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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
PERSONAL POINTS.

Morris Lister and wife are in the
city. enroute TO Chicago.
w. E. Sears has returned TO Decatur
after a brief visit with his parents in
this city.
NJ. ]. Corcoran, travelling agent of the
Grand Trunk lines, was in Rock Island
yesterday from Chicago.
Mrs. McHenry Holiday. of Stanton.
Va. and l.. B. Judson. of Elgin. H., are
guests of Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Sher.
wood. Mrs. Holiday is a sister of Mrs.
Sherwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. A J. Taylor of Cloquet,
Mimi. are in the city TO be present at
a celebration of the S5th birthday ami
versary of the formers father, J. ID.
Taylor of 904 Nineteenth street.
w. H. Lamont leaves Monday morn
ing for Decatur. where he will repre-
sent St. Paul lodge of this city at the
state meeting of the Knights of Ply
thias, which opens there Tuesday
j. G. Quinlan. principal of the public
schools of New Boston, H., accompa-
MED by the teachers, the Misses Flor
ence Barnes. Laura Bishop. Anna Mil
Ter and Edna Blue. spent yesterday in
this city visiting the schools
Rev. William 3. Hunt, a missionary
of the Presbyterian church at Pyeng
Yang, Korea. co-worker with Rev.
Graham Lee, who went from this city,
is a visitor in the city today with
friends of Mr.. Lee. He has consented
to return to the city and speak in the
Broadway church Dec. 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
Cheaper Than a Doq.

If you have neighbors who are fond
of raising chickens and other kinds of
fruit. and who prefer to raise yours in
stead OF their own. a good paddock on
your garden gate or chicken coop door
will often remind them that you object
We have over so kinds of padlocks,
some costing as much as a dollar, but
we have lots of good brass and iron
locks for 25 cents; others for less. Ev-
cry other kind of lock as we'll
ROCK ISLAND HARDWARE CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
A Daredevil Ride

often ends in a sad accident. To heal
accidental injuries use Bucklin's Arni-
ca Salve. "A deep wound in my foot
from an accident" writes Theodore
Schuele. of Columbus, Ohio. caused
me great pain. Physicians were help
less. but Bucklen's Arnica Salve quick
ly healed IT," Soothes and heals burns
like magic. % cents at Hartz & Ulle
meyers. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
PLAY FOOTBALL IN MOLINE
Rock Island Eagles and Club Team
Come Together Tomorrow.

The Rock Island Eagles play the Mo
line club football team at the Moline
athletic park tomorrow afternoon.
Both of these teams have made good
records. playing close games with the
Moline East Ends, and a hard fought
contest is promised. A preliminary
game will be played by the Hawthornes
and the East Ends. The lineup of the
Eagles and the club team is as fol
lows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
PATTEE TO BE HERE
THE COMING WEEK
Democratic Congressional Candidate
to Greet Rock Island
Citizens.

AS heretofore announced in The Ar
gus. J. Howard Pattee, of Monmouth
democratic candidate for congress in
the Fourteenth district will visit Rock
Island next Wednesday. He will be
accompanied by committee of War
rem county friends and will be glad to
meet the citizens of Rock Island ire
spective of politics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
FrightfuI Suffering Relieved.

Suffering frightfully from the viru-
lent poisons of undigested food, c. G.
Grayson, OF Lula, Miss. took DR..
Kings New Life Pills with the result"
he writes, that | was cured" All
stomach and bowel disorders give way
10 their laxative properties. % cents
az Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store,
guaranteed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
Wards Of Pneumonia.

All coughs, colds and pulmonary
complaints that are durable are quick
ly cured by One Minute Cough Cure.
Glars the phlegm. draws out infam-
nation and heals and soothes the at
fected parts, strengthens the lungs,
wards of pneumonia. Harmless and
pleasant TO take. Sold by all drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14

'Tisn't safe to be a day without DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil in the house.
Never can tell what moment an acct
dent is going to happen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
Graham's DANCING School.

