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matism.-Bathe the parts affected with
water in which potatoes have been
boiled, as hot as can be borne, just be-
fore going TO bed: by the next morn
ing the pain will be much relieved if
not removed.
Honey Cream-Half ounce myrrh.
two ounces honey, one ounce white
wax. one and half ounces of rose
water, one and half ounces almond
oil. Put the wax, rose water oil and
honey together In a jar, place this in
a saucepan half full of boiling water.
put it on the fire and stir till melted:
then add the myrrh, mix well and let it
cool. This is an excellent emolIient for
harsh skin.
Honeycombs Is feet high are built
by the giant bees of India.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11

Important to Glass Wearers
Chinn- Beretta Optical Co. has trans
ferred its business at 1921 Fillmore st.
to 1857 Van Ness av. (nr. California;.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11
RACING
New California
Jockey Club
OAKLAND
RACE TRACK
Six or More
Races Each Week
Day. z al n OF
Shine.

FIRST RACE AT Is4o P. N.
.-.o,.I trains sfoppfng at the racetrack
-. { p ferry foot of Market 81. leave az y
- tieresffer every 20 minutes until ls4V p M
D. m .-hs.h -.
-.se~red for ladies and their escorts
TEOs II. WILLIAMS President
PERCY ". TREAT Secretary.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11
Culinary Notes

JuIlnary NOIts
A Good Lunch Cake.-Mix half a
pound of butter with one and a half
bounds of -four. three-quarters of a
pound of sultanas, quarter pound of
castor sugar, beat one egg well. mix
N with a little milk. also mix a tea
spoonful of carbonate of soda with
nearly half a pint of warm mot hot)
milk: mix all well together: pour into
a well buttered tin, and bake for one
and a quarter to one and half hours
in a moderate oven.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11
nemedy for Chnpped Hands.-Mix

teaspoonful of powdered borax and an
ounce of glycerine with three quar-
fers of a pint of boiling water; bottle
r1,h a little over the hands after wash
ing: then wipe thoroughly dry
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11
The Boudoir

simple Garg1e for n Soar Throat.
Tincture Of myrrh two ounces. water
four ounces, vinegar four ounces. Mix
by shaking up in bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11

no Soften Leather and to Make Boots
Waferproof.-Make them warm and Rub
castor or linseed oil in thoroughlS. -et
them get cold and dry, then repeat
the process.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11

Do You Want S5.O0f
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page 13.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11

A very simple Application for Rheu-
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11

Honeycombs Is feet high are built
" the giant bees of India.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
HAMLET.

Miss Maude Clarkpf Reynolds Wis
tied her friend, Miss Maude Swartout,
Sunday.
Miss Emily Boyle delightfully."- enter
tanned a company of friends Thursday
evening of last week at her home in
honor of Miss Stella Wolfe of Chicago.
A peanut contest was one feature of
entertainment, the prize being award
ed to Miss Lille Marsh. Dainty re-
freshments were served.
The Junior class of the Sunday
school will give valentine sociable
Friday night of this week at the home
of William Whisman.
A number of the young people at
tended a coasting party at the home
of Miss Ruth Wait in Reynolds Sat.
urday night
Mrs. A. Kendall was ill the last of
the week.
Miss Stella Wolfe returned to her
home in Chicago Saturday after a
weeks visit with her sister. Miss Rosa
Miss Rosa accompanied her to Rock
Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

L. T. Cooper, whose theory that
the human stomach is the cause of
most i'll health and who created a
furore in Chicago, st. Louis and other
western cities, is meeting with the
same remarkable success with his
medicine throughout the east. Cooper
has convinced an immense number of
people that his theory is sound and
his medicine will do what he claims.
Perhaps the most interesting fea-
lures of the discussion this young
man is causing are the statements
made by responsible people who have
taken his medicine and have become
enthusiastic converts to his beliefs.
Among statements of this charac-
ter, the following by Mr. August
Wittmer, 1049 Rockwell Court. Chi
cago. is characteristic of the wide
spread faith in Cooper. which has
grown up in a comparatively short
time Mr.. Wittmer says: 81 wouldn't
take $1,000 and be in the condition
was three weeks ago. | was practi-
cally an invalid for Ia years and
think | had about all of the dis
eases known. My stomach was weak,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

at the sales of Percy Cox last Tues
day and Mrs. Mime Wainwright on
Thursday. A neat sum was cleared.
Mrs. Elizabeth Vanderburg, wife of
Elder Vanderburg, died from the eff
fects of a fall she sustained a week
ago. Elizabeth Ransford was born in
Terre' Haute. Ind, Feb. "a, 1894. She
was married to Matthew Miller in 1861.
Mr.. Miller enlisted in the army and in
1865 was brought home sick from
Memphis. He lived until March IS.
1866. In 1870 she was married To
Elder Vanderburg who survives. She
was member of the United Brethren
church at Joslin where the funeral
was held at l o'clock Tuesday after
noon. Rev. Mr.. Kerr conducting the
services. Interment took place at
Yuma cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
HILlSDALE.

