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

Dainty Christmas Trifie For the Wo-
man Who Sews-Ribbon Holder.
A sewing case of eretonne is always
appreciated as gift by the woman
who does her own mending. The
vivid colors. of the cretonne and the
grace of the design make it particu-
larry attractive as material for this
purpose. The case illustrated may
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
MOVING
MAKES BUSY DAY
Departments Transfer Books
and Papers to New
Building.

Apparent confusion reigned today in
the District Building. and yet through
out the hustle the business OF the gov
ernment continued uninterrupted one
by one the various departments are be-
ing transferred to the new Municipal
Building
This afternoon the Offices Of the as
SCISSOR and collector OF taxes were estab-
hshed in their new quarters. and to-
morrow morning those who desire to
pay their wtaer rents and other Dis
trict bills will find ofhcials waiting 10
receive the same al Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue. a cashier
VII. be stationed also n the ole Dis
trict Building for the next three or
four days in order IA accommodate
those who md il hard 10 tear them
selves away from the familiar scenes
Of the past.
Fire alarm headquarters and the Of
fees Of the electrical engineer and ST.
perintendent Of the water departme II
building. The water registrar viii be
ready Tor business in ta5 new quarters
az g a. m. tomorrow.
Workmen in the Municipal building
are adding the finishing touches. and
all will be IN readiness fOr the recep-
ton OF the public on July 4.
Benjamin Adams. assistant assessor,
said today that between three and four
car loads Of records, covering period
Of the last 100 years. have been removed
20 the new building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
TAFT QUITS OFFICE
OF WAR SECRETARY
Succeeded by Gen. Luke E.
Wright at Noon
Today.

After the simplest OF ceremonies. VIII
liam Howard Taft today at noon for
mally surrendered the portfolio Of the
Secretary OF War TO Gen. Luke Z.
Wright
Promptly al noon Mr.. Taft came out
OF his private .mce, and. followed by
General Wright. passed through the
crowded with bureau chiefs and mem
bers Of the general stah-
without DELAY. the formal oath Of
Office was taken by 6 neral Wright
He repeated H.. Santenc, for sentence.
as it was read to him o,.-- I'm B. Ran
dolph eniei clerk Of q I:aSsrd divi-
sion --FS a'1f~N.p7 WIN
a6miI.sst-red tne -arh OF ut1ice 20 Secre-
tary Root q 10 1lr. Ta.t.
AT the conclusion OF The oath. Secret
tary Wright was landed his cOmmis-
sion as Secretar y0f War by John c.
Schodeid. chief clerk of the War De-
parrmsIt- The new Secretary sCIiled,
bowed and handler T. back 70 Mr. Scho-
field.
Mr. Taft grasped Secretary Wrl yilt' 8
hand and congratulated ii n
He then escorted the Sci 'retary back
20 The private Office, where Secretary
Wright received the bureau chiefs OF
the department, the members Of the
general STAFF. and practically all the
employees Of the department. AS they
were introduced TO him he shook their
hands and they passed on into the cor
ridor outside
8Ir. TAFT spent the morning with the
new Secretary. going over routine mat
teTs- Taft is now a private citizen. II
that phrase can be applied 10 a man Wk
IS candidate for the Presidency. At
O'Clock Friday afternoon he and Mrs.
Taft will take train for Hot Springs,
Va. where they viii spend practically
al Of the summer This afternoon he
Will have q conference with Arthur l.
Vorys. OF Ohio, in regard To the chair
manship OF the Republican national
committee.
He viii spend tomorrow attending tC
private business and holding various
conferences regarding the coming cam
paign-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
BROWNS WITH DOG
GRASPED IN ARMS
Pet Tries TO Rescue Boy in
Water and Both
Sink.

