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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-11
Christmas
Umbrellas

CHOOSE the best among the
~ special values. We mention
one great bargain lot---best silk
serge and taffeta umbrellas, close
rolling frames, % and % inch
sizes, for men and women, handles
Of lockwood. Scotch Furz. Ivory,
Pearl and Gun Metal with Ster-
ling silver and gold trimmings,
some remarkable values among
this lot, not $500 but 1897.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-15

in me-nay. there can be no change
l shall give you my hand, perfectly and
all your own. as fully as 1 give 1t to
you this moment in sisterly regard.
There, take it, and leave me, for the
hour Is growing late"
He carried the extended fingers to
his lips. and without farther word was
about to hurry from the apartment,
when he was arrested in his progress
by the sudden appearance Of his aunt
bringing a message from his sister, re-
quiring to see him again.. II he had not
already departed. An unlooked-for
change had come over her, according
to the old lady's representations; she
had grown sensibly weaker, and she
thought her mind incoherent and
slightly wandering.
With palpitating heart, and tremb-
ling footsteps, followed by the two Ia
dies. Singleton again assembled the
stairs leading to the chamber Of death;
but, remembering the reference Of
Emily to his sword and pistols. and
how their presence had disturbed her,
he took them from his belt and placed
them upon a table which stood in the
passage The next moment, he resum-
ed his seat beside the shadowy person
of the maiden.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-15

now overspread her features. and her
hand sank upon one shoulder. Grad
ually the glaze overspread her eyes, as
cloud shutting in the blue skies, and
she fell silently into the sacred slum-
ber.
Go up go up. my blessed ANGEL
the heavens are open for you!"
These were the words Of the aunt,
while Kate lay beside the lifeless girl
immersed in a sorrow which was
speechless. The spirit had gone for
ever from the trying and troubling
earth: the silver cord had been loosed
the golden bowl was broken.
Ito be Continued.)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-15

THE LADY Cow.-Marjorie was on
a visit to her grandparents on the
farm, and her enjoyment Of country
life was somewhat marred by the ap-
prehension Of being horned by the
cows. One day her mother asked her
to run to the barn and call grandpa
to dinner. She started, but espying
COW in the lot, one Of the mooley kind.
ran back, crying, "Oh, mamma, there's
a COW out there!"
After a glance out Of the window at
the meek looking bovine, her mother
said:
why, Marjorie, that's a mooley
COW. She can't harm you, for she
hasn't any horns
But, mamma" exclaimed the child.
"she might butt me with her pompa-
dour!"-Harper's Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-15
SPOONER COMPANY
 FLIES THE COOP
End of the Seasons Engagement and Heart-to- Heart Talk About Next Year-Tears, Linen and Red Fire.

The Spooner company last night presented it's farewell performance at Eastlake park. for this season at least, the bill being "A Yankee in Cuba" It was well played. as the Spooner bills always are. and Dad is a big feature of that particular cast.
 There was a larger attendance at the park than was ever seen before at d dramatic performance. the occasion being a testimonial of the people in appreciation of fine summer season of theatrical entertainments. The pavilion was crowded to its fullest capacity and many could not get in at all.
 Dad Spooner made a little farewell speech that touched the tender spot, and there were many in the audience who could nave wepi, only they re- mcmbercd Dad as d fearless rabbit driver. a man of iron, and not given to emotional demonstrations. so they did not cry for fear he would break down and join in the chorus.
 He thanked the newspapers and thanked the people for their summers patronage. making the admiration meeting mutual and said he never saw a place he liked any better than Phoe- nix and intimated with tears in his voice that he would like to come back again if the people would let him. He said the park management had an- nounced the building of q new pavilion for next year and had asked him to come and open it. He said if the park people would make good, he would. Then Phoenix would be happy to get q new theater and he would be happy to get back to Phoenix and he hoped the park management would find it an investment that would also make for its happiness.
 The company leaves this morning for Prescott where it will play for a week or two, and then with one or two other stops will sight up in San Anto- nio and once more go up against the Texans. working round to Dads pe- can orchard about time to realize on the 1907 crop for little money to buy Christmas presents with. Anyhow. the company will be missed in Phoe- nix and its return will be anXiously awaited next season.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-15

