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Wednesday, February 7, 1000

CNEW men of modern times have
" attracted to themselves nobler
Vo poetic tributes than has Abra-
ham Lincoln. There was some
thing about the homely, heroic figure
that seemed to call forth rhythmical
praise. This may have been due to the
fact that Lincoln himself was a poet.
He scrubbed a volume of verse in his
youth and then burned it. Some few
of his pieces escaped into print, how
ever. With all due respect to them,
they are not half as poetical as some
of his prose. The Gettysburg speech,
the second inaugural address and his
letter to the mother whose sons were
slain in battle are prose poems. Per
haps the poets responded to this kin
dred strain.
The noblest poem to the martyr pres
ident is unquestionably that of James
Russell Lowell. 1t is a really great
ode, almost as great as the subject,
and that is saying much. The follow
ing extracts show its merit:
Nature, they say, doth dote
And cannot make a man
Save on some WORKOUT plan,
Repeating us by rote.
For him her old world molds aside she
threw
And, choosing sweet clay from the
breast
OF the u~nexhausted west,
With stuff untainted shaped a hero new.
Wise. steadfast In the strength of God
and true.
How beautiful to see
nnnn mara ~ Chpnhnrd of mankind tn6nad
Who loved his charge, but never loved to
lead;
One whose meek flock the people joyed
to be,
Not lured by any cheat of birth,
But by his clear grained human worth
And brave old wisdom of sincerity
His was no lonely mountain peak of mind,
Thrusting to thin air Ger our cloudy
A sea mark now, now lost In vapors blind;
Broad prairie rather, genial. level lined,
Fruitful and friendly for all humankind.
Yet also nigh to heaven and loved of
loftieSt stars.
Here was a type of the true elder race.
And one of Plutarch's men talked with us
face to face.
l praise him not; it were too late,
And some innative weakness there must
be
In him who condescends to victory
Such as the present gives and cannot
wait.
Safe in himself as in a fate.
So always firmly he
He knew to bide his time
And can his fame abide,
Still patient in his simple faith sublime,
Till the wise years decide.
Great captains. with their guns and
drums,
, 1906-02-07

The JOURNAL is bright and newsy.
Read it. One dollar a year. \
, 1906-02-07
AMONG THE CHURCHES

AMONG THE CHURCHES
NEXT SABBATH DAYS OBSERVANCE
SUNDAYS SERVICES AT THE
CHURCHES, ALL OF WHICH
EXTEND A HEARTY WELL
COME TO VI~ITORS.
HOLLYWOOD NJ. L. CHURCH
Corner Roberts and Pacific Avenues.
Rev. Stanley n. Clark, Pastor.
Preaching by the pastor at 1870.
Sunday-school, 2.30.
Sunday evening service at 7.30
O'Clock, preceded by a song service.
Prayer Meeting Wed. Ev'g, 7.30.
Seats free. All are welcome.
ANGLESEA NJ. +. CHURCH
Rev. Stanley n. Clark, Pastor.
Sunday school, 200 p. m.
Pr aching by the Pastor, 300.
All are welcome.
WILDWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Pine avenue west of Pacific. Services:
Morning, HOO a. H., Sunday school
2.30 p. M, Song service, 7.45 p. m.
Evening, 500 p. IN. Prayer meeting,
Thursday evening, 500. a Hearty
welcome extended to visitors. Sup
ported by voluntary contributions.
Rev. J. w. Riddle, pastor.
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ANGLESEA BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Levanus Myers, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday evening at
7.30.
Sunday school at $50 p. m.
Prayer meetings Wednesday even
ings at 7.30.
ST. SIMEoN's-BY-THE-sEA PROTESTANT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
COTHer Idcluc anu hdple dNcHueS,
Wildwood, n. j.
Services as follows: Holy commun-
ion at 7.30 a.. m. Morning service and
sermon at 1870. Evening service and
at 7.30. Sunday school, go.
Weekday service as announced. Rev.
Samuel Ward, B. D., rector, residence,
121 Maple avenue.
II. AIMS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
st. AIMS Roman Catholic Church on
the corner of Garfield and Pacific
Holly Beach, N. j. Mass on
Sundays at 8 O'Clock a. m. Sunday
school at 2 O'Clock. Rev. Father Ma
roney, Rector.
HOLLY BEACH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Corner Pacific and Burke avenue,
Holly Beach.
Services every Sunday preaching by
the pastor, at 1890. Sunday-School at
$50. Preaching by the pastor 7.30.
Rev. Walter Bennett, acting pastor
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
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PROVIDENCE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Holly Beach ave., below Leaning,
Holly Beach.
Rev. E. A. Mitchell, pastor in charge.
Service on the Lords Day:
Preaching 1890 Am. and 7.30 pm.
Children's Service, $50 pm.
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WILDWOOD LUTHERAN CHURCH
Wildwood Borough Hall.
Rev. w. J. Nelson, pastor in charge.
Evening service 7.30 p. m.
Sunday-school $50.
A cordial invitation extended to all.
e. F. HAM
, 1906-02-07
NEXT SABBATH DAYS OBSERVANCE

