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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

HENRY GAETHJE = Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store. 1907
Second avenue. Telephone 111s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

FOR RENT-Six-room house with sew
er and water at 526 Twelfth street.
Inquire of Beecher Bros, 1513k Sec
Ond avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

WANTED = Energetic man to conduct
wholesale and retail business for
large manufacturing company; s.a-
pie product; income $175 to $3.50 per
month; applicant must furnish first
class references and $1,000 to $1,000
cash; capital secure; technical exper-
fence unnecessary Address +. w.
Williams, Douglas Park Station. Chi
cago, ILL.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms with
modern conveniences at 1907 Seven
teenth street -c,e
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
wANTnD-MALn HELP.

WANTED - Bell boys at the Harper
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
MISUNDERSTANDING.

WANTED-O1d feathers; highest price
paid for old feathers Call old phone
592-Y, or address 1911 Second ave-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
MONEY TO LOAN.

LOANS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY
at lowest rates. Ludolph & Reynolds
lawyers, Buford block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

WANTED-Two men in harness shop:
one to take charge and act as sales
man; 220 Seventeenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

FOR RENT-Dormitory rooms in the
Y. Nj. c. A. building. Inquire at Y
NJ. c. A. office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

FOR SALE-s2.40G buys a nice eight
room house. with veneered oak floors
in hall, parlor and living room; lot
50X2S0, with Il variety of fruit trees,
etc; four blocks from street car, OH
Seventeenth street, South Heights. In
qure 2041 Seventeenth street, or
phone west 64S-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

FOR RENT-.Furnished room, strictly
modern. with use of phone, at 1907
q, Fourth avenue. y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

MONEY TO LOAN on real estate secur-
ity at lowest rates. Marion T.. Swee-
ney, attorney. rooms 80 and 50, Nit
chell & Lynde building, Rock Island.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-06
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
0BY THE COUNTY sUrERINrENDENT o

Teachers meeting at Tabor Sa-
turday, Feb. 9Th. All who are in
terested in education are invited
to attend.
The next Teachers examina-
tion will be held on Feb. goth and
2Ist.
Edison, on being asked where
in his genius and success lay, re-
piled, "Perspiration".
Education is preparation for
life. Vellek distrirt, No. IL, has
decidep to have eight instead of
six months of school. This &C
tion can not be too highly COM
menced, as it gives the children of
that district a 33B per cent great
er opportunity to prepare them
selves for successful living, than
if they had but six months OF
school.
On account of the illness of her
mother, Miss Fora Hackley who
has been teaching very successful
ly in Vilhauer school, No. 73, has
been compelled to. return to hel
home at Whiting, Iowa.
Owing to the extreme cold, the
teachers meeting scheduled fol
Avon, Saturday, last, was postpor
ed till Feb, 18th. All the teach
ers in that vicinity who could bt
lreacchd by telephone were noti
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-06

beautiful living pictures he saw
there. ....
The pupils Of the interme diate
grades are praCticing a broom
stick drill. The object of this
drill is, not to deform all the
brooms, but to reform those who
are in the habit of standing in a
stopped or unhealty position.
These energetic little folks have
furnished beautiful picture, re-
presenting "Our Lord Blessing
the little Ones, far their school
room. They have now in their
trea sury treasury almost enough
for another picture. We are prac
ticing now what we intend to do
when we have our own homes
and we hope that Sister M. Clara
will have as nice supply then as
she has now. ..-.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-06
Academy Notes.

At present there are seventy in
dustrious little inmates at st. Wen
ceslaus, as boarders, and one hun
dred-6fty four in the school regis
ters. These ..are happy school
days; Would that they might be
prolonged.
Rev. Father Kelley of Wagner
). D., while in town last week,
called to see his little parishioners
at the school. There are twelve
of those young students working
under the potection of St. Wen
ceslaus. and we hope that God
will bless their efforts. Fathel
Kelley also visited the class room:
and was much pleased with the
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-06
fed Saturday morning not to

