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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
PERSONAL POINTS.
Charles McHugh is in Chicago.

Charles McHugh is in Chicago.
Miss Hattie E. Camper has returned
from a brief visit in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Haney departed
last evening for an extended eastern
visit.
H. Clemann returned this mornins
from an extended visit ar Crystal
N. d.
MI and Mrs. F. j. Kinney, of Chi
cago, are visiting in Rock Island and
Moline.
George W Walker, of Hamilton
Ont, is in Rock Island on business fol-
a few days.
Mrs. H L. Sander departed this
morning for a two weeks visit with
Peoria relatives.
H. B. Garrett, of the Evening Repub
lican of Boone. Iowa, was a visitor in
Rock Island yesterday.
Mrs. Stuart Harper has so far re
covered from her recent severe illness
as to be able to drive out.
DR.. Carl Bernhard, ST., and wife re
turned last evening from two weeks
outing on the Great Lakes.
Mrs. William McKennan, formerly
of Rock Island, now of Minneapolis, is
in the city, the guest of Mrs B. E
WATSON.
w. R. Tallman with a party of 81
prospective land seekers from Rock
Island and vicinity departed for Cana
da this morning
B. o. Vanatta and wife and sister
departed last evening for Portland, by
eral months in the west.
The Misses Mary and Viola Marshal
who have been visiting their sister
Mrs. George Ball on Forty-fifth street
have returned to their home in Flint
Mich.
General Secretary A. l.. Burnett, Of
the Charlottesville. Ind, Y NJ c. A
was in Rock Island yesterday. He may
become the next general secretary Of
the Rock Island association.
Mrs. ]. K Greif and children. have
returned home from visit to relatives
in Paducah, Ky. and Cairo. Ill. She
was accompanied home by her sister
in-law Mrs. E. c. Wolfe, of Paducah.
Former Senator William F. Craw
ford, of Edgington. departed last even
ing for Chicago. to dispose of six cars
of stock He will be joined in Chica
go tonight by Mrs Crawford, and will
spend several days in the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
MISS MAE LIDDERS
RESIGNS POSITION
Succeeded by Miss Charlotte Cham.
berlin as High School Libra
rian.

Miss Mae Lidders has resigned her
position as librarian at the high school
TO accept a position in the local offices
of the Burlington road She will be
succeeded by Miss Charlotte Chamber
lin.
Principal III. E. Brown, of the high
school, announces that pupils can Sc
cure their text books and locker keys
at the Office all day Friday and Satur-
day afternoon. Saturday morning a
general meeting of the teachers will be
held at the school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
Always Successful,

When indigestion becomes chronic
it is dangerous. Kodol dyspepsia Cure
will cure indigestion and troubles re-
sulting therefrom, thus preventing ca
tarrah of the stomach. DR.. Newbrough
of League. w. Virginia, says: ITO
those suffering from indigestion or
sour stomach, | would say there is
no better remedy than Kodol Dyspep-
STA Cure. have prescribed to num-
Der of my patients with good success.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what
YOU eat and makes the stomach sweet
Sold by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
Bethany Home Excursion.

Bethany Home steamboat excursion
will be held on Friday next, leaving
Rock Island at the foot of Nineteenth
street at $50 a. m, and Davenport at
GAS, arriving in Muscatine at / p. m,
and on the return leaving Muscatine at
3 d. m, arriving at Rock Island and
Davenport about p. N. The steamer
w. w. will make the trip. Music
dancing and refreshments on board.
The public is invited to go and have a
good time, at the same tine helping
the cause of Bethany Home. Round
trip fare for adults so cents, children
over 5 years 25 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
Three BIG BOATS ARE HERE
ST. Paul, Dubuque and Quincy Touch
Shores Today.

Three of the Diamond 10 line steam
ers were at Rock Island today, and all
of them are on their last trips of the
year. The St. Paul. going down, will
return from st. Louis and lay up for
the winter at Dubuque. The Quincy,
which passed up this noon on her regu-
lar schedule, is on the last round trip.
last trip from St. Louis in the short
line trade, and on going south will be
retired for the season. All of the
steamers have had good seasons, as did
the Sidney, which was replaced some
weeks ago by the Quincy. The Sidney
is on the ways at Dubuque.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
NEW MAGAZINE APPEARS
"Middle West Advocate" Edited Here
by Henry NJ. Hansen.

