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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Humor ane Philosophy
TIMELY WARNING.
By DUNCAN NJ. SMITH

Don't treat the house fly kindly
Or make of 1t a pet,
But pat it with bed slat
Or spread for 1t net.
We used to call it harmless.
But now the doctor sees
That on the padding of its feet
1t packs around disease.
Although it fits so lightly.
The creature carries weight.
With microbes IL is laden,
With germs as local freight,
And when 1t bites a person
In payment IL may leave
A week or two of sickness
And thus its load relieve.
So the disease whose symptoms
Are like q summer cold
May not come from exposure.
AS you have oft been told.
The reason for the aflment
May be pesky fly
That went where there was sickness
And got a fresh supply.
So Of your pet diversions
Just keep 1t on your list.
And IL 1t gets familiar.
Why, slap 1t on the wrist.
If when you are not looking
To take a bite 1t tries.
Request the fly to kindly
Take some one of its size.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

A young mans palmy days are those
when the girls want to read his palm.
If we could break ourselves of get
ting chilly, habit. just habit. that
we acquired In the course of long
winter. we could enjoy beautiful spring
much more.
There are men whose only idea of
joke is to stupidity inquire for a dia-
gram when you spring it on them.
Having finished paying for the in
stallment plan Christmas presents, it is
now time to begin to save up money
to satisfy the claims of the summer no.
tel shark.
1t Is to be hoped that the folding um-
brella will, not also possess the quality
OF silently stealing away.
Truth crushed to earth has learned
to yell loudly for an investigating COM
mittee.
Ideals and aspirations would be all
right II tactless friends wouldn't ex-
pect one to live up to them.
A flower that always blooms in the
spring. tra-la. Is the big red moving
van.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

We guarantee the action of Kodol. Please note
the offer below.
We claim that Kodol does all that healthy
stomach can do. That 1t digests any food, at once
and completely.
Please prove this at our risk. Eat what you
need of the food that you want, and note how
Kodol acts. Note the absence of pain, of fermen-
tation. of gas
Don't doubt facts that mean a great deal to
you, when they are easily proved.
There are many ways to digest part of the food,
but kodol alone digests all of it.
Pepsin digests abumen but not starch fat.
So the many digesters depending almost solely on
pepsin are only partial helps.
A complete digester must be liquid. for some
of the needed elements can't be given dry. They
must be preserved in glass.
That is why Kodol is liquid, like the digestive
juices. The result is, it's action is instant. 1t
even begins in the mouth, by starting the flow of
saliva.
The cure Of indigestion requires, above all, that
you relieve the stomach.
Tonics and stimulants only spur it to action
like whipping a tired horse. Weak organs
never gain strength by forcing
But digestion is necessary, else the food grows
hard and irritates the stomach lining. 1t fer
ments, and forms gas, and breeds germs 1t de-
Gays, and loads the blood with poisons. And all
the food that fails to digest fails to nourish you
Your digestive powers bound to grow
weaker so long as those conditions continue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

too much to be able to support any
thing that the machine may do. In the
San Joaquin valley the insurgents. by
the way. areled by an Illinoisan, Ches-
ter H. Rowell, son of former Congress
man Rowell of Bloomington.
The outlook is for hot campaign
in California, and the chances on the
surface atNpresent seem favorable to
the democrats
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

For stomach troubles, biliousness
and constipation try Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Many re-
markable cures have been effected by
them. Price, % cents. Samples free
For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Idea.

swell. just what is a secret, any
way?"
"A thing to be kept
"Yes?"
ION tap
"Oh.'
Until several people have ferreted
it OUT
"Well?"
"And then it is published with big
headlines
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

Echoes of past wrongs such as are
frequently heard in divorce courts are
indeed unwelcome to those invo!untar
lily involved, but echoless sins are i'm
possible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Poor Start.

"He didn't have over 500 in money
when he came to this country. and now
he owns several farms. some bank
stock and things like that"
THAT isn't so bad, Still, 500 was
something. l didn't have cent when
came into this country"
you? Where did you come from?"
81 was born here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
WouIdn't Wash Il.

