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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05
RIVER BULLETIN.

Slowly rising stages in the Missis
MusCatine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05
Takes Another
For His Wife.

This conversation was overheard one
day last week in the Office of a Rock
Island professional man. He is mar
ried. by the way:
Yes. this is he. How are YOU, dcarie?
What did you say? Is this?
Sure. Mike You cut out that fine
l thousand miles away.
But---
Say. sweetheart. your Uncle Joey re-
fuses To be joshed over the telephone.
Now. YOU Just listen moment. DO
YOU know who this is speaking?
Well. l guess. Say. dearie. | suppose
YOU saw Miss in reference to
the entertainments tomorrow evening
have not been feeling well. you know,
and if ! don't take a brace in the
interim, YOU and she and the boy can
go. and leave papa at home to keep
the crate fire alive.
Man, YOU must be losing your mind.
You are sure that have not made a
mistake. But, then. l guess haven't
as | recognize your vOiCe--
Yes. and ! caught yours before you
had said word. Oh. Won know | am
not so coarse as you might think that
am. Say. when You call up your old
man again and try to fool him, | adj
wise YOU to eat pint of nails or some
other delicacy, and put a few rough
edges on your voice.
Now. this has got to stop right here.
Wen. | shouldn't wonder but that it
had. am growing tired, and | sup
pose that you are. Then, besides. there
is lady in the office waiting to see
me.
But, | want to see you. too
Getting to like your daddy more and
more every day. Yes, but you can
wait till l come home for lunch.
Come to my home, how dare
There was a mOmentaTy pause here.
The man in the office for the first time
during the conversation showed agi-
tation. Probably there was a mistake
He supposed he had been talking to
his wife. He resumed:
Then l may expect you to come
here.
That is what | have been trying to
talk 10 YOU about all afternoon.
OF course. but then | thought you
"ouId not Hl-hd Hitie harmless Jok-
ing.
Wei. am not in the habit of taking
it in such large doses. Do you know
Who this is talking?
Why, certainly.
Well. it is Mrs
The man would have fallen fiat on
/ his face if the wall had not been there
! to support him.
| He was afraid to say he knew her
from the opening of the conversation,
and in order TO save him the loss of a
valuable client he apologized and
drew himself out of the difficulty by
| telling her that he thought that she
was his wife. as their voices sounded
| so much alike that he could not dis
/ tinguish between them over the wire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05
Local Minknr CONDITIONS.
Today's Quotations ON Provisions. Live
stock Feed and Fuel.

Today.s Quotations on Prov isionH. Live
stock Feed and Fuel.
Rock Island. oct. Toll"wir& are
the wholesale quotations in the local
market:
Provisions and Produce.
Ruttcr-Crcamory zoe, dairy 1Ic.
eggs Fresh. lac.
Lard-9c
Live Poultry Spring chickens 9c To
Zoe per pound, h"u$ Sc per pound;
ducks Sc.
Vegetables Potatoes Zoe
Feed and Fuel
Graiu-Corn 30 a Ct; oats 22es&3.
FuruE"- Timothy hay $?.ooH 100:
Wood Hard, per load. $50.
CnaI-Lump, per bu$hcl. lie: slack.
per bushcl. tc.
Live stock. rl....f
CattIc-Stocrs $&.sOm5.00: cows and
heifcrs $3Ur 40. calves $%u $50.
Hogs Mixed ana butchers S".2"Ftb y.
Sleepy earnings or over $1-hu u l-up.
lambs 5000 $50.
| live and let my brcthcn live
With all that's good with me.
Unto the poor some cash | give,
The balance give Rocky Mountain
Tea.
r II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05

TO the early colonial days. He was
born in the town of Ashield Franklin
county. Mass Nov. -. 1913.
HIS boyhood was spent in the village
Of ShclbUTnc Falls. Mass. where he
received common school education
and later an academic education. Old
residents of the village still remember
Young PAYNE as an unusually bright
chap, with q bUshy head of hair quick
and alert. and understood. He was
studious and a worker. and at the age
Of - began 10 look about for posi-
ton to help pay for his livelihood.
sweeps PostoHce A. BOY.
II was then that he entered Uncle
Sans postal service. He told the vii
lage postmaster that for 81 q week he
would he AZ the Postoficc early every
morning. would sweep and dust the
place. and do such erTands as, he had
time for outside of his school hours.
After being GRAND boy for about a
year he left school and became clerk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05
John VOlk & Co.,
CONTRACTORS AND

