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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

land. The situation developed 80 rap
idly that it was only Il few days after
the landing of the American peace
commissioners in Cuba that the de
cisiOn was made To re-cStabliSh Amer
lean authority in the island. The army
and navy officers had had bat little
time TO prepare for such Il movement
of troops and vessels of war rs he
came necessary. yet the emergency
found them ready for the task in hand
There was no delay in sending war
ships anu marines and blueiackctS to
Cuban waters. and the moment il was
known thar soldiers. too. would he
needed orders were given for the rcgi-
meutS 10 he on the move. mobilization
was begun. transports We're provided
and embarkatlon OF troops proceeded
with the utmost prompt;tude.
When tue brigade of 100 marines
under Major Wendell g. Neville was
landed in Havana ana conveyed by
trolley cars To Camp columbia the
movement was accomplished with such
precision that no hitch Of any kind Oc-
Cured. and the ''webfoCted soldiers"
were stationed ut their post Of duty al
most before the Cubans knew what
had happened. When President ROose-
Welt telegraphed Acting Secretary of
War Oliver. Arrange for 6O00 troops
to start for Cuba as soon aS possible"
the acting secretary was able to wire
Secretary Taft at Havana shortly aft
erward. Troops now moving" and 10
add that nc expected to complete the
shipment of the entire force in ten days.
The difference between these condi-
tons and those which prevailed when
Cuba was first occupied by American
forces in 1898 suggests that our army
and navy have learned much from
their experiences of the past eight
years in cuba. the Philippines and
China and that much benefit has re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

less and ventUresome Indian fighter.
He was on The Pacific coast when war
was declared against Spain and sailed
for Manila rs Il major of volunteer en-
gineers and participated i'm the attack
on that city. 1t was at Manila that he
performed feat which for bravery
and endurance was unsurpassed i'll the
annals of the cImpaign-that of swim
ming at night around the Spanish
earthwOrkS fronting on the bay in
search of information Congress eyinc-
ed its belief that General Bell is no
Tin soldier" when it awarded him a
medal of honor for Gallantry in action.
General Bell assumed the duties of
chief of staff last spring just in time
TO supervise the arrangements for Civ
ing aid through the army To the Strick-
en- people of san Francisco. Brigadier
General Funston was active in that
work. and singularly enough he and
General Bell are again closely asso-
ciated in the occupation of Cuba.
Though General Bell has been ordered
there so as to supervise to the best adj
vantage the disposition of troops and
is the ranking officer present. the i'm
mediate command of the troops de-
wolves on General Funston.
When the transport Sumner sailed
from New York with 900 regulars for
service in Cuba she had on board n
young officer Of engineers whose name
is 4 household word not only in the
United States. bur all over the world.
This officer was Lieutenant Ulysses S.
Grand Sd. son of Major General Fred
erick ID. Grant commander of the de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

of Soap, six boxes
Cuticura Oint-
ment, an d two
bottles of Gu til
cura Resolvent. l
bathed with the
Soap, applied the
Ointment once a
day, and took the
Resolvent as di-
,.o.toSl IN 4hirfxy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

parfTieIif of the east Being n grandson
Of one of the greatest soldiers OF the
time. he inherits a love for the smell
of gIInpowder and his chief fear has
been that his country would see no
more war during his lifetime. He was
born in 1881. and one of the last acts
OF his distinguished grandfather was to
write letter addressed 10 The Pres
ident of the United States asking for
the present Lieutenant Grants appoint
ment to West Point. 1t was handed to
President Mckinley in 1899. and thus
the appointment the elder General
Grant desired was made. The young
man made Il fine record at the acade-
INV. better than that of his grandfa-
ther. but, as an old officer put it, ''he
will have to work some TO beat him as
soldier" Lieutenant Grant has seen
service in the Philippines and has been
military aid 10 the president.
II has been estimated that there are
about $150.00O.0OO worth of American
Investments in Cuba. The Industries
which have been built up through
American enterprise and American
money in the past half dozen years in
cludc tobacco, sugar and other planta-
tons. mines, railroads. trolley. telc-
graph and telephone lines. etc Secre-
tary Taft in his address at Havana uni
verSity paid tribute to the wisdom
Of eN-PreSident Palma in encouraging
the investment in cuba OF foreign capt
tai. The industrial prosperity that this
has brought about has changed the con-
dition of the Cuban masses in many
respects The hutS and matched cot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

la eS in which so
many natives have
lived are giving
place to homes Of
more ambitious pro-
portions and better
accom- moda tions.
Secretary Il Il T t s
success in the eStab-
liShment of Ameri-
can authority for a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
Slight Mistake.

