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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-21

The bubonic plague is not making
any progress in San Francisco, but it
is causing great mortality in India.
Plague and famine are the twin
curses of India, and it would be diff
cult indeed to gauge the relative de-
structiveness of these terrible scOurges.
OF the later, fortunately, there has
been comparatively little during the
past few years; but, unfortunately, the
plague epidemic seems almost ineradi-
cable from the soil of Hindostan. The
figures, indeed, are absolutely appall-
ing. The latest returns, issued in the
form of blue-book, give the following
totals for the mast seven wears:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-21

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly. 81 per year in advance.
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
/guz1E5Iz1a
S1RA6Es Gss2f cogNciEs 20
LaGcIN
Saturday, September 81, 1907.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-21

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
ANSWERS TO THE CURIOUS.

No, Amateur Thespian, the heavy
man il not stage wait.
An Old Subscriber Is informed that
wives are not Ike beefsteak-you can
not make them tender by beating
them.
a Lover-The way 10 open the door
TO a successful courtship is very sim
pie. All you have to do is ring the
belle.
II Epicure wants the best way OF
avoiding Indigestion through mince
pie. the remedy is easily learned.
Don't eat II.
a correspondent who signs herself
Fastdious" wants 10 know how to
convey a delicate hint TO a lady guest
who persists in using cigarettes. II
she smokes, put her out This applies
equally whether she smokes cigarettes
or sets herself on fire.
Easy Mark asks the surest way of
detecting counterfeit notes. Try to
get to serve a term on the grand jury.
and then you will know how to find
true bills
1t Is hard TO answer your question
without further data. Lily Bell The
TACT that your heart fiutters strangely
and that you are always blushing. may
be either signs that you are romantic
ally In love or that you have indiges-
ton.
Worried Wihe-If buying a new
bonnet is crime in you husbands
eyes. just charge IL to him.-Baltimore
American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Trials are to build us. not to break
us.
Honest methods wait for honest
men.
The truly strong never ignore the
weak.
The man who dares not fail is sure
20 do IT,
Heaven sees our Sits in the light
Of our gains.
The fun hand often goes with the
empty heart
The fame OF lust quenches the pure
light of love.
It is not far from vinking at sin
20 working for &c.
Faith for the future is the undying
hope of man.
A thle "oIi4 Us not GOD world NO
other world viii be-
The best way 20 talk of love to- Goo
is by labor for man.
He has no power with men who has
no patience with children.
He possesses nothing 90 whom his
possessions are everything.
The best aspiration for heaven is
Precipitation in making earth heav.
emily.
Take care OF your secret life and
the surface life viii take care of it,.
self-Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

Strange that one OF the incest
things about lovemaking is the mem
Dry Of it afterward.
Nearly every man who is poor lays
the blame of # on his honesty-never
on the matter Of his being dumb.
II is sad. but true. that the kind OF
trip a man enjoys most thoroughly
is the kind when none Of the family
goes along.
The reason why a girl loves a man
IS generally something nobody. not
even she herself. can explain. unless
he has money
Nearly every girl thinks a man is
no gentleman IL he undertakes 10 kiss
her in any other way than the way
she viii not let him.
When YOU see some woman awfully
fond Of an ugly lap dog YOU can un-
derstand a little about that kind Of
Providence who sees 90 it that even
the homeliest man can get married.
y. Y. American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

sPINsrEK's VIEW.

Love letters are the most worthless
OF all promissory notes.
Some fellows are not satisfied 10
Kill time unless IL belongs to some one
else.
When girl tells a man he Is "dif-
ferent" It is a sign that man is being
fooled.
Theater audiences are sometimes
electrified. but more often they are
shocked.
II is astonishing the kind OF hat a
man likes on any other woman than
his wife.
II you tell a man you love him.
often he believes you. even when he
knows you don't
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
MEN SAY THAT

a man probably feels like kicking
himself when he marries for money
and doesn't get any.
Feminine independence is a farce.
Any woman viii marry and serve ~
the man she loves asks her.
Possibly there is a woman on earth
who can pass an old admirer with
out looking back-but it is doubtful
II a woman declines a mans offer
OF marriage he should give her an.
other chance. Women seldom think
twice alike.
Folks often complain OF their indi.
viduality being crushed out. when IL
would really be the best thing that
could happen 90 them.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