Mesdames D. Z. Scott and Ephraim
Ropp spent Friday in Rock Island.
Revival services closed Tuesday
night at the Methodist church owing
to sickness in town.
A number of people are still under
the doctors care with severe colds
and the grip.
Mesdames Bert and Charlie Byam
of Erie spent Monday with Mrs. Justin
Daley.
Mrs. A. B. Huston accompanied her
sister to her home in Roseville Mon
day.
Bert Golden is here on a visit with
relatives.
John Winterfeldt is confined to his
home with ar attack of scarlet fever.
Willie Reavels and Louis Hauberg
were also quite sick, but not with the
fever.
John Benjamin's sick child is out
OF danger.
Ed Adrian of Port Byron was bus
mess visitor in town Monday.
DR.. Morgan of Moline was called
Monday in consultation with DR.
Bruner of Port Byron over the case
of Victor Thornblown, who has decay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

old United Brethren parsonage last
week, now owned by Marian Walker.
He will cultivate Mr.. Walkers land
for him this year.
William Cox and daughter attended
the funeral of Jake Smith at the First
Methodist church, Moline last Sunday
Mr.. Smith was an uncle of Mrs. Cox.
Mrs. Pandy Shafer is quite i'll with
spinal trouble. A trained nurse has
been in attendance since Saturday.
Thursday evening at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Walker of Yuma, took place
the marriage of their daughter, Sarah,
to Holly Girth of Hillsdale. the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. Mr.
Kerr of Joslin. The wedding was at
| tended by only the immediate families
and Miss Grace David. niece of the
bride, and Miss Ruth Girth, sister OF
| the groom.
Sylvester Daily, Frank BayaId and
]. E Donahoo finished packing ice
last Friday.
Ed Wainwright is collecting take.
at the Port Byron State bank every
Saturday.
The Yuma Aid society served lmcl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

of guilty to the charge and instead of
only one of them telling the story, all
three were ready to open their hearts
and make the facts known. BY enter
ing pleas of guilty and expressing a
desire for immediate trial they waived
examination and were held to the
grand jury. The boys stated they had
planned the robbery in one of the
down town pool halls and went to the
store with the intention of breaking
in. They have been committed to Jail.
colored Man Drops Dead.-Edmund
Moreland. an elderly colored man,
about 65 years of age, who has been
boarding with Eugene Green, SIC
West Fifth street dropped dead in the
back yard at this number yesterday
afternoon, supposedly from heart
disease.
Bakers Close Meeting.-The fifth an
nual convention of the Master Bakers
association of Iowa closed yesterday
A contest between Sioux City, Des
Moines, Council Bluffs and Waterloo
for the 1909 meeting resulted in the
selection of the last named city. Off
GERS were elected as follows: Presi
dent, NJ. J. Mulgrew, Dubuque; secre
tary and treasurer, w. H. Langless
Waterloo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
AS Successful East
as in the West
Cooper's Theories Are Being Rapidly Ac-
cepted by Eastern People.

and at times | would have an enOr-
nous appetite, and then again none
at all. Pie and cake made me sick,
and | almost always had a sickening
feeling in my stomach. | was ner-
vous, and for weeks at a time could
not sleep, and then again could steep
is hours at stretch. Sleep however,
seemed to do me no good. and would
awake tired and more exhausted than
when | went to bed.
81 was cOnstipated. had pains in
my back, and flUtterings and pains
iii MY heart. | was unable to work
with any regularity and took no in
terest in anything. | tried all kinds
of medicines and doctors, but none
benefited me. l had no energy and
no ambition. and had about concluded
to give up when the Cooper medicine
was recommended. Thanks to it. my
health seems completely restored and
feel like a new man.
Cooper medicines have created the
greatest sensation of anything of the
kind ever before introduced.
We sell them. and will be glad to eX-
plain the nature of them to our callers.
Harper House Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