Waiter, what does this mean?
Twenty-Five francs for two hard boiled
eggsT'
Very sorry. sir. Slight mistake, sir.
I've given you the bill intended for the
American at the next table."-Pele
Mele,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-30

ut has been a mat
II ter OF surprise
that the second
American occupation
of Cuba was accom-
plished with so much
SmoothneSs and dis
patch. 1t was the
middle of August
when the Cuban in
Surrection broke out,
and it was the mid
die of September be
fore it became evil
dent that the United
States might need TO
take Il hand to re-
store nrfIpr in 4 no *
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method Of earning both money and excite
ment, each provided in u large quantity, for
people who risk life and hmb. or at least
who run the chance of an UNPLEASANT notori-
ETY.. demand high salaries. and get them.
at the big Holloway farm near Fast
Orapg e we had an amusing fox hunt and
a pack Of hounds took part in it. while our
star were arrayed like the tulips of the
garden. in pink coats and fine linen.
W had the whole place at our disposal
and even had a genuine fox. which, however,
was not allowed the freedom Of the place
but was concealed in a basket held on the
arm Of one of tho character artists who
unprecedented an old woman Just returning
from market.
"She was given a good start and then the
hounds and the party gave a view halloo,
and after her they scurried. She climbed
stone walls, and scaled up one side and down
another of a hay rick, she forded streams
and jumped ditohes.
FINALLY she was cornered and the chase
ends in well portrayed disgust as the sports
see what they rave been pursuing all day.
The most amusing part of this episode was
that a lot Of genuine sportsmen had tagged
along TO get a try at the brush.
IF any n should ever write a complete
biography Of the biograph it would read
like one Of Nick C0rter's yellow backs"
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people result In considerable p~erplexity at
times. 1t was easy enough to furnish the
execution of Mary Rogers and like horrors,
but when an order comes from Germany
as one did the day Of THE SUN reporters
visit, for a complete reproduction of the
workings of New York department stores
considerable figuring has to be done.
Il suppose we will do it,, says Mr.. Marion,
'for it is a big order, but there il much of
the shop life that is interesting to the Stats
tician, but does not lend itself to biograph
work, where there must be action. action.
and always action. We can give them the
bargain counter, the packing room and the
delivery room, but that Is only a unit OF
the whole.
Among all the nations Of the world the
japanese are among our best customers.
They are intensely keen in regard to every
thing that shows the interior workings OF
American establishments, tn" factory, the
hotel, the store, the municipal and Govern
mental buildings. We sent a portrayal OF
the Post Office Department and that WED
IN popularity with the Westinghouse fac
tories. We have even received orders for a
paoking house series from another country,
but that is still in allegiance
we send to all tho world, TO places as
remote as Singapore, Java and Ceylon, and
make the selections which we think will
please. As we have never had any dis
satisfied protests, the humorous and tragic
scenes Of American life are probably what
they want and appreciate best, and none Of
them, with the exception of the japanese.
is hungry for educational exhibits; like our
Own people, they desire merely entertain
ment.
The biograph has been immensely inn
proved in the last ten years. Its own father
would not know it to-day. The latest in
vention is a small camera hat can be taken
into places where the bulky one that needed
atripod aud all sorts of apparatus could not
penetrate.
The biograph artist to-day is an intrepid