SUNDAYS SERVICES AT THE
CHURCHES, ALL OF WHICH
EXTEND A HEARTY WELL
COME TO VI~ITORS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
The Policeman. Butter Cake.

Jokesmiths are having lots Of fun al
the expense of the hobbies" in New
York since they donned their new
French caps, writes the New York
correspondent of the Pittsburg Dis
patch. \ patrolman. a corpulent man
and short withal, stood at Park row
and West Broadway the other morn
ing. attracting considerable attention.
Only the generous proportions of a
helmet could have topped off with any
effect other than the ridiculous that
head, which in rotundity and size re-
sembled a hair covered association
football. Pedestrians gaZed at the
obese guardian of the peace in undis-
guised wonder, but forbOre to criticise
for obvious reasons. Finally, however.
a friend came along "Ho, Mike" he
cried, land phat the id how We got on
yer hid?" Mike scowled, "'Tis a but
Their cake" he replied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
Eat Right and
Feel Right
Take Care of Your Stomach and You
Will Escape No End of Trouble.

We can't abuse the stomach without
paying a penalty. This penalty is most
frequently indigestion. with all its
accompanying distress. Eat the right
kind of food and you will not suffer.
The right kind of food is a natural
matted whole wheat food, Malta-Vita,
the most delicious, the most satisfying
food in the world, always fresh and
crisp, containing every food element
necessary for the sustenance and up-
building of the body and the brain.
A perfect breakfast is impossible
without Malta-Vita. Being pure
grain product it is rich in food ele-
ments-all the food elements of the
best white wheat grown and the finest
barley malt extract-intensely vitaliz-
ing and easy for even the weakest
stomach to digest.
81 had been a sufferer from nervous
debility and indigestion for several
years, without any benefit or relief
from various tonics and other medical
prescriptions. Imagine my surprise
when, a short time after beginning the
use of Malta-Vfta, I became aware of
its beneficial effects by the gradual
of my 1ong-standing all
ment."-P. Gersper, GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
All grocers sell Malta-vita- Try
some with milk, cream or fruit You
never. tasted anything so good and you
VIII be glad we told you about Il.
Ready to eat. Now 10 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
BOAT TO END WAR.
Holland Says His Craft VIII Disable
Warships without Loss of Life.

Holland Says His Craft VIII Disable
Warships without Loss of Life.
John P. Holland of Newark, n. j.,
an inventor of submarine boats, spoke
recently in a general way of state
ment which he made In q lecture be-
fore the La Sale society in Newark a
few nights ago in regard to a subma-
rine craft on which he is at work,
which is designed to disable instead Of
destroy warships, says the New York
Herald. If 1t proves successful, he
believes disarmament and not annihi-
lation will be the object in warfare
''This boat on which am at work, /"
he said, Twill be the real new thing in
submarines. 1t will be the chief in
strument in doing away with wars. 1t
will not go forth to destroy, but to Grip
pie or disable all that it attacks. 1t
will put boat out of commission with
out, I hope, the loss of n single life.
This would save thousands of lives
such as were lost in the Russo-Japa-
nese war. 1 believe the new boat will
s+artle the world"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
NEW PHILANTHROPY IDEA
A st. Louis Man to Send Working
Children to School.

