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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06
YUMA.

There was no service at yuma Meth
odist church Sunday owing to the
snow storm Saturday and the severe
cold weather. the thermometer going
to II below zero. None but those
obliged TO go were on the roads.
Revival services that have been in
progress at Rose Hill the past three
weeks are proving very successful,
with several conversions. Great inter
est is being manifested. Rev. Mr..
Bowie of Aurora will be here all week
and assist Rev. Mr.. Kerr.
The Yuma Aid society met with
Mrs. George Wainwright Thursday,
Jan. so. 1t was an all day meeting.
The ladies furnished the dinner and
the gentlemens were also in attendance
Four new members We're received. 1t
was decided to serve lunch at Percy
COX's sale Tuesday.
Frank Filbert. son of Joseph Filbert,
met with a severe accident Friday
morning while saving wood at Charles
Brennan's They had finished saving
and the belt mad been thrown, but the
machine was still in motion when the
young man~stepped to the wheel and
put his hand to the side of it to re-
move some grease. His little finger
touched the teeth of the saw and was
instantly severed. Jerking his hand
away Mr. Hilbert turned his hand in
such manner that his first finger
was caught and nearly taken off.
i
! William Cox Wednesday afternoon
After the usual business was trans.
acted a nice lunch was served by Mrs
Cox
Mrs. Fannie COlegrove of Moline
who was a guest of Mrs. George Wake
is visiting relative at Hillsdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Osborn mourn the
loss of their oldest son, Raymond. aged
16 who died Sunday evening at II
o'clock from the effects of lung fever
The funeral was held at the home
| Wednesday at 10 o'clock with inter
ment at Barstow cemetery.
Sylvester Daily is sick with the
grip.
Mrs. Charles Walthers is visiting
relatives in Rock Island for a few
days
Many will welcome the snow as the
/ general complaint is MY cistern is
dry"
Marion Walker has received a letter
from his sister, Mrs. Nan Frarter Of
Nebraska stating that her son, Will
lam. is in serious condition. and his
death is liable to occur at any time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06
RILLSDAlE.

James Mill, Charlie Houschild Rol-
lin Dillon, Arthur Cole, Mrs. Giles,
Mrs. Hanson, Bertha Baron, J. w.
Hudson. and anumber of others, are
grip victims this week.
Nat Mumma OF Port Byron is visit
ing this week with his sister, Mrs.
Mary Sell.
Dr.. o. S. Daley of Port Byron had
business in Hillsdalc Thursday.
Born, last week, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Hill, a baby boy.
u. A. Wilbur accompanied his daugh-
ter Merle as far as GaIesburg We'd
.nesday on her way to visit an aunt in
Nebraska.
Mrs. James Wreath visited friends
Wednesday in Erie.
l.. F. Giles spent Tuesday in Anna,
wan with relatives.
Many are putting in a summer sup.
ply of ice this week. They are get
ting it cut of the river. 1t is about 10
inches thick and of a very good quail
lily, the best had for a number OF
years.
Harry Fender and wife are visiting
| this week in Rock Island with Harry's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fender
! Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Markee and Mrs
Nick Giles spent Thursday in the tri
lcitics.
Hesket Sell is visiting relatives il
Ohio this week.
| The Methodists cleared $15.G0 a
their chicken pie supper Friday even
ing.
Mrs. A. B. Huston is quite sick will
liver trouble
Rev. Mr.. Geer has begun reviva
meetings at the United Brethren
church at Enterprise.
Hiram Cain has purchased the 20
acre farm southeast of town of Franz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

Shuck. 1t formerly belonged to Amos
Sheppard.
Rev. w. P. Hull will begin a series
of meetings, commencing Sunday ev-
cning, at the Methodist church.
Mrs Maud Hill will lead the Ep-
worth league Sunday evening. Sub
ject, Help and Deliverance in God.
Mrs. Jasperson spent last Thursday
in The Clinton hospital with her daugh-
Ter, who has successfully undergone
an operation.
John Johnson has purchased the
Guthrie farm" of Simonson & Scha-
fer. Mr.. Robinson. last years tenant,
has moved his family back to Cordo-
va. his former home.
Miss Lulu Wreath left Wednesday
morning for Tacoma, Wash, where
she will make an extended visit with
her sister. Mrs. Clara Taggart.
Mrs. John Kuehl returned home
Tuesday morning from Clinton.
Miss Flossie Hill of Prophetstowr
visited the last of the week with hel
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hill.
Mrs Elder Vanderburg had the mis-
fortune Monday evening to fall dowr
stairs at her home near Joslin, severe
/ ly injuring herself. Several stitches
were taken to close a scalp wound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06
TAYLOR RIDGE,