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nests in the high branches, and then the fun
begins.
Another series just completed is the
quail shooting at Pinehurst, and there is
always a steady trade with series like the
Meadowbrook Hunt and the automobile
races. Balloon ~ascensions are not new
enough to attract any special attentions
for ever since the biograph was started
we nave exhibited them.
1.-THE public has little idea OF the expense
and trouble attached to the portrayal OF
these series. IL is a surprise TO many
people 10 learn that they are o faxed up
in a studio, although how they woa Id ex-
plain a moose hunt, for example, or the
taking of salmon is beyond me.
Even our more usual series involve not a
little trouble. We nave a thoroughly
equipped theatre, whose proportions are
properly adjusted and scenic artists who
can paint any backgrounds necessary.
One day We may be taking the representa-
ton Of some comic song, like Everybody
Works But Father where we employ our
best character artists, and the next the
whole interior will be turned into a represent
tation of the Pennsylvania tunnel.
when an out OF door scene Is depicted
we choose a suitable locality and oftentimes
many amusing experiences are the outcome
OF our trips. Lately, in New Jersey. We
we're portraying the rescue OF a child from
a burning house by a passing pedestrian.
I'VE had obtained permission from the
authorities. but had neglected 10 warn a
~neighboring company Of fire ladies, COM
posed Of the busiest men in the place. They
got to the scene of the red property fire
and smoke all right. with a great clatter and
din, leaving lu~ncheons, clients and trade
for the purpose and perhaps we didn't have
to hand ont cigars and Jersey lightning
Elm another rescue which took place in
a retired part OF New York State near the
Hudson, where a high fence protected US
from the high road. what was "a amaze
ment 10 see two elderly men, who turned out
20 be physicians, scaling that fence with q
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celebrity you wouldn't have believed possible
from their dignity and age, If you hadn't
seen Il.
I'VE had a similar difficulty with a farmer
who mistook a biograph kidnapping for the
real thing and raised a hue and cry that
started the whole village at our heels. This
gave the artist an opportunity TO get in a
very realistic picture OF an Infatuated mob
in action. 1t is well we had chosen that
locality. for IL it had taken place out West I
suppose they would have added a few
bullets to the Joy Of the occasion.
Lately, to finish a melodramatio series
where a woman exposes the dishonesty OF
a man whoresponds by throwing her into a
mill pond, we allowed the leading man TO
bring along a feminine friend who. he said.
could do the work and was able to swim.
As the pond had a depth Of thirty feet natu-
rally we made this accomplishment a neces-
sary part Of the contract.
when We arrived after half a days
journey with our party the girl confessed that
she could not swim a stroke, but she pluckily
insisted on being thrown in the water,
trusting to the stalwart rescuer who, of
course, appears on the scene to take her
out. He did IL all right and the picture
was successful. for the struggle of the girl
was a real one, but for a few minutes some
Of US had our hearts in our mouths.
Another time one OF the girls hired TO
depict a similar dramatic episode Jumped
from the rear Of a ferryboat into the North
River. This one was q fine swimmer and
the boats were near to pick her up. but
unfortunately her skirts became entangled
and IL it had not been for the prompt work
OF the men stationed there she would GER
tainly have lost her life.
Lying down on the tracks in front OF an
approaching train to be rescued at a critical
moment by a party OF train men is another
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Amusing Adventures
That Mark the
Search for
Lively Moving
Pictures

