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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19
The WORLDS Best Climate.

ne WoTio'S Best C,iUdte.
Is not entirely free from disease on
the high elevations fevers prevail,
while on the lower levels malaria is
encountered to greater or less ex-
tent, according to altitude. To over
come climate affections lassitude, ma
laria, jaundice, biliousness, fever and
ague, and general debility, the most
effective remedy is Electric Filters.
the great Alternative and blood purifier;
the antidote for every form OF bodily
weakness, nervousness. and insomnia.
Sold under guarantee at all druggists.
Price SO cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19
The Truth Of II.

But" replied the plain citizen, mo
one can deny that honesty is the best
policy"
1T Is" replied the man with the
crafty eye. until you get prominent
enough to drop policy and start play.
ing the stock market. ''--Philadelphia
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19
Pertinent, But PuzzIInu.

What I am after" declared the
spoils-party candidate. lis not SO much
causes as effects"
Whose effects7" shouted a man in
the crowd.-Baltimore American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19
Van Camp Packing Company, E'fs" Indianapolis Indiana


Hog market opened &c higher. Hogs
left over, 1900. Light, $5.20@5.50;
good heavy, s5.2O@5.5O: mixed and
butchers. s5.25@5.52; rough heavy,
$5.20@53O.
Cattle market opened steady.
Sheep market opened weak.
Omaha: Hogs, 5000; cattle. 5000.
Kansas City: Hogs, $4,000; cattle,
5000.
Hog market closed active Light
$5.20@5.50; mixed and butchers, 1925
@5.52; good heavy, $5,25@5.50; rough
heavy, s5.15@5.30.
Cattle market closed steady. Beeves,
s475@7.25; stockers and feeders, $3.50
@5.5O; COWS and heifers. $2.40@6.4O.
Sheep market closed steady.
Bradstreets worlds visible wheat dc.
crease. 5,1S9,000. Corn decrease 902,.
600. Oats decrease. 2,32G,000.
Northwestern receipts
|, Minneapolis: Today, ITS; last week
1903: last year, III.
Duluth: Today, II; last week, 25;
last year, 214.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19
The Marion and Ruth passed down
md back and the Kabekona went up.
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

James Thompson to Anna H. Will
merton, lot 3, block /. Highland Park
addition, Rock Island ST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19

The tremendous demand for Van Camps
effect on the bean market
Some beans still sell for 80 cents per bushel
But such beans getting that
pay $3.50 per bushe1
That in the first place, Michigan beans grown
soil extremely rich in nitrogen.
Then those picked get
only the whitest, the plumpest, the fuest-grown.
Such beans cost eight times what beans
Yet our prices not advanced YOU
Our tomato too costs five times much other
would cost ready-made.
But the cheap made from picked green and
ripened in shipment. Or of scraps from canning factory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19
We Pay $3.50
For the Beans Now Used in Van Camps

,ushel for beans, but the price has
of Van Camps that the finest beans
SO for the grade which we demand.
solely from whole tomatoes, rpened the
vines. Picked when the juice fairly sparkes.
That supcrlative which adds much beans, is
due to this natural flavor.
These times to be careful
Poor cheap and good beans costly that
there every inducement for pushing the poor
Statesmen paid high commissions for this
(irocers al offered special inducements.
Some charge for inferior brands Some charge
little less, yet make larger profit.
this the condition: Beans be had for oneeighh
what pay, and tomato for onehfth.
So you may to protect yourself, need to insist Van
Camps.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
some TAILS And THEIR USES
Various Functions for the Caudal
Appendages Of Animals.
Jaguars and Cats Use Them for Bal
ancing When Walking on Limb
OF Tree or on Fence.
From the Outlook Magazine.

From the Outlook Magazine.
A cat never actually wags its tail. Why
should it when It can purr? But. never
theless. it seems TO serve the same pur-
pose in permitting a temporary eXpendi-
ture Of excess nervous energy when the
animal is under great strain For in
stance, when carefully stalking a bird or
a man. as in the case Of d kitten or a
lion, the tip Of the tail is never still for a
moment-ever curling and uncurling We
may compare this TO the nervous tapping
OF the foot or fingers in a man. When
an angry lion is roaring its loudest, his
tail will frequently lash from side to side
giving rise among the ancients to the be-
lief that he SCOuTged his body with a hook
or thorn which grew from the end OF the
tail
When a jaguar walks along a slender
bOugh or a house eat perambulates the top
of a hoard fence, we perceive another i'm
pOTtant function OF the tail--that of an
aid in balancing. As a tight-rope per-
former sways his pole, so the feline shifts
its tail to preserve the center of gravity
The tail of a sheep seems TO be. Of little
use TO its owner, although in the breed
which is found in Asia Minor and or the
tabielands Of Tartary this organ functions
as a stOrehousc of fat, and sometimes
reaches a weight Of fifty pounds. When
viewed from behind. the animal seems all
tail, and when this appendage reaches its
full size il is either fastened between two
sticks which drag on the ground, or il is
suspended on two small wheels.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
TRAINING THE INDIAN.
Teachers of Red Race Succeed Best
by Their Example.

