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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
The Man with DanGrutf

Can now be cured. He should buy a
bottle of Zemo today. Zemo destroys
the germ that causes the disease. Its
use stops itching instantly. prevents
falling hair and leaves the scalp in a
clean healthy condition. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
sluaaers Win AGAIN.

The Twenty-seventh street Sluggers
won from the Hawkeyes yesterday, s
to 6. Fink and Tanner doing the bat
terry work for the former.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28

Two base hits-Derringer. Moore.
Bases on balls-Off Most, 2; off Bit
rolf, l. Struck out-By Most. 8; by
Blttrolff. 6. Stolen bases-Carr, Wag-
ner. Prout Double play-T O'Brien
to Airing. Umpires-McFarlan and
Genins.
One of Pair n Tie.
Peoria, H., Aug. 2S.-The Distillers
fell upon Jaeger in the fifth inning of
The first game and hammered home
five runs, Clinton dropping the game
by 2 to 5. The second was a hard
duel between Keupper and Fleet. the
game being called with the contest a
tie in the 18th to allow Clinton to
catch a train. Score of first game:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
With Ball Players

Donnelly after his disastrous expert
ence with Rock Island the other day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
Hold Joint Meeting.


Next Sunday the local Y NJ c. A.
will unite with the Silvis railroad Y.
M. c. A. in holding an all-day meet
ing at the Ridgeview Congregational
church in Moline. The morning serv-
ices will be in charge of the Silvis del
egation and in the evening the Rock
Island delegation will conduct the
meeting. Those who will attend from
here are Harry 'Shiffer, Matte Jonas
sen. Bert Steaks, George Stocker, w.
j. Beardsley and Secretary A. l.. Bur-
nett. Each man will be given a-period
of five minutes for the discussion of
his topic, after which a gu: rtet COM
posed of J. g. Hazard, Arthur Jonas
sen, w. e. CaulpetZer and o. C. Hick-
man will render several vocal selec
tions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
More at His Best.

Springfield. Ill. Aug. 2S.-More was
invincible. allowing the visitors moth
ing like safe hit until the ninth, the
Senators winning, to L. In the sec
ond Stewart misjudged fly and in
the eighth Williams beat out bunt.
More had perfect control and his hit
ting won the game. The fielding on
both sides was the most sensational
of the year. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28

Stolen bases-Raymond. Two base
hit-Swalm. Three base hit-Ronan.
Sacrifice hit-Nye. Double plays
Nieman to Buelow; Raymond to Rohn;
Nye to Roman to Buelow. Bases on
balls-Off Jaeger, 2 Struck out-By
Jaeger, 8; by Nelson, >. Passed ball
-Yeager. Time-1:50. Umpire =
Goeckel.
Second game:
Peoria 06O0000O0-1 /
Clinton ....90000100000-1 0
Batteries = Keupper and Yeager;
Fleet and Smith
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28

Grand Rapids, 13; Zanesville,a0-9.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Burlington, 3; Waterloo, 2.
keokuk, 50: Jacksonville, 0-3.
Kewanee, 0; Ottumwa. ).
Quincy, 2; Oskaloosa, l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
Was TENANTS Day.

Decatur, H.. Aug. 2S.-Tennant was
the big noise. He drove in three runs
in the eighth inning, deciding the
game for Decatur, to 3. Up until
the eighth the locals made every eff
fort by loose playing to give the game
away. The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28

452 out of 500 H. Martins of Daven-
port. the only local man finishing in
either class. was third among the anna
teurs with 440.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28

Two base hits = Stark, Novacek.
Struck out-By Fox, 3; by Lakaff, 2.
Bases on balls-Off Fox, 5; off La
kaft, 8. Hit by pitcher-Stevens.
Stolen bases-Stevens, Melchoir Con
ners, Murphy. Umpires-Lundin and
OvitZ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28
PLAY WELL; LOSE.
islanders on Nine Hits and Five
Passes Unable to Make
o Single Score.
BLOOMINGTON DRIVES IN TWO
Four Hits OFF Lakaff Made to Count
Marks Close of the Last Trip
South This Season.

GAMES TOMORROW.
Springfield at Rock Island.
Peoria at Dubuque.
Bloomington at Cedar Rapids.
Decatur at Clinton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-28


fforn1e
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Don't Dump on the Market.

