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Professional Women Thieves.

The ingenuity displayed by profes- sional women thieves in concealing stolen jewels on their persons makes it imperative that the women searchers employed in police stations be alert and intelligent. An important duty of searcher is to examine the mouth of a prisoner. The other day, after this had been done and the thief even made to raise her tongue, valuable ring was seen to drop from her lips while she was asleep. Women who wear pom- padours frequently use them as hiding places for jewelry while the lining of jackets and shoes Is a popular place for concealment. Needless to say. the position of searcher is not an altogether agreeable one, and perhaps the duty she dislikes most, owing to It's mo- notony, Is that of sitting up with pris- oners whom it is deemed expedtent to watch. Women prisoners when once in- side the station are said to be rarely violent. For instance. the genuine pro- fessional pickpocket seldom gives the slightest trouble She knows she is caught and makes the best of bad job. "But" observed one searcher, "a drop of drink do change some of lem wonderful."-New York Tribune.
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A Lesson In Patience.

There are two women in the waiting room at the railway station. One of them Is tall and thin and of the ap- pearance which is sometimes described as nervous, yet she sits with folded hands, placidly gazing at nothing. The other woman is plump and pretty. By every evidence of feature and build she should be joyous and contented. yet she is fidgeting around. She cannot sit in one place more than two minutes. She gets up and walks to the door and then to the windows. She keeps look ing about necessarily. and from time to time she sighs anxiously.
 May l ask" inquired the tall. thin woman. If there is any worry on your mind?"
 "Yes, there is," responds the plump, pretty woman. 'I am waiting for my husband"
 But that should not worry you How long have you been waiting?"
 "Its-let me see-what time Is it? It's forty minutes now"
 Forty minutes7 My dear woman I've been waiting for my husband for forty years, yet you see am not one thousandth as nervous as you."-Mem- phis News-Scimitar
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vealcd lying on q velvet bac&ground a jewel of indescribable beauty. It me&sured ? feet feet i inches in length, and is made to button around the neck by a wonderful circle of dia, moAda. sprea ing it eut on the breast and showing butterflies of jewels. dainti,y poised on glittering flowers surrounding ceuterFiece of the Turkish crescent in pearls. in three rows, each as large as d Barcelona nut
 The crescent itself is the size of T tea plate, and at the top is the sign manual of the Sultan of Turkey in emeralds, and we're of the Koran in rubies fills the center. From the crescent, on ropes of glitterins gems hangs square medallion the size of an Ordinary cigarette ease. on which standing on an emerald mound is tha furkIsh flag in rubies. whole being backed by diamonds.
 Below is suspended in a diamond frame miniature carte de yisite. and, completing the wholn seen. at the extreme bottom is pearl as large as an acorn. Every piece can be de. tached from the others and worn separately, CT, with truly Oriental maenticence. the whole can be SIS. pended from the neck like a trem bling. quiyering blaze of fire. The value Of the treasure is estimated at moro than $15o.o0o.
 King Edward had the jewel taken to Buckingham Palace. and expressnd pleasure that English workmen had produced such fna jeWelry. On pick ing it up his majesty laurhiaeIy re. marked that he was glad he was not forced to Wear anything so gorgeous or heavy,
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SPlIT-lOG DRAG

Mattoon, H., March S-The split log drag, which is claimed by some to be the solution of the good-roads problem in this section of Illinois. is new getting a practical and test
 J. P. Ashbrook. wealthy farmer. living northeast of here. has been working at odd times with his split log on piece of road near his home and the results obtained demonstrate that this method is the practical one for the building of good roads.
 The split-log arrangement, which is d simple contrivance. is said te have been originated by a Missourian named King. When King first com menced dragging his road his neigh bors concluded that he was harmless. ly insane and offered no serious Ob. Jeetion to his amusing himself in this particular manner. A year served to show that he was right. and what was bad strip of road was changed into one that could be trotted over at the worst season of the year.
 MT. Ashbrook heard of Kings ex- perience and resolved to try it for himself Last summer he picked out the worst piece of road in his neigh borhood, and right after every rain he went out and pulled his split-lOs drag over it. The road is now in good condition; in fact, it is about the only strip of road in this section With the exception of the paved streets in the cities, where team can pull a load.
 By his experiment MT. AshbroolS has opened the eyes of the farmers in his vicinity, and in the next year many will follow his example. The public highways in Coles county are so bad in the winter that they very seriously handicap many lines of bust. ness.
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THOUSAND OF GEMS
Most Magnificent Necklace Made in
 Modern Times.