Mrs. Frank Irwin visited with her
sister, Mrs. Ben Dunlap of South Rock
Island, Wednesday.
Dave Huleatt of Fort Collins. Col,
is visiting this week with his cousin.
Miss Mamie Miller.
Albert Oaks and John Hofer went
to Chicago Thursday and returned on
Saturday with three cars of cattle.
Mrs. Ellis Rouse spent a few DAYS
in Rock Island visiting with friends.
Mrs. James Coulter went to Sher-
rard to attend the funeral of her MOTH
er and father. Her mothers funeral
was held Sunday, and her father died
Monday morning.
Charles Crawford and wife left Fri
DAY for Chicago 70 attend the funeral
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06
ANDALUSlA.

Wednesday, Jan. % a son was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Stropes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Lockwood of
Colorado Springs visited Thursday and
Friday at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
James Britton.
Rev. ]. R. Spiller and wife of Mars
ton were here calling on friends Fri
day.
Captain Charles Busso has gone to
Muskogee, Okla.
John Stropes returned home Mon
day from Rock Island where he has
been visiting his daughters for a few
days.
James Britton is quite sick with the
grip.
The farmers are busy in this vicin-
ity putting up ice.
The Old Settlers Memorial society
will meet Feb. 10 at the Andalusia
city hall. A paper by Mrs. Annie Bal
lard, an old time resident of Anda-
lusia, will be read
Rev. Mr.. Biggs of Reynolds preach
ed here at the Baptist church, Tuesday
evening, Jan. 81.
Born Jan u to Mr.. and Mrs. Nigge-
meier of Rock Island a daughter. Mrs.
Nlggemeier was formerly Miss Edith
Stropes of this place.
James D. Kane, who formerly lived
here, but who has been at Chicago
the past year, has moved to Moline.
Miss Barbara Fret is at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Cyrus Kennedy, of
Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06
MOLINE

No Action on Frats.-The Mu Delta
Sigma, one of the high school frater-
mites on which a ban has been placed
by the recent action OF the board OF
education sent a committee to confer
with the board at its regular meeting
Tuesday evening with an idea to ef-
feet compromise. President Beal
of the board informed the committee
that the board would not enter into
any discussion with the committee on
the matter or cOuntenance a compro-
mise but would be glad to accept any
petition they might present either
verbally or written. The result was
that a petition was presented which
was laid on the table on motion OF
G. w. Wood so that the action of the
board last month is still operative as
: before.
Bar Children from Library.-Be-
cause children have used the public
library as sort of trysting place Sun
day afternoons, leaving their homes
under the pretense Of going to the
| >
| board has decided to refuse lOaning
| books on Sunday afternoons TO anyone
under is years of age Instead OF
being a place used for reading educa
ton. a member of the board stated
that it has become a meeting place
The little tete-tetes became annoying
to other people who have visited the
library for the express purpose OF
reading.
Old Man Falls on Walk.-OttO Eek
man, aged 40 years. was a victim OF
icy sidewalks when he slipped Tues
day afternoon and fell, breaking the
left arm just above the wrist The
lGccident happened on Fifteenth street
near Sixth avenue.
Nurses Children; Dies of Disease
Contracting the disease of scarlet fever
while engaged in nursing her two
little children, Mrs. H. w. Gillette
wife of H. Z. Gillette foreman of the
tool department at Deere & Co, dice
at her home, 23O9h Fifth avenue, yes
tcrday, after weeks illness. The
two children, Dorothy and Lucille
aged 3 and 3 respectively. are still il
bed. Lucille being in a critical condi
ton and not expected to live. but Dor
Gritty seems to be on the road to re
covery. The two children have beer
i'll a little over 4 week and it was jus
d week ago that Mrs. Gillette wa
taken i'll. She was born in Galesburg
May 10. 1888. She was married Their,
TO Mr. Gillette and came to Rock Is
land in 1903. When Mr. Gillette wen
TO work for Deere & Co. last Jun,
they moved to Moline. She was
member of the Maccabees of Rock Is
land and of the Christian church. Tn
remains were taken to GaIesburg thi
| morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06

