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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19
MEETING A CROCODILE.
The Animal and the Hunters Were All
Taken by Surprise.

While looking for a hippOpotamus 1t
was the fortune of the author of
uganda to Khartum" to encounter a
crocodile under somewhat unusual cir
cumstances. He was following fresh
track leading through the dense under.
growth from the lake inland. Two
men accompanied him, one carrying
his camera and the other his second
gun. while he Shouldered his rifle.
Suddenly | heard a rustling noise in
front of me and realized that some
creature was approaching. but whatf
1t could not be the hippo, because there
was no thunderous tread. but | had no
time to think. for the creature. what
ever it might be, was upon me in a sec.
ond.
At two yards | discovered what it
was-an immense crocodile more than
twelve feet long.
I was right in it's path, and there was
40 possible escape on either side. SO
stood still with my rifle at shoulder
and waited. The "crock' did not wait,
however. and in some remarkable way
it hustled me to one side, almost knock
ed me over and underworld to make his
way to the water.
To dispute his right Of way would
have been folly. l realized only hOr-
rible soft, wriggling mass pressing
against my legs in most sckening
way. Why he did not bite me l do not
know. At first l thought he had done
SO as he brushed against my leg, but l
found it was only his horny scales that
scraped my shin. And he was more
taken by surprise than l was and for
got all about his huge jaw and the
lasting impression he might have made
upon my legs.
After he had passed l turned to see
how the men would fare. One had got
back to the shore and so was no longer
in view. The other man with the cam
era was the funniest sight. His head
was stuck fast in the thick brambles,
and his legs were in the air, the cam
era of course in the mud beside him.
I do not think the "crock" could have
seen him, for he had literally taken
header into the bush, and his legs were
far above the crocodile's jaws.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19
< ,)iD'S 4

By CARTER HAVEN.
copyrighted, 1867, by Homer sprague.

81 never saw a circus" pouted Dru
ella.
"It amt done We no harm so fur as |
en- see" commented her father criti-
cally. Il guess you're likely to get
your full growth without SEEM one"
rive got the egg money" put in
Mrs. ChcSney. Il can let her have
some Of that. ST
Tin g9in' t. need that for the mort
gaze he explained.
Mrs. Ches4cy sighed. Some of the
women she knew really kept the egg
money There was a fiction TO the
effect that she did also. but Silas
usually found some excuse for Dor
rowing the money before the sum
grew large, and Martha Chesney meek
ly submitted to his demands. She did
want Drucie to see a circus, though.
Half dollar would not be much.
''I'll take her.
Silas wheeled angrily TO confront the
last speaker. 1t was all very we'll that
Jim Peters. his hired man, should
worship Drucilla. Silas paid Jim 81 a
month less than the prevailing wage
on that very account To pay her
open court was another and very diff
ferent matter. Silas had decided that
Drucie was to marry Hank Festis.
Hank was a little old about sixty,
but he had fine farm adjoining the
Chesney place, and the match was an
ideal one from the fathers point Of
view.
"You won't take her nor yourself"
he snarled. Il told you / had job
for you You get every Sunday, don't
you? And l give you the Fourth O
July without dockin' YEP
"I'm going to the circus" said Jim
coldly. IF Drucie wants to come she
can come with me. I'll be glad to
have her"
"YoU amt neither Of We goin'," said
Silas as he stumped out of the kitch-
en-. That settled it so far as he was
concerned. He did not even trouble to
stay home on circus day to see that
his commands were carried out. He
was accustomed to being obeyed. That
there could be defiance Of his wishes
was thing not to be dreamed of. He
had business at Center Mills. and he
drove off early in the morning with a
final negative to the fearful Drucilla's
appeals.
Jim watched him drive off,, and
when at last the gray team disap-
peared over the hill he came toward
the house. Martha Chesney was bus
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19

