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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
HYPNOTIC REFORMING.
Denver Judge 90 Try Novel Method
on Young Ohendera.

Young Offenders.
Hypnotism as a means of reforming
boys and girls is TO be tested in the
juvenile court by Judge Benjamin 3.
Lindsey OF Denver. one OF the pioneers
IN juvenile court work. Judge Lindsey
is taking lessons of a professional
bypnotiSt and for years has been Il
theoretical student of hypnotsm, says
q Denver dispatch.
The first actual test will be made at
the September term of court. \ boy
addicted 10 smoking cigarettes will
probably bc the first subject. as Judge
Lindsey wishes To accomplish some
Jhing which will demonstrate his abil-
ity TO a.suage physical cravings as
we'll as bring about a mere mental
reformation. Judge Lindsey recently
returned from the convention OF charI-
ties and corrections. where he met
many phrenologists. most OF whom ad-
vised him 10 attempt hypnotic expert
ments in the Juvenile court
MY intention is" said Judge Lind
sey. Ito practice 90 that I may become
proficient. l have long believed in the
influence OF mind over matter. not that
! am inclined TO Christian Science be
lots, but merely that study has con
WINGED me that mind is greater than
matter and has correspondingly
greater influence. A weakminded per-
son is led-does not lead others himself
and. though he may have no bad
tendencies, will become bad just be
cause somebody who Is evil minded
wills that this shall be
My dealings with children have
shown me how true this Is. For in
stance. there are some boys TO whom
cigarette smoke is decidedly offensive.
But the other boys who smoke tell
these they will never be manly unless
they leaIu 70 smoke. In this manner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
Irritation Is Ancient.

The practice Of irrigation is very an
Client. water having been stored and
distributed in this way in Egypt as
early as 1000 B. {. Persia, India, Cey-
Ion, China. as well as Peru and Mexico.
also had irrigation works ages ago.
Even in Arizona remains Of ancient ir-
rigation works can be found. which
suggest that that section of the desert
may have been compelled by men TO
blossom as the rose" many hundreds
or years ago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
HAS MANY DUTIES
Col. Clarence r. Edwards, Chief
of Bureau of lnsuIar
Affairs.

Colonel Edwards. new an route Is
Manila, is chief OF the bureau of inSular
affairs, chief of the office of admins
tration of the iSthmiau canal commits
sion, director of the Panama railroad.
member of the executive committee of
the Panama railroad. chief of clearing
house for Porto Rico Cub!cgrams. chief
of the bureau of information on Cuban
affairs. personal bodyguard for Secre-
tary Taft on horseback rides when the
latter is IN Washington ana cOtrllon
leader. There may bc some posts held
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
FUND TO FEED TRAMPS.
Square Meal and "A Hot Bath Free In
Kalamazoo, Mich.

The will of Mrs. AImira Kramer of
Kalamazoo, Mich, was read recently
in the presence of the heirs. who We're
astonished by a trust fund of $4,000
TO be used to feed tramps, says a Kala-
maZoo dispatch.
Senator Burrows, who is named as
trustee, will have direct charge Of the
money. All applications must be made
by tramps at the police department,
where each tramp will be presented
with ticket emitting him to a square
meal at a restaurant. If the tramp
wishes he may have a hot bath.
Senator Burrows drew up the will
for the woman. who was eighty nine
years Of age when she died The heirs
will not contest, as the residue OF the
property amounts to 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12

don Chronicle. The invention consists
Of an appliance for lowering the coffins
into the grave, and it is claimed that
there is nothing to offend the sensibili-
ties Of the mourners, the body being
lowered slowly and reverently. When
the coffin reaches its resting place the
girths Of the appliance release them
selves automatically. The adoption of
the Invention, it is pointed out. VIII
prevent the painful scenes that some
times occur at funerals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
LOVE NOTES IN BALLOONS.
Pie Bakers Aerial Plan to Find n
Girl to Marry Him.

