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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
POLITICAL MARRYING SQUIRE.
How a Montpelier Man and a Widow
Were United at Pennville.

Lee Rhoton, the Montpelier Qnd)
man whose matrimonial disappointment
formed the basis of an appeal to the
clerk of the Jay circuit court TO take
back a license issued to him to marry
Mrs. Emma. Mcpherson, Il widow, of
near Pennvise. Ind, is now perhaps
glad that his wish was not granted,
for the two are now married, says Il
Portland QndJ special dispatch to the
indianapolis News. Perseverance and
repeated declarations of his love for
his once promised bride won the day,
and the words We're said by Justice
Cartwright at Pennville which finally
made the two diScordant hearts beat
as one. This is what he said:
Barefooted ! stand,
With the law in my hand.
These words 1 pronounce: AS a matter of
course
You are now man and wife. for better or
worse
On the sea of life l give you this start,
Live happy together till death do you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

The navy department has let con-
tracts for two new 2OOOO-ton battle
ships of the Dreadnaught BRITISH
class. The feature of their construction
will be in their hulls, which the expert
ence of the Russo-Japanese navies in
the various battles, particularly that
in the Sea of Japan. impressed the need
Of building heavier to offer greater re.
slstanCe to submarine mines. y fatal
error in naval construction in the past
has been in loading down weak hull
with wealth of armament.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
A New Tobacco Cure.

The antispittinG ordinance in Full
ton did n good thing for me-" said
Claud Mounttoy, q Round Prairie town
ship farmer. who was in Fulton re-
Gently. says the Fulton (Minn.) Gazette.
Il happened to he in town one stock
sales day just after the law went into
effect, and for fear would spit on the
sidewalk before l thought l failed TO
take Il chew of tobacco all day and
went without till | got home. | told
my wife about it. and she suggested
to me that if | could quit chewing that
long | could quit altogether. and from
that day to this | haven't used it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Archbishop in the Game.

An article in the Western Waterman,
a valued organ of the Catholic faith
states that one OF the events of the
outdoor summer season will be fes-
tival and baseball tournament for st.
MichaeTs church of New York.
The affair promises to be the most
unique in The history of outdoor sports,
baseball game being arranged be
tween Catholic priests of New YORK
archdiocese and being umpired by his
grace. Archbishop James II. Blenk.
At the recent dinner given at the
house of the priests of st. Joseph
parish to Archbishop Blenk, the sub
ject of umpiring the bail game was
preached to his grace, who kindly took
to the proposition and volunteered his
services because it was for charitable
purpose, and at the same time stating
that baseball was a harmless amuS"-
ment, and lie saw no reason why he
should not act as umpire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

The time will soon be here when all
cur railroads will be provided with steel
cars, for passenger service at least;
and the Union Pacific is now adding to
its own steel passenger and postal cars
now on the rails, steel box cars from
the designs of the motive power depart
ment. The roads steel cars are all
built N the cOmpany's shops in Omaha.
The introduction of steel box cars is
another step toward the approaching
era of steel rolling stock of all kinds.
1t leaves to be produced only the all
steel dining car. which calls for no
new structural features such as are
embodied i'll other types. With great
cubic capacity the all-steel box ear
weighs only $500 pounds. or less than
the standard wooden car Besides the
|element of greater safety and prOtec-
ton to goods in transit. the steel car
has the advantage that it will need less
repair than the wooden car, will be ont
of service less frequently. and Will
therefore. give more as well as better
service to the carrier and TO shippers.
\ single l5-inch "T'' beam forms the
center sill of the car below the double
steel flooring. The sides and ends are
Of thin sheet steel rivetcd every two
single sheet of steel. reinforced, like
the sides and ends Of the car, by dag
onal bracing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

