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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

CHANNON, DUFVA & CO. Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines;
careful and skillful workmen. Prompt
attention. ia West Seventeenth street.
Phone 1142.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

FOR SALE-Bargains; rebuilt and used
automobiles; guaranteed; fine condi-
ton; some at ia per cent below orig
inal cost. State amount to invest.
Catalogue free. c. A. COey q Co,
1924 Michigan avenue. Chicago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
Real Estate Snaps


A Groom house, with furnace, in Sill
Wis; cost $2,55O last
year S2,s.IO
a new Groom modern house in Sears,
with half acre of ground;
actual cost over $4,000. 200
A 4-rOom cottage newly papered and
painted, convenient to car
line $500. .....-. SI,2Oo
A Groom house in east part of town,
partly modern, nearly new, big lot,
cost over 1880; only $3.50 down.
balance 8 per cent, snap. 81 $50
A fine S-room modern house on 23rd
street, every convenience, strictly
high grade PROPOSE
A large 5-room cottage. conveniently
located, in splendid condition, Il coy
home; $500 down, balance
easy terms .-.... ............ .S-,boO
piece of income property; houses
bring in 81 to $15 per month. each;
total monthly rental of S72.50; best
location in the city; can rec
Ommend this to any one ....... $4,000
! Property listed free of charge.
Money to loan on real estate.
Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m, 80 to 2:30
p. IN. Open Saturday evenings.
Harry H. Hubbard
Fire Insurance and Surety Bonds.
1906 Second Avenue. Both Phones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
CLAIRVOYANTS.

TTENTION-Consult Madam Meadow.
or love affairs. Located at 1927 Brady
street, Davenport.
MRS. MARY YATES-Business medium:
hours, / to 10 p. m. Residence, 705
Fourth avenue. Take the Blue line
west Phone west 724-X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits.
Money Loaned on Personal, Collateral,
or Real Estate Security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

DON'T DENY yourself delights con-
ferred by Satin Skin Cream and Sat
in Skin Powder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

FOR SALE-At a sacrifice; I will sell
for cash or payments, one upright
handsome Singer piano ,one nearly
new Fox typewriter, one National
cash register, 5000 pieces of old
coins, six or seven old violins, two
Washburn guitars, six clarinets, six
b fiat horns, also a lot of unredeem-
ed watches and diamonds; % pieces
of old mahogany furniture. four bar
Der chairs, one jewelers. lathe with
bench and tools, Is fine hard coal
stoves and 100 soft coal heaters, also
a fine line of steel ranges. Will sell cheap
or exchange same Loans on diamonds
at per cent. We make a speciality on
trunks and suit cases. Get my prices
and if L can't undersell anybody in
the three cities l will quit the bust
ness. The meaneSt man In town.
Don't forget my money never runs
out. Find this number and put the
rest of your money i'll the bank. 1909
Second avenue. Jones. Jones, Jones,
Secondhand Jones. Jones, the larg-
est secondhand dealer and loan agent
in the whole state of Illinois.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
FIRE INSURANCE.
Charles e. N@dgs@m
FIRE INSURANCE
AGENCY.
ESTABLISHED 1874.
FIRE INSURANCE.

Ins. Co. New York
Agricultural ms. Co.. New York
Farmers Ins. Co. York, Pa.
williamsburg ms. Co. ..... New York
New Hampshire ms. Co. N. Hampshire
Security ms. Co. New Haven, Conn.
ms Co, State of Illinois. Rockford, Ill.
Connecticut Fire ms. Co.. Connecticut
Ofice-Room 8, Buford block. Rates
as low as consistent with security
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
ART DECORATION.

PA1DON & SON Artistic interior
decoration. Finest line of late papers
carried and skilled workmen employed
JAMES w. MCONOCHIE Painter
Paperhanger and Decorator Esti-
mates on all kinds of painting cheer
fully furnished. 220S Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
FLORISTS,

HENRY GAETHJE - Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store, 1907
Second avenue. Telephone 111a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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FOR SALE - Tables and shelves for
store use, at 1878 Third avenue
FOR SALE-7h acres without build
ings, located one mile from city lin
it's. Price $1,000. Eckhart * Buff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
EDUCATIONAL.

VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. Rudimentary and high
er branches and all polite accomplish
ments taught. Twentieth street and
Fifteenth avenue, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms in
modern house at 1926 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
THE BANKS.
Rock island
Savings Bank
THE BANKS.

Incorporated Under the State Law.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
FOR RENT-ROONIs.

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, all mod
ern, at 1906 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

MONEY loaned to salaried people and
others, without security; easy pay
ments; no publicity. Call and get our
terms and method of doing business.
phone north PAIL. Victor Finance
company, 27h and % McManus build
ing, Second and Main streets, Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

young man of good ad-
dress, with references, work looking
after furnace or some such employ
ment, and have use of sleeping room
for pay. Address 'B. Il. Co. care
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

MONEY TO LOAN-On real estate Sc
curity at lowest rates. Marion E.
Sweenew, attorney, rooms 80 and S5,
Mitchell & Lynde building, Rock Is
land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

WANTED-Partner with small capital
in established business. Address
Partner" care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED-Cash orders for Prices coal
by the load. Telephone 5GO4 new
phone. G.. Evans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, all mod
ern, at 211 Fifteenth street, opposite
court house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-10

ON THE (MARKET) SQUARE.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
PHARAOH THE 0PPRESS0R.
This Is the Rameses Who Looms Over
the Egypt Of Today.

Like cloud, great golden cloud, a
glory impending that will not, cannot,
be dissolved into the ether, he Ram-
eses) doomed over the Egypt that Is
dead; he looms over the Egypt Of to-
day. Everywhere you meet his traces;
everywhere you. hear his name You
say to a tall young Egyptian, How
big you are growing, Hassanv'
He answers, Come back next year,
my gentleman, and l shall be like RAM
eses the Great"
Or you ask OF the boatman who rows
you, "How can you pull all day against
the current of the NileT And he
smiles, and, lifting his brown arm, he
says to you, Look; am as strong as
Rameses the Great"
This familiar fame comes down
through some 1920 years. Carved
upon limestone and granite, now 1t
seems engraven also on every Egyp-
tlan heart that beats not only with the
movement Of shadoof or is not buried
in the black soil fortified by Hapi.
Thus can inordinate vanity prolong
the true triumph Of genius and inn
press its own view of itself upon the
minds Of millions. This Rameses is
believed to be the pharaoh who op-
pressed the children of Israel.-Robert
Hichens In Century.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
BALL0ONING.
Il Is q Safe and Simple Sport, but Not
a Cheap One.

Il Is a Safe and Simple Sport, but Not
Cheap One.
The only peril In balloon ascension
In such good weather as careful aero
nauts choose for q voyage Is In alight-
ing, and in a we'll ordered expedition,
where all the passengers keep cool and
cling to the Ger, there is no danger at
all.
Even II the wind is blowing hard
the strong, elastic, woven willow bas-
ket takes up the danger part Of the
shock. One Of these baskets ought to
yield up Its passengers unhurt from
landing in a wind blowing fifty miles
an hour.
Ballooning under moderately favor
able circumstances Is q safe and sim
pie sport. It is not, comparatively
speaking, cheap amusement An as
cent, including the cost of gas, expense
Of q pilot and transportation Of passen-
gers and balloon home, costs in this
country from $35 to S75 a passenger.
It is less In France. From Paris you
can make an ascension for about a
hundred francs.
The fare home Is a very variable ex-
pense. Nothing is more uncertain than
the spot where you will land. or
course 1t Is easy to descend whenever
you like. You may limit your flight to
q couple of hours.-Albert White Worse
in Success Magazine.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
THE COCA PLANT.
It's Leaves Used as an invigorsnt In
South America.