1.-The Middle West Advocate" a
monthly magazine, makes its bow with
the September issue Henry n. Han
sen is the editor, and it is published by
the Middle West Advocate Publishing
company, of this city It is issued for
the pleasure and profit of young and
DID, quoting from the title page.
There are short stories, industrial, edu-
cational, religious. home, farm, finan-
cial, music and drama, women's and
other departments, all filled with inter
esting matter. which, like the makeup.
is clean and fresh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
CALL AL. BURNETT
Charlottesville Man Offered Posi-.
ton Of Secretary OF
Y. M. c. A.
HIS ACCEPTANCE EXPECTED
Head of Boys Department Will Not be
Chosen at Once-E. c. Earl
Remains.

AT a meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Y. NJ. c. A last evening a
call was extended to a. l.. Burnett, of
Charlottesville, Ind, to the general
secretaryship of the Rock Island asso-
citation. Mr. Burnett. who has for
three years been general secretary of
the Y. NJ. c. A. at Charlottesville, was
in Rock Island yesterday for the pur-
pose of looking over the local field and
comforting with the board of directors.
He has not accepted the call, but word
is expected from him in few days,
and it is probable that he will be the
next secretary of the Rock Island Y.
NJ. c. A.
Years I'm Work.
Mr. Burnett was assistant secretary
of the Chicago Central Y. NJ. c. A. and
has been in his present location for
three years. He had other Y. NJ G. A.
experience before entering the Chicago
institution, and is thoroughly capa-
BILE man. He was very favOrably i'm
pressed with the conditions here He
is a middle-aged man, has a very at
Jractive personality, and has establish
ed reputation for business ability and
management. If he decides to accept
the call to the local field he will as
sumo his duties Oct. /. l.. l.. Melon
AID the retiring secretary, who goes
TO Elgin to take charge of the boys de-
partment, leaves Sept. Is to assume
his new duties. He enters the work
in the best equipped association in the
state, for boys work. Requests of $780,
900 have been made the Elgin associa-
ton within the last few months by Mr..
and Mrs. G. p. Lord. In addition to
this. Mr.. Lord, who is at present very
low and beyond the aid of physicians,
has agreed to be one of four men to
bear the expense of a new swimming
pool for the association. A tract of 40
acres is being surveyed near Lake
Como. and will probably be purchased
as a permanent camping ground for
the Elgin Y. NJ. C. A. ii.A
Earl VIII Remain.
On the earnest request of the board
of directors. E. c. Earl, physical direc
tor of the Y. NJ. c. A, will remain an
other year, and will have charge of the
physical department of the association
been connected with the association a
year, and has proved a most efficient
director for the department. The gym
nasium work will begin the first of
next month. The committee is formu-
lating plans for the season.
The committee reports showed that
plans are being made for the boys
work, and though it will undoubtedly
suffer from lack of a director in per-
sonal charge, it will be carried on dur
ing the coming season by volunteer
workers. The board did not see it's
way clear at present to call a boys
secretary, though this action may be
taken when a general secretary is Sc
cured and assumes charge.
The religious work of the association
will be taken up again after the sum-
mer vacation, Sept. II, and from then
on mems meetings will be held each
Sunday afternoon.
The vacancy committee will report
at the next meeting of the board, on
names to be voted on, to fill the four
vacancies in the board of directors at
the annual membership meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
COAL DEALERS TO BARTLETT
Tri-City Men Leave Tomorrow After
noon for Mines.

A company of about % coal dealers
of this locality will go to Peoria tomor.
1875 O'Clock, as the guests of the Clark
Coal & Coke Company. They will visit
the company's mines at Bartlett, ILL.,.
a short distance from Peoria. Two
days will be spent on the trip, and the
company will provide the best of en-
tertainment for the dealers while on
the trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
ADMIT TWO WILLS IN COURT
Christine ZeisIer Leaves All to Sister
-Kohn Will

The will of the late Christine Zeig-
Ter of Rock Island was admitted to
probate in county court this morning.
All Of the estate is bequeathed to her
sister, Kate Zeigler, and she is named
as executrix TO serve without bond.
The will Of the late Edward Kohn.
bequeathing all of the estate to his
wife. Mrs. Mollie Kohn, was also ad-
mitted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
No UNPLEASANT Effects.

