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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR SALE-On Second avenue, well built
S-room house. city water, Cistern and well,
large lot tOx130; bargain for $4,000, 800
cash down and balance at per cent on
very easy terms; 800 per month including
principal and interest. Apply, Goldsmith
s Mckee company
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR SALE-Good S-room house in No. con-
dition. Newly painted and papered, on
Third avenue near Twelfth street. Is
rented for S17. owner has moved to Seat
walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR SALE-Splendid new pressed brick
store building, with fat above. All mod
ern with hot water heat. Building rents
tor S55 per month. Can be bought for
$500. Well located in Moline. Would
take Rock Islan1 residence in trade. II. K
Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

LOST-BlaCk pocketbook with gil. chain
near 2iIS Fourth avenue Finder viii he
rewarded for its return to The Argus Of
fGe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR SALE-On easy terms, the best resi-
dence lots in the city on Twenty-second
and Twenty-third streets. between Tenth
and Eleventh avenues For prices, call or
address John G. SCheuermann, 1890 Tween
ty-third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

from Boston store containing
underwear, etc. Finder rewarded tor its
return to SC6 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR RENT-House over Pfohs grocery,
furnished or unfurnishe with mod
ern conveniences: suitable for keeping
roomers or boarders. Apply at Pfoh's
grocery, HOO Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10
a CINE PACKET co. Daily line for Clinton
IA and all points between.

'Dany. .Dauv exceus Sunha,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10
TRAINS

Clinton, DubuDue, ST Paul,
Milwaukee ard Chicago. II
Elgin and Chicago Is. W
Limlted) .-...- go ...-....lh4
Muscatine, Washington, Kan
sas City, g. W. Llmited) 4
Muscatine, Washington, Kan.
sas City. ................. %
Fulton, Savanna, Elgin, Chi
Omaha. Sioux City, Chicago
and Milwaukee -..,........t Il
Muscatine, Washington, OF
tumW a.. ......-....... -
Fulton, Savanna, Dubuque 3
Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Ona-
ha, FreepOrt ............ 70
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

INSURANCE on dwellings and household
goods a specially. Olde6. and best com.
panies, lowest rates c. r. Chamberlin
Mitchell Lynde block. Phone 1880.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

TORNADO INSURANCE-Rates for City
property 20 cents per 500 one year, 90 cents
per ti00 three years, 60 cents per 500 FIVE
years. Call or address c. r Chamberlin
Agent, Mitchell q Lynde building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR SALE-Nice 5 room house with lot COX
lis, beautiful fruit trees and grape vines,
near Fourteenth avenue and Thirty sew
cnth street. Price Sl.4O0. $500 down, bal
ance easy payments. H. X. Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

WANTED-Three or four gentlemen can
find first class board with nicely furnished
house, 637 Seventeenth street. OLD phone
63l Brown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

to wear my dip buckle.
Holds shirt waist n place, prevents skirt
from slipping up in front. Sent prepaid on
receipt of 25c. Fannie NJ. Stevens, 2S0
North Galena avenue, Freeport, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10
FOR sALE-FAR4 PROPERTY.

FOR SALE-FARM PROPERTY.
FOR SALE-A good farm cheap to close an
estate. Situated on Big Island, five miles
from court house, one and onehalf miles
from Milan. Fine building site, overlook
ing Silver Lake and Hennep'n canal Does
not overflow Write or call on Fred Tit
teringtou. administrator, $50 Twentieth
street, Rock Island. Ill.
FOR SALE-Or exchange. We have a beau
tiful 500 grain farm in Cavalier coun
tY. North Dakota finely improved. al IN
der cultivation. Will sell same or take
Rock Island improved property in ex-
change Goldsmith & Mckee company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


WANTED-Positiona as housekeeper in small
family by a reliable lady. Can at 1888
Eighth avenue. Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

