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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-25

CHICAGO MILWAUKEE, 81 ST. PAUL
Railway-D.. X. /. q ". w. passenger
station at foot OF Sevento nth street. y.
Il. STODDARD, Agent i. l.. Hinrichs.
commercial agent, 3O3 Brady street.
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-25
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at sos West Third street. Davenport
Iowa. We make your photograph Ola
"A postal card day or night Delivered
while YOU wait
ANTED-Household goods TO move.
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FOR RENT New ScVen-rOom house.
with city water and electric light. at
1925 Twelfth avenue. Inquire at 1928
Twelfth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-25

Y ANTED-Ladics: I want al 10 Know
of the splendid opportunity can give
any woman whereby she can actually
turn her spare time into money; the
work IS very pleasant and VIII easily
net $1S per week; there is no decep-
ton about this; no experience Is neccS~
sary. II you really want Ia make
money, write to me at once. Address
Harriet NJ Richards. BOX III, Joliet.
Ill
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A Minnesota Fish storu

John Munter and John Frankson re.
turned recently from a weeks outire
al swan lake. Mr. Munter tells this
fish story:
Monday night we were crossing the
iake IN small boat, when saw some.
thihg Heating on the surface of the
water. Frankson said it was fish
and stuck to it that it was a piece of
wood that had been driven by the
wind into the middle of the lake.
'Frankson insisted that it was q
hsh' and was so sure of it that he fired
a shot at it from shotgun. Imagine
my surprise when | saw a monster
plckerel Topping about in the water
we secured the fish and it weighed
close up to twenty pounds.
nave been on Minnesota lakes n
great deal at all times of the dav and
night but this is the first instance Of
tnis kind | ever heard Minnean.
oils Special.
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Owed Into Gold Mine

Two tourists camped on the ridge
Oh mountain lake near Como. a min.
ing town in Colorado. While in want
Oh something to pass the time, one
suggested that the other should dive
INTO the lake and try to discover the
bottom His friend stripped and dived
III He came up half a minute later
saying that he had found the bottom
with his head
After he put on his clothes he began
10 rub his head with his handker.
chief.
Look at the sand" he said laugh.
ing, but his friend, who had been
sold miner, sprang up with a cry of
surprise,
George he shouted, "it's gold"
And gold 1t was. The man who had
diyed into the lake had struck a placer
gold mine of the richest kind. Today
the little lake near Como is the finest
placer mine in the whole West and
perhaps the most remarkably discoy.
erd one on record
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Cure to Stay Cured.

Wapello. Iowa, Sept. 18th Especially
--one OF the most remarkable cures
ever recorded in Louisa County ia
that OF Mrs. Minnie Hart of this place.
Mrs, Hart was In bed for eight
months and when she was able to sit
up she was all drawn up on one side
and could not walk across the room
Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Speak
Ing of her cure. Mrs. Hart says:
Yes, Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me
after ! was in bed for eight months
and know the cure was complete for
that was three years ago and have
not been down since. In four weeks
from the time started taking them
was able to make my garden. No
body can know how thankful am TO
De cured or how much feel | owe
to Dodd's Kidney Pills"
This case again points out how
much the general health depends on
the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine.tenths
OF The suffering the human family is
heir to, will disappear.
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Women Run Good Newsr,r.,

Cambridge, Mass. is noted ear
.i but OF late its principal attrac.
eon is a newspaper run exclusively Inv
women The paper has women od,t ~
ors' woman business manager Won
en- compositors and "newsgirlsp snii
ing 1t upon the street. 1t is called M
, waaIriuse Press and is an SPACE
week., weekly. At first Cambridge pe p%1e
looked upon it as a joke. but soon poo the
sentiment turned. Women 40 n ne ume
saIherers did not prove as disma1
azure as many predicted. and wi+S
s snor issue the Press entertained and
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One of the worst famines eve,
known in lower Egypt was caused bv
couple of John Bulrs gunboats The
vessels went up into the marshes ba.
yond Khartum, to capture slave trad.
ers. " 'u'
me slayers, who had made lin their
minds not to be caught easily. made y
bold bid for freedom by cutting chan.
nels through the mass of vegetation
which lined the main stream of tho
Nile. VI 'He
The majority of them escaped in
this way, but the channels thew cnt
IN their anxiety. to get away brougbt
ruin and famine to lower Eeypt rho
current carried the masses Of Ioso
vegetation down the river and co
completely blocked it that the Nh
flood failed. ' 4Niie
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a chiId's Wisdom.