If you suffer with indigestion, con.
stipation, feel mean and cross no
strength or appetite, your system is
unhealthy. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun.
tain Tea makes the system strong and
healthy. 35 cents. Tea or tablets
Harper House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06

Daylight Robbery. - In broad day
light between II and y o'clock Tues
day some one entered the house ana
the rooms of Mrs. Rose Cheney at the
home of Mrs. +. r. Dodds, her sister
at 127 East Sixth street, and stole all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06

Obituary Record.-Michael Earl, in
FAINT son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Her
Der, died yesterday at the home, 1907
East Locust street, aged 1 year and s
months.
Hans Csbar died Tuesday eve.ing
at his home, 523 Mound street. He
was born Sep. Is. 1872, in Holstcin
Germany, and in 1864 came to Ameri,
ca and direct to Davenport, where he
had since resided. He was thrice mar.
ried, his preceding wives having pre-
ceded him in death. Surviving him is
his widow, Mary Osbar, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Dora Ewert.
Mrs. Cararina Richter of 15191a
Union street died Tuesday afternoon
after a short illness at Morbonia hos
pitaI. She is survived by her husband
Iud several children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06

of Lawrence Crawford, who died, and
was buried Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06
DAVENPORT

Hardware Men in eession.-The Ma
tioaal Hardware Credit Mems associa-
ton met yesterday in the private din
ing room of the Davenport for the
opening session of their convention,
which is to continue three days and
be devoted to consideration of matters
relating to the business of the past
and coming years. There are about %
present, including delegates from out
side and local members. As the asso-
citation is composed of the heavy
hardware dealers, there are a mum
Der of local hardware men who are
not in attendance.
Increases capitai-The r w. Nc
Clelland company has voted to i'll
crease its capital stock from 100000
to $150,0OO, The incorporation papers
are signed by Wilson McClelland as
president and George Il. McClolland
as secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06

the jewelry that was III the room, val
uablcs estimated at several hundred
dollars. and escaped without detection.
The robber was possessed of unusual
nerve. for the house is full of board
ers. and some one is in and out con-
tinually.
Fractures Shoulder Blade. - John
Karsgaard, who has been connected
With the Robson meat market on
Brady street for many years, is at his
home, 10 East Sixth street, suffering
from a broken shoulder blade. Mr..
Karsgaard slipped and fell at Fifth and
Brady streets yesterday.
Another Big Damage Subtitle trial
of the 100000 damage suit of Paul
Paulscn VS. the Bettendorf Axle com
pany, was begun in the district court
yesterday In his petition Mr.. Paul
sen makes the following allegations:
That on Jan. %. 1907. he was. in the
employ of the Bettendorf Axle COM
pany in the work of trucking holsters
| from the Tiveting machines to other
parts of the shop. That while so
working he was injured by the negli-
gence of defendant, by the tipping
over of a truck loaded with a heavy
iron bolster about eight or nine feet
long. whereby said bolster fell upon
his leg and foot, breaking both bones
Of his leg near the ankle, dislOcatins
the ankle and breaking the head OF
| The larger bone in several pieces
Thereby completely and permanently
destroying the usefulness of said leg
ankle and foot for any work which he
HAD done. or is fitted to do. Whereby
he demands damages in the sum OF
100000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06

Old Man Falls on Walk.-Otto Eek
man, aged 40 years was a victim of
icy sidewalks when he slipped Tues
day afternoon and fell, breaking the
left arm just above the wrist. The
accident happened on Fifteenth street
near Sixth avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-06

We will give YOU free a
copy Of Nine. Yale's 95-page
/ book on Beauty and Physical
| Culture II YOU live out of
| town. write us and we Will
! mail you copy.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Two-Thirds of the Worlds Core
 spondence Carried on in It.

