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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17

Mayor Moves.-Mayor Andrew o.

Mayor Moves.-Mayor Andrew o.
son will soon yacate his present room
in the postofflce block and will remove
to the suite of rooms in the same build
ing recently vacated by l.. NJ. Mag.il,
WHO is now occupying a suite of rooms
in the Metropolitan building owned by
AXel Sorting. The new quarters will
afford the mayor more room and a
more pretentious Office home than he
has been occupying. t..-.. -t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17

Against Woman's Suffrage.-Moline
and Davenport Turner societies have
voted down proposition which has
for its object the. furtherance of wo-
man suffrage At the last national
meeting the question was raised as to
whether the Turner society of North
America should adopt as its policy
movement for woman suffrage, and to
settle the question it was decided TO
call for a vote from every society in
the country. The result of this vote
was sent the national secretary Jan. 10,
and the result will be made known
about May l. In Davenport there were
seven votes in favor of the movement
and in all there were 331 cast. In this
city the majority was also overwhelm-
ingly against extending the power of
the ballot TO the women.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17
Burglar Alarm Went oH.-The bur

Burglar Alarm Went Off.-The bur-
glar alarm at the police station con-
nected with the vaults at the German
Savings and Citizens National banks
went off shortly after ) O'Clock Monday
afternoon. Mat Lamb. who was at the
station at the time. as well as the pa
troll wagon, were rushed TO the bank
building. but everything was found I'M
disturbed when they reached the place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17

May Cause ReIease.-The c., B. K
@ freight, offices have received word
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17
Broke Window; Disappears. =

Broke Window; Disappears. - Ag-
grieved over occurrences which he
thought unjust, Daniel Nickle. aged IA,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Nickle, 2342
Fourth avenue, ran away from home
last Friday and has not been seen
since His mother is heart-broken
over his absence and relatives in Chi
cago have been warned to watch for
the lad DanieI has been attending the
Grant school. The other day he was in
a crowd of boys which broke window
and the teacher assessed each boy 10
cents to pay the damage. This boy
went home to get the money but being
afraid TO tell his father the real reason
said that he wanted the money for
new tablet. The father thought it
strange that the boy should come home
in school hours to get money for tab
let and refused him. This was Thurs
day and much aggrieved the boy told
his mother that they would never
have another chance to refuse him..
The next day he started off as usual
to school and has not been heard of
since. He was often taken for 16 years
old, had dark hair and eyes, hat and
short coat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17

Electric Lights for Court House.
At the meeting of the board of super
v.sors the petition of the Bar associa-
ton. presented TO the board by Judge
Boll!nger. was granted. The matter
was referred 10 the committee of the
board on grounds and buildings. This
means that the plans and specifica-
tions will be drawn up to light the dis
trict court room. if not the entire court
house. with electricity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17

No Special Feature for Fair. - No
special attractions will be provided
this year in connection with the Indus
trial fair which will be held from Feb.
to IL For a time it was planned TO
secure the theater on the second floor
TO- the 10 days and TO present the
usual vaudeville under the Industrial
home management. This plan could
not be satisfactorily worked out and
has been abandoned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17

Orders Electric Lights.-Eight elec-
trio lights ordered Monday evening by
the city council for the illumination of
Candee Grove and adjoining territory
marks the first improvement TO be
made by the city for the people of the
newly annexed territory.
Sells Bill Posting 3usiness.-R. II.
Taylor. manager of the Illinois theater
in Rock Island, has disposed of his
billposting business in Moline 10 the
Chamberlin-Kindt syndicate. Mr.. Tay-
lor was led to this action owing to the
necessity for him to spend so much of
his time in Rock Island in connection
with his theater duties. The business
here will probably be managed through
the local theater management. Mr..
Taylor is now contemplating removal
of his family TO Rock Island in the
spring
Ross Heads CIub.-At the meeting
of the Moline club last evening, G.. w.
Ross was elected president. new
constitution was adopted which de-
fines the objects of the organization as
more along the line of promoting the
city's interests than in the past. 1t
was decided to increase the size of the
quarters by including those now occu-
pied by the Elks. The latter will move.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17

Caught a Greek.-Cnief OF Police
Thies Herzog has returned from Kan
sas City with Antoine Christophulos.
is wanted here on u
charge of grand larceny because he
stole $50 from a compatriot named Ga
nos His trial occurs today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-17

that may result in the release OF Frank
Perrin. who was given a 3o-day sen
tence Monday for larceny by embeZ-
element. on account of the disappear
ance of package he was given. as
driver for Schick. to send To Chicago
last November. The package is now
said to have been found in Chicago
Perrin refused to say anything in his
cwn defense and had not got receipt
from the railroad company TO show
that he had delivered the package.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
The Cfyde ut Glasgow.

