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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
IN FIELD OF LITERATURE

McCIure.-The Christmas Mcclure
contains some of the most varied. pic
turesque. and striking material which
the magazine has ever gathered togeth.
err in a single number. Perhaps the
most interesting single feature is an
editorial article in which a life of
| Mary Baker Eddy and a history Of
Christian Science are announced, to
| begin in January. Christian Science is
a movement on which all eyes are
/ turned today, and the announcement
that a true history of this great ro-
mantle movement and its leader IS
| forthcoming, marks an excellent stroke
of magazine policy. Another chapter
of the Carl Schurz "reminiscences re-
calls his first journey to the new crude
west. a visit in London. and his first
hearing of Jenny Lind and of Wagner
"a remarkable musical experience de-
scribed with great poetry of feeling
Lincoln Steffens relates the story of
Judge Lindsey's splendid triumph in
Denver. and c. P. Connolly tells how
the Clark men failed in their attempt
to handle the supreme court of Mon
lcliis anu VI lut IuClllOldUl SCGueS DIT
the investigation of Clark's election in
Washington. Myra Kelly heads the list
of the Mcclure fiction this month with
Little Bo-Peep," the tragic story of d
little Russian child. Clancy of the
Jackpot" by c. F. Holder, is a re-
markable human document, relating
the adventures of a skee-runner. "On
the Ridge" is one of Mrs. Cuttings
most clever and delightful studies If
married life. w. B. MacHarg contrib
utes a touching story of the Chicago
Sums Another Zenith" tale, by Mrs
Wilson Woodrow. delicate piece of
land. and "Lily-Ann," by Florence
Tinsley Cox, the understanding study
of a child. complete the list of fiction
Eden Phillpotts contributes some char
acteristic verse, Winter Sunrise" and
Florence Wilkinson appears with a re-
markable "Salutation to Russia. ,
which will probably be the most quot
ed poem of the year. This is one of
McClure'S. strong art numbers. The
color frontispiece, from a painting by
de Ivanowski, is an extremely drama
tic conception, executed with great
power. E. L. Blumenschein has made
some striking drawings for c. F. Hold
er's story. Clancy of the jackpot:
Alice Barber Stephens illustrates "On
the Ridge" with color pictures; Albert
Sterner contributes two full page
drawings for Miss WilkinsonS "Salu-
tatiOn to Russia" F. Walter Taylor.
John Sloan, and Maude and Genevieve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

Tagish Charlie, the Indian who first
found gold in the Klondike creeks an /
reported his discovery to white men,
was rewarded by the dominion govern
ment in d fashion as unique as it is
dfscreditable TO the authorities. In con-
sideration of the public service he had
rendered and on payment of $4,000, he
received the privilege, accorded to no
other Indian in Canada, of purchasing
whisky AS poor Charlie avails him
self of the privilege by getting drunk
nearly every day and is as regularly
fined s25 by the White Horse yukon
territory police magistrate. the period
of his riches-he is said to be worth
800, 000-may be accurately calcula-
ted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

Health Commissioner Bosley of New
York city sounds a note of warning to
automobilists. He declares that speed
mania and the danger attending travel
at high speed are undoubtedly respOn-
sible for condition which he describes
as the auto heart and which is liable
to cause death. "Automobilists with
hearts that have the slightest tendency
to weakness should be cautious" says
BOsley. 1.-The excitement of rapid tray-
cling out in the open causes an over
strain on the heart, and if this organ is
weak the condition of the automobIlist
is a most dangerous one. Something
slightly out of the ordinary, like a mar
row escape from collision or the rum
ming down of man, might give the
finishing touch and death might re-
suit"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
Learning How to Fly.