Two-Thirds of the Worlds Core
 spondence Carried on in It.
 Two-thirds of all the letters which pass through the postofiices cd the world are written by and sent to peo- pie who speak English. There are substantially 5O0,000.OOO persons speak ing colloqulally one or another of the ten or twelve chief languages. and of these about 25 per cent, or 125.OOOOO0 persons, speak English. About 9O,OO0,- 900 speak Russian, 75,00O,000 German, 55,000,OO0 French, 45,00O,0O0 Spanish, 35,0O0,0O0 Italian, and 100000 Por tuguese; and the balance Hungarian, Dutch, Flemish, Danish, Polish and Norwegian.
 Thus, while only one-quarter of those who employ the facilities of the postal departments of civilized govern ments speak English as their native tongue, two-thirds of those who core spond do so in the English language. This situation arises from the fact that so large share of the commercial business of the world is done In En- glish. even among those who do not speak English as their native tongue. There are, for instance, more than 2O,- 900 postofflces in India. the business of which In letters and papers aggregate more than 3OO,OOO,OOO parcels a year, and the business of these offices Is done chiefly in English, though of Indla's total population. which is nearly 90O.- 100000, fewer than 100000 persons either speak or understand English.
 Though 9O,oOO,OOO speak Russian and understand 1t, the business of the Rus sian postoffice department Is relatively small, for the number of letters sent throughout the CZar's empire amounts to less than one-tenth the number mailed in Great Britain alone, though the population of Great Britain is con- slderably less than one-half of the pop ulation of Russia in Europe.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
Analogous.

A teacher had very dull pupil whom he found extremely difficult to instruct in the letters of the aphabet
 This Is letter Az explained the teacher for the tenth time as he wrote 1t down on the blackboard. And this letter B." he went on, putting down the second letter of the alphabet "Now my boy" he began, kindly and encour agingly, as he turned to the stupid boy "let me see if you can remember them What Is this?" pointing to the initial letter of the alphabet.
 Letter A." came the slow response from the dense scholar.
 And this?" questioned the teacher indicating letter B.
 Let Ger alone," returned the pupil instantly, his stupid face lighting uE with pleasure at his own quick reply Bohemian Magazine.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
Legal Information
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The United States Circuit Court of the Southern District of New York, In Thomson V. Union Castle Mail s. c. Co.,, 149 Federal Reporter, 933, takes the position that the Sherman Anti Trust Law does not apply to comblna- tions by shipowners navigating between ports of the United States and those of foreign countries, and does not prevent the giving of rebates by such shipown. CTS.
 In Mccullough v. McGrady, 102 New York Supplement. 63S, decided by the New York Supreme Court, the majority of the court held that claim for wine, food, cigars, liquors, etc, used in the celebration of wake was proper charge against decedent's estate. The majority depended on the case of Me Cue V. Garyey, IA Hun, 562 in which 1t was considered the rule had been rec ognlzed, but the dissenting opinion in- sisted that the cited case was not in point, and repudlated the claim as file. gal.
 A husband, who has been decreed to pay an allowance at stated times for his wife's support, cannot escape i'm prisonment for failing to comply with the decree by taking the poor debtors oath, according to the decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, in Now ry V. Bliss, 65 Atlantic Reporter, 6l6 The court holds that where a defend ant in divorce proceeding Is incarcer ated for failure to satisfy an execution for alimony and suit money he is not simply imprisoned for debt, but also for contempt for falling to comply with the courts decree.
 The Missouri Court of Appeals, in Richards V. Heger, 99 Southwestern Re porter, SOP, draws rather fine distinc- tion with reference to the rights of an officer to levy on money in the hands or about the person of debtor. Ap- proving the doctrine of Green V. Pal mer, 15 Cal Al, 76 Am. Dec. 492, that money in the hands of debtor may be levied on, the court says that the seiz- ure of property attached to the person of a defendant would be trespass against his person. as 1t would tend to provoke a breach of the peace. but to seize his property found In his posses sion not pertaining to his wearing ap- parel, nor worn or carried on his per son for use, nor as an ornament, would not be an indlgnity against his person, nor under ordinary circumstances a trespass. To seize money In the debtors hands will no more likely provoke a breach of the peace and possesses no more of the elements of trespass than an entry by the officer on the premises of defendant in the execution and seizure there, in his presence, of his personal effects against his will and over his protest.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
CONSTITUTION OF A COMET.
Head a Swarm of Meteors and It's
 Tail imposed of Gases.