London, March 7.-London has the distinction of having produced per- haps the most magnificent piece of jewelry in modern times. A Turkish potentate commissioned Messrs. Dob- son. jewellers of Piccadilly, to produce a plastron of surpassing beauty. rival- ing the jewels of the Arabian Nights" in splendor.
 From his own treasures he supplied a number of beautiful pearls, the size of small nuts, and a single diamond ot wonderful brilliance, leaving Messrs. Dobson to furnish the rest cf the jewels. There are no fewer than eight thousand brilliants, besides en- eralds and rubies.
 Mir. Arthur Dobscn said, in showing it:
 sWe submitted several sketches. and after the approval of one, we commenced work two years aeo. a> : it is just completed"
 Drawing aside a silk curtain, he ro-
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Yes "hhei"the makes the heart grew fendels.-ef six feet of earth.
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at in judgment like a member of upreme court.
 " swing with your right. this ana sometimes knock the other Rs head or."
 la what were you and that young oolng up in the garretY"
 mad the mitts on for a few ' to keep in practice"
 tns Mitts?"
 1lng gloves. you know"
 lou learned this at college, did "niie l supposed you were put u sli your time at Sour studies ! .s's s hard at work learning to be < aghter, eh? Instead of grad ;. lawyer, I have. 1t seems, add aa ae number of loafers who pound vaef about for money"
 us now, aunt" protested the uan. but boxing Is a part of Iaaslum work at every college"
 uao Known that they trained uiea to be prize fighters you ,a'.,. aeser have gone to college. ha.. ,u'''e that or any other young 1,e a again. l want those boxing turned ua1 up this very evening"" no :. word, sir! If any one had f.s, s alat you were a thief I could ss. u' worse. This prize fighting s m must stop right here. If there ,o. mOte t. Of it I shall alter my will ms. ol those nephews who are o u, a,e even if they don't know eot op,es were handed over to her on. . uownstalrs to be cremated in ,s,a ee, and the visitor did not Mhs.,W what did happen was that .s,use nseler attended the nearest ,h," s.l instead. It was an almost ns.os, with him to keep up his hsaa and Aunt Hannah t,la,s e been none the wiser but lnta nt'earer' Her coachman wan h,n :. tue place one day and saw bnsto.s work, and an hour later sbs ss. ..,, was in possession of the
 ,,sS '. mat she had been defed
 'uss passed by, and shs Mia
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-11

u+ Hannah Burt was rich, and she 1 o,so called eccentric. She was so .d nerbaps because she had never (s,ed and permitted her husband to |.naer the fortune that came to her hor father. There was nothing L,+ric about her adopting Ray Io,or when he was fifteen years hocause he was one of her neph-
 the age of nineteen he entered ,co and three years later he grad as a lawyer. He was taking a
 and looking around previous to |,ro LID for himself when Aunt (nah discovered something that her shiyer in horror. She had h no complaints of the young ,s conduct while he was at col
 and no policeman had ever ap- ,ed at the house to warn her that
 was whooping it up when away her motherly influence.
 young man had a caller one King in the person of an old class They smoked and talked. They pd about straight jabs, upper cuts. \ hand swings and other things be- ling to the Greek language. The
 of the room was open, and Aunt Snah heard them. Later they as led to the garret. She crept part
 I'D the narrow stairs and saw and She saw them don boxing es and punch each other around biz room in fiercest fashion and make use of terms she had never d before, not even in connection
 state prisons and ward caucuses. hen the visitor had departed Ray
 summoned to the frozen presence kunt Hannah, who began:
 wish to ask you, sir, what an up cut is
 Cby-why," he stammered in his Irise "an uppercut is when you g your fist up from beneath and
 on the other fellows chin"
 Ind what is a straight jab?'
 is meeting the other fellow full in face with your fist when he comes bu'
 Ind didn't I hear some rg about
 hand swings:' she continued as
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WA N TED.

