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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18

to a Press reporter, when interviewed,
CoOper's claim that the human stom-
ach is degenerate is distinctly verified.
"One of the most unusual statements
was made by Mr.. c. w. Woods, of 103
South Highland street. He said: For
four years my wife was in very poor
health She was weak and thin, with
a hectic flush and cough. Physicians
said she had consumption, and l was
inclined to believe them. 1t certainly
looked as though her days were num-
bered, and there appeared to be very
little ground for hope.
Shortly after Mr.. Cooper came to
Pittsburg | began to hear of wonderful
results that had been obtained by per-
sons who had tried his medicine, so
got some for my wife. She had taken
it only two days when she was re-
lieved of tapeworm AZ feet long. She
began to improve immediately-has
gained seven pounds since she began
taking the medicine. She feels splend-
id and looks very much better If any
one doubts this statement l would be
pleased to have them call at my house
and verify it."
The Cooper remedies are becoming
justly famous. We sell them at Har-
per House Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18
Rifle and Smooth Bore.

The main difference between n rife
and smooth bore gun is that the IN
ner surface of the rifle barrel has one
or more spiral grooves cut into it The
object of this is to permit portion OF
the material of the bullet or projectile
to sink into the grooves. AS the pro-
jectile is forced out of the barrel these
projections into the grooves tend to re-
main there. thus giving rise to a spin
ming motion. In fact, it is not only
going forward. but is rotating rapidly
as it goes. The axis will tend-in ac-
cordance with the gyroscopic principle
to maintain without change its direc-
ton. But that is really saying that
the projectile will tend to remain In its
true course. So this is why 4 Sifled
gun shoots straighter than a smooth
bore.-St. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18
It's a Woman's Looks
That Grab a Man

This is the way Wilder expresses
himself, and if you can read between
the lines you'll catch the point. The
laws of natural and special selections
insure the healthy, happy woman a
host of admirers. Man is respecter
of healthy, happy womanhood. A
seedy woman is worse off than a man
hats down at the heel. There's moth
ing will give a woman's face that
beauty feel''-the soft, velvetry car
ess-like good health, and the poor
girl who neglects her health and fails
to take advantage of the new health
precautions is poor indeed.
A very good prescription for women,
single and married. is now being pub
lished in the most popular medical
journel, "The Family Doctor" We
quote it: Take Fluid Extract Black
Haw, 1 ounce; Alpen Seal, ounces /;
Pure Water. ounces. Place the in
gradients in an s ounce bottle. Mix
and shake well. Take a teaspoonful
three times day and also at bedtime
for several days before, during and
after the period.
Doctors say that they know the Al
pen Seal prescription to be a great
tonic for weak women. 1t is said to
be remarkable for the complexion and
to give great strength to the female
organism. 1t is up to date woman
wisdom to take Alpen Seal instead OF
Iresorting to massage creems and bust
developers, and injurious beautifiers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18
He Discusses Glass, Il
Manufacture and the
Many Uses to Which
1t Is Put.

NCLE JOE, the Story Teller,
had all kinds of relations,
and 1t just so happened that
he was visiting at the home
of a prosperous city nephew when he
was asked to tell about glass.
1t came about this way: Uncle Joe
had donned his dress suit for dinner.
to be followed by the opera later on
"a rare occurrenceD, and, realizing
he was somewhat too early for the
game, had retired to the library,
where he was discovered by the
children.
80, Uncle Joe." cried Genevieve,
bursting in upon him, you just
ought to see the dandy diamond our
coachman's got!'
my! My! What long tail our
cat hast" interjected Uncle. And,
pray, since when are coachmen privi-
legged to corner the diamond mar
ket?"
It's fine, big one, tool" added
George, who had followed and now
stood by his sister.
Il doubt it," said Uncle Joe.
You just wait a minute" said
George. TN go and borrow it and
bring it to you and show you and
prove it," And soon George was
back with the wonderful diamond. "
Glass" said Uncle Joe.
"How can you tell the difference?"
asked George.
by comparing it with the real
thing" replied Uncle Joe, as he drew
from pocket solitaire ring of fine
quality, which, in the fitness OF
things, he had removed from his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18
TWO MINUTE SKETCHES
Frederick Douglass.
BY ROBERTUS LOVE.

