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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
TRAMP RACING.

Cure For Hobo Habit introduced ay
/ North Carolina Towns officials.
The town of Wilson, y. c., has intro
duced new form of ''Sport''-tramp
racing, says a dispatch from Raleigh,
| y. c., to the New York Herald. When
| a hobo hits the town he is arrested
and incarcerated in the lookup. When
several have been accumulated the
whole lot is marched out into the public
| square Across this a line is drawn
| and the tramps are told TO line 10.
Hardly has the ragged line been formed
when the town marshal confronts
them, rawhde whip in hand, and in
forms them that one mile down the
road is a ditch that marks the corpo-
rate limits of the town. At given
signal they are to start for the ditch,
and it is TO be distinctly understood
that the hobo whose tattered coat tail
last hutters across the ditch is to be
treated to such q hogging as he will
have cause to remember all the days of
his life
This pronunciamento is announced
with an impressiyeness that leaves no
doubt in the minds of its hearers. and
the Ragged Robs'' immediately begin
to inspect one another in an effort to
size up each others sprinting ability,
the short hobo eying the long legs Of
his neighbor with envy
Line up an toe the mark square,"
shouts the marshal.
cit set!
Co.
The line surges. then breaks. and off
go the hoboes. The marshal and his
assistants leap upon their waiting
horses and are off after the flying
trampS, catching up with them and
squirting the ambition of the laggards
with sharp warning fiicks from their
whips
Straight down the road goes the ny
ing company, their heels pattefing upon
the ground with spurts of dust From
tattered pullls they quickly dWIndie
into ragged specks and are soon lost
to view in a cloud of dust, while the
assembled spectators shout with elee.
AS a matter of fact, no man has yet
been fiogged, but belief in the f!ogging
of the last man across the ditch is firm,
and no tramp that has once run the
race has ever been known to return to
the town of Wilson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
The Hymn That Fitted.

On the evening of the first Sunday
after their removal from their house
in the suburbs, which was the only
home the children had ever known,
to the top floor OF seventh
story apartment house, the fam
lily gathered around the piano for the
usual hour of song, each member in
turn, according to time honored custom,
requesting a hymn of his choice. When
ten-year-old Marjory's turn came she
said, Il think the most appropriate
hymn Is:
I'm nearer my heavenly home today {
Than ever I've been before.
81 think of it every time come up in
the elevator''-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
A FORTUNATE MISTAKE.
The Result of Putting IA Couple OF
Wires In Wrong Terminals.


Wires In Wrong Terminals.
A large number of the worlds great
est inventions have been the result OF
some accidental union of forces the
nature of which the person who start
ed them neither understood nor sus-
pected. The working of dynamos ut
long distances apart when properly
connected was discovered by accident.
\ scientific journal says: Soon after
the opening of the Vienna exposition
in 1873 Il careless workman picked up
the ends of a couple of wires which he
found trailing along the ground. He
fastened them in the terminals of n
dynamo, To which he thought they be-
longed, while they were really attach
ed to another dynamo that was run
ming in another part of the grounds.
The dynamo TO which he fastened tho
wires was not running, but as soon as
the wires were placed In it's terminals
it revolved as If steam engine was
driving il. The workman was amazed.
The engineers and electricians were
astonished 10y the discovery that a dy-
namo electric machine (turned by
steam power would turn another sim
liar machine a long distance away II
properly connected to it by electric
wires. Thus originated one Of the
most revolutionary applications of cleo
tricity.''
The fact that power can be transmit
ted for miles by electric wires is one
of the most important factors in mod
ern civil engineering achievements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

