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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01

A Freneh teacher Of boxing points out that an
art Of self defense approximately equivalent to
jiu jitsu was known in Europe in the seven
teenth century. Its principles are expounded
In work by one Nicolas Peters, published at
Amsterdam in 1914. ;seaS9s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

would thereupon become his friend.
When fey catch certain species OF
| fat fish the Firms make the sign of the
cross. The Irish will not eat the skate.
sometimes called the maid, because it
Is supposed to bear questionable re-
semblance TO some of the grotesque
medieval delineations OF the Virgin
Mary The Dutch fishermen believe
that they can discern the image of the
Virgin in each scale of the drum, and
the Swedish fishermen believe that the
pike turns it's head toward the shore
on ST. Gregory's day, March -.
The origin of certain species of fishes
are to be accounted for in various
ways. When the Brittany fishermen
happened to catch the lotte they threw
them back into the water. as they were
supposed to turn into cells. In parts
of England cells are supposed to be
bred from dew in the months of May
and June or in other sections from the
hairs of horses or kline which drop into
cart ruts or into drinking troughS and
springs and there quicken after rain.
This latter superstition is widely prev
alent in this country. The ancients
supposed that cells We're engendered of
mud or that when tired of living they
rubbed themselves against the rocks,
and from the detritus issued new
breed, while still others believed they
came from the carcasseS Of animals.
Soles, according TO the French fisher
men, are bred from prawnS. The Eng
lish fishermen think that the pike Is
begotten by the west wind, while the
gudgeon Is believed to be generated
from the brains of horses.
Burn the teeth of fish you catch, or
your luck will be bad next day. Pins
found in church make good fish hooks.
In Scotland a quarrel on the beach, IL
blood is drawn, will drive the herring
from the coast for the rest of the sea
son. In Sweden stolen tackle is lucky.
In north Germany behring's eaten on
New Years day bring luck all the year
through. To witness the plunge of
pike before noon was considered an
unlucky omen in Bohemia. In New
England if you catch Il fish you don't
care to keep don't throw 1t back into
the water until you have finished. If
you throw it in before 1t will tell all
the other fish what you are doing, and
no more will bite.
The Hawaiian fishermen sometimes
prepare bait from the flesh of the oc-
tCsus and the juice from the blossom
of the lima plant. An exact number
of flowers is always used, as the fish
ermen believe that if an odd number
were employed the bait would have no
power.
Many of the English fishermen will
not put to sea if any one mentions a
pig while they are batting their lines.
Should they meet hare on the way to
their boats they will give up fishing for
the day. In Scotland the salmon Is
equally uncomfortable and is alluded
to only as So-and-So's fish. Usually it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
Notice..
Rock Island. Ill.

Rock Island. ILL.,, June u, 1905.
To His Honor. Mayor George w. Nc
Caskrin:
Sir: | hereby make application for
saloon license TO sell Intoxicating
malt, vinous and fermented liquors
from the first Monday of May. 1906, to
the first Monday of November, 1906,
for a saloon as aforesaid at No. 700
Seventh street in the city of Rock Is
land, county of Rock Island, state of
Illinois and accompany this applica-
ton signed by a majority of the proper
ty owners on both sides of said Sew
enth street within 800 feet in each di-
rection of the front door of said No.
700 Seventh street and herewith ten
der you bond as required by the ordin-
ances of the city of Rock Island and
the laws of the state of Illinois with
Simon Lewis and j. J. Harris as my
sureties thereon. Respectfully,
NJ MARBLESTONE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
FISHERS AND ODD OMENS
Spersons From All Over the WorIdncidents and Persons
That Are Considered UnIucky BY ToiIers of The Sea.