PT0 HE first American negro who
achieved a wide fame was
Frederick Douglass. Born
slave at a place in Maryland
bearing the odd name OF Tuckahoe the
name first conferred upon him was
Frederick Augustus Washington Bal
ley. truly an abundance for Il picka-
ninny with apparently, no prospects in
life other than those of bondman
serving a master But Frederick Au-
gustus Washington was different from
the ordinary pickaninny. Nature had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18

Star later changed in title to Frederick
Douglass Paper. pleaded for many
years the cause of the slave. Doug
lass had three sons in the Union az.
mics. He was presidential elector in
1872. United States marshal and re
corder Of deeds successfully from 1876
to 1856 and became minister to Haiti
in 1891.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18
ANECDOTES OF PROCTOR.
How the Vermont Senator Got Even
Wish Congressman C7Pron.

How the Vermont Senator Got Even
With Congressman C7Pron.
RCdfcld Proctor, United States sena-
tor from Vermont, who recently died
1t Washington, was not only 4 sue
cessful fisherman. but could tell 81
good story, as is shown by one he told
Mt fish and game league meeting at
Fort Frederick one summer. Congress
man CaprOn of Rhode Island was one
of the guests and had succeeded In
spinning a yarn that brought Il good
laugh at the expense of the Vermont
senator.
Unfortunately for the Rhode Island
er, Senator Proctor had the last
chance. He said no sportsman worthy
of the name would tell Il fish story
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18

unaDraded, the locus of formation can
not have been very distant from the
present sites. There were probably
many sites of capitalization differing
in place and time or we should not see
such distinctive characters in the gems
from different mines nor indeed in dia-
monds from different parts OF the same
mine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18

finger before DOMINIC his evening
clothes. You will notice." he said,
that, flashed around in the light.
the coachman's diamond apparently
is the more brilliant That is on ac-
count Of the solid backing of metal
foil behind it which serves to make
of it a great big bunch of little look
ing glasses. But, at rest, it is not
so clear in appearance. Nor can you
see what looks like a clear hole bored
through it. when held with it's little
end straight to the light
Tell US something about glass. -
asked Genevieve.
This is
Uncle Joe's Story About Glass.
Nobody knows how old glass is,
nor who invented it. One story has
it that glass was accidentally discov-
cred by some old time Phoenicians,
returning in a ship laden with natron
or soda. 1t would seem storm came
up, and the PhOenicians were COM
PEELED to land on a sandy tract. In
cooking they placed their utensils on
Jumps of natron, which, melted by
the fire, mixed with the sand and
formed glass. But, that's only one
story.
The best story about glass would
seem to me, if it were fully possible,
to relate it's usefulness to humanity.
The uses Of glass are SO manifold,
none may say where they begin nor
where they stop.
The most important use to which
glass is put is for lighting purposes,
allowing the purifying sunlight to
beam into our homes and places of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18

We're sorry if you've tried other
medicines and they failed. As last
resort try HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. It's a simple remedy, but it's
worked wonderful results, made mil
lions well and happy. 50 cents, tea
or tablets.-Harper House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18
THE BANKS.
THE BANKS.
Rock island
SAVINGS Bank
Incorporated Under the State Law

incorporated Under the State Law.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
Capital, S1OO,OOO.OO.
4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits.
Money Loaned on Personal, Collateral,
or Real Estate Security; Farm Loans
in Rock Island County Especi-
ally Solicited.
OFFICERS-Phil Mitchell, president;
II. Z. Hull. vice president; P. Greena-
walt, cashier.
DIRECTORS-R. R. Cable, William H.
Dart, H. p. Hull. E. w. Hurst. John
Volk, P. Greenawalt, Phil Mitchell. L.
Simon, H S. Cable.
Began the business July 2, 1890, and
occupies the southeast corner of Mitch
ell & Lynde building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18

Receiver and Assignee OF Insolvent
Estates. General Financial Agent for
Nom Residents, Women. Invalids. and
others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18
Central Trust and
Savings Bank
incorporated Under State Law.)
ROCK ISLAND, Ill.
IL. E CASTEEL, President
L. d. NUDGE, Vice President.
H. B. SUMMON, Cashier.
H. B. SUMMON, Cashier
Capital Stock, 100000. Four Per Cent
Interest Paid on Deposits.

DIRECTORS - C. ]. Larkin, H. e.
Curtis. H. f. Casteel. L. ID. Nudge, III.
d. Mack, John Schafer, NJ. s. Heagy,
II. b. Simmons, II. II. CIeaveIand, Mary
e. Robinson. w. ]. Sweeney, II. w.
Tremann.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-18
TRUST DEPARTMENT.