In the Indian day schools those indi-
viduals who show special capacity should,
at the proper age, be encouraged TO go
to a boarding school, where training in
a agriculture, in the mechanical trades, OF
in the domestic arts may continue, says
the Southern Workman.
From the boarding schools the few who
have the capacity for further training
should go on to still higher schools.
There should be an organized attempt TO
discover those pupils who possess strong
characters and the qualities of leader
ship, and to see that they are trained
as leaders
If the time has not yet come when such
students may advantageously take their
places in white schools and colleges. then
some Indian school should be set apart
and equipped 10 give this training. Teach
ers of trades teachers Of agriculture.
teachers Of day schools and boarding
schools. and field mauOns, are in constant
demand, and unless our educational ma
chinery results finally in training Indians
for those positions, it has failed
Indians as teachers and leaders among
their own people are not numerous. There
are certain racial peculiarities which
cause some OF those who know the Indian
best TO hesitate to put him in places of
responsibility. In many respects he may
fail 10 come up 10 the white mans stand
ard but there is one thing he can do
which the white man cannot do: he
can furnish an incentive to the younger
Indians 10 Go as much IS he has done.
The boy of parts in some country vii
lage In the East, who has gone to col
lege and achieved distinction, has often
been the unconscious cause of starting
many another boy on the road to wider
usefulness. The cOntagi0n Of example is
great
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
ABOUT LEW DOCKSTADER.
Minstrel Has Probably Largest Ac-
quaiutance of Men of His Class.

There are probably few men in the
United States who have so wide an
extensive personal acquaintance as
Lew DOckstadcT. His prominence as a
performer for many years, his constant
travelling around the country. will
readily account for this. apart from the
fact that his general personality and
fund Of good stories make him a most
desirable and cOmpani0nabIe acquaint-
aHce at all times.
Like many other individuals in the
theatrical world, Dockstader is forced
20 suffer from the horde Of absurd in
dividuals whose one supreme pleasure
appears 20 be getting acquainted with
prominent people in the theatrical
world These people are the bane Of
the actors existence Give them the
slightest latitude and it IS next 20 i'm
possible to shake them of
Dackstader met one Of this type re-
Gently. but he ultimately developed
such a decidedly original streak that
the minstrel felt in measure repaid
for the annoyance he had first suffered.
lie was a drummer and was on the
same train with Dockstader, who was
on his way 10 Chicago with his COM
pany.
The next morning after his arrival he
had occasion 10 seek the stenographer
al the hotel 10 make some copies of a
new skit he was working on. Imagine
his surprise when he entered the type
writer's Office TO find his drummer
acquaintance there. The later nearly
took DOckstader's breath away by
greeting him Familiarity. Hello Lew.
how are your
D0ckstader was disposed 10 go away.
when the drummer said. Don't go
away, III be through IN d few minutes" q"
D0ckstader seated himself nearby re-
signed 20 his fate. lie began 20 feel
extremely uncomfortable as he listened
30 the drummer's dictation. which was
made in anything but q low tone Of
voice lie was evidently writing to q
woman. telling her how lonesome he
was without her, and though il was but
feW DAYS since he had seen her, il
seemed like years.
D0ckstader felt that that was no
place for him and excused himself. say
ing he would return in d few minutes
The drummer said: Don't go, old man
There is nothing private about this,
You see, ] have a great many women
acqUaintances in the various towns
visit from year 10 year. They ali want
me TO write TO them, and, as I haven't
tine TO write 10 each one separately, I
have carbon copies made Of the one
letter, MI in the name OF each in
dividuaI with pen and ink, and there
you are. It's a great scheme, and saves
time and trouble"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
The Mushroom Farm