S-room house, with furnace and city water,
on car line, near Forty-tnird street A
snap. S'.950-S650 down, balance on easy
terms at per cent. Investigate quickly.
this Will not remain long on our list.
Goldsmith s. Mckee Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR SALE-Two remaining east front lots
in the Dart Twenty-second street addition.
Fer terms Inquire OF r. 5. Dart, Jackson s.
Hurst's once, Masonic temple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, g. ST. PAUL
- Ralway-D., T. Il N W passenger sta.
ii IN at foot OF Seventeenth street. s. -.
5 70 I'd ARD, Agt. Z. L. HINEIC4S, ComT.
Agt, 3o3 Brady street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

LOST-Sman green parrot with red neck,
white head. a great pet. Finder piease
return to Owl saloon 3l7 Seventeenth
street and receive liberal reward. VIII
liam Curran.-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR SALE-A very snug home on Elm
street. convenient to arsenal, Rock Island
road or street car barn; six rooms, city
water, cistern and well barn, chicken
house, shed, fruit and shade trees, lot 5OX
l25 feet paved street A pretty home for
1850. Apply to Goldsmith & Mckee com
Dauy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

WANTED-For ONCE purposes, two or three
nicely furnished rooms on ground floor
centrally located. Address Shannan, per
kimblll house, Davenport. Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10
FOR Observation-Disclosures
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

FOR SALE-A fine saloon doing good bus
ness. Must be sold by June l. owner lea1
ing city. Address C A R." care of Argui
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

WAETED-A position as manager or clerk
in grocery N tri- cities. Young married
man. Twelve years experience ia city
and country Best of references. Ad-
dress wv st" care of Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10
HOTELS AND RESORTS.


GRAND HOTEI-Famous ColfaX mineral
springs. Offers best accom- odations al
reasonable prices. Address william Frey,
Colfax, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

JOHN VOLK & CO.-Contractors and build.
ers- Also manufacturers Of sash, doors
blinds and mouldings Dealers IN plate
window and art glass Omces and factory,
I'll to a2o Eighteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FUR RENT-A 5-room fat with all modern
improvements opposite c., r. /. i Z. depot
Inquire of q. A. Rooster. Sala fats, or tele-
phone 500, three rings city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

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WANTED-Boarders by the day or week.
First class board at reasonable prices.
Telephone and all modern conyenienceS.
1923 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

BERGSTROM & JOHNSON Contractors All
builders Shop l4ls Thirty second streei
phone $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

PLEASANT F. COX-Real estate and insur-
ance. Old fire companies represented
Your patronage solicited. Phone Union
50. once over Thomas drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10
TRAINS.

8. stop 81 kock Island % minutes foe meRlA,
'Dsny. tDaily excepT Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR RENT-To parties without children,
desirable fat of five rooms on first floor,
gas stove and water; half block from Long
View line. Il09 Nineteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-10

FOR RENT-Furnis bed rooms for light
houSeKee ping; also sleeping rooms Al 1903
Second avenue.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
SUSPENDED IN MID-AIR.

Turned to human pendulum when
she slipped from her pcrilous perch on
the trapeze bar of a professional aero
naut's balloon, straps that bound her
wrists to the ropes alone preventing
her from falling hundreds OF feet, Miss
Mabel Kent, Of Shelton, Conn. hung in
mortal danger above the heads of hor-
rified thousands at the Orange Fair
for many minutes, while the man be-
side her vainly tried to reach the valve
line. She fell off the bar in the bal
Ions swift upsho6t and her skirts pre-
vented her from clambering back to
1t. Her feet dangled in mid-air and all
her weight depended OH her wrists, in
to which the throngs bit deep as the
soaring balloon shook itself in the
stiffening upper breeze as if to east
her off. Cries broke from hundreds OF
throats as the great air-ship sailed
steadily towards the unknown, the wo-
man and man below It fast lessening
to the view.
Miss Kent struggled desperately for
five minutes to regain ler position on
the slender crosspiece, but the wind
beat against her petticoats like hurri-
cane pounding ships canvas, swing
ing her to AID fro and battling her
most 7lrorons efforts to draw herself
up. The n.',cky girl made no cutlery.
Indeed. she smiled at the aeronaut
when lie .,e~ged her to keep cool.
He at first thought Of lettin: her drop
with the parachute, for the belt of that
device was strapped about her waist.
It was iln'Dssifle, however, for him to
release her wrists and at the same
time free tie big umbrella so she
would be sure to fall free of the bar
and the parachute would be certain to
spread. IL he unfastened the leathern
bard that held one wrist, Miss Kent
would It be able to stand the pres
sure On 10 other. = sudden jerk By
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Lo! the Aesthetic Icernau.

