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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
For RENT-RooMs.

FOR RENT--Modern furnished room at
1928 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

MONEY TO LOAN-On real estate Sc
curity at lowest rates. Marion IL.
SWEENEY, attorney, rooms 80 and 50,
Mitchell & Lynde building, Rock Is
land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

HURST & STAFFORD-At-
torneys-atla Office in Rock Island
National bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
MONEY TO LOAN.

LOANS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY
at lowest rates. Ludolph & Reynolds,
lawyers, Buford block. corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
EXPRESS. STORAGE, nus AND CAB.

EAPRESS, STORACE, KUS AND Cab.
ROBES TRANSFER COMPANY = 100
West Seventeenth street. Old phone
1887; new. phone 515S. New storage
building. Express, baggage, bus and
RELIABLE STORAGE-On first floor;
also manufacturer of awnings, tents,
wagon covers, etc. Tents for rent. b.
Roessler &a Co, 209 Fifteenth street,
opposite the court house, Rock Island.
EWERT e. RICHTER = Express and
Storage company. having unequaled
facilities for moving, storing. packing
and shipping household goods. and
can quote reduced freight rates to
Pacific coast and other points. Write
or call Office and warehouse, 322-
326 East Fourth street Davenport,
Iowa. Telephone sos.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

FOR SALE-A very nice home at 1410
Forty-first street; is only three years
old and is in nice repair; has 50-foot
front lot, well fenced, has some fruit
on place; price, S1,650. II. X. Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms in
modern house at 1126 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
WANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED = Bell boys at the Harper
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-Washing and ironing to do
by competent waSherwoman. Inquire
at 2022 Fourth avenue.
feathers; highest price
paid for old feathers. Call old phone
592-Y, or address 1911 Second ave-
nue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

~ men between ages 10 and IS; an OPP
portunity to see the world. For full
information apply in person or by
letter to Marine Recruiting Office,
postoffice, Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
INSURANCE.

INSURANCE on dwellings and house
hold furniture a speciality. c. X.
Chamberlin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

FOR RENT-One house for SO. also
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 3l2 Fourteenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

FOR SALE-$1,250 cash will buy a five
room house; it is q bargain. w. Z.
Bailey, 1721k Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

M Entry & MENIRY - Attorneys at
law. Loan money on good security;
MAKE collections. References, Mitch
ell & Lynde. bankers. Office. Mitchell
& Lynde building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

LOANS ON FURNITURE, pianos. horses,
wagons, salaries, etc; quickly, pri-
vately, at the lowest rates. Mutual
Loan company (uninc.). room All,
Peoples National bank building, Rock
Island. Phone old west 122.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
: FOR RENT-HOUSES.

FOR RENT-Six room cottage. partly
modern. Call at 2116 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

money on household goods, horses,
wagons, etc, without removal and in
a quiet way. Call on us for quick
loans. Fidelity Loan company, room
IS, Mitchell Il Lynde block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

to distribute circulars,
samples, signs; good pay. no canvass
ing. Oliver, Lake View building. Chi
cago, ILL.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

FOR SALE-A six-room modern house
on Fourteenth and-a-half street; gas,
furnace. bath; big east front, corner
lot; $4,000. Harry II. Hubbard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

SEARLE e. MARSHALL = Lawyers.
Money to loan on good real estate
security. Mitchell & Lynde block,
Rock Island, Il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

FOR RENT-Furnished room. $1.25 per
week. Inquire at 429 Fortysecond
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

WANTED-Young man to prepare for
railway mail service. Examinations
soon. Salary $500 to $500. For in
formation address L." care Argus
office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Forty acres
close to Davenport. VIII take city
property as part payment See Eek
hart & Buffum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

HOPE THOMPSON - Attorney at-law.
General law business; probate. COM
mercial and corporation law. 1907
Second avenue, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

LUDOLPH & REYNOLDS = Attorneys
at-law. Money to loan. General legal
business. Notary public. 1905 Sec
ond avenue, Buford block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