Over 10000 homes of our people have
been hlled with JOY, because of the Pro
lection of great and powerful Union
Oruer, which Is using its strength and
influence TO secure better conditions for
our people. This is the first and only
great Union Order in this country. hold
lng an International Union Charter
from the Courts. which giv full Pro
lection and Benefits TO our race.
There is no color. race or sex dis
elimination in this Order. The negro
has an equal standing with the white
members, and can De elected to hold
any Office Every effort is made TO adj
vance the condition of the members. by
securing equal opportunities to work
with other workmen. 90 learn the trades
and TO have steady work at high wages
and Union hours.
The Grand Lodge donates $4,000 for
the burial of each deceased member. A
fine monthly journal Is published. A
Membership Book of the Order Is recop-
MED by all Lodges everywhere. Dis
tresscd members are assisted. Zach
member and Subordinate Iodre has the
privilege of buying stock i'm the Order.
on low monthly payments. said stock
paying s per cent interest. guaranteed.
n Leading Negro Deputy Is wanted
IN each locality. AT ONCE. to form
Lodges, sell Buttons. take Journal Sub
scriptions. sell Stock and act as DIS
TRICT DEPUTY ORGANIZER. This
work can be done I'm spare hours. but
many are devoting their whole time and
attention TO it. Big money Is made by
good hustlers.
Write at once. State name Of this
paper. and enclose 10 cents for full in
formation and postage. Address
THE I L. .. GRAND LODGE,
"a TO 30 Candy Building, Dayton, Ohio.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

a Greenwich man tells OF a Con
necticut farmer who. after having
driven a lot of hogs TO Greenwich,
sold them for precisely what had
been offered him before he left home.
You don't seem 10 have made much
oy bringing your hogs down here. "
remarked the man who tells the
story.
We'll. no." replied the agrioultur-
ISL deleetedly. Il amt made no mon
ey' but then. you know" he added. his
race brightening. Il had the company
OF the hogs on the way down."-Har-
Ders Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
LIE NAN WHO Walls.

Daniel said: Blessed is he that
waiteth."
sherman said: Hold the fort for I
am coming"
cervantes said: Patience. and shut
fe the cards
James r. Keene said: "Sit tight and
youu win out"
Disraeli said: Everything comes II
a man VIII only wait
Longfellow said: "Au things come
round 20 him who viii but wait"
Earl Harcourt said: lie bon temps
viendra" (The good time viii GOMEZ.
Micah said: 81 will wait for the
God of my salvation; my God will
hear me-"
St Paul said: But IL we hope for
that we see not. then do we with pa
thence wait for It,"
Job said: They waited for me as
for the rain. and they opened their
mouth wide as for the latter rain"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
theoretical Treasnre-

Some rich men are unable to count
all their money"
Yes. said young Mrs. Torkins.
when Charley sits down and figures
how much he is going 70 win at the
track nest day am almost certain
he isn't going TO be able TO count it."
Washington star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

Redd-I see Edwin Anthony. IN an
article published ,a the Chess Players
chronicle. computed approximately
that the number of ways OF playing
only the first ten moves ON each side
is 169.5lS 500 -oo.5i4.000. 600 600 .000.-
600.
Greene-Thats surprise 90 me.
I've never tried more than l23.5172S9.-
444,s0l.O0O OF them.-Tonkers States
man.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
HIGHER WAGES TO
NEGRO WORKMEN

Secured by This New Union
Order-~Grows BY Leaps and
Bounds-Started Five Years
Ago with Nothing But ''Prin-
ciPle"-Now Has Over 400
Subordinate Lodges and $4,000
Members.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

"Skribbler Is going 20 write a poem
on the railway eating house sand
wich
Has De ever eaten one?"
40. but ne intends to-"
Then he'll ue.er write The poem"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

An Advantage Of Elaborate Dletion.
You say he accused you Of being
untruthful?"
That's what happened" answered
Piute Pete. with much embarrassment.
And lives to tell the tale?"
We'll, you see he used long words
in such q roundabout way that he
was out o town before had fggered
out exactly what he meant."-Wash-
ington Star
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
Deep plsannointment.

