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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
The Mares Of Mahomst.

In bygone days there was no more
enthusiastic breeder of horses than
the prophet Mahomet. In the course
of time he became the owner of a vast
number of mares, and the point was
how to arrive at selection of the
very best At last he hit upon the
following scheme:
For three days and nights the
mares were kept without water. then
they were loosed, and as might have
been expected, tore madly off to
their usual watering place. Just as
they were on the very brink of the
water the trumpeter blew the war sig.
nal or assembly. Maddened with the
thirst, the mares forgot their training,
all save Ave, who. forgetting their own
urgent need, galloped at once to seek
their masters.
These five mares were set apart by
Mahomet as representing the pick of
his stud. and from them, we are told,
descended the best and noblest breed
Of horses.-Country Life.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
IN MANY LINES OF BUSINESS.
Witness Evidently Was Man of Un-
usual Qualifications.

s. T. Jocelyn of Wichita was court
stenographer for Judge Pancoast OF
Oklahoma for several years. One time
a case was being tried before Judge
Pancoast and they We're endeavoring
to find out through a witness whether
there had been any liquor sold
What is your business?" asked the
lawyer My buslness?" repeated the
witness laconically. "Oh, l have lots
of business. Answer the question. -
said the lawyer. What is your bust
ness?" Must ! tell all my business p
insisted the witness again. Answer
the question" interposed the Judge
severely.
We'll" responded he cheerfully,
I'm deputy sheriff and city marshal
for Gunner. janitor of the church and
bartender of the Ell Paso saloon."-
Kansas City Times.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
EYEsIeHT WAS IN DANCER
Fran Terrible Eczema-Babys Head
Mass Of Itching Rash and Sores
Disease Cured by Cutlcura.

"Our little girl was two months old
when she got rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but 1t got worse instead of
better and we thought she would turn
blind and that her ears would fall off
She suffered terribly, and would
scratch until the blood came. This
went on until she was five months old,
then | had her under our family doc
tors care. but she continued to grow
worse He said it was eczema. When
she was seven months old | started
to use the Cuticura Remedies and in
two months our baby was a different
girl. You could not see a sign of
sore and she was as fair as a new
born baby. She has not had a sign of
the eczema since. Mrs. H. F. Budke.
LeSueur, Mimi, Apr. 10 and May 2, '07."
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
scintIlIstions of Two Great Men.

oCintilldtIOnS OF TWO 0Tcat men.
John r. Dockefeller and John Bend
rick Hangs were about to board the
steamer for a trip on the ocean.
Il presume, Mr.. Dockefeller." re-
marked Mr.. Hangs, you are pretty
well heeled for this journey"
by my sole, yes!" solemnly an
swered Mr.. Dockefeller, That sort
of knocks the socks off you, doesn't
it?"
Not by darn sight" instantly
flashed back Mr. Hangs, laughing up
roariously.
That" said Mr.. Dockefeller, with a
humorous CLEAN In his eye, reminds
me of a yarn"
Spin it," Uttered Mr.. Hangs.
Il can't remember it," laughed Mr.
Dockefeller.
Then forget it," chuckled Mr..
Hangs.
Tmid teh laughter and applause OF
the bystanders the vigilant correspon-
dents fastened to the telegraph of
fee and sent verbatim reports of this
conversation, with its unexpected
turns of humor and its sparkling re
partes, to all the papers in the coun.
try.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
WRITER'S HARD FATE
LITERARY MEN WHO HAVE DIED
IN DEsTiTUTIoN.
Long List of Talented Poets, His
torlans and Other Masters Of the
Pen Whose Last Days Were
Full Of Misery.

