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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

to his own and some of the other fel-
lows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

Senator La Toilette has named his
magazine the State probably because it
will always be in a state of eruption.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Friday, December 4, 1903.

The early shopper has the choice
you know.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Everybody Knows IL.

at is expensive travelling"
"You bet! Why, III some places yon
have to pay a quarter fer two postal
cards"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
In the Field of Literature

The Red Book Maeazine.-The holt
day issue of the Red Book magazine
sounds the CHEEKY note of Christmas
from the especially attractive cover
to the illustrated section dealing with
the current drama, which closes the
number. An article of sort at once
novel and exceedingly timely at this
period of the year when the eyes Of
people turn toward the old home is
The Men Who Can't Come Back"
in which James de Conlay, than whom
no traveller has a closer knowledge
of the Orient, tells of the fugitive
Americans he has met in odd corners
of the world who may never visit the
homeland with safety to themselves.
An article more deeply fraught with
the desirable quality of human inter-
est we do not recall ever having read.
Another article and one which will no
doubt arouse much controversy is by
Gertrude Atherton whose subject is
"Bridgewhist and Drink Some of the
things Mrs. Atherton says about soc
ial gaming" in America are rather
startling Among the stories contained
in the number which are especially
attractive are What the Buyer
Bought" by Anne Warner; 1.-The Hold
Up" by Clarence E. milford; Service"
| by Richard Washburn Child; ''The
Pursuit of the Present" by Charles
Battel Loomis, and appearances
Are" nv Beatrice HanScom The
department devoted to exquisitely.
printed portrait studies is notably at.
| tractiye.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

In a short time congress will know
on whose hands it is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
Only One "Bromo Quinine.u

Ohiy One "6romo QuinIne.
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine
Look for the signature of E. w. Grove.
Used the world over to cure a cold in
one day. 25c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. Ill IEn-
tered at the postoflce as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

People take it for granted that Il
good natured man can't get angry, and
great is the occasional surprise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

Sometimes you
can very well es-
innate what is in
a man when he is
out of a job.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

One way to make a living is to find
job of real work and make connec-
ton with good payroll through the
lob
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

The real grief of the con man lies in
the assertion that you can't fool some
of the people all the time, and his only
consolation is the reflection that there
are others
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

A Lincoln ReveIation-An unworked
mine of rich Lincoln material will, by
a happy coincidence, yield it's first ore
in the Lincoln Centennial year.
Throughout Lincoln's administration,
from 1861 to 1865, his secretary of the
navy, Gideon Welles, kept diary
commenting in the fullest, frankest
manner on men and events as he saw
them. Debates in the cabinet are re-
ported almost verbatim. and there is
hardly a great figure of the time who
does not appear conspicuously in the
diary But in the forefront always is
Lincoln. 1t is truly said of the great
president that the more one knows of
him the greater is ones admiration.
In this diary one sees him continually
face to face just as he was when he
worked and suffered. This diary, still
in manuscript. will by an arrangement
just concluded be published in the
Atlantic during 1909.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Poverty is a

Poverty Is a
disease that is
b o t h infectious
a IL d conta gious,
and the only rem
edy for it is
plenty of money
for everybody.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

You often find it hard to teach some
men anything because experience,
stern old experience, has been ON the
Job before you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

He begins to wonder how he can
break the cold and clammy news to
her that he can only be near brother
to her.
The only way to get along with some
people undoubtedly is to make shift to
get along without them.
1t is nice to be friends with every
! body. but when it comes TO the pinch
you win find that everybody's friend is
nobody's friend; hence no reciprocity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

