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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25


CABIN IN THE WOODS.
to the front with the following, duly
testified to by S. NJ. Reese of Gal
ion, o.:
One day when hunting woodcock 1 shot
one which had evidently broken its leg
There was bandaSe around 1t composed
of clay interviewer with grass OF a woody
fiber of some kind. The bones seemed to
have knit together perfectly. The swell
ing was nearly all gone, the bandage was
loose. and in my opinion would soon have
dropped off. 1 gave the leg. with the
bandage on II, to one of our leading ply
siCians and surgeons. who expressed him
self cmphatically, saying that 1t was a
better job than many surgeons could do.
DIR. Coyle kept the woodcoCk's leg at his
office and later exhibited it at a conven-
ton of physicians and surgeons of this
county.
DR.. William T. Hornaday, director of
the New York Geological park, gives
animals credit for the possession of
more reasoning power than Mr.. Bur
roughs does, but he says there is a linn
it to their capacity to reason, and he
charactcrIzes DR.. Long as "a highly
imaginative nature writer" But Dr.
HOrnaday can tell some pretty good
stories himself. He relates how wise
ouranEoutang at the Bronx zoo refused
to be trained by his keepers to do any
thing, but in playing by himself with 4
stick one day he found out after nu-
mcrous trials how to use it as lever.
He was as jubilant over the discovery
as Archimcdes himself could have been.
Armed with the knowledge of what he
could accomplish with his lever. he set
TO work to pry apart the bars of his
cage, and his scientific propensities
soon had to he curbed
From the geological gardens in Cen.
trail park, New York. comes the story
of how baby leopard adopted Il baby
sparrow The strange pair seemed to
| appreciate each others company and
| apparently were loving couple. The
| leopard. about three months old, was
| placed in cage by itself and
! given some shin bones of beef will
which it might strengthen its jaws and
! sharpen its teeth. \ half grown spar
row flew into the Enclosure. The leop
ard eyed the bird narrowly for mo
ment and then crept toward ii. The
sparrow, not in the least afraid, begar
picking small pieces of meat from one
of the shin bones, and the leopard. in
stead of gobbling it down at one gulp
began licking the little thing in ca
ressing way. Then the leopard laiC
! down, and the sparrow flew upon its
back and remained there. After {
time it flew away, but a little later
came back. Every time the bird few
/ away the leopard got on to its feet ant
/ watched and waited till the sparrow
returned. The bird spent the Afternoon
either pecking about the cage or roost
ing on the leopard's back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

Commander Robert Il. Pcary, [. 5.
N. has purchased of her DamariSCotta
owners the ancient pinky schooner
Mary and will have her restored in an
effort to perpetuate this vanishing
style of craft. The Mary is strongly
butt and in good condition, says the
Kennebec (McD Journal. She is the
second oldest merchant vessel under
the American flag, having been built
at Portsmouth in 1911. commander
Peary is much Interested in these
quaint crafts and has for some time
been attempting to secure one to pre-
serve as type example. as the pinky
build Will soon be extinct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

Under the above caption the Paris
Morning Gazette discusses the status
of Bryans leadership in a concise and
cogent manner. When William J. Bryan
threw his gauntlet into the ranks OF
the hosts of special privilege i'll 1898,
SAYS the Gazette. and the democratic
party rallied around him i'll earnest
heroic battle for reform, then began j
work in behalf of the people that has
been going OH ever since, and that bids
fair now to eliminate in the complete
overthrow of special privilege and the
establishment of democratic principles
III the administration Of the govern
ment
When Mr.. Bryan, with his honest de
votion to principle, his magnetic per
sonality and his unequaled eloquence
stepped to the front as the champion
Of the plain people in 1898, he was hail
ed as the leader without fear and with
out reproach. He has maintained his
position. the respect and admiration oil
the people and his power and influence
in their behalf from that day to this.
The reforms, if any, that have beer
accomplished, the reforms that are a
the present advocated by Hearst, Folk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
Shingles Made from Cement.