How to suppress the rooster that
crows at night is a problem vexing
Corporation Counsel Brundage of chi
cagu and his corps of assistants. Up
10 date no solution is in sight. If Il
rooster wakes his neighbors by crow
ing at unreasonable hours there seems
to be no precedent. ordinance or stlc-
ute to stop it. Up on COrnelia avenue
is a chanticleer that voices his innec
feelings without regard for night. anI
one F. Somerfield demanded relief Oh
behalf of himself, his family and the
Cornelia avenue public. Suggestions
to Mr.. Brundage pour in by mail liar
ness each rooster in the city with mar
tingales' wrote one man. Judge Grove
OF the municipal bench rendered fo:-
NAL opinion. MANY excellent others
in Chicago he said. have a deep af-
lection for the high-pitched note of
the chanticlCer. They love it with IN
abiding affection as recalling the days
before they owned automobiles and
used to be summoned by the wakefnl
bird to go out and feed the pigs Such
Chicagoans probably would regard it
as infringement of their personal en-
joyment if the rooster were enjOine
from growing. Leaving aside the nice,
legal technicalities involved in a case
of such magnitude, think it may he
said to be against public policy to con
slider such a thing as dimming tn :
chorus of cock-a-doO-dle-doo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

Eugene Oliver, carrier boy, is re-
covering from Il severe wound received
in Il peculiar manner, writes in lola
GIan.r correspondent Of the Topeka
Capital. He was standing beside Oh,
of the trees III the park a few days
since when a squirrel ran down and
took hold of the top of his right ear.
The boy ran away, screaming for help,
but the little animal held On-in fact,
took hold tighter-until it had bitten Il
hole clear through and half across the
top of the boys ear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
FEAR OF GHOSTS.
Harmless Visitors From Whom We All
Shrink In Terror.

Shrink In Terror.
Deep down in TIA. heart of man there
abides firm belief in the power of the
Gead to walk upon the earth and af-
fright. if such lie their pleasure. the
souls Of the living. Wise folks, versed
in the sciences and fortified in mind
against faith in aught that savors of
the supernatural laugh ideas of the
kind to scorn, yet hardly one of them
will dare to walk alone through q
graveyard in the night. or if one he
found so bold he will surely hasten his
footsteps, unable wholly to suBdue the
fear of shected specters which may
rise from the grass grown graves or
emerge from moonlit tombs and follow
on, for. strangely enough, the dead. if
not actually hostile to the living. arr
esteemed dangerous and dreadful to
encounter
1t used to be the fashion. says Il writ
er in LippincOtt's Magazine, TO sweep
away all such notions by saying tina.
they had their origin in the childhood
of the race and that they sprang from
fear of the unknown. This unqueS-
tionably was the easiest way to dis
pose of them, but was it fair? The
subject possesses intense interest for It
great majority of mankind, and, though
the existence of ghosts is improved.
there is uudeniably vast deal of tes-
timOny in their behalf that deserves
serious and respectful consideration,
Fortunately, within the last few years
the attitude of science toward the
problem has altogether changed. and.
actunted by new spirit of inquiry, the
wise men have been engaged. thought.
fully and without prejudice, in study
ing it out.
While it cannot be said that any final
and definite conclusions have rs yet
been reached, an immense amount OF
evidence has been sifted, enough to
show pretty cmclusively for one point
| that the traditional specter of the Cool;
Lane school, with clanking chain and
attributes disagreeably suggestive Of
the grave. has no basis in fact. On the
other hand, there are certain phantoms.
| altogether different in their character
| iStics, in whose behalf a mass of tcsti-
mony is adduced far greater than
| would be required to establish com
plete proof in any ordinary case in a
court of law. Nothing short of abso-
| lutte demonstration in such matter
| can be satisfactory, but the evidence
In question certainly staggers mere
dullty.
Our fear of phantoms appears to
| spring from a dread of the Unknown,
the mysterious and the intangible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

That it >; a groundfdss terror Is proved
by the fact that in many thousands OF
cases of alleged spectral appearances
subjected during the last few years 10
painstaking investigation not Il single
instance has been found in which an
injury was inflicted by the ghost upon
the person or persons to whom II pre-
scented itself. So that, even if we are
to accept apparitions as veritable. we
ought to regard them with curiosity
rather than with apprehension, and in
stead of trying to avoid such supernat-
ural visitors we should eagerly seek an
opportunity to be haunted for the sake
OF observing for ourselves phenomena
SO intensely interesting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

Roy n. Reece, VINO Tuesday was
elected mayor of Springfield. is one Of
the younger men in politics who have
come to the front. He is a son of the
late General Jasper n. Rcece, who for
many years was adjutant general of
the Illinois National Guard, and was
well known in Rock Island, a former
director of the Modern WoOdmCn.
MayOrelect Reece is So years old, and
has been a conspicuous figure in busi-
ness and politics for some time He
served as assistant adjutant general
for the state guard under Governor
Yates. and was continued in the posi-
ton by Governor Deneen. He is first
vice president of the Illinois state or
ganiZatiOn of Elks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Take 1t in Time.
Just as Scores of Rock Island People
Have.