That the iceman may have an, eye
for beauty in spite Of the serdid mo-
tive which are ascribed to his every
act is proved by the following Incl
dent:
One hot day recently housewife
found that all the ice had melted in her
refrigerator and kind butcher across
the way sent her over a little cake
to carry her along until the iccman
paid his regular visit. When the ice
man came along she ordered the usual
piece. He Clipped out neat cubical
block, carried it in and opened the
ice box. Then he noticed the cake iD.
side and he Suddenly laid his cake on
the floor.
There's room enough inside for your
ice" said the housewife.
Il know that" he said In Disguised
tones, "but ! should like to know
where in the world you got that homeiJ
chunk already in there"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Value OF Clover to the Coll.

Dr. G. G. Hopkins, Illinois expert
ment station, says: ''It is common ex-
perience that clover in the rotation
markedly benefits the corn crop fol-
lowing It is quite commonly sup
posed that this benefit is due to the
nitrogen obtained from the atmos-
phere by the clover. The results which
we have obtained indicates that on
our ordinary soil this accumulation Of
nitrogen is not the primary factor in
increasing the subsequent ccrn yield
1t is we'll known that the growing Of
clover improves the physical properties
of the soil, puts the soil in better filth,
as we commonly say, so that it pull
verizes better and does no run to-
gether so badly. In many soils the
clover also acts benefcially in increas-
ing the porosity of the subsoil because
OF its extensive and deep roofing sys-
tenn, and thus improves the natural
drainage. All Of this is plainly ply
steal improvement"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
MISUNDERSTANDING.

Mining for mammoths is one Of the
new industries Of the Klondike. Mr..
William Foster, Of Dawson, says the
Dawson News, recently returned from
sixty-mile jaunt to the deposit of
mammoth bones on Quartz Creek. Ee
describes the skeleton as follows:
1--WE climbed down ladder in the
main shaft, thirty-eight feet deep, and
CROPPED our way through the drifts
with lighted candles for about $50 feet.
We came upon his royal highness at
the end of this drift
He was lying with his head in a
horizontal position about three feet
above the floor Of the tunnel, and
looked to me as il he might have
kneeled down OH his fore legs when,
thousands of years ago, he had given
UP the ghost.
zone Of his tusks was still frozen
fast in the roof Of the tunnel. The
other tusk and the forepart Of his
head were suspended in the open space,
from which the gravel had been thawed
away WITH Ol04AdAJ olCulu fOlniS.
''The tuSkS are about six feet leng
and eleven inches in diameter where
they are firmly embedded in the sock
cts Of the skull. They are curved uD-
ward. and taper gradually TO their
upper ends. which are about two inches
thick.
1.-THE specimen is almost perfect, SO
far as the skeleton is concerned, al
though there is no hide Or hair thus far
in evidence. The skull is about five
feet long, the immense eye-sockets are
perfect, and a large cavity in the skull
marks the former resting place OF his
gigantic brain.
"This cavity was filed with frozen
gravel, which Charley Swanson Gug
out with the end of his canllestick
and his fingers. Samples Of this grave.
will be PANIED, and the gold washed
from the brain Of the mammoth will
besexhibited at the st. Louis Fair.
while in all reports this famous
skeleton has been referred to as that
Of mastodon, it is really that CT a
mammoth or Siberian elephant"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27