Roseberry had been drinking for some time and it Vas generally re- garded that he was not responsible for the act. There was no disposition on the part of anybody to prosecute tim, and 1t was believed that his broth CT would arrange the matter as soon as he could be communicated with. For this reason the case was not hur- riedly pushed to preliminary trial.
 Yesterday morning the brother came to town and sent word to M. l.. Vieux. the proprietor of the Anheuser. that he was ready to make the check good Mir. Vieux called on Justice Johnstone out of whose court the warrant had been issued to see if the complaint could not be dismissed. The court had no objection. but referred MT. N;eux to District Attorney Bullard, who gave his consent for the dismis- sal on the payment of the costs which amounted to s9.65.
 MT. NieuX was paid his money, the costs were satisfied and an order was sent to jail for the release of Rose berry. IL was thought after an. that though this was rather heroic treat ment. that he was all the better for it. lie is an industrious and capable man when he is sober. and he is not a crunkard. But some weeks ago a Iit- te matrimonial episode set him off on the wrong foot and he has been on il ever since. The few days he spent in jail gave him the first realization of his situation he has had for some weeks
Arizona republican., 1907-09-15

The adjoining claims are the Sunny side Lode. unsurveyed, and the Belch- CT lode. Survey No. 21s5. on the west of the Hualapai No. 23; the Oriole lode, unsurveyed. on the west of the Hualapai No. 22; Navajo No. lode on the west of the Hualapai No. 21 lode; Navajo No. lode on the west of the Hualapai No. 24 lode; Navajo No. 3 lode on the west of the Hualapai No. % lode; Jumbo No. lode. unsurveyed, on the north of the Hualapai No. 19 and Hualapai No. % lodes. and. as far as known. there are no other adjoining claims. and. except as stated. the claims are bounded by United States Government lands.
 LYMAN W. WAKEFIELD.
 Register
Arizona republican., 1907-09-15
AS TO THE SPINAL CORD.

A young teacher whose efforts to in cUlcate elementary anatomy had been unusually discouraging at last asked in
 Well. I wonder if any boy here can despair:
 tell me what the spinal cord really is?''
 She was met by a row of blank and irresponsive faces, till finally one small voice piped up in great excitement:
 "The srinal cord is what runs through you. Your head sits on one end and YOU sit on the other.'-School Journal.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-15
ADJUSTMENTS
zEKE," THE COUNTRY BOY.

The latest rural success, ''Zeke, the Country Boy" will be the opening at traction at the Doris opera house on Thursday. Sept. 19. The story of the play deals with plain folks and is of the class that seem to have a warm place in the hearts of theater goers. The company presenting the play has been carefully selected for their spe- cial ability to portray the different characters, which assures an enjoyable performance.
 Many hign class singing and dancing specialtes are introduced during the action of the play. and special scenery is used, making it a complete produc- ton in every way
Arizona republican., 1907-09-15
ROSfBtRRY RELEASED
 A SAVING BROTHtR
Everybody Satisfied With This Out. come ot the Forgery Case. -

O. Y. Roseberry, who had been held at the county jail, since last wednes- day on the charge of forgery. is out of his trouble. He had forged the name "f his brother. assistant road master or tnc =. F. r. S- F. to h check for flfty dollar. which he had cashed at the Anheuser saloon.
Arizona republican., 1907-09-15

lf you had thought the prickly cactus Useless was to man and beast. You'll find your thought was delu-
 sion
 Cactus Candy makes feast
Arizona republican., 1907-09-15
AM E ERICAN.