Down at the Sea Breeze the other
day was small Miss Margery, aged 4.
walking along the blur with friend
OF her mothers who had accompanied
the family on days outing. Don't
so SO near the edge" cautioned the
chiids companion, as the venture.
some little one frolicked in the dan.
gerous place, and as the advice was
unheeded, added: 1T won't be INV
Iault II You fall over" mo" said
Mareery. but you'll be the one
blamed for it.'-Rochesrer Union and
Advertiser.
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upon it is marine. Boats have Just ar
rived with load of fish and Holsters.
A dog sits on his launches looking AT
the Holsters. In the foreground is the
hsherman's cabin, with his children
playing around the door In the dis
lance can be seen the spire of the viii
lage church. The border is of flowers
A lakes of Killarney plate is the
only one of that design east of Bos.
ton, so it is said. There is the old
castle and cattle and the shepherd
boy The whole is set off and blended
wonderfully with series of water.
falls.
me old English plate of Fulham
church is surely historically correct
Tor an Englishman who recently
called to see the collection recognized
1t at once.
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insects. The interiors are f,,.nisbod
IKE an ordinary bedroom and a small
stove Is FRO led to dress and nm.
uress by in very cold weather al.
though It's use is not encouraged
Oile interesting feature is the names
On lhe tents, showing by what associa.
'iol'' organization or individual thew
were given. for instance. New yorl
chicago. st. Louis, Boston. etc
me 1oreeoing is largely in general
terms The reader wants an answer
10 the main question: TO what az.
tent are persons affected with tuberon
iosls cured or benefited at the farm ~
cdfeiui record has been kent for
me past two years. 1t shows tba+
rom May 21st, 1903, TO AnriI qot
IoVo' mere were l65 persons admitted
DIS residents at the farm, of whom AZ
were son present on the farm at tbe
unle OF the report, leaving 100 to he
accounted for. ''
VI this number Go so far recovo,o,
as TO accept positions, mostly secrrod |
!or them by the department ami Nv
~ IL went Dapk hp1Y,g.
elsht Ielt to reside with friends, oiab,
went away because they could nor 90
custom themselves to tent life.
died. anu seven
: VI 70 residents who worked on .,
Iarm 10 We're improved.
vi the eX-residents, SO far as be,r,
rom o. have gained and 30 bave I0at
VI tne latter. is returned to the farr'
u "hom 10 again gained and lost
FOR the information of those y'S,
nay desire to assist in furtberino w." ,ho
work 1t may be stated that tbo 80 ene
PRESSING needs Of the farm at tho
PRESENT time are heating plant on ns
hospital or infirmary. anu
lhose who wish information IN 80
ara TO entering the farm as residontr
u assisting the work by donatiou@
mould address w. NJ. Danner, gen ,or9'
ecreary, Denver, Colorado. e1"''"i
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chILD,s WIN WAS COSTLY
Turkish Sultan Gratified Prince. bu,
at Great ENpense.