close within his arms. But you said
No"
But I didn't mean it, she whispered,
as she nestled close to his neck
"Diunt mean il" he cried looking
down at the radiant face well. but
you said il, and how was / 20 know?
You told me you had ideas Of your own
and an ideal besides, so 1 got out to give
the other fellow "a decent chance"
Men are such stupid creatures" she
assured him. Il didn't think yOus take
no for an answer and my ideas were
to be happy in a home with you, and
you, Dick-oh, you old dear-you are my
ideal"
The strains OF the wedding march sung
in several different keys by unframed
voices reached them, and they were con-
fronted with the girls, who having failed
in their mission the day before, had re-
turned, TO meet with better results.
On the wedding day. among the pres
ents, arrived a barrel OF tar labeled
Stick 70 il" Dick suspected his pater-
nal parent, while Florence has always at
tributed It to Malachi It stands in the
yard Of Mushroom Farm the title Of
their country place. so called because
Dick asserts that his hopes sprang up
In a night
Copyright Eos, by r. O. EastmeutJ
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
WORTH FILING AWAY.

OF the worlds lands 100000 acres
are in steppes.
The family wealth in Dutch Guiana is
put into jewelry, which the wife wears.
Gold FISH originally came from China,
and the first were sent TO England In
1891.
Pitch pine. which has been considered
almost worthless, IS now in demand for
cranberry barrels.
The largest pIow ever built has been
successfully used on a Texas ranch. The
impiiment clears a strip of ground
seven feet wide.
Munich, with a population of over
$4,000 has, on an average one
establishment for the sale of liquor re
freshments TO each S19 persons.
More than 1000 applications for space
have already been received in Prague
for the complete industrial exposition
20 be held there in 1908.
In many Dutch kitchens the kettle
still is hung on a crane above the open
fireplace, not for artistic reasons, but
because the housewife has never tried
any other way.
There is being built in the city Of
Mexico the largest bull rilg in the
world When completed it viii seat
- 900 people. The framework is of
steel and the cost viii be 100000.
The German Emperor has issued
orders that all Of the numerous i'm
perial autimobiIes are to be driven
slower hereafter than has been the case
in the past. This action is said to be
due to the large number of accidents
caused By speeding automobiles.
4 spire that was unique IN church
architecture has just been torn down at
Providence, r. /. it being that of the
Jefferson Street Baptist Church, which
was entirely of brick even to the apex,
each brick being especially fashioned
for the place it occupied.
Piedmont, Italy. produces about three
times as many cOcoons as any other
Italian province. and in proportion to
its size perhaps the most prolific silk
worm district of the world. the yield
during 1906 amounted to 11.001,647
pounds. with a~value Of $3.956,5S3.
wrong inference was drawn by
Consul General VIM II Michael, OF
Calcutta, in his report on the mosquito
blight" of tea in India. 1t is not the
mosquito, but a small bug of the genus
Heliopeltis which causes the damage
commonly known as mosquito blight"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
WHEN HE STOPS HIS PAPER.
KansRn Discovers that He Needs 1t
When Troubles Come.

Nheu troubles come.
About two months ago one OF our
farmer friends dropped in and stopped his
paper, says the Osborne (Kans) Farmer
He said he couldn't afford 10 take the
paper and just had to do without it. He
dropped IN again last Saturday and
panked down Sl-5O for year in advance
and then heayed a big sigh Of relief
Everything had gone wrong since the
Farmer ceased 10 visit him. His chickens
refused 20 lay, his cows got on the al
falfa and died and his hogs got the
cholera. The rats gnawed holes in his
granaTy and his wheat ran out and the
birds ate it up. His windmill blew over
and killed a horse, and his best shepherd
dog got bone in his throat and choked
to death His children got the measles
and his wife smashed her thumb IN the
wringer and couldn't do any housewOrk
Thieves broke into his smOkehOuse and
stole his winters supply of meats, and
fire destroyed several stacks of his al
falfa. lie bought groceries Of a travelling
faker and never got them, while his
ueighbOr escaped because he read in the
Farmer 10 watch out for crooks. His
days were filed with misfortune. and his
nights with bad dreams. He stood IL two
months, and then gave up the unequal
struggle.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
WARFIELD'S STYLISH HAT.