Estates and property of all kinds are
managed by this department, which Is
kept entirely separate from the bank
ing business of the company. We act
as executor of and trustees under
Wills, Administrator, Guardian, and
Conservator of Estates.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
HIS VIGOROUS MESSAGE
Declares Rich "Malefactors' Responsible
For Panic.
CONGRESS CHEERS THE, MESSAGE.
Declares Rich
The Senators Demand 10000 Extra Copies of Documen
Believed to Be Strongest Roosevelt Ever Wrote
Vigorous Onslaught on Enemies of
People and Administration

Washington Especially President
Roosevelt's messages to Congress are
always noteworthy; but the special
message he sent in Friday will stand
foremost OF all he has written. When
it had been read In the Senate, Sena-
tor Davis, of Mississippi, sprang to
his feet and moved that 10000 extra
copies be printed for general distri-
button, while in the House, there
was a pandemonium of enthusiasm,
in which both sides of the chamber
Joined.
The ostensible subject OF the mes
sage is the Presidents urgent recon-
mendation to re-enact forthwith an
employers liability law to replace the
measure recently declared unconsti
tutional by the Supreme Court.
When that law was rejected by the
Supreme Court, it was foretold in
these dispatches that Mr.. Roosevelt
would write a special message urging
q new law.
It is stated on excellent authority
that the message read today was not
sent in as originally written, but that
it has been very considerably toned
down" In that event, the fervor OF
the original message can be matter
of only the liveliest conjecture. For,
after discussing the subject OF en-
ployers' liability and then the need
for government insurance Of govern
ment employees, Mr.. Roosevelt re-
views, at length, the assaults that
i'm fc
policies, and his language has never
been more vigorous.
Chancellor Day, Mr. Choate, for
mer Governor Black and all the other
prominent writer's and political lead
ers who have made him the object
of their attacks are handled without
gloves, nor does the President for an
instant make il difficult for his vic
tins to identify themselves from
among the list Of those whom he
discusses
Made The Timid Gasp.
The message covers an enormous
range. 1t reiterates the Presidents
views about corporations and pre-
datory wealthy. He dwells at length
with judicial decisions bearing upon
labor topics, renews his request for
some restriction upon the courts in
granting injunctions, and advocates
that the government assume trade
risks" and guarantee its employees
damages in case of injuries. He
warns Congress of the need for leg
islation to prevent stock gambling, to
authorize the federal government to
assume a. certain measure of control
over the physical operation Of rail
ways" He urges the rate legislation,
a modification of the Sherman anti
trust law and legislation of pooling.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
News of Virginia
SAVED FROM DISSECTION.

Roanoke Especially The body of
Miss Sarah Booth, aged twenty-three,
was shipped here by express from
Philadelphia, having been recovered
by her father, J. B. Booth, from the
Pennsylvania State Anatomical
Board, after 1t had been in their pos
session over two months, and just as
1t was about to be cut up for disco
ton by students.
The girl left here two years ago
with the family of Secretary Knox,
OF the Y. NJ. G. A, who went to Pitts
burg. She became i'll and was about
three months ago taken to a hospi-
tai in Pittsburg, where she died.
There were presumably no relatives
to claim the body, and after holding
1t several days under the statutes, II
was shipped to the anatomical board.
It was embalmed, and placed in cold
storage, to be used for purposes OF
dissection.
The parents not hearing from their
daughter began a search, which re-
suited in finding the body, just as it
was about to be prepared for dissec-
ton.
Seventy-one days after her death.
her body reached the girls old home
for burial
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
TO BUILD HUGE DREDGE.

Richmond Is eciaD.= Orders
have been received by the Richmond
branch of the American Locomotive
Works for the building of a man.
moth dredge for Alexandria, Egypt,
Tor work on the Upper Nile River
1 he order will mean the resumption
of work by a large number of men
who have been idle since the rail-
roads cancelled orders and the works
shortened forces. Eight or ten
months will be required in the build
Ing of the dredge and the big pom
toon to go with it. In order to con-
struct the derrick for the dredge it
VIII be necessary to raise the roof
Of the erecting shop II feet. The
1redge will be made and put together.
and taken apart for shipment Each
part to be shipped will not weigh
more than 500 pounds The con
signment will be mounted on the
backs of donkeys for the .2O0-mile
trip to the point on the Nile River
where 1t is to be put to work.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
Main Line.
FROM NORFOLK
WISE WORDS.