The reason why so many American
girls choose English husbands is that
the EngIishman is more devoted and
knows how to treat her better than
does the American, was the explana-
ton recently given at the Hotel St.
Regis. in New York, by Alfred Harms
worth, Lord Northcliffe, who arrived
on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, says
the New York American.
THE most interesting thing about
America Is her women-at least that Is
what EnSlishmen think, and we ought
TO know, for we have in London the
very flower of American womanhoOd-
women of your country who have mar
ried our men and who never come over
to this side unless it may be to make
mamma a brief visit or to see how
the States have grown" said the great
English editor.
The American girl likes our men
better than she does the American. It's
because he knows better how to treat
her.
1T have studied the American girl,
not a little bit, and it is after much
careful observation that 1 have come
to the conclusion that our men make
better husbands for the American girl
than your own men. The American
woman likes him better What the
American woman likes-what any wo-
man likes-is to be adored-to be made
much Otto be worshiped. in truth
and that is where the Englishman has
the advantage over the American. He
Wis &c
on his wife.
THE American calls us a stupid lot.
He loves to tell the American girl those
stories, referring to the slow going wits
of the average Englishmap. The En-
glishman may be stupid don't think
so-but if he is his stupidity is of a
sort that appeals to the American girl
so much that she marries him. Let
the American man deny that. 1 can
prove what 1 say by statistics-actual
figures.
why, do you know. it has got to be
so that when an American girl marrieS
an American the public is truly CRATE
full. The newspapers devote columns
to the event. They speak of her COM
mon sense and of her-I was about to
say heroism, but 1 will modify that-of
her fine love of home and things of the
sort That in itself proves my state
ment The American girl who through
choice and of her own volition marries
the American is so singularly rare that
she needs be publicly commended for
her noble act.''
You say these conditions exist. Lord
Northcliffe. Why is 1t SOP was asked.
For many reasons. / have told you
one-that the Englishman worships his
wife Then while the American is
busy making money for his wife the
Englishman is busy making love to
his In the last analysis a woman pre-
fers a man who makes love to the one
who can make money. The American
woman Is indeed fortunate. She has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
SneezfnE.

Sneezing is the best brain clearer
known. Many persons conclude an
attack of faintness or fainting with a
violent sneeZe. Our ancestors took
snuff from belief in the efficacy of
sneezing. But tobacco so taken is in
part absorbed into the blood and hurts
the system. Tickling the noStrils with
feather or straw will act as well as
taking snuff. Try it when you feel
faint. 1t cannot do harm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
Nickname For State of Oklahoma.

HoN Sthtc Oh Oklnh OInu.
"A newspaper writer in Muskogee,
!. l., has suggested that as a charac-
ter name the new state OF Oklahoma
should be referred to as the Indian
State" and gives as his reasons that the
state was once owned entirely 10y the
Indians and that they own n large
per cent of il still and will continue to
for at least twenty-one years, that il is
the cemetery of Indian nationality and
that the naming of this the Indian
State would be a gentle courtesy to
the Five Nations, says the Kansas City
Star. The idea seems 10 be popular.
At least it is Oh the Indian Territory
side Of the state
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
The Diver Bird.

A DantZic correspondent writes:
While swimming on n lake with her
brood of five diver bird was shot and.
although mOrtally wounded, collected
her young ones and dyed for their
safety. When her dead body fioated to
the surface the five little birds were
still clinging with their beaks to her
wings, but all had been suffocated by
remaining too long under the water
London Mail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

The balloon is so strongly constructed.
however, that it seems almost impos-
sible that any accident should befall
sufficient TO disa bic it, The one dan
ger is snowstorm, under the weight
of which the great machine would be
helpless. Fortunately polar SHOWS in
July and August, during one of which
months the journey is to be made, are
rare.
Enough gasoline and provisions will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
No One Above Him.

During the recent royal procession in
Yokohama, Japan. in marked contrast
to the seas Of heads that we are accus-
toned to see in the upper stories of
the houses in England on similar &C.
casions, nothing but blank windows
were to be seen. says the North China
Herald, due TO the fact that in Japan
nobody is allowed TO look down upon
the emperor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

me most adverse conditions, it Is hard
ly conceivable that more than ten days
or two weeks at most should be re-
quired for the voyage.
Leakage Reduced to Very Low Point.
The leakage from the gas bag has
been reduced TO the lowest possible
point, and it is believed will not ex-
coed l per cent day. There is always
some loss of initiating material from
the best built balloons. this loss usu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
WALTER wELLMAN HIS AIRsHIP AND MOTOR sIEDGEs

De taken with the expedition TO last IL
much longer time than should be re-
quired TO make the journey. The pole
is about 600 miles north of Spitzber-
gen. from which point the balloon is to
be launched. At an average speed of
twelve miles an hour the trip up and
back should only occupy 100 hours or
4 little over four days. Allowing for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

tomorrow the LESSONS of uprightness
and honesty" said Mrs. Garrison re-
Gently. The stories of the knights will
take the places of the vicious dime
novels, and the use Of the chivalric
symbols will appeal to the dramatic in
stinct in the boys. We do not intend
TO take the matter up with the board
Of education. but hope 10 have the help
OF teachers in forming our orders
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
New TeIephoning Invention.

