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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
DAVENPORT DOTS.

Close Call for Driver.-L. H. Orth,
driver for the Davenport Mailing COM
pany, had hard time with his team in
Runnymede alley yesterday and mar
rowly escaped serious injury. He had
just finished delivering to Ferd Rodde-
wig & Sons and was just mounting the
wagon again when one of the horses
tswerved and overthew the wagon. Mr..
Orth freed himself from the tangle and
got on one of the horses back How
ever, the animal reared and threw him,
after which the team started up the al
ley and through Pekin alley to Main
street, dragging the overturned wagon
] behind it. Here they were stopped.
The wagon was badly damaged.
- ',w
Fell From Viaduct.-Nic Mall, a
young Greek probably 20 years of age
and a stranger in the city, fell from the
Fifth street viaduct during the noon
| hour yesterday and struck the street
below in such manner as to break his
right leg He was conveyed TO st.
Luke's hospital in the city ambulance.
Waiter Burned.-Wiliam Diedrichs,
waiter employed at Suburban island,
was quite severely burned yesterday
noon while attempting to carry out a
pan of grease, which caught fire as he
removed it from an oven.
Begin Erection of Plant.-The Scott
County Garbage Reducing & Fuel COM
pany. of which c. w. Smith, the pat
entee of the process, is the president,
has leased two acres of ground from
the Rock Island road and begun work
on the erection of the factory build
ings These will be six in number and
Will have floor space of Tips square
feet The ground secured for the fac
tory is on the old b., c. r. & y. tracks
in Black Hawk, some distance south of
the ball park. The company is incor-
porated in New Jersey and all the cap
ital has been raised in the east. 1t is
announced that SCI, 900 will be used in
the construction of the buildings and
their equipment. At first the company
will manufacture the necessary ma
chinery and equipment for garbage re-
ducing plants and will install these
plants over the country. The process
consists not only in reducing garbage
at the minimum cost, but also in MAX
ing the by-products secured thereby to
pay for the cost of the consumption.
Slack can, by this process, be reduced
TO a high grade coal. A retOrt. 90 feet
in diameter and % feet in height, will
be erected in connection with the sew
eral factory buildings.
Divorce Decree for Mary Wiley
Judge Bollinger has granted a decree
of divorce in the case of Mary +. Wiley
against Oscar Wiley, the steeple paint
er. on grounds of cruel and inhuman
treatment.
Death of Mrs. Rowley.-At st. Luke
hospital yesterday occurred the death
of Mrs Cynthia Rowley, the fatal all
ment being pneumonia The home of
the deceased was at 42S12 Brady street,
she having been a resident of Daveu-
port for the past eight years. The sur
vivors are three sons. Frank S. Row
ley of Des Moines, X. w. Rowley of
ROssville. Ill. and J. p. Rowley of Day-
EXPORT
The sworn statement of the manufac-
turers protects you from opiates in
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

republican party a number of meetings
were held here and in Moline, and In
these the accounts of the Rock Island
Advertiser. later The Argus, figure
prominently in the preservation of the
records. The editor, o. p. Wharton.
usually held Office in the meetings. He
was secretary of the first republican
county convention held at the court
house May 10, 1856. Parts played by
the leading men of those days make in
teresting reading now. Mr.. Meese's
work has been carefully done and may
be accepted as standard for all time.
In beauty town there dwelt a lass,
Herface was fair to see,
The secret of her beauty lay.
In Rocky Mountain Tea
IT. II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
Schools EXPANDING

Schools Expanding.-A new teacher
will be added next year to the corps
of special teachers of the high school.
The board of education voted to en-
ploy Mrs. Minnie X. Vinton at $50 a
month as assistant to Mrs. Gleason in
domestic science and of H. S. Dickin-
son in the manual training department.
Since the introduction of sewing into
the grade schools Mrs. Gleason has
found it necessary to give all her time
to teaching, and next year she will
have an assistant. A new kindergar-
ten will be added to the public schools
next year. 1t will be in the vicinity of
the old Seventeenth street school
house if rooms can be secured
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

Divorce Decree for Mary Wiley
Judge Bollinger has granted decree
of divorce in the case of Mary f. Wiley
against Oscar Wiley, the steeple paint
er. on grounds of cruel and inhuman
treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

Real Estate Transfers.
J. S. Tod to Emma S. Tod. lot 6,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07
ABOUT The COURT HOUSE.
COUNTY COURT.