In San Francisco they are roofing the
new tire-proof buildings with shingle-
made from cement, and architects
claim that they are cheaper than slate
or tile and more enduring than wood
in fact they are practically indestrur
tible. II you want practical medi
cine for that poor, tired, weak stomach
of yours why don't you get a bottle ol
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at ono
You'll find it the best thing you have
ever taken and that it will do you {
world of good. Thousands of other,
have said SO during the past 81 years
1t will renew the entire system an.
thus cure and prevent poor appetit =
sour risings, dyspepsia, Indigestion
costiveness, biliousness, liver and kid
ney troubles, cramps. diarrhoea, or ma
laria, fever and ague. Try it at once
We guarantee every bottle absolutely
pure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
Japan's Worlds Fair.

Even the dates have been selected
for the opening and closing of the next
great worlds fair The Japanese gov
eminent announces that the Tokyo eX-
hibition will open in 1912 on April /
when the world famous cherry trees OF
Japan will he in full bloom. and will
be closed on Oct. 81, when the season
of chrysanthemums will have Just sci
in, says special cablegram from To
kyo to the st. Louis Globe-Dem0crat
The exhibition is the undertaking OF
the Japanese government itself anG
will be international i'll scope and
equipment. The grounds will cover
an area of go acres, the exhibition
buildings themselves extending ovel
thirty acres. The government is espe
cially anxious to invite foreign visitors
from every quarter of the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
ODD MARRIAGE PROPOSITION
South Dakota Girl Will Wed Rancher
If He Possesses Several Virtues.


james Simpson, Il wealthy cattle
rancher living on the range near Sun
flower, Neb.. saw in newspaper that
a club of washington Springs Is. D.
girls twelve in number had adopted Il
little girl and intended to educate her
Eligible girls are scarce in western
Nebraska, and Simpson immediately
wrote the girls Offering to marry any
one of them and to adopt ana educate
their little protcge, says a Suntiower
dispatch to the New York Sun.
Simpson has received an answer say
ing that the Dakota girls had given
his offer due consideration, ana as Il
result the Oldest one of them agreed To
marry him on these conditions: That
he prove that he is sincere; that he is
qualified in every way to contract mar
riage: that lie is amply able to provide
a comfortable home for his bride and
is willing to make provision for her
every need and comfort; that he alb
stain from tobacco in every form; that
he will not use intoxicating liquors t.
any extent; that he shall he Chaste
and pleasant in conversation. use NJ
profanc nor improper language, spend
his evenings at home. not frequent
clubs or pOolroomS. not tlirt with any
women and attend church every Sun
day.
Simpson is examining himself to sec
if he can fill the bill. and if he can he
says he will accept the proposition anC
get married.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

La Toilette, Hughes and other men who
have risen or who will rise into The
limelight of public approval since the
first battle" of 1898, are the same or
the offspring of those which Bryan
with his matchless eloquence pleaded
for men and which he has steadfastly
championed during the decade since
Bryan and reform" lost the first
battle through the powerful influence Of
special privilege, the corrupt use of
money and the vilest misrepresenta-
tons of the army of organized appe-
tite. This was a great misfortune, but
il was not irretrievable. Bryan and re
nor dismayGd. The leader continued
to force the fight. The standard of re-
form, held by Bryan, was always seen,
like the white plume of Henry of Ma
varre, in the forefront of the battle as
a rallying point for brave and earnest
mcn to rally around.
The leaders clarion voice is still call
ing true men to action, and urging on
the battles for reform wherever they
may occur or under whatever captain
they may be fought
The seed sOwn by the leader has
some of it fallen i'll good ground and is
bringing forth fruit. The harvest may
not be reaped i'll his day. The com
plCtC victory may not be achieved in
| the near future; but the cause is grow
| ing, the hosts of reform are advanc-
ing, the cohorts of special privilege are
dismayed and desperate.
The fruitiUm of victory will come.
And when the cause is Won when the
harvest with the rich fruits of victory
is garnercd. the leader will he canon
lied i'll history as the defender and
presCrver of the democratic faith.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
THE FLIRTING LOBBY.
Feminine Visitors to the English House
of Commons.

