen-there is
nothing by which to direct course
on frozen Lake Erie. A man may
easily be lost and wander until over
come. Too often this has happened,
and hardly winter has passed with
out some such disaster.
A man so lost will often trust TO
the instinct of the dogs to find way
nome through the bewildering storm
and gloom. Sometimes, however.
even the animals have been at fault.
In, recent case a fisherman with
three dogs was overtaken on the
homeward way by sudden tempest
of wind and snow. To see even a few
feet must have been impossible. and
even the dogs must have besn over
come with fright or found that they
were unable to guide themselves in
the right direction. Still, though two
were loose, they did not desert the
man. When the searching parties
found him on the following day he
was dead, frozen to death, but the
dogs with him were alive. One dog,
which had not been embarrassed, was
mad, however, and had to be killed
at once.-Harper's Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Day of Universal kissinu,

Kla.-ag was universal in England in
Tudo- times. Erasmus who visited
England in the reign of Henry VIII,
wrote letter to a friend of his, a
gouty Italian poet, bidding him forget
the gout and come to England. Here"
he wrote, "are girls with angels
faces, so kind and obliging that you
would prefer them to all your muses.
Besides, there is a custom here never
to be sufficiently recommended. Wllen.
ever you come you are received with
kiss by all; when you take your
leave you are dismissed with kisses;
you return-kisses are repeated. They
come to visit you-kisses again; they
leave you-you kiss them all round.
Should they meet you anywhere =
kisses in abundance; in fine, wherever
you move there is nothing but kisses"
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
DOING WITHOUT THE SUN.
What One Scientist Thinks of Our
Independence of Old Sol.

A human race which makes its car
wheels and napkins out of paper. says
Gerald Stanley Lee, in the Metropoli-
tan Magazine, it's street pavements out
of glass. it's railway ties out of old
shoes, which draws food out of air.
which winds up operas on spools.
which has it's way with oceans, and
plays chess with the empty ether that
is over the sea-which makes clouds
speak with tongues, which lights rail
way trains with pin wheels and which
makes its cars go by stopping them
and heats its furnaces with smoke
it would be very strange if race like
this could not find some way of at
least managing its own planet-and
(heaped with snowdrifts it BEL
some way of warming it-of melting
off place to live on. corporation
was formed down in New Jersey the
other day to light city by the toss
ing of the waves. We are always get
ting some new grasp-giving some
new sudden almost humorous stretch
to matter. We keep nature fairly
smiling at herself. One can hardly
tell when one hears of half the new
things now-a-days-actual facts
whether to laugh or cry, or form a
stock company or break out into sing
ing. No one would quite dare to say
that thousand years from now we
will not have found some other use
for moonlight than for love affairs
anA to haul tides with. We will be
manufacturing moon yet out of com.
pressed starlight, and heating houses
with it. 1t will be peddled about the
streets like milk. from door to door.
in cases and bottles.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Some Words That Do Not Rhyme.

Bulb has no rhyme. Culm. cusp,
recumb, gulf. month, doth, amongst
are other rhymeless words having the
sound of as in but. Few patrician
words in the language have this VOW
ell sound. so commonplace and with
out dignity; hence poets turn to 1t
only for blood, flood and few sim
liar turbulent monosyllables. They
use 1t often. however, in forcing the
accent from the antepenultimate syl-
liable to the final, where its unpleas-
ant sound is concealed by the soft
ened stress. Thus has many rhymes.
such as felicitous, mysterious. inglo-
rious, etc.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
A Teachers Testimony.

Hinton, KY, Nov. 2S.-(Special.)-
1t has long been claimed that Diabe-
tes Is incurable. but Mr.. E. ]. Thomp-
son, teacher in the Hinton school.
has pleasing evidence to the contrary.
Mr.. Thompson had Diabetes. He took
Dodd's Kidney Pills and is cured. In
statement he makes regarding his
cure Mr.. Thompson says:
II was troubled with my kidneys
for more than two years and was
treated by two of the best doctors in
this part of the state. They claimed
I had Diabetes and there was little
TO be done for me. Then l started
to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and what
they did for me was wonderful. 1t
is entirely owing to Dodds Kidney
Pills that l am now enjoying good
health
Many doctors still maintain that
Diabetes is incurable. But Diabetes
is a kidney disease, and the kidney
disease that Dodd's Kidney Pills will
not cure has yet to be discovered.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
GREAT MEN AT CLOSE VIEW.
Sometimes a DisiIIusionment to Their
Admirers.

