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FOR sALE-GRKAT FREIGHT TERMINALS
the splendid business ground y actual value, ooc.
per foot: ground to lease, with railroad sidings.
LEXINGTON IMP. CO.,
au1.ats 141O q ut.
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FOR SALE-TwO-STORY FLATS: TAKEN In
trade; can be sold at a low figure; one. corner OF
an alley. will rent for $34 per month; can be
bought for 81. 600 The other will rent for 5000
and be had for about s.. $50. BOTH IN
NORTHEAST AND ARE NEW.
THOMAS J. FISHER Il co. QncJ.
1yso-st I4l4 + st. NV.
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FOR SAIE-A VERY CHEAP HOUSE WEST OF
llTH ST. SOUTH OF COLUMBIA ROAD; price,
So 500; will loan 49, 900 at $50, balance suit
o fine rooms; reception hall: kitchen LIST floor
tiled BATH stationary washstand: cellar under
entire house; hardwood ON LIST floor. party wall
worth SiT5: deep lot to 20foot alley; SOUTH
ERS EXPOSURE. This house cost present owner
81, 500.
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FOR SALE-AT BROOKLAND-
To close an estate, seven desirable lots
Groom house, on corner, 81. 800.
Groom house, md. imps. hot-water heat So $50
Gloom house. large lot. 81. 900.
Great bargains In this attractive suburb.
GRACE NJ. THOMAS,
jyl4-26ts Corcoran building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

marily To promote immigration: it is
thought that if 4 brisk commercial in
terCourSe should be brought about i'm
migration would result as \ natural
consequence. This new steamship line
is to be operated entirely by black men.
They are TO control the stock, and their
coIored agents in New York and Mon
rovia will make an effort to build up a
profitable business. Hitherto the vast
agricultural product of Liberia has
found a limited and uncertain market
in Europe.
The African agent of the enterprise
is John Robert SpurgeOn, who is Il ma
tive of Richmond. Va, and was grad
uated from Hampton, afterWard finish
ing course in law at Harvard. He
was appointed secretary of legation at
MOnroVia by Mr.. Mckinley and has
lived there since then. He resigned his
official position about Il year ago and
began the practice of his profession at
Monrovia. He came TO the United
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

tinent. and ii is not uncommon nova
days for explorers into the heart of the
African wilderness TO be accosted in
English by naked savage who is abb
solutely devoid of every other evidence
OF civilization. This has been of great
service TO travellers, who are a BILE thus
to make known their wants in almost
any part of the dark continent.
1t is still the belief in the United
States. even of those who have devoted
much time and attention TO the subject.
that the experiment of sending the black
man back to Africa has been 4 failure.
This pessimistic conclusion has been
reached not so much on account of CHI
matte and racial conditions as for the
reason that the negro has never before
been able TO esta blish his capacity for
self government The present state of
affairs in Liberia would seem TO indi-
cate that the disqualification of inca
pacity must be eliminated. There are
black men in Monrovia today who are
not only governing, but are doing IT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

nor kiss. they are actually the most
ceremonious people in the world. The
rules of etiquette which regulate the
social atmosphere of an upper class
Chinese community are by no means
easy to define.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29
A Republic Founded by Negroes and Governed Well

