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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02
Last Hope Vanished.

When leading physicians said that
w. NJ. Smithart. of Pekin. Iowa. had
incurable consumption, his last hope
vanished: but DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. Coughs and Colds
kept him out of his grave. He says:
This great specific completely cured
me. and saved my life. Since then,
have used it for over ten years, and
consider il a marvellous throat and
lung cure" Strictly scientific cure
for coughs. sore threats or colds; sure
preventive of Pneumonia. Guaranteed,
30 cent and 81 bottles at HartZ &
UIlemeyer's drug store. Trial bottle
free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02

Robert Bacon, who succeeds Francis
b. Loomis as assistant secretary of
state. is a close friend OF President
Roosevelt and was his classmate at
Harvard. He is a millionaire and for a
time was a member of the firm of J. p.
Morgan & Co. He is a director in a
score of enterprises and a shrewd bus
mess man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02

Indianapolis News: Assuming for
The sake of argument that the anthra-
cite operators are right and that an
eight-hour day would be equivalent TO a
II per cent increase in wages. the in
nocent consumer still feels that way
could be found TO make the COM
panies' books balance by decreasing
dividends instead of increasing prices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02

Secretary Taft expresses the belief
that the restless spirit of the Filipinos
for independence-will eventually be
crushed. and this being the case pre-
diets that there will be greater strides
in the islands commercially. The one
is essential to the other under the trend
of the times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township In Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02

Observers of conditions in the west
note the expansion of business under
the stimulus of the great crops. The
prosperity of the farms is sure To be
reflected in every mart and to flow
into every riIl of industry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02
JOYS OF MATERNITY
A woMiHs BEST HOPES REALIZED
Mrs. Potts Tells How Women Should
Prepare for Motherhood

The darkest days of husband and
wife are when they come to look for
ward to childless and lonely old age.
Many a wife has found herself inca
pable of motherhood owing to dis
placement of the womb or lack of
strength in the generatiye organs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02

The man 10 whom baseball appear
ed too tame sport may now fill him
self with spectacles of gore on the
gridirOn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02
Monday, October 2, 1905.

After all. Alexander Dowie seems
subject TO the ills OF the fiesh-just like
other people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02

The Americans should bid long
farewell to Baron Komura. If all the
tales that come from Japan are true,
we may never see him again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-02

y strength tonic that brings rich.
red blood. Makes you strong, healthy
and active That's what HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 80 cents,
tea or tablets. T. II. Thomas phdr-
macy.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
A Venerable Goose,

A Kansas man sends the following
interesting goose story to the Kansas
Farmer: II have goose that was
Matched out in April 1852. Eggs were
placed under a hen and three goslings
Matched. When grown they proved to
be two geese and gander. Treated as
pets by the old lady who had them in
charge, they were always very tame.
and she was never quite ready to part
with them, so they were permitted to
live on until their age untitled them
for market. And besides, as the years
went by, we began to generate them,
and the younger memb Is of the fam
lily politely DOTTED their hats when in
their presence. Thirteen years ago
the gander died, and five years later
one Of the geese. The survivor is vet
hale and hearty, eyesight as good as
ever, and in every way appears just as
nimble and sprightly as her younger
associates"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Adjustable Poultry Houses.

Adjustable poultry houses are COM
ing into vogue in many places. but it
will be long time before many of
them are found on our farms. Such
house is very good thing to have in
village where the resident is a ten
ant and does not wish to build some
thing that will belong to the owner
of the place. The same is true of the
renter on the farm In some of our
states there is law that every build
ing erected that is in permanent con-
tact with the soil belongs to the owner
of the soil even though it may have
been constructed by the tenant But
a house such as we have indicated is
not in contact with the soil in the
sense in which an ordinary building
is in contact with it, where a cellar
is dug or where posts are set into
the earth. The poultry house that can
be taken down and moved about is.
therefore, an advantage to the tenant
farmer.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
The Hen and the Mortgage.