Some say they won't hold their cot
ton any more. If enough say that and
act We will see cotton sell for I'VE or
six cents. the old price received before
farmers began to do business like 9th
business people This is the year
pc hold. The reason that cotton has
anl down now is because they think
J farmers are going to dump again
deis year. but just as soon as they see
whit you intend to hold for just
force. cotton will so up. If We farm
-, had the nerve that the bankers
I last fall, bulk our cotton and issue
hitiipt, say $50 to $50 per bale for
unrlve months bearing interest, you
oct aid soon see where the price would
Now, We can do that, but will We?
anu know the bankers met and put
piaatever kind of paper they had up
trioh a committee as collateral and
ID issued certain per cent of scrip
that collateral and you know there
pfaho security as good as cotton in
andad in warehouse.
IaoIhe Burnet TEX Bulletin editor
that people want to pay high for
iShat they get. which is one way of
keeping money in circulation. He says:
THE average man on given occasions
acts curiously Let cattle 20 out Of
sight and almost every man viii not
only decline to sell. but will bend his
energies to buy more. Let sheep reach
the TOP notch and every man who can
run sheep not only Keeps what he has,
but buys more. Let horses sell for
twice what they are worth and every
nan in the community becomes horse
dealer. Let hogs go up and everybody
wants hogs. Cotton at 12c looks too
good to go. while al Sc the market is
glutted with the staple. Several years
ago when land could be bought for
song nobody wanted it. but today with
the price almost prohibitiye the coun,
try is land mad
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Union Not Responsible for Night
Riders

Nothing could be further from the
truth than the charge made by those
unfriendly to farmers organizations
that the night riders who have been
warning farmers and ginners in Ar
kansas and Mississippi against GIN
ming and marketing cotton are actual,
ed by the Farmers Union. One of the
leading principles Of this organization
IS obedience to the law and its mot
to is the Golden Rule If there are
men who belong to the order engaged
IN these unlawful acts they are doing
SO in violation of the law of the Un-
ion as well as the law of the land.
The Farmers Union wants cotton GIN
ned slowly and held of the market
Gntil the minimum price is reached
and then so slowly that no enc will
know it is reached, but It realizes this
can be done only b. appeals to mems
reason and patriotism and not by brute
force
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Farmers Educational
AND
COOPERATIVE Union
Of America
A Tribute 20 Father.

Nobody knows Of the money It takes
To keep the home together,
Nobody knows Of the debt it makes,
Nobody knows but father.
Nobody's told that the boys need shoes
And g..ls' hats with a feather:
Nobody else old clothes must choose.
Nobody-only father.
Nobody hears that the coal and wood
and fiour's out together,
Nobody else must make them good,
Nobody-only father.
.Sobody's hand in the pocket goes
So often. wondering whether
There's any end 10 the want of those
Dependent-only father.
Nobody thinks where the money will
come.
To pay the bills that gather;
Nobody feels so blue and glum;
Nobody-but father.
Nobody tries so hard to lay
Up something for bad weather,
And runs behind, do what We may.
Nobody-only father.
Nobody comes from the worlds cruel
storm.
To meet dear ones who gather
Around with loving welcome warm,
Nobody does-but father.
Nobody knows of the home life pure,
Watched over by a mother,
Where rest and bliss are all secure,
Nobody can-but father
Selected.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Farmers Organization.

Il seems TO be universal OF all the
people who take an interest in cotton
to credit the influences exerted in ia
vor OF the producer. for the compare
lively good price the lint has brought
during the entire season This is true
with spinners. merchants. students and
farmers. In fact, hear almost daily
remarks tending that way. some going
so far as to say had it not been for
these influences cotton would have
gone 10 six cents The producer has
made himself felt and should be ac-
eordinglY proud Of It; should resolve
to stand BY these influences. be guild
ed by the sane leaders and support
such papers as have proven loyal 10 the
cause Of the great army OF cotton grow
ers OF the 1s0S crop let all resolve
the crop Will be marketed slowly and
that every support possible viii be
given those who are fighting for high
ct prices -Searcy Ark News.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
One Of the
E sSenfidLc

of the happy homes Of to-day IS a vast
fund Of information as to the best methods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the world
best products.
Products OF actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthtully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval Of the
well-lnfonmed Of the World; not Of indi-
viduals only. but Of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One OF the products Of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved b physicians and CON-
mended by the Wen-lnforraed Of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup Of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup CO.,
only, and for sale BY all leading druggists.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
BABYs ITCHING HuMoR.
Nothing Would Help Him-Mother Al
most in Despair-Owes Quick
Cure TO Cuticura.