MURPHY. f. Murphy. attorney-at-
law. General legal practice. Rooms
IA and 16, Mitchell e Lynde building.
Union Electric phone 5601
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

WANTED = Household goods to move,
store, pack or ship at reduced rates
to Pacific coast and other points. For
the best service at lowest rates write
or call on Ewert & Richter Express &
Storage company, 322-S26 East Fourth
street, Davenport, Iowa. Tel. sos.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to sell high grade
white lead. So to $12 per day NEuar
anteed. Experience not necessary. 4
White Lead company, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

WANTED = Hustling men, distribute
samples and circulars no canvass
ing; steady. Globe Adv. & Dist. AS
ISOLATION, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-04

Observation-Disclosures everywhere, s25 to
$50 made weekly distributing circu-
lars, samples. no canvassing; steady.
Merchants Outdoor Ad. Co, Chicago.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
j ILL., /
1T PAYS To GO TO CHURCH.
II You Are a Young Doctor and Are
On Hand When Needed.

II you are a young doctor with all
the requirements OF a successful ca
reer except patients, You may find
it pays to go to church. This is true,
especially If you have a command
Ing appearance and are on the job
when opportunity offers One young
doctor in Brooklyn found this to be
true. He attached himself to
church with a large membership,
and was assiduous in attending SER
vices. AS he was good looking, his
presence aroused remark, especially
among the women members of the
congregation. At the morning SER
vices on a recent Sunday, a woman
who sat in front pew near the pull
pit tainted There was a call for a
doctor. The young man rose up in
his place in a side pew, stalked ma
jestically around to and down the
centre aisle, and soon was admins
tering to the sufferer in his best pro-
fessiOnal manner. 1t was big
feather in the young doctors cap
New York Sun.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
TUSKLESS ELEPHANTS.
CeyIon the Only Part of he World
Where They Exist.

What a sight for a Ceyion elephant
hunter would be the first view Of a
herd of African elephants tus-
kers, It is singular thing that
Ceylon is the only part of the world
where the male elephants have no
tusks: they have miserable little
grubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper jaw and in
clining downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn in fine specimens thrOugout
CeylOn. Although some of the buf-
faloes have tOlerably fine heads, they
will not bear a comparison with
those of other countries. The horns
OF the native cattle are not above
four inches in length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
lers are small compared with deer
of their size in India. This is more
singular. as it is evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
mote period CeyIon was not an is
land, but formed a portion of the
main land. 1t is thought there must
be elements wanting In the Ceylon
Lasturage for the formation OF
ivory Manual.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
With Allowance,

There is an editor In a little New
York town who has a we'll developed
streak of gentle humor and a fond
ess for gardening. Not long ago
the man of all work left him. and the
ecitor advertised for some one to
fill his place Among the applicants
Tor the position was a man who
seemed to know his business thor
Oughly. but who failed to produce
references as to character when re-
cuested. Moreover, his eyes were
somewhat shifty.
You say you have no references ?'
the editor asked.
mo, sir, have not, the man re-
Piled in a tone OF humble pride, but
| think, sir, that you will find honesty
printed on my face"
The editor smiled little, well
er-perhaps," he admitted that is,
allowing for typographical errors" ."
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
EIectrocutinp Animals.

The slaughter of animals for TODD
by electrocution is being experiment.
ed by DR.. Leduc, a French scientist,
who has been conducting his investi-
cations in the French abbattoirs. He
has been using the Intermittent low
tension currents and says that ne is
satisfied that the system is painless,
the central functions of perception
being first DESTROYED and then those
of circulation and respiration, so
Tat there is neither suffering nor re-
action In the animals thus killeu. The
doctor is sndeavoring to devise some
piece of apparatus by which the kill
ing of cattle may he accomplish ed by
electricity with economy and celerity.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
sTRATEGICAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever Little Weasel and His
Means of Defense.