l want to tell the Farmers Review
how we have been getting along with
our mortgage. In a word we nave
pitted the hen against 1t. The mort
gage used to be great burden on our
minds. Father and mother used TO
lie awake nights thinking about It ana
wishing it could be paid OF, as we
were always getting behind with the
interest. One day my older brother
was in town and the banker that
holds the mortgage said: why don't
you set the hens to paying the inter-
est and make them do 1t? Then you
wouldn't have to worry about the
mortgage. | don't want my money.
| only want the interest on 1t, and TO
know that my investment is secure.
Put the hens to work"
My brother came home and told
the rest of us about 1t, and we deter
mined that the hens would have to
pay the interest, which was S12O per
year, per cent on $4,000. Then we
went to studying the matter of pro-
ductive hens and found that we didn't
know what our hens were doing or
how little they were doing. We de-
termined that we would keep not less
than 200 Leghorn hens and we bought
an incubator to help us get the900.
1t took us about a year to get rid
of the old mongrel flock and get 200
Leghorns. That was about FIVE years
ago. Since that time we have not
felt the weight Of the mortgage. The
200 Brown Leghorns turn out enough
eggs every year to pay the interest
and they yield good deal of revenue
besides. The male birds are shipped
as broilers to New York when few
weeks old. 1t may seem strange to
some that we should use the Brown
Leghorns for broilers, but the market
there seems to think a good deal of
that kind Of a broiler.
The feed for these hens does not
farm produces a great deal of the food
that would go to waste without the
Leghorns, especially at threshing time.
The amount Of green grass consumed
by them is big factor in their sup
port. We have also found that 200
hens are not many hens. AS we see
them walking about the farm we are
almost sure sometimes that half of
them have died or been stolen. but
when we come to count them all are
found to be there.
feel quite sure that on most Of our
farms the flock of hens is too small
by half.-Phoebe Caldwell, Butler Co.,
o., in Farmers Review.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
No Over-suppIy of Eggs.

The supplying of eggs is an indus
try that we may be assured will
never grow less than it is at the pres
ent time. Farmers and professional
men have been increasing their Hocks
and fowls and yet the price of eggs
has been going up from year to year
The cold storage houses used to carry
some stock till late winter, but it is
reported now that they are sold out
every winter before the season is half
gone. Let us push the production of
eggs.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Records Of Eco Production.

Records of egg production are gen.
orally incomplete. We have not yet
got down to the point of keeping a.
strict account with each hen of a
large flock. On the farm this is more
SO than anywhere else. The farm work
always interferes with any such pas
time even IL the farmer has a liking
for it. But it is a mistake for our
poultry raisers to be entilxly ignorant
of the individual capacities of the
fowls that constitute their fiocks
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

selected a site for their place of wor-
ship in forest of Douglas fir trees
that skirted the shore of Puget sound,
and stretched inward for many miles.
Out of these immense, shaggy-barked
trees that lowered upward for 200
feet without a branch below the up
per half, they chose one eight feet in
diameter to serve as the steeple.
When the branch bearing portion of
the tree had been cut away to pre-
vent the falling of limbs in case of a
storm. there was left bare trunk
nearly 100 feet high. Beside it there
was built plain little structure. The
little church, with it's enduring steeple.
was complete.
Although st. Peters was at one time
in the heart of the village Of Tacoma,
unfriendly Siwash Indians manifested
such strong disapprOval Of church-go.
ing pioneers that trusty shotgun
came to be regarded as necessary to
the church service as the Bible and
hymn book.
To-day the hostile Indians have dis
appeared, and even the city of Taco.
ma itself seems to have abandoned the
church with it's ancient tower. 1t is
surrounded by few little dwellings,
occupying the SECTION of Tacoma
known as Old Town. The business
part of Tacoma is three miles away,
but one of the buildings to which Ia.
planning the superiority of their city
over Seattle is st. Peters church.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Animals That Defy Cold.

A learned professor of the Acade-
ME des Sciences has been making
experiments which have resulted in
convincing him that the rabbit is of
all living things the most capable OF
withstanding a very low temperature.
Enclosed all night in block of ice q
rabbit was found next day getting on
very comfortably, and evidently not
aware of anything very peculiar in
its circumstances. In this regard the
rabbit leaves far behind our faithful
friend the dog, and, according to the
learned professor, sheep, goats and
pigs take good second, third and
fourth places.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Old "copperheadv in Trouble.

Moses Stannard of Madison, Conn,
who is about So years old, was a de-
PENDANT in a civil suit in the court
Of common pleas at New Haven the
other day. During the civil war he
was ''copperhead" and raised con.
federate flag on his house in the north.
ern part of the town. The action led
to his arrest and his imprisonment
for a time in Fort Lafayette.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Would Have to Be Crazy.

Did you examine the house, sir?"
asked the real estate agent.
Yes replied Kaustick, returning
the keys.
We'll, We'll make the rent low to
the right party
MY dear sir, there couldn't be such
a thing. No party VINO was right
would rent that house"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Waterproof.

Colonel said the caller. "tnat
young nephew of yours is a fine fell
low"
Yes, subj" replied Col Frankfort,
proudly The belongs to good old Ken
lucky stock, subj
That's fine stock, colonel"
"Of course, sub. It's never wa.
tered
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Average Housekeeper.