Feminine Visitors to the English House
of Commons.
Women visitors to the English house
of commons are relegated to the semi
seclusion of a gallery provided with a
heavy iron grating. When gentle
hum of conversation and light laughter
floats down from the ladies' gallery
members look up and see through the
interstices of the heavy grating deli
cate tints of soft fabrics, the bloom of
a fair cheek or the CLEAN of a bare
white arm.
Amusement and curiosity, Of course,
bring the ladies to the house of COM
mons. but these cannot be the only
motives. The fair visitors would hard
ly trouble to array themselves in such
ravishing evening toilets merely to
sit in the gallery, that i'll lighted den
where dresses are not seen to adj
vantage.
No doubt it was with view to the
prevention of flirting that the rule was
laid down that if Il member desires to
converse with n lady in the gallery he
may do so for five minutes only. Mem
bocs. especially the young and impress
sionable, make frequent visits to the
cage. OF course it is for the purpose
of pointing out the celebrities on the
benches below.
But if in doing so he should exceed
five minutes the galley attendant is
empowered to call his attention, cour-
teously, but firmly, to the fact that lie
has Outstayed his limit. 1t is to he
feared that this official, in evening
dress, with a chain and badge often
interrupts. by his Times UP. sir.
whisperings of soft nothings in the Ia
dies gallery, or the flirting lobby" as
it has been nicknamed.-Lond La
dies Realm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

A seedy looking loafer, having or
dered and eaten a large and sumptuOus
dinner, explained to the waiter that he
had no money. The waiter imme-
diately told the restaurant proprietor,
who sent for a policeman. The pro-
prietor, going up to the unwclcome
guest, explained that he had sent for a
policeman.
THANK goodness, you didn't send
for stomach pump" the seedy one
replied, with a huge CONFERENCE.-The
Illustrated Bits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
IroncIad Doc Ordinance.

An ironclad dog ordinance has been
passed at Frankfort, Ind, against
which the dog owners are rebelling,
says special dispatch to the Indian
apolis News. The penalty of death ap-
parently awaits every dog. The animal
is not permitted on the streets unless
accompanied and restrained by the
owner Neither is the brute permitted
to howl or bark without imperiling its
life. Attached to the ordinance is die
tum directing that the police chief in.
struct the patrolmen to shoot every dog
caught violating any of the provisions
of the ordinance or not.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

4 Saratoga county O.. " farmer in
need of help secured man by a meth
Cd that involves some risk, but in ur-
gent cases chances must be taken, says
the Utica IN. " Press. Andrew Love
was committed to Jail at Ballston sew
eral weeks ago to await the action of
and larceny. George Crum of Sara
toga Lake put up the bond required for
his release, with the understanding
that Love is to work on his farm un-
til the grand jury meets next October.
Crum says he will take Love back to
Jail if he does not behave himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
Strange Doings
Of Animals.
RESIDENT ROOSEVELTS
y criticism of the SO called ma
ture fakir" writer's has had

II 81 DbN MUS - ii1h -
~ criticism of the SO called ma
81 ture fakir" writer's has had
one unexpected result 1t has
produced a crop of stories about the
strange dOings of animals all labeled
as true and some of them accompanied
with affidavits. The students of ami
mails do not all agree about the
amount of intelligence the latter pos
sesS John Burroughs says: The wild
creatures get up no private theatricals
for our benefit. There are no well or
gained games: there are no arts anu
crafts exhibitions. There is only q
world of unreasoning wild things be
having as they have behaved since
man has known them, each after his
kind"
That represents one side of the con
troverSy on the other hand. in dctin-
ing his point of view as writer about
animals DR. William ]. Long. who was
criticised by President Roosevelt,
says. Il describe the unusual things
among wild animals and call them
unusual and so make you interested in
the animal, so that you will watch
and find ont other interesting things
for yourself"
One of Or. Longs stories TO which
objection has been made by other natu-
ralists tells how wolf killed deer by
"a quick snap under the stays chest
just behind the forelegs. where the
heart lay" Mr. burroughs says no
wolf could do il, that he would have to
have teeth eight or nine inches long to
reach the heart. DIR. Long says the
point of dcer's heart lies close against
the chest walls and when the walls
sink at each respiration a very slight
wound between the ribs or through the
breast cartilage is all that is necessary
to reach it.
Another story told by Or. Long and
accompanied by a stack of attidavits
recited how n woOdCOck set its own
broken leg in clay and stood on the
other leg while the clay hardened. Mr.
burroughs said this was too much for
him to believe, but Dr. Long has come
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
Nothing Doing.