Teacher-what is the future of ..l love" Lulu? Chicago Child-I divorce. - School Board Journal
Evening star., 1907-08-11

this means that the mixed character of the colony
is preserved
In many cases, however. as the colonies become
~, sa+ caI1 for tb s1aI.e boIj;ng and +bar efra;n
from the pillage of slave nests, and dispense
with slavery altogether These are cases of tenn
sorted to only during the critical period at the
time of the foundation of the colony. In the main
it may be said that this ant is not to any great
extent dependent upon its slaves. and that in
sequence it shows only slightly i'll effect from
the habit
The extreme development of the slave making
habit is to be found in another form, the called
Amazon ant. representative of which, the shining
slave maker may be found almost everywhere in the
United States All the communities slave
holders, the unfortunate blacks serving in this
Evening star., 1907-08-11

that the great majority of hallucnatons reported
were given of comparatively recent occurrence
and that there a rapid decrease the years of
occurrence become more remote
AS final result, therefore, the committee found
about thirty death condolences out of thirteen
hundred cases, proportion of one in forty-three.
Computing from the average annual death rate for
England and Wales, it calculated that the prob
ability that any one person would die on a given
day was about in nineteen thousand in other
words, out of every nineteen thousand appartions
of living persons. there should occur, by chance
alone, one death coincidence: The actual proper
tion however, as established by the inquiry, was
equivalent to about four hundred and forty IN nine
teen thousand, four hundred and forty times the
most probable number and this when the appari-
tions reported were considered merely collectively
as having been at any time within twelve hours
after death Not few a matter of fact, were
reported as having been within one hour after
death and for these the mprobabilty of occurrence
by chance alone manlfestly twelve times four
hundred and forty. In view of these considerations
the committee felt warranted in declaring without
reservation that between deaths and apparltions
of dying persons a connection exists which is not
due to chance.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
Value of Modern Research

HAD Lord Brougharn lived to study the statistics Of
IL thsremarkable census of haucinations, he might
have formed higher opinion of his ghost: but it is
interesting to observe that he would also have been
in better position to deny its supernatural attri-
butes For, if the Society for Psychica Research
has made it impossible to doubt the existence of
such ghosts as that which he behed during his
travels in Sweden it has likewise made discoveries
which afford really substantial for asserting
that they no more hail from the world beyond than
do ghosts that Enthusiastically the creations of
fancy or fraud This results from the societys in
vestigations of thought transference or teepathy,
to use the term commonly employed
At early stage of the experiments undertaken
from mind to mind without the intervention of any
known means of communication. it was found that
when attended the efforts OF the experiment
Evening star., 1907-08-11

ers the telepathc message was frequently received
not in the form of pure thought but hallucna-
tory image and what is still more Important in
the present connection, further found possible
to produce not merely images of cards, flowers,
books and other naninate objects, but also images
of living persons.
in the Societt's Proceedings English clergy
named Godfrey telepathcally caused distant
friend to see an apparlton OF h11n one night; the
same result was achieved by Mr.. Sinclair of New
Jersey, who, during visit to New York succeeded
in projecting a phantasm of himself which
clearly by his wife in Lakewood: and similarly
Mr.. Kirk, while seated in his London office paid
a telepathic visit to the home of young woman,
who him distinctly as though he had gone
there in the flesh. In all of these, in other cases
recorded by the society, the persons to whom the
apparitions were vouchsafed had idea that any
experiment of the kind was being attempted.
Producing an Apparition
INDEED there is on record an apparently we'll
L authenticated instance of the experimental pro-
duction of apparition not of the living but of
the dead. This occurred in Germany many years
ago. when certain Herr Weserrnann undertook
to will military friend into dreaming OF woman
who had long been dead. 1t SO CHANGED that at the
hour he made his effort the friend not asleep,
but was conversing with brother officer. In spite
of this, the experiment is said to have been COM
plete and amazing success Suddenly, to quote
from an account written by of the officers,
1.-The door out of the kitchen opened and lady
entered very pale, taller than Herr Blank, strong
and broad of figure dressed in white but with large
black kerchief which reached to below the waist.
She waved her hand to me three times in compli-
mentary fashion. turned round to the left toward
Herr Blank and waved her hand three times at him.
After this the figure quietly, and again without any
creaking of the door, went out. We followed at
in order to discover whether there was any
deception but found nothing
1t is also significant that, made evident
by the census of Authorizations, by far the larger
number of apparitons reported those of persons
still alive and well. In these cases, nobody being
Evening star., 1907-08-11