A prominent clergyman contends
that there <is neither health, sense
ror religion in full mourning. He tells
his congregation that bit of Back
ribbon, worn in some way. will tell
the story of bereavement just as wels
as a complete mourning suit. A bit
of crepe on the bell pull gives the
hint to those who pass by, and it IS
not considered necessary to cover the
whole front with drapsTy. Why, then,
will not a bit of ribbon on cloak or
coat answer the purpose and a weight
of useless expense and costume that
is always gloomy. and in warm wealth
er very uncomfortable, be taken from
the shoulders of bareaved mourners?
Christians, he is convinced ought not
to take gloomy view Of death. There
are glorious hopes linked with the
sorrows. and the hopes of those who
are gone before should be symbolizsd
rather than the sorrows of those who
are left behind. He would have cheer
full garments worn by the mourners
in token of the triumph OF the glori-
fed ones, and bit cf ribbon or crepe
as a simple memorial Of their own
sense OF bereavement. The rest Of
the full mourning he would send to
the heather, who in their sorrows at
fh.o pravo havo no hO0o
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Our Friend the Toad.

Do not allow your friend, the toad,
to be destroyed. While you are sleep
ing he is searching lawn, garden and
field for insects. Cutworms, potato
bugs and cinch bugs are delicacies to
him, and he snaps them up with his
loose flap Of tongue until his sides
stick out and he "can no more" The
number and variety Of insects with
which he fills his stomach during a
night are astonishing; ants, aphides,
stink. bugs, tumble bugs and flies, all
these form his dessert, yet people will
stamp him into the ground. or crush
him under board. because of preju-
dice. or an ignorant, unfounded belief
that he makes warts on the hands.
This idea may have come because he
has on each side of the neck a wart-
like mound which secretes O bitter
fluid with which to defend himself
against dogs or other enemies likely
to take him in their mouths. During
the summer toads make for themselves
shallow holes, or hide under boards or
stones, in the day time, but at dusk,
or on cloudy days, they may be seen
hopping about after insects. In the
fall they hollow out a round hole, back
into it, and stay there until spring
Farm Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27

Of scattered leaves, broken stems and
refuse matter on the surfsoe, ALI of
which is Of inestimable advantage to
subsequent crops. The soil is thus
made fine and porous; the decay of
green vegetable matter forms acids.
which set free additional plant food
from the particles of earth; and the
accumulated humus makes the ground
like a sponge to hold moisture for tie
next crcp.-William s. Myers, in M4s-
sachusetts Ploughman.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
The Cabbaue Worm.

The worms have begun to eat the
leaves OF the late cabbages. Before
they begin to head up the best proven
tive Of their ravages is to dissolve one
ounce OF hellebore in two gallons of
water, or a pound of 1t to 80 gallons,
and sprinkle the leaves we'll with the
solution. After they begin to head get
the common insect powder or pyrethum
and mix with about four times it's bulk
OF flour, then with the bellows usually
given or sold with the powder, blow
this well down among the leaves on
the under as well as the upper side.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Fruitinq the Orchard.

The fruiting of the orchard is the
end OF its culture, and everything
should tend to this end. II an orchard
does not fruit there is something
wrong in the conditions of soil, ETC.,
surrounding it, and these conditions
will have to be changed before rea-
scnable crop can be expected. Many
times the orchard needs draining and
often lime is lacking in the soil, or
the soil becomes hard and packed.
Very often the trees had too much
head and exhaust themselves, nour-
ing their foliage at the expense Of
their fruit buds; but more often the
ground is too poor, and when this is
the case the best remedy is good
dressing of stable manure
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Cats Brounht Bankruptcy,

Miss Annie Jane Terrill, who was
remanded at Truro on charge Of ar
son, has been ruined by her love for
cats.
She was continually involved in litt-
cation with cat fanciers and keepers
of cats homes. in consequence OF
which she recently passed through the
bankruptcy court at Truro.
Some of the 500 cats with which she
lived the life Of recluse az Perran-
perth were extremely valuable ami
mails.
Miss Terrill was a frequent exhibit
tor st various cat shows and won
many zes.-London Express.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Pay the r. -.ier.