Several months ago. my little boy
began to break out with itching sores.
/ doetored him, but IS soon as l got
them healed up in one place they
would break out in another. | was
almost in despair. / could not get
anything that would help him. Then
I began TO use Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment, and after using them
three times. the sores commenced to
heal He is now well. and not scar
is left on his body. They have never
returned nor left him with bad blood,
as one would think. CItieura Rene
dies are the best l have ever tried,
and l shall highly recommend them to
any one who is suffering likewise
Mrs William Geeding, 102 Washing
ton St, Attica, Ind. July %. 1907"
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
ASToNIsRED THE DOCTOR
Old Lady Got Wei with Charge Of
Food

4 great scientist has said We can put
of odd age If we can eniy noarish the
body properly.
To do this the right kind Of food. Of
course. is necessary. The body manu-
features Toisoas ia the stomach and
intestines from certain kinds Of fed
stuffs and unless Sufficient Of lie r.gat
kind IS used. the injurious elements
overcome the good.
My grandmother. i years old !"
writes a y Y lady. had been an in
valid for IS years from what was
called consumption Of the stomach and
bowels. The doctor had given her up
to die.
4 saw so much about Grape-Nuts
that I persuaded Grandmother 70 Try
It. She could net keep anything on her
stomach for more than 2 few minutes.
she began Grape-Nnts with only a
teaspoonful. As that did not distress
her and as she could retain it. she took
q little more until she could take al OF
teaspoonfuls al meal.
.'Then she began to gain and grow
strong and her trouble in the stomach
was gone entirely. She got TO enjoy
good health for one so old and we
know Grape-Nuts saved her life.
THE doctor was astonished that in.
stead of dying she got well, and with
out a drop of medicine after she began
the Grape-Nuts.' There's a Reason. =
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich Read THE Road 10 Well
VILE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A ne~
one appears from time to time. They
are senuine, true, and full Of human
interest
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
LOVES YOUNG DREAM COOLED.
Time Of Sentiment Evidently Long
Past with Husband.

A certain well-known Bostouian has
been married long enough 10 have &c
quired the average mans cynical atti-
tude in respect OF the written express
sions OF devotion INDUCED in. before
marriage
One day the Hubbite was going over
with his wife mass OF useless papers
that had accumulated in the house
hold. They unearthed several large
boxes full OF love letters After a
hasty glance al them. the husband
said
No use keeping this junk, sup
pose? Here ii goes"
The wife was hurt "Oh. Clarence, .
exclaimed she. how can you be SO
brutal9 Surely you don't want TO de
stroy your own love letters TO me-
Well. keep EN-. il you want EN-.
cheerfully assented the husband. but
honestly. Helen, these seem too soft to
developments
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

Taft for eight years. then
pap and then me. is about the
way Nicholas Longworth. the
residents son law, would
ave It. The eenld No.
Eagles still hover over the crags that
make the Cumberland narrows noted.
John H. Horehler. an engineer. found
a pheasant fiuttering in his yard at
Cumberland and observed a large
eagle flying away. TIE eagle had
dropped the pheasant and made fran.
tic but unsuccessful efforts to recover
it, flying into TIE yard. but was fright
ened away by the presence of NJ.
Horchler. who found the pheasant
f1uttering with jagged holes in its neck
from the eagles taions.-Baltimore
News
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

If you can arrange it 50 az TO have
three or four OF them Matching al the
same time you can double up the
bfoeds with one OF TWO hens and put
he others 70 laying again sooner and
he chicks Nil be easier cared for.
The plan OF cooperative buying OF
supplies which was recently started
by The fruit growers Of Kalamazoo.
Mich. has proven so successful that
It is beng adopted by farmers all
over The state. The Kalamazoo men.
through their agent. recently placed
their order for 10000 boxes with one
firm. and the saving effected for each
individual member was 80 great that
all ether materials and staple food
supplies viii be bought hereafter in
this way
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

The Farmers Union has been of i'm.
mense benefit to the farmers. both
those in and out Of its membership
If it hasn't done all that il hoped TO
have been able to do it certainly has
done much that is Of benefit to those
engaged in agriculture. II it will teach
Southern farmers to raise the price Ct
cotton by raising their own independ-
enee it will perform a task that viii
alone justify the origin and continu-
anee Of the Unior.-Dallas News.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
NOT UP TO THE RECORD.
Boy Had, at Least Once Seen Larger
Pedal Estremities.