Sometimes a DisiIIusionment to Their
Admirers.
In 1880 the Rt Rev. Mandell Creigh-
ton, late bishop of London, met John
Bright at dinner. He -Rrote after
ward of the great Englishman: "He
was very cross. Apparently a cabi-
net meeting had disagreed with him.
Among other things he said: If the
people knew what sort of men states
men were they would rise and hang
the whole lot of them Next day |
met young man who had been talk
ing to Gladstone. who urged him to
parliamentary life, saying: States
manship is the noblest way to serve
mankind"
This same prelate told the follow
ing: Il remember listening with sor-
row to Rusl1in describing a railway
journey from Carnforth to Oxford. He
ridiculed every one whom he had
seen, described his fellow passengers
without touch of sympathy and ended
by saying: I saw over 700 people on
the way and not one face had look
of happiness l looked at Ruskin's
own face; that certainly had not"
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Ruth Changed Her Mind.

Ruth is little girl who is extreme
ly fond of candy. At dinner one even
ing when offered plate of soup she
refused it, saying that she did not
like it. Her father asked her how she
knew this, as she had never before
tried that kind of soup. Il don't
know" responded the child, "but l
don't like it." Threats and entreaties
were of no avail and tears and gem
eral unhappiness were the result. FL
nally her mother asked her il she
liked candy. She replied yes, smiling
through her tears. How did you
know that you liked candy before you
tried it?" There was a long silence
and finally Ruth said: "Please. faith.
er, III have some SOUP"
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
What a Lump of Coal Can Do.

A single pound of coal is capable
OF producing 236 horsepower, and
could do the work of an express loco
motive for one-fifth of a minute. In
other words. it is enough to haul a
train of eight cars, including the Pull
man sleeping-cars and dining-cars, at
the rate of fifty miles an hour one
sixth of mile.
In saving wood man may work
at the rate of about sixty strokes a
minutes. and his saw-blade may have
progressed five feet minutes, but a
circular saw, driven by machinery,
will cut seventy times as much wood
in the same time. And yet this one
little pound of coal contains power
enough for 180 such saws.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
COMPEL USE OF VOICE.
Electric Shock the Means of Compel
ling Articulation.


A young woman of Leeds, who had
not been able to speak for five years,
has recovered her voice through cleo
tricity. One of the hospital surgeons
who operated said: I'VE occasionally
get patients who are unable to speak,
not through any organic ailment, but
simply because they are in hysteri-
cal condition, and we often cure them
by strong electric shock. AS rule
they yell out, and then they have no
excuse for not being able to speak. We
do not suggest that such patients have
been shamming. They actually can
not speak, although there is nothing
wrong with their voice. They are the
Kind of patients who sometimes go
under quack treatment and make re-
markable' cures. There is good deal
OF faith healing in the matter"
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Resolve Of the Rhymer.

" hile ] am a hayseed poet an am oft
compelled to show it by a-writin'
bout the cider an the sass
'eout the bees a-ma<in' honey. bout the
ducklin's fat and funny. or the joys
of seem home a country lass
Still a poet has some feelin', an to YOU
I'm mine revealin'-every year that $
passed above my head
Since l first begun -writin. in the fall
I'd be in-ditin mushy stuff about the
leaves a-turning red.
An this year. tho l may rue 1t. I'll be
hanged II l will do It: I'll be swig-
gered II I'll write a pesky line
On the subject / have mentioned; firm as
granite I'm intentioned, even tho /
lack the where-withal to dine.
will write about the cattle or the merry
milkmad's prattle bout the harvest
moon ahangin' overhead.
Rut I'll be forever swiggered. I'll be bal
lywhacked an jiggered, II I'll write
about the leaves a-turnin' red.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Boat with Cyclone Sail.