That Ouida should have died as she
did in poverty and loneliness, an exile,
though voluntary one, from ths laa5
OF her birth, was an undoubtedly plti-
full ending to an exceptionally brilliant
career. Equally sad has been the fate
reserved for some literary geniuses
in the past.
For instance, Richard Savage, the
gifted poet, died in debtors prison
at Bristol. after enduring the pangs of
semi-starvation for years. Chatterton,
driven desperate through hunger,
poisoned himself at the age of 1S.
Swift died mad, as he had all along
predicted he would.
DR.. Dodd. whose Beauties of
Shakespeare" is well known, was
hanged for forgery. George Gissing,
after suffering hardships that emblt-
tered his whole existence, died Just
as fame was beginning to be assured
to him.
Stow, the famous antiquarian, au-
thor of the Survey of London" be
came in his old age licensed beggar.
asking aims from door to door
through SO counties" Wycherley.
from being the spoiled idol of society,
fell to the lowest depths of destitution,
and was eventually consigned to the
Fleet prison for debt, where he re-
mained seven years. Cotton also spent
many years in a debtors prison, and
eventually died there by his own hand.
Robert Burns, writing only ID days
before his death, implored his friend
Cunningham to use his influence with
the commissioners of excise in order
got his salary raised from e35 year
to ESQ, otherwise, If | die not of dis
ease, must perish with hunger"
Llorente. the learned and talented
was glad during the close of his bril-
liant but unfortunate career to hire
himself out for a few sous a night to
keep watch over the dead bodies al
the Paris morgue. and died eventually
of starvation. Camoens begged his
bread from door to door until com
PEELED to take refuge in an almshouse,
where he died.
1t is told of Ben Jonson that when
In MS ldSL lllHtSS hlnS SHdIieS Stut
him small sum of money he returned
it. He sends me so miserable a dona-
ton" cried the dying poet, because
| am poor and live in an alley. Go
and tell him his soul lives in an alley.
Very sad was the fate of Ulrich von
Hutten, one OF the greatest writer's
Germany has ever produced. Unable
to earn living, he was reduced to
tramping through the country, beg
ging food and shelter from the peas.
ants. One bitter winters night he
was refused both, and next morning
was found frozen stiff and cold in the
drifting snow outside the village. The
only thing he died possessed of be-
sides the rags he wore, says his
biographer, Zuinglius, was a pen"
Saint-Simon. the celebrated French
author, who wrote THE Reorganiza-
tion of European Society was twice
driven by want to attempt his own
life, and although he died natural
death in the end it was among the
most lamentable surroundings For
IL days" he says, Il have lived upon
bread and water, without a fire; l
have even sold my clothes"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Am orInlnai child.

'The late Lord Kelvin" said Harv-
ard scientist, had wonderfully orig
inal mind from his childhood. AS a
little boy, as little Willie Thompson,
they tell a quaint story about him in
Glasgow. 1t seems that once he suf-
fered week with toothache. Finally
he had the tooth out After 1t was
drawn, he rose from the chair, held out
his little hand to the surgeon, and
said:
Give II 30 me-
The surgeon, with an accommodate
ing smile. wrapped the tooth in paper
and extended il to the lad.
But what are you going to do with
1t, Willie?' he asked.
I'm going to take 1t home was
the reply, and cram sugar in it, and
see II ache"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
MUSIC STUDENTS
Should Have Steady Nerves.

The nervous system of the musician
is often very sensitive and any habit
like coffee drinking may so upset the
nerves as to make regular and neces-
sary daily practise next to impossible.
81 practise from seven to eight hours
day and study Harmony two hours"
writes a Mich. music student. Last
September l was so nervous | could
only practise a few minutes at a time
and mother said l would have to drop
my music for year
This was terribly discouraging as
couldn't bear the thought of losing
whole year of study, Becoming con-
vinced that my nervousness was
caused largely by coffee, and seeing
Postum SO highly spoken of. l de-
cided / would test it for while.
Mother followed the directions
carefully and l thought | had never
tasted such a delicious drink We
drank Postum every morning instead
of coffee, and by November felt more
like myself than for years, and was
ready to resume my music
81 now practise as usual. do my
stuuyiuS anu WilSH my udy WOIh Is
finished / am not any more nervous
than when l began.
81 cannot too highly recommend
Postum to musicians who practise half
a day. My father is a physician and
recommends Postum to his patients.
Words cannot express my appreciation
for this most valuable health bever-
age, and experience has proven its
superiority over all others" There's
Reason.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Toole,s Practical Ioks.