There are magnificent harbors In the
pld world which have been dug out Of
ihallow sloughs and sluggish bitches.
The Elbe at Hamburg is n narrow and
insignificant stream compared with the
great rivers Of this western world.
Yet for some score Of miles down the
Elbe from Hamburg to the sea this
rivers shores are lined with the sea-
going craft OF all the maritime nations
OF the world. Where Glasgow is stu
ated, on the Clyde, that stream was
once what Is known in America as "a
creek" Yet the Clyde has been dredg-
ed out until today the leviathans OF
peace and war, the great sea monsters
Of the Transatlantic lines, the creations
Of the great captains Of the sbipbuild-
ing industry. are built and launched
there month after month, year after
year. So narrow is the Clyde at Glas-
cow that these ships, some of them
five and six hundred feet in length,
cannot be launched head TO the stream,
as Is the custom, but are launched
broadside on for fear they should run
their bows into the opposite bank
ArgOnaut
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
Eighteenth Century Life.

These blicf extracts from the letters
of El;2arcta l.o4Ia-,u, lhe queen OF
:he b.uestoy.;i.sa, throws curious
.ight on eighteenth century life In Eng
.and. She-was suffering from swell
d lip. Promptly the great Dr.. Mead
prescribed Il blister 70 her back she
wr..es: Il am be;ter than | was; but,
ny mouth net being Yet perfectly re-
aucc.,. | Lave got fresh blister upon
my 1ack. Vel may IL bend with such
a weight of cllamities. have sent for
my bathing cloathes and on Sunday
night shall take sOuze. think II Il
pleasant remedy Apparently in 174l
lady could not take bath even on
Sunday night and in The privacy OF
her chamber without her bathing
cioathes." Mrs. MOntagu writes again:
NY lip Is not entirely reduced. though
| have been biistcred twice, once blood
ed. and have FIVE times taken physic.
have lived upon chicken and white
meats and drank nothing but water.
I have suffered great disappointment
about the warm bath which | am ad-
y!sed 70 try. for the bathing tubs are
So out OF order that we have not Yet
been able to make them hold water"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
a Rride nf MOROCCO.

SAYS an observer OF conditions dn
modern Morocco: 1.-THE wife Is bought
in Morocco today, and the sum paid Is
agreed upon between her father and
the would be husband. Sometimes q
COW may be sufficient TO procure a
bride. at other times many cattle and
several dollars are necessary for her
purchase. The bride Is, Of course,
dressed In suitable costume, but the
most interesting part of her toilet to a
stranger is the decoration Of henna.
The henna. pounded and mixed with
lemon Juice, is sometimes painted di-
rectly on to her face, arms, hands and
legs. At other times stencil pattern
it put on her flesh and the perforated
holes filed up with the henna. BY the
time this is completed she is tattooed
with n dark design. S4Siety women In
more enlightened countries who wear
lace blouses In Il hot summer sun often
find their arms and neck burned into Il
pattern which has much the same eff
feet as the henna tattoo on the poor lit
tie Moorish maid"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
A Wonderful Grasshopper.

The number of astonishing and often
absurd blunders perpetrated by trans
lators Is without limit. The first man
to translate Cooper's novel The Spy
into French made numerous errors,
among which are these: When the
translator came to the word "Locusts.
which was the name Of the Whartons'
residence in the story, he turned to his
dictionary and found the rendering OF
the word to be Les Sauterelles' the
grasshoppers). He was trihe puz'
zled later when he came to the passage
In which dragoon was represented us
tying his horse TO one of the locusts on
the lawn. He had never been in Amer
lea: but, taking it for granted that the
grasshoppers Of that country must DE
of tremendous size. he solemnly In
formed his readers that the trooper
fastened his horse by the bride TO a
grasshoDper which was standing neaI
the door of the house.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
4 Quaint Oath.