States to set on foot the steamship
project, but has returned to Liberia
and has become a citizen of the re-ub-
lie. He is Il firm believer in the idea
upon which the Liberiau republic was
founded-thaJ wherever the white man
lives he ever rules politically. CONNER
cially and socially.
With none IL dispute the right of any
man 10 rule himself if thereby the
rights Of others are not imperiltd. the
negro has at last arrived at his oppor-
tunity. Liberia belongs To him alone.
No white man may become the owner
of property there. and the black man Is
absolutely monarch of the sol
white man is eligible to any Office. now
ever humble nor can ne vote uT have
anything To say about the ddmiuiStra-
tion of affairs. 1t ought to - the black
mans paradise. for il il his tn do with
il what he will. 1t has am area twice
as large as the Empire State. 1t con-
tains untold and boundless natural
wealth. There are vast quantities OF
crude rubber. and valuable woods. dye
stuffS and drugs abound in its forests,
oil palm is abundant. caCao and cotton
produce excellent crops, and there is
much ivory. In spite of persistent re-
ports to the contrary, the climate is one
of the best in west Africa. There are
practically no mosquitoes, and that
pest of the African continent, the white
ant, is scarce.
Christianity has a firm foothoId in
Liberia. The race is peculiarly suscep-
tible to religious influences, and even
the tribesmen of the uncivilized inte-
rior are ready to accept civilization and
Christianity as have the peoples of
many other lands-in company School
houses are rising on the reservations
of every tribe, and some of the wealth.
Ter inland tribeSmen are sending their
sons and daughters TO the coast TO be
educated. The value of imports and
exports last year was over S2,O0O,O0O.
Nearly every power of any Importance
maintains a representative at Monro-
via, and the valua BILE concessions which
are at the disposal of the Liberian gov
eminent are eagerly competed for by
England, France. Germany and Russia.
Most promising of all. the Liberians are
a peaceful and law abiding people. cor
dial to visitors and approaching to the
fullest extent the advantages of re-
publican form of government.
CLAIMING a. BARLOW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

%HE disposition Of France TO eX-
tend the boundary Of her west
African territory over the line
u of the country claimed by the
Iiberian republic has awakened fresh
interest in the state founded by Afro
Americans in the fertile marshes of the
so called grain coast" OF the African
continent. The frontier question has
been one of the most troublesome mat
ters that the infant republic has been
obliged to meet The earliest dispute
was with the English. who had quasi
possession of territory which was Of
vital importance 10 the new republic.
The negotiations hung fire for long
and trying period. but were finally
brought to an amicable adjustment.
The French had been contrasting Brit
ish claims on the coast, and the latter :
settlement with the Liberian authori-
ties was not satisfactory to them. Ever
since the announcement of the agree
ment made between the Liberians and
the English the French have been har-
assing the cOlOniSts.
According to recent authentic re-
ports. the Liberian republic is showing
considerable vitality, and its admins
traitors are Inanifesting a decided ca
pacity for government and no mean
talent for diplomacy. 1t is firm in the
maintenance of its rights, and a direct
appeal has been made to the French
people for justice in the matter OF the
settlement. Those who have looked
into the case agree that the America
Liberians deserve the support of the
United States and Great Britain for
their efforts to build up a peaceful and
SELF supporting negro republic and TO
demonstrate that the black man is
capable of self government If he be Civ
en- the opportunity.
At the present time there are only
about 1900 America Liberians in the
republic. The population. however, is
over 100000. The influence of the
intelligent minority is steadily on the
increase. This is best shown by the
fact that the savage chiefs of the
nelghboring tribes are in the habit of
visiting the Liberian capital. Monrovia,
to have their disputes arbitrated by
President Arthur Barclay, who is
native OF the British island of Barbados.
The term America Liberian belongs
also to the West Indian citizens of the
republic, of whom there is a generous
sprinkling. They are so much more in
telligent than their brethren from the
United States that they are justly
given the administration of the col
OEy's affairs.
One of the most remarkable things i'm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29
THE ART OF HAND SHAKING.

The Chinese as a nation do not prac-
tice the custom of shaking hands, and
they are also ignorant Of the western
fashion of kissing. In this picture an
American tourist is trying to teach
Buddhist monk how to shake hands.
The oriental seems to be impressed by
the novelty of the procedure, but the
American and his friend are fully alive
to the humor of the situation. AL
though the Chinese neither shake hands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29
DEARTH OF HELP.