John Lawrence Toole. the most pop
ular low comedian of his day, once
gave supper to so of his friends, and
wrote note to each of them privately
beforehand, asking him whether he
would be so good as to say grace, as
no clergyman 9uld be present 1t is
said that the faces of those 80 mer
as they rose in body when Toole
tapped on the table, as a signal for
grace, was sight which will never
be forgotten.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
There Were Two Moons.

Mr.. Lansing was reading his even
ing paper when his daughter Marie,
aged seven, rushed into the house,
greatly excited.
Father Father!" she exclaimed,
breathlessly
What is 1t. my child" cried the
proud parent, anxiously.
"Oh. papa. there's two moons, to-
night"
Two moonsl No. you're mistaken
There is only one moon"
Yes. there is" she insisted. when
! was around the corner at Jessie Ben
sons house, | saw one, and there's an
other right over our roof"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Red-Headed Bow Still BUSY

what" asks the Wyoming Tribune,
"has become of the old-fashioned
freckled-faced boy who got the water,
chopped the wood, split the kindling.
MIXED the cows, fed the pigs, curried
the horse and did such other chores
as his parents found for him to do?"
He's probably being kept busy hand
ing his lazy son money with which
to buy rolled-up trousers and ciga-
rettes.-Denver Post.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Mr.. Henpekt,s Opinion of It.

Mrs Henpekt-Sllas, here is "a piece
in the paper about a Kentucky man
who walked thirty-two miles after a
marriage license. That's the kind of
men they raise out Vest
Mr.. Henpetk (absently-mindedly) -
Well, III bet a cent In less'n year
he'll be willing to walk twice that dis
tance for a chance to get rid of Csud-
denly reoollecting) er-h'mzkinder
looks as if we might get a shower be-
fore night: don't it?
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
500 Reward. SIOO.

The readers OF this paper viii be pleased learn
that there at least dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages, and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires constitu-
uonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in It's curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails to
cure. send for list of testimonials.
Address +. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Safe Place,

"It states here that bulldog shoes
are in fashion again" remarked Mr..
Stubb as he perused the --latest styles
for men" column.
THAT so?" laughed Mrs. Stubb in
credulously "Why-er-where does a
bulldog carry his shoes?'
Don't you know, Maria?'
NO John"
why, in his grip, of course"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Mjsunierstood.

While Southern clergyman was in
the vary act of praying for rain his
petition was answered by the coming
OF terrific electric storm. Between
the peals the dominic was heard lifting
up his voice I'm remonstrance.
"Oh, Lord, thou hast not compre-
hended our need. oh, Lord, thou hast
misunderstood our request. What we
want, oh Lord, is a gentle shower, and
not, oh Lord. a gully-washer."
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
The EaoIe.

Two lrishmen stood peering up at
new flag pole, in the public square, re-
marking The bright bronzed ball sur
mounted by a large bird at the top.
Suddenly before their very eyes. this
bird, which had been only resting there,
took wing and flew over their heads
The IIishmen stared "Begobbs,
MoilSe," then calculated one. they FIR
got T. nail tn eagle down."
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Wanted a Full Load.

Pat had taken a contract TO carry
brick, the agreement being thirteen
bricks to the load. Finally he came to
the last hodful, when TO his great dis
uess there were only eleven bricks to
go in 1t. Then happy thought struck
him. Say, Mr.. Contractor" he called
to the boss in the third story, throw
me down two bricks"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19

Ambassador Tower has arranged
for a deputation from the Arion So
ciety of Brooklyn to sing before EN-
oeror William when the members of
the society visit Germany and Austria
next spring. The deputation will con
slst of 150 voices.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19

Al Atlanta university on December
31st Edward Twichell Ware, son of the
first president and founder of the in
stitution. will succeed as the third
president of the university to his faith
er's great work
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19

Nothing is more amiable than true
modesty. and nothing is more con-
temptible than the false. The one
guards virtue, the other betrays it
Fenelon.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Proud Of III. Ancestors.

Bill-What In the world do you sup
pose makes whales blow so much?
Jill-Why. didn't you ever hear that
Jonah story.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Where They Would Meet.