J. SChroerer, a pie baker i'm Kansas
City. Mo, has for five years been seek
ing a wife. Each year on the ami
versary of his birth he has sent up
paper balloon in which he previously
placed a letter stating his age and that
he had q good trade and wanted a
wife, says the Kansas City Star. He
sent up his last balloon few days
ago. 1t fell into the hands of a young
woman, who sent 1t to the Star office
with the following letter:
While sitting in my front yard tonight
enjoying the cool evening l happened to
look over in northwest direction and no.
ticed big balloon come over our way.
1t hadn't gone very far bafore II began
10 burn. and finally IT fell in my back
yard. On examination 1 found the in
closed letter. There isn't any one in this
neighborhoOd that wants to he married
that 1 know of and so will turn it over
to you. Maybe you can give the gentle
man some assistance. W. F. W.
326S Holmes street.
The letter taken from the balloon
was written on the business envelope
Of a pie company and was addressed
ITO the First Maiden Who Finds or
Reaches This Balloon" 1t read az fol
lows
Kansas City. Mo. July %.
To some maiden whose good fortune
fate sends this balloon. I am a young
man thirty-two years old. fairly good
looking and have good trade Cbaker).
Am looking for a wife; would be pleased
to correspond with the finder II a young
lady who wishes to marry. If not, pos
sibly she could recommend some one who
is willing. l am sending out balloon on
each birthday since of age.
]. SCHROERER,
216 Goodrich place.
"Yes, want a wife," said Schroerer
the other afternoon. There is no hum
bug about it / have sent out a letter
every years now for four or five years
/ have never had any response that
looked good, but l am not at all dis
cOuraged. 1 propose sending up one
every year until ! get a wife. l don't
know just how TO get one any other
way
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12

That large ships should loo built IN
glass houses is one OF the marvels OF
modern progress. Seven shipbuilding
docks, varying in length from 400 To
$40 feet and in width from 90 to 100
feet, have been constructed 10y the
Krupp company at Kicl There ara
to be a dozen I'm all. constructed OF
iron and glass This viii enable the
woRllmen To- labor with but little use
OF artificial light. Their work viii
therefore be made easier and more
profitable.-St Louis Post-Dlspatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
Blanket Policy.

Pausing uncertainty before desk In
the big insurance office. the Hibernian
visitor said TO the clerk, ''Oi want 10
tex out a pawlicy"
Life, fire or mariner drawled the
dapper clerk, with infinite sarcasm.
"All three, Dim thinkin'." retorted
the applicant "Ofm goin' fer a stoker
Ia tn naVy."-Puck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
Work For Wizard Burbank.

When Wizard Burbank has evolved
from his experimentation in agricul-
ture a cobless corn and a seedless wa
termelOn, says the San Antonio Elk
press, he might turn his attention to
an 0dOrlesS onion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12

The Armley burial board at Leeds. in
England, is considering the deSirabili-
" of adopting singular labor saving
device for. IDIermsnts. SAYS the-L0n-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
wickedne.s Becoming bad Form.r

We ere getting better every day. says
Harper's Weekly. Each fresh expo
sure Of an iniquIty helps. We can
even now detect symptoms of the hap
py day when IL will be bad form to be
wicked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12

THE DURBASK THoENLEsS CACTUS.
raising on them the Burbaul, thornleSS
cactus. The smooth cactus is Grecdily
eaten 10y stock. 1t * very nutritious
and Mr.. Burbank says it may he pro
duced as readily a. its forrbears with
the prickiy spines. He estimates that
it viii cost from $40 To So to put out
an acre of these plants. Cuttings are
used In starting such farm ana a
sandy soil Is best for proper growth
The department OF agriculture has al
ready taken in hand the matter of To-
eating the new cactus Oh farms and
begun experiments in California In the
growth OF the plant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
Ala For Crimean Veteran.

All the Crimean veterans in receipt
Of small pensions who are IN necessl-
tous circumstances are now being
granted special Increases provided
they we're either wounded or dis
charged for inability or are at present
suffering from a disability clearly dus
70 their military seryIceA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-12
From DIoEenea.

A great American humorist has sent
the following advertisement 70 Har-
ner's Weekly:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
Minnesota Set the Pace.