OF $40 or 30 a day and a limit OF a single
piece OF game for your trouble; but I guess
it's worth it."
The manage is lost for q moment in
the sportsman.
' i've recently returned from New Bruns-
wick. where l carried a biograph outfit
and landed q moose. Barrie must nave got
his idea of the Peter Pan house in the tree-
tops from a ~biograph and moose hunter.
That is the way you do-build a regular
house along some runway, where the ami
mails come to eat the roots Of the lily pads
which are their ~favorite diet. You can
take your toys into the house and sleep
If you are not accustomed to somnambulism,
for the hour right. after dawn is the time
to work.
Near by are the house Of the guide and
another where the biograph man has his
camer at an angle 80 that he can get the
right focus as the shot is made.
Perhaps there are more interesting
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but there are probably no photographs
which show such splendid action as these.
The tarpon is to be taken next, and it will
be interesting for sportsmen to witness
the difference of method in landing these
two famous fighting fish.
The wild turkey is rapidly becoming
extinct, so we nave taken a hunt in Virginia
under the guidance OF n of the most
famous turkey men in the country, old
Everett, who, it is asserted. could call n
turkey pack 10 life. He belongs to the
so-called po' white trash and is an inter-
esting character.
"He uses a couple Of dry turkey bones
for the call, manipulating them in some
weird way, and suddenly you hear the
rush of wings as the turkeys leave their
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That the moving picture exhibition. has
sther uses besides entertaining was shown
recently at a biograph studio when a VIC
toria drove up to the door and from it
nlishted n dignified gentleman who intfo-
duced himself. after laborate excuse
.psnt bis Intrusion, as Monsieur A. Giebert
Of the French Department of Correction,
Who was In America studying methods
OF capital punishment, France desiring
10 find some more humane OF put
ting criminals out OF existence than by
the guillotine.
Somewhere In his voyaging about NJ.
Giebert had seen a biograph exhibit
Of the hanging of Mary Rogert, the New
England woman who was executed for the
murder OF her husband. and he was i'm
pressed by its power of reproducing the
actual scene. He left an order for the set.
% that he might illustrate his work on his
return.
Such educational calls upon the biograph
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artist with his outfit Is following closely
the man who is working another camera.
1t is very amusing and gives you a very
good idea of the timidity of the deer and
the difficulty OF getting within range.
Al interesting game series was taken
recently on the private fishing grounds Of
Lord Strathcona. We got the complete
view OF the landing of a salmon.
-The biograph man has to follow the
fisherman in a boat and finds great diff
Guilty in getting a range that will show
him the whole fight from start to finish,
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OF IL Is that IL was all lone with q camera
hat weighs only nine pounds.
Another interesting one IL "a deerstalk-
ing scene taken near Pinehurst. Deer
stalking as IL Is pursued at present means
that a man takes a camera and goes out
to hunt his prey. IL IN just M exciting IA
hunting with "A rife. does not interfere
with any legal prejudiccs and requires a.
much technique II not more than the use
Of . rIs
$50 cIr ,~s~s a man with q camera
uAsyNAa . ,i.er. That In, the biogrsph
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explorer, huntsman and sport. Wherever
here - light sufficient for his work he goes
spIblic interest goes with him.
At present q Of our men il in New
ewdland getting pictures Of the caribou.
The expentIon Ia m charge OF a Bos -.
ta1iderinist and with IL are hunters as b.
m Artists and other biograph men.
The barrens where they expect TO get
tasir big game are desolate tracts Of
and hundreds 81 miles from civilization.
y takes $50 to purchase a license to hunt
1eee or four weeks OF time at an expense
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experiences in a biograph mans life than
that dawn when you wake in the open,
miles and miles from settlement, with the
fresh breeze blowing in your face and the
intense silence of the woods. Suddenly
the guide takes a big birch bark horn and
gives the call of the female moose. All
at once you hear a crash in the woods
near by as If the whole forestry outfit was
being overthrow; the sound is intensified
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by the Stiffness and you feel as if tho over
throw of the world was at hand; then in
the clearing appears the head of a moose,
and then
well, on the expedition ! speak OF we
got a fine biograph set and the moose's
head. Our film OF 1,Os6 feet shows the
whole process complete. That is one OF
the most expensive and finest repro-
auctions we will send out and the beauty
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-04-25
Real Estate Opportunities.