Have.
Waiting doesn't pay.
If you neglect the aching back,
Urinary troubles, diabetes. surely fol
low
Doans Kidney Pills relieve back
ache.
Cure every kidney i'll.
Rock Island citizens endorse them.
Christopher Brennan of 907 Eleventh
avenue. Rock Island, H., says: Il suf-
fered from kidney complaint and back
ache for years At first the pains across
my back were not very severe, and I
paid little attention 10 them. | was
unable to stOOp or lift anything. /
tried many remedies, and was treated
by my physician. but got no relief The
trouble kept getting worse, and on sew
eral occasions | sank to the ground
i'll agony, and had to be helped to my
feet and home. | saw DOan'S Kidney
Pills advertised III the paper and saw
they were endorsed by responsible peo-
pie. | decided to try them, and pro-
cured a box at the Harper House phdr-
macy. In very short time after TAX
ing the first dose the pains left me.
continued their use, and in two weeks
was completely cured. | gladly rec
lOmmend Doan's Kidney Pills as a sure
and safe cure for all kidney troubles SO
For sale by all dealers. Price soc
FosterMlbum company. Buffalo. n. Y,
| sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's sand
| take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

Russell Sage was so penurious that
he would not take a days rest from
money-making, much less take a vaCa-
ton for long period. But he had To
Gle and leave his money behind, and
now that his widow is in possession of
it, she is dispensing it among worthy
charities. Her gifts to date aggregate
S14,127115.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

In a railroad collision a congressman
turned double back somersault over
two seats and escaped without serious
injury. A little thing like a railroad
smashup is no embarrassment to many
acTObats who are accustomed to adj
jHsting themselves to the sudden and
violent changes that are constantly oc-
curing in congressional districts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
Plea for EnliStin1.

The Atlantic.-No man VINO will look
carefully into the work of the army q:
of the navy can fail to realize that a
career in either branch of our military
service is one to which any man may
give himself the fullest devotion ami
with the highest ideals. Americans. IS
a rule, know little about the actual
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

When there is the slightest indicl-
ton of Indigestion, heart. burn. fiatrl-
Ience or any form of stomach trouble
take a little KOdol occasionally ana
you will get prompt relief. Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
The Difference.

ia. what's the difference between
the meaning of prepared and ready"
well. there's many a person who
may be prepared to die. but l never
saw one who was ready" - Chicago
Record-Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

Japan's ambassador to Germany. the
Hon Katsmuske YoaCtO InOuye, has
been called home 1t must have been
an expert in Orthoepy who did the call
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1G2i
Second avenue, Rock Island, III. I'm
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matterl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

Get in the factories. extend the ter
ritorial limits. adjust the down town
track problem. Altogether for Greater
Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18

Philadelphia may be slow, but its
style of hero" entertainment was too
swift for Yamamoto's stomach and di-
sestiOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-18
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.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
BOLD ATTE. 9T TO ROB
Fhief~ Tried to Get $4,000 From a
Readind Train.


Philadelphia, Dec. 20.-One of the
boldest attempts at robbery ever made
in this city was nipped in the bud by
the Vigilance of a Reading railway
yardman. A carefully laid plot to make
OFF with 100000 in bullion from the
Buffalo express was checked and one
o. the three men in the job was ar
rested. The police are searching fer
hs5 cOnfederates. who escaped.
Shortly before the time scheduled
for the departure of the flyer a yard
man in the employ of the railroad be-
gan working on train on track No. 4.
Glancing over toward track No. 8, he
saw three men cTouched under the eX-
press car that contained the money.
The yardman did not know of the val
liable consignment, but he did know
that no stranger was supposed to saw
pieces out of the acetylene pipes, as
one of the trio was doing.
Two of the three men under the car
were keeping lookout on either side
They saw their danger and. calling to
their comrade. crcpt out from their
place of concealEent and made a dash
for liberty. Dodging about among the
trains in the shed, they succeeded in
gaining the street and making their
escape.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
A STEADY DRAIN.
Sick Kidneys Weaken the
Body-Make You Ill. Languid
And DepreSSed.

