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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-19

Chicago Nov. 19.-At 2:11 Cremer
kicked off for Minnesota and for the
first % minutes the game was char
acterized by much punting. Neither
team was able to make substantial
gains through the others line. North
western is making an Unexpectedly
good showing. 10 the superior weight
of Minnesota being of little apparent
advantage.
Battle at New Haven.
New Haven, Nov. 19.-Yale kicked
off at 2:25. The ball was in Yales
possession and in Harvard territory
most of the time. When Harvard did
get the ball they were unable TO break
through Yale's defense and were forced
to punt.
Fumbling on both sides was fire.
quent and fierce attacks seemed to af-
feet both teams considerably.
A notable feature of the first part
of the game was the slowness in which
the teams lined up before putting the
ball in play. After the bail had been
worked up and down the field it was
finally landed on Harvard's five yard
line.
Harvard Penalized.
There was a tumble on the snap
back but Morse got it and Harvard
was penaliZed inside by the yard line.
Hogan took the ball to the one yard
line On the next rush Morse carried
the ball over with only a few inches to
spare Hoyt kicked goal. Score: Yale,
G; Harvard, 0.
Center of Western Interest.
Chicago. Nov. 19.-The Minnesota
Northwestern contest at Marshall
Field was the center of western foot
ball interest today. Minnesota was con-
fident of victory although Coach Will
liams admitted he did not expect TO
win easily. Coach Mccormack neither
claimed victory not admitted defeat.
He declared Northwestern would play
a good game and need fear no shame
from the result. The advantage OF
weight was with Minnesota, except at
center where Davis for Northwestern
outweighs Strathern As pounds.
Great ThrOng nt New Haven.
New Haven. Nov. l9.-Upwards of
40 special trains arrived in the city to-
day bringing football devotees from
the surrounding country to witness the
annual contest between the Yale and
Harvard elevens. When the game was
called at O'Clock this afternoon the
crowd was one of the largest ever as.
sembled here in a similar event.
The field is in excellent condition
and the weather clear and cool. The
,Iayarc vrara pronnrIncad in pnOd con.
dition and both teams were confident
of victory.
Vice President-elect Fairbanks and
Mrs. Fairbanks were among the most
notable spectators of the game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-19
ItaIv Gets In

Rome. Nov. LIT is officially an
nounced Italy has agreed to take part
in the new peace conference at The
Hague.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-19
TWO BIG GAMES
ON THE GRlDlR0N
West Watching Closely the Min
nesota. Northwestern Con-
test at Chicago.
G0PHERs GIVEN A SURPRISE
Vale and Harvard Battle Before
Great Throng at New
Haven.

FINAL SCORES.
Navy. II; Virginia Polytechnic, o.
Yale, ~; Harvard, o.
FIRST HALF.
Navy, 6: Virginia, o.
Yale, 8: Harvard, o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-19
Mny BE General Battle.

St. Petersburg. Nov. 19.-It is re-
ported a battle between the two ar
mics before Mukden is in full swing.
The war office does not confirm the ru-
NOR though il admits the activity all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-19

CONTINUED on Page six.J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-19
Makes Reconnaissance.
Again Fall.

Mukden. Nov. 19.-Another unsu,
cessful attack on Port Arthur wa
made Nov. Is.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Japs Make Record March

1t was a matter of less than half an
hour, writes a Harper's Weekly cor
respondent, before the Japanese held
the main ridge to the left, or west, of
the village of Suitean-za, and the great
flanking movement over the hills was
ready to begin, from the point gained,
about 8 o'clock.
1t was broiling hot at this hour, and
the motionless air and the glaring
sun promised to make the land YER
table furnace before nightfall. The
dirty khaki uniforms of the stockily-
built soldiers were wringing with wa
ter, but they marched forward briskly
and with no display of exhaustion,
though they had been up all night and
had already worked three hours in a
swelter of heat.
The fourteen hours march made by
that regiment of the guards, in the
thanking movement, would have killed
off half the men in any European or
American force long before the JAP
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