Rock island county court. Judge K
T.. Parmenter presiding.
Droh,fo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-07

Waiter Burned.-William Diedrichs,
a waiter employed at Suburban island,
was quite severely burned yesterday
noon while attempting to carry out a
pan of grease. which caught fire as he
removed it from an oven.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-28

slso tbe interstate c0mmeree Law and
tbe statute against conspiracy E''-
asnee viii b. adduoed 70 show 'hA'
the oregon Short Line RAILWAY com
pany has been used BY Mr. Hartman
a. A holding company. and While !, F"
no, q competitor Of the Union Fa'ins'
4, viii be stated In evidence that M
Hartman and the Standard OH M
,sre.ts have been using the holalek
company a. a mere cloak 90 hla'
their violation OF the law IN SUPPRESS
lag an competition beiwsen ,n'
Union Pacific and the soa.hsFa "a,
e,ee which are parallel llnsa. ana
b. geographical location should =
actual competitors aa all'~sa "
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-28

nons volume Of evidence had been
Collected against the Union Pae'ne'
The investigation Is looked upon "
railroad men as Of supreme import
snee. for. should the evidence sas-
,ain the charges. it will mean lhs ne
complete destruction OF Hartman !
woTk Of years in gathering under bis
.eontrol numerous railroad systems
80, on the other hand. II the COM
mission conclude that the charges are s
moi sustained. It will mark him a. 4,
the greatest railroad genius OF M. h'.
Sc II is admitted on all hands 'ha' ma.
~ Hartman has made Fenaf AaD's
nroxrsss IN the railway world ano
,so,,~h his methods have BEEN aa-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-28

versely criticized. he has permitted
no consideration whatever 10 S~effe
h,m from his determination 70 eatao.
llsh the greatest combination OF
railroads known IN the world hs
nov controls g3.O00 niles Of Foaa'
repressnting a capitalization OF W.
600 600. 900, and is still ssekin1
fresh aelds. The interstate com
mission. after hearing numerous com
plaints and after carefully soinE IN
40 the matter. decided 70 hoia lh'
inquiry whsa legal advice va. ..,' up
plled By high government omel1'.' ~
Who stated that Hartman Ia the cas- ca.
~ the Union Pacific not only s'o.
lated The sherman antitrust lA"' 'a'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-28

=, ,he deposed president oi 'ns
fisn, FISH. central road. control o'
Ililnoi' 's va. purchased by the HarIi-
man man, interests, will give some I'm t1pI the
,H,ser an. es''S Surins the inquiry. MI, d;,s, =.
H, a.,1 haIr'n'I !, the Union Paeife and
San,se,n Slnoial, + Paelae have been summon, ,a,eD
ed 10 appear before 'hs ..1,nr the
to give Information .Isssaaes' IsssaI,4' The
merger. m and are in attendant, ao- consider
ln,s',ls~ a,s aa%msn. and is sure to .l,s .
'. watched che country. ~at It vas announced ll..,.
Of ,'ls the ,Ss commission that an eH0'-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-28

law. Abundant syidenee, Il h s,aft
viii be- given 10 ghow thar Mr. iial'
man and bis associates have suceef
"a IN shflng al eompsiition betwe
the Two roads Among those In
tendance 20 rive evidence On "a
posna - ST.. J. C. stubbs. diEeeN
of trafne and eontrol OF the q
lines. Who. Il is stated. dieta'sd Es
ana distributed tFnae business
Which hs received a salary q "
900 a year. A very large namesf'
Witnesses win be examined Tor II
sides aud e is expected that ne q.
mlsslon viii aot be in a pesi'lpn|
submit l,s report before twe mopt|
Al least.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-28
INVESTIGATING HARTMAN
Alleged That o. c. L. Is Only
Company.

