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is a failure at everything he ever un-
dertOOk, but he certainly is not a fail
ure in gaining the affectionate regards
other millions the world around. Meas
ured merely by the worlds standards
Of winning place or dollars, most phi
losophers and orators-and all poets
have been failures. Yet they shaped
the thoughts and gladdened the hearts
Of the ages. Bryan may not quite
measure up to the school of the penni-
less immortals, for n thing because
he is far from being penniless himself,
yet he has some OF the qualities that
wear we'll with the future. Liberty,
democracy, righteousness, are waxing,
not waning, and Bryan has never fail
ed to strike these chords. Peace and
brotherhood are very endurable senti-
ments, and he has lost no opportunity
to eXtol both. The doctrines Of the
gentle Nazarene are about the most
permanent things in this world, and
the Nebraskan's voice has never been
silent in their praise. The "man above
the dollar" slogan is bound to grow
more popular as the world becomes
more humanitarian. and the orator Of
Lincoln has seldom neglected to lift
his voice in that behalf.
Not a Sidestepper.
There is little heard any more of
Bryan being a demagogue. Ameri-
cans are fair minded, and they have
seen that charge to be untrue. TO
this people truth is more than fac
tional difference, a square deal is high
er than partisanism. Selfshness ever
charges altruism with being a dema-
gogue. 1t merely measures a senti-
ment it does not understand by one
that it does. It IS hard to convince Il
CRATER that there is such q thing as
disiAterested public spirit. There are
even corruptionists who say that every
man has his price. They are libelers
Of humanity. Every man has not his
price, at least in the goods that buy
the people who make this lying charge,
The fellows who indulge in such cheap
cynicism should join the swelling
ranks Of the Ananias club.
Whatever Bryan may be, the world
now knows that he is not a dema-
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Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAM OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. s, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that
BENJAMIN MCMAHAN,
of Highwood, Montana, has filed notice Of his in
tention to make final %ive-year proof in support
OF his claim, viz: Homestead entry No. 500,
made February 3, 1903, for the (s amended) 50
SEA and So SWA section 3, township u north,
range 7 east, and that said proof will he made
before Chas. II. Boyle, L. $. commissioner, at
hs Office in Fort Benton, Montana, on March IL,
1908.
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, viz: Olaf X. Johnson, HalvOr o
LYING, Hilman G.. Lying and Isaac Shepherd, all
of High wood, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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Desert land..Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. 3, l

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb, 8, 1908.
Notice ia hereby given that the following named
entrymen have filed notices of their intention to
make final proofs under their entries, rs de-
scribed. before John Mcdowell, U. 5. commits
sioner, at his Office in Gold Butte, Montana, on
Thursday, the 18th day of March, 1908, viz:
BERTH A. GARIN,
of Great Falls, Montana, for desert-land entry
No. l495, for the Eh section :, township 81 north,
range 3 east;
MARY MACHALE,
of Gold Butte, Montana, for desert-land entry
No. 1900, for lots !, =, 2 and 1, section ~, town
ship 81 north, range 3 east; En- SEA, E'a SEA
section "a, township b north, rang : east, and
CHARLES AMBURI,
of Gold Butte, Montana, for dee,rt-land entry
No, 1916, for the NEA section -, township 3,
north, range 3 east.
They name the following witneseesto proyeth
complete irrigation and of lands EN-
braced in said entries: Frank :. 5 calese, Rich,
ard Roscoe, Frank Sutton and .Anthony II. Fey,
all of Gold Butte, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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Desert Iand..Finai Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. :, 1903.
Notice is hereby given that
SANFORD PRICE,
of Hill, Montana, has flied notice of intention to
make proof on his desert land claim No. 1881,
for the EH SEA section 3, EH NEA section 10,
35 north, range 3 east. before John Nc
Butte, Montana, on Wednesday,, the 18th day of
March, 1903.
lie names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of said land
Maurice c. Price, Frank Henry and Louis Amez
DroZ, of Hill, Montana; George Robinson, OF
Whitlash, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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3o3eyt han c!--Einai Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont. Feb, |. 10

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. I, 1908.
Mo- ice II hereby given that
JOHN MAlR.
Nt Gold Butte, Montana, han filed notice of inten.
tion To make proof on his desert land claim No.
US, for the wv NE4 and Ma SEA section -,
'ownahip 30 north, range : east. before John Nc
Dowel!, L. 5. commissioner, at his Office in Gold
Butte, Montana, on Tuesday, the 10th day of
March, 1865.
He names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigati, IN and reclamation of said land
Albert c. Wolfe, Edwin II. summer, Frank f.
Larson and Christian Stark, all of Gold Butte,
NJ untan8.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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Lingerie Waist Still Popular.