ing. 1t would appear that the many
clever artists that are connected with
The Sketch have been in friendly ri
valry as to who should do the best
work, and the presentation plate en-
titled my Dance, Believe" by Frank
Haviland, is especially entitled to
praise. 1t is fine Autograph in sew
eral colors and of itself worth many
times the cost of the book.
The Worlds Work.-The Worlds
Work for December contains four ar
ticles that make it a number of UNI
usual Importance: Mr.. Rockefeller in
the third chapter of his "Reminis-
cences," discusses The Difficult Art of
Giving; Lieutenant Colonel J. Fl. Pat
terson, of the English army, continues
to tell in his matter-of-fact way the
| wonderful story of The Lions That
| Stopped Railroad; Mr.. Andrew Car
negie writes on How Men Get Rich,
and The Right View of Wealth; and
Ray Chapman Andrews gives an &C,
count of Whale Hunting as 1t Is Now
Done. with i remarkable lot of photo
graphs taken by the author from the
deck of a 'whaler." Other articles in
the December Worlds Work are: How
Travel by Sea Was Made Safer than
on Land. by Lawrence Perry; The Sun
day School Around the World, by Ed
gar Allen Forbes; A Novelist and His
Novels in Politics, by Stanley John
son. There are the usual illuminating
departments on finance and insurance
that have grown to be genuinely help
full to readers of The Worlds Work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

Most pc ople
would rather be
right than get
left, and the sad
part of it is that
often alas, too
often - they are
both.
Some pc Cpl e
who are looking
for w ork suffer
from myopia
when some in
stinct tells them
that the job is
near and hefty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

people refuse even at that to give cur.
rency to the conversation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
A WHALES MOUTH.
The Grove of Twelve Foot Quills That
Fills the Cavern.

The Grove of Twelve Foot Quills That
Fills the Cavern.
The rules for eating accredited to
Gladstone and Fletcher, which requir-
ed thirty-two, more or less, chews to
each mouthful, were never meant for
the true whale. 1t has no teeth, and 1t
swallows Its food whole, catching 1t in
the baleen,- or strips Of "whalebone,"
which depend from the sides of Its
mouth. If whale saw the whale
bones that womankind are accustomed
to using in their waists he would never
recognize them as part Of his all
mentary system, they are SO small. In
the form in which they would be IA
miliar to him they would be ten or
twelve feet long and look like giant
brushes, with handle ten inches wide
at the end.
One might wonder how any animal
could close its mouth with grove OF
twelve foot quilts sticking out of the
roof. When the mouth closes the slabs
of baleen lie fiat in grooves. When the
mouth opens the slabs spring forward,
completely filling the cavern. One
whale may have as many as TOO In its
mouth. Sometimes the weight of this
giant mouth fringe Is ton, and the
contents of the mouth Of one whale
taken in Bering sea on Oct. 20, 1883,
weighed 800 pounds, or ton and a
half.-New York Tribune.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
A STORY OF THE SEA.

I The Man Who Braved the Storm and
the Sailor He Rescued.
OF the coast of Ireland there was
terrible storm, and crowd gathered
on the shore to see storm tossed yes-
sci not far away being pounded on
the rocks.
Sturdy men launched a boat and
pulled away at the oars to rescue the
imperiled ones.
AS the boat came back the watchers
on the shore cried, did you get
themY' and they answered: "All but
one. We had to leave him or risk the
lives Of ALL" And when they were
landed a stalwart fellow stepped from
the group and said, "Who will join me
in the rescue of the remaining oneT'
Then an aged woman cried out: ooh,
my son, don't go; don't go! You are
all have left Your father was
drowned at sea, and your brother Will
liam sailed away, and we never heard
from him, and now if you are lost I
will be left In sorrow alone"
But the man replied: II must go,
mother. Duty calls me-" Then he
and other brave hearts launched the
boat and pulled for the wreck.
Anxiously the mother waited in tears
and prayers. At last they saw the
lifeboat coming nearer and nearer, and
when 1t was In hailing distance they
called, "Have you got your man"
And the answer rang out clear above
the storm, Eyes, and tell mother it's
brother Williamp
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
ChurchviIle Pike

Work on the Churchville pike is
progressing at the rate of about
200 feet of completed roadway
each day, and considering the ex'
acting character of the construc-
ton this is regarded as good pro.
gress. The roadway is now COM
pleted as far as the old Stogdale
house. 1t has been determined to
change the route after crossing
Middle river bridge. This new
route follows the Stribling Spring
road bearing to the right and cir.
cling the big hill at that point
thence up Whisky Greek to
Churchville. This saves a diff.
cult climb of the long hill and fur.
nishes an even river grade all the
way to Churehville.
As far as the pike has been COM
pleted it is excellent, and is as
good as, if not better than, any
other road in the state. The grad
ing and culvert work of the road
is almost as good as railroad work,
and will, by its excellence, sur
prise any one who has never drlv-
en- over it. The road is ideal In
it's smooth solidity and is spoken
of with pride by those who live
along the line.-Staunton Dispatch
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
THE FUR SEAL.
A Sea Animal With Heart, Liver and
Kidneys Like Sheep.