If you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness or consti
patton you know what pill pleasure is
These famous little pills cleanse the
liver and rid the system of all bile
without producing unpleasant effects.
Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
Irish haunting Cart.

One OF the most unique outfits in the
city is the Irish jaunting cart owned
by Charles McHugh. Mrs. McHugh
took fancy to this style of convey
ance while in Ireland, and had one
made here as a birthday present for
Mr.. McHugh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
ANDREE LEAVES FOR CIRCUS
Became III Here and Was Confined at
Hospital.

William Andree, superintendent of
wardrobes of the Ringing Bros cir
Gus, was discharged from st. Antho-
nys hospital this morning. and depart
ed for western Iowa to join the circus
at Fort Dodge. He was taken sick
while the circus was in Rock Island.
and has been at the hospital since that
fine -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
Best for Children,

Mothers, be careful of the health
of your children. Look out for coughs
colds, Group and whooping cough. Stop
them in time-One Minute Cough Cure
is the best remedy. Harmless and
pleasant. Contains no opiates. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06

HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea new
er fails TO tone the stomach, regulate
the kidneys, stimulate the liver and
cleanse the blood. A great tonic and
muscle producing remedy Csc. Tea
or tablets. T. H. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06

Terrible plaques, those itching, pes
tering diseases of the skin. Put an
end to misery. Doan's Ointment cures.
At any drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06
Double Your Income.

A course in Browns night school
will soon enable you to fill a better
position. and double your income Term
begins Sept. IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-06

All. the news all the time-THB
ARGUS.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
SCARCITY OF STURGEON.
There Has Been a Change in the Poto-
mac River in Last Few
Years.

Sturgeon, which % years ago
were as common in the Potomac
and other tributaries of Chesa-
peake bay as perch are now, have
become extremely scarce, due to
their being caught in season and
out, little and big, until now to
catch asturgeonisararit and the
fortunate fisherman is looked
upon with envy by his less FORUM
ate comrades, So great has been
the increase in the demand for the
sturgeon that a large fish with
spawn in it will often bring from
$50 to $40. Recently an old fish
erman, who has spent more than
half a century taking fish from
the waters of the Potomac, stated
in the presence of a Washington
Star reporter that within the past
% years he has seen surgeons
caughtin suchquantities in the riy-
err that there was absolutely no
sale for them and they were piled
upon the shore like cOrdwood to
be taken away by the farmers aud
used as fertilizer.
A catch of this kind now would
mean a small fortune to the dsh
erman who made it, but that day
has long since past. The spawn o.
the sturgeon is now very valuable
and is used in the making o.
caviale. 1t sells for a dollar q
more a pound, and as soon as
sturgeon is caught the spawn j
taken from the fish before it is sen
, to the market. Twenty years ago
/, on the Alexandria fish wharf, an,
here, also, sturgeon spawn wa
: given away for the asking, an.
/, wGs used by the boys as fish bait
SO far this season the catch 0
sturgeonha been unusually sma.
in the Potomac, and the same col
! dition prevails on the James an
2 other rivers in Virginia, once rio
in the big fish.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
laps MUST NOV NO EVIL
Doctrine That Is Taught the Chill
dren by Object Lessons at an
Early Age.