The lingerie waist is to he more pop
ular than ever, but it is just possible
that it may be G in many colors. \.
waist of pale pink lace, all beautifully
dyed to a very delicate Oh of peach
and hand embroidered in white, WAS
exhibited in the window of a fashion
able importer, who claimed that he
received a dozen orders for duplicate
waists OF pink lace within one day.
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Desert Land.-Final Proof

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. IS, 1905.
Notice IL hereby given that
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
of Chester, Montana, has filed notice Of inten-
tion to make proof on his desert land claim No.
=, for the wy NEA, WY sen, NEk SEA sec
ton 34a township 32 north, range s east, before
Hsvre, Montana, on Friday, the 18th day Of Feb
ruary, 1908.
He names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of said
land: James Fitzpatrick, John Fitzpatrick,
James 8. Cox and Brown B. Weldy, all of Ches-
ter, Montana.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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The Orator of Lincoln.

Bryan's enemies-and they are al
most wholly political, not personal
charge that he is SUPERFICIAL; that
he talks too much; that he runs for
Office too often. They alliteratively al
lude 70 him as the peerless, the peri
palette and the perennial. But they
never have said that he lacks SINGER
ity, candor or honesty. They assert he
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Desert a-and-.FinaI Proof,
lNirED STATES LAND OFFICER,
L-..-.u - IL a..

UNITED STATES LANp OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. II, 1905.
Notice is nerebv given that
HI RY l.. L~ORANGER,
OF Chester, Montana. has filed notice of intention
TO make proof on his lesert-iand claim No. 122t,
for the SEA Wa section 10, township 81 north,
range q east. before W. Is Piper, T.. s. commits
sioner, Al his office in Havre, Mont on Thurs
day, the 10th day of February, 1905.
He names the following witnesses to prove the
complete irrigation and reclamation of said land
Duncan :. Mackenzie, of Havre, Montana; Will
liam Mitchell, Stuart Cox and Henry Evermyer,
of Chester, Montana.
J. NJ. BURLINGAME. Register.
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Notice Of Final Proof,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Omar EAJIS. Mont Ian. d Il

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. p, 1905.
Notice ia hereby given that
ALEXANDER BANNATYNE,
of Collins, Montana, has filed notice Of his In
tention to make hnal %five-year proof in support
of his claim, viz: Homestead entry No. lies,
made January !, 1901, for the M SWA. section
IL, and Ma SEA section 10, township IS north,
before the Register and Receiver of the U. s.
land Office at Great Falls. Montana, on March 5,
1908.
He names the following witnesses to prove HE
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz; James Bell, Robert Richie, Don
aid Kerr and Benjamin Feist, all of Collins,
Montana.
j. Nj. BuRLINGAME, Regi.ter.
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that gentleman happens to uncle his
way into the Republican nomination.
The sage of Danville would be so busy
trying to get his opponents scalp that
he would have no time to bother about
the Bryan wardrobe. Speaking Of the
theft Of the Commoner's garments, it
may explain n thing. The celebrated
alpaca coat in which the "cross Of
gold" speech was made, and which con-
N~ebraskan's armor during 1.-The first
battle" has not been seen for many
years. Was that also made away with
during the presidents sartorial raid?
Tom Watson says that e if Bry-
ans political duds We're stolen it IS
but a case Of the bitter bitten, as the
peerless had already %purloined them
from the Populists. Watson, however,
has a habit of rubbing salt into the
wounds of his former comrade in arms.
A Result of His Tour.
Since his tour around the world Will
liam J. Bryan is one Of the four most
celebrated Americans, the other three
being Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain
and John D. Rockefeller. Roosevelt is
famous for what he does, Twain for
what he says, Rockefeller for what he
has and Bryan for what he tried to
get and didn't. The country only
wishes that the Nebraskan's title to
distinction also applied to John D.; but.
so far as known, the oil king never at
tempted to get anything and failed, eX-
cept hair. Rockefeller may find it diff
ficult to count his dollars, but he has
no such trouble in numbering the hairs
on his head. This of course applies
to hairs made by nature and not by
the wigInaker.
There are 100000 or S,OOO.O 600
American voters who would like to
see Mr.. Bryan president and Who will
never say die. These are fond Of
quoting an old and familiar motto,
fondly known Of al boys. which run
to the effect that 1.-The third time Is tie
charm His enemies regard this as
the merest superstition and unfolding
ly respond with an adage equally celr-
brated. derived from the American
game. three strikes and out"
Aside from all badinaga, William J.
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Notice Of Final Proof,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