South America.
Coca is the South American invig-
GRANT. The shrub from which the coca
leaves are obtained grows under IA
vorable conditions to height of about
four meters. 1t is cultivated In Peru
and Bolivia.
At the time the crop is gathered the
seeds are sown in beds, when they
germinate and grow, and In two
months the growing plants reach a
height of about foot. The leaves,
grown in the proper sunlight and
shade, are yellowish, small and thick.
This is the kind Of leaf that Is pre-
ferred for chewing by persons using
the leaf as stimulant. fortifier and
preventive of sleep and fatigue In the
performance of arduous work, mas
much as they prevent rheumatism,
from which miners suffer when work
ing in mines that contain much water.
Indians who masticate the leaves OF
this plant can work twenty-fOur hours
without eating or sleeping.
Coca leaves are used by the natives
when engaged In long and fatiguing
Journeys and by soldiers when subject
to hardships and privatlons. They may
be used with all kinds of food and are
said to cure dyspepsia, either taken as
an infusion in the shape Of tea or by
masticating the leaves. The life Of the
plant when perfect Is eighty years.
Chicago Tribune.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
4 SCIENTIFIC RUDE.
Know More Than the Expert When {,


Came to Local Conditions.
1--WE were sitting around the stove
In the bar of the little hotel In a
Maine town." writes an electrical sales
man In the Electrical Review, when
the electric lights fiickered and went
out.
From the darkness came a solemn
voice that said:
Electric lights all out, b'gosh, and
yet 1t amt BLOWN hard, either. Some
thin's happened to the dynamo, may.
be-
IL had been selling electrical sup
plies to the little lighting companies
for several months. but l had never
heard this particular idea expressed
before
II laughed long and loud and was
all the more amused when no one
Joined me.
after they had lighted big kero-
sene lamp l proceeded to explain to
the crowd that incandescent lamps
can't be blown out by the wind. When
had finished the old RUDE who had
commented on the light said:
Look here, young man, II you
knew little somethin' about local con-
ditions and about your own business
you'd know that the wires in this
township are hung up slack on the
poles in some places and that they
get to Stating In good stiff breeze.
When they do there's a short circuit
that puts the line out Of business
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
Elxinn Fish.

Interesting are the habits Of the n.y.
ing fish, that queer denizen Of the sea
found principally in the region of the
trade winds. Does it rise from the sea
like a bird?" you ask. No. 1t shoots
out of the waves like an arrow, and
with outspreading wings sails on the
wind In graceful curves, rising some
times, one might say. to the height of
fifteen feet, but not often so high, and
then, lowering, 1t again touches the
crest Of a wave and renews its flight.
This operation may be repeated till 1t
covers a distance, say, Of 500 yards in
the case of the stoutest on the wing,
though very often not half that dis
lance Is covered. A ship sailing
through the trade winds will often be
visited on dark nights by flying fish
which hit the sails or rigging and fall
on deck, where Of course they soon
give up life.-St. Nicholas.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
A Sea Story.

"Of all my sea experiences" said
the captain, this was the strangest."
The ladies at the handsome captains
table said "Hushw to one another and
turned to the ruddy mariner with lis
tening smiles.
I'VE were carrying" he said, "a lot
Of troop horses. A dreadful storm
overlook us, and for two days we wal
lowed in the trough Of heavy sea.
Finally It was decided that, to tighten
the ship, the horses must go overheard.
They went overheard in the morn
ing. AS soon as they saw that they
were abandoned they turned and be-
gan to swim bravely after us. Brave
ly, desperately, they swan. They fol-
lowed US for miles and miles. can
still see them, q long line, their necks
arched, pushing heroically through the
heavy sea.
'They sank, poor brutes, one by
one"
The captain smiled sadly.
"And 1 still seem to have" he said,
"all those deaths on my conscience
New Orleans Times Democrat
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09

In describing some Of her associates
Of the stage, Ellen Terry. In McClure's
Magazine, tells Of her dresser, Sarah
Holland. She had an extraordinarily
open mind, writes Miss Terry. and
was ready to grasp each new play as
It came along as separate and entire
" different field Of operations.
She was extremely methodical and
only got furried once In z blue moon
When we went to America and made
the acquaintance Of that dreadful
thing. a zone night stand" she was as
precise and particular about having
everything nice and IN order for me
as If we were going to stay in the town
a month. Down went my neat square
of white drugget. All the lights In
my dressing room were arranged as
wished. Everything WINS unpacked
and ironed.
One day when came into some
American theater to dress ] found
Sally nearly In tears.
whats the matter with you. Sallyr
I asked.
81 'aven't 'ad q morsel to heat all
day, dear, and can't eat my IRON"
Eat your iron. Sally. What do you
mean?"
"Ow am l to iron all this, dearT
walled my faithful Sally. picking up
my Nance Oldfeld apron and few
other trifies. ut won't get 'otv'
Until then really thought that Sally
was being sardonlc about an iron as q
substitute for victuals.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
Telephone Manners.