II has long been known that boat
sail shaped something like Japanese
umbrella would practically do away
with all danger of boats capsizing,
as the force OF the wind on 1t would
have no tendency to incline the boat.
Hut no such sail had been found until
an English inventor made what he
terms a Cyclone sail" 1t resembles
a huge, fat sunshade pierced with
holes and tilted slightly to one side of
its handle which represents the mast
of the boat.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Unsatlsfied,

| ssye your lips but not your soul;
/ have your tenderness, but not
Your hearts deep passion: I've my dole
OF kisses maddeningy sweet
Cool. precious-but / want them hot
Bold. unreasoning and complete.
You give me water when ask for wine:
You give me sunshine when l crave
the storm:
Your heart its sweetest secret hides from
mine
From barriers unguessed Love shrinks
denied;
All. would you counterfeit pure Rapture's
form,
And leave my beings depths unsatis-
fed?
l want your inmost souls dim dreams.
l want the throbbing Of quick blood
That In your surging heart beats teens:
/ want the lips that yearn. not Yield
l want Loves tide at its wild flood
Its passion unashamed and unconcenled
Town Topics.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
What Become, Of PIn.2

BY series of experiments conduct
ed in his garden. gentleman has dis.
covered the answer to the conundrum,
What becomes Of pins?" He has
found that pins are resolved into dust.
Hairpins. which he watched for 1854
days. disappeared by rusting away at
the end of that time. Bright pins took
nearly eighteen months to disappear;
polished steel needles nearly two and
a half years; brass pins had but little
endurance; steel pens at the end Of
fifteen months had nearly gone. while
their wooden holders were still intact
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
When Iona Sermons Prevailed.

A Scotch preacher, not In the pres
ent degenerate age. has been known
to preach from five to six hours at a
stretch, and sometimes. when one
preacher had finished his sermon an.
other would begin, and there would
be succession of preachers, deliver.
ing sermon upon sermon, until the un-
happy congregations were kept listen
ing to "the Word" for as many as ten
hours without a break.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Where Women Fish.

A great deal Of the fishing along
the French coast is done by women.
They are to be seen in groups at all
the French watering places, where
they contrast oddly with the fashion.
ably dressed summer idlers. These
fisherwomen usually wear wooden
shoes and quaint costumes consisting
of very short skirts Of bright colors
and picturesque bonnets or hoods.
The work is, of course, very arduous
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Soldiers Remembered.

Several Japanese charitable organiz-
ations, headed by the ladies of the pa
trtotic societies, are arranging to send
New Years presents to every soldier
IN the field. The contributions already
assured indicate that there will be
enough to give each soldier two pres
ents. The people of Toxic are contrib
uting thousands of packages, each con-
tanning a number of useful articles.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
GUARANTEED MINING INVEST.
MENTS.

We are the largest mine operators
in the west and cordially invite you
to write for prospectus and full partic-
ulars about OUR NINE ASSOCIATED
COMPANIES, which have Joined in
forming our INVESTORS GUARAN-
TEE ASSOCIATION, with $5,oOO,OoO
capital, TO GUARANTEE ALL OF
OUR INVESTORS AGAINST LOSS.
Write for free information and be con-
vinced.
ARBUCKLE-GooDE COMMISSION
COMPANY.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

The Santa Fe road will hereafter
run on their train leaving Denver at S
p. m. daily a tourist sleeper through
to California without change. This is
a vast improvement over the service in
years past. The Santa Fe also an
nounces the inauguration on Novem-
ber 14th of daily service of the ia
nous California limited, the train
leaving Denver every day at 3:45 p. m.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

