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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12

decided as TO whether resistance or re
treat We're the better part sounding
sneeZe was heard down the ranks.
and all superfluouS accouterments
burned, and that retreat, since SO IA
nous, with all its hardships and dan
gers, was begun.
An old proverb says, Two or three
sneezes be wholesome" and there is
a proverb to the effect that when a
patient has sneeZed three times he may
be discharged from the hospital.
Even where sneeZing is considered a
favorable omen the time of day is
sometimes thought TO determine its
good or i'll effect, as a sneeze which
takes place from noon to midnight is
thought to be suspicious. while one oc-
curing from midnight TO noon is quite
otherwise. Among the many superSti-
tons concerning death we have one in
regard to this act Thus If one sneeze
for three successive nights 1t is accept
ed as token that death will take
place in the family or that some other
dire calamity will befall them.
1t would certainly he more sensible
for intelligent people To take the com
mon sense view of the subject and look
upon this sneezing simply as sign"
that we are catching cold and as .
warning" 10 move out of draft Yet
many will cling re these other signs"
and warnings" of the superstitious.-
Blackwood's Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12

are said never to sneeze and many an
unfortunate victim of this disease
| gauges the probability of his recovery
| by this standard.
The old custom of saying :'God bless
your when Il sneeze Is heard is of an
cient origin and still prevails in orien-
| tai countries. In the time of st. Greg
| DRY the Great at certain season the
air was filed with an unwholesome
yapor or malaria which so affected
the people that those who snecZed
were at once stricken with death
agonies. In this strait the pontiff is
said TO have devised form of prayer
to be uttered when the paroXysm was
seen to be coming on and which. it
was hoped. would avert the stroke of
the death angel.
Sneezing is mentioned in works of
mythology, and it is said that the first
sign of life given by the cunningly
wrought image of Prometheus was
lusty sneeZe. Aristotle, in writing OF
this subject, says that those who
thought the seat of the soul to be in
the brain looked upon sneezing as
zone of the most sensible and manifest
operations of the brain"
In ancient books we find many refer
ences to this act, as in the odyssey"
where the sneeZing of Telemachus is
accepted as a pleasing confirmation of
the words of his mother just mt a
time When she is denouncing the riot
Gus gormandizing suitors and praising
the valor of Ulysses:
She spoke. Telemachus then sneezea
aloud.
Constrained. his nostril echoed through
the crowd.
The smiling queen the happy omen bless
ed,
$50 may these impious fall. by fate OPP
pressed,'
Great results often grow from small
acts, an example of which is seen in
the time when the fate of the whole
Greek army was decided by so com
mon and natural an occurrence as the
sneeze of soldier. While Xenophon
was delivering his famous address to
the army, urging his companions to be
firm and bold, and while they We're un-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
CHURCH KINDERGARTEN.
A Pastors Plan to Enable Mothers ia
Attend Services.

Attend Services.
Rev. FINS Idleman, pastor OF the
Christian church in Paris, Ill, and one
of the most progressive ministers in
the city. recently put into practice a
plan whereby mothers may come to
church on Sunday and bring all the
children and not be caused any worry
the conduct of the little ones may an
noy the pastor or the congregation,
says a Paris correspondent of the ST
Louis Post-Dispatch.
He has secured the services of Miss
Rachel Z. Bremmenan of bloomington.
ILL.,, one of the best kindergarten teach
ers in the state who, with the assist
ance of a few of the women of The
church, has fitted up room in the rear
of the edifice, where the children are
taken during the progress of the serv-
ices and taught as they would be in a
kindergarten.
Miss Bremmenan says she will make
her end of the work SO attractive and
profita BILE that the children will beg to
be allowed to attend the kindergarten
sessions. Thus the parents of the lit
tie ones will not only have no excuse
for not going to church and their chill
dren's pleadings will supply an addi-
tional incentive for their attendance.
The kindergarten is only for the chill
dren who are accompanied to church
by their parents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
Monks as Chaufeurs.