CON FACTORS AND
BUILDERS.
Dealers in single and double
strength Blinds and Mouldlngs, We
neered and Hardwood Flooring OF all
IiDds.
Dealer in single and double strength
Window Glass, Polished Plate, Beveled
Plate and Art Glass.
311 and 320
Eighteenth Street,
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05
NATION MOURNS THE
LOSS OF H. c. PAYNE

Continued from Page OneD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05

Rock Island. oct. 5.--FoU"wirG ar"
the Wholesale quotations in the local
market:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-05
VIII Burn a Train.

oct. 3O-Why Women Sin.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
Perpetual Motion,

T. The radium clock of Harrison Mar.
tindale. English physicist, practically
gives perpetual motion through the
dissipation OF negatively charged rays.
A small quantity of radium supported
in an exhausted glass vessel by a
quartz rod is placed in a small tube,
to the lower end OF which is attached
an electroscope of two long strips of
silver. The activity of the radium'
causes an electric current minus beta
rays to be transmitted to the silver
strips which expand until they touch
the sides of the vessel, when earthed
conducting wires instantly discharge
then and they fall together. This is
repeated every two minutes, marking
time In beats Of that duration, and
theoretically the action will continue
until exhaustion of the radium-in this
case computed to be 10000 years in
the future.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
It Pays to Read Newspapers.

Cox. Wis, July 4.-Frank M. Rus
sell Of this place. had Kidney Disease
30 bad that he could not walk. He
tried Doctors treatment and many diff
ferent remedies, but was getting
worse. He was very low.
He read in a newspaper how Dodd's
Kidney Pills were curing cases Of
Kidney Trouble, Bright's Disease, and
Rheumatism, and thought he would
try them. He took two boxes, and now
he is quite well. He says:
Il can now work all day, and not
feel tired. Before using Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, couldn't walk across the
floor"
Mr.. Russell's is the most wonderful
case ever known in Chippewa Coun-
ty. This new remedy-Dodd's Kidney
Pills-is making some miraculous
cures in Wisconsin.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
Americans at Oxford.

And as wandered I marveled that
all the strangers who accosted me
(and Oxford was full of strangers
yesterday were Americans. In the
quad at Balliol a solitary and beau.
tiful damsel addressed me in the Ian.
guage of the United States.
Can you tell me where the profess
sor lectures?" She meant the Master
of Balliol.
I've just got to hear him." she
pleaded.
1t did not take long to discover that
DIR. Card was lectpring in the hall at
noon-in ten minutes.
Now, do you think I can speak to
him?'
Il am quite sure you can," replied.
And. having indicated the steps by
which the Master would ascend, left
her firmly planted thereon, awaiting
him. Why didn't I say l was the pro.
fessor at once?'-London Chronicle.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
Under the Sun.

The men who have gone before US
Have sung the songs we sing:
The words of our clamorous chorus,
They were heard of the ancient king.
The chords OF the Tyre that thrill us.
They were struck In the years gone by,
And the arrows OF death that kill us
Are found where our, fathers lie.
The vanity sung OF the Preacher
IL vanity still to-day:
The moan of the stricken creature
Has rung In the woods alway.
But the songs are worth resinging.
With the change of no single note,
And the spoken words are ringing
Al they rang In the years remote.
There Is no new road to follow. Love!
Nor need there ever be. a.
For the old. with Its hill and hollow.
Love. i, r
Is enough for you and me.
Charles Roswell Bacon. In the Century.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
CHAPTER III.