1t was an old bachelor who said that
It was futile to discuss the question
whether a genius would make good
husband. No real genius, he said,
would ever marry
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

ey local applications, they cannot reach the dis
eased portion OF the ear; There is only way to
cure deafness md that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness fs caused by an infaned condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube Is inhAmed you have rumbling sound I'm.
perfect bearing and when It is entirely closed. Deaf
ness 10 the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored Its condi-
tion, hearing Will be destroyed forever; nine
pat OF ten are caused by Catarrh, which II nothing
but an innamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of
Deafness lcaused by catsrrh) that cannot be cured
by Halrs Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. J. CHENEY Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 7sc.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Her complexion is very clear" sale
the casual acquaintance. "Yes, in
deed" her dearest friend agreed
"anybody can see through it."
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Try One Paokane

If Defiance Starch" does not please
you, return it to your dealer. II IL
does you get one-third more for the
same money. 1t will give you salts
faction. and will not stick to the iron.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Take Hams Family Pms for constipation.

"certainlv." observed the doctor, in
ffepiy to question; tight lacins. hnh,
noses" But light tasting habituanf
practiced causes more of them" replied
the professor
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

am sure Pisos Cure for Consumption savet
my life three years ago.-MRs. THos ROBINS
Maple Street, Norwich. N. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. You
druggist will refund money II PAZO OINTMENT
falls to cure you In y TO IL days. soc.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

When girl begins to lecture n
young man on economy it's up to him
to call on the marriage license clerk
or take to the tall timber.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

1t is easy to brew a good
pot of tea. There are two
ways: one is to do it; the
other is not to.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Sensible Housekeeoers

win have Defiance Starch. not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money. but also because Of
superior quality.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

He-I wish you made the bread
mother used to make. She-I wish you
made the dough father used to make.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

But you said you'd love me as long
as l lived" No. 1 did not. 1 said
I'D love you till you dyed"
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Ask Your Druggist for Allen. Foot.

ASK your OVuggiSt TOT Alen root'6aSes
81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
ly, and have just bought another supply 1t
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and 1 would not be with
out 1t now.-Mrs. w. j Walker, Camden,
N. j." Sold by all Druggists, DC
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

No. Maude, dear, in cutting your eye
teeth 1T isn't necessary to make a
spectacle of yourself
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug
gists refund the money II 1t falls to cure L. W.
Grove's signature ia on each box. 2jc.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

''They say Satan isn't as black as
he's painted. Brother Dickey." Dat
may be, sub, but de Lawd preserve me
from gittin up race problem wild
him.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Sssling Music-.Everybody send dime for illustrates
booklet How Music Cures" Wonderful, practical
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

It's all right to greet misfortune
with "smile" if you have the price.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

An honest man is truly a good thing
for his creditors.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Henpeck says he doesn't care to
Tigor"-they are too much alike.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

DR.. David Kennedy's Favorlte Remedy. the
Great Kidney and Liver Cure. orld Famous Write
kennedys Sons, Rondout, n. Y for free sample
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

The fellow who doesn't make hay
while the sun shines cuts no ice.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

In every package of schiling's Best Tea is .
booklet: How to Make Good Tea.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

We should all have warm spot in
our hearts for the ice man.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Do Your Clothes Look Yellow?
Then use Defiance Starch, II will
Keep them white-16 OF. for 10 cents.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

A man who has the modern sawdust
breakfast food set before him has a
right to complain of his board
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Defiance Starch II put up 10 ounces
IN q package, 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

II you sell goods by rule that q
only eleven inches to the foot. you are
away off from the golden rule.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

do you let work worry your" mo
nor l don't let worry work me. either
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softenB the gums reduces IN
aalnmston, aAys pain, wind coliu. 2,c bottle
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
Mother cray's Sweet Powders for Child,

Mother cray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the Children's Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 81, 900 tes-
timonials. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Leroy N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Duty and pleasure are no more close
ly related than a wheelbarrow and an
automobile.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Somehow the man who doesn't know
right from wrong always does wrong.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01
TEA

Is there a better way to
keep the family longer at
table, to keep it together?
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Gayboy-You shouldn't complain. my
dear. Before we were married ! told
you how bad l was. Mrs. Gayboy-
Yes. but you didn't tell me how much
worse you were going to be afterward.
Gilpin observer., 1904-12-01

Fortunate is he who has nothing
against his neighbors-for neighborA
are slow pay.