Telephone North ST. Day and even
ing classes all week. Private lessons
by appointment J. J. GRAHAM.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

Musicale a Success. - The musicale
and social given at the Aiken street,
chapel by the Christian Endeavorers
for the chapel fund proved a great
success. both socially and financially.
The following program was presented:
Instrumental solo-Scott Leonard.
Vocal solo-Miss Gertrude Water
man.
Vocal solo-C. A. Metcalf.
Reading-Miss Pearl Saville
Piano duet-Misses Pansy and Abby
Blakemore.
Reading-Miss Henrietta Kinner.
Vocal solo-Miss Edna Hare.
Phrenokosmian Hears Lecture AT
Augustana college last evening the
Phrenokosmian society enjoyed a pro
gram furnished by persons outside OF
the membership of the society Pro
fessor Mauritszon gave a lecture on
the customs in matrimonial life in
Sweden a thousand years ago. full
knowledge of his subject. combined
with his humor, made an exceptionally
interesting discourse. Vocal and in
strumental selections were given by
Mrs. Edla Lund and Miss Shallberg.
Another Lecture on Travels Rev.
II. w Reed will deliver the second of
his series of lectures on his travels
abroad at the church next Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock This talk will
cover several places of historical in
terest. st. PauPs cathedral, Tower of
London. British museum and the West
minister Abbey. Admission free.
Mission Band Meets. The Mission
band of Grace Lutheran church is hold
ing a meeting at the home of Miss
Florence Mosher. 1909 Seventh avenue
this afternoon, the session opening al
1 O'Clock.
Coffee Sociai.-Many people attend
ed the coffee social given last evening
in the Augustana college gymnasium
by the Endowment Fund society of
Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
Other Consideration.

While the cash paid was the most
that has been put up in a real estate
transfer here in many months. there
was other property involved in the deal.
The amount above the cash is repre-
scented in Kansas lands and lots IN
Edgewood park. Rock Island. and Fair
mount park. Moline.
With Mr.. Mcnamara in possession of
the lots in these additions. it is reason
able TO expect more new houses. as he
5 one who is inclined toward improv-
ing the value of his property by plac-
ing buildings upon it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14

Coffee Sociai.-Many people attend
ed the coffee social given last evening
in the Augustana college gymnasium
by the Endowment Fund society of
Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
Another Lecture on Travels Rev.
Mission Band Me,

band of Grace Lutheran church is hold
ing a meeting at the home of Miss
Florence Mosher. 43O9 Seventh avenue.
this afternoon, the session opening at
O'Clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
SELLS HIS HOUSES
James McNamara Makes Trans
fer to L. s. McCabe In.
voIving 500, 800.
TAKES II NEW RESIDENCES
Purchaser Pays $4,000 cash-Remain-
der in Kansas Lands and Lots in
Edgewood and Paramount.

In the transfer of IL of the new
houses owned by James Mcnamara on
Fourteenth-and-a-ha street to l.. S.
McCabe, one of the largest real estate
deals in this locality recently was con-
summated today by Reidy Bros. The
deal involves property of the value of
s62,S0O. OF this amount s42, 500 is paid
in cash
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-02
OvERExERTION.
Il Leads to Weakness Of Heart and
Early Death.

Il Leads to Weakness Of Heart and
Early Death.
A prominent university professor
says that an Investigation Of some
years has convinced him that much
evil has resulted from college athletics.
College athletics, he finds, bring on
by overexertion number of ills, Of
which the worst and most common is
weakness Of the heart, that. develop
ing with maturity, units the victim
for continued efficient effort in bust
ness and eventually carries him off be-
fore his time.
Sprintng and tennis he believes to
be the two sports which work the most
havoc with the heart.
Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a
condition which often promoted long
life was prudently poor health at an
early age. He meant by this that a
man who in his youth had to husband
his strength and by slow and careful
process develop the good health that
he lacked would be more likely to es-
cape the dangers Of overexertion in
which the careless giant was tempted
to indulge.
Still, given strength and good health
in the beginning, moderate exercise Of
ones powers cannot fail to be source
of renewed strength as we'll as Of
healthful enjoyment.-Boston Globe.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-02
THE FINDING OF MOSES.
4 Famous Artist Says There Were
No Dulrushes In Egypt.