Tie judicial oath IN the Isle OF Man
Is so quaint as TO deserve printing.
1t runs thus: by this book and the
holy contents thereof and by the Won
derful works that God hath miracu'
lously wrought in heaven above and
in the earth beneath in six days and
seven nights do swear that ! WILL
without respect Of favor or friendship
love or gain, consanguinity or affinity.
envy or malice. execute the laws OF
this isle justly between our sovereign
lord the king and his subjects within
this isle betwlXt party and party, as
indifrerently as the herrlng's backbone
doth lie In the midst OF the fish,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
Eereiers Protcct Patrons.

Tie general public IS not aware OF
re carefully worked out system by
which the large jewelry houses con
tLue 10 protect their splendid wares
long after these have been sold and
passed out OF their hands" said n de
tectiye. discussing daring modern bur
CARES. Most large establishments deal
MS in precious metals and gems have
a carefully organized and very efficient
detective system. which makes 1t easy
for q patron 10 recover stolen goods
without charge and with little or no de-
lay in the institution of the search. In
tie safes OF these large jewel houses
are minute descriptions Of every piece
of valuable jewelry which goes out
from the establishment. Each piece Is
numbered too. When the gems are
missed the patron telephones the shop
in which the articles were purchased.
At once a special detective, thoroughly
acquainted with the business in hand
and armed with detailed description
of the jewelry, Is hurried to the scene
or action. This is without expense to
the ciientS'-New York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
Eccentric John Underwood.

John Underwood, who died at Whit
tlesea, England, In 1888. left some odd
instructions for his burial. His fortune
Of $4,000 went TO his sister, provided
that no bell was tolled at his grave, no
relative followed his coffin and vari-
Gus other arrangements were carried
out. Six men only were invited and re-
uuested not to come I'm black" who
received 10 guineas each for their serv-
ices. Service over. an arch was raised
over the green painted coffin. with
Non Omnis MoTiar, 1888" inscribed
On white marble The six men sang
The last stanZa Of the Twentieth ode Of
the second book Of Horace. The de-
ceased. who had been coiIined fully
dressed. had under his head Sanadow's
Horace" mt his feet Bentley's Mil
.on." In his right hand Il Greek Tcsta-
ment ana ia his left hand small
Horace" The six on repairing 10 his
house to a cold repast had TO sing the
Thirty-frst ode and drink a cheerful
glass before retiring at 8 p. IN. This
done. directed the will, Think no more
Of John Underwood"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
A UomiIeticaI Repeater.

1T was in small German congreSa-
ton that | heard preacher who when
he had completed his Introduction and
first point said. i have come TO the
second head A man rose, rubbed MS
eyes, folded his arms across his breast
and appeared ready for that head.
When il was finished he had overcome
the drowsiness and sat down. During
the elucidation of the third head three
other men stood up. At the close OF his
sermon the preacher found all his peo-
pie asleep. AS he stopped they all look
ed up and seemed greatly reiieveu.
But the good man said, You have slept
all through the sermon, and as this Is a
sermon you all ought to hear | Will be-
gin il anew Ecclesiastical Review.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
The Tongues of the Balkans.

Too many languages are spoken In
the Balkans. A traveller In that region
writes OF the babel: Turkish. Bulga-
rian. Serbo-C -Croatian, Roumanian, Ar
menian, Greek, Albanian, Kulzo-W Wal
lachian, ChingenI. the language OF the
gypsies: Spaniole. the language of the
Jews Of Spanish or Portuguese descent.
and the language spoken by the Ger
man, Austrian, Roumanian and Rus
sian Jews. Add to this Arabic. Per-
sian and Syrian, largely spoken In Con-
stantinople; Italian, oil the northeast
coast of the Adria; Russian. in the
northeastern parts Of Roumania; vari-
Gus Hungarian idioms spoken
In Bosnia and Herzegovina and The
Caucasion languages OF the Circassians
and Georgians." Not one OF these Ian
guages is OF common use.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22