We have from two distinguished
sources rear and forward views of
man, and II is to be regretted tAat
from NEITHER standpoint is there much
reason why the highest of creation as
he exists to-day should vaunt his pride.
The past robs him of part of his glory,
and the future holds the awful pos
sibility Of his reduction to second
place in the animal kingdom.
First, we may travel back a few
thousand years with the famous Assy-
biologist. Prof A. III. Sayce whose
words have the. weight of authority. In
reading the facts of the ancient monu-
ments he finds that the Oldest inhabi-
tants were really very gifted persons.
Egypt and Babylon had their literary
activities, their great libraries and
their strenuous politics. I'VE have
learned many things of late years
from archaeology" he writes; but it's
chiefest lesson has been that the age
Of Moses, and even the age of Abra-
ham, was almost as literary an age as
our own" OF course the writer's of
those times did not have to send re-
turn postage on their manuscripts
1t would take few bushels of 2-cent
stamps to get back hieroglyphic slab
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

Talking about fright and gray
hairs" said a travelling man, my
hair never came so near turning white
in single night as it did couple
of weeks ago when | was in town in
one of the widest patches of country
in the West. / entered a cafe and
started in to ingratiate myself with
the boys, and was getting along fine.
There was one old fellow who hung
around the bar great deal and seem
ed to have everybody scared. / made
up my mind that he was a chap L
wanted to have on my side, so | start
ed in and made up to him the best |
knew how. l told him all the funny
stories / knew. Every time he laugh
ed everybody else laughed, and when
he didn't seem TO like it, there was a
general attack of the blues. After
awhile he told story himself. | laugh
ed as hard as / could and slapped him
on the shoulder and said:
"I've heard of you before
"'You have?' said he, looking sus
picious all of sudden.
YES said |, and you're all right.
You're bird!'
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

81 never saw such a swift change Of
scenery in my life. The floor was
cleared all Of a sudden and all the oc-
cupants of the place except the old
man and myself were looking up from
behind tables. He had a six-shooter
pointed at me, and if his finger had
trembled I'd have been the subject for
a dearest Willie, thou hast left u.s.
piece of poetry then and there. Just
then young girl rushed into the place
and threw herself between u.s."
"Of course" commented a listerE,
this is about chapter III. She eX.
claimed: Spare him! Spare him,
for my sake!'"
mo. She didn't say anything Of
the kind. She merely said: Don't be
p fool dad. He didn't mean anything.
He amt heard word about it,
Then she turned to me and said:
"'You want to be keerful about how
you talk about anything in the fowl
lire before dad. He was tarred and
feathered week before last. He amt
got clear over it yet, an he Won't
stand the jokin about it, you see.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

The Aztecs of old were not only
great soldiers, but also diligent cult
vators of the soil, and had acquired
considerable proficiency in agricul-
ture, although they had no horses,
oxen or other animals of draught. To
this day the men earn their living
chiefly as day laborers in the fields
now owned by the Mexlcans. The
staple product now as of yore is the
maize, and next to it the maguey or
agave, the sweet sap of which is the
principal material for the famous Mex
lean pulque. Some species are cult
waited as vegetables, others for the
sake of their leaves which yield a
strong fiber that can be woven into
fabrics. Hence the saying that the
agave supplies the people wi h drink,
food and clothing. The men have lit
tie ambition to excel in handicraft.
Farriery and carpentry are about the
only trades they care to take up. In
the cities they work as porters, car
riers or peddlers, in a small way.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

The local Society of Fine Arts has
started its fall classes in furnace-craft
There is popular opinion that all
that it is necessary to do in the way
OF running the cellars coal eater is
to throw on the diamonds, let the fire
get well under way, shut it up, shake
it down at night and empty the ashes
Sunday morning. These are the very
crude ideas of immature thought.
The furnace, like the locomotive,
must be petted, groomed and cared
for by furnacier who makes it a
labor of love, or he will never get out
OF it the quid pro quo to which the
house is entitled. Quid pro quo is
Latin for that variety of hot heat
which, like that letter, is longed for,
but sometimes never comes. Heat is
a funny thing. 1t is just as well salts
fed to go up the chimney or out into
the cellar as into the drawing-room or
bathroom. And there is always lin
gering around on the outside of the
house a climate fresh from Nebraska
or Athabasca, or some other polar
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