ONITEU NTATES LAND VFFIUE,
LswIsTowN, Mont, Jan. %, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that
JOHN MURRAY,
one of the heirs of Lewis c. Murray, deceased,
of Big Sandy, Montana, has filed notice of his
Intention - max. anal ~tve-year proof in support
of his claim. viz: Homestead entry No. 5092,
made May -, lH1. for lot r, SWA SWia section
-, lots = ana ;, : elton 33, township % north,
range II east, and that said proof will be made
AT his Office in Big Sandy, Montana, on March L.,
1905.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous res donce upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: Fran'z BLY,. Frank f. Country
man, Fritz Jappe and Harris L. Burke, all of
Big Sandy, Montana.
{. Il. MCkOIN, Register,
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possessed q! all politicians. He is moi
afraid of the interviewer and nevei
sidesteps an honest question. Nor has
he that cheap and despicable habit
found in some public men Of talking
for publication and then denying hi,
statements, to the ruin Of some poo.
scribe. Bryan has always been popu
lar with newspaper men. Without re
gard to party, they have rated him al
his worth, and their judgment Is by nc
means to be despised. Your average
reporter is expert in detecting shams-
he meets so many Of them.
As for the accusation that Mr.. Bryan
runs for Office too much, he could
doubtless respond that the American
people car get rid Of this tendency by
electing him, just as some girls free
themselves from the opportunities Of
a too ardent sutton by saying Eyes"
An Early Title.
Still another Of the early characteriza
lions Of "the Commoner' has gone OUT
Of fashion. He is no longer called the
"Boy Orator Of the Platte" One reason
is that he does not live on the Platte
but on Salt creek, the suggestive name
by which the stream that flows through
Lincoln is known. A second cause OF
the change is that it is hard to refe,
to q man who has lost most Of his hair
as juvenile.
One more fond delusion regarding
the Nebraskan is likewise disappear
ing. He no longer is regarded as ex
cessively radical. Bryan himself has
always insisted that he is a conserva
tive and has often said that some day
his opponents would be forced to ONE
to him to save them from the actual
radicals they themselves had reared
up-not entirely a bad prophecy in the
light of some recent events, for most
Of the people of this country have not
only advanced to the ground occupied
by Bryan, but some of them have gone
far beyond him.
There is one charge that the real
radicals make against Mr.. Bryan with
some consistency-that. despite his
great will power and undoubted cour,
age. he has proved vacillating. They
aver, for example, that he changed
front on his support of Parker and on
the government ownership of rail
roads. They say he has had too many
paramount" issues, only to cast them
aside when they appeared unpopular.
Is this the Achilles heel that will prove
his ultimate undoing?
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Jewetry Novelties.

An uncommon design In necklaces Is
here pictured in the form Of five gold
daisies of fresh water pearls with gold
centcrs suspended from a thin gold
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chain. A sunburst attached to a gold
bracelet is another innovation in the
way of ornaments, and a feature that
Is likely to commend it to the up to
date girl is the fact that it may be
detached and worn as a brooch when
so desired.
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woman AND FASHION


Soft h' jr,'a and heavy Grape
make u .ht charming gown 70,
mourning w'ir. /" ,ince. band, sleeves
and vest ;@' of the grape, while the
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FRoCK OF HENRIETTA AND GRAPE.

FROCK OF HENRIETTA AND GRAPE.
cloth makes the close fitting circular
skirt and jaunty bolero. Dull taffeta,
accordion plated, forms the deep yoke,
and Grape covered buttons give a fin
ishing touch to a most attractive cos
tune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
A Memory Test.