Canadian manufacturers say that
places for 6,717 working men, women
and boys are vacant in their factories.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29
DRINK AMONG CHILDREN

4 school physician at Schoneberg.
Germany, has ascerts ined that of the
boys in the public schools So per cent
are regular beer drinkers and OF the
girls 49, per cent. The folly and bad
example OF the parents Illustrate all the
teachings in school
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

connection with the progress of the
little republic is the rapidity with which
the imported citizens are spreading the
English language among the savage
tribes. This linguistic propaganda ex-
tends far into the interior of the con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

an entrance to the most exclusive cir
cles in Europe. The Drexels possess
great wealth and have long been IA
nous for their lavish hospitality. 4
few years ago they leased the historic
Norris castle in the Isle Of Wight for a
seasons residence. They thus became
neighbors OF the British royal family
at Osborne and were received with
marked favor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29
A SUGGESTIVE CARTOON.

The cartoon herewith given is the work
of a war correspondent who is with the
Japanese army in Manchuria. 1t repre-
sents General Stoessel, the heroic COM
mander of the besieged Port Arthur
garrison. in a cage. The gallant Rus
sian officer is bombarded Oh one side by
the japanese fleet and on the other by
the japanese army, while from China,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

course between their country and the
United States. For that purpose 4
steamship line has just been establish
ed between MonroVia ana New York.
The object of this new line is not pri-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

Of the
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Indianapolis which
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

lconi.nu"d on Page TTelve,J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

THE disposition Of France to ex-
tend the boundary of her west
African territory over the line
u af the 1.ollra cla irll.d hN- he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29

I of q boatau the pllc of
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of tn of the Uni of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-29
AN ASSOCIATE OF ROYALTY.

Mrs. Anthony J. DrexeI of New York
is an American woman whose charms
of person and manner have won for her
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

A writer in the North American
Review asserts that manual training
Is almost as good preventive of
crime as vaccination is of SMALLPOX.
What per cent of the prisoners I'M
der your care have received any man.
ual training beyond some acquaintance
with farming?" a northern man asked
the warden of a southern penitentiary.
Not one per cent" replied the war
den.
Have you no mechanics in prison ?''
"Only one mechanic; that is, one
man who claims to be house painter"
Have you any shoemakers?" asked
the visitor
Never had a shoemaker"
Have any tailors?"
"Never had tailor"
ANY printers?"
"Never had a printer"
ANY carpenters?"
"Never had a man in this prison
that could draw a straight line."-
Presbyterian '@' '~'""-'-' '>'s'
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

touch, to win or lose it ALL" At last
l took out a penny and tossed it. If
1t turned tail. why then, 80 would L.
But if not
Heads" said Kate.
1T is. That settles it. After all,
who am 1 to blast the reputation Of
a respectable and, for aught 1 know.
beautiful palmist?"
Il don't know what you are talking
about" complained Kate.
Kate" 1 said, impressively, It's
written on my hand"-and / showed
her my hand-"that 1 shall get ell
gagged to-day"
rs that what they call shorthand ~
Its palmistry. The line Of heart
has done something exuberant."
well, L hope she'll have YOU" said
Kate.
do you think she will?''
You should ask her"
Il am" L said. and 1 took her hand
Dear, do you think she wilI?"
81 don't know" said Kate. lookina
down. Perhaps she might"
'Only perhaps? Kate, say you're
sure she will"
Quite, quite sure" said a voice.
Something in the words struck me
She looked up at me with a smile
Then 1 began to understand.
"Kate" 1 cried.
isn't it a beautiful day?" SAID
kate.-Black and White.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
MEMENTOS OF CHATTERTON.
His Little Pocketbook and Almanac
Sold for a Large Sum.