Mrs. Bingle-What perfectly horrl-
HE weather we are having! | haven't
seen the sun for week, and every
thing is moldy.
Mrs. Bingle Ca day later)-Mercy on
US! Mary, the sun is shining righs
II on the carpets. Close the shut
ters.-New York Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
a. Scotch Joke.

Nan-Is there any infallible cure for
seasickness?
Tom-Oh, yes; when you feel the
symptoms coming on, all you have to
do is to go out and sit under a tree
You will very soon recover.-Scottish
American.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

One of the medical papers has long
article on the subject, How Colds Are
Caught" but it doesn't fill the long
felt want. It's easy enough to catch
colds What people want to knovVis
how to get rid of them.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

Prof. Samuel Williston says the
earth 100000 years hence will be
given over entirely to birds. Hence
the anti-Audobon milliners are seen
20 be only taking their revenge for
extinction beforehand.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Man, Poor Man!

as my hat on straight"
"Yes-hurry or we'll be late
Are you sure it's on perfectly
straight"
Yes, l tell you-you couldn't get it
straighter."
Then I'll have to go back again,
John. You know it isn't stylish to
wear this kind of hat straight"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Just in Theory.

THAT gentleman at the far end of
the table is celebrated antiexpan-
sionist."
We'll, he doesn't practice what he
breaches, for il he cats much more
he will have to unbutton his vest"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
OLDEST IN UNITED STATES.
eeIfry of ST. Peters Church, In Ia
coma, Washington.

The oldest belfry in the United
States and one of the Oldest church
towers in the world is the spire of st.
Peters Protestant Episcopal church,
in the outskirts of Tacoma.
The church supplies also what is
perhaps the first case on record in
which a congregation selected a bel
fry and built the rest Of the church
around it. Although the spire is
made entirely of wood, IL is now 700
years old, and will probably be stand
ing when many comparatively new
iron and steel belfries have been
raZed.
Forty years ago the pioneers Of Ia
coma organized a church society. They
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

The New Jersey justice of the peace
who tartly ruled that a woman's
tongue is a concealed weapon, within
the meaning of the law, was promptly
overruled by higher court. OF
course! The mean thing! He ought
to be ashamed!
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

If the existing portraits and statues
of Mother Eve may be regarded as
even approximately accurate the poor
womans waist must have been fright
fully out of fashion.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Champion.

Talking of actors" said Lowe Com
edy, "Stormer certainly is the cham
pion of the century"
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Hi Tragedy,
hes a ham,"
yes, but he has walked a hundred
miles home in faster time than any
other actor"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
A Guide for Tramps.

A Sussex (Eng) magistrate and
guardian stated that owing to the in.
PRODUCTION of stone pounding and the
system of keeping casuals' two days,
had been reduced by more than half
Tramps had way of putting up no.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
The Count and the LAWYER.

'"N S0"''e u''u t''C IdWyCTs
Did you read about that Pittsburg
girl who threw over the Italian count
who wanted to have her pay his debts
and settle large amount on him?"
Yes"
Pretty smart girl to keep a tight
hold on her fortune, isn't she?"
Well, | don't know, I understand
she turned around and married law.
yer"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

It is a remarkable fact that when
children are born on railway trains it
is almost invariably case of twins.
Let the scientists turn their attention
from the spots on the sun, for awhile,
and explain this more important mys-
terry to us.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Iron liahter Than Wood.

An iron ship weighs 81 per cent
less than a wooden one of the same
dimensions, and will carry 115 tons
OF cargo for every 100 tons carried by
the wooden ship, both loaded to the
same draft of water.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
,es Polly want a cracker?"
La Boston.

Penelope-In Boston we saw the
incest thing.
Pauline-What was it?
Penelope-Oh! a slot machine! You
think of word, put in a penny, and
out drops the correct pronunciation
Puck.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

A Pennsylvania city council will
from now on open it's meetings with
prayer. 1t will no doubt continue TO
open the town treasury in the old
fashioned way.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

A recently invented machine, it is
said, will turn out 10000 900 matches
a day; but nobody will ever be able
to find a match when he wants 1t, all
the same.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
How do Won figure that ont ."
A Student of the Stars.

who is that fellow going along
there with his head so high?"
That's Won Hirem. He carries his
head that way because of his bust
ness"
What is he, an astronomer"
We'll, he is a student of the stars
he's a theatrical manager"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Disinterested.