A professor OF mnemonics had gone
to lecture at or near Canterbury.
After the lecture was finished he had
TO wait for his London train. 1t was
a most comfortless day. and he re-
tired to an inn for shelter and refresh
ment. To pass the time he began to
exhibit his feats of memory to the
yokels in the Inn. parlor, and one and
all were thunderstruck except the
waiter. There is always one skeptic
in every communion, whether of
saints or sinners. Do what he would
he could not mitigate the acrid smile
of acid incredulity of that glorified
potman. In the midst of one of his
most difficult feats the whistle sound
ed of the only train to London to-
night" and he rushed off to catch It.
He caught 1t at the station. and his
reputation caught 1t in the inn parlor,
for the waiter-coming in with some
ordered refreshments and finding him
gone pointed to the corner where he
had been sitting and exclaimed. 'Si!.
ly 'ufnbug, he's forgot his umbrellar'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
TO ENTER SOCIETY"
You must Have Treasure, Tempera
ment and Tact.

You must Have Treasure, Tempera-
ment and Tact.
To enter paradise you had to be
good and you had to be dead. To
enter society you do not have to be
either. On the contrary. though what
you do have to be IS harder to tell
than it is TO get there But certain
requisites may be mentioned. These
are treasure, temperament and tact.
Treasure, which is the basis of all
Scrumptiousness. speaks for itself.
Temperament is more complex Tenn
permanent is the art of holding your
own on the subject of nothing at all
with experts who have devoted their
lives TO the subject. That is clearly
abnormal. Tact. while less unnatural,
is more abstruse. Tact is the ability
to put your vibrations into harmony
with those of others about you. AS.
pirants may be rich, righteous and
ready. yet if they lack that ability
whatever their efforts. they are no.
where. If they possess it, then. though
they be nobodies. they have only tc
choose where they want to go and gel
there--generally speaking. that is, and
provided they are not in hurry
Taste is very mercantile. besides being
nbecoming.-Edgar Saltus in Broad
way Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets I'll, rises 4:53; moon sets
9:46 p. M; moons age, . days. Con-
stellations visible $50 p. m. in August:
overhead. Hercules, Lyra; north. ORA
co, Ursa Minor; northeast, Cassiopeia,
Andromeda, Cepheus. Cygnus; east,
Pegasus. Aquarius, Delphinus; south
east, Capricornus; south, AQuila. OPP
bluchus. Serpens, Sagittarius, Scorpio;
southwest. Libra; west. Virgo. Corona
Borealis, Bootes: northwest Canes We
natici. Ursa Major. Bright stars Wis
ible. same hour, with rank among first
magnitude stars after each: overhead,
Vega, g; northeast. Deneb, 20; south,
Altar, -; Antares. IL; west. Spica,
Is; Arcturus, 5; Planets during Au-
gust: Mercury passing the sun on the
farther side the Goth; Venus rises from
1886 to As a. M; Mars passes from
east to west of the sun ON the 22d
Jupiter passes from east to west OF
the sun on the 18th; Saturn rises from
f:52 to @ n. M; Uranus and Neptune
always invisible. Sun In constellation
Cancer till the 9th; then in Leo Per
seid meteors, emanating from constel
lation Perseus. rising in northeast
about p. IN. till the 2Sth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
A GREAT SURPRISE.
The Singular Nobieman Who Wanted
an American Heress.

al TltlCiiSAU EICtfcSSs
The American father of the heiress
greeted the count who was 4 sutton for
her hand with dlgnified frigidity.
''Sare." said the count, your daugh
ter has done me re honnaire of con.
senting TO be my wife. | am called
10 complete re negotiations
'All right YEARLY said the father.
How much of cash settlement do
you expect:'
Messing. sare."
what. How much will have to
pay for your poker debts:''
Messing. sare. ] do not gamble"
How much will l have to pay to
rebuild your oastie:"
Messing. sare. 1t is in fine repair"
But there must be some expense for
me. Out with it,
NO, sare; messing. l simply love
your daughter and she loves me, and
we wish to be married. Is not Eat
enough: Is it not enough to ask you
to give me your daughter wizZout
your expecting to-
Come to my armsr' exclaimed the
American father and tried to fall upon
the neck of the delighted count.
But he awolie on the floor, having
tumbled from his bed as finish to his
amazing dream.-Judge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
A Picture of Your Voice.