Nothing DOING
Is that slang? l thought it was I'M
til l came upon the words in Dickens
"Dombey & Son
In chapter / old Sol ellis is ex-
planning to his nephew Walter why
the shop must he closed and the bust
ness abandoned.
You see. Walter" said he, Gin truth
this business is merely habit with
me. I am so accustomed to the habit
that l could hardly live if | relinquiShed
il. but there's nothing doing, nothing
doing"
So, you see, the phrase had its pa
thetic fitness many years ago and is
not slang at all-Jeffers0nian Maya
zine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
BIG CELEBRATION FOR MAINE
American ShipbuiIding's Precautionary
to Be Observed at Bath,


The three hundredth anniversary OF
American shipbuilding will be obServ
ed i'll Bath, Me, and the adjacent
towns at the mouth of the KennebeL
river during the week of Aug. > by
one of the greatest celebrations ever
attempted in Maine, says Bath core
spondent of the New York Tribune.
1t was at Popham Beach, settled by
George POpham in 1907, where colo.
nistS built the first American vessel,
named it the Virginia and launched ii
on the placid kennebec. In common.
Grafton of this event the city of Bath
which since that time has become IA
nous for the stanch ships sent out Il
the maritime world from its shipyards
and the neighboring town of Popham
which claims the distinction of build
ing the first vessel. will join hands il
making the tercentennial an appro
priately important affair.
To give the celebration something
more than Il local or state interest thu
committee in charge has solicited an(
obtained promise of the presence OF
several American and British warships
and the attendance of the governors OF
the six New England states. The pro
gramme, which has recently been com
pleted, will he varied. Big bOnfireS Oh
both banks of the river mouth. with
display of fireworks. a great water
carnival, literary exercises. with his
torical addresses by prominent men
civic and military parades, athlcti,
sports, receptions and miscellaneous
festivities will crowd the week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

The life insurance companies haN Z
been looking into the matter of deaths
by automobile and one has taken the
lead by increasing the rate of automo-
bilists. Until the speed craze subsidies
and the auto comes to be a common
sense vehicle. Us it eventually Will d
good many auto owners will be classe,!
as about as hazardous as people who
work in powder mills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

Passing. let us note that James J.
Hill has adopted the Twain-Roosevelt
suit of pure white. Will Hartman fol
low suit, or is his railroad business too
soOty for the garb of immaculatcness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

The best remedy for backache, weak
kidneys, inflammation of the bladder
is DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills.
Their action is prompt and sure. A
weeks treatment for % cents. Sold
by ali druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

BY the way, do not let the lower end
track problem so to sleep. 1t requires
but little poking now and then to
keep it awake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

San Francisco is to have another
prize fight next week. BY comparison
with what happens hourly ON the
streets it will be u tame affair at best.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
She Knew

Husband-My dear Emily, why is it
I am always in the wrong? Wife-Be-
cause l am always in the right
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

When Mark Twain arrived in New
York he said nothing about trying to
add to the Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. Ill. tEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

Now it will be the governor of Geor-
sia who says to the governor of South
Carolina. It's a long time between
drinks"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25

The Christian World says Hell is
rot preached enough" But it is prac-
ticed enough.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-25
BY THE j. w. POTTER CO.

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.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-05-23
AWAKENED BY MAN
CHOKING
HER
Prominent Woman Identifies Arthur
Sullivan AS Her As
sailant.