Head a Swarm of Meteors and It's
 Tail Composed of Gases.
 What Is comet? Up to the time yersally supposed to be vapor In the atmosphere, presaging pestilence, woes and the death of kings. The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was the first to show that comets lay in the celes- tlal spaces beyond the earth's atmos- phere and Newton proved that the heads of comets obeyed the law of gravitation like other celestial bodies
 A comets head consists of swarm of meteors, surrounded and inter- spersed with gaseous atmosphere which renders 1t luminous and there fore visible by continued internal dis charges. When the atmosphere disp- pears and the discharges cease the head becomes invisible and the comet becomes simple meteor swarm. The most puzzling thing about comet has been its tail and it Is only within the last few years that we have begun to know enough about matter In finely divided state to be able to offer any satisfactory explanation for 1t. Its most obvious peculiarity is tatlon.
 That the tall Is gaseous Is clearly proved by the spectroscope, the banded spectrum having been traced to a dis tance of 100000 miles from the head of Swift's comet
 According to the modern theory of electricity the sun Is a negatively charged body from whose surface vast numbers of minute bodies called cor puscles are being constantly repelled at second. These corpuscles, electrons or Ions, as they are sometimes called, arr much smaller than atoms and consti tute what was formerly rather crudely called negative electricity. These cor puscles that strike the comet imme diately attach themselves to the gas eous molecules surrounding the head, charging them gatively and causing them to be repelled at high speed not  only from the other molecules forming the head but particularly from the d. rection of the negatively charged sun The successive envelopes sometimes seen surrounding the nucleus of com. ct may Indicate either some special activity going on within the comet it. self or they may indicate the effect of successive waves of corpuscles shot out from the sun.
 A comets tail may, therefore, be de scribed as a current of gaseous partl. cles receding from the head, each par. ticle or molecule carrying a negative electric charge. A certain amount of impalpable dust of a particular grade of f1neness probably accompanies the gaseous stream. In at least one case thls dust was present in sufficient quan- titles to produce an appreciable effect, but 1t did not extend to the extreme end of the tail.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
Wonderful Invention Which Pro duces Sounds Similar to Others.

Wonderful Invention Which Pro-
 duces Sounds Similar to Others.
 The first impression the music makes upon the listener Is Its singular dif- ference from any music ever heard be- fore, in the fullnesS, roundness, com pleteness of Its tones, writes Ray Stan nard Baker in McClure's And truly It Is different and more perfect; but, strangely enough, while 1t possesses ranges of tones all its own, 1t can be made to initiate closely other musical instruments-the flute, oboe, bugle, French horn and cello best of all, the plano and violin not as yet so perfect ly. Ask the players for fife music and they play Dixie" for you with the squealing of the pipes deceptively per feet. Indeed, the performer upon this marvellous machine can build up" any sort of tone he wishes he can produce the perfect note of the flute or the i'm perfect note of the piano-though the present machine is not adapted to the production of all sorts of music as fu- ture and more extensive machines may be. It Is quite as possible, indeed, to distinguish the Individuality of the players upon this instrument as 1t Is upon the piano or violin. The ma chine responds perfectly to the skill and emotion of the player; he gets out of 1t what he puts into 1t; so that the music is as much human production as though the player performed upon a piano.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
Corn NIu fiji s,s.

Put two cups of corn meal into a bowl; pour over one cup of boiling milk; add tablespoonful of butter {; cover the bowl; allow the mixture to stand until cool; add a cup of cold milk. the yolk of two eggs, we'll beat en; half teaspoonful of salt, half cup of flour and two tablespoonfuls of baking powder. Beat thoroughly, then fold in the well-beaten whites of two eggs. Bake in gem pans in a moder ately quick oven thirty minutes
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
African Berbers Are White.

The Berbers, who, although Africans, are as white as Europeans, are the old est white race on record, says an e1- plorer. 'sThey are supposed to have come from the south of Europe in an- cient days" the Dundee Advertiser says, land, although their language and customs are entirely different from ours and their religion Mohametan, they are probably closely akin by de- scent. Blue eyes and fair hair are not at all uncommon among the Berbers, and many of them have rosy cheeks and features so like our own that were they dressed in British fashion they would easily pass as natives of the British Isles."
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
s bring Hum ors

Impure or eHete matters accumulated in the blood during the winter cause in the spring such disfguring and painful troubles as boils, pimples, and other eruptions, also weakness, loss of appetite, that tired feeling.
 The best medicine to take is Hoods Sarsaparilla, which thoroughly cleanses the blood, and effects permanent cures by giving healthy functional activity to the stomach liver. kidneys bowels and skin.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-05-21
Preserve Shape of Eggs.

Do not take eggs to the table as though they were fresh from the war, no yolks whole-no, not one. A French secret for serving them will prevent the catastrophe. Stir a tea spoonful of vinegar Into the boiling water into which the eggs are to be dropped" drop them into deep water, and the yolks will come forth covered with the whites looking like a covered yellow ball