WouioH WASH IL.
What is that young man doing over
there"
Trying to attract my attention with
the handkerchief Irritation. guess"
You do not seem to be responding"
'No: am not his laundresS."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

fttoyour measure and send is to you strict guar
sntee Of Subtraction or money refunded and have
put my price low that anybody. rich poor. csa
buy II Remember. make It TO your order-send it
TO youyou wear ftsnd II Il doesn't sasisfy you you
send II bsck 70 me and viii refund your money.
The hanks or any Responsible citizen In Nashan VIM
tell you that b the way do business-always abso
tutely on the square and have sold TO thousands OF
people this way for the past nve yeau. Remember.
use no salves. NO harness. no lies, fAkes 5ust
give you straight business deal ct price,
c. E eRooks. ssszesseks e,ds.. nanhail. mieA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Needed Traininn.

"How did you get, along with her
father?"
I "Only $685." ny
HE is very blunt and plain spoken
man; always calls spade spade"
II wouldn't mind that so much if he
didn't go out of his way to look on a
nice young man as football"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Thursday, May 81, 1908.

If that letter Mae Wood presents
signed ''old fool was really written
by Senator Plat, it was appropriately
signed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Don't Wear
A Truss

Brooks Appliance b .
new scientific discovery
with automatic air cush-
Ions that draws the brokea
parts together and binds
them - ron would . bro
Ken limb. II absolutely
holds arlnly and comfort-
ably and never slips;
always light and cool and
conforms to every move
ment OF the body without
Chatting or huHfdIx Y~ak
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
See kodol Digest

Put any mixture Of food in test tube under proper
conditions and one can see Kodo act. The food
is digested at once. and completely. No other
digester meets that test Note our guarantee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

Might Break
the Scales.
at h e b a b y
Ell G h e d just
nine pounds"
"That is inter
esting. but why
did n t some
body think to
weigh the fa-
ther?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

1t might be wise to regard the good
resolutions of others with charity, but
your own with suspicion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. IEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

1t may be all very well to want to
get even. but lots of people want to
get even, odd and then even again,
which isn't Christian.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Our Guarantee

The power of Kodol is easy to prove Buy a
large bottle and ask for the signed guarantee. IL
it does all we claim. think what it means to YOU
If it doesn't, take the empty bottle back with the
warrant, and your druggist will return your
money.
This offer applies to the large bottle only and
to but one in family. That is enough to prove.
Then please tell your friends what help you
have found.
Kodol is prepared at the laboratories of E. C.
Dewitt Co., Chicago. The 81 90 bottle contains
21s times as much as the SOC bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
four new FORMS
Court of Honor Adopts Addi-
tional Classics Of Insurance
at Springfield Meeting.
DRILL TEAMS IN CONTEST
indianapolis Gets Next Meeting, Which
Will Be Held in June Instead
of May.

Springfield, H., May 21.-Four new
classes of insurance were adopted yes
terday at the closing session of the
supreme Court of Honor in this city.
They are listed as classes d, E. F.
and G.
Glass D includes all certificates is
sued after July /, 1908, with level
rates of assessment from entry age
| TO age of so, and granting term pro-
lection to age of so at said level rates.
Class e includes all certificates is
sued after July L., 1908, which level
rates of contribution from entry age
To age of 60 and granting term pro-
lection to age of 60 at said level rates.
Glass F includes all certificates is
sued after July /, 1908, with contri-
buttons continuing during the whole
period of life, with death benefit at
death, whenever that event occurs,
and granting protection for the whole
period of life.
Glass G includes all certificates is
sued after July /, 1908, with contri-
buttons continuing to age of 40. and
with death benefit should death occur
prior to attaining the age of 20, and
ar old age disability benefit in 10 an
nual installments, payable should the
member survive to the age of 20, and
be entitled to such benefit, and grant
ing combined death and old age dis
ability protection, based on the reg
ular rates of assessment.
| Indianapolis Chosen.
indianapolis. Ind, was chosen as the
next meeting place for the biennial
session of the supreme court. The
next session will be held in June, 1910,
Instead of in the month of May, the
supreme court voting to change the
date in order that the delegates may
take advantage of excursion rates.
Other contestants for the next meeting
were Springfield, Denver, Col, and Co.
lumbus, Ohio.
Drill Teams Contest.
The drill teams contested last night
before an immense audience. There
were two classes of teams, mixed, COM
lposed of men and women, and teams
made. up entirely of women In the
MIXED team contest the first prize was
lawarded to Elgin court, No. 341, and
second to Columbine court, No. 1000,
of Denver.
Premier court, No. 1901, Of ST. Louis,
iwon first prize, and Kansas City court,
No. 4S6, was second.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21
Hid No Secrets.