of the bone n one of his legs caused
by an old bruise and sprain.
Mrs. Elder Vanderburg died Sunday
morning at her home near Joslin as a
result of her fall down stairs last Mon
day She was unconscious from the
time of the fall until death claimed
her. She was over 20 years of age.
The funeral services were held at the
church in Joslin, Rev. Mr.. Kerr having
charge of the services. Burial took
place in the Yuma cemetery.
Invitations are out for a valentine
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
L. Markee Friday night.
Byrle Simpson visited over Sunday
with his sister, Mrs. Blanche Kramer,
at her home In Rock Island.
Ed McEniry of Moline was in Hills
dale Monday buying draft horses.
Mrs. Fitzgibbon and son James OF
Moline are visiting at the home of Mrs.
Mary Schall.
Old Celine. the big gray horse OF
John Butter. broke through the ice
Monday and it was about an hour be-
fore the men succeeded in pulling 1t
out of the river.
Gus Suhl purchased a team of horses
| last week from William Donohoo.
The last number of the lecture
course will be given Saturday evening
Feb. % by Chaplain Varney.
The Woodmen are organizing a drill
team in the Hillsdale lodge. jake
Simkin is drilling them in the work.
Herman Peters of Colorado Springs
is back on a business visit.
| Mrs. Ada Holmes left "wednesday
morning for Urbana, Ill, to make
two weeks visit with her mother.
Mrs Edna Liphardt and Mrs. Mabe
Mahlstedt spent Wednesday in Hills
dale with Mrs. Lucy Ashdown.
Gene Sheppard of Watertown was {
| Hillsdale visitor Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
SHERRARD.

C. A. Samuelson, John Swanson,
Frank Lawson and Tom Blenkensopp
were at Aledo on business Tuesday.
Mrs Bosold returned to her home
at Graettinger, Iowa, Monday, after
being here two weeks, having been
called here by the death and funeral
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Simmons.
Mrs. Quincy Farrow and nephew re-
turned home Friday after a three
weeks visit with relatives and friends
at St Louis, Moline, and Rock Island
The people in the vicinity of Sher-
rard are building a tabernacle in
which to hold a series of meetings for
| five or six weeks.
Matt Logan returned home Monday
from Davenport, where he had beer
to see his daughter Mary, who is very
sick.
William Olden is seriously i'll at the
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stevens return
ed home Tuesday after four days visi
in Chicago and Rock Island.
John Bell of Fairbury, Neb., Samue
Bell of Salt Lake City, Thomas Mile
of Topeka, Kan, John Miller of st
Joseph, Mo, and Mr.. Harrington o
Kansas, and two Hills boys from
Galesburg, ILL.,, were all in Gable t.
attend the funeral of Andrew Miller.
Mrs. William Stevenson returned t,
her home in CISCO Saturday after
four days stay with her sister, Mrs
Vance Sherrard.
Quite a number attended the fu
neral of Andrew Miller in Cable las
Thursday.
William Angus moved to Iowa thi
week and Mrs. Sophia Wungler of Ca
BILE has moved in the house that h,
recently vacated.
Miss Belle Stevens returned HON,
Tuesday after three months in tn
Hospital at Elgin, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
HAM PTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. e. c. Henlfne enter
tanned company of friends from Rock
Island at their home Sunday after.
noon and evening. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. George Baumbach
and son DeForrest, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Schenebicker and son Harold. Mr..
and Mrs. L. Gieseker and daughters
Ruth and Loretta and Mrs. Hamerick
and daughter Anna.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ B Underwood and
family entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Otis
Eitman from the county seat Sunday
Miss Elzina Smith was among the
Rock Island visitors Saturday.
Mrs. NJ. J. Skies has been in feeble
health for several days.
Miss Alice Vogel left a few days age
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
Positions
Of Trust

Every man is likely, at some time.
to be called to fill a position of
trust requiring bond.
You may be appointed guardian of
a minor, or executor of a will or
administrator of an estate; you NAV
be elected to public office, or
chosen treasurer of some oreaniza-
ton; you may be offered a fiduciary
position with bank, you may wish
to guarantee contract, or you NAV
wish to give an occupation or
license bond-in all these circum-
stances, and many others, we viii
act as your surety.
Being the largest Company in the
world whose business is restricted
to furnishing Suretyship Bonds, we
can give you an absolute guaran.
tee, and save you from annoying
obligations. Apply to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
WONDERFUL READERS.
Macaulay's Almost Superhuman Gift
For Absorbing Literature.