Yes" said one Cincinnati heiress
to the other. her parents are fear
fully disappointed in the match she
made"
For what reason?"
She married a man who PLAYS
pinochle instead OF baccarat. Wash
ington Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
The viewpoInt.

What do you think OF Secretary
Tafts decision that a motherin-law
is not part OF mans femily?"
He's right II the majority OF
them are like mine. she's the whole
show. American. q.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
MAxIMs.

AS men. we are all equal ia the pres
ence Of death.
When we pause 10 think, we often
miss our opportunity.
The fear OF death is more to be
feared than death itself
There are times when we may do
well 10 forget what We know.
The two greatest blessings of hu-
man life are good health and good
sense.
observe the golden mean between
saying too much and too little.-Pub-
Illus Syrus CAS- B. c..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
STIFF EXAMINATION PAPER.

STIFF EXAMINATION PAPER.
How many teeth have you?
How many buttons have you on your
waistcoat?
Write down the figures on the face
Of your watch
What are the words On a police
mans shield?
How many toes has a cat on each
forefoot and each hindfoot?
Which way does the crescent moon
turn? To the right or left?
What are the words written or
printed on the face of your watch?
What is the name signed in fac
smile on any 81, 81, IS OF $40 bill you
ever saw?
In what direction is the face on a
cent, on a quarter and on a dime
turned2
What color are your employers
eyes, and the eyes of the man at the
next desk?
What are the exact words on a two
cent stamp? In which direction is the
face on II turned?
AS SEEN BY UNCLE CROUCH.
The emptler the head the less Il
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
SNAP SHOTS.
This world is a detention camp.

This world is detention camp.
A great deal is being said about "un-
written laws. There are now almost
enough of them 20 fill a code-Dauas
Morning News.
II competition is a good thing be-
tween colleges and universities. then
IL is not good thing 10 give one Of
them enough money 10 run all the
rest out Of business.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
MRS. JOSIE A. GRAHAA,
Virginia's Most Success
ful Hair Culturist.
PARLoRs.
los e. Leigh ST. Richmond >
Phone, 1884.
Private Parlors. Confidential Inter
views and Correspondence.

The largest and most up-to-data
aair Dressing Parlors in Richmond
me very best preparations that can
and skin. p' iaoe
Grahams Superior Scalp Food for
Sro"lhs hair on bald heads and
mail, 35cts. -
Sraham's Superior Orapge F1o,vo.
Skin Fo for developing ana hon,'.,
35cts. Ds niah
Graham's Superior Velvet rIo,,a
Powder for giving the face = hsu,'
iful fair color. % cents bottIe
BY mail 3scts
Graham's Vegetable Hair Dva III
best on market giving a rich n.t,, lie
color, $1.0O per bottle. BY mail
Mrs. Graham makes a spec,sI+v =,
niasSaglng and beautifyiRg ladies'
faces for parties and public gst5e--
ings, 35 cents.
Mrs. Graham shampoos the he.A
% cents. '"'
All ladies who attend partjes .,5
other social GATHERINGS sbouId So
thelr finger nails manlcuresi and
made beautiful. 25 cents.
Mrs. Graham's preparations coil
at sight. Ladies living in Other 81
ties and towns can make good mon
ey by selling these preparaffons
Write for terms to Mrs. ]. A ca
ham. No. los E. Leigh St. Rjco-
mond. Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
| he Courts of Calanthe
N. A, S. A, E. A., 4. AND A.

the Female of the
emit
: f Il Is: Fl: y
HEorC idren'D DEPART
sqes ture cannot do
al
death
grnizeon
For all dren address
NJ
rou RichmondV Va
SIed IASot JOHN MITCHELL
3II N 4h ST., Richmond
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
STRANGE, ISN'T ir7