Two men in each county to repre- sent and advertise hardware depart ment. put out samples of our goods, vtc. Travelling position or office man &ger Salary s90 per month cash weekly with all expenses paid in ad- vfnce. We furnish everything.
 THE COLUMBIA HOUSE, Do rt Gio, 23t 5th aye. Chicago. H.
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very sober and serious as she faced the young man.
 Didn't l tell you how mortified I was?" she demanded
 "Yes, but
 And that I wanted no prize fighters in my family?"
 "Yes, but you see"-
 And that if there was any more of 1t should change my will? If YOU learned that at college you must have learned other objectionable things. haven't heard you swear. and I don't know whether you chew and drink or not. but l am ready to believe you do l had built up great hopes around you, and to have them shattered in mo ment is something hard to bear"
 But, aunty, If only you would let me explain" replied the young man. "One needn't be prize fighter or q tough because he knows how to box. It is taught one so that he can defend himself If need be. You see"-
 "A gentleman always carries cane to defend himself with"
 But cane may be forgotten Sup pose 1 was going down the street and was accosted by two or three.--
 Il can't possibly suppose any such thing. A loafer recognizes a gentleman when he sees one and lets him alone. Kay, you may go to hotel for two or three days. I want time to think things over. When have come to decision 1 will send you word. No matter what else l decide on, you will get enough ready money to set you up in sa- loon and as prize fighter. I shall ex- pect to see ill the papers some morning that the Yale Kid has knocked some other fighter senseless and won purse.'
 Kay Wheeler went without making further protest. He had been at the hotel for two days. when he took walk through a tough part of the city. He was dodsing children here and be- sotted men and women there and keep ing aS clear of pushcarts as he could when he came upon broken down car riage in the street.
 He recognized the driver as the man who drove for his Aunt Hannah. and a moment later saw the woman herself standing in a doorway. She was on one of her charity rounds. Half dozen loafers had taken advantage of the accident to hem her ill and menace her She had given up her purse, but they wanted more. They were refer ring to her as old gal'' and almost tearing the gloves off her hands when there came an interruption. The adopt ed son put up his dukes and began knocking thc l9afers into the gutter. He cleared q path t9 Aunt Hannah and bid her be of good cheer, and then a pretty little play occurred Three or four of the gang came back for more and got it. There We're three of them sleeping on their backs when Il police man finally pushed his way through the crowd and exclaimed:
 Bully fir you, young man. I'd be willing to give up d hun,le bones if could handle ny dukes like that
 Aunt Hannah was escorted to the re- paired carriage, and she laoiion9;l to Ray to get ill beside her. She hadn't a word to say until slle reached home and had her bonnet off. Then she turn ed and asked:
 Ray, did you upper cut them:'
 "Yes, aunt
 And give them straight jabs:'
 "For sure"'
 And deliver right hand swings?'
 'A few of them
 Fl guess you'd better stay home, now that you are here. and if you want the use of the garret l shant have any objections, provided you don't make too much nOiSe"
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 |HANNAH
By C. B. LEWIS

ca,,,,oht 1905, by E. c. Parcells
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sA Ias
tay Be stylish One. But It Nal C
 Trouble.

A nan usually buys q ha' that's "" tyle. but the modern hat A4r men na .ts to answer for
 Ra.daeads arc growing more nume" 'is every das. tstS Fl !lH h,ie a.''''. ,reeiene places for tt4e partt=tasss ss'.;.;:a ehtrh sap ihe life from the root of t!l
 Ess. xo.r hair begins to :a,f ont az olr seas. l. fuIi af DaudruH it is ; &rc 1.Gn mat these countless germs ar 'ei'% f work.
 here .s hu' one way to overcome l..
 Gain aa. ,t!l the Eerms-that w. i
 Newhross lIerpiriaa to th tn-it will til! the germs and he2!ths G;t stsrA tJ result.
 S1l1 h7 'n5Gine druggists. Send i9o. v 'q'ff%= for sample to The Herpicide Co -i:s1..' h
 For sale by BedeN Pharmacy, 2la Main street. special agent
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Of the D. A. R. in Pine Bluff at an
 Early Date.

The following notice is self explana- tory:
 Mrs. Lucien w. Roy, state regent of the D A. R. of Arkansas, has ap pointed me chapter regent at Pine Puff. shall, in few days call a meeting Of my members in crder to anoGirt the chanter officers. Will not organize formally until later. when expect to have the state regent and etlar oficers Of Little Rock chapter with mo
 JULIA McALMONT NOEL. 1Nrs James w. Noel. DIG East Sixth
 nvenue. Pire Bluff. Ark.)
 NarcA S. 19cG.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-17
New Postal Note Scheme.