Bulrushes are SO inseparably associ-
ated in the mind with the finding Of
Moses that it Is difficult to imagine a
painting Of the incident in which the
picturesque reeds do not figure.
But there is beautiful painting by
Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema Of the
finding Of Moses, and the bulrushes
are entirely omitted. The great paint
er gave the following explanation Of
the fact.
He ascribes the presence Of the word
''bulrushes" in the authorized version
as being due to faulty translation, for
there are no such things as bulrushes
on the Nile. The word in the original
means papyrus, and it seems that in
the absence Of some equivalent In
English the word was used as being
the nearest which the translators had
ut their command.
According to Alma-Tadema's read
ing, the mother Of Moses fashioned a
cradle or ark Of papyrus and smeared
it over with the white Nile mud. and
it Is according to this rendering that
be has painted his picture.-Chambers
Journal ..U
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-02
NEGROES SHACK
WAS BURNED

\ small tar paper shack which
has been occupied by negroes
employed Oh the Great Mort hern
was presumably set on fire about
II O'Clock Wednesday hight and
quickly burned to the ground
1t was situated on the G. n.
right Of way east of the freight
depot. The fire department was
called out, but forgetting the
wrench which opens the hydrant,
could not save the building,
much to the delight of the on
lockers.
During the past month the In
DEPENDENT has heard some very
unsavory tales regarding the
coons in this building. The
neighbors report that a young
white girl has been making regu-
lar visits to the coons' shack,
and several threats OF burning
the building and tarring and
feathering the negroes have been
made.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-02
DID HER BIDDING.
His Brave Attempt to Pass For an
Old Married Man.

His Brave Attempt to Pass For an
Old Married Man.
''Now, Henry" said the bride, II
want you to understand distinctly that
do not wish to be taken for BRIDE
am going to act exactly as If were
On old married woman. So, dearest,
do not think me cold and unloving If I
treat you very practically when there
is anybody by"
II don't believe can pass for an old
married man." said Henry. Il am SO
fond Of you that am bound to show
It. I am sure to betray myself"
mo, you mustn't. It's easy enough,
and I insist that you behave Just like
all old married men do. Do you hear?''
well, darling, I'll try. but know
shall not succeed"
On the first evening Of their arrival
at their hotel the bride retired. and
the groom fell In with a whist party.
with whom he sat playing cards till 4
o'clock in the movning. His wife spent
the weary hours in weeping
At last he turned up and met his
grief stricken bride with the hilarious
question:
"Well. amt doing the old married
man like daisy?"
She never referred to the subject
again, and everybody in future knew
that they had just been married.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-02
TROT OR GALLOP7
What Do Fish Do, and the Seals and
Insects and WOrmsf

What Do Fish Do, and the Seals and
Insects and WOrmsf
Here is problem for people with
sharp eyes: AS we all know, q horse
when walking or trotting advances
only one leg Of each pair at time, but
when galloping lifts both fore feet to-.
gether and then both hind feet. Now.
the question is how other animals man
age this matter. The birds, Of course,
flap both wings together, but which
birds run and which hop? We human
beings ''trot" when we walk and gal
lop' when we sw.m-that is, If we are
using the plain breast stroke. The dog.
however, ''trots' for both. Now, do
the amph.bious anirnais-the seals, OF
tiers and the rast-swim lie men or
like other four footed creature?
Then there are the Fl III. Onc weld
rather expect that, as they move thor
tails from side to side, they would flap
alternately with the fins, which are
their hands and feet. Who can tell
whether they do or not and whether all
fish at all times follow one rule? By
the way, how does frog use It's
'hands?'
The great anatomist E. Ray Lanke-
ster has pointed out that while the
thousand legs" such as our common
gally worm, advance two feet Of pair
together, the centipeds. which are much
Ike them, do exactly the opposite, AMI
the swimming worms also alternate the
stroke Of each pair Of paddles. doubt
II many people can tell on which sys-
tenn the caterpillar manages its dozen
or so legs or whether the adult insect
walks, trots, PAGES or gallops on its six.
How does the spider use eighth
Altogether this u large field for OBJ
servation, field, too. where any one
nay discover new facts ~ yet unre-
corded, and thus add to The store Of
knowIedge-Sk Nicholas.
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Forced Liberality.

