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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20
WEEK OF EVENTS
High School Commencement
Programs Are Is
sued.
SERMON SUNDAY, MAY 20
Junior Reception to Seniors at Watch
Tower Inn Wednesday Even
ing-Graduation Friday.

The senior class of the Rock Island
high school has issued the invitations
for the exercises of commencement
week, beginning with the baccalureate
sermon Sunday, May IS, by Rev w.
S. Marquis. d. D.. pastor of Broadway
Presbyterian church. Wednesday
evening, May 81, the junior reception
to seniors will be held at the Watch
Tower Inn. The exercises of class day.
Thursday, June l, will be held at >
o'clock in the afternoon, at the high
ment exercises will be held at the ILL
noiS theatre Friday evening. June >,
at s o'clock. Saturday evening the
annual reunion and entertainment of
the high school alumni association will
be held at the high school auditorium.
Program.
Following is the program arranged
for the class day exercises:
Valse Brilliante. NJ. Moszkowski-
Mary Eta Dickman.
Presidents address-Edward Henry
Krcll.
Glass Will-Mabel Effie Smutz.
Class History-Madera d. Fezler.
Glass Prophesy-Emalyue Grace
Wright.
Piano sOlo-Ernst Myron Henning.
Presentation of gift to school-Bes-
sic Amanda Sandberg.
Response on behalf of school
Clarence Martin.
Presentation of gift to juniors-Wal,
ter Gait Jens.
Reception of gift by Juniors Charles
Woodn.
Farewell address-Anna Irene Ferry
Mandolin sOlo-Elsie Julia Schocker.
commencement.
The commencement program as ar
ranged, is as follows:
Music-High school orchestra.
InvOcation-Rev II. w. Reed.
Reading, "By Courtesy of the Clown"
Theodore Paul Eichelsdoerfer.
Essay, Count Leo Tolstoi
ROSenkranz.
Grafton. William Ewart Gladstone"
Albert William Ehleb.
Violin solo. "A Gypsy Dance" Mach
ez-Phebe Brooks.
An original story, "A Last Resort
Lawrence Edward Gowling.
Grafton. "The Development of the
High SchoOl'-Arthur Henry Harms
Reading. "A Christmas Substitute
Lucy Alexis Brennan.
Music-High school orchestra.
Debate, Resolved. That Municipal
ties Should Own and Control Their
Natural Monopolies. Affirmative
Florence Pearl Morrison; negative
Walter Earl Heimbeck
Grafton. THE United States a World
POwer"-William Bell Marquis.
Presentation of diplomas, on behalf
of board of William B. Nc
Intyre
Musc-High school orchestra.
The graduating class this year num-
bers IS pupils, and one post graduate.
The officers OF the class are: Presi-
dent. Edward Henry Krell; vice pres
ident, Theodore Paul Eichelsdoerfer;
secretary. Mary Bessie White; treas
urer, William Bell Marquis. The class
colOrs are purple and gold.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20
Whoopinu Couuh.

I'm the spring of 1901 my children
had whOoping cough says Mrs. ID. w.
Caps. of Caps. Ala. Il used Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy with the most
satisfactory results. think this 10
the best remedy I have ever seen for
whooping cough" This remedy keeps
the cough loose. lessons the severity
and frequency of the coughing spells
and counteracts any tendency toward
pneumonia For sale by all leading
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20