SECT OUTER HERE" HE CRIED. II DON'T
WANT NONE O YE ABOUT ME.
ting about the kitchen while Drucilla
sat on the back porch pairing the pota-
toes.
Going to the circus?' Jim asked
cheerfully. Its about time we got
ready"
81 can't Drucilla's face turned
grave at the suggestion of disobedience
to the paternal command.
''Look here" said Jim, calmly drop
ping down upon the lowest step. Its
about time that something was done
to show your pa that you've got some
rights. l bet old man. Festis won't
take you to the circus when you marry
him"
"Who said she was goin' to marry
Hank FestisY' demanded Mrs. Ches-
ney, coming to the door.
Every body-and Mr.. Chesney," was
the scornful answer.
"She's not going to marry man old
enough to be her grandfather even if
he's got a farm rs big as this whole
county" declared Martha.
"Just what | say" declared Jim
amiably. I'VE could go to the circus
as a sort of honeymoon"
Drucie clasped her hands. Long ago
she had confessed her love for Jim
even while she told him that her ia
Their would never give his consent.
This suggestion of elopement fairly
took her breath away. A circus her
first circus-and marriage on the
same day! 1t seemed too wonderful to
be true, yet Jim was talking about it
as calmly as though being married
west an everyday affair.
"Why notY he demanded. It'll take
an hour to drive to town. We can see
the street parade. go get married and
see the afternoon show. Old Martha
will come over from the poor farm to
look after the house."
In the end it was even as he had
planned. Silas Chesney came home to
and the house deserted save for old
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19

There is something about Ken
needy s Laxative Cough Syrup that
makes it different from others, as it
causes free yet gentle action of
the bowels through which the cold
is forced out of the system. At the
same time it heals irritation and
allays inflammation Of the throat and
lungs. It is pleasant to take.
Children like it. Contains no opiateS
nor narcotics. 500 by Sweets
Drug Store.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19
Swords Bent Double to Test Them.

If you have an opportunity at any
time Of examining sword such as is
used in naval and military services
you may notice that just below the
hilt, an inch or two down the blade,
there is small disk of brass welded
into the blade. The meaning of this
brass might we'll escape any one not
possessed of a we'll developed sense of
curiosity. Swords are subjected to
very severe tests before being issued.
and this brass piece indicates that one
of the tests to which the sword was
subjected was to have its point bent
right back until it touched the hilt at
the brass spot Swords that have sue
cessfully withstood this severe test are
ustworthy.-London Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19
Tested It.

"Willie," said the boys mother. who
was preparing to go out, 'you mustn't
eat that cake in the pantry while I'm
gone. 1t will make you sick"
Three hours later when she returned
Willie said: "You didn't know what
you were talking about, mamma. That
cake didn't make me sick bit."-Chi-
cagO News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19
PAIN

Pain in the head-pain anywhere. has its cause.
Pain is congestion pain is blood preSsure-nothing
else usually. At least. SO says DR.: Shoop, and to
tables-called Dr. Shops Headache Tablet
coaxes blood pressure away from pain centers.
though safely. It surely cquaises the blood crcu.
laton.
II you have O headache. it's blood pressure.
If it's painful periods with women. same cause
If you are sleepless. restless, nervous it's blood
conGesHon-blood pressure. That surely is
certainty for DR.. Shops Headache Tablets stop
it in % minutes and the tablets simply distribute
the unnatural blood pressure.
Bruise your finger, and doesn't 1t get red and
swell, and pain you? OF course it does. It's con-
geSGon, blood pressure. You II find it where pain
ts--afways. It's simply Common Sense.
We sell at Is cents, and cheerfully recommend
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19
Too Willinq.

Old Lady Gn tears, to chemisD-Wi-
will you poison my dear lit-little Fido?
He's in such-such agony. Chemist po-
litely-With pleasure, madam. Old
Lady Gndignantly)-With pleasure, you
nasty, unfeeling man! Then you shan't
do it!-London Answers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-19
A East Train.

Passenger-Does this train stop any
where for dinner? Brakeman-Nah, it
don't. Passenger-Then I understand
for the first time why 1t is called a
"fast' train.-Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
"CoTny" VanderbiIt's Bonanza.

In his youth he was simply "Corny'
Vanderbilt. "COrny" borrowed a hun
dred dollars from his thrifty mother
and bought small boat when he was
sixteen and established ferry of his
own. From rowboat and sailboat he
advanced to steamboat after Fulton's
first clumsy little steamer went up the
Hudson. BY 1880 Cornelius Wander
bilt practically controlled the steam
ship navigation out of the port of New
York. He profited greatly by the dis
cOvery of gold in California. His line
of steamboats, carried passengers and
supplies to Nicaragua, where they
We're transported across the isthmus,
picked up by Vanderbilt steamers on
the western coast and taken up to
California. Vanderbilt made about
S10,0OO.000 out of this business, it is
said, and that was the biggest fortune
then held by any American.
Incidentally Commodore" Wander
bilt was chiefly responsible for the
capture and execution of William
Walker. the most famous of all filibus-
ters, who had made himself president
of Nicaragua and proposed to conquer
all Central America and become en-
peror. The ambitious young Napoleon
from Tennessee unwittingly got in the
way Of the Vanderbilt advance-a
commercial advance-and was swept
off the map.
The Vanderbilt advance was irresist-
IDLE. Old Cornelius had no more pity
for his competitors than a biilygoat
has for the small boy he butts out of
his path. Here is the full text OF a
letter written in his own hand which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