Experiments are being made in Mex
leo with a new invention which it is
claimed will make short or long dis
lance telephoning possible over the
regular telegraph lines without inter-
fering with their use for teleg-aphic
purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

LIE the north pole does not want "a
be discovered il had better go in
hiding. Walter Wellman Is OH its
trail, and If he is as good at find
Ing out polar secrets as he used to be
at finding out political secrets he will
get it, Wellman has made try at the
thing twice before. but the other times
he used ship and therefore the pole
could protect itself with icebergs. Now
he Is TO take a balloon, and it will be
''23-skiddoo' for the bergs. 1t re
quires a temperature considera bly,
colder than that of the arctic circle to
freeze afr. therefore the airship can
defy the frost. The pole might as well
turn states evidence against itself. for
Ii Is bound TO be found out In a few
years it will be only an American flag
pole. Old Glory will wave above it.
1t is poor age for mysteries, even
polar ones, for science is certain to
uncover them
1t is not the first time the balloon
trick has been tried on the pole, but
the one previous attempt was made
many years ago, before the modern
improvements in airships. Andree was
the one who conducted that expert
ment, and, for all any one knows to the
contrary, he reached his intended des-
tinatton, only he never came back to
tell about 1t. He may have become at
tached to the place. as 1t were, so that
he could not tear himself loose from
the scenery. 1t is rather grewsome
subject. but there Is no need of grow
ing gloomy over something that cannot
be helped.
Scenery Preserved on Ice.
The arctic scenery is said to be indie
scribably grand by the few who have
looked upon it and have lived to tell
the tale. 1t is a revel of color. of pic
turesque effects and of dazzling lights.
1t Is scenery preserved ON ice.
There have been many conflicting
stories OF Andree's end. There always
are when nobody knows. One version
had il that he was killed by Eskimo
savages. This may be true. but most
people have Il suspicion that the eli
mate had something TO do with 1t.
There is not much except climate
around the north pole. and 1t manages
to make itself very conspicuous and
But Andree was not an American
man. That is the reason
he did not come back to report the !
story Wellman not only has the adj |
of modern inventions. but also |
Of Yankee pluck and journalistic train |
Ing. II anybody ever finds the pole. it !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

any amounting 10 = or 3 per cent a
day. The smaller leakage in the Well
man balloon will be fully balanced by
the decreased weight of the gasoline
and provisions aboard. as these are
used up from day To day i'll running
the motors and feeding the aeronauts.
II is intended that the airship shall
sail only two or three hundred feet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
After the Race.

Owner Gratelyl-Yes. if you hadn't
stopped to take up that girl in your
machine you would have won the race.
You were beaten by mile Chauffeur
Well, you know miss is as good as
q mile.zCbicQgo- News. & .s.ta
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
Novelty For Smokers.

Chrysanthemum smoking is the lat
est thing In England. Cigarettes made
Of chrysanthemum leaves and cascaril-
la bark have been found to give relief
In cases of epilepsy, and one doctor
recommends them as a substitute for
tobacco
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
Wireless Telegraphy on Board.

One of the novelties of the Wellman
expedition 49, and pretty much every
thing about it IS Il novelty - rs that
wireless telegraphy will be used in or
der that the daily reports of the vOyaG-
ers may be flashed back to civilization.
One wireless station has been estab-
lished at SpitZbergen, another about
Coo miles south, and the third will be
on the balloon itself. Instead of this
being pole high i'll the air, however,
it will be rope hanging from the bas-
ket of the ship. 4 wireless apparatus
and operator will be carried with the
expedition. Thus even if the melan-
choly fate of Andree should Overtake
the daring aeronautS the world will be
enriched by an account of their obser-
yations If the pole is discovered we
shall not have to wait months for the
news to reach us, but 1t will be flashed
all over the world on the very day it
occurs Great is science, and wireless
telegraphy is its newest wonder.
If Walter Wellman reaches this goal,
which has been the dream of ages, he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
Mocha conee Railroad.

A railway is to be built to the region
where the Mocha coffee grows. 1t will
extend from Hodeidah on the Red sea
to Sannaa. largest city in southern Ara
bia, with q population of $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
A Mistake.

Hewitt-Will you watch my trunk
for a minute? Jewett-What do you
take me for, chest protector?-New
York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
King of Airships.