A news item published in the paint
ers' column of the Cleveland Citizen
recently has called forth widespread
comment. The statement read:
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Artful Scheme.

Mrs. Knicker-That little Jones boy
has such beautiful table manners.
Mrs. Bocker-Yes, his mother al
ways feeds him at home before he is
invited out.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19

Sooner or later a woman is sur
prised to discover that her husband
actually knew what he was talking
about.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19

The Parson (during lecture to
Tommy on the evils of smoking)-
How do you spell 'injurious?"
Tommy don't spell 1t at all.
The Parson-What did you go to
school for?
Tommy-Because I had to.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
TAKE NOTICE.

{: We will meet in the big
/: hell, usually occupied by |:
/: the plumbers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-03-19
Denver Directory

You take no
chance when
buying n har-
ness from us;
every set war
ranted to be
as represent
ed. This dou-
BILE team har-
ness complete
with collars
and broech-
lngs. Concord
style. 2 inch
traces, I o r
goo 0O Sold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08

G. A. r. Card Party.-The ladies of
the G.. A. r. will give a card party to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock at
Memorial hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08

forcement and regulation. The brew
ers have come out with a declaration
in favor of cutting out the vicious
features which have fastened them
selves on 50 many of the saloons, and
making them conform to the law.
> The community has taken them at
their word and granted them a lease
OF life on these promises. Now let
as have the regeneration of the saloon.
Let us see it cleansed and lifted up
tic the high moral plane on which they
have promised it should be conducted.
We take this opportunity to con
graduate the local optionists on the
work accomplished, the sentiment Gre
-ated. the Temperance facts and figures
disseminated in this their first cam
paign. Much good seed has been
+sown, from which We may expect a
harvest two years from now
The executive committee returns its
thanks TO the faithful workers-men,
women and children-who labored so
loyalty during the campaign. Also to
the press of the city for the courtesies
extended.
WILLIAM S. MARQUIS,
Chairman Executive Committee Local
Option League
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
IN one VOICE
PEOPLE SEEK
STRONG POLICY
Strict Saloon Regulation is the
Aftermath of the
Election.
BOTH SIDES ARE HEARD
Popular Sentiment Plainly Expressed
!. 1...s..I ka,.et M Ne
BOTH SIDES ARE HEARD
Popular Sentiment Plainly Expressed
.-Odiuns Must Be Re-
moved.

1.-The results of yesterdays election,
as they relate to the prohibition ques-
tion, occasioned no, little surprise, not
$50 much on the general result as on
the scope of the majority polled in
favor of the wet" side of the ques-
ton This affords the chief topic of
interest III the city. Notwithstanding
the size of this majority, however.
there is large proportion of those
who voted against prohibition who,
judging from the prevailing sentiment.
did so only with the belief that a
reformation i'm the liquor traffic in the
city must and will be brought about
by other means. That reform must be
had is the determination of the ma
1rity of the people of the city. There
is little doubt on this point, notwith-
standing that the voters, by their ex-
preston at the polls yesterday, allow
the saloon to remain.
The people who demand this reform
are not confined to the ranks of the
Local Option league alone, but are on
both sides of the local option ques
ton. In fact, some of the active
spirits in the AUTHORIZATION league
are the most firm in the determination
that the saloon must abide by the
laws, and that it must be permanently
and strictly regulated.
AUTHORIZATION League Declares.
The executive committee of the
AUTHORIZATION league this morning
adopted the following resolutions
which are to be taken to mean action
as well as words:
Rock Island, H., April S-To the
Citizens of Rock Island County: Al
meeting of the executive committee
of the AUTHORIZATION league, hello
at headquarters at the Harper house
this morning, the following resolution.
were adopted:
Whereas, The AUTHORIZATION
league of Rock Island county has EN-
bodied in their declaration of princi
pies the following:
Saloons being public places of gen
eral resort, should be under strict con
troll, supervision, and regulation, ant
We favor such, and insist that all i'm
moral and illegal accessories of tn,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received at the Office
of the board of local improvements,
Rock Island, ILL.,, up to 2 p. M, April
20. 1908, for the improving of Seven
teenth avenue, Thirtieth to Thirty
eighth streets. Specifications on file
at the Office of the city engineer
Contractors will be paid in bonds bear
ing per cent interest per annum. All
bids must be accompanied by cash OF
certified check on a responsible
bank, payable to the order of the pres
ident of the board of local improve
ments, in an amount of 10 per cent OF
the aggregate of the proposal.
II. c. SCHAFFER,
President Board of Local Improve
ments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
PROSPECTS foR SEASON GOOD
Captain D. w. Wisherd Says Excur-
sion Business Is Good.