fed Saturday morning not to
come in. N~
1t is seldom that the superinten-
dent has the pleasure of seeing in
one day the work of two such ef-
hcient teachers as those in the
Phlugraph and Ochsner districts.
Mr.. A. c. Mason teaches in the
former and Miss Cora NJ. Trager
in the latter school.
Some very fine specimens of re-
lief.map models have been receiv-
ed this week from the fifth grade
room of the Tyndall schools and
from the Ochsner school. This
work was done by Frances Moore
Eddie Vogel, of Tyndall, and An
ME Magstad, Philip Bauder, and
Emma Muhlbeir of Ochsher
Fscnool. Mony excellent sreci-
mems OF penmanship practice were
received, also, from the latter
school. From the Bussey school
was received some very creditable
samples of weaving paper folding
etc. This work was done by Fred
Ferguson, Thomas and Martha
Plumbe, and Bennie Bussey.
These pupils of the last named
school are first and second gra-
ders, Considering this, their work
IS exceptionally good.
Farmers institutes will be held
in Scotland and Tyndall on the
same dates, Feb. u and I8. 1t is
planned to whole one at Tabor
also. Every farmer should not
only attend these meeting, but he
should bring with him his Older
sons and daughters. Mr.. Cham
berlain will have a message or
stock and Grain raising for the
boys and Miss Hoover will have
a message on cooking and chick
en- raising for the girls that will
show them possibilities IN farm
life of which they, perhaps, are
} not aware.
1t is time to begin thinking
about attending a summer school
: Teaching is very important ant
responsible work. Therefore th'
. teacher who is mol certain that hi
r or her ability is first class shoul'
! do all possible to become bette
fitted or, for the sake of the pupil
|. who must suffer the consequence
-iquit the work.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-06

The Department of Education has
set the following dates for teachers
examination for the year:
February Goth and 2lst all grades OF
certificates including life diploma.
April leth and 18th Primary, frst,
second, and third grades.
June 18th and 10th Primary, first,
second, aud third grades. ,r
August 18th and t4th All grades
including life diploma.
October 9Th and 9TH Primary, first
Pecon /, and third grades. -.
IL Is urged that those who plan to
take any OF these examinations noti-
fy the Office at least ten days before
the pate upon which they intend to
70 write that 1t may be known how
many for which to prepare. 1t Is sug
gested, also, that those who may have
dillculty In passing take the earlier
examiustiOns. This will give the
Srsaier opportunity OF getting thru
before the beginning of ihe school
year. and will also enable che success
tul applicant to contract early. 2-l;
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-06
The habit of indulging in the

The habit of indulging in the
use of profane or obscene langua-
ge is one of most nonsensical ha-
bits hnman being ever acquired.
No man or youth ever raised him,
self in the estimation of saint or
sinner by the use OF foul language.
Purity of thought and speech are
valuable virtues. And yet, its our
honest opinion that the man who
unwittingly "cusses" little now
and then, is not half so big a sim
ner as the fellow who continuous
ly thinks evil and speaks evil OF
his neighbors, and refuses to pay
his honest debts upon the theory
that "Jesus paid il all. all the debt
! owe" 1.-THE pulpits of the land
would "go after" the fellows who
refuse to pay their honest debts
and to love their wives and their
fellow "go after" them as vigo-
sously as they 60 after the fellows
who "cuss and chew tobacco" the
true reformation of the race might
re nearer at hand.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-06

by the Tabor base ball team on
Monday, February ~, 1908, in
the Society hall. Costly prizes
will be given to the best masks.
Tyndall Register Word
comes from Sioux Falls of muir
derous assault upon the person OF
Alex Hinzman living North of
Avon, who was shot and robbed
of his pocketbook, watch and
overcoat in that city Wednesday.
The pocketbook contained S4S.
Hinzman, who mas lived nearly
all his life in Bon Homme County
went to Sioux Falls the first of
the week to secure treatment for
sore eyes. He stopped at a res
taurant and there fell with stran
ger, one Carl Hendricks, who said
he could take him to the best eye
doctor in town. The pair went
out in the evening to the fiat
country, near the 18th street
bridge across the Sioux River
and there Hendricks drew a revol
YER from his pocket and without
a word fired at Hinzman, the bull
let striking that individual in the
lower front part of the neck.
After firing the shot and rob-
bing his victim the-man disappear
ed. Hinzman crawled to the near
est hoIse and gave the alarm af,
ter which he was taken to the hos
pital. Physicians probed for the
bullet but failed to find it. He
stands about an even chance fol
recovery.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-02-06

A masquerade ball will be given
by the Tabor base ball team on
Monday, February ~, 1908, in
the Society hall. Costly prizes
will be given to the best masks.
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VIEnH