Take another OF our animals, a
fierce little weasel, clad in summer
in a coat of brown, in winter turn
ing white. but always with a jet black
tip to the tail The eTmine, as 1t is
II correctly called in its winter coat.
has an easy time of it, sneaking upon
the mice and birds upon which 1t
preys. bat when a hawk takes after
1t in an open field in the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight, it would
lave but short shrift with all its
sinuous leaping, were it not that the
black tail tip is so conspicuous that
it constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white of the body to
be confused with the snow. Even
when we place a dead weasel on the
snow and look at It from a distance,
we realize how true this is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts of
black hairs to this little yermin
who spends his life in hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing Maga-
zine.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Dogs around Blacksmith Shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways to be found lOafing about every
blacksmith shop This fact is so
we'll recognized that detectives when
sent out after valuable dogs that
have been lost invariably visit first
all the blacksmith shops in the neigh
borhood. The reason why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordinately the odoF and the
taste of burning hoofs. They snifr
the odor as. woman sntffs a rose.
and they eat the hoof parings as a
gourmet eats truf1es.- Minneapolis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Followers of Mark Twain

The latest addition to the fresh air
fiends seems TO be included in the
young ambulance surgeons. In spite
of near-to zero weather 1t is common
TO see one of these young men re-
spending to a hurry call without a
hat, and it Is quite as common a sight
to see them. even at night time,
when it always seems colder than in
the day time, seated on the rear seat
of the ambulance, attired in white
duck trousers. Doub less 1t is only
a part of the exuberance OF youth.
bat duck trouser. on night when
the mercury is trying to push the
bottom out OF the thermometer do
seem a trifie out Of place.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
SmOkeIcSS Goal.

A London inventor claims to have
discovered a process for producing
amokeless coal. apparently by distil
latiOn of coal at a low temperature.
This, after distillatiOn, is said to de-
pOsit a very brilliant substance, the
heating properties of which are far
greater than those of the original
coal, and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction. and
that by the extraction of the smoke
producing material in coal before be-
ing burned, be has been successful
in producing a smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
ErerYone Of Them a Bird.

A current newspaper item is as
follows: THE wife of a Methodist
minister in West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first hus-
band was named Robin; her second
husband, Sparrow; and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
row two young Robins, one Sparrow.
and three little Quayles in the family.
One grandfather was a Swan, and
another was a Jay; but he's dead
and now a bird of Paradise.
They live on Hawk-ave., Eagle
vile, Canary Islands, and the fellow
who wrote this article is a Tyre bird
and an interesting relative of the
family
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
The More Careful widower.

In a village of Picardy. after
long sickness, a farmers wife fell
Tito q lethargy. Her husband was
willing, good Ean, to believe her out
of pain, and SO according to the Gus
tom OF that country, she wa, wrap
ped In a sheet and carried out to be
tdried But. as luck would Lave it.
the bearers carried her so near the
hedge that the thorn pierced the
sheet and awoAe the woman from her
trance. SOL-e years after she died
in reality. ami es the funeral passed
along, the husband would every now
and then all out Not too Lear the
edge, Beighborsi Not too near tue
hedge!" Bits.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
SOMETHING ABOUT MATCHES.
Half the Output of the World Used
in America.

1t is now just eighty years since
the lucifer match. the first genuine
Friction match was invented, fnd the
little match, which has been one Of
the most potent agents of modern
material development. is now one Of
the things which is giving worry to
the friends of the forests
1t is hard for the present genera
ton to realize the inconvenience
from which the friction match eman-
cipated their ancestors. The manu-
facture of this product has become a
great. and even a diversified indus
try, because every section seems to
have matches peculiar TO .tsclf
A man who has been 3 CONNER
cial traveller for mauy years declares
that If he were taken up and car
ried to any point east of the Allie
ghenies be could tel! within a hun
dred miles of where he was by the
matches he should find in use There
is also a natioLal pride in matches.
recent mayor of Manchester, Eng
land, visiting friends in Boston, re-
Gently, spoke of our "abominable
matches" and declared that he did
not see how a high spirited, inde-
penden, and enterprising people like
ourselves. put up with them
The American people, however.
appear to be fairly we'll contented
with the home product, else they
would not buy and consume sc maBy
with comparatively so little grumb-
ling. They use up about 100000
100000 a year or about half of all
that are manufactured in the world.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Hanging Pictures Dangerous.