Here is an interesting list of the vol
umes read by Lord Macaulay in a pc
Rod of thirteen months during which
time he was also busted with his Off
cial duties as one of the members of
the supreme council of India. Il have
read Eschylus twice." he writes
friend; "Sophocles twice, Euripides
once, Pindar twice, Callimachus, Ap-
pollonius Rhodius, Quintus Calaber,
Theocritus twice. Herodotus, Thucydi-
des, almost all Xenophon's works, al
most all Plato, Aristotle's Politics and
a good deal of his 'Organon,' besides
dipping elsewhere in him; the whole of
'Plutarch's Lives about half of Luz
clan, two or three books of Athenaeus,
Plautus twice, Terence twice, Lucre-
thus twice, Catullus, Tibullus, Proper
thus, Lucan, Status, Silius, Italicus,
Livy, Velleius Paterculus, Sallust, Gaze
little Cicero left, but l shall finish him
in few days. am now deep in Aris-
| tophanes and Lucian."
Manifestly Macaulay had an almost
| superhuman gift for reading. Trevel-
| yam said of him: "Macaulay's extraor-
| binary faculty of assimilating printed
matter at first sight remained the same
| through life. To the end he read books
| faster than other people skinned
them and skinned them as fast as
any one else would turn the leaves.
And this speed was not in his case OBJ
tanned at the expense of accuracy"
Balzac's ability to take In at a glance
half dozen or more lines of page is
a well known incident of literature,
and the Frenchman got all the mean
| ings and the shades of meaning from
! the page. BaiZac was not a systematic
reader and boosted that he never read
i a book through. But he, too, had the
| power of ''assimilating printed mat
/ ter" NJ. Brunetiere says that Balzac
/, capacity for absorbing knowledge as
! well as learning is not to be judged al
all by the standards of ordinary men
4 The same principle incidentally Is the
sufficient answer to those who doubt
!, that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
/ because there is proof that he was
never q student.
h Doubtless these who have been men
toned were exceptional readers, or
rather, devourers of books But theil
example is interesting not because l,
| is exceptional, but for the reason that
Industry in reading is really not ex
ceptional. The photographers attach
ing to meritorious works of history at
test stupendous neutrality-suspicious.
to the man who is content to merely
do" the magazines. The learned per
son who occasionally advises that 9
| reading of Shakespeare and the Bible
as enough" has doubtless himself
| read wisely.
/ Even cursory survey of the subject
| convinces that reading and its amount
depend upon ones temperament ant
habit and has nothing whatever to d.
with time.-Kansas City Star.
| All the news all the time-THE
1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
YUMA.

The revival meetings at Rose Hill
closed Saturday evening.
Mrs. Dow mas been having an attack
of the grip, but it somewhat better
James Walker was under the care
of the doctor last week, but is now
able to be around
The trustees of Yuma Methodist
church met at the church Saturday
afternoon and hired Ed Wainwright
janitor for the ensuing year.
Clarence Johnson moved into the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
ELECTION OF SlLVlS CHURCH
Methodists Select Trustees, Stewards
and Other Officers.

The First Methodist church of Silvis,
of which Rev. E. w. Thompson is pas
tor, last evening at meeting at Cox's
hall elected the following trustees: ].
]. Leekley, DR.. A. C. Hanson, J. M.
Kendall, Henry Eiercks and Will Cor
bin. The following stewards were
also elected: Mrs. M. S. Hill. Mrs. F.
]. Ball, Professor ]. Lowe, B. l. Falk-
ner, J. Wilson and Mrs. A. Stevens
Mrs. J. J. Leekley was elected or
ganist
Presiding Elder w II. Wiley was
present and conducted quartely con
ference. The services next Sunday
will be held in the evening at Z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

for Elgin and will remain in that city
for a time.
Mr. and Mrs. S. r. Bryan entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bryan of Wake
Sunday.
o. A. Hoffstetter and family have
moved from the Clark property to the
Andalusia neIghborhOod.
A business meeting of the Ladies
Aid society will be held Thursday al
the home of Mrs Maniel Smith.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
MOLINE