but they write as persistently and
quite as well as the people do to-day.
So why should man boast of his prog
ress during the thousands Of years
that have come between?
But that is not the worst. III. q.
Wells. who has dipped into the future
far as a novelist's eye may see, and
who makes it pay, delivered before
one of the important scientific asao-
Citations of England this year seri/
and able address on THE Discovery
of the Future" Near the end he made
the remarkable declaration that he
did not think much of man, and he
went on to say that if evolution had
produced him from its long labors.
starting with the lowest form and
building up to the present biped, there
was excuse for believing that at some
great moment in the distant future it
would find higher expression or its
handiwork.
So there he is-a clothes-wearer.
trolley-chasing animal, whose thoughts
are little better than they were in
Abraham's time, and whose ultimate
fate may be the monkeys place at a
Newport Saturday Evening
Post.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Traits Of the Ate C s

Like all southern Indians, their
complexion is of ruddy chocolate
brown, and they are not particularly
good-looking. Most of the women
now have large hands and feet, probS
ably the inheritance Of generations of
hard workers And they are strong.
In the warehouse of a wine merchant
an Aztec porter was seen to take q
cask of claret on his beck and carry
it quite distance. The load certain-
~ weighed not less than 400 pounds,
and no white man would have thought
of lifting it. The law requires the
people in the cities to forsake the
Indian breechcloth and poncho, and
assume the regulation garb of the
poor working class of Mexico-the
wide, loose trousers of cotton cloth or
manta, with jacket to match--but the
breechcloth is worn outside of the
trousers and thereby replaces the civ
ilized misunderstanding Work,
man.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

cline that, like the last fly OF autumn.
is anxious to get inside before the bell
rings. To care for this Nebraska
chill the furnace man has accommo-
datingly arranged what is called
"cold air intake" Cut it out!
1t may do for Kentucky, but it is
not the thing for Minnesota. The first
thing you want to do is to get stout
furnace surgeon and excise the cold
air intake appendix. About 100000
yards of the Arctic circle are trailing
around the house, moaning to get into
the cold air intake. Cut it out!
Let the cold air get in around the
doors and window castings. 1t will get
in, anyhow, but it is not necessary
for you to provide it rapid transit
facilities. Cut it out!
Have major operation performed
on it, Leave nothing below the dia-
phragm except, perhaps, the lc4er
limbs. After this your furnace Will
make a quick recovery and you will
be surprised TO see it come up in the
morning and eat out of your hand
Minneapolis Journal.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

anese had finished it and were still
keen to fight, and, Notwithstanding
this, the official report says that the
left-wing division did not do so well
as was expected! Only salamanders
could have survived the heat and toll.
1t was marvellous performance.
and one which, at first blush, seems
impossible, for it necessitated travel.
ing beneath the crests of the noun.
tains, in order to be screened from
the enemy. They moved ahead ON
mountain slopes whose angle was of.
ten 60 degrees. They toiled through
thick underbrush and around the
bases of rocky pinacles 500 to 500 feet
above the valleys. One would have
believed the feat impossible for load.
ed men, let alone heavily laden pack
horses. The left-wing regiment
marched six miles in this fashion and
threatened Yoshirei (Yangtsz1ing). in
the rear OF the main position. at s
O'Clock in the afternoon.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Rackwoods Impressions.

Nanny" said the little Georgia
pickaninny. "Ah's heahd tell OBJ desc
heah automobiles SO much. What do
dey look lak?"
de goodness only knows!" re-
sponded his mother, "but All specs
dey looks lax de oil Nick. Alive
heahd dey all hab horns"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
His Reason.

do you mean to tell me that you
voted for this administrations"
II do" answered Colonel Jaggers
1T was under this administration, sir
that the experiments were conducted
showing the extent to which imported
liquor is adulterated, thereby proving
the superiority, sir, of our native moon.
shine article. Washington Star.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Counts in the Indictment.