|
The Sultan presents his compli
ments to the engineer in charge and
wishes him to open the bridge in
course OF erection in Constantinople
IN order to let ship from the dock.
yard pass through at once"
When the message wag delivered
into the. hands of the contractor re-
sponsible for the constructions of the
Drlhge he was thunderstruck, says Lon.
don Answers. He had been working
on the bridge day and night, and when
the orders for its opening came from
the Sultan II was not half finished.
lie approached the Ministers OF
Marine aid Finance and said II was
impossible to obey his Majesty's com.
mand, as he would have to pull every
thing down, and 1t would take months
10 replace the scafolding and pile
driving machines.
1T cannot he helped" replied the
Ministers IF the Sultan SAYS the
bridge must be opened IL must be
done, or we shall lose our places. II
not our heads"
So the bridge was opened. and the
snip came out of the dockyard at a
cost of over 100000. 1t afterward
transpired that the Sultan had found
MS infant son crying bitterly in the
harem because he could not see the
nag hoisted on his particular shin
from the nursery windows.
~ humor the child's caprice the
sultan ordered the bridge to be
opened at once and large ironclad
TO be brought out Of the dockyard and
moored in front of Dolmabagtcheb
Ihis no doubt pleased the boy, but II
caused enormous inconvenience to the
people OF Constantinople, to say moth.
ng of the waste of money which had
indirectly come out Of their pockets.
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ty-flve miles to the south. TO beyond
Longs Peak. nearly an equal distance
70 the Torta Patches OF snow are in
! pam sight en- the mountain crests
curing me Hottest days OF July and
AusNst' "al'h after all are never op.
pressiYely boz at the farm.
me iarm comprises thirty.four
acres OF land worth at the market
price upwards OF FIVE hundred dol.
lars an acre, about twenty-fom acres
Oh which are covered with an orchard
OF weil-grown bearing fruit trees and
small fruits, the remaining ten acres
pelns devoted to gardening It is
neatly Kept and attractive. as every
visitor will testify On the north side
Is 4 wind-break OF tall thickly-set LON.
paroy poplars and orchard and shade
trees break the force OF the winds
IRON other directions. There is no
suggestion Of barrenness to awaken
holneslchness in the new conner.
TO many, as to me. the small si,a
Oh ,ne health farm is at first thought
disappointment. What is a little !
maven OF thirty-four acres as com
pared with the great ocean OF disease
whose victims are spread abroad over
All the world? 1t is, indeed bur q
small beginning. But may we not
nope that it shall prove the leayen
mat Is TO leaven the whole lump?
In another respect. am sorry n
say II must always break the word of
promise TO the hope of many unfo,.
Inmates. Not ,only is it too small ~
accommodate all who may wish IN
come but ii is impossible for IL IN
furnish work for those whom il doae
axe sufficient To wholly provide for
helr support. OF course the ideo1
health farm would be one where oil
'ouid come and make living by
arming while getting well. But such
consummation can be only feebIv
pproNimated through long years of
experiments. The best that can ba
one at present, is to help as many pc
osslole TO re-establish their health in
uch degree as will enable them IN do
arm work, or other work. ON tbeir
wn responsibility. No general svs. {,
em OF paternalism has SO far com. :
lended itself to practical workers in +
lis line. ." Il
In spite of its limitations and its ex. :,
erimental character. have no hest. !
ltion In pronouncing the Denver AS !,
'ciation Health Farm a distinct and 8,
opetul success, deserving in a hieb
egree the generous support of the =,
ioiie' 1t is. to large extent. doing >
oneer work and blazing a track thai .,
hers may follow, Those who aid in nj
establishment are not only helping =,
worthy institution, but contributIne "
a great cause.
Al the time | visited the farm II =,
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E1"ss-~0n-'s-~r
$ DENVER Y.M.C. A. HEALTH FARM s
( Praiseworthy Department of the Association |
8 Practical Results Have Repaid Cen =
Promoters &

1e~,s.r e.ssNLL

one of the most interestinz and
hopeful signs of the times" Is the
work that is being done with a view
to the prevention and care of con.
sumption. Experiments In .his direo
tion In many parts of the world are
meeting with no small degree of sue
cess and their common foundation lies
| principally in outdoor life, pure air
and plain diet The loren air cure"
comes the nearest of anything yet in.
vented to being "A panacle for tubercu.
lar diseases.
The Association IleaIth Farm. or,
gan'zed by the Y. NJ c. a. of Denver
has now been in operation fer more
tnan two years and has, so far fully
Justified the hopes of its foungers and
promoters
When first heard Of the dissertation
Health Farm, near Denver. tie image
that arose in my mind was TINT Of =
cluster OF tents out on the treeL2ss.
cactus covered plains, supplemented
by windmill or two and pertains
Few twigs of trees transplauted from
some nearby nursery plus, of course
abundance OF light air" Colorado sun.
shine and mile of altitude.
Having recently visited the health
farm, | hasten TO apologize for my
atrocious misconception.
II there is In Colorado, or anywhere
else more beautiful plot of embow.
cred landscape, could hardly tell Won
where to look for it. The farm is sur.
rounded by highly cultivated small
farms, orchards and gardens, border.
ed by almost superabundance of
shade trees. Cactus covered desert
indeed,
1t Is indeed on the plains, but thew
are the rich, fertile lands that irrisa.
don has made to blossom like the
rose"
The farm lies just outside the civ
limits OF Denver, between Denver and
ioiden, about six miles from the post
1hce In Denver and eight miles from
ioiden, which lies nestled in the near.
'st foothills, beyond which rise .tbe
'eaks oil the snowy range. 1t is on the
dge ofthe uplands skirting the beau.
iIul' highly cultivated Clear Creel, q
aiiey which il overlooks. The view :
rom the farm embraces more than .
5O miles of the mountain range--tbe q
reat Colorado or Front range--ex- :,
ending from Pixies Peak. some seven. :,
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BRACELET EMBLEM OF POWER.
After"ard It Was Reward Of Brav.
cry Shown in Battle.