To take Il picture of your voice IT IS
only necessary to tie sheet of thin.
strong paper over the wide end of a
tin trumpet. Hold it with the sheet o.
paper upward, take thin pinch of
fine sand and place it in the center OF
the paper, hold the trumpet vertically
ABOVE your face and sing Il note into
the lower end Do not blow. but sing
the note. Lower the trumpet carefully
and look at the sand. You will find
that the vibrations of your voice have
scattered the pinch of sand into q
beautiful sound picture. Every note
in the musical scale will produce a
different picture, SO You may produce q
great variety of them. Some of these
pictures look like panSes. roses and
other flowers: some look like snakes
and Others like flying birds. In fact
there is no limit to the variation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
The ella Monster.

The ella monster Is a large. clumsy
lizard from one to two feet long. He
is generally lazy to be pugnacious.
but if his anger is once aroused he
will grip you with clutch of a bull
dog, turning over as he bites so that
the venom-which is secreted in a
gland in the lower jaw instead of the
upper. like the rattlesnake-is pretty
sure to mix well with his saliva and
SO make his attack fatally effective.
His five toed hands and feet render
him adept at bush climbing. In his wild
estate he lives on young rabbits and
birds eggs. When captured, he eats
only eggs or a little chopped ment
mixed with them.-Los Angeles Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01
LITERARY HEREsY?
Are Chaueer, Spenser, Milton, Byron
and Shakespeare Bores?

1--WE had the notion of doing some
thing of tie kind the Easy Chair
confessed when requested to furnish
a list of the hundred best authors.
but we could not think of more than
ten or Il dozen really first rate au-
thors, and if we had begun TO COM
pile list of the best authors we
should have had TO leave out most of
their works. Nearly all the classics
would have gone by the board. What
havoc we should have made with the
British poets. The EliZabethan dram
Artists would mostly have fallen under
the ban of our negation to Il play If
not TO a man. Chaucer. but for few
poems. is impossible; Sponsors poetry
is generally duller than presidential
messages: Milton is trial of the spirit
in three-fourths of his verse: Wads-
worth is only not so bad as Byron.
who thought him SO much worse;
Shakespeare himself when he is rever-
emily supposed not TO be Shakespeare
is reading the martyrs: Dante's science
and politics outweigh his poetry a
thousandfold, and so on through the
whole catalogue. William Dean How
ellis in Harper's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01

low shoes is what makes the price
crts on oxfords at McCabe's look so
attractive.
An upsetting of former. wash goods
next week at McCabe's.
Are you booster? Get a ticket to
the boat club excursion.
Gong on the excursion Monday
evening? All the boosters are.
If you need a refrigerator, you'll
buy one next week at McCabe's.
All your friends are going on the
excursion Monday evening. Are you?
Let Krell & Johnston do your tin
ard furnace work, 1916 Third avenue.
A great cash event-see McCabe's
now at a great saw,
ing.
You need the pleasure, the Island
City Boating association needs your
money. Go to its excursion on the
w. w Monday evening.
Carpenters union, PAL, Moline, will
give an excursion on the steamer w.
w. to Clinton, Sunday morning at
S:i5. Round trip 80 cents.
1t is stated that the Milwaukee
Cudahy Packing company. not the
Omaha concern, is 10 have charge of
the meat market TO be opened at 1911
Second avenue soon.
Two persons. were found insane and
committed to WATERFOWL today in the
county court. Both are Moline resi-
dents. Carl G. Ericsson, aged &c. was
the subject of an inquiry this morning
and Mrs. Emma c. Selin was adjudged
insane this afternoon The women is
As years old
Mrs. l.. A. Loring a graduate of E.
Burnham of Chicago, has opened a
suite of rooms on the fifth floor of the
Safety building and is now prepared
20 do hair dressing, manicurng, etc.
and give electro-vibratory facial and
scalp treatment with the most ap.
proved appliances. Old phone $50
west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-01

pie n gold piece. Tie man had left his
post when she returned but one OF hi;
colleagues told her where he resided"
1t was fine house. and at the door
was servant. who politely Informed
the lady that my master is dressing.
He will be down soon" And then the
well Sroomed beggar, dressed for din
ner, appeared and gladly returned the
gold piece. exclaiming In the mean
while that such mistakes were highly
embarrassing. -"Charities and Com
MONS