The monks of the Grand st. Bernard
will soon make their debut as chauf-
feurs, says the st. Louis Post Dis
patch. After a struggle lasting over q
year they have received permission
from the Valais and italian authorities
to run motor car segvice between the
hospices of Grand ST. Bernard and
Simplon (their prOpertiesl and Domo-
dossola and Aosta. The chauffeurs will
be chosen from the monks themselves,
who will wear cows. The cars, which
are being specially constructed to climb
the steep gradients, will at the begin
ming be employed for the transport of
supplies only. Later, however, the
monks intend to start a service for
tourists who wish to visit their hos
pices IN the summer season.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
RICHARD BURBAGE.
He Was IA Great Actor and Shake
speare's Leading Star.

March 1G, 1918 or 1919, Richard Bur
bage, player, died ut Shoreditch, Lon
don.
The first of the great English tragic
actors, Burbage was in every way
worthy to head the long roll of Eng
lands famous players. The son of an
actor, the friend and companion OF
Shakespeare. it was through him that
many of the heroes of the dramatist
first spoke to the eager playgoers who
tlronged the Globe theater. lie was
the original of Romeo. Hamlet, Lear.
Othello, Macbeth, Shylock, Richard
III. and many other of Shakespeare's
leading characters, and his name
stands next to that of the great poet
in the licenses for acting granted by
James l. in 1903 TO the company OF the
Globe theater.
His powers as an actor were not his
only claim TO distinction, for he was
also q successful painter. The fame of
his abilities held prominent place I'm
theatrical tradition for many years,
poem i'm his honor, dedicated TO one of
the great players of the day, being
written as late as the time of Charles II.
result of paralysis. caused the poets TO
turn their thoughts to his successful
career, and 1t is from the numerous
elegies then written that most Of the
information concerning him must be
gathered. Few players have ever had
the good fortune TO be SO well liked by
the dramatlsts OF their time, and all
praised him, one even. lamenting that
his death hath made visible eclipse
Of playing"
A shrewd. careful man in his busi-
ness affairs, Burbage left an estate
producing yearly income Of 1900, a
large sum for player in those days to
bequeath TO his heirs. Beloved and
respected by all. lie survived his great
master by only few years. his grave
bearing the simple. expressive epitaph,
Exit Burbage." - London Saturday
Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
CHLOROPHYLL.
To This Substance Is Due the Color
ing of Plants.


ChlorophyIl is perhaps the most i'm
portant coioring substance In the
world. for upon this substance depend
the characteristic activity of plants, the
synthesis of complex compounds from
carbon dioXide and water process, upon
which the existence OF all living things
is ultimately conditioned. Only in
very few unimportant forms devoid OF
chlorophyll can the synthesis of COM
pleX from simple compounds or from
the elements be accomplished. The
function of chlorophyli may only be
comprehended when its chief physical
properties are understood. These may
be best illustrated by placing a gram
of chopped leaves of grass or geranium
in a few cubic centimeters Of strong
alcohol for an hour.
Such a solution will be OF a bright.
clear green color, and when the vessel
containing it is held in such a manner
that the sunlight is reflected from the
surface of the liquid il will appear
blood red, due TO fits property Of fiuor-
escence, that of changing the wave
length OF the rays of light of the violet
and of the spectrum I'm such a manner
as 10 make them coincide with those OF
the red end. 1t is by examination Of
light which has passed through a solu-
ton of chlorophyll, however, that tho
greatest insight into fits physical prop
critics may be gained. If such a ray OF
light is passed through a prism and
spread out on n screen, it may be seen
that there are several large intervals
of dark bands in the spectrum. The
rays of light which would have occu-
pied these spaces have been absorbed
by the chloropbyIl and converted into
heat and other forms of energy. This
energy is directly available to the pro-
toplasm containing the chlorophyll, and
by means OF IT the synthesis of COM
plex substance may be accomplished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
A New Plan to stop Splitting.

