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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
SAW DEAD CHUM
Lawyer Tells How He Twice
Had a Vision of Former
College Mate.
RESULT OF HARVARD PACT
Calls on American Society OF Psychicai
Research TO Investigate the
Mystery.

Strange visions that appeared to him
twice on consecutive days nave lea a
noted lawyer OF New York 10 invoke
the aid of the American Society OF
psychical Research in aH investigation
10 find an explanation of tle phenom-
enon, says the New York Herald
To convince the scientists % hi, sin
cerity he las sworn u an affidavit
which describes in detail the visions
which he saw. not il Il dream, bat dug'-
ing the activities Of business.
While student at Harvard the at
torney III question catered MO an
agreement with c,assuhate that the
one dying Grst ah3uld appear 10 tn
other after death. His chum iI.;.. since
died, and in The picture that las now
twice presented Itself Inc ha., viviuiy
seen the youth OF his college Gays. He
believes that the psychic va@2iE is Il
result of the pact made al Harvard.
Professors William james and josiah
BOyce OF Harvard university agc tax
ing part in the investigation. IAe law
Yer asserts that he is not Il spiritualist
anu HIS NV II l''ilNN VI ~ amy 'ANNA'
in The mystic.
In the affidavit the dead friend is re
ferred TO as W. and another chEm who
also appeared IN the visions as {. The
affidavit reads IN Part Us folioes:
Il retired to my apartment about
midnight night before last Jan - ana
was then in fun possession of my nor
NAL senses. Nevertheless. without any
transitory state. | found myself in Il
strange city, with my friend C.. walk
ing along Il brick sidewalk beside a
row of low two story wooden houses
painted Il GreeniSh gray. | appeared to
be looking at the backs of these houses
and the back yard of one of them was
arranged in Il sort of bower, with ia
bles and chairs. evidently for the re
freShment of paSSerSby. {. and | sat
down and ordered and drank glass OF
beer. We then noticed that there was
passageway through the house, and
Il greensward and sunlight were visible
ut the end, SO we walked through.
we found ourselves i'll an oval. pos
sibly 300 yards long, entirely surround
| ed by the same style of house.
We continued our walk around the
oval. and to the establishment of boti
! of us we saw w coming toward us.
was so astoniShcd that took no notice
| of his clothes. but he had the we'll re
! membered smile upon his face, his
| checks were ruddy, and his eyes were
| bright. and | remember that his hail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25

Shopping is Il form of cruelty in
,ulged by married ladies toward their
husbands 1t is inc;ricnt in young
iris. reaches an active condition in
rides and arrives ut its most virulent
;tage between the tenth and the TWEEN
ty-irth year of married life. y small.
,leiicate. slight. nervous. sensitive wo-
man who would faint away at an
empty mouse trap will go through the
shoppin" district in from two to seven
hours and come out refreshed and sus-
tanned by MI unfaltering trust if her
husbands credit is good. while that
gentleman ut the end of forty-five min
utcs has to be carried home on a
stretchCr. Some women are born shop
pers. others achieve it. but not one Of
them has it thrust upon her. Shopping
is extensively practiced on week days,
beginning on Monday with a rush and
ending on Saturday in time for the
opera. 1t promotes industry. Without
it married men would have time to
reSt.-Delineator
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25

cOuilluSu GOWN BeSlue MS ears EdlueF
farther than | had ever seen il before.
so as TO form Il sort of curly side
WhiSkcr for just an inch or two. He
extended his hand and his jaws moved
as ii he We're trying 10 say something.
but could not articulate. Both G. and l
were too much aStonishcd TO say &
word, and that emotion or perhaps Il
less creditable one kept our hands at
our sides. w. again extended his hand
and again tried to articulate his eyes
cleaning with the interest of what lie
was about to say and the color becOm-
ing still more brilliant in his cheeks as
he found himself unable 10 say it.
Was Wide Awake.
Il SAID 10 I. ia Il low tone. -. G."I
five years ago Then / reueure.'
reaching forward LIy nJuL to grasp
VS.. Then l found myself again.
WAS III my study. wide ;waAa, Lly
brain Hs clear - il ever had been. Inc
whole occurrence was So vivid that |
iclj that ii WAS Il visitation. and re
jcc,eI the idea that it was Il dream.
/ WIS rather busy next day and had ~
opportunity Of referring t. Tie matter
| in conversation 10 any enc. Last night
| Gid nothing unusual ana ~ before
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
BUSHES WAR WORK
Japan Employing Night Shifts
at Some ArSenaIS, Says
English Engineer.
PLANS OWN BATTLESHIPS
Shipyards and Naval ArsenaIs Turning
Out Men-of-War and Equipment
Feverishy.