To produce flying machine that will
lift itself has been the dream of inven
tors. There is now a general belief
that we are upon the verge of realiza-
ton and that We may within few
years go about from place to place as
the birds do. This belief is not only
shared by enthusiasts, but by some
students of aeronautics whose opinions
carry great weight. 1t has been dem
onstrated that a machine heavier than
the air in which it floats can be made
to lift itself and move forward under
the impulse of propulsion provided by
its own motor Buoyancy being attain
ed, the greatest apparent difficulty
seems to have been surmounted. The
preservation of balance and the power
of guidance in the direction desired are
problems of less difficulty.
The ability to move about in the air
from place to place at will and at any
considerable speed would bring about
such changes as defy the imagination
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

to conceive. 1t would revolutionize the
processes of both peace and war. 1t
would probably go far to prevent wars
by adding so greatly to the means of
destructive assault What army or
navy, town or city could be success
fully defended against an attack from
the clouds? 1t would solve the prob
lem of rapid transit by making air line
movement possible. And how would
the air be policed? What surprise par
ties there would be when every owner
of flying machine might undertake to
play the part of Asmodeus! But it is
too soon to speculate. For the present
we must be content to walk or ride
around on terra firma as best we can.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
Have No Pins.

A member of the Chinese legation
clad in splendid pale-hued silk, stood
before the Casino at Newport. Pins, -
he said, cause untidy habits. We
have no pins in China" He smiled
and resumed: THE right way to fas
ten things is with buttons and button.
holes, or with loops and frogs. To fas-
ten things with pins is to make use OF
an untidy makeshift. To employ pins
is to become lazy and slovenly We
have no pins in China Certain for
eign manufacturers shipped millions of
them to us in the past, but we sent
them back. We had no use for them.
We are too neat"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

s. II. Burch, chief clerk of the de-
partment of agriculture, is a man of
many professions and he has made
more than moderate success in each of
them. At the age of 10 he was teach
ing school in Iowa, but gave that up to
enter the army. He saw so much serv-
ice that he rose from private to acting
adjutant general. He then kept a hotel
in Kansas, and going into politics was
elected mayor of Olathe two terms. He
has also been postmaster, colonel of 4
militia regiment, census supervisor,
disbursing clerk of the agricultural de-
partment and chief of the bureau of
animal industry. From this last posi-
ton he was promoted to the one he
now fills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF.

The average number of teeth is thir-
ty-two.
The average weight of an adult is 100
pounds 6 ounces. 1s
The weight of the circulating blood is
Twenty-Five pounds.
The brain of man is more than
twice that of any other animal.
A man breathes about twenty times a
minute, or 1900 times an hour.
Over $40 pounds, or ore hogshead
and one and one-fourth pints, of blood
pass through the heart in an hour.
The average weight of the brain of n
man is three and one-half pounds, that
of a woman two pounds eleven ounces.
There are 175,O0oOOO cells in the
lungs, which would cover a surface
thirty times greater than the human
body.
The average height of an American
is five feet nine inches, of a Frenchman
FIVE feet four inches, of n German five
feet seven inches.
All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
VACCINATION AND DANDRuFF.
There is as Sure Prevention of Bald
ness as There is of Smallpox.

ness as There is of Smallpox.
1t is now accepted that vaccination
renders the vaccinated person exempt
from smallpox; or, at worst, he never
has anything but the lightest kind of
a case. Now as sure a preventive and
cure for dandruff, which causes falling
hair and badness, has been discovered
Herpicide. 1t kills the dan
druff germ. c. II. Reed, Victor, Idaho,
says: Myself and wife have been
troubled with dandruff and falling hair
for several years We tried remedies
without effect until we used Newbro's
Herpicide, two bottles of which cured
u.s." Hundreds of similar testimonials.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10
cents in stamps for sample to the Her
picide company, Detroit, Mich. T. H.
Thomas, special agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

1t is advertised that the will of john
Keats, the poet, is to be sold at auc-
ton to the highest bidder. The fact
that a poet had anything besides his
lines to bequeath to posterity makes it
valuable as a curiosity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
sciatic rheumatism CURED.

L. Wagner, wholesale druggist, Rich
mond, Va, says: Il had a fearful at
tack of sciatic rheumatism; was laid
up almost two months; was fortunate
enough to get Mystic Cure for Rheu-
matism. This cured me after doctors
prescriptions had failed to have any
effect I have also heard of fine results
from others who have used it." Sold by
Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second avenue,
Rock Island. Gust Schlegel & Son, 220
West Second street. Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

DR.. Pierre Janet is delivering lectures
in Massachusetts on the ability of man
to wiggle his ears. Massachusetts is
great on science. and it is not surpris-
ing to be told that his lecture room is
crowded nightly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

Give children a remedy with a pleas
ant taste. Don't force unpleasant med
icine down their threats. Kennedy's
Laxative, (containing) Honey and Tar
is most pleasant to take. Children like
it, and as a relief for colds, coughs, etc.
there is nothing better. No opiates.
Con forms TO national pure food and
drug law. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
Friday, Nov. 80, 1906.