Kidneys Like a Sheep.
Ths fur seal is q land animal Of per
verted tastes, who, living at sea, has
had his paws changed into fippers
very like the long black kid gloves OF
a woman. His heart, liver and kidneys
are exactly the same as those Of a
sheep and just as good to eat, but his
flesh although just like fat mutton to
look at, is rank and distasteful from
his habit of eating fish. The whole
package is put up In parcel of thick
white fat to keep the body warm,
while from the skin grows a heavy
crop of beautiful brown fur, protected
with large fat oil bearing hairs, max
ing glossy surface which slides
through the water without friction.
Perfectly fearless, oyerfowing with
fun, a perfect little athlete, marvellous
ly strong, the fur seal is the most de-
lightful Of all wild creatures. But, al
though they live at sea, the seals, be-
ing heavily clothed in fat skin and
hair, find tie temperate ATTITUDES much
too warm for comfort during the sum-
mer months. Since they cannot shed
their garments like ourselves they
migrate to a subarctic climate, gather
Ing In immense multitudes where there
are fisheries to support them. Their
ration is fifty pounds Of cod every
day, which for creature the size Of a
sheep is considerable.-Exc
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
Judge Mclaughlin

Before an audience composed OF
the members of the Staunton bar.
the board of supervisors of Angus.
ia county and others interested
spectators, a portrait of Judge Will
liam Mclaughlin was unveiled in
the circuit court room yesterday
morning. The committee of ar.
rangements, Messrs w A Pratt, A
G Gordon and J Fred EAinger, had
made all arrangements and the ex.
ercises went through without a
hitch. MIR Pratt, as chairman OF
the committee. asked Judge S II
Letcher, who succeeded Judge Nc
Langhlin on the bench, to preside.
Alter IA shors adde's, in arais" OF
tthe late Judge, Judge Letcher ask.
ed Mr.. j B Woodward to unvei
the monument, and then introduc.
ed Capt James Bumgardner, who
presented the portrait on behalf Of
the donors, and Hon Absolom
KoiDer received it on the part OF
The board Of supervisors of Angus
ia county.
An address was then made by
Can't Z D Ransom. Mr. Chas Curry
being unexpectedly called out o.
the city, his address was read BY
Mr. ] A Alexander, after which Nj
William Patrick and Capt K ) Re
also enlogized TIE subject of TIN
portrait,
Judge Mclaughlin took lis sea
on the bench here in 1870, whei
Mr. A b Lightner WAS sheriff ant
Mr. j N Ryan the clerk.
Capt Bumgarlner said that tn
temples os justice are Only less sa
cred than the temples of God. H'
said he would confidently affirm
the walls Of an Augusta county
court room have never been pollut
ed or disgraced by corrupt ludg
ment. He referred to Judge Nc
Laughlin in most complimentary
terms, and said the most powerful
influence upon the public mind i
example. He referred to the lat,
Judge Hendren, Judge Fultz ant
to the prominent lawyers, } How
Peyton, John b Baldwin and Ge'
NJ Cochran, whose portraits nov
adorn the walls Of the court room.
The portrait Of Judge McLaugh
| lin in oil is the work of Mr. h n
Wegner. The likeness is SO strik
ing that one instinctively feels tina
he is in the presence OF the lat
Judge. and the first IMPULSE is t.
speak to him. Mr.. Wegner ha
been congratulated on all sides OF
his wonderful success in this III
stance.-Stauntoh Dispatch, Apr
2Sth.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
Death List About $50.