Every time the traitor Folly chases Rea-
son from her throne
Someone has to be the victim-some poor
sinner must atone:
IT'S an old and truthful saying-printed
on each page of fame
They who dance must pay the fiddler;
it's the ethics OF the game.
In this world where Folly's minions are
so largely In. excess.
Many a fiddler gets his money, quiet
ly, as YOU may guess:
And the weld Is none the wiser-nOt q
chance is left for shame
To the man whose purse is equal to tho
limit Of the game.
But, Mas! for those who falter, those
who hesitate to pay
For the muse and the dancing through
King Fcly's night and da--
Such a one disgrace. dishonor. evsn PEN
ury, shall claim
They who dance must pay the fiddler
It's the order Of the game
New York Times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Grass and Clover Paying Crops.


Pasture grass is not often considered
q cash crop, and hay does not, per-
haps, bring to the pocketbook, when
sold. quite as large revenue as titled
crops So farmers have preferred to
manure the cultivated crops and to
trust that enough fragments would be
left over to satisfy the less insistent
demands Of the grass.
OF late, however, more careful study
Of the situation has led progressive
farmers to believe that the advantage
lies in a reversal Of this process To
give the grass and clover the best
OF care and to feed them literally, al
lowing the neglect In feeding, If there
be any, to fall upon the titled crops,
is far better than 1t is to starve tho
grass and put all the added fertility on
the cash" prop. Why? Because the
very root development and soil shad-
ing which have enabled the grass to
utilize so well the natural food in the
soil, also f1t them to gather most COM
pletely, and to use nest efficiently, the
scattered fertility which man dis
tributes upon the fields.
With the added growth the grasses
make upon the extra supply of food.
there comes an inorease in the number
OF roots to fill the soil with vegetable
master and an increase in the amount
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Weeds on the Lawn.

An item Is going the rounds OF the
newspapers that the way to kill weeHs
on the lawn Is to keep the mower clb-
stantly at work. This is SO only tdga
certain exteEt, for unless the blades,Df
the mower are set sufficiently low to
cut off all the leaves OF the weeds to
the crown of the plant, they will grow
again; to set the mower blades for such
close cutting would destroy the grass.
Few plants can survive long without
their leaves and some are more quick
ly destroyed than others; with some
some sorts, repeated cutting, prevent
ing the plant from going to seed, will
kill them off in few years, but with
the majority of weeds an lawns the
only sure way of getting rid OF them
is to dig them out, root and branch.
This work should be done each time
just before the lawn is moved, while
the plants are large enough to readily
find them. Some people do not object
to dandelions growing on the lawn, and
an occasional plant in bloom among
the green blades CT the grass is NOT
Objectionable, but the bulk of such
plants should be dug out before ute
seed bloom comes, and the seed blodh
should be cut off the plants that are
allowed 10 remain, before the seefs
are scattered and the lawn Is oyerrda
with the dendelions.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
About Flower Gardenss

In the management Of flower gar
dens, care should be exercised in pick
Ing flowers gradually, not to pull the
blossoms. disturbing the roots; use
scissors, making a clean removal De-
stroy dead flowers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Geraniun Hints.

Ceraniums that have done their
share Of blooming this season may be
cut back, then set In sunny place
for two or three weeks, given but lit
tie water, they will flower beautifully
next winter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27
Pluck ond o o
o o Rdventure.
AN ADVENTURE WITH Caller.

RITING from the Mandan
village OH the upper Mis-
souri,, in 1857, Geo. Catlin
tells this story OF a morn
ing adventure with the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27

NoTF.-The following article has
been widely published and is one OF
the most remarkable Illustrations OF
The value OF careful marshalIing and
analysis OF facts IN presenting a sub.
5ect TO the public.
LEvElERS.'
The Mission of whisky Tobacco AM,
Coffee.