cry Shown In Battle.
In the most ancient period OF his.
tory, the bracelet was an ensign Of
royalty. In later times 1t has been
used in the East as badge of
power.
The bracelet of Rebecca mentioned
IN Genesls) weighed 10 shekels, or
about FIVE ounces
Among the ancient Romans the men
as wen as the women wore bracelets.
but the latter never wore them iii
they were betrothed.
Bracelets were at first properly mill.
sary ornaments, or rewards. frequent.
~ conferred among the ancients. by
generals and princes on those who be
mayed CALAMITY in fight They became
afterward arbitrary decorations. as.
sumed at pleasure.
The emblems," says Fosbroke. "of
supreme authority among the British
Kings were golden bands worn round
the neck, arms and knees. Ornamented
bracelets of brass have been found
round the arms of skeletons in British
barrows."
me northern people used to swear
on their bracelets TO render contracts
more inviolable.- Fvoharoe
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was accommodating forty-three per
sons, most of whom were absent from
their tents engaged in some kind OF
/ occupation. The gathering at the din.
ner tables in the dining room brought
most of them together-all very cheer
| full and apparently possessed of ex-
cellent appetites.
The little community is a depart
ment OF the Y. NJ. c. a. Every resi-
dent is a member of the association
Every two months the officers of the
department are elected by ballot. De
votioual exercises are held every
morning after breakfast, those who
aeSilo TO do so acting in rotation as
leaders,
Mr. w. NJ. Banner, secretary of the
Denver Y. NJ. c. A., to whose energy
and organizing ability the health farm
is chiefly indebted for its existence
and prosperity, in his address at it's
second anniversary last spring said:
In financial way the health farm
has passed the danger line. 1t always
costs more to establish any kind of
work than you estimate from the archi.
tect's drawings or from the prelimin.
AIRY sketches. From the sales of prod
uce and contributions we have supple.
mented our income, and have gotten
along very nicely. The average month.
~ cost per man at the farm is S30.SS,
but none of the men have been re- |
CURED to pay over $25 per month. |
the generosity of friends and |
sales of produce we have been able
10 keep our heads above water. There
IS a very sympathetic touch. and n
very dee sympathy with our move
nent in all the associations through.
tut the country"
The work in the orchard and gar.
len is all done by the residents, who
re paid for their labor. From the
arden the table is supplied with fresh
vegetables in season, the surplus fruits
nd vegetables being sent to market.
! large quantity of cider vinegar is
lade from the cheaper grade of an.
les. bringing in a considerable in.
ONE
All the residents, or patients If we
re so to call them. live in handsome
luare tents, set in regular streets
nong the orchard trees and connect.
by board walks Large OPENINGS
the sides for ventilation are pro.
cted by wire screens to keep out '
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The canon's Joke

DR. Goodall. of Elton was nror..,,
~ fond of punning. Abont tba = . olai
ume that he was made provost Of I E'tnS
ne received also stall at Wird. i-yoil
,,h "a Soung lady OF his acquaintance
whiie congratulating him on his a,nue
uon' requested him to give the ga r,a.
ladies OF Elton and Windsor hail lam S, q
ing the vacation. o"' dur'
am afraid I cannot aocede 70 tso.
request. said the doctor. ~ '"a'
On, doctor, do It wopld no
charming" she exclaimed Oe 30
piayfuliy tapped his wig with hor sue
ana caused the powder to ay aho,,, IAN
swe mere y my dear there is your an
o~t =, iou see you can get powder
Out OF the canon. but not the bali /"
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THE VALUE OF BRevITY.
Life Too Short for Time to Be Frlt.
tered Away Uselessly.