That a susceptible fellow is hardest
hit by the softest glances?
That so many students cannot state
bald facts without splitting hairs2
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11
takes 20 initiate &C.

takes 90 initiate &C.
The you1g fellow who watches the
clock as rule soon gets his time.
Too much credit brings discredit
more quickly than anything else.
Some of MS. in trying TOO hard 20
make sure ve are r.Eat are left
Hieh faanco Seems to have dis
Carded TIE golden rule and substituted
a rule ot steaL
Don't always wait Co Dee showed"
a blind mal can ten good thing
when DE sees &c.
It's not always "a s.-n that an enter
prise is mostly air just because IL is
able TO float loan.
a young man has got 20 have a GER
tain amount OF principle before ne can
command his employers interest.
Use a little Judgment Many a
young man has begun work fired with
"a noble ambition. aud ended 70 the
same way-hred. with a noble ambi-
tion.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

Too much credit brings discredit
more quickly than anything else
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

Some 81 MS. I'm trying TOO hard %
make sure va are r-at are left.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

The youlg fellow who watches the
clock as rule soon gets his time
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

Don't always wait 60 Dee showed. q"
a blind mal can tel "a good thing
when De Sees &c.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

It's not always "a s.-n that an enter
prise is mostly air just because IL q
able Go float a loan.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

tain amount of principle before ne can
command his employers interest.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

The emptIer the head the less It
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11

Established 1899.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-11
HIDES
TANNED
FOR
ROBES

The Foster Robe & Tanning Co.,
1928 Fifth ST. S. e. Minneapolis. MINI.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-11
State of Wisconsin
In Circuit Court.
Bayfield, County.

Believing that the public interests
will be benefited thereby
1t is therefore hereby ordered that
an extraordinary term of circuit
court, in and for the county of Bay
field, State of Wisconsin, be held at
the court house in the city of Wash
bvrn in said county on the first
Monday of May, to-wit:--On the 9Th
day of May, 1907, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon for the transaction OF
ALL business that may be brought
before the same. 1t is further or
dered that jurors be duly drawn and
summoned to attend at said term of
court; and it is further ordered that
this order be duly entered and rec
orded in the records of said court by
the clerk.
Given under my hand this 9Th day
of April, 1907.
JOHN X. PARISH,
Circuit Judg e
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-11
SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE COUNCIL
Considerable Business Comes
Up at Meeting.-Police
Salaries Rasied.

A special meeting of the COM
mon council was held at the
office of the city clerk Tuesday
evening for the purpose of TAX
ing up the matter Of the city's
interest in opposing the re-as-
sess ment of the assessment dis
tricts of the county that has
been asked for by the town of
Washburn in an appeal TO the
state board of assessments. The
town seeks to have the valuation
of every district in the county,
except the town of Washburn,
raised. City Attorney Walsh
will representthe city.
The chairman and supervisors
of the town of Washburn ap-
peared before the council and
asked that the city waive any in
terest whatever in the case now
pending in which the town is
sueing Nels Lee, former town
treasurer and his bondsmen for
$1,000 on an illegal town order
that was given to the Northern
Pacific railway company for the
purpose of securing right-of-
way and frontage in this city.
The town is willing to drop the
suit providing the city will re-
linquish all claim and resolu>
ton to this effect was passed by
the council.
John Walsh. Dave Define and
L. n. Clausen were appointed as
mem bers of the school board.
Mr.. Walsh to succeed W. H..
Smith, and Mr.. Define and Mr..
Clausen to succeed themselves.
A raise in salary was voted the
members of the police force.
Chief Wescott being raised to
$65 per month and Patrolman
Chauvin was raised to $50 per
month.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-11
Congregational Church