81 noticed the assessor looked you
squarely in the eye all the while you
were talking" es ot
Yes" 1a
1T didn't discommode your"
"Not bit / was only afraid he
would look me in the pocketbook."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

weak stomach must have rest. Treat 1t like
lame ankle. Don't tax it. Don't allow
digested food to disturb it. Let Kodol for little
time. do the stomach's work. Then note how
quickly nature cures, when it has the chance.
Some people try to relieve the stomach by diet
ing, but that means partial starvation
The body requires variety in food and when You
limit that variety you roDbing part.
That isn't the way to gain strength
A person who suffers from Indigestion needs
noirishment. Needs it more than well person.
The right way is to eat the food you need then
let Kodol digest it.
Please don't judge Kodol by any other form of
digester. In K0dol alone are all the needed ele-
ments brought into combination. Nothing else
does all that the healthy stomach will do Moth
ing else brings complete relief.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-21

BY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
ADvERTISES AMARILLO
CITIZENS NAMED TO CARR FOR
FUNDS REGARDING ExHIB-
ITS AT DALLAS.

Messrs. w. II. nockray and W 3.
Patterson we're named at recent
meeting In the rooms Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce o. a finance com
mittee for the Dallas exhibit organ
ization. The names OF the gentle
men we're omitted inadvertently yes
terday from tho list OF other COM
mltteos.
B The finance committee Is now on
gagged actively In the duties assign
cd, and reports that the outlook Is
promising for the collection OF suf-
ficient funds TO forward the enter
prise along ample lines.
IL Is one OF the purposes OF the
committee TO advertise the Panhan-
die products in eastern states, as
well as those OF the north. Definite
schedule for this special work has
not been outlined, but will be ar
ranged with the shipment of the pro-
ducts to the state fair.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
HEALTH REPORT GOOD
AMARILLO AND POTTER SHOW
III Observation-Disclosures RATE
Is REMARKABLY LOW.

That Amarillo, despite some UNI
sanitary conditions, and Potter
county can show record for health
fulness not eXcened upon the face
OF The Garth, and equalled in but
few instances, Is shown in the vital
statistics report for the months Of
August and September, now being
placed upon the Official records at
the courthouse.
Only eighteen deaths are shown
for the slSty-one days included in
the report Six OF these were due
to tuberculosis, all being sufferers
In advanced stages before coming
here from various parts OF the couu-
try. and some OF them dying while
stopping here temporarily.
Four others were accredited to
heart failure of these aged
persons, one death was death at
birth, one from paralysis OF tho
brain, two through fever, one from
pneumonia one from gunshot one
from shock incident to accident.
Notation OF cause was not taken in
tho remaining case.
OF the tuborcular cases II is noted
that none Of the patients contracted
the trouble in this portion OF tho
country, on the contrary, they we're
all into or approaching tho adj
yanccd stages OF tho disease at tho
time OF their coming. Attention is
called by the court official in charge
Of this department that tho reports
cover two months, ordinarily con-
sidered q severe test on health. Anna
rIllo with its approximately 5000
people, and ,the whole OF Potter
county are included in this report.
While the death rate is low, the,
birth rate is lower sim only fifteen
births being shown in the report for
tho two months named.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
REV. HOTCHKISS LEAVES
METHODIST EVANGELIST TO BE
SUCCEEDED BY REV. r. d.
BONNER OF MEMPHIS

Rev. S. NJ. Hotchkiss OF Waco, the
able evangelist who has been en-
gagged in the revival at the Polk
Street Methodist church for the last
two weeks, will leave Amarillo be-
fore Sunday on account Of engage
ments previously formed. Rev. Or.
Ferguson, the pastor, will be as
sisted in the further work OF the
revival by Rev, n, b. Bonner of
Memphis, Texas
While in Amarillo Rev. Hotchkiss
has accomplished much good for the
Methodist church. lie is the confer
ence missionary secretary and in that
capacity, coupled with his evangel-
istic work, he is a busy man, but
despite trat fact he finds time for
tho cd'iNIL6n OF friocis and met
many Amarillo peoJe duripg his
stay here.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
WARNS AS
TO TYPHOID
Amarillo Wants Active Board
Of Health 10 Protect
The City