In view of the report that war with
Japan is threatened over the exclusion
of Japanese children from the san
Francisco schools the following article
is of timely interest:
An English engineer, while stopping
in New York OH his way from Tokyo
10 London and who for the last three
years has enjoyed peculiar opportuni-
ties foB observation by virtue of his
business relations with the Japanese
war Office, recently gave tO Il reporter
of the New York sun some facts con-
ceraing Japan's reserve war strength
fiji terms of arsenal and shipyard pro-
ductiou.
Since the war. he said, the war office
in Tokyo has been as chary of admit
ting Foreigners To knowledge of what
was being done in the manufacture of
war material as il was during the
struggle Outside Of possible infurma-
ton gathered by the secret agents Of
the European war offices. the world at
large has 10 conception of the high
pressure work that is goi-g on in all
the war factories of Japan, nor Is any
tories possess for scientific production
of instruments of war.
Japan has two military arSenalS EN-
ploying Approximately Jn,uoo work
men. These arScnalS have extra night
shifts, ana at times they are run week
i'll and week out continuously. The
empire operates four Shipyards and
naval arSenalS. In two of Them bat
tleshipS have been built and are now
building. Aside from these there are
government steel works for the pro-
duction of armor plate and material
for big guns, Il government powder
factory ana two auxiliary private ship
yards and drydocks capable of being
used for war purposes within twenty
four hours.
L. Potential War Equipment.
This in the mass is the potential war
equipment of Japan. Throughout all of
the works there is Mt present not one
foreigner, either teacher or workman
The gates are closed to every japanese
who is not in the employ OF The govern
ment. Tie navy yards at kurc. on the
inland sea, are the largest ana best
equipped iii Japan. There are between
5000 and 10000 machinists. artisans
and laborcrs living there Admiral
Yamaguchi is commander Of the Kurc
naval station. At Kure there are four
drydOcliS capable Of receiving Il battle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
Harry Thaw's Dream,

When Harry Thaw, who is on trial
for the killing Of Stanford White,
arose from his cot in the TOmbS, in
New York. the other day he was in Il
happy frame of mind and burst out
into song. says the New York Jour
nal. y keeper asked him what was
up, and the prisoner said he had eX-
perienced pleasant dream.
Il believe it is Il good omen," he
said. Some one appeared to me in
my sleep. | don't know who it vast
was an indistinct form-bTt it came
and said to me that by Washington's
birthday | would he free. Let's see,
that's the 22d Of February. 1t may
seem strange. hIt | can't help feeling
it is a prophecy that will come true"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
REAL BRIDAL. COACH.
All Cupids and Hearts and Ready For
Business In Pittston, Pa.

Business In PittSton, Pa.
\ bridal coach designed 10 boom mat
rimony in pittSton, Pa. and to do
away with the custom of decorating
the ordinary hacks with white ribbons
for weddings has recently been com
pleted in Brilg s ort. Conn, says the
New York sun. This novel equipagc
is in the shape of huge heart and cost
$500.
1t is maroon and black. with gold
trimmings. There are twenty hearts
on the vehicle. including eight heart
shaped windows. two large hearts join
ing to form the dashboard and two
mere cropping out of the rear springs.
The lamps. which have electric lights
inside. are each surmounted by a Gu
pid with his bow and arrow. The wood
carving is especially beautiful.
The coach is upholstered in cream
colored velourS finished with old goll
buttons with two sets of watered silk
curtains. and overhead is cluster OF
calla lilies in the heart of which are
concealed red, white and blue electric
lights.
\ liveryman at Pittston. Pa. will
drive it with four cream coiorei horses
attached.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
Giant Spiders as Hemp Spinners.