Chief of Police Paul AIilliken of Gin
cinnati has adopted new tactics in the
war against spitters in street ears and
public places, says a Cincinnati dis
patch. He directed patrolmen to hand
to any one seen expectorating in a
public place q card on which is printed
Splitting menaces public health.
Splitting on sidewalks, in public con-
veyances or in public places is liable to
communicate disease. DO not spit"
The other side of the card bears a
copy of the city ordinance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
RIGHT SIDE OF A CAR.
Experienced Travellers Have a Rea-
son For Sitting There.

son For Sitting There.
| When you are travelling and enter &
| sleeping car, chair car or day coach
/ look on the right side of the cars. You
| can tell 'drummers," of course, with
| out that, but if you go into any railway
train you VIII find the commercial
| travelers-the men who make a bust
| ness of travelling riding on the
| right hand side.
If you want to test this, go some time
to the sleeping car chart at any sta
ton and you will find the right hand
berths sold and the left hand ones
| mostly vacant.
The custom, which has. grown great
iy, Is extremely noticeable even to rail-
way men. and the makers of sleeping
cars would put all the berths on the
right hand side if they could. The de-
mand for berths on the Fight hand side
Is enormous.
1t is not habit or superstition with
these old travellers; it is based on eX-
perience, and the cause is twofold.
Force of habit, the rule of the road"
for hundreds OF years will cause most
persons to take the right hand side
naturally, but this applies TO travelling
men no more than to the ordinary trav-
eler
Yet, while the commercial travellers
will fight almost for the right hand
seats. there are three big roads in the
United States where the demand is
for left hand seats and berthS.
A lint Of hn ,Je, <f 4I,n
United States follow the rule of the
coad"-that is, they run their trains
on the right hand track of the double
tracked line. The right hand side of
the car is therefore the fartheSt re-
moved from the trains passing in the
opposite direction, and passengers on
that side escape the noise and dirt. In
the night they are not awakened by
the crash of passing trains, although
they may suffer more from passing
long lines of cars on side tracks.
The chief reason, however that the
travelling men choose the right hand
side is for greater safety, as the left
hand side of the train running on the
right hand track is exposed to danger
from passing trains. All old travellers
tApSCl SOlut tiillc 10 ne III All dCciueuI,
and they do not overlook any safe
guards. They know that at any time
some big piece of freight from some
passing freight train might be jostled
loose and rip through the sides of the
fast train going in the opposite direc-
ton. They know that some loose side
door of a freight car, caught in the sue
ton between the trains, may rip hole
in the sleeping cars side. They know
1t is possible for one of the heavy mail
bag catcherS on a small train to tear
through the sides of a. half Il dozen
cars going in the opposite direction if
some one left it sticking out through
careleSsness.
Also they know that when fast trains
are hurried into sidings by misplaced
switches the left hand side suffers
most.
SO the veterans with the travel worn
grips claim and pre-empt the right
hand seats and berths everywhere, and
the rest of the public is no wiser.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
THE CRIMINAL
INSTINCT
IN ANIMALS.