David Warfeld claims the" honor OF
having led the styles in one particular at
least. But he says It wasn't his fault.
He entered hat shop not long ago and
dissatishedly turned from one shape to
another until his eye fell on one that
/ pleased him.
What about this?" he asked.
"Oh, that" automatically hesitated
I the clerk, who did not wish 20 lose a Gus
toner but who had fears OF Conse-
/ quences: why. that-do you think you
would Ike that Mr. WaTfeldg'
Il do ike IT," said the actor why
not? I like the shape It is such d nice
dull shade tco-so soft in tone"
The clerk said no more. and the actor
took the hat
When he looked az it the next day his
teeth met in way that boded no good
for the bashful clerk. The hat was green.
/ However. he determined 10 make no com
plaint He recalled the hesitation Of the
man in the store, and so In the daytime
the green hat hung IN the closet At
night Mr.. Warfeld did not hesitate to
wear it 10 and from the scene Of his la
bors. His friends all asked. 'WheTe'd
you get the hat. Dave?" But Dave never
would tell, for he knew the joke was on
him.
Each morning he would gaze longingly
at his favorite hat, and then with q
shake Of his head would hang il back on
its hook
7 haven't got the nerve" he would
mutter. THE shapes all right, but, Oh,
the color"
One day last week a member OF his
family. who was reading newspaper,
suddenly looked up and exclaimed:
WHY. what do you suppose
I don't know" answered Warfleld.
Somebody dead or married, l guess. I
give up"
The King Of England's wearing a
green hat like yours
No. reallyg" said the actor. The King
can do no wrong. Hand me that hat
I'm going to wear II. Wonderful how
great heads At in the same hats-what?"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
KAISER GUEST OF TOWER.
Host Splendid Entertainments in
Berlin at American Embassy.

Berlin at American Embassy.
Emperor William dined recently with
Ambassador and Mrs Tower at the
American Embassy in Berlin.
There is no other embassy in Berlin
at which such splendid entertainment
can be given, and no other American
embassy in Europe which Is so ideally
adapted to the purpose. Charlemagne
Tower jr, has filed the post Of Ameri-
can Ambassador In way that viii
make the path Of his successor difficult
He pays $4,000 a year rent for the
place in which he lives and entertaines,
and this rent Is just $500 a year more
than his salary.
The embassy Is the famous old Prinz-
helm Palace, which had been vacant for
several years before Mr.. Tower arrived
In Berlin, for the reason that no one
could AFFORD 10 live in H. The house
stands at a corner Of the Koenigs-
Platz. opposite the Reichstag
The interior is decorated with fine
carvings and has spacious corridors and
a graceful winding staircase Of white
marble. At the head Of this staircase
Ambassador and Mrs. Tower received
the Emperor and his staff. The dining
room, while not large enough FOR a
great banquet. seats thirty or forty
persons comfortably. It opens upon
a conservatory in which a string
orchestra Is hidden among palms and
tTee-feFns and flowers. At these din
uers the coffee is generally served in
the library, where the Emperor and the
other guests can smoke and drink beer.
The Kaiser is found Of lighting a pipe
iu the evening, and in Germany this is
considered the proper thing 10 do.
The drawing-roOms Of the embassy
are nor large but they open out Of
each other in q way as 10 form q long
suite that is in many ways q pIeasaHteT
place for a reception than If the space
they occupied were all one large room.
The Towers have made themselves
very acceptable at the German court,
but American visitors 10 Berlin have
repeatedly complained Of their GOODNESS
10 their COmpatriOts and there was
recently a great fuss made over what
was called the Ambassador indeCre-
t.on in presenting Harry Lehr at court.
In spite Of the ridicule the Berlin pa
pers heaped upon the Ambassadors
head and OF the sarcastic remarks
made by Americans in reference TO Mr..
Lehr and his actions. it IS evident that
the Kaiser has taken no offeHse.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
USE WALKING STICKS.
English Women Reviving Custom OF
Early Part of Nineteenth Century.


It is said that the vomen's walking
stick is coming into fashion again. Vari-
Gus kinds have long been carried by
women in England and France. They are
nearly always stout canes OF ash or rose
wood, initiating closely those used by
brother or hus5and-jUst the average
walking stick length. When Queen Alex
andra, then the Princess of Wales. was
obliged bv an accident TO her knee TO
walk with a stick, her loyal feminine sub
jects Immediately adopted both the limp
and the cane. OF course, the limp didnt
stay long in fashion-it was a trife IA
tiguing and quite difficult TO do grace
fully-but the walking stick for women
became permanent institution. Il Is pot
yet common IN London, but no country
walk undertaken by an English woman Is
quite complete without one, says the New
York Tribune.
There are three kinds OF canes that. II
the fashion really establishes itself will
be used. The first Is a short cane, a little
over two feet long. called a "swagger
stick in the army. The second is a flli-
length cane OF the size used by men, but
very ornate The third is practically a
staff such as women used at the begin
ming of the nineteenth century. As orig
inally used, IL was very long. coming
nearly as high as the shoulder. A colored
ribbon was sometimes knotted around the
silver top. 1t was an extremely stately
affair, and hardly seems suited TO these
hustling, prosaic, modern days.
But woman will be as snachrOnistic as
she pleases. and London believes that be-
fore long the tail eighteenth century
walking cane viii really return to fashion
again
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