Ire one 1.-THE of the romanceS the trag-
edies. the comedies that are represented
in this part of what Hamlet is pleased to
cali the confines. wards and dungeons
of the world.
These dramas OF real life are repre-
sented in the property clerks Office of
the police department by tangible ar
tic,es. many OF great intrinsic value,
many worthless from this point of view,
some the mementos of misfortune, some
of folly and others again of crime In
fact, into this receptacle come the lost,
strayed or stolen articles OF the District,
from shoe laceS to automobiles from
h.bies TO professional gamblers outfits.
and here they are kept in cold storage
until lawful owner can be found in the
case Of the legitimate goods. or until dis
posed of at the annual sale or DESTROYED
and sunk in the Potomac river
A visit 10 the police property clerk 5
office there is a property clerk of the
District whose duties are quite dssimilar
and who in reality is q purchasing AGENT
Is an experience calculated to interest
the man who looked down the crater of
NesuviuS and saw nothing III 1t" The
province of police property clerk IS IN
trusted to the chief clerk of the police
department. the present incumbent being
Mai Edwin b Hessc- Mai. Uessa is
"a present i'll with typhoid fever. and his
place Is taken by Inspector III. J.. Cess
ford. Inspector GeSSford is IL genial
man who takes his aTdUOuS duties quiet
~. as 90 his assistants. Among the three
latter in this comfortable room in the
sumptuous new District Building you VIII
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ONE 11DE Of. TIE bicycle Roor1

than eighty on this occason). sometimes
numbering considerably over a hundred.
lost, abandoned or stolen. and awaiting
claimants. Even as one pauses IN th!&
room for casual glance. al ap2iican {
for wheel. or rather. thTce-a "a her and
two sons-appear. single OCT the particular
machine wanted. wheel Il away. and
ascend to the chief clerks Office above TO
take the requisite cath.
sometimes" says Mir. McGrath, "w3
have as many as twenty-five claimants
down here all together. Yes, sometimes
we have rival claimants for wheels and
other things. and the scenes on such &C.
casdons are often rather amusing. and
occasionally somewhat perplexing for u.s.
Numbers Of bicycle owners do not takS
the mum ners Of their wheels, and some
times 1.-THE dealers from whom they rur-
chased have gone out OF business,
Here, in this corner. arc the gambling
slot machines that were eOnt!scated a
few weeks ago. They we-e put Up us d
usual thing. in the neighOorhOsd OF
schools. and proved very seductive 10 tha
young pupils in disposing OF thair stray
pennies. If the coin rims down tnis caaa-
mel, marked by pins. and falls int am
OF these slots. the daring sutton OF tor
tune gets a piece OF chewing gum. But
II the penny. by some means. should twist
around these paths at the sides and drop
into the slots at the ond thereof, q
quarter is due the iuohy gambler, AS Il
matter OF fact, the coin nsveF would run
in the latter direction. and tie eevsted
twenty-five cents was a dai..s:6i akd p
snare. The proprietors, when the case
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I Tho sailor was piled with liquor, then
spirited aboard the snip.
Once there lie was helpless. u I've de-
Clircd 10 serve he could be put fl irons.
starved or perhaps made to wax the
plank. Thus trapped. there was little for
him To do but 10 oIde the time Till he could
either desert or else with some Of his fell
lows engineer Il successful mutiny.
The marines had the task of keeping
the crew in subsection. They were the
sole reliance Of the officers. They actual
II performed the functions OF policemen
during the time when not engaged in
lighting.
Uncle sam does these things better
noWadayF. Ii fact ioes every navy
IN the world Tie rough methods OF
half q century are gone forever. and row
the sailor or officer on one OF the ships
CT the United States is Il man with a
calling. lie = Wei cared fo-. and his
pay, while not big !n figures, Is not small
wien IL il taken into account the fact
that il is al profit, the government cloth
ing and feeding Inn.
The marines have e4g!.ed the respite
from being mere orCe- pTeservers. but
Il warfare come asa n undoubtedly
place Will be quickly found for them.
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not forthcoming. The gentleman who
purchased the vnhicl, scorc'hed in haugh-
~ fashion by tie humber horse and
wagon of ito former cwner 90 the auto
mobile, and when, after the larss %
year or So. the cash was Still INVISIBLE To
tie latter he waxed wrotn. His anger.
indeed. developed to such yropcrt ols that
one fms evening recently he descended
upon the dwelling Of the fTls1 w!5o had
bought Ms machine Wttnout gong
through the tornnli,y oc dsbursiAg any
cash ie. tho same, und. with tho assist
ance - 3 triiSty AID hurlf servi,or. ah-
stracted tts automobile frcm the stable
DO his car, .ar Gentleman v,io lad pur-
the sor6id consideration q: scoss mann
mon: brought sui 20 recover what he
considered hia FEopecty. h.s s,o.on prop
erty. And .iIrs tho ease sia.:is III pres
ent. and the automobile. tie sore OF con-
ienton II me effai.. sands IN Ihs yard OF
i!ie pEseiiict station aaG IL. ssr caro- &. n
property clerk until tho Geefk.cn o.
wise and upright judge s"ali settle the
matter.
''ies, we taas very jca.ous care o. the
property that Is iniruHtcd 10 oar charge
says Az, Netlrdtis NO t11.tc- or char
woman is allowed 10 enter oar rooms. en-
p,oyes OF tie siica doing all the necessary
work Of duEting, e'enninR. stc. IEere -
a gFsa. deal IF responsibility II tho wcrk
and every 5mpioye realizes thnt cect'
The annual sales o! the property
E:sTii : stties boeF, Ia Han1o ccaturcs. anu
particularly in the variety Of the goods
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THE Grist That Comes to
/ the Mill of the Property
Clerk of the Police Depart
ment -Jewelry and Money
of Considerable Value Lost,
Strayed or Stolen. Is in
Charge of This Official While
Waiting Claimants - Auto
mobiles, Horses, Carriages,
Bibles, Gamblers Outfits,
Opium Layouts, Bicycles,
Weapons and Clothing
Among the Many Things
Listed-Dihcult to Imagine
One 1.-THE of the Romances,
Tragedies and Comedies Rep
resented in the Collection.
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A PATIENT SUFFERER.