One of the commoneSt of superSti-
tons among fishermen is the alleged
i'll luck caused by woman. In the Isle
of Skye If a woman crosses the water
In course of the fishing the luck is
doomed. At Marlborough, England, il
a woman happens to enter n cottage
when the men are preparing their lines
she Is not allowed to depart until she
has knelt down and repeated the Lord s
Prayer. In Lapland the fishermen
avoid spreading their captured fish on
that part of the shore frequented by
women. as the next expedition would
be Il failure.
On many parts of the coast of Eng
land it is considered most unlucky for
a woman to walk over the nets or any
of the fishing tackle. although women
take an active part in collecting bait.
Some of the English herring fishermen
have an idea that by beating their
wives they can draw the fish In. In
the Hawaiian Islands after the fisher
men have prepared the lau melometo
"a billet of wood used as a decoy) with
the proper incantatiOns care Is taken
that q woman does not step over 1t or
enter the canoe in which 1t Is placed,
as in that event the decoy would lose
its power, and the kahuna (sorcerer)
would have to go through the opera
tion again.
The influence of the minister is hard
ly less adverse than that of women.
and the practices noted as connected
with the i'll omen of feminine interfer-
ence apply also to the clergy. The
herring are said to have all left one
part of the Irish coast because they
heard the new parsOn say he was going
to 1.-THE the fishery, and in Lapland and
on the coasts thereof fish are never
looked for where a church is in sight.
On the coast of Lancashire. England.
the fishermen have a custom of setting
sail on Sunday. y clergyman OF the
town once prayed against this breach
of the Lords day, as he called it; but,
TO neutralIze his prayers, the fishermen
made a small image of rags and piOus-
~ burned the parson in efiigy-
The avoidance of the neighborhood
of churches referred to is accounted
for by the fishermen's belief in the
great quickness of hearing of fishes.
In Sweden, for instance, the church
bells are not rung in the Dream season,
lest the fish should take fright, and
where the pilchard are fished the peo-
pie are no less careful of their sensi-
tiveness TO sound.
The Romans believed that the ser
rated spine on the tail of the sting
raw was so venomous as to be capable
of causing injury to even vegetable
and mineral substances, trees losing
their verdure and even rocks being af-
fected. They also considered it bad
luck If a person with a love or lawsuit
on hand met a remora Sucking fish
when bathing. Albertus Magnus ad-
vised n sutton in law case to place a
perch under his arm and the judge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
Making spnrrows White.

The Japanese are ruthless in their
tampering with nature. If they de.
eide that they want a bird or an an
imal of certain shape or color they
set about manufacturing the article. so
to speak. by the exercise of exceeding
~ clever ingenuity and untiring pa
tience. Here, for example, is how the
white sparrows are produced: They Sc
lect pair of grayish birds and keep
them in a white cage in a white room.
where they are attended by person
dressed in white The mental effect on
q series of generations of birds results
In completely white birds. They breed
the domestic cock with enormously
long tails after the same principle
They first select a bird with n good
tail, giving him a very high perch to
stand on; then with weights they drag
the tail downward, carrying on the
same system with the finest specimens
of his descendants till tail almost as
long as peacock's is produced at last.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
A FUNERAL DINNER.
Table Drnped In BIack-skull at Side
OF Each Plate.

Julius Brown. son of the war gov
ernor of Georgia, gave a remarkable
dinner the other night at Atlanta on
the occasion of his fifty-eighth birth.
day, says the New York Times. There
We're twelve persons present, one OF
whom was Governor Terrell.
On the table was black velvet
cloth, and the dinner cards were black.
There was a skull at the side of each
plate, while suspended from the chan
delier was huge skull, and beneath ii
on black pedestal sat the figure of a
monk draped in black.
There was on the table a candle for
every course of the dinner. With the
end of each course candle was snuff
ed out, this being continued until no
lights were left on the table, though
those in the corners of the room were
still burning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