More factories wait on increased ter
minal facilities in the west end of the
city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30
The Federal
Government

IN common with large en-
p1oyers of bonded persons,
prefers Corporate Suretyship
because of its greater stability.
Those who are required to
furnish Internal Revenue
Bonds, as brewers and tobacco
manufacturers; or who desire
guarantees on Contracts for
Supplies to the State, or to the
Federal Government, will save
themselves annoyance by
coming to Us.
When the Local, the State,
or the United States Govern
ment requires a bond of you,
apply to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-30

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16
TOOK RING FROM DEAD WIFE
To Get Money 20 Keep Up n Drunk Little
Daughter Calls the Police.

Bernard Mccullough OF $3.50 West
Twentieth street was arraigned in the JEFF
ferson Market police court yesterday on a
charge OF drunkenness.
Policeman Beedy, who arr ested the man,
told Magistrate Steinert that McCullough's
little daughter had come running into the
West Twentieth street police station the
evening before and begged the sergeant
to lock up her father. She said he la
been drunk for a week and that that o
ing he had come in and torn the wedding
ring from the finger of her g mother
and pawned it to get money for more
whiskey.
Beedy was sent out and when he got
TO the house he found Mccullough shouting
and terroriZing the few ~neiKhbors who
had come in to care for the four mother
less children. The ~neighbors confirmed
the story that the man had gone to the
coffin and taken a gold ring from his dead
wife's finger and pawned IL.
Beedy found the children huddled to-
gether in the back yard, afraid TO come
near the house. The eldest little girl
begged him to lave Mccullough locked up
until after her mothers funeral. The man
had been before Magistrate Mayo the day
before, but learning that the prisoners
wife had just died the Magistrate dis
charged him.
Yesterday he was held without bail for
examination Monday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16
Terms for This Special Sale.

nress. that France was still living IN the
frame made by Napoleon /. n had hardly
advanced at all in three-quarters OF a CEN
fury. Then he stood for the development
Of French as against FerrXs WHO
schemes of colonial adventure In Tonkln.
Madagascar, Tunis and Egypt. u,
I'VE do not need colonies in Africa ana
the ORIENT What we need is 10 colonlze
France he said In the campaign which
brought about Ferry's overthrow;
Again, he consistently opposed the al
lance between France and Russia, being
too good a Repub lican to wish TO see MS
beloved country bound to the destinies
Of a retr ograde despotism. He strongly
advocated such an UNDERSTANDING VIII
England az has recently been Effected, ana
the foreshadowed entente between England,
France and Italy realizes one OF his ideals.
Yet perha ps the strongest claim OF
Clemenceau to the gratitude OF his country
and the admiration OF the world ~ the spleh-
did stand he made for justice and the honor
Of France in the famous Dreyius case,
when, for month after month. n wrote
ringing articles in defence OF Dreyfus,
calling for justice against conspiracy ana
organized betrayal.
II ia in the last degree interesting TO
read the passages Of warm enthuslal m In
which he lauds the manly part played by
olonel Picquart in the Dreyfu investiga-
ton, and it warns our blood to see MIN
choose the same Picquart, now q General,
az MS Minister OF war, SHlony- W Iho .
two was due the rehabilitation OF Frances
honor in a legal struggle that shook the
whole world.
In the scandals which grew out OF the
Panama Canal, Clemenceau was himself
hercely assailed, and forgery and con-
spiracy were freely used against him in the
Chamber, in the press and in the courts,
There are few finer scene in modern history
than that Of the Chamber of Deputies when
Paul Deroulede stood up in the tribune TO
denounce ~Cleme1ceau. and in denouncinR,
in spite OF his passion Of hatred and torrent
OF invective, little by little revealed the
weakness of his case, and finally, shamed
and put to confusion, almost fled from
the tribune and the Chamber, while Clemen-
ceau, who had sat still as a statue fr m the
beginning, burst into Homeric laughter.
From 1898 to 1903 Clemenceau was out
81 politics. He wrote many brilliant articles
"a work on the philosophy OF nature, Great
Pan" and "A novel OF social life, The
Strongest, " a play laid at the court Of China,
and some admirable criticisms. Then, in
1903, he was returned TO the senate, this
spring he took a portfolio In the SarTien
Ministry, and now wa zee him at last Prime
Minister OF France.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16