New Orleans, April 26.-- The
totals of death, misery and ruin
caused in four southern states by
Frida, $ tornadoes came to hand
to day in approximately correct
form.
Briefly stated, they are:
Killed (about) SoO
Injured, painfully or seriously l,2o0
Hnmeless-Seyeral thousand.
Towns reporting serious wreck
age 10
Habitations and business houses
practically complete ruins in these
towns 1about) $500
The above figures do not include
the-wreckage on plantations and
farms. scores of which were struck
and damaged. The number OF
dead will never be known accurate
| ly. for about 800 of them were ne
groes and were buried in communi.
| ties without careful record oil their
numbers. /.
By following the wreckage or
towns the general direction OF the
tornadoes can be traced closely.
Apparently the storm struck IN the
separate currents. each describing
the arc of a circle and travelling to-
ward the northeast.
SOME REMARKABLE SIGHTS.
With the accounts of suffering
lave come reeitals OF remarkable
experiences of which the following
is typical:
At Amite, La, when the tornado
appeared, seven persons were at the
dinner table Of Hamilton Warmers
home, including three children,
One of the diners, Claude Bennett,
saw the whirlIng cloud in time to
shout a warming and rush outdoors,
but the Others remained in the dim
ing room. The wind,in second, tore
off two doors on opposite sides OF
1.-The room, and an astonishing pro-
cession of live and inanimate OBJ
jects began to pass into the room
through these door WAYS. First
came a calf running before the
wind. The animal jumped over the
! dining table and went out the OPP
posite door. Afterward came a
horse which followed through the
exit taken by the calf. The three
children sought refuge under the
table and no one was injured.
To-day has been one OF relief
measures throughout the wrecked
district. The ruined towns have
been visited by thousands of spec
tators, many Of whom went with
a few dollars in their pockets to
distribute among the needy. Sheds
made from the wreckage have been
the homes of hundreds. Small
parties of men Gil horseback have
gone through country districts,
taking Inventories Of the assistance
needed and rendering aid where it
is most necessary. At least doz-
en- relief funds have been started
in as many cities and towns.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
MAGIC IN MOROCCO.
Charms and Spells That Are Used Dy
Moorish Women.

Charms and Spells That Are Used oy
Moorish Women.
Mrs. Mansel Pleydel writes OF tne
curious charms used by the women VI
Morocco: Moorish women resort much
to charms to gain lovers or to keep
their affections when gained. There Ii
one charm which is seldom known 70
fail. 1t consists Of shredding a smali
piece Of an undergarment which tne
man has worn and, after certain III
carnations have been said over II, OF
rolling the particles into the shape
of a small ball. This is embedded IN
a large ball of clay and, after pelng
slightly damped, 1T is kept In POT
over the embers Of live charcoal.
81 have been assured that as soon
as the heat penetrates the clay the
man. whoever he may be, Will lay
aside whatever work he is doing at the
time and fly to the arms OF the woman
who invokes the charm. AS long as
the ball is kept warm so long VIII the
heat Of love bum in the heart OF tne
lover for that woman.
Another spell much resorted TO Is
cast by cutting off the tips OF DON
keys ears, cooking them and mixing
them In the mans food. he then De-
comes as foolish as a donkey, Win
love for the charmer who has provid-
ed his unsavory repast." = Chicago
News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
Nests Of the Golden Eagle.

Every pair of eagles whose habits
have had an opportunity of watching
over a period Of few years would
seem to have invariably at least two
alternative sites for their nests. Some
have three, and know Of one with
four sites. In fact / only know OF
one pair out Of many which habitually
resort to but one place and only one.
The reason for this is, however, ap-
parent, for owing to its situation 1t
has never been disturbed. The nest
Is in q small cavern on the face of an
absolute wall Of limestone rock some
800 feet high, at about 400 feet from
the summit Above the cliff is talus
of loose stone at an angle Of forty-fve
degrees or so, above which again rise
other precipices. To reach the nearest
point above this nest would be a long
days work.-London Saturday Review.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
The Majesty Of the pyramids.