Captain d. w. Wisherd, agent for
the Acme Packet company, is in the
city for few days booking up work
for the coming season. He reports
that from the present outlook Jhe ex-
cursion business will be considerably
heavier than in any previous year.
The advance bookings are already far
greater in number than they We're at
this time last year and last year the
work was heavy.
Captain Wisherd has just received
a map showing the proposed channel
from the Moline lock to the landing
at Sixteenth street. There will have
to be some dredging done to make il
possible for the boats to get in and
out of the harbor easily but the bot
tom is not very rocky and the work
is expected to go along smoothly. 1t
is proposed to run a number of eX-
cursions from Moline this year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08

saloon business should be absolutely
divorced therefrom.y
Whereas, The citizens of this coun-:
ty have by an Overwhelming majority
declared themselves in favor of the
position which this league has taken
on the prohibition question;
Therefore, Be it resolved that we
hereby reaffirm the principles adopted
by our organization, sand again declare
ourselves emphatically in favor of a
proper regulation of the liquor bust
ness and saloons in this county.
Resolved, That the organization of
the AUTHORIZATION league of Rock
Island county be, and the same is
hereby made permanent. for the pnr-
pose of furthering the CAUSE Of per
|sonal rights and liberty, and for the
further purpose of assisting the legal
authorities in establishing and enforc-
ing proper regulation as enunciated in
our principles
ANTI-PROHIBITIO LEAGUE. !,
Fnbn the Local Option League.
The Local Option league has put it
up to the AUTHORIZATION league to
make good its promises. as witness the
following which was sent The Argus
from the Local Option headquarters
this morning:
Rock Island, April S.--To the Editor
of The Argus: Will you permit, me as
chairman of the executive committee
of the Local Option leagne, a few
words in regard to the result of the
campaign? We are of course disap-
pointed, but not discouraged; we ac-
knowledge ourselves defeated but the
opposition will find we are not dead.
We see many signs of future victory
in our present discontinue. We have
accomplished exactly what We set out
to do: put this question squarely up
to the voters of this community We
said we were willing to abide by the
viii of the majority until the law gave
us another opportunity and SO we Will
| When that opportunity comes our
| friends on the other side will find
that We are still in the ring, and that
we have learned some things in this
llISI Shll
We who have worked and voted
against this traffic will at least have
the satisfaction of knowing that we
are not responsible for the evils which
! will flow from the traffic during the
next two years. When we read Of
vice and crime in these resorts, wheT
| we meet a poor drunk on the streets
when We go to relieve the distress o.
the drunkard's family, We will no
be tortured by conscience with the
thought, 81 voted to perpetuate tn,
business which causes these evils.
am responsible for this sin sham,
and sorrowr We do not envy those
who voted mo" yesterday and VIII,
must carry that responsibility. NJ
saving of taxes or gain of revenue:
could compensate us for the pain ant
loss of self-respect which that though
would plant in our breasts.
There is one thing which all mus
admit the local option campaign ha
Accomplishment has compelled tn,
brewers and liquor dealers to confess
that the business needs cleaning VI
and regulation. The anti-prohibition
lists have filled their press article
with pleas and promises of law er
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

[Society news. written or telephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility Written notices must bear sig
nature and address,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-08
Notice..

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Rock Island Saw
ings bank for the election of nine di-
rectors for one year will be held at
the office of said bank. in Rock Island,
Monday, April 10, 1908. Polls Will be
open at 10 a. m, and closed at IL noon
OF said day
P. GREENAWALT, Cashier.
Rock Island, April 2, 1908.