The japanese adage hat one
must speak no evil, see no evil,
hear no evil is taught the children
from their infancy. Over the tenn
pie door are three monkey images
in different attitudes. One has its
hands over its mouth, another
over its eyes and still another
over its ears. This object lesson
in ignoring evil is explained to
the youngsters during his wide
eyed, questiOn-asking age and he
is reminded of the monkeys so
often that his curiosity is soon in
subsection. This early training no
doubt contributes to his repOse
of manner and adds to his passive
ness of temperament. Itis consid.
cred impolite to manifest surprise
no matter what one may see, This
principle allows the poor family
10 take it's bath in sight Of the
street without scandaliZing the
neighbOrhood. If no one is
shocked there need be no one EN-.
barrassed. This comforting logic
acts in lieu of window blinds.
1t is amusing to observe chill.
dren at the temple. The other day
l noticed a wee girl climbing up
the long steps. She held a copper
coin clinched tightly In one club
by fish. Approaching close to the
railing before the cash box she
balanced herself carefully and
tossed her money between the
Stats. Then she gPasped the rope
which disturbs the drum overhead
and aroused the echoes with all
her Liliputian strength. She
seemed impressed with the neces
sity of making plenty of noise il
order to attract the attention OF
the god. When satisfied in this re
spect, she composed herself for {
moment, made a brief prayer, thel
made off in great haste. / wal
anxious to know what sort of sup
plication she could have made, 81
my companion, having knowledge
of the language, agreed to ques
ton her. What sort of petition
do you suppose she offered to tn.
god? She wanted her mothe
cured of headache! Children ar
not allowed to pray for goo,
things to eat, nor to ask for any
. thing to promote pleasure. TIL
deities are only appealed to 70
relief from want, distress 0
trouble.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
AS Done in Norway.

In Norway on pay days saloons
are closed and savings banks open
until midnight. Servant girls hire
for half a year at a time by con
tract at public registry offices,
There is a telegraph box on every
street car. One writes the mes
sage, puts on the right number of
stamps and drops it in the box.
Farmers can borrow money from
the government at three per cent.
There are practically no litter
ates. The average wage earnings
are $8S a year. There are more
reindeer than horses, more sheep
than cows.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
Execution Sale.

Whereas by virtue of a execution
from the office of the clerk OF the
circuit court of Jackson county, state OF
Missouri, dated March 2Sth. 1905, wherein
James X Moorehead is plaintiff and Otho
NJ. Gafin is defendant, to me directed
aud r%eturnable to the September term,
1905, Of said court, | did levy upon and seize,
as the property OF said defendant, all his
right, title aud inter st of, in and to the real
estate hereinafter described, n notice of
which said levy was by me on said date duly
filed In the office OF the Recorder Of Deeds
in and for said county, now therefore, |
will on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1905,
between the hours of nine O'Clock in the
forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon of
said day. and IN front OF the court house
door. In the city of Lexington, county of
Lafayette and state of Missouri during the
session Of said court, sell publicly, by
auction, to the highest bidder, Tor cash. the
following real estate, situate In Lafayette
county, Missouri, tO-wit: l2H acres p part OF
OF ne Il OF sw a OF section thirty-siX t3G, town
ship htty-one oh, rangs twenty-seven t2D
described MS follows: Beginning at "a stake
in south line of right-Of-way of Missouri
Pacific Raj. way, which stake stands 29.l5
chains north and % links west OF quarter
section corner on the south boundary Of said
section. running thence south parallel with
the middle line of said section Az chains,
thence west l702 chains, thence north 10
chains to a stake i'm the south line of said
| IlEnATDl~MAIH AlNuN1 20 a 00uAiGhaANA1l
direction to the place OF beginning, and in
! GLIDING sixteen miners houses and all the
mining equipments and machinery thereon;
also all the coal and the coal mining rights
described in u deed of r. b. Vaughan and
wife to ohio NJ. satin, dated March %. 1898,
and recorded in book l39, page ia; also all
the coal and coal mining rights described in
a deed or lease made by Alex. Brot ks to said
OHIO NJ. Gafin, dated February LIST, 1899, and
recorded in book l4S, page 1872; also a railway
switch connecting said land and coal mines
with the Missouri Pacific Railway, being
about 1900 feet in length; also all OF the
right, title and interest of the said Otho NJ
Gatin as lessor In said land. coal and coal
mining rights and property reserved and
provided for in a certain coal mining lease
made by said Otho NJ. Gatin to Edward Aull,
dated April l4th, 1904, and recorded In the
recorders office Of said Lafayette county,
Missouri, in book l76 at page l02 and follow
ing. TO satisfy said judgment and cost
thereon.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of
July, 1905.
7-l5td CHAS. F. KINKEAD, Sheriff,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
THERE WAS NOTHING IN IT
The Story Was Somewhat Tardy, But
the Reporter Handed 1t In,
Anyway.