A pupil Of one Of the public schools
In Chicago sends this communication:
Dear Sir: In our school this morn
Ing an amusing dialogue took place
"A primary teacher Of Chicago.
wishing to impress On her pupils the
necessity of greater quiet, said:
1 am great deal larger than any
of you. yet | don't make any noise
when | walk around the room
Perhaps. remarked little seven
year=old Kenneth, you don't wear
shoes
oh. yes. do quickly replied the
teacher; just look. Did YOU ever see
any larger than mine?'
Kenneth surveyed them carefully.
Yes. he replied. slowly. 'once-in
q show. "-Wayerly Magazine
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
euiiYama Modernized.

The beautiful mountain peak of Fu-
jiyama. which is regarded BY the Jap
anese as little short OF sacred, is 10
be modernized BY electricity. For the
benefit Of tourists the mountain top
and the tran 70 il viii be Illuminated
BY electric lights. Hotels and refresh
ments houses will be erected on the
mountain slope. as we'll as telephone
and telegraph stations.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
He WouId ak

This is a busy wire. l tell YOU
roared the excited man in the tele-
phone booth
And from the other end OF the wiz,
came this:
Il don't care, will talk
Get of the wire" shouted the
other. beside himself You don't want
to talk with me
But IL was no use
I've paid ten cents 10 talk. came
the answer, and I'm going TO do il"
Ana talk he did. busy wire or not.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Nature Conouers Man.

Man can get along Without his cities
and his clothes and his complicated
tools and treasures; but all his
Wanted wisdom and skill are set ut.
terly at naught by the simple failure
of the clouds to drop rain. The only
actual necessities Of life are those be-
stowas of nature which We're necessi-
ties to aboriginal man.-Philadelphia
bulletin.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
HIVE Little Care for the Morrow.

In the Congo the extravaganza OF
the average white man is astonishing.
Champagne is the invariable order of
the day for men getting a few hundred
dollars a year, and the official usually
lands in Antwerp after three years
with enough money for spree. when
he must sign and go baek.-World's
Work
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

Not the Spirit Medium this Time, but
a medium of far greater wonder, one
thai brings back the brightness and
viger to poor sore inhamed eyes with
but a few external applications. Who
is so ignorant not to know OF DR..
Mitehells famous eye salve? Sold
everywhere Price % cents.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

A protest has been raised in Ham
burg against the new method Of teach
ing drawing in German schools by us
ing dead birds as models Great dam
asa has already been done. the most
beautiful birds-also butterfiies-be'
ing killed for that purpose.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Where Others Failed.

Each spring for five or six years
broke out with a kind of Eczema
which nothing seemed TO relieve per
manently Finally l tried a box of
Hunts Cure, which promptly cured
me. Two years have passed by, but
the trouble has not returned
Mrs Kate Howard,
Little Rock, Ark.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

There Catarrh in this section Of the country
than all other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed to be incuFabe- For great
many years doctors pronounced IL local disease and
prescribed local remedies. and by constantly failing
20 cure with local treatment pronounced If incuFabe.
Science has proven Catarrh TO be constitutional dis
ease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Hairs Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. J. Cheney
& Co. Toledo, OHIO IS the only Constitutional cure on
the market. II IS taken internally deses from 10
drops TO teaspoonfu Il acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars fer any ease Il fails to cure. SenC
for circulars and testimonials.
address; J. CHENEY & co, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, sc
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
This Is No joke.

Hunts Cure has saved more people
from the odd Scratch than any other
known agent. simply because it makes
scratching entirely unnecessary. One
application relieves any form of itch
ing skin disease that ever afflicted
mankind. One box guaranteed to cure
any one case.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
BY WAY OF COMPARISON.
Youngsters First Efferts IN the Heain
Of Natural History.