KXADA& EMMA EAMES is a foe 10
2VA viv.secton. and IN Pittsourg the
other day she praised the unseltish devo-
ticn of certain rich New York women
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Really" she said the work these
women do, the suffering III the shape or
snubs a9d insults that they undergo. re-
mind me very forcibly OF my dentists
first patient.
MY dentists first patient, the young
man has often told ne. was an elderly
farmer. The farmer wanted four teeth
pulled They were very firmly rooted
After the dentist, his cuffs turned
back, his lips compressed, his feet braced
against tie chair. had tGggeG vainly at
the teeth for some time. he paused, wiped
his moist brow, and said:
"'Wilew, You've certainly got, sr,
the firrncst teeth | ever saw
We'll. take YOUR time, young man.
I'm IN no hurry said the farmer en-
coura gingly. Its splendid practice and
it'll teach you We must all work fer our
l.viu' F."
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A TIME Has Come for a
n Change in the Functions
of the Marine-Once He Was
the Fighting Man-His His
tory Goes Back to the Galleys
of Ancient Rome-In Modern
Times, Before the Days of
the Steel Battleships and the
Long Range Guns, the Ma
rine Had to Do the Fighting
When the Contenders Came
Hand to Hand, and With the
Ships Lashed Together the
Crews Fought for Victory
With Guns That Sink Ships
at Four Miles There IS Lit
tie Hand-to-Hand Work, and
the Marine Is Not Needed.
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come The fighters. There is not much
work for the marine. for close-quarter
fighting has become almost a thing of
the past Only in tie occasional chance
Of "A landing being necessary would the
marine have AN opportunity as i'll the old
DAYS and il was shown i'll the differences
with China that the regular crews of The
ba;tleships can 60 this work so well rs
10 render needless the allotment of ma
rinGS.
Therefore. the marine on the bis float
ing fortress has become something of an
anomaly as far ichting goes.
Nor is lie required for that one-time
function Of mainl lining order among the
crews The moral" OF the men in the
navy has been 50 much improved in re-
cent years that the rigorous regime Of
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These slips of cloth are reminders of the
festive Jack the Siasher,' and here is
the detached shutter slat that was in
struneRtal in sending him 10 the peni-
tertiary on. thirty years sentence,
where he afterward went insane.
"PaWnshops and junk stores yield us
many of the stolen articles that are re-
covered. These establishments are COM
PEELED. by law, to send IN every day a
report of the articles received during the
previous twenty-four hours. Articles re-
ported rs stolen are recorded and de-
scrbed in n book kept in the detective
office and there is clerk whose duty
it is to compare the pawn and junk shop
reports with the description of stolen
articles. IL a similarity is discovered be-
tween the respective descriptions the
article is at once looked up. A singular
instance occurred few days ago OF
quickness of observation on the part
of an officer of the District militia. The
officer happened to look in the window
of a pawnshop. and noted rifle among Il
number of others displayed for sale. The
gun, from some mark or popularity,
seemed familiar to him. and. on COM
pairing its number with that of weapon
stolen and sold by one of the members
OF his organization. ale identified It as
the sam. Where articles have each an
individual number. such as guns, bicycles.
etc, the work of Identification is. OF
articles for three years to await claim
ants. and have rarely had an application
for anything already disposed OF.
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They will not disappear entirely from that
branch of the service in which they have
achieved honor so long and faithfully, but
they will no longer be a part of the reGu-
lar equipment OF fighting vessel
Uncle Sam did not east them ddrift
completely. He hardly Could with any
Snov q; fairness or nf a just cOnsidera-
zion for. the needs of the navy.
President RooScVClt's letter dctdchinS
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Are KIrT