County Assessor Il. ID. Bruce of Dan
vile, Ky, proposes to raise giant Spi-
derS and substitute their webs for
hemp for the manufacture of rope,
says the New York Tribune. He has
made an investigation and says that in
some parts of Africa spiders are found
which when full grown are as large IA
cats and quite affectionate in DISPOSE
ton. These, he says. are raised for
their webs, which are used in making
fishing nets. \ letter from an African
tribesman leads him. to believe, lie
says. that the spiders can be raised in
the United States in incubators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25

Kept he :..;s. "a. uIt-!.I.iI.s. AMI ~ t..ij
tine. could OH SA~Jua:.a CONE back
from tic happy hNn;iIE grounds,
where ne I.,t Lcv2 a.cc. il fox forty
eight winters. Ii. ,.c.lI f.. t&&t lis
li.;eness III wIIi,e metal la; EryI Gag
riel 10 almost every a.ate III t.It Ia
ion. where spoons have Eccm sent by
remembering icicHG'.
incluS,d in each box with spoon is
g hit of history. which reads:
''SlIiIbhDu.;. the Indian chief who's
picture Ldnrns the bowl Of the Fox
Rive. valley souvenir spoons. was
probably the most conspicuous; InGian
among the many whD made tlIei'
homes Ia the beautiful Fox River val
ley before the advent of the white
man. lie was born i'll Canada about
lT>a of lie Ottawa tribe. lie married
the laughter OF Il IottIN-a .uiIlie chief.
and. according 10 the custom of the
Indians 10 adopt the tribe of the wife,
he became Il POttawatomi". lie VA.
known as the whites mans friend
ana saved many from massacre, par
ticularly during the Black Hawk war
IN So He died az Seneca. H.. July
IS. 1879. and is buried i'll Evergreen
cemetery. Morris. Ill. where Il monu-
ment was erected 10 his memory"
The success that has attended this
novel venture in road building il hi"l-
~ gratifying not only 10 the women
workers who originated the scheme.
but to thousands of people of Illinois
who love its historic traditions ana
who glory in the romantic character
of its river scenery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
Inflammatory rheumatism Cured ir
Three Days,

Morton l.. Hill, of Lebanon, Ind,
says: MY wife had inflammatory
rheumatism in every muscle and joint;
her suffering was terrible and her body
and face were swollen almost beyond
recognition; had been in bed for six
weeks and had eight physicians, but
received no benefit until she tried the
Mystic Cure for rheumatism. 1t gave
immediate relief and she was able to
walk about in three days. am sure it
saved her life Sold by Otto Grotjan,
1901 Second avenue, Rock Island:
Gustav Schlegel & Son, 220 West Sec
,ond street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
NOVEL USE OF SPOONS
Souvenir Variety Sold 20 Build Public Road

I'll, most novel means Ia build Il pup
lie highway in Illinois has been taken
Ey tie Kane County Federation Of
Womon's Clubs, says an Aurora GllD
correspondent OF the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Recently not less than LEGO
silver spoons. valued ut - each, have
been sold 10 improve and 10 preserve
certain historic features Of the road
way lying along the Fox river from
Aurora as far north as Elgin and Car
pCnter-ville.
The Kane county women have been
working On this project for over a year.
but it has only been within the last
few weeks that they hit OH the novel
plan Of raising the money with which
10 carry ont their plans. which are iu-
tended to benefit The Whole people.
Tie WU"l. Of preserving landmarks
and Identifying lands abuttiNE on the
r3adways was commenced III the fan
OF 1909. when they interested the farm
cr5 "a the extent of inducing them to
keep their weeds cut down. Then the
women engaged Il landScap" man and
drove him over the route. the result Of
! rate plan calculated t. establish ana
maintain one OF the most attractive
/ driyeWayS in the state.
! After this came the project of rails
| ing TIE money. Rich mon. automobile
! owners, drivers Of biooIed stock. were
/ appealed 70. bur subscriptions came
/ few ana far between. During the most
! OF the last summer there WAS nothing
! done that led the women workers to
/ hope for the consummation of the
project.
Then one Of the Aurora women
| hroach:.i the project. She suggested
that the fund be started by selling sill
| Yer spoons o. y special design.
Then the women workers got their
heads together in working ont 4 de
! sign. At the start it was determined
that a leading feature in the design
/ should be Il good likeness OF old Chief
ShIhboua. who thousands OF times had
passed over the trail now marked by
the roadway sought to be improved.
The name OF Shdbbona * an hDnorcd
one in Illinois. 70 the white settler OF
pioneer days Shabbona Was 4 friend in
deed. History rccites that he saved
| settlements from massacre ana in
many other ways so cndearcd himself
to the white people that they revere
his memory unto this day. They named
town for him and erected q fine mon
umeut at his grave.
ShGbbona'5 likeness has been made
TO appear in the bowl OF the spoon. and
the artist has done some clever work
on other portions of the souvenir. The
stem is made 10 represent one of the
preiouinating woods Of the Fox val
IeE; on the spreading end of the stem
there is i pretty view OF the valley
and at the tip is the crouching fo,nl
of fox, emblematic of the historic
river ANA valley, along and through
which the roadway courses
y New York silversmith WAS given
the task of producing the spoons. N
first only 800 were ordered. bat this
order was soon doubled, for the spoons
began selling like the traditional hot
| cakes. Where at first it was next L
impossible TO stir up any interest il
the project, people in all OF the towns
including Aurora. Batavia, Galena. St
Charles and Elgin, began buyinc
spoons for themselves and for presents
The local clubs of all of the town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
No Revolution For Wells,