true picture of the foundations of the
organization of which he is tho head.
After paying an appropriate tribute
| to Major HAYES and his work in the
| society. the speaker said that he was
greatly impressed with the youth and
vigor and character of the members OF
the society as he viewed them before
him. IF this society is 10 be a power
it must be because it brings in the
citizenship and the blood and the mus
Gle that has been brought in by this
large class in Rock Island. | pin my
faith to the character and power of the
great Modern Woodmen of America
for there are toiling together not only
276 in Rock Island but many times
that in all of the states of its juris-
diction. working hand to hand in or
der that we may protect each other
and live higher and better in this CO.
operative organization. So long as we
can take this class of men our future
is secure
Mayor McCaskrin.
Hon. George w. McCaskrin. as the
city's chief executive. responded TO the
toast, What Woodcraft Means to
Rock Island-A Welcome" He eX-
pressed his hope that the time would
come when the society instead of Oc
cupying a quarter of a block with a
few hundred employees it would occupy
an entire block with a thousand hands
at work. With a tribute TO the men
who make up the organization he said
that he believed that with such men
as Talbot and Halves at the head the
end has not yet come to the growth OF
the society.
Shaw Wins Prize.
James F. Witter chairman of the
promotion committee, said. when call
ed upon to respond to a toast that he
would merely announce that the pin
offered by DIR. J. a. Rutledge of Elgin
as a prize to the one securing the most
applications was won by G. J. Shaw of
Camp 300 Mr.. Shaw secured Is. 9th
err speakers who were called upon and
made brief responses were !. w. De
Hart. district deputy; DR.. f. l.. Kerns,
supreme medical director; l.. J. Ryan,
of St. Louis. the escort who acted dur
ing the admission of the class; DR.. F.
A. Smith. supreme medical director; c.
]. Larkin. and John B. Corkcn, clerk
of Camp No. 1850.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20
CLAD DAY CLOSED
Modern Woodmen Enjoy Banquet
at the Harper house
Friday Night.
FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY
Head Officers Present and Respond te
Toasts-Taltot Expresses Gratif-
cation for Character.

Four Hundred and fifty Modern
Woodmen of America, many of them
new and many who had been in the
ranks for years. sat down to ban
luet in the Harper House dining room
last night and celebrated the close
Of the campaign of the promotion com
mittee. Such a gathering of WOodmcn
on an occasion of this kind has prob
ably never before been Witnessed. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20
Camp 90, NJ. w. a. Attention.

Will give an ice cream sOciable at
their hall in Carse building, Wednes-
day evening. May "a 10 the members
and their wives and those that have
no wife please bring your lady friend.
Come and have a good time. Music
and dancing will be one of the features.
A full turn out is greatly desired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20

to a close the excellent program of
toasts that was prepared had TO be
cut short, several of the speakers be
ing DESTROYS of leaving the city. Some
of the speakers did not respond 1T all.
and after the head officers and Mayor
McCaskrin had spoken. the others
passed of their allotment Of time with
brief bit of good humor. Assistant
Head Clerk James Mcnamara acted as
POSTMASTER.
Class Welcome.
The welcome TO the class was ex-
tended by Major C. W Halves. head
clerk, to whom this record breaking
adoption has probably given the most
pleasure. Major Halves said it had
been Is years since he and a. r. Tai
bot had entered the management of
the affairs OF the society Of the Mod
ern WOOdmen of America. and since
that time they had been working to
gether for its welfare OF the consul
he said. a more noble neighbOr can
not be found than Head Consul Talbot
the recognized head of the fraternal
system
Hear Talbot.
The head consul was introduced
and as IL is seldom his privilege to
speak to so many WGodmen in Rock
Island he took a little more time than
the other speakers and presented a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20

Inc graduating class tnlS year num-
bers IS pupils. and one post graduate.
The officers OF the class are: Presi-
dent. Edward Henry Krell; vice pres
ident, Theodore Paul Eichelsdoerfer;
secretary. Mary Bessie White; treas
urer, William Bell Marquis. The class
colors are purple and gold.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-05-20

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
ENGLISH STREET-SIGNS in JAPAN