Also, where there's a will there's
way out of it.
Fools are people who don't use ouI
own particular brand of folly.
A wise man is simply one who
knows when he has said enough.
We can forgive beauty being only
skin deep if the girl has money.
A woman's club may have certain
aims, but it seldom hits what it
aims at.
We are told that conscience makes
towards of us all. Naughty con.
science!
A man never realizes how many
faults he has till he has been mar
ried few months
He who boasts that he can drink
whisky or let it alone generally pre-
fers the former alternative.
A pessimist is a person who can't
forget that the beautiful butterfly
comes from horrible grub.
The skating girl, without n doubt.
may scores of lovers win. Sometimes
they have a falling out, sometimes q
falling in.
1t cannot help but mako us sore to
pay for another's fun, and the fattel
calf must suffer for the sins OF the
prodigal son.
Reformers now are all the craze.
and though the craze is growing, q
fellow cannot mend his ways without
the patches showing.
The football man to college goes,
his wisdom to complete. He writes
his name on the scroll of fame, but
writes it with his feet
The maiden with a broken heat
finds that her woe. increases. Though
shattered by Dan Cupid's dart, she
always saves the pieces.
Lots wife was turned into a pillar
of salt, but that is no reason to snub
her, for it wasn't her fault that the
lady did halt, for she thought she
would turn to rubber.-From Mus
ings of Cynic," in the New York
Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
VIRGINIA OBITUARY.

Peters b ur &. - Mrs Ida Bell
Woody, widow of Thomas H. Woody,
of this city. died of apoplexy. She
was about sixty-two years of age, and
one of the wealthiest women in
Petersburg. She is survived by one
sister.
Christiansburg. - Samuel Hickok
aged seventy-nine years. died at his
residence here. He had been a resi-
dent of the county fifty-six years, and
was q member of Stonewau Jackson g
brigade. He is survived by two
brothers and eleven children.
Winchester. - Mrs. Mary c. Mc-
Keever was found dead in bed at
her home, near Capon Bridge She
was sixty-five years old, and lived
with her son. James McKeever. She
also leaves two daughters.
Danville.-Mrs. Mary J. Steger,
widow of John r. Steger, died at the
home of her son, William Sfeger,
here. She was born in Richmond,
and was seventy-one years of age.
She is survived by one son.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
SOME INCISIVE SENTENCES
IN THE MESSAGE.

do not for q moment believe
the actions of this Administra-
ton have brought on business
distress.
1t is due to speculative folly
and fragrant dishonesty OF a few
men of great wealth, who seek
to shield themselves from the
efects of their own wrongdoing
by ascribing its results to the
actions of those who have sought
to put a stop to the wrongdoing.
But II it were true, to cut out
rotteness from the body polite I
should not for a moment hesi-
tate to put the knife to the cor
ruptiOn.
We act in no vindictive spirit
and we are no respecters of per-
sons.
The business" which is hurt
by the movement for honesty is
the kind of business which, in
the long run, 1t pays the country
to have hurt.
Certain wealthy men whose
conduct should be abhorrent to
every man Of ordinarily decent
conscience have during the last
few months made IL apparent
that they have banded together
TO work for a reaction
Their endeavor is to over
throw and discredit all who hon
estly administer the law.
The amount Of money the rep
resentatives Of certain great
u1nnpUpI Sr,+oroz4c 90 ..-f11s- =
spend can be guaged by their re-
cent publication of huge adver-
tisements attacking with enven-
omed bitterness the Administra-
tion's policy of warning against
successful dishonesty.
The books and pamphlets, the
controlled newspapers, the
speeches by public or private
men to which I refer. are usual
ly and especially in the interest
OF the Standard Oil Trust and
of certain notorious railroad
combinations.
Corrupt business and corrupt
politics act and react with ever
increasing debasement, one on
the other; the corrupt head Of a
corporation, the corrupt labor
leader, the rebate taher, the
franchise trafiicker, the manip-
ulator of securities. the purvey-
or and protector of vice. the
blackmailing ward boss, the bal
lOt-bOX stuffer, the demogogue,
the mob leader, the hired bully
and man-killer-all alike work
at the same web of corruption,
and all alike should be abhorred
by honest men.
The Administration and those
who support its views are not
engaged in an assault on prop
erty.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
Foreign