\ good story is told in regard to II
G. Wells. whose pungent and advanced
criticisms Of present day conditions in
his most recent book. The Future In
America" and elsewhere have mis-
takenly caused some people To consider
him an extreme socialist The story IS
that on his late visit to the United
States he was one Of the guests at Il
Boston club one evening and found
that he was TO sign the register imme-
diately beneath the signature of Jack
London. who. it is said. had signed,
with Il flourish. Yours for the rcvolU-
ton" whereupon Mr.. Wells wrote in
his fine, small handwriting. There
amt a-goin% to be no revolution" and
carefully signed his name to The seuti-
ment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
Little Mary Dwyer
Made Well and Strong by
Father Johns Medicine.

My little daughter was about three
years old and net able to eat or walk
and was cross and sickly." says Tho
mas Dwyer of % Strong Place, Co
hoes, y. Y The doctor did not seem
to be able to help her. Finally 4
friend recommended Father John :
Medicine and after taking it. Mary be-
gan to improve. That was two years
ago. Now she eats heartily and
seems stronger than ordinary children
and is good natured The change Il
due entirely to Father Johns Medicine.
That. wonderful remedy having done
so much for the baby caused Mrs.
DWyer to take it and she thinks there
IS nothing like Father Johns Medi-
cine"
Father Johns Medicine is for sa.
by T. H. Thomas.
Father Johns Medicine is for safe
by 7. Fl. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
itching Piles.

If you are acquainted with anyone
who is troubled with this distressing
ailment you can do him no greater
favor than to tell him to try Chamber
lain's Salve. It gives instant relief
Price % cents per box. Sold by 50.
leading druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25

Il reueve that the people outside Of
Japan do not realize how tremendous
is the activity of the government in
putting the nation in Il position Of
secure armed defense. Nor is ii gen
orally known that even with the ire
mcnd0us expense incurred 10y the war
weighing her down Japan as possible
opponent is today no minus quantity"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
News TO Him,

THE beauty of this great and glori-
Gus republic" said the American
proudly. lis that any boy born here
may become president
"Fawncy" exclaimed the British
tourist. Il was under the impression
that the president had to he at least
forty years of agc.'-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
Chrysanthemuna's Future.

The future of the chrySanthemum
will he largely identified with the dec
Oratiye aspect Of the flower. and in this
respect the single lowered sorts are
sure 10 play AN important part. says
the Garden. Some of the trade grow
erS are already recognizing this fact.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
4 Philosophers.

\ philosopher is Il man who when
he has hard luck. due to his own care
iessness and idfocy and other short
comings. can blame It all on fate
Somerville Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
soon Make Heavy Rifles.