point in the river. where they are sunk
Weapons. yes. quite i few. some
mememos Of famous crimes. Here, for
instance. is tie pistol which figured IN
the killing of an ex-senator a couple Of
Years ago. With this shovel a colo-ed
man killed another some weeks ago by
striking him over the head with it. Here
Is the crowbar that was used by an IS
capped luIatic over at St EiZabeths
asylum some time ago in killing two per
sons. This piece of fence pain fig
ured as evidence in a burglary case rts-
Gently ard this oak stick is another muir
der relic. Or Il blackboard. in the old
building, were mounted a number OF relics
OF famous crimes. which were collected
and catalogued by Mai. Sylvester. Here
Is the board, and here, IN this chest. are
The tragic mementos. but we have rot
put them up in the new building for public
exhibition. although I believe the major
contemplates doing Most OF the
crimes represented in this collection oc-
CURED some time ago. Here is n Jimmy
left at the residence of Albert Richards.
notorious Billy Williams. This stone
was used Ny Daniel Montford in murder
ing William J. Murphy way back in So.
This iron bar Is a relic of a CHASTITY pr1c-
tice, once somewhat prevalent in the Dis
trict. 1t was received from Isaac Tai
bert, sexton Of the Young Mems cemetery.
and belonged to Nago Jansen. the noted
grave robber. TIE disciple OF Jerry
grave upon being surprised at his CHASTITY
occupa ton. Here is the knife used by
John Daley In numbering Judge J. c. G..
Kennedy. at the corner of 10Th street
and New York avenue. y murder was
committed with this umbrella tip, which
was forced into the victims eye.
X
Here IS the skull of q small child
burned by it's mother after DEATH in op-
position to the health ordinance.
This is the razor with which Antonio
Nsrdeilo. an Italian, murdered fellow
ccuntryman while the latter was asleep
IN an old house located in what was
known as the camp Here is bogus
internal machine left at the residence
of d prominent lawyer for the purpose
of stirring UP q newspaper sensation. This
steel Jimmy was actually used in forcing
the safe in the office of the United States
District attorney. and this burglars out
fit was used for for similar purpose at
Albaughs Opera House, now CbaSe'S
Theater
Here We come to relic OF our old
friend Dorsey Foultz. This table knife
was used by that enterpcising coIored
CITIZEN when an inmate of the reform
school in an attempt to kill another So
iourner in the same institution. This in
strument is known to the initiated as 1t
cheeser.' and when worn on the wrist
n serious cut can be inflicted, though
apparently only a slap is administered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06

113S when there was danger Of a war
with France the government authorities
showed their appreciation of the marine
corps by reorganiZng it on far more
elaborate scale.
The marines We're placed on the same
footing as other branches of the United
States military service. They could not
while in commission be arrested by the
civil authorities the only law possible to
invoke against them being the military
law.
The first fight OF the regular navy,
in 1177, had in it the original marines
Of the United States. 1t was marines
who did valiant work in the wars in
Barbary. when the gallant Decatur
launched his forces against the Cor
sairs. Marines were all through the