CHESTER. July ALLEN Rosenbe g,
fourteen years old, drowned in the Del
aware yesterday. carrying with him 10
death a pet spaniel that was trying TO
rescue him. Only the day before the
dog had saved his master from drown
ing at the same , ace
Allen. who WIS a son OF Benjamin
Rosenberg. Of I32 Hayes street, was
learning 10 swim. and used an old life
preserver to support him on the waters
surface. The strap on the life-preserver
became disarranged. and the boy began
70 sink.
Calling loudly for help. his cries were
heard by the dog. which swan out 10
the aid of his young master. Rosenberg
was exhausted he threw both arms
around the dogs neck, shutting OF the
animaIs breath and rendering Il power
less TO swim.
The intelligent spaniel was seen en-
deavoring 10 break the boys hold and
get grip on his clothing. but the lati's
arms were locked in a death embrace
and bOtn soon sank
w hen the bodies were recovered. the
boys arms were still tightly clasDed
about the neck of his dead pet
Monday afternoon young Rosenberg
was bathing with some companious
when ne became exhausted and called
for his dog. The animal responded
quickly. and brought his young master
to shore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
GRANTED DIVORCE
FROM BOGUS LORD

NORFOLK. July Another romance
has ended in the divorce courts here.
Mrs. Louisiana Hobbs Douglass. one of
the numerous American wives OF the
bogus LORD Percival Reginald Sholto
Douglass. who claimed 20 be the third
son OF the Marquis OF Sueensoerry, was
Granted an absolute divorce, on the
ground that the lord" had deserted
her.
Douglass married Miss Hobbs here. and
then took her 10 California, where he
deserted her and their infant child. The
custody of this child was awarded TO
Mrs. Douglass by the judge.
His pretense for leaving fer in Cal
ifornia was that he had to go to Egypt
on a business trip. She never saw him
again
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
DR.. AMES RESIGNS
FROM DEPARTMENT

Dr. John c. Ames. superintendent OF
documents in the Department Of the
Interior. resigned yesterday after thirty
i've years active service in the Gov
ernment employ As a token or the re-
gard n which he is held by his asso-
ciates in the department he was pre-
sented with . silver loving cup from
the older clerks IN the Office Accom-
panying the gift was an album contain
ing the autograph signatures of these
clerks The presentation took place in
DR.. Ames' Office at the close Of the day.
DIT. Ames. who is an Episcopal clergy
man. viii devote his time in the futgre
10 church and literary work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
Gen. Wrghfs Strong Personality
TzvLstS MuStache When He's Puzzled

WORKS assiduously on the mustacbe
ends, Etvlsting and curling and winding
up the operation with a final onward
pull.
The Secretary's vocal powers leave M
doubt in the minds Of his listeners that
ne means what he says. His voice is
full. deep and decisive. and is bound 70
bring about hasty obedience.
General Wright's personality is IN
usually pleasing. A caller in his Office
Is Immediately put ct ease BY the kind
ly greeting and tactful interest display
ed BY the official, and his good-hv m
on visitor leaving his Office is always
accompanied by a hearty: Y shall al
ways be Glad TO see you, sir
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
ENDS FISCAL YEAR
ON EXACT MINUTE

For the first time in the history OF the
POstOffiCe Department, the division OF
dead letters and the supply division.
as well as the other divisions that come
under the Bureau Of the Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster GS neral, 2. V. DeGraw
closed the last days work OF the fiscal
year on the minute
II is said that the division OF dead let
ters never before has been at a point
where IL could finish up all its work
with the end Of the fiscal year. The
supply division likewise. never has been
able TO act on all reQUisilOns in time
TO get them filed and the books bal
anCed at the end CT the year
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01

Gen. Luke E. Wright, the new Secre-
tary Of War, is a type. He had not been
at the War Department a day before
the attaches realized that they had a
strong personality in their midst
The big strong face or the new Cab
met officer IS adorned by a gray mus
tache Of which it's wearer is, apparently,
very fond When he appears at the Of
fee in the morning the ends Of it look
as though they were waxed Snd turned
upward after the fashion Of Emperor
William. with some slight notifications
as TO the angle When perplexed by
some knotty problem the Secretary
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
WEATHER REPORT.

l TemperaEure is below the seasonal
,,-eraee &5herally over the interior OF
- country. and Is slightly above the
S..rmal from the upper ono Valiey'
the middle Atlantic and New Eng Eng
- states and in the north Pacific
states. Local rains have occurred
&ng the last twenty-four hours in the
Antic states. the upper Lake region.
- the Missouri and upper Migsys-
valleys No, well-defned disturb
iee appears within the region OF oo-
Aervation.
Fair weather with slight changes in
is indicated for the middle
eastern and southeastern States. From
the lower Lake region over the interior
OF New York showers VIII occur to-
&Hght-
l5tearners departing today for Euro
an ports viii have light TO fresh
1nds mostly southerly. ami fair
heather to the Grand Banks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
B. so. SEEKS REWARD.