When Royal Blood 10 Young Blood.
Three richly dressed warriors, clink-
ing golden goblets across table-so
much Randalin caught in her first
glance. On the spot where the senti-
mel had released her she stopped,
stock-still, and with eyes bent on the
ground tremblingly awaited the royal
attention.
Her first thought was that a kings
tent was very like a traders booth.
Spears and banners and gold-bossed
shields decorated the walls. while the
reed-strewn ground was Uttered with
furs and armor, with jeweled altar
cloths and embroidered pals and won
derful gold-laced garments. The rude
temporary benches were spread with
splendid covers Of purple and green,
upon which silver lilies and gold-eyed
peacocks had been wrought with ex-
quisite skill. Randalin's gaze fingered,
dazzled, then slowly rose to examine
the master of all this wealth.
He was not SO easy to pick out. OF
the three men around the table. only
one was a graybeard; and of the two
striplings left, either might have been
the son of Sven of Denmark. Both
were finely formed; both were dress
ed with royal splendor, and the hair Of
each fell from under a jeweled circlet
in uncut lengths of shining fairness.
The hair of the shorter one. though,
was finer; and no red tainted the pur-
ity of it's gold. When one came to
look at it, it was like royal cloak.
Perhaps he might be the king! Then
she noticed that his shoulders lacked
the breadth Of his companions by as
much as palms width; and her
mind wavered. Surely SO great a
king as Canute must be broader
shouldered than any Of his subjects!
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
THE LOCUST PARTY FAILED.
Fly ''Mixed In" and the Excitement
Was Over

Fly ''Mixed In" and the Excitement
Was Over.
The last years Of Justice Dykman's
life he delighted to sit in his yard
and watch the insects and all the small
life with which the summer teemed.
He was especially Interested last year
In the locusts, which would burst out
OF their old skin one by one. and one
morning he invited party OF his
neighbors over to watch a particularly
fat locust break out OF It's old prison.
AS the shell slowly cracked the Judge
became more and more excited. until
suddenly a big fly pounced on the To-
Gust and stung 1t through the crack.
on its fresh. new back. OF course.
this killed the locust instantly. and
there was no more squirming within
the old shell. The Judge was highly
Indignant. "The confounded rascal. =
he exclaimed. 'stung the locust. did
he? The beastly fly! Isn't that too
bad, now; isn't that too badl". and
then he apologized to his -neighbors,
for the ny's bad behavior and the fall,
ure of his locust party.-New York
Tribune. .f
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07

Though the men were too intent to
notice her. in some sub-conscious way
her moving seemed to rouse them.
Their discussion had been growing
gradually louder; now the bearded
man and the young Jotun rose sud-
denly and faced their companion,
whose voice became audible In an
obstinate mutter:
Nevertheless, doubt that It was
wise to join hands with an English
traitor" lfa
The older man said In a tone Of
slowly gathering anger, II told you to
make the bargain. and stand at the
back of my cOunsels. Have you be-
come like the wind, which tries every
quarter of the sky because it knows
not its own mind?"
While the young man warned in
his heavy voice, You will have your
will in this as In everything. King
Canute. but I tell you that II you
keep the bargain, you will act against
my advice" =
He raised from his hands now a
face of boyish sullenness. and sat
glaring over his clenched fists at his
counsellors.
Certainly It would become q great
misfortune to me II should act
against the advice of Rothgar Lod.
broksson he made stinsing answer.
1T was he who gave me the advice.
when the English broke faith, to vent
my rage upon the hostages. Men
have not yet ceased to lift their noses
at me for the unkingliness of the
deed" His eyes blazed at the mem.
ory. They were not pleasant eyes
when he was angry; the blue seemed
to fade from them until they were two
shining colorless pools in his brown
face. g i..
The SON of Lodbrok shrugged his
huge shoulders in stolid resignation,
but the wrinkled forehead of the older
man became somewhat smoother. He
said In his measured. voice. "In that
matter my opinion stands with Canute
When bloodshed Is unnecessary, It
becomes . drawback"
Over the brown fists the fierce
bright eyes bent themselves upon him
In his turn. The biting young voice
said. "It is likely that Thorkel the
Tall speaks from experience. It stands
In my memory. how we'll craft served
him when he deserted my father for
Ethelred and then became tired Of
the Engllshman. To procure himself
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
ON LOOKOUT FOR AUTOGRAPH
Clever Woman Had Purpose In Not
Resentinq Remark.