Have Plenty of Work.-The man.
agement of the railro d shops at Silvis
is contemplating the rebuilding of Sc
engines this month, a greater number
than was rebuilt a month ago. There
are plenty of engines TO be repaired,
and while rumors are current that the
shops will again shut down, it is given
out at the superintendent office that
the shops will be kept in operation and
perhaps there will be an increase in
force, II any changes are made at all.
Tomorrow will be the regular monthly
pay day for the employees and the pay
roll will amount to more than $4,000.
This sum will be divided into $4,000
for the men employed in the motive
department and the remainder for the
storehouse.
| Fall May Be Serious.-Jack Hill an
old soldier, is at the city hospital in
grave danger of death as the result of
injuries sustained in two falls. Hill
attempted to climb astairway at 1222a
Third avenue Wednesday afternoon
| II,
and he pitched backward when near the
top of the flight When aid reached
him he was unconscious.
| o.
Pheasants Released Here.-Six pairs
of Hungarian cartridges from the state
game preserve near Springfield were
released on the arsenal island yester-
day with a view to the propagation of
this species of bird hereabout The
II birds were sent in groups of two
lpairs each to Mayor Olson, Attorney L.
M. Magill, and u. w. Thompson, great
sachem of the Red Men of Illinois, by
j. A. Wheeler. state game commission.
er In the letter extending the birds
to the local men Mr.. Wheeler urges
; that the cartridges be examined care.
fully before they were released SC
that it will be possible to prosecute
any hunters who may kill them out OF
; season The birds are about twice
the size of the quail and are much
. harder and will thrive where a quail
cannot survive.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. Margaret NJ
: Foss, widow of the late Henry Foss
/. died suddenly yesterday at her home
lao Fifth avenue. Death was due t
IapopleXy. Up till Wednesday evenin.
S Mrs. Foss was apparently in the hes
: of health and had been out walkin,
during the morning In the evening
she was suddenly taken i'll and througl
the night continued to grow worse
She was one of the Oldest inhabitant
of this city, having spent so years G
t her life here. She was born in Ho
stein. Germany, Feb. s, 1923, and wa
l. married there to Mr.. Foss She wa
p the mother of II children, but all hav
h preceded her to the grave Only tw
l. grandchildren survive. Raymond an
II Herbert Foss of Keota, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
What to Do When Bilious.

The right thing to do when you feel
bilious is to take a dose of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They will cleanse the stomach and
regulate the liver and bowels. Try it.
Price, % cents. Samples free at all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

Boys Bound Over.-Beruard Connel-
ly. William Bailey and Charles Ha-
mann. the three boys who are charged
with robbing o. c. Murray's grocery
store on Eighth and LeClaire streets,
were bound over TO the grand jury by
Magistrate Louis e. Roddewig under
5000 bonds on the charge of breaking
and entering At the preliminary
hearing the three boys entered pleas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14
DAVENPORT

EmpIoye Robbed House.-Ray Ma
her, who has been employed by Mrs.
w. w. Hovey, GO3 West Sixteenth
street, Davenport, robbed the house OF
all the available jewelry that he could
find Wednesday evening about
o'clock while he was alone in the
house. He was bound over to the
grand jury by Magistrate Roddewig
under bonds of $500. Maher confessed
to being guilty of the work when he
was confronted by all the jewelry
which belonged to Mrs. Hovey and
which the police had located shortly
after Maher disposed of it. All but
the gold watch has been recovered.
Among the articles which the police
say he took are five pins, one of which
was set with diamonds, three brace
lets and the Iady's watch. Night Cap
tain Phelan and Sheriff Eckhardt ar
rested Maher on Third and Harrison
streets Wednesday evening.
Injured; Sues for $5o,ooo.-Attorney
NJ V. Cannon on behalf of T. n. Ash
craft, has begun proceedings against
the Davenport Locomotive works by
the serving of the original notice in a
$4,000 damage suit. 1t is stated that
Nov. 16. 1907, while in the employ OF
the Locomotive works Mr.. Ashcraft
was permanently injured and is today
left helpless with a wife and five chill
dren dependent upon him for support.
Mr. Ashcraft. who is 50 years of age,
states at the time of the accident he
was engaged in assisting in the I'M
loading of a large number of heavy
sheets of iron from a car. He was
assigned to the task of guiding the
crane used in the unloading and while
so engaged the hook on the crane
gave way and allowed one of the
heavy pieces of iron to fall upon him.
His right leg and foot were badly
crushed requiring the removal OF
much of the bone and flesh, which has
left the limb in a permanently Grip
pied condition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

When you buy loose coffee
from a peddler, you don't Know
what you are getting, and he
doesn't know what he is selling.
When you buy any Arbuckle Certified Coffee
you have the certificate OF this old and reliable
house that the coffee is exactly as described on
the wrapper, and is grown in The country stated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

and absolutely old Book
charge.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA GA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-14

(aucker budng)
certainly
people