Minnesota s remarkable election re-
suit last year seems cast in the shade
by the late returns from Pennsylvania
and Ohio. In many respects, however,
the election in this state was more re-
markable than anything that has oc-
Cured since. -.
The people Of the eastern states have
been stirred to anger by many things,
especially by the insurance scandals
Those were not developed year ago.
In Pennsylvania the bosses have been
looting the state treasury, and the
voters Of the keystone state would
have been unworthy the name Of
men if they had not driven the wolves
out. In Ohio the temperance sentiment
Of all decent people was outraged. Con-
sidering the conditions, there was moth
ing at all remarkable in the elections
of those states, They were voting, too,
on state issues alone, and with no Roose-
welt on the ticket to pull lame ducks
thru.
Minnesota set the pace last year will
a political revolt carried on simultane-
ously with a presidential campaign. It
was based on state issues entirely. It
was a revolt against railroad and ma
chine dictation, and high-handed meth
DDS in conventions. The voters deliber-
ately marked split tickets and gave
Roosevelt 10000, while they elected
the democratic candidate for governor
by over 5000.
Those two results coupled at the
same election, in an electorate Of only
100000 voters, show a discrimination
that has never been found in the east.
The tide in those states may fuctuate
from one election to the other, but
straight ticket voting is the rule.
Wisconsin IS election last year was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
Teotihuacan, Colossal Ruins of a
Prehistoric Race, Occupied an
Area of Four Square Miles
The Great Pyramids of the Sun
and the Moon-The Sheet of
the Dead.
Public Opinion.

Northeast of the City of Mexico,
at a distance twenty miles-an
hour s run on the Mexican railway
stand colossal ruins Of a prehistoric
as Teotihuacan, The City Of the Gods
The great city occupied an area Of not
less than four square miles. Every
where within that space the ground is
covered with shapeless mounds which,
when the debris of earth and stone is
removed, prove to be the sites of an
cclent houses or small pyramids. Tower
ing over all, and visible for many miles
IN any direction, in the center of this
fertile vale, are the two greatest pyr-
amids on the American continent the
Sun and the Moon The Moon
IS the smaller of the two, being about
45O feet square at the base and 137
feet high. The Sun is little more
than half a mile south of the Moon, ,
and is about 700 feet square at the base
and 187 feet high. Both of these pyra-
mlds were in their original state, con-
siderably higher than they are now.
The destructive tooth of time and the
ravaging hand of man have united in
rounding off their sharp contours and
given them the appearance at distance
Of natural hills" W; W. Blake visited
the ruins recently, and in Modern Mexi-
co: for October describes the work of
research and restoration which is now
being carried on by the Mexican gov
eminent. Don. Leopold Batres has been
placed in charge of the work, which
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
nm .

-. c. PAGE &zco!s LIST. OF gu
VENlLEs."- the head of L. G. Page
& Co.'s list of juveniles for the fall is
: THE Rival Campers,' by Ruel P. Smith.
1t. is such a book as boys with keen
enthusiasm for camp life will enjoy. It
is attractiyely illustrated. The price is
$3.50. i 4 = M y. Is \ ~
Another book that will make special
appeal to boys is 1.-The Young Section
Hand by Burton E. Stevenson. s1.5O
"The Little. Colonel's Christmas Va
cation is an addition to Annie Fellows
Johnston's Little Colonel Books" $3.50.
Other books on the same list are:
'John Whopper,'' of the "Cosy Corner
Series" Thomas NJ. Clarke 80 cents.
'Flipp's Islands of Providence" Annie Eel
lows Johnston. so cents.
''The Little People of the Sycamore" and
1.-THE Return Of the Trails Charles g. D..
"a Little Puritan Cavalier" Of the Cosy
Corner Series. y BY Edith Robinson SO cents
Theodore and Theodore, . of the Cosy Cor
ner Series Marian W, Waldman, so cents.
''An Only Child. - Eliza orne White. Illus
trated by katharine Pyle. 81.
'"rhe Roses Of St.9Elizabeth.' Jane Scott
Woodruff. Illustrated in colors by Adelaide
Everhart. 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
BY w. p kirkwood.