It is not often miserliness gets such
q ghtforward rebuke as in the
case quoted by the Montclair Times.
In the early days Of primitive Method
ism there Travelled in England an &C.
centric minister named Neale, who was
famous for his plain talking. On one
occasion he was preaching missionary
sermons at village so noted for its
small collections that he determined
to pass the plate himself.
On his round he came to farmer
who was as Mr.. Neale we'll knew, the
richest man in the place. This lndivid-
ual placed a penny on the plate. Mr..
Neale stopped Immediately and said III
q loud voice:
'Take your penny out, man, take it
out! Don't you see you've covered up
your laborer's siXpence?'
The rebuke was effectual, and q
much more valuable coin was placed
on the plate.
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MEN WITH TAILS.
Queer Records of an Old Time Writ
err on This Subject.

Queer Records of an Old Time Writ
err on This Subject.
Mention Of an obscure belief in other
countries that Englishmen used to wear
tails has prompted correspondent to
submit some information regarding the
subject Of tails in general. DR.. John
Wolff, an old time writer, said: "There
is even in England gentleman Of
dark complexion and Of great talents
who walks exactly as if he had a tail,
and people Of high rank told me that
he and his family were known to have
tails, and therefore in his carriage
there is hole in the seat where he
sits in order that he may be able to
sit comfortably"
Barring Gould's Curious Myths Of
the Middle Ages" contains the follow
ing: CDR Wolff in his travels and adj
ventures says, There are men and
women in Abyssinia with tails like
dogs and horses Wolff also heard
from great many Abyssinians and
Armenians land Wolff is convinced Of
the truth Of it) that there are near
Narea, in Abyssinia, people-men and
woman-with large tails, with which
they are able to knock down horse,
and there are also such people near
China" A note in Barring Gould's book
adds: "In the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons at Dublin may still be
seen a human skeleton with tail
seven inches long. There are many
known instances Of this elongation Of
the caudal vertebra, as in the Poo
hangs in BOrneO."
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Like Many n Man.

A horse was entered in a. trotting
race. When he was put on the track
to be warmed up he seemed to move
with great energy, and number of
inexperienced persons put up their mon
ey on him, but when the actual race
came off a rawboned. yew necked ami
NAL that had no style about him passed
the snowy horse with great ease and on
the home stretch distanced him.
THAT horse" said an experienced
race track man who had been wise
enough to back the rawboned steed,
(which lost out is like good many
people. He spends too much time and
energy going up in the air instead Of
getting over the earth. missouri Val
ley Farmer.
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a HAZlNG TRAGEDY.
0rlgin Of the slang Phrase "Who
struck Billy PattersOnS"

ORIGIN Of the slang Phrase "Who
struck Billy PattersOnf"
''It's many years now since the slang
expression, Who struck Billy Patter-
sony was heard all over New York
and Brooklyn" said veteran of the
metropolis. Few people remember
the origin Of the expression. which was
really the killing Of young man by
sheer fright. Hazing at colleges was
rs rough then as now, and common
plan was to capture new student,
try him for some imaginary offense,
condemn him to execution, and then
hold his head on block while blow
was struck on the ground with the dull
side Of Ratchet. A student named
William Patterson was caught and
tried in this way and was led weeping
and shouting to the block. He was
then blindfolded and held down, told
that his last day had come, and then
the bogus blow was struck with the
Ratchet His cries ceased instantly,
and when the students In alarm tore
off his eye bandages and felt his pulse
they discovered that he was dead. Sew
eral Investigations were held to ascer-
tain who struck the fatal blow, and 1t
was because it was finally ascertained
that no one ever struck Billy Patter-
son ut all that the aggravating ques-
ton referred to was shouted at every
stranger by street boys. bootblacks and
other Juvenile nuiSanceS."
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q MONSTER PHANTOM.
The Ancient Morse Legend Of the
Flying Dutchman.