While q delegation is bunch Of del
egates, an amputation is not collcc
ton of amputate5 or a precipitation a
number OF pfecipltates.
\ clothesline is rope TO hang clothes
on. hut hancing checks on n checkline
would be both risky and eccentric.
Horse cars are so called because they
are drawn by horses. yet 40 amount o.
horse hauling coald make the ordinary
raGish IA hOrscradish.
Thougl. M ice chest Is undenlabiy G
chest for the retention OF ice. no one
would think Of storing hair In hair
trunk or zinc In IA zinc one.
While life insurance provides an in
demnity against the going out OF ones
life. fire insurance does not provide
against ones fires going out.
Money paid to a ferryman Is ferriage
but money paid to cabman is mol
cabbage.-Chicago News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
Pixies peak In SImIner

The first p~rt of the road to Pixies
peak Is through a picturesque ravine
with a beautiful mountain torrent roar
Ing and Ieaplug through IL. This ra'
vine Is a popular walk, and one sees
many climbers who shoot their kodaks
as the train passes. until one knows
exactly how it feels TO be a celebrity
AS one goes on the climbers become
gradually fewer, and after three OF
four miles they are left behind. Sud
denly a new turn in the road shows
that the first foothills have been sur
mounted and that we are climbing the
vast bare side of the peak Itself. The
track stretches toboggln-like far ahead
Great views unfold. One looks down
on lonely wooded valleys. where blue
lakes glistcn. Oa tse tops Of the noun
tains and over mountains to the plain
that stretches away like the sea. II
has grown cold. and patches Of snow
begin to appear Tse date Is Aug. l
but In the snow heaps on the summit
we shall soon be snowballing one an
other.-FOur Track News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22

The rice plant contributes nothing TO
ward the manufacture of rice cigarctt,
papers but the name.' Rice paper a.
bought by the cigarette merchants o;
Egypt and Turkey Is made from only
perfectly new trimmings Of linen anC
mostly comes from English and Frenci
mills in Constantinople. Fumen and
France. The celebrated Chinese rice
paper Is made from thin slices OF the
pith from the canes Of tree about FIVE
feet high. 4 sharp knife pares thf
pith into cylinders of uniform thick
ness. which are than unr0lled and
pressed ont into so called rice paper
BY the way. Egyptian cigarettes con
tain no Egyptian tobacco. for since
1890 the cultivation of the tobacco
plant has been prohibited. 1t is fol
workmanship and the curing of the
leaf that the Calrenes ere so justly
celebrated, but the tobacco they I'm
port comes entirely from Turkey.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
Dramatic Dctnn.

Sir Henry Irving was accustomed to
visit at the home Of Miss Friswell. au-
thor of I'm the Sixties and Seventies.
in which volume appears the following
anecdote: My mother often used &c
point out little details that had beca
overlooked remember one In The
Bells which my mother told M. !r.
wing or the first night when he re
turned to our house 10 supper. People
who have seen the play may remembcf
that the first scene Is small Inn anc
that there Is supposed 10 have been G.
deeD fail OF snow. The innkeeper, Mat
thias 0rylnp). walked in on that frs
night In ordinary black boots. with nc
snow upon them. Ny mother spoke OF
il. and afterward Matthias wore hlga
black boots and stood on the mat while
the snow was brushed off. Remarks
were made In the papers as to Mr. lr'
Wings attention 10 the minutest details
and this was cited as an instance"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
The Formation of ConI.

Many different theories are held by
biologists to account for the formation
of beds of coal between strata or rock.
The simplest of them Is that vast
masses Of wood, such as grew In the
carboniferous age OF the earth's de
velopment. were sunk under the sea,
that deposits Of silt upon them changed
TO rock and that by some upheaval OF
the earth the bottom Of the sea was
lifted above sea level. Such upheaval
occurred in remote geologic ages In the
Mississippi valley, all the central parts
Of which were undoubtedly at one
time covered with water and formed
an arm Of the sea. The one thing GER
tain about coal is that by one process
Of nature or another IL has been con
verted from the giant trees which grew
In the carboniferOus age OF geology
How many thousands or millions OF
years that was nobody knows. AL
that is known about the duration Of
different geologic ages Of the world Is
that they were long.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
gHe T<nex. aTIumle let"

Every one has a point Of view, as
serious minded young Englishwoman
found out when she propounded to
some working girls a scheme for
Shakespeare readings. Hamlet was
to be the first topic. and she dealt out
to the girls some copies and awaited
comments. The first came from girl
belonging 10 that immense army OF
bookfolders so familiar to all frequent
ers Of working girls clubs. 'Oh. |
know this WELL" she said in superior
tone Really" said the gratifed
teacher. "Is it your favorite playT
The girl looked at her p.tyngy. "Lor',
I amt read IT," she chuckled. I'VE
stock 'em at our place. I've 'ad 'un-
dreds through my 'ands. 'Amletf Sick
to death OF i'm
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
tInbnma's State Flag.