Four-year-old Clyde was a preco-
cious yeungster-yery taikatiye ana
close observer. He and his father were
strolIing through the meadows one
morning when Clyde observed. for the
first time. some tadpeles in pond
He waded In and cried out in dellght'
-Oh. father. what are they
.Tadpoles. son, the father replied
please. father. lets take them all
home with us. then come back and
find the mamma and papa, and We !!
have the whole family in cur pond at
home"
The father explained how impossi'
bic this would be, and as he walked or
a few steps a large ugly frog hoped
across their path. Clyde's father said;
Look. son. perhaps there is the papa
CLYDE was very thoughtful. lie
looked al the frog tken at his father
then al himself and exclaimed:
We'll, father, was there ever so
much difference between me and
your"
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
A LEW CURE.
Don't Do II.

Should you have cough, cold OF
sore chest. do not rely ON time ana
nature To cure. They may do so-theE
NAV not. Use simmons Congh syrup.
II is a balm fer sore lungs, and VIII
cure you at once,
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

4 sincerely believe, all things con-
sidered. Hunts Lightning Oil is the
most useful and valuable household
remedy in existence. Fer Cuts, Burns.
Sprains and Insect Bites. il has no
equal, so far as my experience goes. =
G. T. Huntington.
Eufala, Ala
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

Il would have been better for
Roosevelt and Taft, too, if Roo
sevelt had kept in the back
ground during the present cam
paien. By his pernicious &C.
tivlty he has injured his repu-
tation and hurt Taft's chances
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Ife ueid Answers,

They were asking the eminent law
yer Why he took such large Zee from
the trust
Il think 1t was its largeness that
made it easy to take" he smilingly
answered
Then the states attorneys con-
ferred.
And didn't you stop to consider that
the money was tainted ,. they asked
him
No" he ingeniously replied, u
only stopped TO count it
This closed the proceedings for the
day.-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
l,,,nor.ant to Mothers.
The Qinerence.

The woman who remains single all
her life because the only man she ever
loved died in the flower of his youth
is regarded as a heroine. The man
who remains bachelor because the
darling of his heart went to an early
grave is generally supposed to be a
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

"A heap o men," said Uncle Eben,
.gits a reputation fob great wisdom
by pertendin' to know mo- dan dey
does an den persuadin' you to blame
yoh own ig'nunee foh not comprehend
IN DER explanations. Washington
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Eirks, Caoudir1 Cures Women,

Periodic pains. backache. nervousness
and headache relieved immed lately and
assists nature Prescribed By physicians
with best results Trial bottle lie. Regular
size sc and soc at all druggists
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Where His Treasure Was.

when they take women away from
the eo-educational college" said the
speaker, what will follow?
q WILL cried a voice from the au
dienee.-Sueeess Magazine.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
FACTS FOR SICK WOMu)

For thirty years lydia {. Pnk|
hams Vegetable Compound, NAL
from roots and herbs, has been 81
standard remedy for female nj
and has positively cured thousandsa|
women who have been troubled wa|
disbursements, inflammation, ules|
ton, fibroid tumors, irregalaritia
periodic pains, backache, that tsul
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indigs|
ton, dizziness ornervous proStratial
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sd
women to write her for adyio,]
She has guided THOUSANDS d
health. Address, Lynn, Mass
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
TROUBLE AHEAD.

his health, on the advice of his
physicians. General Rodgers
has been in poor health for sev-
eral months.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

At 81 the conquest of the world
looks as easy as rolling of log TO
most men, but at so they are running
to keep the log from rolling over
them.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

The trouble with too many preach.
ers is that they aim SO far above the
heads of the people that they over.
shoot the mark.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

Doc Ahem-You seem to cough
with considerable difficulty this morn
ing.
Patient-That's very strange. I'VE
been praeticing all night,
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

A slip of paper inches long and 8
inches wide in the form of a prom
misory note often holds a man in slav-
cry as gallingly as a steel chain.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

NO" said the eminent scientist, Il
have never seen a Plymouth rock hen
lay a cornerstone. but | have fire.
quently seen a pineapple layer cake"
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29

Glover with an ounce of lean meat
day viii soon compel a hen TO lay.
Another good prescription is fresh
meat and bone cut up with bone cut
ter.
The Monticellonian., 1908-10-29
Unpoetic.

Don't you enjoy the glories of sum
mer?"
Yes" answered the unpoetic per.
son: 1T is something of a comfort to
find the gas bills getting SO much
smaller"