He was going to New York. His
old city editor vas there, and he
believed he could get work. Glib
son walked u%nannOunced into the
Office of the New York Register,
relates the Chicago Record-Her
aid. He asked for a job. The city
editor looked up and recognized
him. He was sorry, but his pay
roll was full to the limit. He could
talk to the managing editor and
see if he could make room for him.
The city editor said that Gibson
was a man that could be depended
upon. He was put to work.
One afternoon he was handed a
small clipping from an afternoon
paper which said that the captain
Of a vessel then moOred at East.
Brooklyn had shot a peculiar an
imal of the deep which defed
classification by naturalists. The
paper wanted a word picture of
the animal, whatever it was.
Gibson met the captain of the
ship. They told story after story,
and in the course of a few hours
both were considerably the worse
for indulgence. While they were
talking the vessel cleared. When
Gibson came to himself he was far
out to sea, the craft bound for In
dia. He felt in his vest pocket.
There was the clipping he was told
to look up. Some months later
the little ship reached port. Glib
son started for the cable Office
: Then he remembered his instruc
, tons of years before.
"Never send in another story b,
, wire until YOU have asked how
much we want Of it,"
:, He turned back toward tn,
f, ship, Some weeks later it sale,
for Hong-Kong, picked up car
goes that it took all over the Pa
! cifc and finally rounded Cap
i Horn, bound for New York,
Two years later to a day Gil
son walked into the Office of tn
4 Register. The same city editc
!. was at the desk. He did not loo
!. up. Gibson tossed the clipping i
!. front of him.
: "Nothing in that story" sal
!. the wanderer. "The freak wa
only a sea urchin."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
AMERICA LEADS IN COTTON
Produces Three-Fourths Of the Out
put Of the Entire
World.

The United States record-break-
ing crop of 12,162,000 bales in 1904
will serve to draw attention to
cotton as a social and economic
factor in the worlds development
and to show the important part
which it plays in human society.
Congress in 1893 placed a duty of
three cents a pound on cotton,
never dreaming that it would one
day become one of the most impor-
tant of the country's exports.
When, in 1894, John Jay was in
England to frame the treaty un-
der which American commerce got
its first real start, he did not know
that cotton was exported from
his country or ever would be ex-
ported.
The 1876, 900 bales of cotton pro
duced by the United States in
1900 had grown to 100000 in
1860. In the words of Hammond,
Of South Carolina, cotton had be-
come king among United States
products by that time. The year
1898 saw tbe 100000 mark in
production passed for the first
time. 1t was never passed after
ward, except in 1899, till 1904,
when the output was 12,162,O00
bales. In 1903 the farm value of
the cotton crop and its by-prod-
ucts was in the neighborhOod of
500, 100000. In 1904, owing to
the reduced price, the value did
not pass beyond that mark. In
each year, however, it ranked all
the other products of the soil in
the amount of money which it
brought to the grower, except
, corn.
Three-fourths of all the cotton
grown in the world is produced in
the United States. Twenty pei
cent. of the entire American crOI
was manufactured in American
mills in 1860. This proportion, in
creasing faster than the produc
ton, had grown to 81 per cent. il
1904. The south, which manufaC
tured only $4,000 bales of cottoI
in 1870, as compared with 777,00C
bales in the north, only 221, 900 a,
compared with the north's 1874,
900 in 1880, and only $500 to tn,
north's 1,7S0,000 in 1890, waseyel
with the north in 1903 and 1901
each section manufacturin.
slightly less than 100000 bales
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05

"Then so far as you are
aware" said the lawyer who was
doing a cross-examining stunt,
"your wife was performing her
usual household duties when the
accident occurred?"
eyes" answered the witness;
"she was talking "-ChicagO Daily
News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
Usual Thing.

"And do you find married life all
you expected it to be?' asked the
bachelor friend.
More" replied the ex-bachelor.
Il find in it a whole lot Of things l
never even dreamed of."-Chica-
90 Daily News.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-05
Sure sign.

At this time of year the usual
crop Of stories about people ind.
ing turtles with signs u great an
tiquity on them-say the figures
179S-appear. The figures simply
show that the boy and his pocket
knife are busy.