In every detail the Leading Retail Establishment of Brooklyn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16
notion or LAKE SINKS.
4 shallow Area Of 1000 square Feet In
Lake GeOrE Drops Thirty Feet.

GLENs FALLS, N. Y, Dec. 15.-A strange
geological disturbance has occurred near
Hague, Warren county. at the north end
Of Lake George. Here the bottom Of the
lake for an area of 900 square feet has sunk.
The spot has long been regarded as danger
Gus TO navigation because OF the shallow
ness Of the water, which was never more
Inan nv UT lVur ioiI ueeP. a..a 80
deep, the bottom having sunk away.
4 coal barge had gone aground on the
reef and efforts to dislodge IL had failed.
Suddenly the boat moved away with the
current and an investigation revealed the
strange geological disturbance. Nc. othsr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16
CHRISTMAS STEAMTNG EAST.
Last Weeks Ships From New York Carried
81. $50 ,0l4.17 in Registered Letters.

Already the flow OF American cash that
finds its way 10 Europe each year at Christ
mas time has begun. All last week the
clerks In h money order department Of
the post Office were kept busy. working
overtime part OF the week. :
The Celtic, which sailed on December IL
carried the largest mail ever sent from
New York. This consisted Of 4,O3s sacks of
mail, containing SO,534 registered articles
and 4,iS7 articles in the parcels post. On
December 20 Of last year the Majestic
carried the largest mail OF the year, with
1927 sacks aboard, while the Cedric, sailing
December 9, carried the largest registered
mail, or 81 ,227 pieces.
In the Celtic's mail on Wednesday were
money orders that reached the total Of
soO5 ,O4s. e8, in 5S,S53 orders, or an average
OF SIS so for each. The largest AMOUNT
went to Great Britain. This was S2Tg, 63S.
To Italy went ti4S ,s73, while Sweden came
third with $ss, 900. Austria received $50 900
and Hungary $50, 900. The Germans in
America forwarded to the Fatherland
$50 900, while the Norwegians sent home
SS4 900. Denmark received $4,000 from
her sons in this country, while Switzerland
was sent 5000. French residents of
America contributed 1000 TO the home
going Christmas fund, Belgian residents
5000, while TO Holland went only 81, goo.
The smallest sum. sl95, ven to Luxembourg.
Other small sums went 10 Egypt and Por-
tugal.
Following the Celtic on Wednesday WAS
the Auguste Victoria, which sailed a day
or two later. She carried s422 ,l22. Yester-
day the New York sailed, carrying 1913, 4l2.
Or the sum carried by the AugIste Victoria
tIsl ,74s went 10 Italy, $50 boo TO England,
s3l 600 TO Sweden, while Egypt received
50. rs and Portugal came last with IS. or
the money sent yesterday on the New York
t163, 937 went to Great Britain, SO, $50 to
Italy, s45 900 10 Austria, $50 900 to Sweden,
500, 900 to Russia, $50, 900 to Hungary, 81, 900
to Germany, $4,000 to Norway and smaller
amounts 20 other countries. The total
amount OF tho money carried by the three
ships sailing last week was n,s6e,ei4.27.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-16

part OF the lake as far as is known has been
affected. The disturbance occurred of
the shore near the mines of the American
Graphite Company.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-06
Ofcousse You Want That Punch Bowl.