New York. Dec. ss.Lrh1 11 q which
Mr.. c. Knapp is ehai, 'irv into the
meneed here today an iquir' railroaa raI
s"s,sm working 81 Special ATTORNEYS ke,,os no1.
ana Severance have. Il Is s,a ,Ss aarri-
Ieessd evidence to show .omS,uasions .1s
formed TO stihe eomgs''',s % ss1yyesant
Is also stated that Mr. 0'''
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
A DROP OF WATER.
It Is a Midget World Teeming With
 Struggling Life,

In single drop of unf1Itered water may be seen in miniature the tragedy that goes on perpetually in the world at large, for in the little drop there is a whole universe of life, with all its terrible and death dealing competition, with all its mystery and woe.
 It was a French biologist who in- vented the method by which this won derful state of things is demonstrated. He called the method the hanging drop slide" and it is beautifully sim pie. A drop of water from the edge of an ordinary pond is placed in hol- lowed out space on a small strip of glass and sealed with a bit of thinner glass. And now day after day and night after night the hideouS business going on in that one drop of perfectly clear and apparently pure water may be watched and studied at the leisure of the observer.
 The drop of water is a world in it. self. Multitudes of animals swim about in it with plenty of room. The giant worms with tremendous swish made aware by the confusion and pan- ic of the smaller creatures scurrying out of the way in fear of their lives, and countless bacteria inhabit that drop as their permanent and proper home and their ranging place.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
"The Queen of sicilx.n

Syracuse calls itself the capital of the south, but it has no cause to dispute pride of place with Palermo. The met ropolitan city Is superior in popula- don, wealth and much else, but 1t is de fcient in what its ancient and glorious rival has in such abundance. For Syra- cuse has the supreme charm of Greece in way that no other city except Ath- ems has. Not even in Corinth, nowhere 1n Hellas from Messana or Sparta in the south to Thebes in the north. is there any Hellenic town to compare with "the queen of Sicily" As sanc- tuary, Delphi is far more impressive than anything in Sicily, as a national meeting place Olympia has no rival, but nowhere except at Athens is a Greek city to be seen today which has the proud record of the marvellous me tropolis of the SiciIian Greeks, city as great in power and wealth and beauty as Athena herself, and victor at last in the long and fatal rivalry which indirectly involved the passing of the Hellenistic dominion of all the lands washed by the Ionian and Med 1terranean seas.-Century
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
A Gentle Wish

It was their honeymoon. They had moved into a pretty suburban house and were getting settled cozily at last.
 "I have something for you," she said when he came home from the office.
 "A present."
 ''Yes. You have no night key, so I had one made for you. Here it is."
 That was very thoughtful of you. But how did you come to take so much trouble?"
 q wanted it as kind of barometer. You'll let me look at it now and then, won't you?'
 Certainly"
 "I'm not going to say you mustn't go out evenings, and I'm not going to sit up until you come home when you are out late. I only hope' she said coax ingly, that every time look at it the key will be little bit rustier, and then will know that home pleases you more than any other place."
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
Hank White Gave the Tip.

Hank White, the minstrel, lived in Reading, Vt, for many years He was very fond of horse races, and rarely missed any of the meetings in Windsor or Rutland county Once be attended a breeders meeting at Rutland. The breeders meetings were famous and attracted people from New York, Mas sachusetts, New Hampshire and all over Vermont. On this particular day Hank was seated in the grand stand, one of 5000 people.
 "Hod" Fish Ira, we'll known char acter, was driving his horse Belvidere, a very large bay horse, with not too much speed, but the owner had an idea that he was wonder It was in the free for all race. All the horses except Belvidere had passed the grand stand almost neck and neck on the first half. It was a beautiful race. Trailing be- hind about twenty rods came Belvi- dere, the driver urging him on to bet ter efforts, and when he was in front of the grand stand Hank stood up and yelled at the top of his voice: Take the first turn to the left, Hod; all the oth- CTS have gone that way" Hod drove Belvidere to the barn.-Boston Herald.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
The Pointer.