Zone argument for allowing the
seals to be eXterminated is that they
eat large quantities of fish"
But the best reason is that they
furnish the raw material for expen-
sive garments and eat up money we
can't afford to spend. Confound their
skins!"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
No Occasion for Alarm,

Percy Moneybags (who is clipping
with Deacon Poorman's daughter)--
Darling, what if your father should
overtake us?
She-Don't worry about that, Percy.
Pa has gone ahead to have the preach
er in readiness.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
a Getaway Artist.

ely with mel" pleaded the ardent
youth.
But" said the dubious maiden, IL
am afraid that they will come after
US"
Let them," he exclaimed in dis
dain; 81 know my business. | was
with Kouropatkin in Manchuria.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Strono Marks.

Here's a description of that de
faulting cashier: About As years old
height feet 8, rather stout, blue eyes
prominent teeth, inclined to bald
less"
Hell soon be caught. 1t should be
easy to locate man with stout blue
eyes and teeth with little hair on
Them"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Son of His Father.

Popleigh-"My wife has a book in
which she records all the bright things
our baby gets off,"
Smithkins-"Why l had no idea the
little fellow was old enough for that
sort Of thing"
Popleigh-"Oh, yes. He repeats
everything he hears me say"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Tommy Had Upset the Ink.

Tommy-Ma, lend me a lead pencil
Mother just left pen and ink on
the parlor table for you. What do you
want with pencil?
Tommy want to write to the edi-
tor of the paper to ask him what'll
take ink stains out of the parlor car
pet.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

Barrett Wendell thinks that Abra-
ham Lincoln's excellence consisted in
the fact that he elevated himself
above the so-called lower classes in
which he was born. Abraham Lin
coin, however, would probably admit
that he never got into Barrett Wen.
dell's class.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Not Qualified.

I'm afraid" said the senior part.
ner. this new stenographer won't
do"
why not?" asked the junior part
ner.
She has no judgment. She writes
my letters just as | dictate EN-
grammar and ALL"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
All Fixed.

"Now, dear" said Mr. Polllley, who
had just been accepted, when shall
l speak to you father?
"You needn't bother" replied the
dear girl, "Pa said he'd speak to you
tomorrow if you didn't speak to me
tonight"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

The New York Herald in reporting
the loss of a $4,000 pearl necklace,
says that the streets of New York
appear to be Uttered with gems.
There is a strong probability, how.
ever, that the patriotic citizens of the
metropolis will anticipate the street
cleaning department in removing this
litter.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Before and After Slcepinu.

Bailey-What time were you up
Sunday morning?
Gailey-Four o'clock.
Bailey-What! Do you mean to say
you got up at that hour?
Gailey-Oh, when did I get up?
That's different. Half-past IL.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Smart Boy.

Boy" said the cautious old lady,
"how many people are in that ele-
vator?"
Six" chuckled the boy, land If you
get in it will remind me of a card
game"
What card game, boy?"
Seven up"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

The English newspaper man who
has invented process for making
bread, without any additional plant or
any extra ingredient, so that it takes
only one hour for the dough to rise,
instead of from four to twelve, must
be handy man to have around the
house.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

A London physician thinks that he
has discovered that blonde women are
more subject to heart disease than
brunettes. Some blondes of the perox-
ide type lose their hearts too early
for that
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

A Baltimore street car conductor
who found $4,000 in his car was given
reward of 25 cents when he re-
turned the money to its owner. Hetty
Green wasn't in Baltimore at the
time, either.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Let Her Down Earv.

Sibyl-"Mr. Joshem complimented
me on my intellectually last night
What do you suppose he meant by
that?"
Phyllis-"Oh, it was polite way OF
admitting that he hadn't the nerve to
call you beauty"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Pervcrse Norman.

Hickory-It's an awful thing to pro-
pose to a girl seriously and then have
ner throw you down!
Slippery-Well, you shouldn't have
proposed to her seriously; then she
would have accepted you.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Perseverance.

Binks-I wonder why Jones never
succeeded. He's very persevering
fellow.
Jinks-That's his trouble. He perse-
veres in trying to pick up penny.
while a big round dollar is rolling
right past him.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Insultinq.

"The landlady is just hopping mad
at old man Sharp"
What is the trouble now?"
"Old man Sharp tasted the butter
yesterday at dinner and suddenly
reached over and handed the landlady
two tickets to the pure-food show
Cleveland Leader.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

The man who never saw a modern
football game explains that when he
wants to see slugging he prefers to go
to regular prize fight, where he can
see it all. In football match, he
says. good deal of the hard hitting
in the crush must be missed by the
spectators.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

AS though fiattery could "soothe the
dull, cold ear of DEATH" the British
will fire salutes over the remains of
poor old Dom Paul at Cape Town and
Pretoria.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Pulled Out.