dead it is impossible to raise the cry of spirits and
the only tenabe hypothesis is that. through of
the several which to quicken telepathic
action, spontaneous telepathic halucination has
been produced Now, the experiments conducted
by the society and by independent investigators
have shown that telepathic messages often lie dor
mant for hours beneath the threshold of the recev
er's consciousness, being consciously apprehended
only when certain favoring conditions arise; as,
tor example, when the receiver has fallen asleep,
into state of revere, or when, tired out after
long days work, he has utterly relaxed mentally.
This is technically known deferred percipence.
and, considered con junction with the discoveries
mentioned, it is amply sufficient to dislodge from
the realm of the supernatural the ghost seen by
Lord Brougham, and every ghost that is not
inpostor.
Cause of the Hallucination
IN the Brougham case the exciting cause of the
hallucnaton seems to have been the death pact.
AS he lay dying in India the mind of the whilom
school boy would, consciously or unconsciously.
revert to that agreement with the friend of his
youth, and thence would arise the desire to let
him know that the pghted word had not been for
gotten. Across the vast intervening space, by
what mechanism we know not, for the laws of tele-
pathy still problems to be solved the message
would flash instantaneously, to remain unappre-
hended perhaps for hours after the death of the
sender, until, in the quiet of the Swedish inn and
resting from the fatigues of the journey, Broughas
mental faculties passed momentarily into the con-
diton necessary for it's objective realization.
Then, precisely as in experimental telepathy the
receiver seeks hallucnatory image of the trlnket
the book, with suddenness and vividness that
could not fail to shock him, the message would
find expression by the creation before Broughans
startled eyes of hallucnatory image of the friend
who. as he was to learn later, had died that
day thousands of miles from Sweden. Knowing
nothing of the possibilities of the human mind as
revealed if only family, by the labors of succeed
ing generation it was inevitable that he should
believe he had no alternative between dsmissing
the experience peculiar dream or admitting
that in very truth he had looked upon ghost.
Evening star., 1907-08-11

last week in concluding an article on
IL branch of the carpenter ant family, refer
ence was made to the slave holding ants, the
commonest forms OF which are the so called
sanguinary ants. The young queen of this
species, returning from her nuptal flight, makes
attempt to found new colony OF her own
Having reached the ground, she makes her way
to the nest of an ant species known as the
black For1nlca. Strange as 1t may seem, the
workers of the latter do not resent this intrusion
as they ordinarily do, but take her into their
nest and feed and protect her much as they
would their queen.
Once within the nest. she is master. The
native queen is at once attacked, and before
long the impostor has undlsputed control. She
lays her eggs, and the rest OF the labor is
left entirely to the black workers, or slaves.
They tend the eggs, clean and feed the larv9
when these hatch and soon the first lot of slave
workers, or sanguinaries. is born. In this way
the colony becomes more and more mixed IN
character, until there may be as many of the
one species as of the other; for, the slaves being
queenless, there is no means of replenlshing
their ranks as these are thinned by death and
other causes.
In such well developed slave community,
it is interesting to observe the part played by
the two groups respectively. At first glance,
the black slaves may be distinguished from
their red masters. Here and there the former
may be observed digging tunnels, milking the
ant COWS, and feeding the young, cleaning the
nest, and in many other ways performing the
many domestic duties of the colony. On
other hand, the masters do not lie about unoccup
They most interested in those activities WI
relate the colony to the outside world, Thus. t
determine the migratons, at which times they n
be seen carrying their precious slaves from place
place. They fight their own battles, and bring
their own food, which is small task when
large size of many of these mixed colonies is ia
into consideration.
1t is easy to see that as time passed the sla
would diminish in numbers until the colony wo
be composed of sanguinary or slave making a
alone. But this does not occur frequently; for fl
time to time the slave makers make sallies upon
neghboring nests of the slave species, robbing tt
of their young. For whole periods they seem to
continual slave hunt. Brought into the n
these young serve in part as food but large port
always remain to be raised into slavery. 1t is
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alone. The colonies begin in the same way as
among the sanguinaries, the young Amazon
queen being adopted by the workers of slave
nest. In like manner it is through the robbing
of the neighboring colonies of these little black
ants that the number of slaves is maintained.
But this plundering is on much larger scale
than among the sangulnareS. Careful calcu-
latons have shown that well developed
colony of Amazons may in the course of
single summer capture as many as forty thou
sand young of the slaves. Indeed, this seems
to be the only activity INDUCED in by the ants
of this species.
But they pay a sufficient penalty for this
indulgence. So thoroughly dependent upon
their slaves have they become that they
can do nothing for themselves. Their jaws,
for example, which are the most important
tools of the ant have been converted into
pair of thin and finely pointed sabers.
They are thus left incapable of digging their
own tunnels, or of caring for their young.
What is most astounding however, is the
fact that they can no longer feed them
selves 1t has been most clearly shown
that if left for as short period as two
three days without the aid of their young,
they would starve to death, even if
rounded with, abundance of food. Re-
place few blacks, and the scene changes
Immediately. The Amazons take new courage,
and are fed with the regurgitated food,
which the slaves only too eager to offer
them
The family life of this species also shows the
grading effect of this habit. Every aspect of their
,mestic affairs is dull and lifeless Apart in
anber of the nest generally located the queens
Id the males, the others clustering everywhere
thin the slave dug galleries. idle and lifeless. In
nth, the SO called slaves the real masters the
mazons being little more than parasites. An
iginally fine group of animals are reduced to a
ere band of soldiers and robbers who are other
lse absolutely unable to care for themselves.
here are in reality no more worker Amazons,
lis caste having been entirely replaced by the
ldiers. All those creative instincts which make
e life of the ants so strkngly self sustaining are
IRE sacrificed to the mere development of the
Id result the days of this species numbered.
his is certainly big price to pay-a price which
as been paid by most other forms of life in the
,irr1a1 kiuu1oro
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-07-04
A North Atlantic Curiosity.