AS a prize, to the person purchas-
ing the largest amount in. holiday
goods, toilet articles, stationery, CT
CARS, tobacco and cigarettes, at his
drug store, between the morning OF
December 9Th and 8 o'clock on the
night of December 24th, Mr.. Oliver
Eastland will give a handsome cut
glass punch bowl, now on exhibit.
ton at the store.
Tickets have been printed, and
one will be given to each purchaser,
and each time a purchase is made
the holder should see that the
amount of the purchase is punched
from the figures bordering the
ticket. Bring your ticket with yor
when you come to buy.
The bowl in question, on its pc.
destal, stands about thirteen inches
high and will measure about the
same in diameter. It is an elegan'
piece of ware, and well worth 6
place on anyone's sideboard. Al
have the same chance to win it; NJ
special favors will be shown anyone
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-06
The Old Duke Store.
Mr.. John Howell Quits.

The many friends of Mr.. John F.
Howell, for nearly twenty years
agent for the Mobile &c Ohio Rail-
road at this point, learned with
regret a few days ago that he had
resigned his position. He has been
succeeded by Mr.. c. H. Langston,
of Meridian.
We understand that Mr.. Howell
has beeu considering this step fol-
many months, the work at the
depot here having increased to such
an extent that he considered it next
to impossible to perform it salts
factorily to himself and his en-
ployers, alone, and the Company
not thinking it sufficient to give
him a regular assistant.
For the present Mr.. Howell vii
take a rest, needed and we'll earned
1t is hoped by all that he will en-
gage in some business that will no
necessitate. the removal of himsel
and family from Scooba.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-06
viii Study Law.

With reference to Prof. Sam d.
Stennis, q son of Mr.. III. H. Stennis
of Kipling, this county, and who has
for some time past been principal of
the San Jacinto school, Galveston,
Texas, the Daily News of that city
says:
Mr.. Stennis, who will enter the
law department of Tulane Yniversi-
ty, is a native of Kemper County,
Mississippi. He attended the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College of
Mississippi and the Peabody Normal
College at Nashville, which institu-
ton he left in 1901 for Weatherford,
where he taught school for a short
time and removed to Dallas, where
he was principal of the Davy Crock
EFT school until hewas called to Gal
weston to become principal OF the
San Jacinto school. He is i'll many
senses a 81 lf-made man, having
risen In a few years from q salary OF
$50 a manth to one of $185 a month.
The study of law is not new to him,
he having been admitted to the bar
in Dallas in the summer of 1903 and
having studied lawn the University
of Michigan in the summer of 1903.
The case of p Stennis is but a
fair sample of what any young man
possessing. plenty of that quality
known as .'stick-to-itiyeness'' and a
fair share of brains car make OF
himself if he will but try.
The many friends and admirers OF
Prof. Stennis in this county will join
us in the wish for his future success
and judging by the past, the flu
ture is full of promise for him.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-06
A Kicker Who Should Be Kicked.

A gentleman informed us the
other day that another gentleman
a newcomer to Scooba had in
formed him that in conversation
with a man who claimed to have
lived in Scooba twenty years, he
1.-THE new-comer) had been informed
that there was not one good man in
Scooba; that they would all bear
watching.
We have lived in Scooba about
three and one-half years, and we
have found many good people in
fact, nearly all with whom we have
had intercourse, have proven to
be so.
1t seems to lis a little peculiar, to
say the least, that a man would
continue to live for twenty years in
a community where there r no
good people.
In our opinion this kicker"
ought to be kicked out of the town.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-06

Frank O'Neill (colored), pumper
at the tank at Narcissa, was struck
by q freight train last evening and
had one leg mashed off just below
the knee. Hewas brought to Scooba
where DR.. H. w. Rencher, assisted
by Drs. Mooney and Anderson, did
all that was possible to relieve his
sufferings. On account of weakness
from loss of blood, it was not con-
sidered advisable to perform the
necessary operation Yesterday.
We have made arrangements by
which we can furnish the KEMPER
HERALD and the New Idea Wo-
mans Magazine 1.-THE latter an up
to-date fashion and home magazine)
for one year for $1.30.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-06

Don't forget that on Wednesday
of next week the Ladies Aid So
ciety of the Presbyterian Church
will open their Bazaar and Festival
In the rooms over the store of the
Duke Mercantile Co. Hot meals
and lunches will be served, and
many fancy and useful articles,
suitable for Xmas presents, will be
offered for sale. Entertainment tor
old and young will be provided at
night. All are invited, and all
should go.