3 WHAT THE BIBLE MEANS IN THE
LIGHT .oF MODERN HISTORICAL
lTlClSM.-Students;. of the Bible,
whether believers in the Christian faith
or not, will find a great deal to hold their
attention in Bible History, by Pastor x.
Koenig, translation from the French
by Mary Louise Hendee Mr.. Koenig
says in his Introduction y
We have arrived at really historical con-
ception of the Old Testament; strongly In
trenched behind an admirable criticism of orig
inal texts and are able to see the history Of
the Israelites unroll before our eyes in a clear
and rational manner. * 49,
This conception, Mr.. Koenig says, fur
nishes sapologetics a two-edged sword.
Volta1re and his followers, he says, by 1t
are sllenced and the moral dogmat1st
must change his arguments. He adds
q Today our faith in Christ, the Savior, IS
rooted In such ground, our position is SO I'M
from the attacks to which the Bible was open
When considered as a book fallen from the
SKY. The moment the Bible is veritable his
forg s siece m4ent Development
degrees of this development for anything save
What they are. We recognize the fact that
tnere are myths and legends in the Bible and
we DO not fear to%acknowledge that it is some
times difficult. if not impossible, to disengage
the true history from the legends in which it
is buried. Before this frank avowal, Voltaire
Is diSarmed. ~ i? ~ g.. . '~
To the moral dogmatist who judges the
teachings Of the Old Testament by modern
standards, itgis easy to replys that we no longer
look upon the Bible as homogeneous whole, in
which all texts. are, Of equal value.
Let us Judge epochs and men according to the
light they have had. 81. s. =
This position, Mr.. Koenig believes, will
result, with proper study, in the restora-
ton of: the Bible to it's place Of power
among men, and upon it he bases a series
of Old Testament studies for students OF
different ages, and these make up the
bulk of the book g
$: Mcclure Phillips & Co., New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10

~ A FAIRY-TALE OF MUCH CHARM
We have aengssssi neez pa sseds the age when
fairy tales are supposed 10 Rave an espe-
scial charm for one, but when we got to
reading Queen Zixi of TX, by the author
Of sHIhe Wizard of Or l.. Frank Baum,
for the purpose Of writing a note about it.,
We found it hard. to desist when we had
gone far enough to satisfy. ourselves as
to the quality and nature of the tale. It
is tale to delight any child, to awaken
raptures in the breast Of any, little one
fortunate enough to possess a copy. Its
very appearance would be productive of
ordinations, for it is beautifully illus
trated in eelors3 by GFrederick Richard
son. 1t is a book to keep in mind as
Christmas draws near, for there is pleas
ure in it for mamas and papas as well as
for the little folk. - = ~ 49, =. f..
The Century Co., New York. $50. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
Breaking Records.

The Minneapolis banks handed out a
hard one to the -four mills yesterday.
So many times have new commercial or
financial records been broken of late
that it is becoming habit to look for
them. Figures that once seemed big
are. falling to the rear in surprising
manner. After seven or eight success
sive spurts to\new high points, the mills
broke their own records with ship
ments Of 2,025,717 barrels of -four
in October, but. Yesterday the banks
came up with weekly clearings Of $29,
779,364.77, a record that beats anything
ever before shown, and it is now up to
the mills again. y. ~: IT,. @> 80 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
CITY OF THE GODS
IN OLD MEXICO0

probable. cost Of So, Oo0, 900. Mr.. Blake
says Of the Investigation: "A small 1
artificial hill near the southwest cor-ss
ner of the Sun was first attackedyg
All the loose earth and stones were
carefully removed, and the mound SOON
resolved itself into a beautiful trun-
over and around it. 1t has been named
by. Senior Batres the House of the
Priests on the supposition. that it was
the home of the attendants in charge of
the great temple that must have orig
inally crowned the summit of the Sum-
The two, great pyramids, at least
(and possibly some Of the hundreds Of
smaller ones( were built in layers or
coats of earth and volcanic rock. Each
layer is complete pyramid in itself,
its outer surface being faced with ma
sorry and then plastered over with
thin coating of. cement or fine mortar.
Both the Sun and the Moon show
five such layers or pyramids-built like
nest Of boxes. Senior Batres has begun
to remove the fifth or outer layer, which
had become so destroyed by time or
man that its shape is hardly Ediseernible.
This necessitates the removal Of about
four and one-half yards of earth and
stone from the outer surface, but re-
yeals the fourth layer or inner pyra-
mid in all it's pristine grandeur. He
has finished the south side of the 'Sun,
and made considerable Roadway on the
north side. The next to be cleared of
it's debris and vegetation is the west
side (facing the Street of the Dead y,
and there he will probably find the
staircase running from the base to the
summit. One Of the newels with hiero-i
glyphs has already been unearthed.
Wherever frescOes are uncovered, sheds
are built over them to protect them
from the elements. and photographs are,
taken from time to time, shown prog-
ress of the work. A corps of rurales,
mounted militia. is on guard day and
night, and no visitor can approach the.
reservation without special permission
from Senior BatreS - . 9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
An Alaska Exposition.