"Are you in favor of an extra SEES
sion of congress?"
YES" answered Farmer Corntossel
1--WE sent Teller to congress to keep
him out O. this neighborhood an I'm
in favor of anything that'll promote
that object. Washington Star.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

The Duke of Manchester was lost for
ten days in Mexico. A strange feature
of the case was that people thought
seriously of forming searching parties
for the purpose of going out and find
ing him.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
And She Wondered What He Meant.

The school teacher was describing
her encounter with an impertinent
tramp.
And then" said she, 81 tainted"
"Wit' yer left or wit yer right,
NUM-" promptly inquired little John
ny Jimfries, the pugiiists son.-Pitts-
burg Post.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

Four cents was recently added to
the United States conscience fund.
One cent more, and the aforesaid sum
would doubtless have gone to swell
some brewers bankroll.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
The Two Evils.

There's jest two things that break
up most happy homes observed the
Pohick philosopher
whats them?" inquired the Sque-
dunk ignoramus.
'Woman's love fer dry goods an
mans love fer wet goods, b'gosh!"-
Washington Post.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Elevated.

Elevated.
Mrs. Crawfoot-"That thar city gal
lost one of her high French heels in
the road. Old Uncle Weatherby
found it,"
Mr.. Crawfoot-"What did he do
with it?"
Mrs. Crawfoot-"Why. he went up
to the city gal an said: Pardon me,
miss. but you've lost one of your
stilts."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

At last the real yellow peril has
been discovered. An English doctor
has found that the grip germ comes
from China.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

The human heart is said to beat
92,100 times a day. Hard to believe
that there's any such activity in the
immediate vicinity of Russell Sage's
Justification.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
A Truth Brought Home.

After ALL" said the moralist, 1.-The
almighty dollar is mans greatest
enemy. It"
ley, II guess that young wife of mine
merely loves me for the enemies
have made "-Philadelphia Press.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
The Price.

But" said the weary millionaire,
"the plain people do not know what
the rich have to put up with"
Huh" snorted the plain man, 1--WE
know you've got the money to put up
with, while we haven't any to put up"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

The Philadelphia Ledger says that
fame awaits the man who will give us
a national song. What's the matter
with Hiawatha?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

Mr.. Carnegie says wealth is not so
much after ALL However, it may be
easier for a man in Carnegie's position
to take this philosophical view.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
No Joke.

Gunner was reading in a poem
that the ancients used TO drink per-
fume.
Guyer-Ive heard of such things
now.
Gunner-Where, pray?
Guyer-Why. don't people at Palm
Beach drink Florida water?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

Mystic signs along the roadsides."
tees, Understood by their class, to the
effect that such and such a work
house is bad one; don't go there"
Other guardians stated that mystic
signs had been observed along the
rOadSideS.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

Cassie Chadwick says that the loan
sharks made all the trouble. In the
words of the transporting melodrama,
"Alone they done it,"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Comparison.

Balty Moore flows Rowland
Parke looking since he was ill?"
Calvert, Jr.-"He's SO thin he has to
keep his arms folded to keep from
falling to pieces like q sun-dried keg."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Why She Feared to Die.

Miss Gabble-Miss Passay is getting
better I'm told.
Miss Knox-Yes, really believe she
was scared back to life. She probably
realized that IL she died her exact age
would be published in the papers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Information Wanted.

Say, pa" queried the councilman's
small son, lis 1t true that George
Washington never told lie?"
II have no reason TO doubt it, my
son." answered the local statesman.
Then" continued the little fell
low. "how did he manage TO get such
pull in politics?"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

It's a mighty poor sort of man who
hasn't cure for grip; but under some
circumstances it is we'll to encourage
poverty.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
At the Workers Club.

YEAST understand your wife is an
interchangeable worker?
Crimsonbeak-She all that. Why,
after she sings the baby to sleep, by
Jove, she comes and talks me to
sleep!
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

In New York mother and her
daughter have hypnotized each other
speeches.. That beats all records in
mutual admiration societies.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Worse Still.

so the specialist said you'd have to
give up smoking for a while, eh?''
Yes, and he also said I'd have to
give up SIS for good. Golfers
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Subject.

isn't Mrs. Brown subject to hys-
terics?"
mo, but Brown is. Whenever he
shows symptoms of rebellion she gets
an attack and he submits at once"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

AS soon as the jury learned that
Cassie was to write book it hesitated
no longer and fixed the sentence at
ten years.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29

A Baltimore scientist has discover
ed that Adam had thirteen ribs. No
wonder he was willing to part with
one.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-04-29
Possibly So.

"A Chicago girl has just eloped
with the family butler"
Gracious! What did she do that
fcr?"
Il don't know, unless it was to get
married"