Railroad casualties receive such
wide publicity" said an insurance
man, that there is a common belief
On the part of the public that one is
more liable to accidents while travel
ling than when living the simple life
In the confines of his home. As
matter OF cold fact. statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people who get
hurt hanging pictures or taking
stoves apart than they do to the vic
tins of head-on collisions. 1t
sounds strange, but it's the truth.
kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Cards for Everything.

So thoroughly has the card index
or catalogue become a part OF mod
ern business that practically no ac-
tivity is without it. Brides 4ep the
list of presents on cards. Pastors
are adopting the card index to keep
the name ami addresses of their par
ishioners. Not long ago the COM
plete list of .lembers of the Grand
Lodge of MasOns of New York was
transferred to cards. There are a
million names. Owners of stables
and kennels keep the records Of their
animals on cards instead of in books.
Writers now keep cards on which
they put down experiences" or
"episodes" to be filed away and to
be used for material when they get
down to writing g.-Sat Evg. Post,
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Arctic Dog Life.

Nowhere In the world has the dog
such unrestricted right Of way as in
our most northerly possession
Alaska. In winter, when the more
than $4,000 square miles of territory
are sealed up in solid fee, dogs are
almost the sole means OF getting
from place to place-in fact, they
seem necessary to life itself.
The aristocrats of Arctic dog life
are the mail teams in the service Of
the United States Government. They
are to-day a superior breed to the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discov-
cries demanded increased mail ser
vice.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Saving Paper.

The price of paper has increased
so much in the last few years that
we may have to do our writing on
bark or celluloid. But here is a
pointer: One of the big firms In New
York. employing 1000 people, has q
way of assisting you to save letter
paper, and at the same time serves
itself In a matter Of file and record.
In writing to a customer, for in
stance. only one side of the sheet is
used. Sheets are made of many
sizes. to fit the length of all CORES
pondence. At the bottom is printed
in blue ink: IF necessary to reply,
Please do so on the back Of this let
ter. This is q clever idea.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
POrpoises at Play.

A remarkable photograph of half
a dozen porpOises playing under wa
ter just ahead OF the bow OF steam
ship travelling at the rate of I3
knots an hour. has been publ shed
by 9 correspondent OF knowledge.
Mr.. c. H. Gale MI Gale calls at
teutiOn to the singular fact that the
pOTpoises while easily maintaining
their position ahead of the ship show
ed no apparent effort or motion Of
body, tail or fin. Yet he thinks that
they were not carried along by move
ment Of water in front of the vessel,
because air bubbles were seen rush
ing from their backs, and the pho
tograph shows the effects of these
bubbles by the white streaks on the
Vacks Of the animals. Sometimes
they rolled over sidewise, but they
always maintained their position
Youths Companon.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Names that Don't Name.

Many chemical names convey no
exact idea of the things they stand
for. Oil OF vitriol is no oil, neither
are oils of turpentine and kerosene.
Copperas is an iron compound and
contains no copper. Salts Of lemon
is the extremely poisonous Oxalic
acid. Carbolic acid Is not In acid
but an alcohol Cobalt contains
none of that metal but arcensic. Soda
later has no trace of soda. and su
gar of lead has no sugar; cream of
tartar has nothing of cream, nor milk
of lime any milk. German silver
has no silver and blacklead no lead.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
IndiaA Courage.