A new postal note scheme was re
Gently submitted to congress which
contemplates the adoption of special
postal notes running from one cent to
nine cents. which will be sold at their
face value. but on those for larger
sums a small fee will be charged. Its
adoption will do away with the present
careless method of enclosing silver or
stamps in envelopes. The adoption of
Hostetter's Stomach BitteTs as your
family medicine will be the means of
saving you much unnecessary suffer
ing. A dose or two at the first sign of
any stomach. liver or kidney disor-
der will convince you of it's wonderful
merit 1t always cures and prevents
poor appetite, blOating, heartburn,
r'ceplessness. dyspepsia. indigestion,
costiveness. chills, colds or female ills.
Try it today and you'll be thankful for
the hint All druggists sell it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-17
PLAY WILTON TEAM
Y. NJ. c. A. Tigers Meet Basket
ball Boys From Iowa High
School Tonight
AT ASSOCIATION GYMNASIUM
All Stars and T. BIS in Curtain
Raiser-Dr. E. M. Sala Gives
First Aid Instructons.'

There will be two basketball games
at the Y. NJ. c. A. this evening, the
| first between the Y. NJ c. \. Tigers
and the Wilton high school team and
| the second between the r. BIS and
the All Stars. The Wilton high school
team is known to be Il very fast az
gregation with good records for the
| season last year and with the local
boys in good condition a pretty con
test is anticipated
The lineup of the Tigers is: Clar-
cnce Ficken. center; Defiance Cook
right forward; Maurice briggs. left
forward; Joe Smith. right guard
Frank Young. left guard. and Clayton
Shinstrom, substitute. The first game
will start at 40 as the Wilton boys
want to get home this evening if posi-
BILE
On First Aid.
The first of the semi-monthly lee
lures was given last evening at the
Y NJ c. A. by DR.. e. NJ. Sala on the
subject. First Aid to the Injured. -
Dr.. Sala's talk was of an interesting
and decidedly practical nature. He
spoke of the different ways to treat
the injured. giving simple methods for
reviving a drowning person. checking
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood
vessel. bandaging a broken limb or
limb dislocations, and many other
things which might prove of the great
est value in case of accident The
second lecture will be given Nov 50 by
DR.. \. E. Williams on the subject.
THE Value of Physical Training"
Men who do not realize the value of
physical training in the building up of
the system. will find DR.. Williams lee.
ture of particular interest.
HandbnII Tournament Continues.
The handball tournament was con-
tinued this afternoon, six games being
played. The tournament is to be de
cided in SO games. and the first match
es We're played last week. There are
is players entered
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-17
T0DAY'S GRiBlRON BATTLES
WEST.

WEST.
Chicago and Illinois at Marshall
field,
Minnesota and Carlisle at Mime
apoiis.
Beloit and Notre Dame at Notre
Dame.
Wisconsin and Purdue at Madisin.
Monmouth and Lake Forest at Lake
Forest.
Depauw and Wabash at Crawfords-
VILE.
Iowa and Alumni at Iowa City.
Grinnell and Ames at Ames.
Nebraska and Kansas ut Lincoln.
EAST.
Yale and Princeton at Princeton.
Michigan and Pennsylvania AT Phil
adclphia
Harvard and Dartmouth at Cam
bridge
Brown and Vermont at Providence.
Williams and Amherst at Amherst.
Cornell and Swathmorc at Ithaca.
Middies and North Carolina at An
ndpolis.
LOCAL.
Rock Island at Moline.
Dubuque at Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-17
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
IN THE ANNUAL GAME
Rock Island and Moline Contestng for
Football Honors at Moline
Athletic Park.