Over the historic capitol ut Mont
gomery waves not the natiOnal flag,
but the Alabama flag. and EOt O3e Ala
bamian In a thousand would recognize
II II he saw it elsewhere than on the
capitol. The flag in question has no
history woven. into it, for it was not
adopted until 1895. 1t presents 1t.
Andrews cross IN crimson on a white
field. Such a cross is shaped like let
ter Y, and the books suggest that the
apostle Andrew died on q cross O. that
design. Few If any other states In
dulge In flags Of their own. \ flag Is
the symbol Of sovereignty. and state
sovereignty Is limited by the federal
constitution. When we were a part or
Georgia we granted TO the federal gov
ernment the executive power OF pun
ishing treason. and If any one becomes
n traitor TO the Alabama flag we might
have to call in the federal government
in order to punish him.-Birmingham
Age Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22

They were talking about futillty ant
for some reason known only TO eaci
other failed to agree. Finally sh'
asked:
"Well, now, suppose you give me al
example of what you call futlllty."
"All right" said he. Multiply 3,of'
by 721."
She took a pencil In her hand. seizet
q piece Of paper and after n few min
utes of diligent figuring announced th'
result.
1T is 2,s45,O66." said she.
"Divide that by 2" he continued.
at is 1.422, ,533," she said.
"yery we'll" said he. "NOw add I Il
that and then subtract 1,422,54O ant
tell me what you get"
'The result is O." said she after fur
ther figuring.
well. that's what l call futility,
said he, with a laugh. you've covered
q sheet of paper with figures to arrive
at nothing"
Whereupon she became so angry
with him that she refused to argue any
further on the subject.-London Sphere
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
Punishments In Early Days.

The following extracts from early
records give us glimpse of some OF
the singular punlshments in vogue In
old New England:
I'm 1859 Dorothy Brown, for beating
her husband. is ordered to be bound
and chained 10 post"
I'm 1913 the assistants order three
Stoneham men to sit in the stocks on
lecture day for travelling on the Sab
bath"
In 1851 Anna. wife of George Ellis,
was sentenced TO be publicly whipped
for reproaching the magistrates
"In 1863. for slandering the elders.
she had cleft stick put on her tongue
for half an hour"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
I'm fhe SIoues of Vesuyius.

Despite the danger TO which they are
exposed from $4,000 to 100000 people
live upon the slopes of Vesuvius, be
sides the 100000 inhabitants crowded
into Naples. The reason Is that the
fertility of the soil is perennial. the
peril only occasional. The volcanic
ejecta are rich in' alumina. silica, mag
nesla. lime, potash and iron, which by
their decomposition go to make splen
did land. Some of the best vines In
Italy grow on the skirts Of Vesuvius
II the volcano were away not oDe-tenth
Of the many cultivators could subsis'
In the same area.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-06-22
uou tho Durro Eats Thistles

The Rocky mountain burrO, one OF
the most sagacious OF animals, seeks
the thistle rs q favorite food, and the
pungent spines with which II protects
its leaves at every angle are doubtless
a recognition on It's part of this fond
ness Of grazing animals for 1t. Few
experiences OF frontier life are more
amusing than to watch the donkey $
attack upon large bull thistle. He
walks about It. seeking for favorable
opening, projects his lip gingerly
against its spines and Jerks back as he
feels It's prlcks He surveys IL pensive'
~ for Il moment or two and then slow
IL raises his foot and strikes II, paus-
ing to watch the effect OF the blow
He then perhaps strikes 1t from the
other side and watches again. The
blows become rapid, and at length 1t Is
broken down and thoroughly trampled
after which il Is consumed TO the last
vestige.-Country Life In America.