ENGLISH as it is written in Japan is
most conspicuously amusing IN the
shop-signs that adorn the streets of the
larger cities Sometimes they are suffi-
GENTLY ineligible amid all their drOlleTy,
Anybody, for example, could guess what
is meant by these photographic and
photographic monstrosities:
"Shoes-Shop Manufaktaery;" Wine,
Beer and Other Medicines" Spiritual
Liquors." Tobacco Mist; Photo
gropist;" Dealer in Coke and Cole for
Both Ship and Land" Several Wooden
Cloths and Tailor Shop" 6 Washins and
Ironins; Carver and Glider for Sail;
Ladies Outftter;' The Best Perfum-
ing Waters Anti-Fleas;" and even Great
est Loafer in Nagasaki."
But one has to hesitate for second or
so before French Infections" resolves
itself into French Confections, and
" Berber" into Barber and The I'm
proved Milk" into milk sterilized and put
into bottles.
Still more cryptic are The Ribbons
the Laces, the Wells, the Feelings (query,
veilings or ruff1ingsO; World Name
(world-famous) Wine" and "Cheminary
English in Night"
In fact. the last standing in and for
itself would be inscrutable. Only from
the environment can one catch the IN
tention of the literary resident behind
the sign, viz: to announce to the public
that he keeps a night-school for lnstruc-
ton in the English language.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
THE SOPHISTICATED MAIDEN
By Carolyn Wells

A YOUNG man and a maiden were
n betrothed.
Dearest one" said the young man,
Il love thee. So great is my devotion
that if another should but cast loving
glances at thee a fearsome thing would
happen"
What might it be-" quoth the maiden
Even that | would kill him. Dost
believe me?"
Nay" quoth the maiden.
Nay? But protest to thee, l VOW, l
swear, that if another were to make
love to thee, his life should pay forfeit
By wonder moon, swear! Dost believe
me now"
Nay" quoth the maiden.
Now. what meanest thou? Why
beIievest thou not that l would kill the
bastard viIlain?"
Because" quoth the maiden, thou
wouldst not know aught about it. y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
BRIGHT'S DISEASE, DIABETES
AND OTHER KIDNEY DISEASES

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Ezvsrahv known for number of years IN that city as
specialist for the treatment of kidney disorders,
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Dr. Mott VIII give his expert opinion free 10 those
who viii send Inn description of Their symptoms
Correspondence Tor this purpose should be addressed
Irvine X Mott, 81. d, sol Mitchell Building, Gin
cinnaii, Ohio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

whispered, and he laid his cheek against
the craning head. i know you, Pom
mers, and you know me, and with the
help of Saint Paul we shall teach some
other folk to know us both. Now let US
walk together as far as this moorland
pond, for indeed | wot not whether 1t IS
YOU or | who need the water most.
And so it was that some belated monks
of Waverley passing homeward from the
outer farms saw a strange sight which
they carried on with them so that 1T
reached that very night the ears both of
sacrist and of Abbot. For, as they
passed through Tilford they had seen
horse and man walking side by side and
head by head up the manor-house lane.
And when they had raised their lanthorns
on the pair it was none other than the
young Squire himself who was leading
home, as a shepherd leads lamb, the
fearsome yellow horse of Crooksbury.
To be continued next Sunday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

NEXT Sundays instalment of Sir
Nigel" is as dramatic as the chapters
Just given. 1t reveals much of the IN
innate home life of the hero and his
grandmother, the stern Dame Ermyntrude,
daughter, wife and mother of warriors"
They are spending the evening at their fire
side, discussing the capture of Pommers and
laying plans for the young Squirrels future,
when most astounding interruption occurs,
that apparently Is to force crisis in the
relations between Nigel and the .graspine
monks of Waverley Abbey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
HOW TO GET ET

Simply write me description of
YOUR own case. or that of any
member of your family who may
have eye troubles. l will send you
copy of my book and give. you
my best advice free of expense
Address,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-12-14
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY. !.
Odd Dispute Between a Hindoo and q
Christian prahman.