George E Hamilton. attorney for the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. IN a letter
70 the Commissioners. requests the pay
ment Of SI.500.0O0 as provided for IN
the act OF February. 1903, which specI-
fes that this sum shah be paid 10 the
road on the completion Of the viaducJ
leading into the new Union Station
Half Of this amount is 10 be paid from
the revenues OF the District ana hslf
BY the United States
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
sI1.Oo Niagara Falls Excursions, July 3,

Baltimore & Ohio. Special train Stand
ard coaches and parlor cars from
Washington 7:45 a. m. going via Phila-
delphia and Lehigh Valley route Lib
eral stopovers returning. Tickets good
returning within fifteen days Cheap
side trips from Niagara Other dates
18th and 31st, August II and %, Sep
tember IL. October 2.-AdY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Saturday ard Sunday. AT trairs both
days, both ways, except .Royal Limit
ed" On Saturday, July (. exciting au-
tomobile races Of unusual magnitude az
PimlicO Race Track, Baltimore.-Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
MAINE NAMES FERNALD.

BANGOR, Ne, July bert NJ Fer
Maid. of Poland. was nominated for
governor by the Republican State con-
vention late yesterday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01

S55.I5 Denver, COL, and Return,
Baltimore & Ohio r. r.. account Demo-
cratic National Convention, July ! to T.
valid for return until 2Ist- Variable
routes. Only two nights out. Consult
aGentS.-AdY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
g Ia Raltimore I'D Return.

Every day via "The Electric Line. %
Tickets at 18th st and New York ave.
NV. Twilight excursions 800 round trip
after .. m.-Ady.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
Absolute Safety for Silverware

is insured by the special fire and burglar
proof silver vaults Of Union Trust Co..
18th and II sts. Rates are very reason
able. No charge for carriage. Prompt
service.-Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01

High Class Floral Work.
Gude's designs for funerals are dis
tinctly artistic. Best flowers. 1214 F.
Advt-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01

tconLInued on so Fage)
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
After lnflammatory rheumatism, Hair
Came Out, Skin Peeled, and Bed
Sores Develored-OnIy Cuti-
cura Proved Successful.

about four years ago had a very
severe attack of inflammatory rheuma-
tism. My skin peeled. and the high
fever played havoc with my hair.
which came out in punches. also
had three large bed sores on my back.
1 did not gain very rapidly, and my
appetite was very poor. l tried many
sure cures but they were of little
help, and until 1 tried Cuticura Re-
solvent l had had no real relief. Then
my complexion cleared and soon felt
better. The bed sores went very soon
after few applications of Cuticura
Ointment, and when I used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment for my hair
it began to regain its former glossy ap-
pearance. Mrs. Lavina j. Henderson.
13S Broad St, Stamford, Conn, March
6 and IL. 1907"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18

.aN
Sell don't believe you. Or you
wouldn't waste your time so--about
Sam Pritz!'
"Er-Sally-where you going to to-
night?" Seny meant to prove him
self
And Sally answered. with a little
fright at the sudden aggressiveness
she had procured.
''Nowheres that / know Of"
'Well-may set up with your"
The pea-green sunbonnet could not
conceal the amazement and then the
radiance which shot into Sally's face.
"Set-up-with-m
"Yes." said Seffy, almost savagely
That's what | said"
"Oh, IL guess sol Yes! of course"
she answered variously, and rushed
off home.
you know own you" she laughed
back. as If she had not been sufficient
ly explicit II paid for youl Your
pappy's got the money, I'll expect my
property tonight"
''Yasi" shouted the happy old man,
"and begoshens! it's a reg'ler bargain!
Amt it, Seffy? You her property
real estate, hereditaments and tene-
ments." And even Seffy was drawn
into the joyous laughing conceit of it!
Had he not just done the bravest
thing of his small life?
"Yes." he cried after the fascinating
Sally. For sure and certain. tonight"
ITS bargain!" she cried.
For better or worser. richer or
poorer, up an down, in an out.
chassez right and left! Aha-ha-ha!
Aha-ha-hal But. Seffy. and the
happy father turned to the happy son
and hugged him. don't you efer forgit
that she's feather-head and got
bright red temper like her daddy,
And they both work mighty bad to-
gether sometimes. When you get her
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
John LUTHER LONG
-ss-.--ss r., n W,t.
BY DoDl's- Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.
Illustrations by Don Wilson