A ST. Louis Man to Send working
Children to School.
A proposition to take all children I'M
der fourteen years of age out of fac
tories and other places OF employment
and send them back to school has been
made by n. o. Nelson. a st. Louis
millionaire manufacturer. to the wo-
mems clubs of st. Louis. Mr.. Nelson to
pay the children one-half of the amount
they would have received for their
work and the women's clubs the other
half, says a st. Louis correspondent
of the Kansas City Star.
The clubs now have the matter I'M
der consideration and have promised
to give Mr.. Nelson a positive answer
after their December meetings. Pend
ing the decision of the women's clubs
Mr. Nelson has undertaken to do this
work himself In the last two months
he has investigated every application
made to the truant officer for permits
for children under age to work in fac
tories. He has found seven worthy
cases, and each week these children
call at Mr. Nelson's Office, Tenth and
Pine streets, and receive the amount of
money they would have been paid If
they had remained at their work. The
average is about "a a week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27

home built by the groom on Nine
teenth avenue and Fourteenth-anda-
half street. Many beautiful presents
were received which will find honored
places in the new home. Mr.. Verne is
friends which both bride and bride
groom have in the city will welcome
them back with joy and good wishes,
and they will find their cottage home
appropriately decorated for their re-
ception.
Obituary Record.-Relatives in Mo
line have word of the death at Los Ga
tos, Cal, Dec 81, of Miss Cynthia A.
Knowles, sister of Mrs. Ralph W. En-
trikin and of Leveret A. Knowles of
this city. Old residents of Moline will
remember Miss Knowles as having
been afflicted with blindness from the
time she was 5 years of age. She was
born in Yuma township in this county
Sept. z, 1S45. About the age of years
she had an attack of fever, following
which her eyes failed until she became
totally blind. She lived for years with
her parents in the brick house at the
northeast corner of Nineteenth street
and Fourth avenue. With her mother
she went to California % years ago,
and has made that. state her home
since. Mrs. Knowles passed away five
years ago. Surviving Miss Cynthia in
Los Gatos are two brothers and Sis
ter: DR.. Frank W. Knowles and Fred
Knowles, and Mrs. Ella Knowles VOC
CO, the latter now widow.
Word has been received here of the
death at Grinnell, Iowa, of Charles ~
Perry, Son-in-law of the late ID. w.
Sickels. Death followed a very short
illness and occurred Dec. %. Mr.. Per
ry, one of the most genial of men, was
former Moliner, who moved to Grin
nell many years ago and engaged in
the implement business, which he had
since conducted there. The funeral
was held yesterday
Mrs. l.. d. Dunn received the sad in
telligence of the death of her sister,
Mrs. Joseph Bethel in Kent, Ohio,
death having come yesterday. The
shock was a severe one to Mrs. Dunn
who has been i'll for several months.
She was not aware that her sisters
condition was critical.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
"PuII- the New Society Game.

Though many ardent bridge players
are reserving their decision as to the
merits of the new pastime, a little
game called pull has caught society's
fancy on the other side of the ocean.
so it seems to find adherents in this
democratic land. says the New York
Press. 1t is two handed whist. and it
comes in handy when enough time kill
ers cannot be found to get up a real
game. 1t is surprising how heavy the
gambling may be even with only two
persons at a table.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27

, the development of plants peculiarly
adapted to the conditions on the plains
and will at the same time make an
exhaustive study of the climate. We
shall keep books on every one of the
hundreds of plots of various crops
planted. and the records made by each
one will be subjected to the closest
study by those in charge of the work.
We hope in this way after ten years
work to be able to come to some con-
clusion as to the most promising meth
DDS for farming on the plains, and we
shall then be in position to work on
q commercial scale until the problem
is solved in all it's phases.
"The preparation of the soil will be
the first question considered. We will
attempt to ascertain as nearly as pos
sible what system of cultivation will
conserve the soil moisture for the uses
of the growing crop and in doing so
will center all our efforts upon few
general principles. The one thing we
want to determine Is the question up
permost in every farmers mind, How
can the largest average yield of corn,
oats, barley and wheat be obtained? To
do this we will experiment by raising
the same crop continuously by the or
diuary methods of culture now prac-
ticed, by continuously cropping with
the same crop, using the most ap-
proved methods of cultivation for
moisture conservation. by alternate
cropping and summer following.
There are few If any problems in
farm management of greater impor
lance than that of crop rotation. The
Importance of this problem has been
recognized in the older portions of the
United States for many years, but it Is
only very recently that 1t has been
given any attention in the west. From
my experience on the plains l believe
that crop rotation Is of even greater
Importance than anywhere else, the
conservation of moisture making the
question doubly important.
I'm our experiments an effort will be
made to get at the general principles
rather than to solve specific local prob
lens. We shall start with a three year
rotation, believing this to be the best
for the purposes of the experiment.
We shall use the four staple crops
grown on the plains-corn, wheat, oats
and barley. The two important ques-
tons this experiment is planned to an
swer are:
What IL the best sequence for the
four staple crops?
How should the ground be prepared
to obtain the best results in districts
where the conservation of soil moisture
is the all important problem?
"A very large number of questions
concerning soil preparation and crop
sequence will be definitely answered
not as result of a single instance, but
by a system of cross checking from
the results Of several crops growth
every year under different systems of
soil preparation and crop sequence. We
will secure the seed for this work
from Professor M. A. Carleton of
Washington, one of the greatest au-
thorities on drought resistant crops in
the world"
Professor Chilcott will work in CO.
operation with farmers living on the
plains and will give them the benefit
or his experiences wherever desired.
He will also work in cooperation with
the various agricultural colleges and
experiment stations in the states In
cluded In this proposed experiment
zone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
IDEAL WIFE FOR A TRAMP.
Irish Hobo Sketches Her For N News.
paper-Not Beautiful, but Useful.