no possibility of 1t. 1t is not only Inn
possible to get up a war In the present
situation, but there is not stuff enough
to get up for an arbitration case. This
foolish talk must lower us in the eyes
of European nations.
ut is a most unhappy thing that
President Roosevelt, who has won the
admiration Of Japan, should play into
the hands of the jingoes at this time
by the sending of fleet to the Pacific.
but even here I believe the real spirit
of Japan-not merely a worded senti-
ment with hidden meaning-is this:
IF the feet comes TO Japanese wa
tiers. let us welcome IT as the navy of
our best friend and give it the warm
est greeting possible.
"The japanese government is abso-
lutely true TO the United States. which
has been its friend as no other nation
has. There is no more truthful and
righteous government in its interna-
tional relations than that of Japan"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Free Potatoes In Indian Territory.

William Gulager of MuskOgec, |. T,
has potato field of twenty acres near
town from which he is now marketing
the first crop, says the Kansas City
Star He says that the present prices
will clear him ISL an acre on his TWEEN
ty acres. He will plant a second crop
on the same land just as soon as the
first crop IS dug. The second crop
should net so an acre. An interesting
phase of the potato business is that
along the roads and in the fence cor
ners of the potato district there are
enough volunteer potatoes growing
outside of Enclosures for any one who
wants potatoes TO dig and carry away
all he can use. These come up from
seed wasted in planting and moving
previous crops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
THE STOLEN HORSE.
An Old Proverb With a New Appica
ton,

An Old Proverb With a New AppIica-
ton.
The woods are full of "so-called" rem
odies for badness.
You may call anything in creation a
remedy, but to use them is like locking
the stable after the horse is stolen.
Badness and dandruf are caused by
= germ. If you don't kill the germ. the
germ will kill the hair
Scientists have labored with the prob
lem of a preventative for badness for
many years.
Newbros Herpicide is the product of
a modern idea. and will cure dandrufI
and prevent badness because germs
cannot exist when you apply Herpi
eide.
Herpicide is a valuable hair dressing
and scalp disinfectant as well as cure
for dandruff
Sold by leading druggists. Send 1C
cents in stamps for sample TO the IIe..
picide company. Detroit. Mich Two
sizes, 80 cents and 81. T. II. Thomas
special agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
COUNTRY HOUSE Or GLASS.
Financer Plans to Utilize All Sunlight
Possible In Long Island Home.

Financier Plans to Utilize All Sunlight
Possible In Long Island Home.
In country home built entirely of
glass G. Parker Woodbury., Wall
street tinancier, with town residence
in Brooklyn, will seek sanitary perfec-
ton and all the health giving qualities
from sunlight filterng through the roof
and walls as we'll as the windows Of
his residence. This house is to be
erected at Beechhurst, y. Y, at q cost
Of $4,000, says the New York Herald.
Albert SwaSey, an architect in New
York, is preparing the plans for Mr..
Woodbury's glass house. 1t will be
the size of Il fifteen room dwelling, but
instead of having interior walls, with
Railways and DOORS the two floors are
to he divided off, as suits the occu-
pants fancy, with Japanese screens
made of bamboo and paper.
In the construction of the house hol-
low glass blocks twelve inches long
and ten inches thick will be used.
While the glass will be tinted and
therefore not transparent, it will be
translucent. Cream color probably will
he the tone chosen by Mr. Woodbury.
for the walls of his home. In order
TO mOdulate the amount of sunlight
entering the rooms an elaborate sys-
TEN of screens is to be devised, but
these probably will not be much in
demand. since the builder desires all
the sunlight he can get.
At night the house will be lighted by
electricity, and as the light will pene-
trate the walls the Woodbury. home
will be one of the show places of
Becchhurst when it begins TO glow in
the evening. Great care will have to
be taken in Installing the plumbing and
lighting system in order to prevent its
showing through the walls. When COM
pleted, however. the glass house will be
! absolutely tireproof.
Mr.. Woodbury. says that his glass
house will be exceptionally cool in
summer and warm in winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Largest Playground For Jersey City.