] was once in the market place Of
city in the Deccan, listening TO a.
Christian Brahman preach the gos--
pei. A student from a college I'M
Ceylon translated his words for me
in excellent English. The preacher1
spoke of the nature of God, infinite,
all good, all wise, all loving, when a
Hindoo in the congregation began
vehemently to contradict. The dis
pute became SO hot that it was pro-
posed to leave the street and, enter
ing a garden near at hand, to sit
down under the trees and have the
discussion to an end. The substance
of it was this The Hindoo asks the
Christian as follows: "You declare
God to be infnite?' Yes" "What
is the meaning of infinite ?" "It
means limitless." "And what part
OF speech is good?" Good is an
Adjective "ind what is the gram
matical function of an adjective ?"
"To limit a noun" Glow, then, do
you apply an adjective to God, call
ing him good and thus limiting the
limitless?"
BY this philosophy, therefore,
God cannot be described, no adiec-
tive applies to him, and we can nei-
ther preach about him nor urge any
to worship him. How, then, can we
have anything to do with him? In
the conversation described above the
Christian Blahman took his turn in
asking questions: "You believe in
God as infnitc:" Eyes, [ so be-
lievc." And you say that no ad-
jectiye can be applied to him ?" 81
so affirm" "Ilow, then, can you
distinguish him from nothing?"
That becomes the question, how can
you distinguish him from nothing?
You cannot by logic or discourse,
but you may by long process of con-
temptation OF of asceticism bring
yourself to a place where you will
understand. Then it will appear to
you that God is the only reality and
that everything which men regard
as real is an iIlusion-earth and
man and sky and devils and gods
and life and death and my own soul
all are such stutTs as dreams, hav-
ing no real existence, for that which
is is the infinite. My own existence
is illusion, like all the rest, except
ing as | come to identify myself with
the changeless, timeless, limitless,
lndescribable ultimate and absolute.
-Chautauquan.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-12-14
The Growing Deficit.

Inc deficit continues to grow. The
Republican doctors are busy prescrib
ing for Uncle Sam, but the trouble is
that no two of them suggest the same
remedy for his sad case of anaemia.
Each Of the eminent physicians seems
Dent on having his own particular dope
used on the patient. DR.. General Sen.
ator Dick OF Ohio, who was an under.
study for Senator Mark Hanna, last
summer prescribed a re-establishing of
the Spanish war stamp taxes, which
suggestion scared every Republican in
congress from close district within
an inch of his life, and DIR. Dicks rec.
ommendation was promptly turned
down. Then came DR.. McCleary of
Minnesota with suggestion that a
tariff tax of cents pound on coffee
would be the proper caper. Republican
statesmen from close districts shouted
with one accord to him, Go away
Dack and sit down" Then Speaker
Cannon declared in favor of economy
as a means of curing the deficiency.
which made the cold chills run up and
down the spinal column of every graft.
er in the land. Word went from the
White House, so it is said, to "cut ex.
penses to the bone When Secretary
Taft "estimated' the war department
expenses ten millions lower than this
year 1t looked for little while like
economy, but only for little while. for
now comes Postmaster General Cortel.
you and asks for an increase of thir.
teen millions for his department. So
1t appears that Republican economy is
only IAN iridescent dream" Truth to
tell, Republicans cannot economize. No
matter what Speaker Cannon says, ap
preparations this winter will be larger
than last winter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-12-14
Wanted-Orators.

This Is a strange world, my mas.
ters." A Macedonian cry comes uu
from Massachusetts, for more orators.
Only think of that! Surely the times
are sadly out of joint when the old
Bay State finds itself short on gab
and jawsmiths. There hasn't been any.
thing quite so amazing since the stars
fell. But there can be no question
about it. The supply of Massachusetts
orators is not adequate to the demand.
The Gardner (Mass) News says:
With the oratory let loose upon us dur.
ing the late campaign as a criterion, the
conviction is forced that we need to give
some attention to rearing up in our town
young men who can present their thoughts
before an audience in correct and convinc-
ing English. Our educational officials
might to good purpose open up the larger
rooms In one or more of the towns public
schools during one night In the week for
the Improvement of public speaking, pub
lie debate and discussion OF public uues-
tions, The dearth of good local speakers
in the stirring political times just ended
was lamentably apparent.
Commenting upon that and indorsing
it, the Union of Springfield, Mass, de-
iivers itself of these sage remarks:
Our contemporary makes an excellent
suggestion. While II Is largely true. as
some one has said. that public speakers
are bern, not made, II Is not entirely
true 1t is possible TO develop an orator
out of promising raw material just as it
Is possible to develop man who attains
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-12-14