The crowning desire in the life OF old
BaumEartner. a Pennsylvania German, is
to obtain possession of the beautiful
meadow which lies just between Baum
gartners properly and the railroad sta
ton. The property in question was in
herited by Sarah Pressed. very pretty
and athletic young girl, and belonged
solely to her. But old Baumgartner had
Iongcd for II rnany years and en-
deavored to purchase IL from Sarah's
father so many times that the property
became known as "Baumgartner's
yearn." AT the vicinage gatherings on
the porch of the store old Baumgartner
always declared that the property would
some day be his. At length Baumgartner
obtaining the property would be through
the marriage of his son Sephenijah to
Sarah Pressel In a mock auction .Seffy.''
us Sephenijnh Il. Baumgartner. Jr., is
popularity known. is ratified OF by his
father to Sarah for 81
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
What Have Feelings Got to Do With
Coup Pasture7

What Have Feelings Got to Do With
CoW-Pasture7
They advanced together now, Seffy's
father whistling some tune that was
never heard before on earth, and, with
his arm In that of his son, they watch
ed Sally bounding away. Once more.
as she leaped fence, she looked
laughingly back. The old man whistled
wildly out of tune. Seffy waved a
hand.
Now you shouting. Seffy! Shout
ag'in!"
Il didn't say a word!"
"Well-it amt too late! Go on!"
Now Seffy understood and laughed
with his father.
Nice gal, Sef-Seffy."
"Yes!" admitted Sefy with reserve
Healthy"
Seffy agreed to this, also.
mo doctor bills!" his father ampli-
fed.
Seffy said nothing.
Entire orphen."
"She's got a granny"
"Yas," chuckled the old man at the
way his son was drifting into the
misunderstanding about granny
'but Sally owns the farm,"
"Uhu!" said Seffy, whatever that
might mean.
"And Sallys the boss!"
Silence.
And granny won't object to any
one Sally marries, anyhow-she das-
sent, She'd git lickedi"
who said anything about marry
ing?"
Seffy was speciously savage now
-as any successful wooer might be.
Nobody but me. sank you!" said
the old man with equally specious
meekness. Look how she ken jump
a six-rail fence. Like three-year
flly! She's nice gal, Seffy-and the
farms fine together--her pasture-field
and our corn-field. And she's kissing
her hand backwards! At me or you,
Seffy?"
Seffy said he didn't know. And he
did not return the kiss-though he
yearned to.
well. bet dollar that the first
initial of his last name is Sephanijah
p. Baumgarten, Junior"
''Well!" said Seffy with a great
flourish, I'm going to set up with her
tonight" IS.
"oach-git out, sefl"-though he
knew it.
You'll see."
"No. won't" said his father. 81
wouldn't be SO durn mean. NossirI"
Al.
and his courage continued to grow.
I'm going to wear my high hatl"
he announced, with his nose in the
air.
mo, Sell" said the old man with
wonderful infection, facing him
about thet he might look into his de-
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
Art In the soup.

The artists wife leaned sver and
looked at her husbands soup after she
had handed it to him.
"Oh." she cried, look at the scroll
the fat has made in your soup. Isn't
1t artistic? Don't eat it. It is so
beautiful"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
Few Perfect Models.