Sick kidneys weaken the body
through the continual drainage of life
giving albumen from the blood into
the urine, and the substitution of
poisonous uric acid that goes broad
cast through the system, sowing the
seeds of disease. Loss of albumen
causes weakness, languor. depression.
Uric poisoning causes rheumatic pain,
nervousness, nausea, cricks in the
back, gravel and kidney stones The
proper treatment is-a kidney treatment
and the best remedy is Doan's Kidney
Pills. Great Smyrna cures prove it.
Thomas Davis, Mail Carrier, living
on Main Street, Smyrna, Del. says:
"Both nv wife and / have used Doan's
Kidney Pills with excellent results.
This remedy proved its merit and we
believe it should be in every home.
About twenty years ago | was troubled
with my kidneys and when l first lear
ned of Doan's Kidney Pills 1 was
severely afflicted. The action of the
kidneys was weak aud frequent and
my sleep was broken at night My
back was weak and lame aud caused
me almost constant misery. When L
saw Doan's Kidney Pills so highly
recommended l procured a box at
Clifton & RaymOnd's Pharmacy.
This remedy did me more good than
anything I ever used. Relief came
quickly and it was lasting relief. 1
cannot praise Doan's Kidney Pills to
highly"
For Sale by all Dealers. Price soc.
Foster Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, Sole Agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Badly liked Up.

Abraham Brown, of Winterton, N.
Y, had very remarkable experience
he says; doctors got badly mixed up
over me; one said heart disease; two
called it kidney tronble; the fourth,
blood poison, and the fifth stomach and
liver trouble; but none of them helped
me; so my wife advised trying Electric
Bitters, which are restoring me to per-
feet health. One bottle did me more
good than all the five doctors pre-
scribed." Guaranteed to cure blood
poison, weakness and all stomach, liver
and kidney complaints, by Benton N.
Weldon, druggist, SOC.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
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Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
Principal Markets.

! hS LaASS~ OaSSiit5 FttSSS III AIiS
Principal Markets.
PHILADELPHIA r. FLOUR steady;
winter extras. new, NS4.1O04.25: Penn
sylvania roller, clear S4.30G445; city
mills, fancy, S6G6.20. RYE FLOUR
firm; per barrel $4.S0Q4.9O. WHEAT
steady: No. 2 Pennsylvania red. S1.02
Q1.021b CORN steady; No. 2 yellow,
local. 74dD75e. OATS firm; No. white,
clipped 561s 057c.; lower grades, soc.
HAY hrm: timothy, large bales, $40.
PORK quiet; family, per barrel, $20.50.
BEEF firm; family, per barrel, $26@27.
POULTRY: Live firm; hens, 1870
lie; old rOOsters, SC. Dressed steady;
choice fowls, 13c.; old roOsters, 915c.
BUTTER steady; extra creamery, 300
SIC. EGGS steady; selected, 36@3Sc.:
nearby, 34c.; western, 33c. POTATOES
firm, at 68070c. per bushel. Sweets
firm, at 40@45c. per basket.
BALTIMORE-WHE steady; No
2 spot, $1.04@1.04A; steamer No. 2
spot, 981b098Ac.; southern, $3.50
$1.021s. CORN firm; mixed spot, 681ac.;
steamer mixed. 58958Ac.; southern,
59m63c. OATS firm; white, No. 2, 81
M571hc.; No. 3, 560561ac; No. A, 52hO
5315c.;- mi sed, No. 2, 546541ac.; No g,
52G 53c. pUITER firmer; creamery
serarator e.tras, 29d2915c.; prints. %
@sOc.; held. 2202Sc Maryland and
Pennsylvania dairy prints, 1S019c.
EGGS firm; fancy Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia Sic; West Vir-
ginia, 31c.; southern. 2s D29c.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Italian Bows Killed Rx Train.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 21. - Antonio
Continello, aged eighteen years, and
Tony Ricardi fifteen years old, two
Italian boys, while driving a wagon
for Pittston bakery, were killed by
Lehigh Valley passenger train as
they were crossing the tracks at
Plains, near here.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
PASSED EXAMINATION succEssruLLN