Do telephones lead to politeness OF
otherwise? When they first came into
use the answer to this question would
have been emphatlcally In the mega
tive, but now that they are almost uni'
versally PR valent an era Of good
manners and thank you's" seems to
be in full swing. In some communities
It Is not even possible to quarrel over
the telephone, although the two women
who took part In the following CONVEX.
sation came near 1t:
"Hello! Is this Mrs. WestonT
Eyes"
This Is your next door neighbOr,
Mrs. Lawrence. | thought you might
be interested to know that at the pres
ent moment your son Thomas IS sitting
on one OF the sheets which are bleach
ing on my lawn and Is building large
pile Of mud on It."
"Oh, thank you, Mrs. Lawrence" ex-
claimed the mother. "And may ! re.
turn the favor by informing you that
your setter Rab has just rooted up my
two new rosebushes and that he seems
to be chewing the buds!'
"Oh, indeed! Thank you! GoOdby"
"Not at all. Thank you! Goodby"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
Psychology Of Broken Jaws.

1t might be bit Of a strange fact,
but you would be astonished to see
the broken jaws which are presented
at free institutions on holidays-elec-
ton day. New Years day and the
Fourth Of July. A great number OF
fractured jaws are the result OF quar-
rels among the very lowest classes. II
surprises me that the number Of bro
ken jaws is not on the increase on &C.
count Of the heated newspaper discus
sions that we are constantly having
on various topics Of the day. 1t has
been said that were II not for the
mouth nine-tenths Of the gossip and
the mischief Of the world would be
prevented. And very often were II
not for the mouth there would be no
broken jaws.-D. B. Breundlich In New
York Medical Journal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
KNOWN BY MECHANICS.
Places Where Genuine Surname T.
Never Even Heard.

Places Where Genuine Surname J.
Never Even Heard.
In many places In Great Britain, III
especially In some Of the fishing VII
lagos Of Cornwall and of certain parts
Of Scotland, such O thing as genuine
surname Is never even heard. Every
man IN the place is known by nick
name.
In most Of these villages this has
been brought about originally by the
fact that all the inhabitants have onl;
had very few surnames among them
One or two prevailing families have
represented the population and have
married and intermarried till trying to
distinguish a man by his surname has
only created confusion. And even
some of the nicknames have begun t.
act in the same way. At village moi
very far from Wick the writer knows
of some fishermen who had originally
been nicknamed "Dumpy" and had
left so many descendants that other
specific nicknames had been necessary
to distinguished which Of the "Dum'
pys" was meant on given occasions.
At another village not far from this
one several nicknames have In the
same way become the only known fam
ily names. The writer was once In
the general shop here when a small
boy came In and asked for some mr.
ticle, stating that It was for Blower.
"Blower?" said the shopkeeper
(Which Blower? There are scores OF
Blowers?"
The child answered at once:
"It's for 'Bowleggit' Blower. Red
Lugged' (eared) Blowers laddle."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
THE LANGUAGE PUZZLE.
china's Forty Thousand Signs and
Symbols TO PerpIex the Linauist.

China's Forty Thousand Signs and
Symbols to Perplex the Linguist.
The language known as Wen-li Is the
medium by which the classical books
OF China have been handed down. 1t
is par excellence the written language
of China. but It is not generally under
stood by the great mass OF the people.
The spoken language-namely. Manda.
rin-may also be written. and there Is
a good deal Of colloquial literature In
Mandarin. Versions Of the Bible in the
local patois have also been produced
In several districts of the southwest,
where the dialects are very numerous
and diverse.
In the Chinese written language
there are over 10000 distinct charae-
tiers or symbols, and this vast number
is being constantly increased by the
addition Of new characters to repre-
sent new scientific words and modern
ideas. -
Although the Chinese are considered
a literary people and have naturally
a desire for education, yet owing to
the extreme difficulty Of mastering the
Chinese characters 1t Is estimated that
only one in ten OF. the population can
read or write. Contemporary Review.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
Tired Of Him.