receives for pseudonym the name OF
the tax collector of the nearest village
as he is generally the one least liked.
In the Hawaiian Islands when the
fishermen are ready to embark they are
greatly exasperated should person
come along and stand indolently gaz-
ing at them with his hands behind him,
as they believe 1t gives them bad luck.
The ear bones, or otoliths, of the lake
drum are often carried as amuletS by
the negro fishermen and others of the
south and are also priced by the boys
of Wisconsin and elsewhere in the
west who call them 'lucky stones
perhaps In allusion to the fact that
they are marked by figure which re-
sembles the letter L. The New Eng
land fishermen carry a lucky bone
which they find in the head of the cod
fish. 1t Is shell-like and narrow, with
a length of three-fourths of an inch.
The edge is notched, while the color
is pearly white. Many of them con-
slider 1t good plan to carry two bones,
as that Will make their luck doubly
sure, but they both should be from the
head of the same fish.
In the Hawaiian Islands the appear
ance of the uiui, small fiat fish which
visits the islands only occasionally. is
regarded as a sure precursor of the
death of high chief or one of the roy
al family.
The ancients supposed that the seal
enjoyed immunity from lightning, and
among those who borrowed the protec-
ton of it's skin was the Emperor Au-
gustus, who always wore belt of seal
fur. The idea arose from the fancy
that the seal sleeps most profoundly in
thunderstorms. The crab was believed
by the ancients to grow only during the
waxing of the moon, and this is still n
current belief, the writer having found
it in various parts Of this country, par
ticularly in Alaska. This seems to
have more foundation than the belief
that in thunderstorms Holsters cast
their large cutting claws. The brain
of the carp was supposed by the an
clients to grow and diminish as the
moon waxed and waned. Pearls were
supposed to be sea dew which the oys-
ter drank in and by some mystic chem
istry transformed into gems, which
were soft until the sun shone on them,
and then they hardened. 1t was sup
posed that on cloudy nights the oyster
secreted dark pearls and on moonlight
nights clear white pearls.
The Japanese fishermen rarely if
ever utilize the turtles taken in their
nets. but, writing some characters on
their backs. turn them loose. 1t is be-
lieved that a turtle so treated will
guide the fisherman back to land
should he ever be lost at sea.-New
York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
His One Shot.

Colonel Evans in his book on Califor-
MA speaks of "buck fever as being
one of the most violent diseases which
ever attacked the human system. 1t
has been the undoing of many an ex-
perienced hunter. but in the case cited
by Colonel Evans it proved to be the
making of a reputation.
A farmer in Illinois named Wheeler
had never fred a gun. One winter,
however, he heard so much talk about
the sport of hunting that his ambition
became excited, and, borrowing a gun.
he started out. When he came back
he brought magnificent buck. shot
by himself square in the middle of the
forehead. He said little about his
achievement, but got the credit of be-
ing a crack shot, a reputation which,
although he went hunting no more, he
held for several years
Then one day he told his story and
lost his name as a sportsman.
He had seen doe drinking out of a
creek at the foot of bluff about TWEEN
ty feet high. With wild excitement he
got his gun to his shoulder, shut his
eyes, set his teeth and pulled the trig-
ger To his establishment he saw the
doe bound away unhurt. while at the
same time glorious buck pitched
headlong from the bluff into the creek
stone dead.
The buck had been looking down at
the doe, and Wheeler had not seen
him at all, but his shaking gun sent its
shot on a fatal, although unattended,
errand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
Following the Flag.

When our soldiers went to Cuba and
the Philippines, health was the most
important consideration. Willis T. Nor.
gan, retired commissary sergeant, u
S. A, of rural route 1, Concord, N. H,
says: Il was two years in Cuba and
two years in the Philippines. and being
subject to colds, took DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which kept
me in perfect health. And now, in New
Hampshire, we find it the best medicine
in the world for coughs, colds, bron-
chial troubles and all lung diseases"
Guaranteed at Hartz & Ullemeyer's,
druggists. Price, so cents and 81; trial
bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
Yearly Picture Taking.

Some families make it custom to
visit the photographers yearly, all GO.
ing together to sit for portraits singly
or In groups. 1t is good custom, but
has to be strictly observed or it may
begin to be honored in the breach. One
family permits no postponement of the
yearly trip to the photo gallery A day
is set, and every one must go. There
are no penalties for nonattendance at
this family reunion before the camera,
because there are no infrlngements of
the rule. The custom began with this
family many years ago, when the first
baby came to it. Today 1t has a cem-
plete Photographic record of family
life for almost generation. Some of
the children are married and are now
photographed with their own children.
while death has made vacancies in the
later groups.-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
c.. M g. ST p Excursion Rates

Homeseekers tickets on sale the
first and third Tuesday in each month
to points in Iowa, Minnesota, North
and South Dakota and to other home
seekers territory For further infor-
nation phone or call at any c., NJ. &
st, Z. office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
RAILWAY TIPS.