'li the midst of the north .Ntlantc
there Is an enormous field of tluatln,
seaweed which kept Its place prcsrlm
ably for CENTURIES said an old sea
captain. " 1t occupies an immense
eddy about the nifty sixth degree or
west longitude and between the TWEEN
ty-second and twenty eighth degrees OF
north latitude There Is a great differ
ence of opinion regarding the origin Of
this floating mass Some believe II Ia
he detached from rocks ut II considela
bic depth I'm the latitude where IL
fonts. Others suppose ii To come fron
the shores of the northern seas. having,
been detached from tho rocks rs tho
violence of the winds. Some again i'm
nglnc that II comes from the rocky
shores of Florida and Mexico, while
many others agree With mo In bellev-
ing that L, has never had amy other
than It's present place OF abode. M
one has ever seen it attached to rocks
nor have roots ever been discovered
belongin. L, H.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-07-04
What a Mans Beard Tolls.

"Yum can tell some of Il mans habits
and read some of his traits ol charac
ter from his beard. Said the old bar
Der ''if Il mann spends his days ut Il
desk beside Il window his hair and
beard will grow faster Oh the side To
ward the window. Plants nnl boards
both flourish under the influence of
sunlight WHY. one of my customers
found the effects of the side light 50
pronounced that he changed his office
desk to face the window. Another i'm
tercsing fact is that, when a man is
UP late or works long hours, he needs
Il shave oftenrr than IL he took the
usual amount Of sleep. That 8 because
in being awake lie keeps the vital proc
esses of Ms body i'm greater activity
than when asleep. The growth of the
hair depends largely On the circulation
of the blood. and the heart slosvs down
when We sleep" Kansas City Star.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-07-04
Out Of Debt.

AT last Unions pretty little Meth
odist church is out OF debt Last Sun
day the mortgage was formally burned
at the afternoon services, much to the
satisfaction of the congregation. The
debt amounted to about $1,000. The
dedication took place at 800 .. M.
Sunday. Or. Danford preached at the
morning and evening services. At the
afternoon service the sermon was by
the Rev. Joseph w. Ogden, his sub
ject being, Humble Yourselves Tn
der the Mighty Hand OF God. y
The Rev. Harold White, of Cavalier,
and singer of more than ordinary
ability, sang solos at each service.
The pastor wishes to express pub
licly his thanks to those who helped
to pay off the debt.