There is as much fallacy in attempt ing to prove the origin of pointing as in like attempt to prove the origin of eating. AS matter of fact, the point ing act commonly exhibited by the pointer and setter is an incident of the capture or attempted capture of food by dogs, and also by wolves and foxes. Coyotes have been seen to draw and point on prairie dogs and grouse in precisely the same manner that the pointer and setter draw on game birds. There were the same rigidity and stealth, the pause to judge of distance and opportunity and the final rigid pause when all the energies are con centrated for the final spring to cap ture. All the phenomena displayed by the dog family indicate that the draw ing and pointing in the pursuit of prey were ever natural traits. It may be reasonably believed that man could not breed the pointing instinct out of the dog if he attempted to do so.-- Forest and Stream.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
The Fountain Pen.

The fountain pen is not an invention of recent years. In Samuel Taylor S Universal System of Shorthand Writ ing" published in 1786, we find proof of the fountain pens great age.
 "I have nothing more to add" wrote Samuel Taylor, flor the use or instruc- tion of the practitioner, except a few words concerning the kind of pen prop CT to be used for writing shorthand For expeditions writing some use what are called fountain pens, into which your ink is put, which gradually flows when writing, from thence into a small CT pen cut short to fit the smaller end of this instrument, but it is a hard matter to meet with good one of this kind"
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
Alcohol In Cold Weather.

A scientist thus explains why it is so dangerous to use alcohol in the polar regions: A moderate use of alcohol causes a deposit of fat Alcohol is not turned into fuel in the muscle and nerve cells, but serves as a pure fuel in the organism and replaces the con- buStion of fat Alcohol is therefore dangerous in the extreme cold because it assists the throwing off of heat in a great degree. The effect is as if a stove in a room should be heated red hot and then all the doors and windows thrown open. Heat produced by mus cular work in the body is best obtained from carbohydrates in the food; but, besides this, the indispensable produc- tion of heat is best obtained by fats. This explains the instinctive choice of the food of men. In the tropics they eat little fat and much fruit, while the polar dweller requires immense Quanti- ties of fat to keep up the bodily con- buStion.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
The Story of an Inv2ntion.

The power loom was the invention of farmers boy, who had never seen or heard of such thing. He fashioned one with his penknife, and when he got it all done he showed 1t with great en- thusiasm to his father, who at once kicked it all to pieces, saying he would have no boy about him who would spend his time on such foolish things
 The boy was sent to blacksmith to learn trade, and his master took a lively interest in him. He made a loom of what was left of the one his father had broken up and showed it to his master. The blacksmith saw he had no common boy as an apprentice
 and that the invention was a valuable one. He had loom constructed under the supervision of the boy It worked to their perfect satisfaction, and the blacksmith furnished the means to manufacture the looms, and the boy received half the profits In about a year the blacksmith wrote to the boys father that he should bring with him wealthy gentleman, who was the in
 ventor of the celebrated power loom
 You may be able to judge of the as- tonishment at the old home when his son was presented to him as the in- ventOr, who told him that the loom was the same as the model that he had kicked to pieces the previous year.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
The Panal Tiara.

According to Brewer, the tiara of the pope is a composite emblem. The pri- mary meaning is purity and chastity, the foundation and lining of the crown band denotes supremacy. The first cap of dignity was adopted by Pope Damascus II. in 1O4S. The cap was surmounted with a high coronet in 1295 by Boniface VIII. The second coronet was added in 1885 by Benedict XII to indicate the prerogatives of spiritual and temporal power combined in the papacy. The third coronet is in- dicative of the Trinity, but it is not known who first adopted it. Some say Urban ", others John XXII., John XXIII. or Benedict XII.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
THE LODGE.
In Many Towns It Has Become the
 Great Social Center.

The lodge has become the social cen- ter of many a town. It is so to a greater degree perhaps in the west than in the east. On the plains dis tances between population centers are greater the ties of old family acquaint- ance are lacking, the fraternal order is the one thing that knows no barrier of wealth or position. The fact that many or the orders admit men and women to their membership on the same terms adds to the strength of the social claim; it also brings about odd situa- dons.
 "1 am going downtown tonight" re- fnarked country town banker one Eevening to bis wife. "The lodge meets this evening"
 That will leave me alone,'' was the response, flor Anna" (their one serv- ant 'is going to lodge too"
 'Yes," agreed the husband. "We be- long to the same lodge"
 This very equality brings about comradeship that in the newer commu- mites makes easier the ways of life. You have an employee in your office or store. He works with his coat off, and through the day you consider him but little. You do not ask his opinion or defer to his judgment. But on lodge night when you enter the portals-a lodge door, though it may admit only to the second floor of an unpainted frame building, is always a "portaP'- you make your obeisance and mystic signs before a dignifed potentate in robes of red and yellow whom you recognize as your employee. .-C. M. Harger in Atlantic.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
Great Britain's Rainfall.