Katherine BeauIieu, a pupil of the
ChilOccO Indian School, Oklahoma.
had her hand caught in the big steam
mangle, and before the machine
could be stopped the arm had been
dragged in above the elbow. The
physician was able to save the arm
but in order TO facilitate healing it
was necessary to graft fifty pieces of
skin over the wound. Volunteers
were called for and the doctor re-
ported several scrimmAges among
Uhe other pupils for the privilege of
being the first to contribute part of
their epidermis.-FrOm the Indian S
Friend
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Three Men to Move Book.

There lies in the British Museum
the largest book yet printed, a CO.
lossal atlas of engraved ancient
Dutch maps. 1t takes three men to
move it from the giant book case
in which II is stored in the library OF
-the museum. It is bound in Gather,
magnificentIy decorated. and is fas-
tened with clasps of solid silver,
richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet
hugh and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he left Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Supply Of Gold.

1t is mainly from Africa, Ameri-
ca and Australia that the world
draws its supply of gold, some $780,
600. 900 worth won regularly every
year, Africa leads with about $780,
100000; next comes the United
States with about $95, 900, 900; Aus
tralia ranks third with some 1885,
100000, while Russia, both in Eu-
rope and Asia, Mexico, Canada and
several other countries. make up the
remainder.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
ANTIQUITY OF GLASS.
Made in Egypt Thousands of Years
Before the Christian Era.

Though the art of making glass Of
certain kinds is very old, spectacles
had to wait on the discovery or in
vention of some method that would
produce 1t perfectly transparent.
Specimens OF glass have been found
in the Egyptian tombs that are more
than 1000 years old. and glass bot
ties are represented on tombs at
least 1900 years earlier.
In Mesopotamia the art of MAX
ing glass has been traced for at least
1900 years B. c. But all the glass
of antiquity was of inferior quality,
and was almost useless for purposes
where the rays of light were to be
transmitted unbroken and with un-
diminished energy.
Mirrors were also made in Egypt
thousands of years before the Chris
tian era. The materials used were
Cbsidian, zinc, and silver. Glass mir
rors are mentioned by Pliny. but
they gave back a very imperfect i'm
age and were not much esteemed.
That window glass. such as is now
in current use, was slow to gain cur
rency Is shown by the little panes in
many old buildings in Europe They
are usually round. or nearly so, and
so small that one of them can easily
be held between the tips of the fin
gers and the thumb.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Good SentrIes.

SILLY goose" is an expression
which should be used by the extreme
ly ignorant alone. No bird requires
more patience to shoot with gun or
camera. especially the latter. When
feeding you will find 1ocks varying
in size on open ground, and nearly
always on such ground that stalk is
impossible On the outskirts Cf these
ffocks you will always find sentries
with heads erect. eyes and ears alert,
the slightest sound OF movement and
you are detected-true descendants
from the ancient preseryers of Rome.
Country Life.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
European Stationery.

Hotel stationery must be cheap in
Europe The envelopes are 6h by
5 inches, and usually of some green
or blush tint, with an inch of heavy
printing across the top. Frequent
ly no place is left for the stamp.
These Feceptacles are so wide that
they arrive folded over a couple of
inches, which reduces them to the
size of the ordinary American COM
mercial envelope.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
New York's High Birth Rate.

The birth rate in New York
city during 1907 was 40 per cent
higher than that of Paris. II 1907
there were 125,126 births in New
York City and 79,2O5 deaths There
we're I3,354 more births In 1907
than in 1906-the gre-test increase
since 1S47.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
The Shy Man,

Women show no mercy to the shy
nan. for he stands outside of the
compass of convention. Gould he
break out all might be saved; the
nan might be permanently cured
But he cannot. He has been brought
up to respect convention. His mus
Gles may be of steel, his heart of fire,
but in his soul the spirit of difidencs
holds him in vice. In a drawing
room he stands gaping, qu&king, a
prey TO interpretive torment-he
who would perhaps storm ram
part with q triumphant smile on his
ltps.-London Observer.