1t has been proved beyond question
many curious equivalents of crime
among men Cannibalsm is not un-
known in the animal world. Wolf eats
wolf, and in certain circumstances, and
| despite proverbs to the contrary, dog
/, will eat dog. Well nourished dogs are
not often guilty of this savage custom,
though 1t has been observed where ne
cessity did not impel, but arctic travel
| ers have frequently fed their famished
Eskimo team on the carcasSes of bretl-
| rem that died from effects of cold or
hunger, and under such conditions
mothers have devOured their puppies
with no hesitation or lack OF appetite
Domestic cats have killed and eaten
their young, and rabbits have been
known to feed on one another even
when plentifully supplied with food to
their liking The rat is nearly always
a cannbal under stress of circum-
stances.
The cannibalistic propensities of the
pike need very little stimulus. Young
crocodiles are occasionally gobbled by
their parents or Mt least by their moth
ers. Warrior ants devour In a fury the
ants they have killed in battle
A certain famous case in Il reptile
house of a geological garden was evil
IDENTIFY not one of genuine cannibalism.
but serpents have been guilty of the
act. Infanticide, patricide, matricide
and fratricide are aggravating circum-
stances of cannibalism in the animal
world There are crimes known to our
calendar of which the only or the chief
motive appears to be the inveterate
dislike of one individual Cthe assailanD
for another Cthe assaulted), and these
strange antipathies exist in the ami
and battery and often of the death of
both parties. Horses. dogs and mon
keys furnish many examples of vio-
lence proceeding from antipathy.
The sudden gusts of uncomfortable
rage which impel the Malay to run
amuck through his native high street
seize at times upon the gentlest of an
finals, and the results are much the
same as in the Malay peninsula unless
the subject of his brief, terrible mad
ness can be caught or slain. Different
are the cases of animals proverbial for
their patience which may be goaded in
to a fury. The dromedary, ordinarily
a model of good behavior, is sometimes
leased by his drivers until they are
compelled to fee before his rage or to
strip off and throw him their garments,
that he may tear and trample them to
pieces. Every one knows to what u
pass the docile elephant will carry his
desire for revenge when his dignity has
been badly insulted or his good nature
abused.
More curious it is to note that among
as among men, some of the
worst offenses that can be committed
have their origin in the passion of love.
Jealousy burns tiercely in many a
brute's bosom, and when affected with
the universal distemper of love" the
whole animal creation. from the tiger
to the dove. Is capable of any excuses
against its diSturberS, whether of it's
own or the human kind. Association
for deliberate purposes of wrongdOing
Is not rare among animals both of the
higher and the lesser order of intelli
gence. Other animals steal in bands
Balloons go out in troops to rob or
chards difficult of access. Conditions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
Self Help society I'm Korea.

Yum Hio Chung, who has been in
durance vile on some charge of sedi-
ton, has been released and now pro-
poses, with the assistance of the ed
itor of the e-hanS Sung newspaper, to
found Il society for self help, says the
Korean News. The society is to be
called the Cha Kang Hoi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
Gates and Drake.

John W. Gates and John A Drake,
two Chicago turfmen, are now talked
about as the real owners of the Salem
(N. H) race track which is In course of
construction. Their interest in the
ownership has been denied, however,
by Andrew Miller, president of the
New England Breeders club
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12

on dry rand & gang of railroad con-
struction hands will LAY down" on an
unpopular foreman in just about the
same way that disaffected gang Of
bIuejackets will ''show up an unpopu-
lar officer.
But sIaying DOWN isn't mutiny.-
Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12

of climate and change of atmosphere
have their influence upon the tempera-
ments of animals. Speaking generally.
wild creatures inhabiting very hot
countries are more savage than sthose
inha biting cold or temperate Chimes
New York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
HI. Preferense

Lady--Are you not ashamed to be
begging on the streets? Beggar-Well,
yes. I'd sooner do it in the pulpit or at
a church bazaar. but fate is against
me.-London Tit-Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
The Paradox.

Hummelshine, Walker Tighs inner
tied 100000 he is a paradox. Egg
bert-What's the answer? Hamand-
He is both the richest and poorest
actor on the stage.-Chlcago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12

1t is well known that a very much
larger proportion of carbonic acid than
usually exists in the atmosphere can be
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26
Compromise il Cartee Case.

Spartanburg, Sept. 1s.-The case
against Gus Cartee, charged with at
tempting to criminally assault Mrs. j.
W. Johnson in this city several weeks
ago, has, with the consent of Solicitor
Sease, been compromised. Cartee is
the young white man who was arrest
ed and bound over some time ago on
the complaint of Mr.. J. W. Johnson
under a charge of assault of a high
and aggravated nature. His bond was
fixed at $4OO. The bond was furnished
and the case was to come up at next
term of court. After a consultation
of the attorneys it was decided to set
tie the matter outside the court.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26