At trial In Scotland lady got into
the witness box to be examined. when
the following conversation took place
between her and the opposing coun-
sci:
Counsel-How old are you?
Miss Jane-Oh, weel, sir, am an
unmarried woman and dinna think It
right to answer that question.
The Judge-Oh, yes; answer the gen.
tleman. How old are you?
Miss Jane-Weel-a-weel, l am City.
Counsel-Are you not moref
Miss Jane-Weel, l am sixty.
The inquisitive lawyer still further
asked II she had any hopes Of getting
married. to which Miss Jane replied:
"Weel. sir, l Wilma tell lee. hin.
ma lost hope yet" scornfully adding.
"But widna marry you, for | am sick
and tired o. your palaver already"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
WHITE ISLAND.
It's Strange Lakes, Sulphur Fumes and
Clouds of Steam.

its Strange Lakes, Sulphur Fumes and
Clouds Of Steam.
White island, a New Zealand natu-
raj wonder, derives its name from the
clouds Of white steam in which 1t ap-
pears to be continually enreloped.
Its area is only 600 acres and its
height about $50 feet above the sea
level.
In form and color 1t Is like repos-
ing camel, while It's interior, with Its
gray, weather beaten, almost perpen-
dicular cliffs, recalls the Coliseum at
Rome. Overhanging the southern land
ing place stands a column Of rock
closely resembling a sentinel, which
has been dedicated to the memory OF
Captain Cook. The water Of the Is
land is Of a pale green hue. and any
thing dipped into it becomes Of red
brick color. The fumes Of sulphur are
always plainly perceptible.
On a fine moonlight night wonder
full sight is afforded to any one who
will sit in an open boat In one of the
lakes of the island. Covering an area
Of fifty acres is an immense caldron
kissing and snorting ana sending forth
volumes of poisonous steam, while all
chances Of egress appear to be de-
MED by the steep. silent and gloom!
cliffs.-British Australian.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
The Oriqinal Almack's.

The original Almack's club in Lon
don. afterward known as Willis
rooms, had curious origin. 1t began
as q tavern, started by Lord Butc's
butler, Mccall, who proposed to give
It his own name, McCal's, but judi
cious friends warned him that the ire
mendous unpopularity Of Scots in Lon
don at that time, for which McCalPs
master was largely responsible, would
spell ruin to an establishment so call
ed. Every WELL" said Mccall, 81 will
call It Almack's." The present Al
mack's club is a more fashionable or
ganization which chose to adopt the
old name.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
e Bibliophns': Reply.

Nandell Creighton, who was bishop
Of London. had a horror Of lending
bis favorite books. A fellow clergy
man once visited the bishop and took
q fancy to an old edition Of Shake
speare. He borrowed the volume and
did not think to return 1t for several
months. Finally the minister returned
It with a letter. saying. my Dear
Bishop-I have great pleasure In re-
turning the volume you lent me-"
The bishop answered, MY Dear
Brother-All the Joy Is mine"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
Sponqes Are Sunstruek.

The sponge being an animal, it is
necessary to kill it. This is done by
exposing it for several hours on the
broad decks of the boats. In summer
sponges soon die, but In winter take
a long time owing to weaker force of
the sun. After death they are brought
ashore and put in the cradles. These
are Enclosures made on the seashore by
setting stakes little apart from each
other. The ebb and flow Of the tide
wash the animal matter from the
sponges, and the work 10 completed by
manual labor. They are then taken
to the packing house, graded, strung
baled and dispatched to their destlnn'
tion.-Pall Mall Gazette
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-09
The Allegheny Mountains.

Not more than FIVE Of our presidents
down to Lincoln's time ever crossed
the Allegheny mountains, and four Of
these were western men who had to
cross the mountains to reach Washing
ton-Presidents Jackson, Polk. Gen
eral w. II. Harrison and Taylor. Pres
ident Monroe crossed the mountains on
his return trip from west to east in
1917. Van Buren, came west in 1912,
two years after the expiration Of his
presidential term, and saw the noun
tains then for the first time. II was
on this trip that he got upset and
dumped In the mud near Plainfeld,
Hendricks county.-Exchange.