At least one prominent physician
OF this city is willing to 90 on re-
cord az saying that Amarillo has the
ability TO rout the dread typhus that
has ever loomed as a spectre in the
late summer and fall In many of the
communities OF the plains country.
This physician states that the pres
ence of typhus is attributable Who'll
ly to fllth--the breeding ground for
all diseases to which mankind Is a
victim.
In speaking OF the possibilities
through superior sanitation, the ply
stefan said; Amarillo has made
much progress in the way OF clean
Illness, but 1t is equally true that
a great deal remains to be done. In
my rounds have had occasion to
glance into Cesspools and alleyways,
and II Is almost unbelievable that a
city SO fair and flourishing as Anna
RHO should abound with filth As it
does In some localities. / will UNI
dertake to say that each case OF ty-
plus, not contracted from another
case direct, may be traced to filthy
or ill-kept premises,
The city needs an active, ener-
getic board OF health, whose bust
ness it would be to trace out causes
of infectious disease.
The prevailing sanitary ordi-
nances should be moro rigidly en-
forced, All back yards, whether Of
business concerns or of private in
dividuals, should be inspected by
streets. There should be no wait
ing for individual complaint. The
health OF the city should be para
mount issue--one taking precedence
OF alb petty private matters. Dere-
LECTION OF duty among sanitary Of
icials should not be tolerated for
moment.
There has been q great decrease
In the work of typhus in Amarillo
since the installation of the sanitary
sewage system, and by uniform con-
nection with the same, dimunition
might be still greater. This, follow
ed by active work OF a board of
health and the creating of even more
rigid sanitary regulations, would
place Amarillo beyond almost the
very possibility OF the dreaded
scourge OF typhus."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
w. Z. Gee
Amarillo, Texas.

Dear Sir You are a teacher; here's
one for your boys:
If the painting costs two or three
times as much as the paint, and one
paint goes twice as far as another.
how much are those two paints
WORTH
II Devoe is worth 81. 50 or SI.zSa
gallon, how much is the other one
WORTH
How much is a gallon OF paint
worth anyhow
The answer is; Depends on the
paint
The reason is: paint isn't always
paint. There are true and false paint
and short-measure.
How much is a short measure gal.
lon worth! How much is false paint
v-c-ths How much is Devoc worth,
There are millions a year in the an.
swer TO this last one.
Yours truly
F w Devoe & Co
New York and Chicago
Alfalfa Lbr. Co.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
The New Catalogue Of Lyon & Heal
ey Pianos,

This handsome book, which is lust
off the press, gives illustrations and
net prices OF the four new designs
.of Lyon & Healey upright pianos
that are creating such a stir in musi-
cal circles.
1t offers proofs for every claim
made and it differs from other pia-
no catalogues in many ways. The
Lyon e. Healy leads all others as the
popular home piano of America. II
is preferred by good judges Of tone
and also by all long-headed purcha-
sers who realize that should they
ever want to sell their piano again
they could more easily sell a Lyon
& Healy piano than any other make
Drop postal for this catalog 70
Lyon a. Hcaly, n Adams street, Chi
cago.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
YOUNG EVANS
MAY Be CLEARED
Continued From Page opel

Continued From Page onc)
charge OF leaving his post while an
officer OF the deck, dsrespect TO his
superior officer and intoxication,
was concluded here today.
There remains only the summing
up Of counsel, and il is expected that
the proceedings will end tomorrow,
Chief contest by the defense, was
against the allegations Of intoxics-
ton, and in this respect the evil
dence Is regarded as favorable TO
Evans
1t was admitted during the hear
lng that he left the deck while on
watch, but he produced evidence
showing that he went below to Quell
a slight disturbance.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
HAMLET.

had melancholy probably caused by
an Inactive liver. A bad liver makes
one cposs and irritable causes mem
tai and physical depression and may
result dlsastrously.
Billiards. Herbine is acknowledged
10 be the perfect liver regulator. II
you're blue and out of sorts. get a
bottle today. A positive cure for
bilious headache, constipation, ehlns
and fever and all liver complaints,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
HENRY DILLON PASSES
AGED AND PROMINENT PANBAN-
DIE CITIZEN DIES AT CouN.
TRY HOME.