The c., M. & st. p. offers first class
train service to Chicago and Kansas
City, from the tri-cities, sleeping car
reservations made to any point desir-
ed. For further information phone any
of their offices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

of Thomas Taggart, chairman of the
democratic national committee, yester-
day. At night a concert was given in
the hotel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
MOLINE MENTION.


Slapped with BeIt.-Ed Begalke, en-
ploye of the Mutual Wheel company,
sustained a bad break of the bones of
| his nose Saturday. A belt on a bend
| ing machine on which he was working
broke and slapped him savagely in the
| face, causing the injury. He was TAX
en- to his home, 400 Forty-sixth street,
Rock Island.
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Wilcox,
Seventh street and Fifteenth avenue,
fell from a tree and sustained a frac-
ture of one of the bones of the right
forearm, near the wrist.
Lost Convention.-E. b. Knox is
home from Decatur but not with the
1907 undertakers' convention for this
city. 1t was a case of too much Peo-
ria.
Lived Here 90 Years.-August John
son. one of the oldest Swedish inhabi-
tants of this city and veteran en-
ploye of the Moline Wagon company
passed away at his home, 1905 Twenty
fourth avenue. Saturday. Mr.. Johnson
was born in Jonkoping, Sweden Sept.
II, 1887. and came to this country and
Moline when an infant 60 years ago.
He was employed at the wagon COM
pany for so years and was forced to
quit work about nine years ago. when
his health failed. He is survived by
wife and two daughters. Amanda and
Jennie.
Threatened with Cum CraZed with
liquor Tony Rayloske, a laborer back
ed Mike Regain against telephone pole
at the corner of Sixth street and Third
avenue and forced him at the muzzle
of an ugly looking revolver to apollo
gize for words which had been spoken
couple of weeks ago when the two
men had engaged in a wordy war.
Both men~had been drinking, but when
Regain stared into the revolver barrel
he became sufficiently sober to realize
that death lurked near, and he hastily
sought to make amends for the recent
trouble. Rayloske was sufficiently pla-
Gated to abandon any intention he may
have entertained to murder Regain and
he restored the weapon to his pocket.
He later thrashed Regain severely. He
was arrested and lodged in the police
station. Magistrate Gustafson fined
him SIS and costs on a charge of car
rying concealed weapons. He could
not pay the fine and was taken to the
county Jail to serve time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

Constipation makes the cold drag
along. Get it out of you. Take Ken
nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar cough
syrup. Contains no opiates. All drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
Postpone Meeting.-The union depot

Postpone Meeting.-The union depot
conference, which was to have been
held this afternoon, has been postpou-
ed to some date to be agreed upon Ia
ter. Mayor Waldo Becker received a
telegram from L. \. Howard, the Chi
cago representative of the Chicago,
Burlington &c Quincy road. who is
handling the union depot proposition
for his company, TO the effect that the
date, this afternoon. conflicted with a
railroad meeting IN Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

Will Pay In FulI.-G. H. Hinrichs,
assignee of the l.. B. Guy Crockery
company, has completed his inventory
and it indicates that every creditor
will receive dollar for dollar, and if
fair prices can be obtained there will
be something left over for the company.
The stock invoiced $22,090.52, the fix
lures $S,399.45, the Office supplies
1911 and the accounts receivable
SS5093. making a total of $26,43S.61.
The liabilities are less than half this
amount
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

Editors Guests of Taggart.
French Lick. Ind, June 1S.-Three
hundred fifty members of the National
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

Three young clerics will receive holy
orders in the Catholic church Wednes-
day, in Baltimore, and will receive APP
pointments in the Davenport diocese.
Two of them, Edward Gaule and Owen
Mcclure. are well known in this city,
having both received their classical ed
ucation and their theology at ST. Am
brose college. Cardinal Gibbons will
probably confer the sacrament. At
the same time Mr. Landers will be
created a priest and he will take up his
work in this diocese.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