The government of the United States
is very slow about doing anything for
Alaska, but the enterprising men and
women of that district are not to be
charged with neglect Of any opportunity
for furthering the interests of that far
away country. The newest project
which promises big results is an Alaskan
exposition in Seattle in 1907. .egss &,
Alaska made a very creditable dis
play at the Portland exposition and did
it so economically that the management
was able to return a large part of the
money subscribed for the purpose Of
making the exhibition. Perhaps no bet
ter way could be adopted by which to
compel recognition Of Alaska IS necessi-
ties politically than by a special demon
stration of the resources Of the country.
The time for this exposition has been
placed as far away as 1907 in order that
proper preparations may be made in a
country where means Of communication
and transportation are yet very made
quate. There can be no doubt, however,
that when the time arrives the enthusi-
astic and loyal workers in behalf of
Alaska will have brought together such
evidences Of the resources Of the
country as. will not only command at:
tention,. but surprise the; world. New
and important discoveries of gold, coal
copper, tin and other ores are being
made in that country every year and
by 1907 undoubtedly there will be much
more of Importance to show for the re-
sources of the district than has ever
been presented before. The time is GER
tainly coming when Alaska will have a
substantial and rapid development
When capital has once learned what
there is there to invite it's employment
it will not hesitate to take hold Of the
wonderful opportunities offered. - !: :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
The Flames of Kronstadt.

1t is difficult to understand whether
the Russian people are simply drunk
with freedom or whether there is a
deep-seated purpose back Of the. con-
tinued: outbreaks Of violence. The most
recent outburst Of popular passion car
ried the revolution: up the doors Of the
czar's palace. From the windows of
Peterhof he can see the flames Of Kron-
stadt. Whether the soldiers and sailors
have taken up the torch merely to give
vent to an orgy Of independence or
whether they wanted something more
and took this means to bring it to the
cars attention is: involved in the OBJ
security of all the news which comes
from Russia.
There has been deep-seated discon-
tent. with the retention of Trepoff as
head of the troops in the capital, and
there is still a.. lingering suspicion that
the proclamations Of the car. do not
cover everything the nation needs, to
put it, on the road, to, constitutionalism
We need not be surprised if the PEG.
PIE of Russia are hot against their late
bosses. We were hot against our bosses
last Tuesday. Our way of expressing
our indignation does not go to the point
Of violence because it is not necessary,
but, it goes to the point of contempt,
hatred and serious contemplation of
the penitentiary as their future abode.
Suppose we had had Murphies and Nc,
Carrens and Coxes for centuries instead
Of years and saw finally one man striv-
ing to rid us of them. Would it not be
our part to come to that man s. assist
ance with all our might, even tho that
might strayed over the lines of law?
|: The business people. have borne so
much, have been fooled SO often and
have been SO wickedly treated that they
cannot be expected to- treat the revolu-
ton as friendly law suit They are
mad to the core and terribly in ear
nest. Revolution may be averted if the
people are convinced that their masters
are sincere in their abdication, but it
may go to any lengths if suspicion Of
the motives of the car are not entirely
removed by frank dealing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10
THE sMAGAzINEs

Carnegie Pension Fund Trustees Meet
This Month--The November number Of
the North American Review appeals to a
wide variety Of tastes and interests. F..
de Martens, one Of the most distin-
guished members of the Russian delega-
ton, comments upon 1.-THE Portsmouth
Peace Conference'' and its work. w. D.
HoWells recerdst HIS observations of Eng
lish Idiosyncrasfes.' ~ Frederick G. Pen
field sets forth .Japan's Commercial
Aspirations. 4 1PEofessor Abram s. Isaacs
recounts the history and achievements of
THE Jew in America Calvin Dill VIII
son recalls forgotten condition of life
in the southern states before the war in