Henry Dillon, an aged citizen OF
the Panhandle, died az HIS home
eleven miles southwest OF Amarillo
yesterday afternoon about s o'clock.
The funeral will be conducted by
Rev. c. y. y. Ferguson pastor Of
tho Polk Street Methodist church,
tomorrow afternoon al O'Clock at
Llano cemetery.
Mr.. Dillon was prominent in the
affairs OF this community for many
years, even prior to the growth and
development OF Amarillo. lie was
Mason and members OF that or
der will assist with the ceremonies.
A number OF children and other
relatives are bereayed by the death
Of Mr., Dillon,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08

fined to my bed for four months az
a result Of a disorderd condition OF
these organs During all the time
suffered intensely At last | heard
or Doan's Kidney Pills and began
their use according to directions,
They helped me beyond my cXpecta-
tons, Ny brother had also used
Doans Kidney Pills and they proved
of great benefit"
For sale by all dealers Price soc
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for tho United I,
States.
Remember the name-Doan's--
and take no other
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08

The results at the revival at tho
Polk street Methodist church have
been most happy. 4 number OF con.
versions were made last night,
among others two men and their
wives, and to date more than fifty
persons have responded,
During the services twelve young
people have responded to call for
special work, and will devote their
lives in different fields. For the
foreign field, Miss Ella Massey, Miss
Florence Van Gordon, Ralph Price,
George Ferguson, Mas Pauline Hold.
ing, James Otis Truelove and Miss
Enid Wilkinson Is impressed with
this duty; for the home field Il. S.
Culium, layman, and Miss Lucy
Burson; for the ministry, Thomas
NJ. Reeves, Il, II, Shirley, George
Mealer
More than forty have united with
the Wonan's Foreign Missionary So
ciety and fourteen with the Young
Peoples Missionary Society, and
other gracious results in quick
ened missionary conscience and on.
larged contributions for the cause
FOR SALE---s0O head OF fine young
sheep at n bargain II taken at once.
J, s. Little, Amarillo, Texas. In
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
Have too much to do,

Have too much to do.
They tell about it in their aches
and pains
Backache, sideache, headache.
Early symptoms of kidney ills.
Urinary troubles, diabetes, Brights
disease follow.
Mrs, Charles Irwin, living at 1900
Scott Ave, Wichita Falls, Texas,
says"In my case Doan's Kidney Pills
proved to be worthy Of high praise.
I cannot describe the terrible suf-
fering I endured from backache and
the bearing down pains were awful.
For four years my kidneys had
troubled me. Last spring | was con-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08

Commissioners Court--A special
term Of the county commissioners
court will be convened tomorrow for
the receipt and checking OF the tax
rolls of Potter county for the pres
ent year, on account of illness in
his family, and an unforeseen de-
crease in his office forces, Assessor
j. p. Floyd will he unable to have
all OF the details OF the rolls ready
tomorrow, II Is learned that he
will have the work so arranged that
1t may be passed to the commits
sioners not later than Friday. Only
few other matters OF minor i'm
portance will claim attention of the
board, prior to It's receipts of the
rolls.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08
sIighny Colder with Snow

When you see that kind OF wealth
or forecast YOU know that rheuma-
tlsm weather Is at hand Get ready
for II now by getting a bottle OF Bal
lard's Snow Liniment Finest thing
made for rheumatism. chllblalns.
frost bites sore and stiff Joints and
muscles, all aches and pains.
2jc, soc and 800 a bottle.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-08

Many Cases on Docket-Dcputy
Clerk r. II. Scales OF the district
court is authority for the statement
that the docket for the coming term
will he a record breaker. Cases are
being filed almost daily. The term
will continue until Dec. IS. Attor-
neys OF this and other cities having
cases in this court have been put on
notice as to the last day of service,
and are busy getting cases in read
mess.