Sold for a Large Sum.
What an irony Of fate there is in
the fact that the torn, shabby little
pccketbook and almanac that was
found lying upon the bed beside the
starved and self-slain boy-poet Chat
terton should now be bought by
Bristol plutocrat and be presented to
that city as a treasure of costly value!
But it is we'll for that city, which has
been criticised for her love of the ma
terial, that she should now have
among her children one who. If
wealthy, yet can grasp the worth Of
the intellectual. This gift by George
White to the Bristol Museum of Chat
terton's manuscripts and relics is one
that will draw many to the old city
that now recognizes what a genius she
drove from her midst in the eighteenth
century The little pocketbook that Is
really an almanac, with space for
notes and accounts, is all stained on
one side with a brown-hued blotch,
that, has eaten into the paper; is it
some of the poison the poor lad split
ere taking the fatal draught? 1t is ap.
parently q strong acid. The entries
in this pocketbook are full of pathos;
lists of the articles he had sent to GER
tain papers, and the money received.
An entry of Due from others, Flo
It's 3d." speaks volumes, and against
this is Lent Is Cd" From Mr.. Ham
ilton he received FL lis Cd, and here
again Is Lent 2s"-a trait of gener-
osity in the poverty stricken lad hith-
erto unnoticed. The original "Ac-
count of the Family of the De Berg
hams from the Norman Conquest to
the Present Time is here, with all
the wondrous pedigree with which he
fooled the .conceited pewterer. This Is
in two copy books, in the old antique
marble covers Of the time. There is
also a long poem on THE Death of Sir
Charles Baudin," in the boys neat,
careful hand And a curious poem,
with a glossary, 1.-The Goulers' Re
quiem," Coulter being a usurer or
miser. The whole collection is deeply
interesting. and as a pendant is re-
ceipt of Chatterton's sister to Cottle
for f135 los for books sold by Long
mans for her beneht- AS tho Bristol
Museum already possesses Chatter
tons will and many of his manuscript
poems and letters It now holds what
few critics can boast of-a fairly COM
plete memorial. in his own hand, OF
one OF her most famous sons.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
CANDIDATES OF THE FUTURE.
Log Cabin and Farm Features Will
Soon E;e Left Out of Their Records.

Log Cabin and Farm Features Will
Soon Ee Left Ont of Their Records.
when the next generation reads the
history of presidential candidates it
will not find the farm and log cabin in
cidents that we have been reading in
our time" said an old politician as he
laid down his paper
Il have just read" he continued,
that a number of college students
have been engaged as conductors on
trolley line in nearby city. Not long
ago / read another article about col
lege students who had been engaged
as walters or guides, and in one case
about a young man who had hired out
to do scullery work in a hotel at a
summer resort.
THE log cabin boy and the farmer
boy are becoming scarce in this coun-
try. Mr.. Fairbanks was a farmer lad,
but he quit the work as soon as he saw
an opportunity to get ahead in anoth-
err business. Some of the papers have
referred to Judge Parker as a farmer,
but he is not a farmer in the common
acceptation of that word.
THE future Presidents of the coun-
walters. Better be polite to these
young men you meet on the street cars.
Some Of the futures may be banjo
players in the college clubs or coach
to some college team.
Every boy is going to college now,
or will be within the next % years
The farmer of the future will be a
hired man. The son of the owner will
be prepared for professional life as
soon as he can make it.
THE story of the boy who got his
schooling in the little schoolhouse in
the country is nearly threadbare now
The country schoolhouse is moving out
Of sight pretty rapidly. If you find
one anywhere in the woods take of
your hat and salute it. If you see a
farmhouse on the roadside, give il
your blessing.
The boy is not in the field. He is
somewhere in a factory learning 9
trade; or he is becoming an electrician
maybe is working as a waiter in G
tavern. But you won't find him fol
lowing the plow.
IF you want to run him down II
the night, you will find him pursuing
his studies under an electric light. Th'
boy you used to hear about, who
chopped wood all day and then studied
by the light of the fire, is not to b'
found any more.
"Out of the great community of boy
growing up Will come the next Presi
dents. The writers in search of mate
rial to make up their histories will
have a new field. The log house an6
farm features will not figure in thu
history of the campaign in ten or fif
teen years from now. New 1orl
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
zluaalAx.11.44....,nualu..llai Observation-Disclosures

Of
the
Of a
of
EIoar s as s the
Of
the
n lace
statesmen He scholarly
of
istratve extraordinary While
pacy feeling will be
to
o. in
pat otism whc s eher toora
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
Soldier Is a B. d Husband.