Resenting Remark.
Adolf Won Menzel, the Grand Old
Man of Germany, world famous as
both scholar and artist, loves music
and hates women-'dislilses" may be
more accurate word. Every year
he goes to Kissingen for the "cure"
and to enjoy the music. and as both
OF these bring the old gentleman
rather more closely into touch with
feminine society than is to his own
pleasing there are many good stories
told of what he has said and done
under provocation." -f
OAe afternoon he was seated with a
fris1id in the Kur Garten, listening to
a fayorite march. when couple of
ladies seated themselves at the next
table and at once started conversing
in an extra loud tone. Menzel stood
1T for less than a minute.
Il wish those geese would stop
cackling!" he exclaimed to his visa,
Wis.
But one Of the geese evidently knew
him at least by sight, for rising and
crossing to the great man she said, in
tones that showed she was not in the
least offended: May l ask you to
give me that in writing York
Times. 5.r
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
WHERE LABOR CONTROLS.
Governor and Cabinet of New South
. Wales Working

Men.
Isaac Chapman, who is manager of
large colliery at Newcastle in New
'Soudth Wales, in an interview pub
lisbed by the Denver Republican,
says ~ -.rt
THE Australian Commonwealth is
undergoing an experiment which is be-
ing watched with great deal Of inter
est. by the civilized world. The labor
party is in complete control of the
government. At its head is compos-
itor. and with him in the Cabinet are
sheep shearers, coal miners, carpen-
ters and plasterers. 1t is too early to
predict what the outcome will be. 1t
is possible that with the responsible
ity placed 4pon them will come con-
parties with us and the lab,r party
managed to squeeze in between the
protectionists on the one side and the
free traders on the other.
Labor unions are placed on q diff
ferent footing in our country from
what they are here, and l think 1t is
an improvement. They are made re-
sponsible parties and the government
and employers Of labor are in posi-.
ton to make them pay damages. We
have compulsory arbitration law. as
YOU know; but before a union can
bring case before the board Of ar.
bitration it has to register. So far the
labor side has won in the disputes
brought before the board. An eight
hour day is the rule there. but does
not appear to be satisfactory, and q
movement is on foot for a general six
hour Gay; we are ahead of this coun-
try in that respect The labor party
IL talr ht,
arbitration commission. but that body
would not take jurisdiction and held
that it was matter for parliament to
legislate on"
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
A NEW EVIL KIND OF MISTAKE.
Contributor to Funds Of Church Fur.
nished a Surrrise. ~ ,'-l

OoutT'putoT 10 Funos. CT EnurCn Fur.
nished a SURPRISE. ~ -
Possibly most men who handle
church collections have had- expert
ence with the man who has mistaken
a fve-dollar gold piece for alpenhy,''
eaid the assistant treasurer of a
Broadway church. Il have met the
gentleman frequently myself. Some
times he has given me trouble mixed
with surprise, but the last time l had
dealings with him he simply furnished
the surprise minus the trouble. He
came to see me early on Monday
morning.
attended service yesterday he
said. II made mistake when you
took up the collection. had a penny
and a five-dollar gold piece in my
pocket. l think"
"The old gentleman stopped to take
breath. Before he could go on I cut
In impatiently. I had heard the same
complaint before and thought it Just
as well to shut down on him before
he had chance to commit himself.
think you are mistaken said.
We had no five-dollar gold pieces in
Sundays collection
That is just what am trying to
get at said the old gentleman. You
should have had one. 1 meant to put
mine in the basket, but made a mis-.
take and dropped in the penny in.
stead. l came back this morning on
purpose to give you the FIVE"
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
Palace for Empress raItou.

A new palace for the Empress Of
Abyssinia has been buflt at Jerusalem
for the accommodation Of her majesty
Taitou and her retinue during her vis.
1t to the Holy City next ,Eastertide.
The building cost about R4,000 and
the furniture, which has been ordered
In England and France. will cost over
$4,000. The empress is expected to
bring with her, large retinue. and
will stay in Jerusalem three months.
During this time she will visit Beth.
'lehem. Gethsemane,. Hebron. Jericho
and the Jordan valley. Her AmAjssty
Is reported to have expressed . wish
to end her days In the Holy City,
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
eriaht Side Of Hard Luck.