Besides big guns for the navy the
Kure arSenals will soon be ready to
turn out heavy rifles and disappearing
guns for land Notifications. \ special
plant, installed within the year past,
has already been at work on fortifica.
ton artillery of lower calibers. All
the guns of this type already mounted
on the Japanese coast batteries have
been of English manufacture.
YokOSula naval yards, next in size,
are situated on Yokohama bay, about
fifteen miles from the city of YokO-
hama. The YokOsuka yards comprise
shipbuilding plant, three drydOcks,
machine and repairing shops and
torpedo factory, the only one in Japan.
The whole yards cover about 100 acres.
and about 100 men are employed in
the various departments.
In speaking of naval construction in
Japan the informant was careful to
explain that at the present time the
naval engineers at Tokyo are prepar-
ing absolutely unaided all the plans
and specifications for the forthcoming
home built navy. The torpedo factory
connected with the Yokosuka naval
yard manufactures all the torpedoes
used on the ships and by engineers for
the protection of harbors. The dirisi-
bic torpedo for use on torpedo boats
or battlcships is of the English type,
bat charged according to Il secret for
mua of the Japanese
There are two smaller naval stations,
one ut MaidZuru. on the west coast of
the main island of IIondO. about fifty
miles above SimOnoScki. and the 9th
er at SasebO, on the west coast Of the
lower island of Kushu. above Naga-
sal;i.
The naval programme announced
from Tokyo recently purposes making
of MafdZuru an arsenal second only
to that of Kure. \ torpedo plant is
being installed there. and the manu-
facture of shells for naval batteries
will be undertaken as soon as the eX-
| tensive plant already ordered can be
put in operation. The largest military
arsenal in Japan is at Tokyo. Here
there is a complete plant for the man
ufacture' of small arms, field artillery,
| cavalry equipment and cartridges.
The shell works at Tokyo have a
| daily capacity of 600 three-inch shells
for field pieces with fuses complete. \
| fuse works, with a daily capacity of
| LOO fuses for shells of from three
| inches to twelve inches, is now work
ing in conjunction with the Tokyo ar
Senal
The cartridge works operated in con
| junction with the arms manufactory
at Tokyo supplies the entire japanese
army. The powder used is of japanese
| manufacture. The Shmose powder
charge for shells, the secret of which
the Japanese have been able to keer
to themselves, is product of the Iii
| ma works.
| The Osaka military arsenal, situated
on the sea above Kobe, is well equip
| ped for the manufacture of guns VI
to the three inch size.
] The great siege guns used by tho
Japanese at Port Arthur were the
| product of the Osaka gun works.
| 1t is evident that Japan is intent up
on making herself independent of the
| world in the construction and equip
ment of her naval forces. In conclud
| ing the English engineer said:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25

snip or Une nTSt class. q complete ship
building plant and naval arsenal for
the manufacture Of big guns The dry
docks are of the latest pattern. equip
ped with pumps of the largest capacity
ANA cement lined throughout. 1t is
here that several of the captured Rus
sian ships which were raised at Port
Arthur have been completely recon-
structed and placed in commission.
The Kure Shipbuilding plant is fitted
almost entirely with English machn-
cry. The Keel of Il battleShip can be
laid down at Eure and the whole YES
sci built with no Importation either of
machinery or of armament. Up 10 Il
recent time the Kure yards had been
supplied with arlnor plate from Eng
land and American mills. Recently
with the erection of the Imperial Steel
works. ten miles outside of Moi on
the west coast of the island of Kiushiu.
and of an armor plate plant at Kure
the Japanese Shipbuildcrs have not had
20 rely on foreign made armOr plate,
but import only the unfinished steel
and make their own forgingS. Since
the signing of the treaty with Great
Britain the steel for Japanese battle
ships has been bought almost entirely
in English markets.
At the present time a sister ship
OF the battlcship Satsuma. recently
launched at the YOkosuka naval yards.
which is larger than the Drcadnought,
is under course of construction in the
Kure shipyards. While the vessel is
under way her armament is being
forged in the gun factory adjacent.
The Kure naval arsenal, employing
over 5000 men, makes guns of all
sizes from three inches TO twelve. The
guns are of the English pattern. and
the machinery for their production is
Iruor1iSb
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25

Shear. Dudleigh is looking more
like himself. don't you think? Chappie
-Ya-as. His twin brother is dead
Puck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25

Piles of people have piles. Why
suffer from piles when you can use
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve
and get relief. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
First Sian of Spring.

Distant yet the violet.
BluebirdS fear the storm.
But the college baseball team
Has begun to form.
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25
You should know
That the most valuable cod

That the most valuable cod
liver preparation known to
medicine is VINOL.
That's because Vinol con-
tainS all the medicinal ele-
ments of cod liver oil, but not
a drop of the useless oil.
That's why Vinol creates
health and strength for old
people, women and children.
That's why VinOl cures
coughs, colds and bronchitis.
H. o. ROLLS, Harper House Pharmacy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-25

81 the news all the time-The Argus