King of Airships.
The balloon with which WelIman is
to seek the pole Is the king of airships,
being the largest ever yet constructed.
The gas bag. which is oblong in shape.
is over 16O feet in length and above 30
feet in diameter. To keep this gigan-
tic bag from losing its shape under the
pressure of violent winds balloonette
is placed In the interior of il, into
which will be constantly pumped sew
eral pressureS of air. The basket, or
chamber, attached TO the outer bag Is
built on a steel frame, is protected
from the weather and IS fitted with
rudders, propellers, motors and the
necessary machinery for navigation OF
the air In this basket Mr.. WeIlman
and his companions Will embark on
the most remarkable and sensational
journey of modern times.
The motors are three In number, one
of five horsepower to fill the balloon
cite, one of twenty-five horsepower and
one of fifty horsepower, the two larger
ones being for the actual propulsion of
the balloon.
An average speed of twelve miles per
hour can be made. This on occasion
can be increased to seventeen miles per
hour. These speeds, of Course. are
reckoned on the basis of a calm. Winds
would affect the velocity. adverse
winds retarding and favorable ones &C
celebrating the great ship in its flight.
If contrary winds OF too great force
are met drag anchor. or retarder,
will be thrown overheard. which. with
out making the balloon fast. will keep
il from drifting too far or too rapidly
from its course.
Many Safety Appliances Provided.
Many other safety appliances have
been provided. An extra set of steer
ing and propelling apparatus will be
taken along in case of breakage. If
one of the large motors becomes dis
abled the other can be put into use
In case the worst happens and the
balloon for any unforeseen reason
should become useless a set of sledges
or skees have been constructed and will
be taken aboard the balloon, These
sledges are provided with motors. or
mechanical dogs" as Wellman calls |
them, and with them rapid progress |
can be made over the ice and snow. |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13
SOur GrnnNs-

Mary = Pa has forbidden you thet
house. John-I wouldn't have taken IL
anyway with the mortgage he has got.
on IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

This is the month, says the Columbia
State, when Oyster Bay has an r in i.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

is saTe 10 say tnat 1t Will be an Amer
lean reporter. for he is used not only
10 discovering things. but also TO cold
deals of every conceivable variety. The
arctic regions will have no terrOrs for
him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-13

| rrom the ground. or, rather, from the
ice. which supplies the place OF terra
firma in the arctic circle
If, after reaching the pole, the bal
loon is thrown out of its course SO that
it is impossible to land at SpitZbergen,
the giant ship of the air may alight at
some other point, and all the land Of
the northern hemisphere is to be stud
led with that end in view.
No chances are to be taken. Every
probable contingency has been met i'll
advance. OF course the unforeseen
may happen, but man may be struck
by lightning or have Il tree fall on
him even in the temperate zone.
# the balloon should tumble into the
open sea metallic boat has been TAX
en- along, which Wellman calls his re
turn ticket
Before the start is made the balloon
Is to be subjected TO the most rigid
tests. Trial voyages will be made, and
IL the apparatus is found in any way
defective it will be remOdeled or. If
necessary, abandoned and new bal
loon constructed. Some such cOntin-
gency may delay the trip for a year.
If the first effort to reach the pole is
not successful another trial will be
made year later. and if that fails still
another attempt will result. To put ii
plainly the north pole has got TO come
into the reservation of the known if
American ingenuity, newspaper enter
prise and Wellman perseverance can
bring 1t there
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
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e. Broad St.
1 rloyd o,Bannon, Of barton Avenue.

= -, 4. ,,o,,,o S e5ii
Floyd O. Bannon, OF Barton A'e1,ue..
Mr.. A. NJ. starrett, Of West V,r II al'' "a,
Is visiting his pm 1hts' Az ana W . : :
w. starrett, OF LAMB s. Avenue t,s .a,,n
Mr. T.. s. Ounha"ay, o. Calola !, Gou.
Is, is visiting MI. ana MIS-. - =. 'e,ss
Of Ladies Mile Road, ana NJ. an. .an, NJ
Hatcher iolla way, OF North 4,
MISS Al'..t - ", = ahv has
mas pee,, V'siti"k ~ = = a Ill d
rc NJ. :, r1,,,, ~ i. o,,,sa55 who has
MIS- III. " 1ones Mas re
pcen .Tv's.ti''s 1f VT Il,
't' TT le'l .it I. u.
Miss Jennie Carter, VINO mas been 4Vis sly
ing Miss Minnie Morris mas let lor 1 ~
nome, ~ Alpennarie couT Wy Z,
Mr.. John Hi. of sI,ortt ! uth, who mas
been visiting M frahk " INA y l''s'
Miller avenue = mas 81 ett' " "i
Mr.. John White OF Lamb Avenue. who
has been visiting his brother, Mr.. w, S.
White. Of Clifton Forge has returned
Miss Elsie Giles of Blue Ridge Springs.
Is the guest OF Mr. and Mrs. ~. II. Coal
ter of North Avenue.
The Rev Francis Carroll OF the Epls'.
copal Seminary, In Alexandria, is the,
guest or5thc Rev w. Ii. Kinsolvns. IN
the home Of MIS-, w, r. Dabney, on Mon.
#tciro Avenue; IS
Mrs. Nj. s. Smith. who has been visit
Ing relatives, has left for her home, IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20