Flying Dutchman.
The old Norsemen had curious and
vague tradition of phantom ship
which they called Mannifual. The
French maritime chronicler, Jal, gives
an account Of her. So likewise does
Thorpe in his work on Northern
Mythology" She was so gigantic that
her masts were taller than the higI4 st
mountains. The captain rode ao6ut
on horseback delivering his orders.
Sailors going aloft as boys came down
respectable middle aged men, and In
the blocks about her rigging were din
ing halls where they sustained life
during their heavenward wanderings.
When passing through the strait Of
Dover on her way northward she
stuck, but the captain, with SBady in
vention, ordered her sides q be lib
orally besmeared with soap, and she
slipped through, leaving the cliffs Of
France and England white forever aft
erward.
Down to within century ago this
gigantic ship was known among Eng
lish sailors by the name of the Merry
Dun Of Dover, but she seems quite to
have disappeared from the maritime
lore of Great Britain. Seamen Of
Normandy still believe in her existence
and call her the Chasse Froude They
say that she Is so immense that It
takes her seven years to tack. On one
occasion in turning her bowsprit swept
away a whole battalion Of soldiers
from the Dover cliffs while her stern
boom was demolishing the forts of
Calais.
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Warning to Guests.

opened by foreigner who has just
mastered the English language:
Gentlemen who come in this hotel not
say anything about their meals they
will be charged for, and II they should
say beforehand that they are going
say they have not anything to eat they
will be charged, or unless they bring
it to the notice Of the manager. And
no fuss will be allowed afterward about
1t, and nothing will be allowed to de-
duct anything out Of it."-Paris Eng
lish and American Gazette
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Cloves.

From Java, Sumatra, Mauritius, Fan
zibar and Guiana come the little brown
flower buds of the Glove tree. When
gathered the buds are red and are
dried by exposure to the smoke of
wood fires and afterward by the rays
of the sun. In very short time they
become of a deep brown color. To Sc
cure q monopoly and thus keep up the
price the Dutch in the seventeenth cen
fury destroyed all their Glove trees. ex-
cept those in the island Of Amboyna.
The chief value Of cloves lies in their
essential oil, which forms about one
sixth of their whole weight.
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so,~ Of the Flame.

Fire can be made to sing. A writer
says: Take lighted candle and blow
gently against the fame. You will hear
peculiar fl,rttering sound. The futter-
ing sound is fires first attempts at mu-
sic. Instead Of the unsteady breath OF
our lips let us employ the steady blast
Of blowpipe. Instead Of the pale and
nickerfng light Of a candle let rs use
the bright and ardent glare Of 4 chem
lists lamp. When you have lamp and
blowpipe you can make IRE sing IN
earnest
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-08-02
Golden Rule PrOSperS.

J. B. Taylor, Of the Golden
Rule, has leased the basement of
the c. A. johnson block and will
have 25x4O extra floor space.
One side Of the basement will be
devoted exclusively to five and
ten cent goods: Mr.. Taylor's
business is double what it was
last year and he needs the extra
room badly.
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lore TOWNS ON THE $780,.
AND GOOD ONES, TOO.
MORE

ROLETTE EGELAND, GARnENA, GRANO opening sales will
follows
ICELAND, Towner Co.. N. D., Aug. at 8 M.
ROLETTE, Rolette Co., N D.. Aug 10th M.
dARDENA, August nth p GRANO Aug 18th p NJ
All sales tovvnstes.
Egeand uof
ing country around II vii be a strong commercial town.
the
n1ng sections the state Somebody Roette woud
OF the
North dakota Inc welfare OF Roette
spared the of : f w." ~
commands the should be an
attractive place in which in busnes .
controls Dig Of the that without hsd
IN seeking business location in North Dakota
oy me ownte the 500 Line at Minneapolis
lev Hundreds desirable business oca
tons in these new towns and plenty room for more " -
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What You Don't Hear,

You hear something like this every
day in the week: Ten years ago he
couldn't get credit for a suit Of clothes.
Now he can write his check for $780,
OOO." But when did anybody hear any
thing like this? "Ten years ago. he
was thoughtless and regardless Of his
fellow men and cared for nobody but
himself. Now he Is kind and gentle
and is constant encouragement to all
who desire to enlarge their faith in hu-
man nature. kansas City Star.
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spsrinx His Feelings.

Alice-He thinks he hasn't made any
impression at all. Clara-Oh, yes, he
has, but I'm too considerate to let him
know what kind Of an impression It 10.
New York Press.
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He Asked For It.

do you know that the coin you lent
me was counterfeitT said the habitu-
al borrower.
"Oh, sure do. You said that you
needed 1t bad"
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acid must not be lost slgul Va. 4. .----
not be allowed to touch the flesh,
clothes or any metal.-New York Trib-
Une.
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Don't place too much confidence In
appearances. A genius sometimes
wears good clothes.