Divorces in the United States are
on the increase, according to figures
published by the census bureau. The
latest show that five out of every
1000 men married are living in a state
of divorce.
The census returns disprove the
theory that early marriage leads often
also sounded to women who persist
in marrying men of the rowing class,
who enter on matrimony late in life,
and for the guidance of those who
ought to know 1t is figured out in cold
and passionless statistics of just what
classes of employment men are most
frequently seen in the divorce courts.
Census figures on divorce reveal the
relative fickleness Of men according
to their following in life. This table,
based on the number of those divorced
out of every 1000 married, showed
some interesting comparisons:
Soldiers, marines and sailors, "a;
hostlers, IS; actors, II; agricultural
laborers, 10; bartenders, Is; servants
and walters, 13; woodchoppers, u;
musicians and teachers of music, II;
stock raisers, herders and drovers, 10:
photographers, 10; paper-hangers, 10;
BARRIERS and hairdressers, 8; lumber
men and raftmen, 8; clock and watch
makers and repairers o; painters, glaz-
iers and varnishers, 8.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19
AN AUTUMN REVERE

It's autumn-and off together.
Over the hills and away,
we go in golden weather,
My lady and 1, to-day.
And sit on the hillside sunny
Where the purple grapes hang low
And watch the clouds a-foating by
And their shadows come and go.
We hear the clear pipe of autumn
The call of the hiding quail
And see the fash of gold as he flies
Over the old fence rail.
My lady's face is dreamy,
And her thoughts seem far away,
AS she twines the leaves for garland
To trim her hat to-day.
"Of what are you thinking?" 1 ask her
And she lifts her eyes so brown;
Il was wondering" she said-the mis-
chief
"Will the new hatbrims turn up oil
down?'
Millinery Trade Review.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-11-19

Sorry, old man." he said. hurried
ly. It's Saturday.
''Why-good Lord-then shall get
engaged to-night!''
"Why not?" asked Jim.
"Why mott? o, you idiot! She's not
even in the house. She's in London"
''Who is?''
'Who?-why-O, nobody. You see
house that"
grin.
you've given yourself away
1 turned back to the curtain.
Are you still thereT'' I asked. "Arc
you there, are you there, are you
there, are you"
i've finished, thank you" came the
voice.
"But are you quite sure about being
engaged by the end of the week?"
"Quite, quite sure" said the voice
a little shakily.
James and l went out.
"Who is she?" 1 asked. 81 didn't
recognize the voice"
"Oh, she'd take good care about
that"
"Well, anyhow, it's impossible"
We entered the refreshment tent
and drank things. Jim tried to be
facetious about my rapidly approach
ing engagement. He even misquoted
so on.
Ibid you make that up yourself?'
L said YEARLY. ITS very bad"
"Why, it's Shakespeare, man." he
said Indignantly.
30, 1 thought 1t was you"
al don't mind having it, he said.
KINDLY observe the new Swan OF
Avon"
Are swans such great drinkers,
then? 1 didn't know"
you're in a nasty horrid temper,
and 1 shall leave YOU" said Brockle-
bank.
watched him go through the door
of the tent Some one was coming up.
He went on and spoke to her. 1t was
a lady. He came back with her and
brought her up to me. Good Lord!
| 1t was Katei
He'll give you tea" said James.
1T must go. Good-by."
He raised his hat and went or.
'It is impossible" 1 said.
well, what's the matter?' asked
Kate Aren't you glad to see me?''
go away. You're in London"
| 1--WE just this moment come. You
knew 1 was coming, didn't your"
mo. I've hardly seen any one. I've
only Just come myself. Why, what
| train"
"Never mind the train" said Kate
hurriedly; ct want some tea
We had tea. All the time 1 was
wondering II 1 dared ito put 1t to the