There are in Europe 10000 women
and girls who earn living as artists
models. 1t is strange to say that
there are not ten among them who
possesses a perfect face and figure
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18

at the right place onct-well, nail her
down-hand and feet-so's she can't
git away. When she gifts mad her lit
tie brain evaporates, and If she had a
knife she'd go round stabbing her best
friends-that's the only sing that
safes her-yas. and us,-no knife. If
she had knife it would be funerals
following her all the time
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
Simple Enough.

why does the farm boy beat the
city boy SO often?"
That's easy"
Let's have the answer"
THE little red schoolhouse offers
better curriculum than does the
little red theater comique."-wash-
ington Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18

eighth of Jupiters moons has just
"swum within the ken" of the astrono-
mers at Greenwich observatory in
England.
The giant among the planets is just
now excellently situated for observa-
ton. shining for some time in the
western sky after sundown. Any small
hand telescope will show Jupiter much
as 1t looked to Galileo-a plain, softly
luminous disc, accompanied by one or
more of the four moons. all of them
sometimes visible at once, which were
first seen at Padua in the opening
decade of the seventeenth century.
AS the size of the telescope is in
creased, interesting detail makes its
appearance. The most easily glimpsed
features are the belts-lines of cloud
like substance crossing the planets
face north and south. The disc of
Jupiter is also diversified by an oval
shaped object which has never ceased
to be an object of mystery. as well as
wonder, to astronomers. Its extraor-
binary size and hue have given it the
title of ''the great red spot" Situated
near the edge of the south belt, it is
sometimes 10000 miles long by 1000
miles broad, extending over an area
of about 100000 900 miles. A blanket
closely fitted everywhere to the sur
face of the earth would not be large
enough to cover this strange object
on the face of Jupiter. Meanwhile the
planet has other mysteries. Its sur
face is fluent. and shifts to and fro in
a hof ha
possible to determine the exact period
of the planets diurnal rotation. The
depth of Jupiter's turbid and fiuctuat-
ing exterior has been estimated by one
observer at from 100 to 500 miles.
Some have suspected that, like Sat
urn's rings, the belts are whirling
lines of meteors. There is much rea-
son to believe that part of the light
that comes to us from Jupiter is the
planets own.
What, finally, of the satellites
themselves? The early astronomers
knew the first four the Galileen
moons. as 10. Europa, Ganymede and
Callisto. and it is the magnitude and
motions of these which are best
known. With an average diameter of
about $500 miles, their distances from
Jupiter range from 112,500 miles TO
7365,000 miles, and their periods of
revolution around the planet from
nearly IL hours to about 16 days, the
fifth moving at ABOUT 161a miles sec
ond The satellites are now numbered
in the order of their discovery, but
their distances from Jupiter do not
coincide with this order. The most
recent estimates at Harvard college
observatory give the arrangement as
fallnr.c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18

The object recently observed at
Greenwich, and supposed to be an
eighth moon of Jupiter, is still under
observation.
For all but expert observers, pro.
viced with the largest telescopes now
in use, the newly discovered moons
arc utterly beyond the reach of hu-
man vision, and the astronomers who
have seen them may be counted on
the fingers of one hand. But the orig
inal four which Calico saw are easily
within the reach of the ordinary field
glass or small telescope The phe-
nomena they present are most inter
esting. Circling their primary at diff
ferent speeds, they may sometimes be
seen equally, as well as unequafly.
distributed with respect to Jupiter;
occasionally the planet cuts them in
two, or has all four on one side.
Now and then the satellites pass
behind him in their motions and are
"occulted;" they also move across his
face, the moon in transit casting its
black shadow on the planets disc. The
fact that Jupiter shows a face 40 times
larger to the nearest of his compan-
ions than the moon does to the earth
suggests something of the spectacle
which the night sky would present to
dweller in the Jovian system. But
that is another story.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
Try Murine Eye Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Murine Doesn't Smart-Soothes Eye Pain.
All Druggists Sell Murine at 50cts. The 48
Page Book in each Pkg. is worth Dollars
in every home. Read it. We will Mail all
our Eye Books Free-Write US to-day.
Ask your Druggist.
Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18

The back Is the handspring OF
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. 1t
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part Of
the body, that woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
to a healthy, normal condition is
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18

The woman who hesitates usually
has an impediment in her speech.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ingdown feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
INvALIp's SAD PLIGHT.

THE End of Long Life
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-06-18
LYDIA Z. PsHAKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Viii Young, of Columbia
Ave-, Rockland, Me-, says:
~ was troubled for a long time with
dreadful backaches and pain in my
side, and was miserable in every my.
1 doctored until l was discouraged and
thought would never get well. 1 read
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it; after taking three
bottles can truly say that never felt
SO well in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
Pa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II had very severe backaches, and
pressing-down pains Icould not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like new woman"