132 acres, 6 miles from Berry
vile; turnpike road except one
mile; smooth first quality limestone
land and VIGOROUSLY productive
farm; divided into five fields and
2 lots. House of 5 rooms and good
barn. Well of neversfailing water
at house and running water through
the farm. A bargain to a party
wanting a good small farm at a
fair price. Price, $50 per acre,
and terms accommodating.
Fruit farm (slate), S9t acres, in
nice neighborhood, Z room house,
10 acres of timber, over 1000
apple and peach trees, never-fail-
ing spring and we'll of water.
Price $1,000.
Farm of 120 acres, 81 miles from
Berryville, land especially suited
for fruit. Large dwelling. Price
$4,000.
652 acres of land, with store
house and mill property. 2 dwell
lings- 5-acre orchard. Large
spring. II miles from Govern
ment weather bureau. A profta-
BILE mercantile and milling bust
ness has been carried on at this
place for years. Fine fruit land.
Price $15 per acre.
$50 acres. Half mile from
Government weather bureau.
Land adjoining sold for 500 per
acre. Fairly good house. Stab
ling, spring and orchard. Espec-
tally suited for fruit farm. $12
per acre.
u &. SNYDER.
Real Estate Agent.
Berryville, Va.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-04-25
Notice.

In the matter of
Geo. {. Morrison
VS..
Ella ). Morrison Admir-.
To whom il may concern:
Please take notice that | have been dulv
appointed, and have qualified as the guardian
OF the minor heirs of Ella : Morrison by
her first husband. Simon Wilmington. viz.
Lille NJ: Wilmington and Elmer Whiting
ton. under the laws of the State Of Ohio. and
have given the necessary bond. That shall
apply 70 the Circuit Court of Clarke County.
Va, May term, 1896. for an order permitting
me to transfer all monies Justly belonging to
Sald hers nom the State OF Virginia. TO the
City of Springfield Clark county. and State
OF Ohio the present domicIl of myself and
SAID heirs. in whOmsoever hands the monies
belonging TO said heirs may now be.
JOSEPH y. WHITTINGTON.
by Harrison Il Lewis. Attys.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-04-25
Bishop Gibson Visits BeFFYYiIle.

Right Reverned Robert A. Glib
son, of Richmond, bishop of Vir-
ginia, was in BerryvilIe Monday
and delivered the sermon at the
Confirmation Services at Grace
Episcopal Church, after which six
new members of the church were
confirmed.
The sermon of Bishop Gibson
was given the closest attention by
a very large congregation.
The Bishop left BerryvilIe yes
terday morning for Richmond.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-04-25
HORSE SHOW DATES.

Following is the schedule Of dates
for the 1906 season:
Leesburg, June rs.
Upperville. June 14-15.
Culpeper, July Is.
Fredericksburg, July Hip.
Manassas, July 1919.
Orange, July 1926.
Charlottesville, July 31-Aug. L.
Front Royal, August %.
StauntOn, August 7-S-9.
Harrisonburg, August 14-15-16.
BERRGNILLE, August21-22-23
Warrenton, August $3.50.
Norfolk, October l to 6.
Richmond, October 5 TO -.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-04-25
Public Sale of
REAL ESTATE
Lying IN the County of Clarke.

BY virtue Of a decree of the Circuit Court
OF Clarke County, Virginia, pronounced at
ITS February term, 1896. in the cause therein
pending Of Thomas NJ. Nelson's Administra-
undersigned Special Commissioner, will offer
for sale at public auction in front of the
Courthouse in Berryville. on
SATURDAY. APRIL p, 1906,
al - O'Clock. NJ,
the tract OF land lying on the Western slope
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the County
OF Clarke. bounded on the West by the
Gaines Neck Farm, on the North by the
land OF ". W. SmallwoOd, on the East by
the land OF said Smallwood. Mrs. Turner
and y Fcltner. on the South by the James
Nandeventer land, containing. by recent
survey, three hundred and seventeen (3lO
and a fraction acres This land with the
exception of ten or fifteen acres. Is in Timber.
much of which is young and thrifty Ii
Adults on the. Shenandoah River and en-
braces about ten acres of River Bottom.
TERMS OF SALE-One third of the pur-
chase money In cash on the day Of sale and
the residue in one and two equal annual
payments; the deferred payments 10 be
evidenced by the bonds of the purchaser.
bearing interest from day of sale. and to be
secured by Deed Of Trust on the property
sold.
w. T. LEWIS. Spl. Comr.
BLACKBURN SMITH. Spl. Comr.
\. MOORE, JR., Spl. Comr.
February IS. 1895.
In the Circuit Court Of Clarke County.
Susan II. Nelson Admx., Plaintiff,
against
Adelaide Nelson et ais. Defendants
/, Samuel Mccormick Clerk of said Court.
certify that the bond required of the Special
Commissioner 10y the decree in said cause of
the 9th day of February. 1906, has been duly
given.
Given under my hand this 26th day of
February, 1895.