The Earl of Darlington, president
OF the British Board of Agriculture
referring to the agitation against
American beef for the Army, said
that to feed the Army on home-bred
meat would mean an annual Increase
Of $750,Q0O in the budget
As 4 result of the disappearance
from Dublin Castle of Jewels valued
at S250,000 it is reported that Sir
Arthur Wars, custodian at Dublin
Castle, Will be superseded in office.
The Standard Oil Company has ac-
Guired the South African trading in
forests of the Shell Transport Com
pany. thus securing a monopoly in
South Africa.
Four women suffragists of London
were sentenced to one months i'm
| Tr!sonment for creating disturbance
st the residence of Chancellor AS
Quith.
In the case of Mrs. Mcbride, or
Maud Come. the 'IrisS% Joan Of
Are" who sued her husband in the
London court for absolute divorce,
the legal separation decreed by the
lower court has been confirmed by
the superior court, but absolute d.
vorce is denied.
y 1 OAlNEUCS6 OIICldl nOJC denies
that the government will proclaim
state of siege in Portugal, and de-
ciares that a majority of public opin-
/ ion supports Premier Franco.
The International Congress of
! American Students at Uruguay has
elected President Roosevelt an hon
orary president of the congress.
Az fire in Montreal. Can, many
Of the firemen had their hands,
nosses and ears frozen and one man
was frozen TO a ladder
The women suffragists of London
, made noisy demonstrations in front
{ OF the residences of members of the
cabinet.
2 An International electrical expo
sNion is 60 be held in Marseilles.
rance, beginning April 10.
e budget committee of the Ger
/ ~ Reichstag vdted 100000 70.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
Sheriff Resigns.

Winchester Especially Much sur
prise was caused in Berryville, Clark
County, by official announcement that
Sheriff William w. Smallwood had
resigned after continuous service OF
many years. Private business was
given as his reason for quitting the
office. to which he was recently elect
ed for eight years. Circuit Judge F.
w. Harrison appointed George II.
Leir, son of ex-United States Marshal
George w. Leir, to succeed Mr.. Small
wood
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
LATEST NEWS
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Domestic

Three Italian silk mill strikers
were sentenced at Belvedere, \. j.,
10 three years Imprisonment and to
Pay the costs of prosecution for beat
ing Gustave Delcusta, nonstriker.
A. w. Shaw, superintendent OF
Harper Hospital, in Detroit, and sec
retary OF the Hospital Superinten-
dents Association OF America, dled
at his home in that city.
Evidence was introduced in the
Harrisburg Capitol graft case, show
ing that Contractor Sanderson got
S3,OOO,OO0 before his bills began to
he approved.
The public school at Mcdonald,
Pa, near Pittsburg, was closed by the
health authorities on account OF an
epidemic of scarlet fever
The chapter house of the BerZeliUs
Secret Society of the Sheffield Scien-
tific School, at New Haven, was guted
by fire.
The home of A Alexander. mine
superintendent, at Trinidad, Col, was
partially wrecked by a dynamite eX-
plosiOn.
The suit brought by Mrs Leslie
CaTteT-Payne against Miss Norma
Monroe has been settled.
Judge Smith Mcpherson, in the
United States District Court. Kansas
City. handed down a decision de-
clining to Interfere with the Off
Gals of Missouri in the enforcement
of the Missouri statute making un-
necessary labor on Sunday a misde-
meanor.
A special meeting of the Amer
can Railway Association has been
called for Chicago February for
the purpose of adopting measures
to stop the tremendous loss occa-
stoned by the present movement of
empty cars on the roads of the coun
try.
Fred w. Wolf. the oldest active
letter carrier I'm the United States,
died in Troy, N. Y.
The new Westmoreland County
court house was dedicated at Greens
burg, Pa.
Representatives of coal miners and
operators of four states met to de-
eide whether joint conferences shall
be called to make a wage scale, to
SO in effect April /.
A receiver has been asked for the
Consolidated E0k kSsM ply,
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-02-06
Health of the Emperor of China.

A diary written by the hand of the
Emperor of China himself has just
been published. 1t shows that dur
ing the past twenty years-that is to
say, since His Majesty was seventeen
he has suffered from constantly m
creasing nervous debility. His pres
ent condition is almost intolerable.
The slightest noise or exertion brings
on violent palpitations, and any ex-
posure results in catching cold. A
foreign medical expert is quoted as
saying that unless radical measures
be taken His Majesty may at anyNmd
ment fall into 4 state OF insanity -