Rainfall is d condition which has much to do with our health A wet dis trict with a good deal of subsoil water, making houses damp, is a locality in which rheumatism and consumption are likely to prevail. Over England and Wales the average yearly rainfall is about thirty-four inches, in Scotland it reaches forty-siX inches and in Ire land about thirty eight inches. Possi- bly the wettest parts of Britain are in Cumberland, where the rainfall may attain l50 inches per year. One inch of rain on one acre of ground means a hundred tons of water-London Graph ic.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
GuileImuS and the Devils.

Guilelmus Parisiensis, the author of one of the most famous works on demonolOgy, figures on what he terms "a basis of exact computation" to prove that 'the regions of the air. the cav erns and dark places of the earth are Inhabited by 44,435, ,536 devils. Where on earth this visionary writer obtained the material upon which to base such an "exact computation" has been an enigma to all of the later writers on oemonology, witchcraft and kindred subjects.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
A Lively Paper Cutter.

Here is a little story which the Eng fish papers tell and any one is at lib- erty to believe if he will. No affidavits go with it. When Lord Dufferin was viceroy of India the maharajah of h. dor paid hlm visit and asked as a mementO an ivory paper cutter belong ing to Lord Dufferin. He consented, the Indian left, and the viceroy never saw him until some months later when the maharajah introduced a fine young elephant into the room. A pile of news papers lay at Lord Dufferin's side. The animal went up to them, cut them neatly with his tuSks, which had been purpOsely sharpened, and laid them in a neat heap on the floor, ready for pc ruSal.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
The Fork.

It is about 1900 years ago since the fork made its appearance in Europe. In 99 A. D. son of the doge Pietro Orsolo had welded in Venice the Brig zantine Princess Anglia, who produced at the wedding breakfast a silver fork and gold spoon. Then the high Vene- tion families followed suit, and these martyrs to fashion pricked their lips with the new instrument. The fork prospered, however, and spread over Italy. In 1879 it had travelled as far as France, and in 1908 a traveller brought it direct to England.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
Barefooted Waiting Maids Tn Ja,.n

ns
 Unless there are ladies among the guests the wife and daughters of the host do not appear at dinner in Japan. Before the meal begins 1t is customary for them to bring small cups of tea and dainty confectionery, when they take their survey of the party. If gen tlemen only are present the Japanese hostess disappears after the greeting is over and does not return until the guests are taking their departure. At a signal from the host barefooted wait ing maids, dressed in graceful and pret- tly tinted kimOnOs, bring in lacquer tray, bearing tiny covered bowls. Be fore setting the trays on the table the maids sink gracefully to their knees and bend forward till their foreheads touch the floor. Then they serve din- her, which is of several courses- Smiths Weekly.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
HeritageS.

Leave children an accumulated for tune of memories and inspirations and examples and hopes, so that they are rich in brain and heart and soul and service. Then if you happen to leave them fortune besides, if they have all these, the fortune will be shorn of it's possibilities of evil and will become an instrument of higher and nobler good.-M. J. Savage.
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Protection.

Mrs. AIbee-Of course, you married Mir. Bebee for lovef Mrs. Bebee- Well, yes, I suppose you would call it that I married him to protect him from no less than three widows in our street. If I hadn't snapped him up one of them would have been sure to get him
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Both Hate Him.

Funny thing" remarked Wilson musingly ''Tom Wilkins and Edith Brown used to be great friends of mine. introduced them to each other. They got married, and now neither Of them will speak to me- Wonder what the reason can be?"
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18
Frenchmen and Spanish.

French people find it difficult to speak Spanish properly. Victor Hugo boasted that he was the only French man who could really speak Spanish, something of Spain being mingled in his ancestry.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-08-18

But for some trouble and sorrow we should never know half the good there is about us.-Dickens.