He hal been tried and found want.
ing. The office force generally agreed
that he was totally incompetent for
any duty whatsoever, and the boss
reluctantly told him that his services
were no longer required.
But the clerk was of philosophic,
Hsrk Talpey turn of mind. He stood
in front of the building wondering
where next to turn, when o friend hap
pened along.
What are you doing?" asked the
friend.
Nothing" was the reply. Il Just
got fred. But then" he added cheer
fully. Il am not at all sorry. They say
that once is awfully close and warm
in the summer" ,t' EOS
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
Rhodes' scholarship scheme.

Trc only Rhodes scholars at Oxford
SO far are the colonials and Germans.
The Americans will go tsere next
year. The colonials are said to, be a
bit rough. without the Eton polish. but
year has done wonders with them.
But the great successes among the
Rhodes scholars are Germans. II be-
lieve." said an observant don, that
the most capable man In the college
IL q German who came here with a
Rhodes scholarship. lie is also.
should say, the most popular man In
the college," continued the, ohservant
don. ~ think England and Germany
will understand one another better II
W, get a few more. like him"
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
CHAPTER discontinued.

Snatching up her slackened rein
with one hand, his rider managed to
secure her leaping cap with the other;
and after the first bounce she caught
the jerky gait instinctively and sway
ed her body into its uneven swing.
But her heart was all at once a-throb
In wild panic. Was this what boy
must expect? "If these other men
behave SO, it is in my mind to tell
them that am a woman" she decid-
ed. Since they are my own people,
no evil can come Of their knowing;
and dislike the other feeling"
The recollection that she had al
ways this escape open gave her new
lease of boldness. When sentinel
STOPPED her near the top, she faced
him with a fairly firm front.
Il have war news for King Canute,"
she told him haughtily; and he let her
pass with no more than a grin.
She had come In by the back door,
but now she had begun to reach the
better quarters. Her nose reported
sooner than her eyes that a meal was
IN making; and glow of anticipation
braced her famished body. There, a
dozen yards to the left, the meal was
nearly over; between the gnarled
trunks the fire shone like a red eye;
and bursts of merriment and snatches
OF boisterous song marked the begin
ming of the drinking.
Sometimes woman's lighter laugh
ter would mingle with the peal. Some
times, through the swaying branches,
Randalin caught sight of the fiower-fair
face of an English girl bending be-
tween the shaggy yellow heads of the
captors. Once she came upon brawny
Viking employing his huge fingers to
twine a golden chain around a white
throat. The girls face was dimpling
bewitchingly as she held aside her
shining hair. Randalin had an i'm
pulse of triumph.
II wish that Sister Wynfreda could
see that, now since 1t is her belief
that Danes are always overbearing
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-07
TWO STEPS
The Last One Helps the First.

The Last One Helps the First.
A sick coffee drinker must take two
steps to be rid of his troubles and get
strong and well again.
The first step is to cut OH coffee ab-
solutely.
That removes the destroying ele-
ment. The next step is to take liquid
food (and that is Postom Food COT.
feel that has In it the elements ma
ture requires to change the blood
corpuscles from pale pink or white
to rich red, and good red blood builds
good strong and healthy cells In place
OF the broken down cells destroyed by
coffee. With well boiled Postum Food
Coffee to shift to. both these steps
are easy and pleasant. The expert
ence OF Georgian proves how i'm
portant both are. lff ..
From 1872 to the year 1900 my
wife and had both been afflicted
with sick or nervous headache and at
times we suffered untold agony. We
were coffee drinkers and did rot know
how to get away from 1t for the habit
is hard to quit. as
But IN 1900 read OF q case simi-
lar to ours where Postum Coffee was
used In place of the old coffee and =
complete cure resulted. So concluded
to get some and try 1t. sa.,,,
= The result was. after three days'
use Of Postum In place, OF the coffee
I never had a symptom OF the old
trouble and In nve months L had
gained from, 1A6 pounds to 1853 pounds.
MY friends asked me- almost daily
what wrought the change. :. MY an.
swer alwsys 'is. leaving OF coffee and
drinking Postum in it's place.
B I'VE have many friends who have
been benefited by Postum.
las to whether or not have stated
the. facts truthfully refer, you to
the Bank Of Carrollton or any busi
ness drm in that city where I have
lived for many years ihd am well
known" Name given BY Postum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich. s.r=A ~ f
There's reason."-<
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. THE Road. to wsllvills. I"