Committed Perjury.-W. j. Adams.
who styles himself manager of the Ad-
ans Grain & Commission company, is
in the county Jail charged with per-
jury He is being held under $1,000
bonds For the past month Adams has
been located on East Second street, a
little beyond Perry street. He bad four
girls employed sending out circulars TO
farmers and country merchants, offer
ing quotations above the market price
for butter and eggs. Then when these
were shipped him, he failed to meet
payment on them. The particular in
stance in which Adams perjured him.
self was that on the witness stand,
while under oath, he testified that he
only had So and could not pay the
claims. When matters began to look
bad for him, he handed the attorneys
$3.50, which he had in his pocket at
the time, in settlement of one Of the
claims. Justice Ditzen thereupon drew
up an information charging Adams with
perjury and placing him under $1,000
bond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

Girl Fell from Horse.-Little Swear
old Cornelia Genzlinger, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Fred Genzlinger of
East Davenport, is suffering from a
broken arm. She climbed upon the
back of a good natured horse, little
neighbor girl also getting upon the
animals back. They both rolled off,
and Cornelia broke her left arm, while
her playmate sustained a number of
bruises
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18
DAVENPORT DOTS.

Fix Price of Lishts.-The light COM
mittee of the city council, consisting of
Aldermen Harrison, Schneck, and Og-
den, met in conference with j. w.
Walsh, j. F. Porter, and City Electri-
clan Moore. for the purpose of settling
the city lighting rate for the 10 years
beginning with 1901. This would make
the rate apply for the past five years
as well as for the forthcoming five
years. The committee made report,
which was unanimously signed. fixing
the rate of all night lights at $50 and
for those of the moonlight schedule at
SOS. This report will be presented to
the city council at it's next meeting
and it rests with that body whether or
not it is adopted and the above prices
prevail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

Fell from Tree.-The 12-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilcox,
Seventh street and Fifteenth avenue,
fell from tree and sustained a frac-
ture of one of the bones of the right
forearm, near the wrist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-18

Lost Convention.-E. B. Knox is
home from Decatur, but not with the
1907 undertakers' convention for this
city. 1t was a case of too much Peo-
ria
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-11-17
A Native African Food.

TIE native food Of the Malunda cour
try, In southern Africa, comprises ma.
nioc and that alone. 1t is plant par.
tlcularly adapted to wet, marshy soil
says the author of I'm Remotest Ba.
rotseland." 1t takes two years to arrive
at maturity and while growing re.
quires very little attention. The root
when full grown Is about the size and
has very much the appearance of a
German sausage, although at times it
grows much larger. One shrub has
several roots, and the extraction Of two
or three in no way impairs the growth
Of the remainder. When newly dug ii
tastes like chestnut, and the digestion
Of the proverbial ostrich can alone as.
simulate it raw, but when soaked in
water for few days until partly de.
composed, dried on the roofs Of the
huts and stamped it forms delight.
fully white soft meal, far whittier and
purer than the best flour. Then it Is
beaten into thick paste and eaten
with a little flavoring composed of
locust or a caterpillar, which the ma
tives seek in decayed trees. Another
way Of eating this native luxury Is by
baking the roots after soaking them
and eating it as you would banana.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-11-17
George Eliot's Savonarola,

Savonarola Is one Of the most strik-
ing characters in George Eliot's great
historical novel "Romola," the scene of
which Is in Florence and the period
that Of Savonarola's career. The idea
Of writing the book occurred to the
novelist while on a visit to Florence,
and on second visit to the city, III
1861, she began to carry out her prof.
ect. The subject and design were for
eign to the authors genius, but she
spared no pains in making thorough
study Of the locality, the people and
the literature of the Italian renais-
sance for the purposes of her story.
In her own words, the work "plowed
into her. more than any Of her books.
She began it, she says, as young wo-
man and finished it as an old woman.
Her picture of Florence and Savona-
rola is undeniably impressive, and
some critics declare "Romola' to be
George Eliot's greatest novel and the
character Of Savonarola one Of the
finest Observation-Disclosures.