Long visits. long stories. long es.
says, long exhortations and long pray.
ers seldom profit those who have to
DO with them. Life is short. Time is
snort. Moments are precious. Learn
70 condense. abridge. and intensity,
we can bear things that are dull II
they are only short We can endure
many an ache and i'll If it is over soon,
wniie even pleasure grows inslpid and
pain intolerable II they are not con.
tracted. Learn to be short. Lop of
the branches; stick to the main facts
IN your case. If you pray, ask 70,
what you believe you will receive
ana get through; If you speak tell
your message, and hold Your peace; /,
you write, boil down two sentences in
70 one and three words into two
Selected.
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olsFIeuRED BY ECZEMA.
Wonderful Change in "a Niaht-.IO
Month Face Was Clear as Eve,
Another Cure by cuticura

81 had eczema on the face for 4,
months, during which time | was
the care OF physicians. My face v,
so dishgured ! could not go out and
was going from bad to worse
friend recommended Cuticura III
first night after l washed my iao
with Cuticura Soap, and used cuticur
ointment and Resolyent, it change
wonderfully. From that day I WI
able to go out, and in month d
treatment had removed all scales al
scabs, and my face was as clear \
ever (signed) T. j. soth, 3l7 SD
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y"
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STRONGER THAN MEAT.
4 Judges opinion OF arape,Nuts.

""S9e Opinion or Grape-Nuts.
a gentleman who has acquired a
judicial turn of mind from experience
on the bench out in the Sunflower
state writes u carefully considered
opinion as to the value of Crane Nuts
as food. He says:
For the PAST years Grape Nuts
mas been a prominent feature in our
bill of fare.
The crisp food with the delicious.
hutty hayor has become an indispensa.
life. N''
~ mas proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table. for the children prefer
dfape-Nuts and do not crave rich and
unwholesome food.
Grape-Nuts keeps us all in perfect
physical condition--as preventive OF
disease 1t is beyond value. / have been
particularly impressed by the benef-
cial effects of Grape-Nuts when used
oy ladies' who are troubled with face
oiemishes, skin eruptions, etc. 1t
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
AS to its nutritive qualities, my ex.
perlence is that one small dish of
irape-Nuts is superior to a pound of
meat for breakfast, which is an i'm.
'ortant consideration for anyone. 1t |
Iatishes the appetite and strengthens
ne power OF resisting fatigue, while |
u use involves none OF the disagree
die consequences that sometimes fol-
ow a meat breakfast" Name given
y Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
There's reason.
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NOISES IN Her HEis
Mrs. Reagan was a N..
But Or. Williams Gns ,s We,
Brought Sound tisaSI,Ir lhs

npoto,aY1 sound Heath. "
Before began to take Dr. Wan.
Pink Pills" said Mrs. Ma. "llliOa
Of No. SO Kilburn street l" T,h ReasI
Mass, recently, II was in "a, a RH|
bed all the time, but now ana out
day and do all my own worl. ''ay Up
" was badly run down =.
work One day noises began iaom %
and almost made me Graz :" ,nyh3
felt as If u .,ght band h1i MY Id
around 1t, and the pressure oeen
sounds made me so uneasy J, and 4
had to walk the floor ali AKA; 'pa1 I'D
" My stomach was in bod s snI'
had smothering sensntions ape aaj
times my body seemed hlmrnAt VI
hands were like chalk aU1 i
turned yellow: The doctor say 10y 4
dyspepsia in the worst form M
nerves gave way and I was Gle, anel 4
Frustrated. i frequently M tfEo'uPle''I
slnotherlng sensations. ~
"Ghe first box of DIR W;u;a
Pills that / used quieted ' ins n
SO that ] could get GOOD , acI
sleep, which was n new eS SnoI piga
me. Before began to use t tSn'Ge
a nervous wreck and tremlJad
slightest sound. / was sn yo.i. ~
had to sit down and rest eyery w se. .n''
when | Went up stairs. Now iem sIt
up whole flight at once Tbo Ian van
ing sensations have gone and tS 1," u1
In my head have stopped enlira,n "O
appearance has greatly imnroroi
friends who We're alarmed on NV
count before, now say: How wali
are looking My husband spent ov!.
nun dollars on treatment for mail
Williams Pink Pills brought mo VI
health" ~ '''e Souq
Sold by all druggists. or sent :.
paid, on receipt of price. so cant. r
box, SIX boxes for So so by the Dr. M
hams Medicine Co., Schenectadv N
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Died Listening to HYMN.

Richard William Jones was pinned
to the ground by a large boulder AT
the Llanberis Quarry, Wales, on June
H. When his comrades lifted the rock
from his mangled body he said.
Lads, sing o God, Give Me Thy
Peace They sang it as they car.
ried him to the hospital. where he
died.