Irish Hobo Sketches Her For n News
paper-Not Beautiful, but Useful.
What is the ideal wife for tramp ?
A hobo of County Glare. in Ireland.
has given the following description to
the Irish Independent:
''She should be an all round woman
between forty and fifty years old, not
handsome, but temperate. If there is
any drinking to be done, 1 can see to
that. She ought to be able to walk
twenty miles day and be good at beg
ging bottles and potatoes.
''She ought also to be good at ballad
singing. She ought not to mind what
the public says, and she ought to be
able TO fight a round or two to defend
her husband when in action
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
original notice of suit for $4,000

original notice of a suit for 100000
against the c., r. /. & p. Railway COM
pany, has been given by Marguerite
Florence Murray through her attor-
neys, Finger e. Let's. The notice
states that she lost her fingers through
the negligence of the railroad COM
pany. 1t also states that the young
lady was not of age at the time the ac-
cident happened, but has since become
of age and she acknowledges no settle
ment that others may have made for
her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27

peers, in which the bailin who~many
years ago arrested a lord was forced
by the court to kneel down and ask
his pardon, though he alleged that he
had acted by mistake, for that his
lordship had a dirty shirt, q wornout
suit of clothes and only sixpence in
his pocket, so that he could not be-
lieve that he was n peer and arrested
him through nadvertence.-Green Bag.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27

1t goes to the root of disease, invig-
crates. strengthens. exhilerates. It's
life producing properties are not con-
tanned in any other known remedy.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea
or Tablets, 50 cents. T. H. Thomas
pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
A Good Wife.

'"Thank you. doctor, for prescribing
a trip to the Spa for me. Now, will you
please ask my husband to give up
smoking and drinking beer, and then
my trip will be easily paid for?"-Meg-
gensdorfer Batter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
DAVENPORT
Sues as Result of Odd Accident

Sues as Result of Odd Accident
Little Elmer Wright, 4 years of age,
was standing about 80 feet from the
D., r. l. & N w. railroad tracks near
the turn onto the long trestle that leads
to the Crescent bridge, when an en-
CINE passed over a railroad torpedo
that had been placed on the track for
signaling purposes. and metal frag-
ment of the torpedo struck him and in
jured him so grievously that his moth.
er had brought suit in his behalf for
$4,000 against the railroad company
The suit was filed yesterday. The &C
ton is brought by Attorneys Ely &
Bush. The accident that constitutes
the basis for the present suit occurred
last August.
Violated the RuIes.-'We, the jury,
find that Frank Oshann came to his
death by being crushed between two
street cars on Third street near Har-
rison, on the night of Dec. %, at IL: 55
p. m. The accident was caused by said
Frank Oshann jumping on the west
bound car on the front end contrary to
the rules of the street car company.
and being struck by the eastbound car
before the cars could be stopped" The
above is the verdict that was rendered
by Jurors II. II. VOgt, S. T. Costello.
and John E. Mahan. at the inquest held
over the victim of Sunday nights trag-
edy.
Was Engineer His Brother7- Mark
McGrath. the veteran eX-fiagman, LOW
Waterman in a West Davenport eleva-
tor, and other members of the family
were worried for fear that the engin-
Ger, McGrath, who was killed in the
wreck of Rio Grande passenger train
near Price, Utah is Mr.. McGrath's
brother, Dan McGrath. who has been
railroading in that part of the country
for some time. He went west from
here 25 years ago. The original dis
patches did not give the dead mans
first name. but later ones give it as
Thomas. and as no word has been re-
ceived here by relatives, it is thought
that the ex-Davenporter is probably
safe.
Twenty Thousand for Fingers.-An
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
MOLINE