James Donahue. New Britain, Conn.
writes: ST tried several kidney reme-
dies, and was treated by our best ply
sicians for diabetes, but did not i'm
prove until took Foley's Kidney Cure
After the second bottle I showed i'm
provement, and five bottles cured me
completely. 1 have since passed a
rigid examination for life-insurance. "
Foley's Kidney Cure cures back-ache
and all forms of kidney and bladder
trouble. Sold by all druggists.9 Z,
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Georoia Bank Fails

atlanta, Ca, Dec 23.-Following a
two-days' investigation of the affairs
of the Neal bank, one of the largest
state repositories in Georgia, it was
decided to put the affairs of the in
stitution into the hands of the state
bank examiner. The bank has deposits
Of over $4,000, 600.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Set Fire 70 eaby's Dress.

Owen Sound, Ont, Dec 21.LEThe
two-year-Old son OF James Cathrea, Of
Aydenham township, after watching
his parents SINCE the down from some
plucked fowls, lit roll of paper wheE
left alone with his baby sister and
applied it to the child's dress. The
baby was so badly burned that she
died half an hour later.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
whirlea to cact1 In Fathers Mill.

JohnstCwn Pa, DEC. 49, - Arthur
Stanton. twelve years Old, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Stanton. Of Stanton's Mills
Somerset county, was caught in 4
shaft in his fathers Grist mill and al
most instantly killed. His body was
whiried against the floor and ceiling
of the room and every bone in his
body was broken
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Boy suffocated In Eire He start.d

Hamburg. Pa, Dec. 23.-Mrs. Harry
Sulky put her fve-year-old son snug
in bed, and then, with her husband,
did some work outside of the house.
When they re-entered the house they
found the child's room on fire. The
little son had crawled from his bed.
played with matches and was suffo-
Gated.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Father end Son Met Similar Deaths

Father end Son Met Similar Deaths.
JOhnstown, Pa. Dee. 21.-John D.
Noll, aged sixty-two years, one of the
city's best known steelworkers, was
killed in the Cambria Steel company's
yards here by being run oter by an
engine Just nine months ago Noll's
son Thomas was killed in exactly the
same manner five feet from the spot
where the elder Noll met death.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Distributed $3.50 As Christmas cif

Chicago, Dec. 23-The Crane COM
pany, iron manufacturers, distributed
$350,000 by way of a Christmas gift
to its 5000 employees in Chicago. The
distribution was in accordance with a
profit-sharing arrangement started
eight years ago. A total of $3.50 900
has been disbursed to employees.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Three Drowned While Skating.

Pittsfeld, Mass, Dec. %. - Henry
Norris, sixteen years old; Henry Ano,
twenty years old, and Miss Alice No
z;ener, aged sixteen, were drowned
by breaking through the ice whlle
skating on Onata lake.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-25
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE slow; choice, $5.30@5.50;
prime, $510@5.25. SHEEP slow; prime
we5neFs' S45n@s' SS4sGgS; culs zse a1d co essommon
calves, $8d8.o0 HOGS lower; prime
nneeayles, medium and heavy Workers,
94.l0; light Workers, S4s5GD460; pigs.
7l.oO' roughs, S404 25
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-02-23
What Red CornI Ia

The red coral that Is used for neck faces Is horny axis which supports a number of soft bodied, coral-like ami mals, or polyps, the entire structure bearing strong resemblance to a small shrub. The fishermen, after they have brought this shrublike colony to the surface, clean the soft animal mat ter away, preserving the red core, or axis, which is sold as jewelry. AL though red coral contains some line, it is largely composed of a substance akin to horn, and, like horn, 1t takes q fine polish. Horn. wool and other ami nal substances of this nature almost invariably change their color when brought into intense heat-St Nich- olas.