Jersey City is to have the largest
playground i'll the world. 1t will be
siXty-nine acres in extent, or six times
as large as the great stadium at Ath-
ems and more than half as large again
as the famous parade ground adjoin-
ing Prospect park. Brooklyn, which
has twenty baseball diamonds, eleven
cricket fields and scores of tennis
courts and lawns for various other
games, says the Chicago Tribune. 1t
will have an immense swimming pool,
recreation piers, refectories, broad
esplanade, baseball fields, golf links,
tennis courts and cricket grounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Best Medicine in the World for Collie
and Diarrhoea.

q find Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy to be the best
remedy in the world" says c. l.. Car
ter of Srirum. Ala. Il am subject to
collie and hiarrhoea. Last spring it
seemed as thOgh l would die and
think | would if hadn't taken Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. | haven't been troubled with
it since until this week, when | had a
very severe attack. and took half a bot
tie of the % cent size Chambprlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
and this morning | feel like a new
man." For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Chronic rheumatism Cured

DR.. II. b. Hettinger, indianapolis,
Ind, says: For several months after
spraining my ankle was severely af-
flicted with rheumatism. | finally tried
Detchen's Mystic Cure for rheumatism,
and in four days could walk without
my cane; two bottles cured me sound
and well. | take great pleasure in rec
ommending the Mystic Cure to all who
are afflicted with rheumatism" 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, 1907-07-18
Dollar For Every Girl Baby.

BOSS Silvers, the largest individual
landowner in Madison county, ILL.,, re.
siding near East Alton, H., has out.
done Mayor Beall and his stork in Al.
ton by offering a dollar for every girl
baby born in Wood River township
says the Chicago Record-Herald. Sill
vers is bachelor and says that while
he has nothing to do with love affairs
he loves girl babies and believes there
should be more of them on the farms
around Alton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Strictly Family Affair.

Now the Vanderbilts are preparing
for a highly interesting house party
at Newport in August 1t is to lie
strictly a family affair. The residue
of the fortune LEFT by the second Cor
nelius Vanderbilt is to be divided. The
third Cornelius will be present, but he
will not share in the distribution. Yet
he is the eldest surviving son. BY his
late fathers will Alfred Gwynne Van
derbilt, the next son, is the head of
the house and gets the main part of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Many Neckties For LEGISLATOR.

Representative Snyder of Schuylkill,
Pa, who was the father of the bill
making the minimum schoolteacher's
salary in Pennsylvania $40, is devoted
to fancy neckties, and the schoOlteach-
crs of Pennsylvania, knowing this,
have in their gratitude been sending
him neckties as Il reward, says the
Philadelphia Record. Up TO a short
time ago, since the adjournment of the
legislature, he has received 1000 neck
ties from all parts of Pennsylvania.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Scarecrow Home of Crows.

Mrs. John Rugger could not find any
of her husbands old pants to make
scarecrows, so she made two scare
crows out of old dress skirts and set
them up In a cornfield on their farm
near Shohola Glen, N. Y, says a Port
Jervis On. " special to the New York
World. Rugger recently found thir-
teen young crows in the stuffed dress
es- He says this proves that a scare
crow must be bifurcated to be eff
cient
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE.
Real Estate Transfers.

Albert Young to Sarah A. Young
part lot 9. block /, Bailey Davenport'S
Second addition. Moline, $4,000
John T. Campbell to Harry Snyde.'
lot %, block ,. Campbell's addition,
South Rock Island, $215.
John Brown TO John \. Anderson e
al part lot 3 block l, Atkinson's SUD
div. out lot 20, Sec. 80, IS, / west, 81
400.
f. II. Stafford to Augustus f. Stev-
ems. south Il lots 10 and 1G. town CT
Silvis. $4125O.
Willard l.. Velie to Thomas f. Nee.
gan lot 1874. Velie's addition, Moline,
$G25.
James H. Sharp to Herbert Ii.
Cowles lot 30. block -. First addition.
Silvis, $2,45O.
Charles Truedson to Ruth p. Haight
lot 4. block 4, Wheelock Fifteenth
street addition. Rock Island, $4,000.
Myron Avery to John w Good trait
in southwest fri. u. Sec. SO, is. west
81.
Jackson e Babcock to Drury A. Bah,
cock tract in northwest u. southeast
u. Sec. >. Il. west, $245.
Laura V. McCandless to Henry Wa
lace McCandless west y, northeast u
Sec. %, 16, west, $1,000.
Laura V. McCandless to George X
)McCandless west % acres, southeast
u, Sec. "a, 1G. west. $3.50.
Joseph NJ Martin ct al to J. II. Kali<
er part lot /, block ,. Hillsdale, SS23.
John NJ. Volk by sheriff to Williai1
II. Eastman lot ,. block ,, Bailey DaE
exports Fourth addition, Rock Island
lS1023f
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