The Moline and Rock Island nigh
school football teams are engaging in
the annual contest this afternoon at
the Moline Athletic park The game
attracted great crowds from Rock Is
land, and Moline is naturally well rep
resented. The greatest enthusiasm has
been manifest in both schools. but no
display of bitterness is expected, on
account of the circumstances under
which the authorities consented to the
game While Rock Island counted on
a victory, the boys realized that they
had worthy opponents. and that vic
tory would mean a hard struggle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-17
THE M1RKETS.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-Following are the
market quotations today
Wheat.
December, 1875, "A. 1895. 1919.
May. 20. 1915. 7S1a. 1885.
July, 7734, 77A, 773s, 771z.
Corn.
December, 1926. 425s, 421s. 42H.
May, 1885, 1885, 43ll, 43H.
July, Az. 441, 43A, 43%.
Oats.
December, 341a. SAY, 34H, 34H.
May. 355s, 359s, 35H, 353s.
July, 331A, 3312, So Is, S31s.
Pork.
January. 14.35. 14.40. 1882, 1892.
May, 1855, 1857. 14.47, 14.52.
Lard.
January, $50, $50, SAT, SAT.
May, S.45, SAL, $40, $40.
Ribs.
January. 7.67, 1867. 7.65. 7.65.
May, III, $50. 7.75, III.
Receipts today-Wheat 80, corn zoo,
cats 166, hogs $4,000, cattle 500, sheep
1000.
Hog market opened shade lower
Hogs left over $500. Light G.O0@6.37
mixed and butchers 6.O5@6.42, good
heavy 5.65@6.4O. rough heavy $3.50
$50
Cattle market opened unchanged.
Sheep market opened strong.
Hogs at Omaha 1000. cattle 500
Hogs at Kansas City 1000, cattle p
900.
L. S. Yards, s: 40 a. m.-Hog market
weak to &c lower. Light 6.00@6.35,
mixed and butchers 6.O506.40. good
heavy 5.65@6.4O, rough heavy $3.50
595.
Cattle market unchanged. Beeves
3 .90@7.3O. COWS and heifers 1.3O@4.20,
stockers and feeders 2.606455.
Sheep market steady.
Hog market closed weak, sc to 1Oc
lower. Light 5.95@6.30, mixed and
butchers 6.00@6.35. good heavy 5000
6.S5, rough heavy 5.6O@5.S5
Cattle market closed steady.
Sheep market closed steady.
New York Stocks.
New York, Nov. 17.-U. p. 1897, L.
S. Steel preferred 1852, U. S. Steel
common 4SA, Reading 1879, Rock Is
land preferred 81, Rock Island COM
mon 81, o. & w. AZ, Southern Pahific
955s, N Y. Central $50, Missouri Pa
cific 941a, l.. & n. 1851, Shelters
1914, C. F. I. 5312, Canadian Pacific
1914. Illinois Central 174H. Penna
l40h. Erie 44%. c. & o. 547s, B. r. T.
20, b. & o. 12019, Atchison 1908, Loco
motive 1874, Sugar 1855, st. Paul
1924, Copper ia, Republic Steel pre-
TERED 80, Republic Steel common 361A,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-17
KILLS PUGILISTIC
GAME In STATE
Governor Warner of Michigan Acts as
Result of Fatality at Grand
Rapids.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Nov 17-Fred
NJ. Warner governor of Michigan, last
night announced that there would be
no more fighting, and that he would ut
once inform the sheriffs and. prosecu-
tors that he would hold them directly
responsible that the state statute
against prize fighting should not be
violated in the future
Harry Lewis, Frank O'Brien. his
trainer. and Eddie Ryan, who refereed
the Mike Ward-Harry Lewis fight.
spent last night in Jail, awaiting the
action of the coroner's jury. Lewis
will in all probability be charged with
murder and the others with aiding
and abetting a prize fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-17
Proper to Kin Illegal Hunter.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 17.-Fraqls
Rome, a game warden was acquitted
in the criminal court here yesterday of
numbering a man he caught violating
the state game laws Rowe had plac-
cd Adam Ruscus, a hunter, under a.
rest for hunting nSunday and for
having game in his possession. The
prisoner resisted arrest and in the
fight Rowe shot and killed him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-17
DOLLlvER RAPS ROOT HAfD
Iowa Senator Says Secretary Will Not
Do for Presidency.

Mcpherson. Iowa, Nov. 17.-"Secre-
tary Root will not do for a presidential
candidate. He sits in the inner coun-
ellis of the trusts. is Thomas F. Ryan 5
right-hand man, and for several years
has been chief counsel in every nefa-
riOus scheme that has been foisted on
the American people" This sentiment
was expressed here by Senator iona
than p. Dolliver of Iowa 1t was oc-
casioned by a citizen remarking that
Root was his personal choice for the
presidency