What has become of Halfback's
bair?" asked the man with the ma
room flag.
Haven't you heard?" asked his
friend why, his team matched
lady football club and the ladies lost"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

"All society women should work, "
says Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor. Which
is an instance, without regard to the
slow laws of evolution, that all butter
flies shall at once store honey.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

Those Russian editors who are re-
joicing in the liberties they now en-
JOY should try few months Of editing
in America to get grasp of what
freedom of the press really means.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Art Criticism.

Uncle Josh-There was one of them
landscape painters around here yester-
day.
Uncle Silas-Well, landscape paint
ing ought to be a good, healthy occu-
patton. 1t keeps a man out of doors
an give him plenty of fresh air.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

A horse case has been before the
up in Montreal. By this time, of
course, the lawyers bills far exceed
the value of the horse.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Knew His WAYS.

Pretty Parlor Maid-"There is a
gentleman at the door, ma'am."
Mistress-"Did he give you his
card?"
Pretty Parlor Maid-"No, ma'am (;
but he insisted on giving me a kiss.
Mistress-"Oh, that is my brother
Jack. Let him in."
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Ancient Football.

Hannibal lined up his elephants and
then arranged his army behind them.
Our line is heavy enough" he
unused. And our back field isn't so
light. either" he added as he glanced
at the black Carthagenians.
Then he gave the signal and plowed
through the Roman right guard for a
considerable gain.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Misrepresentation the Facts.

Harry hear Tom is going to
leave off drinking and marry an heir
ess.
Dick-That's just the way facts get
twisted. He is going to keep on
drinking and marry a snake charmer,
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

A Boston judge decides that ho-
tel is not an inn. To the judges mind,
perhaps the word "inn" conveys an
idea of comfort not realized in his ex-
perience with hotels.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

From Budapest comes tidings of the
invention Of a new musical instru-
ment, the tarogato, which, it is said,
will prove valuable addition to the
Wagnerian orchestra. 1t has a Wag-
merriam sound.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Auric Astiamatism.

Little George-Aw, why can't l be
something beside ordinary?
Mother-What's the matter now?
Little Georgia. new kid come to
school to-day an his ears amt alike.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Please Ask a Policeman.

The man who doesn't know enough
to look sober when a girl says that
she is made with him is sadly mex
perienced, Boston Globe.
But just suppose the girl is mad
with him because he can't look sober?
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Insulated.

Smythe--I should think these mo-
tormen would get some awful electric
shocks now and then.
Browne-Well. | don't see how.
They are non-conductors, you know"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Blue LAWS.

Drummer-So Bacon Ridge is a very
moral town, Ell?
Postmaster-Gosh, yes. Why, the
citizens won't even let their cider
work on Sunday.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
His Ambition.

But you may discover the Pole
yourself" suggested his friend.
"Oh, no." said the leader of the re-
lief expedition. II shall be quite sat
isfied if | discover the man who went
to discover the Pole"
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17
Men OutcIasse6.

She-Women may gos,lp some
times, but they have better control of
their tongues than men have.
He-You are right. Men have no
control whatever of women's tongue.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

The sand-blasting machine has been
called into play in New York to re.
move the stains of time from the
grand old city hall. New York would
sand-blast the pyramids and think it
had improved their appearance.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

What has become" says the Atchi-
son Globe, "of the old-fashioned wom-
an who wore nubia?" Inquire in
Abyssinia.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

Ella Wheeler Wilcox says she is
leading "a rushed, damned, triple
life" Then Wilcox should assert him
self.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

The market report that storage eggs
are beginning to move suggests that
they must be acquiring some of their
old-time and well-known strength.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

A Philadelphia preacher says that
the devil turks in every piece of pie,
and considering his position, he ought
to be an expert on piety.
Charlevoix county herald., 1904-12-17

In Japan women are employed to
sweep the streets at night. This is
sufficient evidence that the streets of
Japan are well swept.