ers on Long Island and Staten Island.
About 1888 Jacob Vanderbilt scraped
together money enough to buy a small
rowboat in which to ferry passengers
between Staten Island and New York.
Thus entered the Vanderbilts into the
widening area of transportation. ia
cob married q girl named Phoebe
Hand, domestic or maid in a clergy
mans family. Their second son was
the famous Cornelius LIST, or Cornelius
the Great.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
By ROBERTUs LOVE.
SwNIIE vanderbilts!

ERHE Nanderbilts,
81 In the name lies a certain
III sort of magic. That magic is
childhood memory of mil
lions of Americans now in middle life
Throughout the United States thirty
or forty years ago the Vanderbilt
name more than any other stood for
princely wealth. 1t was the great pop
uiar criterion for comparison. The hoy
in the corntield thousand miles from
a Vanderbilt's local habitation was
wont TO remark when he earned an I'M
expected dollar. Il feel as rich as a
Vanderbilt" The wealth of the house
Of Astor was princcly, but not SO pop
ularly known. \ little later came Jay
Gould, Rockefeller. Morgan and other
big milliOnaires, but the Vanderbilts
were first and foremost in popular
knowledge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
A Happy Man

Is Amos f. King, of Port Byron, n. Y,
(S5 years of age); since a sore on his
leg, which had troubled him the great
er part of his life. has been entirely
healed bv Bucklen's ArniCa Salve; the
worlds great healer of Sores, Burns,
Cuts. Wounds and Piles. Guaranteed
by W. T. Hartz. druggist, 3O1 Twen-
tietsl street. Price 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Take the Postmaster,s Word for II.

F. NJ. Hamilton, postmaster at Cher
ryvale. Ind, keeps also a stock of gen
eral merchandise and patent medicines
He says: Chamberlain Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy is standard
here in its line. 1t never fails to give
satisfaction and we could hardly afford
TO be without it," For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

the family fortune. Nevertheless in
public estimation young Cornelius Sd
is the best Vanderbilt in the bunch
His stern parent threw him overheard
because he insisted upon picking out
his own wife.
They are interesting people. these
Eanderbilts. And there are so many
of them! The VanderbiltS have been
fruitful and multiplied from Cornelius,
the old commodore" who founded
the fortune, down to the present gen.
Grafton. Cornelius 1st had thirteen chill
dren. Eleven of these grew up. Nine
We're daughters. Eight of them mar
ried and multiplied The cOmmOdorc's
eldest son was Cornelius Jeremiah,
who became something of n black
sheep. The old man cut him off in his
will with the income from 100000
and made William Henry the second
son, his chief heir.
Division of the Estate.
William II. Vanderbilt had four sons
and four daughters. Cornelius was the
eldest and received the biggest inherit
ance. Though he was really the fourth
Cornelius, or probably the fifth, lie
was known as Cornelius I'd. He had
four sons and three daughters. The
eldest child, Alice, is dead. William
H., the eldest son, died while in col
lege. The other five, save only Miss
Gladys, are married and multiplying,
like their uncles and their cousins and
their aunts There are enough Wander
bits of that name and other names
to populate q considerable village. If
each head of the family for the four
generations of affluence had had bat
one son and the fortune had been hand
ed down intact that Vanderbilt now
would be the richest man on earth.
But every Vanderbilt child for four
generations has received some millions
from the pater's pocket, save only poor
Cornelius jeremiah, and that has di-
vided the estate. Many of these, like
William X and George w. and several
descendants of the female Vanderbilts,
have increased their inheritances or
have sat down and watched their
wealth grow.
Cornelius I'd Is said to have left