crowd He said the lousy club devils
would go from the house, hanging
their heads and saying, "I'm fool.
I set there and laughed at that rascal.
Do you know why I made you laugh?
For the same reason that the fellow
gave the sick dog chloroform; so he
could keep him still while he took his
medicine"
Sam said he was anxious to take
we'll in Charlotte. He pointedly ask
ed Captain Franklin if he was taking
we'll. ''If New York and Boston and
Chicago set down on me it's all right;
but if Charlotte sets down on a feller,
he's gone! I want to tell you the
Declaration of independence was first
writ out right here. You'll hear that
every time you come here, but you
won't hear it anywhere else" ,
He paid an extensive tribute to him
self, saying that he has preached more
sermons and to more people than any
man, dead or alive, in the worlds
history. All the preachers here, he said
will admit that the devil is in this
town, but no two Of them can agree
as to how to git him out. The Meth
odist preacher will say, 'tLet's ride
him out on a rail-" The Presbyterian:
Brethren, let's do all things with
decency and in order;;" the Baptists:
"Let's take him to the river and
drown him. and the Episcopalians:
Gentlemen, if you run the devil out
of this town my members will be SO
lonesome I can't do thing"
He happened to think of the pug
dog woman.
"When the Lord gives man good
wife and Is Or 20 chillun, he blesses
that man; but when the devil gives a
man awoman and a poodle dog, he
just throws off on him. 1 don't like
the poodle dog woman nohow. No
woman who kisses a poodle dog can
kiss Sam Jones. Pm not much on
Hssin' women nohow. If 7 had q
poodle dog woman for a wife and she
took that poodle dog out driving and
wouldn't take me, would go back
home and ask about my wife, and
say, Where is it?'" He made fine
pass at the Mormons, and erupted
some eloquent ''partin' words.''
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26
Deafness Cannot be Cured.

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies Deafness is
caused by an inf med condition of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is irfamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, ard
when it isaentirely closed, Deafness is tie
result. and unless Ihe inflammation can be
taken out and this tubo restored to its
normal con 3ition. hearing will be destroy
ed tarever; nine cases out If ten are caused
by Catarrh which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafoess Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halrc Catarsh
Cure. Send tor circulars free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26
1900 Men On Strike.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 15.-Owing to
the failure to agree On the wage scale
a general strike of all shop employees
on the Wabash Railroad system has
been ordered beginning Monday, and
affecting 1900 skilled mechanics, in
Guiding machinists, boiler makers and
blacksniths. The men demand an
increase Of from % to so cents to 81
to IS cents per hour.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26
Cured Eay Fever and Summer
Cold

A. J. Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana,
writes: s'Last year I suffered for three
months with summer cold.so distress
ing that it interfered with my business.
I had many CT the. symptoms Of hay
fever, and o doctors prescription did mot
reach my case, ard took several nedl-
cines which seemed to only aggravate
my case. Fortunately I insisted uron
having Foley's Honey and Tar in the
yellow package, and it quickly cured me.
NV wife has since used Foley's Honey
and Tar with the same success" The
Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26
WHOLESALE DOMESTIC
DEPARTMENT

Is a very large department in
this house, bought at mill
prices, and we can save small
retail men good profit. We
;;can cut the quantities to suit.
ask an inspection as to
quality and price. You owe
this to yourself. You are
bound to save all you can.
We want all our friends to
call when in Columbia and
see us.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26

1t makes a nice girl awful indignant
to smile at a man she doesn't know.
A sour stomach, bad breath, pasty
complexion and other consequences OF a
disordered digestion are quickly remov-
ed by the use of Kings Dyspepsia Tai
let's. Two days treatment free. Sold
by The Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26
Five Thousand Lives Destroyed

Hong Kong, Sept. 2o.-Every hour
the investigation of the extent of the
disaster wrought by the typhoon.
Tuesday shows that the storms raw
ages were much more extensive than
at first supposed 1t is now known
that instead of being confined merely
to the harbor here and the island of
Hong Kong, the typhoon swept the
coast for a considerable distance and
wrought untold havoc. The Last es-
innate gives the total dead at about
10000.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-09-26
r the Baby is Cutting Teeth

Be sure and use that old and we'll tried
remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup, for children teething. ItsooUh-
es the child, softens the gums, allays
all pain, cures wind collie and is the
best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty
five cents bottle.
If It is the best of all.