The Sunday school teachers
and officers had cooperative
supper at the parsonage last
Monday evening and all enjoyed
the feast together.
After supper considerable
time was spent in discussing
needs and plans relating 70 the
work of the school.
Our crying need at present is
teachers who will enter into this
splendid opportunity and give
the best that is in them. Who
will volunteer?
Next Sunday morning we will
consider the Opening of the eyes
of the Disciples after the Resur-
rection.
Service begins at 1890.
In the evening the subject will
be I'll he Moses of to-day 7:3o
is the hour.
Good singing by the choir,
also by the Congregation.
Sunday School and Christian
Endeavor at the usual hours.
y A cordial invitation is extended
to young and old to attend any
or all os these services.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-11

E. Fl. White, President, and c..
&c. Slower Sec. of the Wisconsin Lbr
and Cattle company were in the
city Friday evening. They brought
in the returns of the election held in
the new town of Glover. Peter Sor-
omen, Jr. was elected chairman of
the town and G. G. Slower, Clerk
and treasurer.
The fire department was called
out Saturday owing to fire which
badly damaged the Northern Paci-
flc depot. Whether the N. p. peo-
pie will repair the old structure or
build new depot remains to be
seen. 1t is hoped however that
they will decide to put up new
building that will be credit to the
city.
The term of Circuit court which
is usually held on the second Mon
day in May will be held one week
earlier this year and Judge Parish
has issued an order to this effect.
This is done to accommodate the far
mers in the county who are busy az
this time of the year. The Jury
commissioners will hold a meeting
on the 10Th of this month to select a
petit jury for the term. J. B. Tout
loft who is now in jail charged with
killing Dell Reele at Bayfield, last
fall, will be tried at this term of
court.
A postmaster in a neighboring
town has posted the following no.
tice in his office: No letters will be
delivered until received. If you
don't get lettet or paper on the
day you expect it, have the post
master look through all the boxes
and in the cellar also. It ought to
be there somewhere and he looks
for is just to please you. If your
friends don : write, curse the post
waster. He is to blame. If he tells
you there is no mail for you, put on
an aggrieved expression and say
there ought to be-. He is proba-
bly, hiding your mail for the pleas
ure of having you call for it two or
three times day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-11
Notice Of.Meeting
The Callapooia & Rock Greek Tim
Der Company.

The Callapooia & Rock Greek Tim
Der Company.
Notice is hereby given that the
first meeting of stockholders and
subscribers to stock in the corpora
ton, The Callapooia and Rock
Greek Timber Company, to be held
under its articles of organization,
will be held in the Commercial Club
Rooms, in the City of Washburn,
Bayfield, county, Wisconsin, on the
18th day OF April, A. D. 1907, at IL
o'clock a. M, for the purpose of per-
fecting the organization of said cor
poration, adopting bylaws for the
government thereof, electing a
board of directors thereof, and for
the transaction Of such othar bust
ness as may properly come before
the meeting.
Dated this 9Th day Of April, A. D.
1907. G. N. Cramer,
r. B. Prince,
Olaf M. Olson.
Signers of articles of organization of
The Callapooia and Rock Greek Tim
Der company.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-11
Social
Events.

Mrs. Bert Robinson is entertain
ing party of ladies' today in honor
OF Mrs. George Jacobs who is about
to leave for her old home in Menom~
onie.
A large number we're at the Opera
House Tuesday evening to hear the
celebrated violinist Ole Theobaldi.
Everyone present reports the enter
tainment the best of the kind that
has ever been given In the city.
Mrs. G. L. Wiley enter tanned a
n lumber of ladies at Finch party
at her residence Tuesday afternoon
and another party OF ladies at a
Progressive pedro party on Wednes-
day afternoon.
One of the largest and pleasant
est gatherings of the season occurred
aJ the Hotel Washburn last Thurs
day evening in honor of Mrs. Christ
Peterson. The occasion was her
birthday and over a hundred friends
surprised her in the evening, bring
ing with them many useful presents.
The evening was spent in playing
games and dancing. music being
furnished by the Peterson orches-
ira. A dainty lunch prepared by
Chef Carl Holmberg was served at
midnight and the guests departed
wishing the hostess many happy re-
turns of the day.