As the wonder Of the sphinx takes
possession of you gradually, so grad
ually do you learn to feel the majesty
of the pyramids of Gizeh, unlike the
step pyramid of Sakkara, which even
when one Is near it looks like small
mountain, part of the land on which II
rests. The pyramids Of Gizeh look
what they are-artifcial excrescences
invented and carried out by man, ex-
pressions of mans greatness. Exqul
site as they are as features OF the
drowsy golden landscape at the setting
Of the sun, think they look most won
derful at night when they are black
beneath the stars. On many nights
/ have sat in the sand at a distance
and looked at them, and always ana IN
creasingly they have stirred my mag
nation. Their profound calm, their
classical simplicity, are greatly empha7
sized when no detail can be seen, when
they are but black shapes towering 10
the stars. They seem to inspire then
like prayers prayed by one who mas
said, "God does not need my prayers
but need them."-Robert Hichens Id
Century Magazine.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
University of Paris.

The doctors degree in the University
of Paris is so entitled as to designate
the faculty under which the work was
done, as those who do literary work
would receive the degree doctor of let
tiers, etc. To obtain the doctors de-
gree the candidate must possess the
lower degree Of the corresponding d.
vision Of work. submit two theses on
different questions, reply to questions
or objections concerning them, pay
fee Of 40 francs and present 100 print
ed copies of one Of his theses to the uni
versity. The candidate for the degree
doctor Of letters must write one thesis
in Latin, the other in French. If IN
the scientific department the thesis
must be on some original inyestiga-
ton; If in theology, the examinations
are both oral and written.--School Bul
letin.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
A Shower WeJdino.

"And you say when the heiress be-
came the wife of the foreign noble
man it was a shower wedding"
Il should say so. The bride wore g
shower bouquet"
"Yes."
"And then there was shower of
rice"
"Myw
Followed by a shower of copgratu-
lations and old Shoes"
"WelI, well! And how did 1t end
upY
every embarrassing all round. The
nobleman's creditors came around and
presented shower Of bills. kansas
City Independent.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
A statssman,s confessions.

For all his caustic wit Thomas ..
Reed of Maine was as tender OF heart
as large Of frame. He was not mucn
OF hunter. II never shot put ens
bird In my life" he once coHtesseq:
II spent whole day doing that =
was a sandpiper. chased MN iof
hours up and down a mill s,re AN
When at last potted him ana nela
him up by one Of bis poor lllue ls se,t
I never felt more ashamed OF myssi +
In all my-life. hid him in my coa'. saa
rocket for fear somebody would -
how big vas and how small tne Yic,
tim and 4 never will be guilty agail
of the .cowardice OF sucn an unea'
hattie. "A Exchange.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-05-01
Earth's Unknown Regions

No less than nine separate expe-
ditions are being fitted out to ex-
plore the Arctic and Antarctic re-
pions and other mysterious parts OF
the earth's surface. 1t is natural
that early spring should be the
season of greatest activity in this
line, for, in the polar regions at
least, summer is the best season to
make explorations.
1t stirs the Imagination TO think
that there are nearly 100000
square miles of the earth's surface
of which the civilized world knows
nothing.
The unknown land and sea
around the South Pole covers more
than 100000 square miles. Eng
lish and French parties will vie
with each other this year in at
tempts to gather knowledge OF
that vast region. The English
party, under Capt, E. H. Shake.
ton, left London some months ago,
and the French party, under Dr..
Charcot, IS supposed to be starting
about this time. A third expedi-
ton has been undertaken from
Buenos Ayres, and fourth is
planned in Belgium.
In the Arctic, past attempts have
brought explorers nearer and vet
nearer to the Pole, but their is still
an unknown region of 100000
square miles, including the largest
glacier in the world. There are at
this moment two expeditions strug-
Cling northward. One is the
AngIo-American expedition of
Mikkeslsen and Lefingwell, and
the other conducted by DR.. Fred
rick A. Cook. Other parties are
talking Of similar attempts.
Several expeditions are now ex.
ploring the ittle.known parts OF
South America and Africa. 1t j:
an interesting fact that the heart
of Australia contains half a million
square miles of territory virtually
unknown, including a lake of 5000
square miles, which is below sea
level. A little light was shed on
this region by an expedition from
Glasgow few years ago, and 1t is
planned to send out another expe,
dition this spring. American par
ties are exploring the headwaters
of the Amazon and Orinoco, re-
pions which have rarely, if ever,
been visited by white men.