hurst, OF No. 93a West Franklin Street.
have taken apartments, and expect TO
move In this week. BY the fall the whole
building will be filledg
Mrs, Cary w. Butte who has been
spending some time with her mother,
Mrs James l., Beck, No. 1923 Ivy Avenue,
has returned to her home In Charlotte
N. G,
Mrs. j. l., Beck is now In Charlotte
~ c., at the bedside Of her daughter
Mrs. Brook B. Todd, who is very III.
DIR. James Russell Parker, who grad
uated in medicine and received his dlplo-
ma last Tuesday night from the Medi-
cal College OF Virginia, left "Wednesday
morning for his homo. mean Bedford
city, but viii return in June 10 COM
plete his state Board examination,
Mrs. r. +, Johnstons. oldest son, Mr.
Howard C, Johnston, who was recently
appointed State agent for the German
National Insurance Company, of Chica-
go, H., left Richmond three weeks ago
for san Franosco, where, with several
other employees Of the company, he Ia
transaotlng business for his new COM
pany. s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
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g
N. y, who has been visiting Ills brother..Ss
Rev. W. L.. Klnsolving, OF Monteiro Ave-
nue., has returned. ssyys5 S.St llgss
Mrs. Pattie CLARK, OF Sussex, Is 38 the !!
guest OF her sister, Mrs Ia g. Timber.
lake, OF North Avenue 81 sss st.8s
Mr.. j. G. Bruce is visiting friends slns
Baltimore. Ii. s3 55ssssS
nue., has left for Washington, on a HgS
pleasure trip SSS &sll35 {aSg
N miss Mary. Hinton, after a visit ito sg,#.
friends hero, has left for her home. ef:s
Miss Mplle Williams, A # N FOLK, 81
visiting at the home Of Miss Ms u 4 " /
Wilkinson. I. 81 ~ HI ss5Sa ssS iSssSs
Mr.. James Moore, Of Petersburg. y hoS
has been visiting Mr.. Charles Smith has has
returned. u sSss
Mr.. H. n. Hatcher and SON., Mr. Careys
Hatcher, OF Orange, y Al, who have sfbeenS
visiting relatives on Lamb Avenue, lave
returned. s5 a5 St5g sj$ .i85si tgg
Mr.. II. CT Tinberlake, who has been
quite sick at his home III In; North Ave-8;
nue., is improving. ~ .3}2 DIX
Mrs G. r. Kuyk, and Miss Ethel Rob-
inson, have returned to their homes frOm%
Alexandria. where they Went to- attend
the annual meeting Of The 81 aug tiers o.
the King" .58 III s @45gssss@&
Mr.. Charles Farmer, Of 5oldncld, who's
has becnSvis!tng friends on n orth Ave-
nue., 3has&returned. 5s5 Ss TILL tss$
4 Mr.. andrSMrs. James Woodruff, w ll0s
have been visiting Mrs Charles Io..s sla ter.
OF Brook Road, have returned 4 to their
home in New Y ork.. 5S3 FL
Mr.. G. Il, Martini who has been isitsa
lns Mr.. p. r.. Smith, has returned to- his
home In philadelphia. yfs sS3as
Mr.. and Mrs. william Mason Z r oa-
noke, have returned homo after II verys
pleasant visit to Mrs. James vii kins,a
sof.North Avenue ,s$ S sIss
Mr.. Frank Johnson, who has beenSvisit IS
ing his friend. Mr.. William Clark. u
Miller Avenue, has left for his home
Z In Raleigh. i3 sSS 3ttSSs$