proficiency in other lines by training and
practice. Many man has 1t In him TO
speak well In public, but he doubts him
self. The late Senator Hanna had never
supposed he could maize speech until
the campaign of 1879 Nhon an uncon-
trollablo impulse seized him to go after
Senator Pcttigrew's scalp. TO his sur
prise and the surprise OF his friends, he
found that he was quite an orator. He
had the faculty OF saying things pointed
ly, and the very earncstness of his man
ner made II natural for him to put the
right emphasis on his words. lie actually
acquired certain amount or cloluence,
and he made several speeches In tie sem
ate. particularly one in answer to a siur
of Senator Wellington on the name Of
Mckinley which was commented on at
the time as being quite remarkable for its
choice of words ard force Of expression.
Another good example of the develop
ment of latent oratorical powers Is found
in William II. Hearst Strange AZ it may
seem, Hearst is very ditiident, although
his publications tend to convey anything
but that impression of the man. At Har-
ward he was almost bashful. and since he
has become publisher of a chain of yell
low newspapers he has failed 90 become
a man of the world in the sense that he is
at ease In company. When he ncCcpt ed
the nomination for mayor of Now York
he went upon the platforms ami rc.d his
SpeCCnCS IN Il naltlng manner llc was rp-
ceived with wild applause BY thc audi
ences, ana this gave him feeling CT self
reliance that finally resulted in very good
speeches.
One result of the town meeting was the
town orator, aud he was often It man OF
considerable force cities give little op-
portunity for this kind OF public speak
ing. and the natural result Is diminish
ing number of good public speakers The
lyceum or debating society once 80 pop
ular performed useful purpose, and the
debating school proposed by our con-
temporary would not only give us more
easy and finished speakers, but what is
of more importance, students Of public
affairs. Questions of public moment
would be discussed and AN interest awall-
ened in such questions. The tendency
would be to stimulate a more intelligent
understanding of current politics. and
men would be more willing to give their
time to promoting better political coudi-
tions. a wider knowledge of the funla-
mental principles of government would
prevail and the honest differences of
opinion between parties would be strength
ened. All of this, of course, is an opti-
mistic view of what a revival of debating
schools or societies might accomplish
Gardner News proposes in every city and
town in the land. 1t would naturally
make for a more intelligent interest in
public questions and a higher grade of
public service.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-12-14
Searles Case.

The case of the State of Ohio
VS. Martin Searles, accused of mur.
der in the second degree, commit
ted on the person of Isaac Oiler,
opened here, Monday morning.
Considerable interest has attached
to this case ever since the occur
ence of the killing, largely be.
cause of the peculiar and doubtful
circumstance of the event.
No great trouble was had in
providing a jury, ane man being
excused, one challenged for cause,
and four on perelnptory challenge.
The panel stood complete at 10 80
Monday morning, as follows: ST.
las Sinners, John L. Green, w. S.
Poston, Arch Fox, Oscar Davis,
L. A. Wolfe, Jas. Guthrie, Chas
Federer, Allen Banter, Samuel
Cell, w. H. Lemon and N. c.
Bowers. Thirty-two witnesses
for the State, and twenty eight
for the defense, were subpoenaed.
The testimony of a number of the
witnesses on both sides was dis
pensed with, however, as there
was not much dispute ON the
main points in the evidence. The