Held to Grand Jury.-Julius Stae-
lens, proprietor of saloon at the cor
ner of Tenth street and Railroad ave-
nue., was held to the jury on charge
of assault with a deadly weapon. His
bail was fixed at $500 and friend APP
lpeared Immediately and signed his
bond, and the saloon keeper was re-
leased.
Takes Northwest Branch.-The Sec
rotary of state issued a license to in
corporate yesterday to the Oregon-Mo-
line Pillow company of Moline. The
capital stock will be $4,000, and the
object to deal in implements and We
hicles. The incorporators are G. A.
Stephens, F. G. Allen, and G. r. Ste
phens. The Moline Pillow company has
bought out the interest of the Balm
Wagon company of Kenosha in the Mo-
line-Bain company of Portland, Ore,
and the newly incorporated company
will take the place of the present joint
branch house. How soon this will be
effected is not known, but it is believed
done under the new arrangement The
Moline-Bain company has been in ex-
istence for about four years, serving as
a branch house for both concerns.
What arrangements the Balm company
will make for the future is not known.
Practically the only change for the
Pillow company will be to have branch
house entirely given over to the hand
ling of its own trade.
Verme-Nelson.-Miss Hilda Nelson,
whose home has been in Moline and
Rock Island in recent years, and Albin
Verne. also of Moline, were married
last Thursday evening, Dec. 20. at 8
o'clock at the home of the brides par
ents at Adm, MINI. The guests num-
bered so and the ring ceremony was
performed by Rev. Mr.. Smith of Adm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Verne will spend the hol-
idays until after New Years with the
relatives of The bride in Minnesota, and
they will return to Moline and be at
home to friends after Jan. 16 in a new
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
DR.. A. W. Chase's
kidney.liver Pills

the worlds greatest kidney ana hvet
regulator, and the only medicine hav.
ing a combined action on kidneys and
liver. One pill dose; IS cents box.
Write for free sample to The DR.. A. w.
Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
HARPER HOUSE PHARMACY. .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27

There is curious case in Fortescue's
reports" relating to the privilege Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27
BACK.kChE

and all other symptoms of kidney dis
ease are speedily removed when the
kidneys are made healthy, active and
vigorous by the use of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-27

Twenty Thousand for Finsers.-An
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-12
Would Make a Bitter Fight.

We understand that the Leon people
are out in force with remonstrance to
the Decatur City petition to remove
the county seat and are having good
success procuring signatures. We think
we voice the sentiment of most of our
people that signed the petition, that
when Leon shows by earnest energetic
work that she appreciates being the
county seat, that there will be more
than enough to sign the remonstrance
to avoid a bitter county seat fight, one
like that of adjoining Wayne, which en-
dangered so much bitterness and hatred
that although it has been more than a
quarter Of a century ago, the influences
OF that terrible struggle are still left.
A county seat contest means trouble
not only between the people of the two
towns, but it encroaches itself in every
society, church or civic organiza ton
This being true we feel sure that our
people will hesitate until they see some
great advantage to themselves before
they will consent to such contest
Garden Grove EXDreSS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-12
Court House EChOS
Be Fair.

Be Fair.
In making up our minds as to what we
ought to do in the county seat question
we ought not to forget the principle
laid down in the golden rule. If we
had invested our money in property for
a home and paid a good price for it be-
cause it is in county seat we would
not like it if the county seat would BE
changed simply to enhance the value of
the property of the citizens of the new
county seat town. The masses of the
people of Leon who own real property
invested their money in good faith be-
lieving that the county seat was a
fixture there; should the county seat
be moved, the property would depreciate
from % to 80 per cent, and the property
would appreciate in a corresponding
ratio in Decatur. If there was good
reason for the removal, if Leon did not
possess the advantages as to location,
railroad facilities, etc. in other words
should the best interests of the people
of the county be subserved by the re-
moval, then the loss to property owners
at Leon could only be put down to error
in Judgment, and he must suffer the
consequence. But when everything is
in favor of leaving the county seat
where it is now, and we vote to change
it, we are not doing unto others as we
would have them do unto us.-Garden
Grove EXPRESS.