SPARKS, New, May 21.-Arthur
Sullivan, resident of this city, is in
the ETY. jail charged with assaulting
the brutally beating Mrs. Ethel Nor
ris, prominent woman of Sparks.
Mrs. Morris states that Sunday
night, while she was sleeping in her
home she was awakened by some one
trying to choke her. She scheamed for
help, but it was several minutes be-
fore her grandmother, who slept in an
adjoining room, heard her screams
and came to her assistance. When
Mrs. Greenwood, the grandmother, en-
tered the room Sullivan is alleged to
have run and jumped through an open
window.
Mrs. Morris claims that Sullivan did
not accomplish his purpose, but that
he injured her severely, and that had
he not been frightened by her grand
mother he would have criminally as
saulted her.
Sullivan has been identified by Mrs.
Greenwood and Mrs. Morris as the
assailant, although he declares that
he was in a saloon at the time the
alleged assault is said to have taken
place.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-05-23
FITTING DISTRICT
IS RICH IN
COPPER

Fitting district is booming re-
marked Dave Graham, one of the old
timers of Nevada, who arrived in town
last week, says the Walker Lake Bull
letin. have been in the State since
1868, but the copper strikes in that
neighborhood certainly cause my head
to swim and my brain to reel The
latest strike is about twelve miles
from Luning, mad there is a great rush
to that point.
"A short time ago Fred Wallace
Martin Fitting, Cen Schartzer and W.
|. Smooks started on prospecting tour
of the country north of the Southern
Pacific track about seven miles in the
neighborhood of Coyote Springs. The
country is rather rugged, the hills
bel reagbnsh en- vbg shrdl cmfwyp r.
being bare of vegetation and the whole
country is ribbed with great dykes of
porphyry quartz Vld covered with iron
gosson. 1t was in this forbidding look
ing section they pitched camp and be-
gan an examination of the dykes and
lodges, with the result of opening up
copper ledge that is surprising the
world. Assays give the fabulous re-
turns of 60 to 85 per cent in copper,
the rock in some instances being virtu-
ally held together by stringers of ma
tive copper. The news of the rich
strike soon leaked out, and then began
the rush to get in on the ground floor
And from everywhere focked those
who were eager to be in at the killing.
A mining district was then organ
lied. to be known as the Fitting min
ing district.
"Today you will find in this camp
Of only five weeks growth prominent
mining men from Bullfrog, Goldfeld,
Tonopah, Greenwater, Ely, Colorado
Mihcigan, Montana, Washington and
other points. The mining millionaires
are there frying bacon over the same
fire with the prospector.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-05-23
MISS COLLEEN DALE IN "OUR
WIFE," COURTHOUSE TONIGHT
First Theatrical Company to Visit
Winnemucca for Some Time will
Appear This Evening.

The first theatrical company to ap-
pear in Winnemucca for many moons
is scheduled to play at the courthouse
this evening in the three act comedy
entitled "Our Wife. - This company
is under the management of A. L..
Macarthur and the leading lady is Miss
Colleen Dale. The company is enroute
from San Francisco to Denver and are
playing the railroad towns through
Nevada.
Speaking in regard to coming to
Winnemucca on short notice, Mr.. Nc
Arthur said this morning: "Our ad-
vance agent was suddenly taken i'll in
Reno and we were unable to get
another advance man on short notice,
which accounts for our appearing in
Winnemucca on such short billing"
"Our Wife" is very entertaining
sketch. The plot of the piece is laid
in Greece, about 800 b. c., in the days
of mythology. Massalia, an Athenian
sculptor, models a very beautiful
statue after his wife. The statue is
endowed with life through power of
the gods. Massalia falls in love with
the statue and then the trouble begins
His wife Ruth, of course objects and
the situations that are brought about
are extremely funny. At last COM
promise is effected and Acacia is
adopted into the family as "Our
Wife,
The Truckee Republican has the fol
lowing to say of this company: "The
Colleen Dale company presented Our
Wife at Hurd's opera house on Mon.
day, May 6, to a god sized house. rhe
company is beyond doubt good one
and those who missed Monday night 8
performance missed treat. Miss
Colleen Dale as Acacia, the statue
that comes to life, more than lived up
to her reputation. She is very beau
tiful and her acting is undoubtedly
clever'
The company will probably be greet
ed by full house tonight, as Winnie
mucca people are hungry for some
thing in the amusement line.