pianist, is now in San Diego, Cal. where
she went with Mr.. Kutchin for the win
ter on account of his health. Mrs. Kut-
chin has played there at many charity
concerts and frequently at social affairs
in private houses
Mrs. Kutchin was the piano teacher OF
Miss Ethel Roosevelt Miss Roosevelt was
the only pupil she retained after her mar
Tiage a few years ago.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
circumstances Alter Cases.


Motorist (in witness bOx)-The police
swear that the ear was going at sixty
miles an hour. do they? Why. the old
car couldn't touch twenty on her top
speed
Magistrate (Who sold car to defend.
ant)-What nonsense, man. Why. I've
often got fifty out Of her with a-h'm-I
mean-yes. I'm afraid you must pay 95.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
Not Expected of Him.

From Judge.
so you want a job. hey? Well, what
did YOU do at your last place."
Il didn't do anything. was the Of
fee boy"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

Mrs. Howard Malcolm Kutchin. former
" Miss Mary Kimban, = Washington
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

Mr.. Oskar Krutzsch will give a studio
musicale, Tuesday evening, when he will
present Mrs. J. 0. Hoppe, pianist, in
recital She has attained a prominent
place among local players. Her pro-
gramme viii be made up from Mozart
Grieg, Rachmaninon, LiszL Chopin, and
MOsZkOWski
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

Mrs. Williston Hough. formerly Miss
Lotta Mills, and Miss Alice Burbage. two
pianists Of this city, accompanied by Mrs,
Ward Br vn, went to Philadelphia last
week to bear the first performance of
Arthur iiinton's concerto, played by
Katharine Goodson, his wife, with the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
The Washington visitors were enter
tanned in Philadelphia by Mrs. Ketter-
linus, Of tnat city and Bar Harbor. a
patron of music in both places.
Mr. and Mrs. Hinton have many friends
in Washington, where they are known
both musicaly and professionally. Mrs
Hinton played the piano at a recent
musicale in the White House, under her
maiden name Of Katharine G0Odson.
Miss Blanche Yewell contralto, who re-
Gently resigned as soloist in the Temple
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

At the meeting of the Friday Morning
Music Club last week Mr.. Arthur Whit
ing, Of Boston, gave the programme.
Mr. Whiting first lectured on the harp
sichord, its uses and its relations to the
old masters and composers as compared
10 the piano and modern composers. and
then played some of the old compositions
written for the harpsichord on an old
harpsichord sent TO the Washington club
toF the purpose. These were: Intermezzo.
by ScaTlatti; a Bach prelude and fugue.
and some Mozart numbers. He PLAYED a
Scariatu pastorale first on the harpsi-
chord and then on the piano. to show the
difference In the color effects.
Mr. Whiting then played a group Of
Brahms numbers on the piano-three in
termezzi, senate, and scherzo. This
programme was the most interesting
which the Friday Morning Club has had
this season.
Mrs. Howard Malcolm Kutchin. former
" Miss Mary Kimball, q Washington
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

The Rebew Orchestra VIII have as
soloists, at its next public rehearsal, Mrs
Edith d. Bayly. soprano. and Mrs. D.
Olin Leech cOntraIto This orchestra.
although strictly amateur, during its
nine years existence has interpreted
Haydn's Military Symphony. in D major;
Beethovens First Symphony, and the
first movement of SchUbert's Unfinished
Symphony.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-31
EASTERN MARKETS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

YORK, 3o-The prices of stocks down
weakness the London market reflected in
enhanced suspicion attaching the last weeks
in
of the curb market for newly foated mining stock
aceabl the caused by the sharp recession in the at
vich April
market The in the companys securities has given confidence
The the selling United States steel also kept alive fears
Of
in Withdrawals
relief
in This
by
of The
special operation comptrols
holding
OF officially explained
Bonds were irregular $872000 United
bonds were unchanged call