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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

hams Vegetable Compounds the most
successful remedy for all kinds Of.
female troubles, and l feel that l can
never praise it enough." = MRS. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, Ky. -
The ChangeOf Life is hemostcritical
period OF woman's existence, and,
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Womeneverywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
medicine that will so successfully carry
women through this trying period as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing
women from the worst forms Of female
ills Inflammation, liberation, dis
placements, fibroid tumors. irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
about your case write q cOnffden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pfnkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice il free.
and always helpful. >
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
In Prospect.

In seventy wears or maybe less
The oil will be exhausted
With crude petroleum no moro
The Standard will get frosted
The pipe lines lying in the ground
Will molGy be and rusted.
And folks may hear az a result
That one great trust is busted.
A hardship it will truly be.
For nothing could be tougher
Some people now who roll in wealth
Perhaps will have to suffer-
The world may have to pass the hat
And take up a collection
When crude petroleum no more
With pipe lines makes connection
For oil and water will not mix
When in the tank together.
So how could John lay something ny
For wet and stormy weather?
And ii would certainly be rough
On Mr.. Rockefeller
II he were caught out in the rain
Without big umbrellar.
Let us rejoice we do not have
Our wealth in oil invested.
So when the crude supply runs low
We will not be molested.
The dividends look mighty nice.
But they at length must dwindle
When hired girls have only wood
With which the fires to kindle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Mrs. Anna Besant, the noted Eng
lish lecturer on theosophy. who is now
featuring in Chicago to the followers
of her cult, holds out great hope TO
women who desire to be men. In one
lecture delivered she said that it was
unusual for the soul of a woman to be
reincarnated in the body of a man.
Mrs Besant also said that Gladstone
was once Cicero. This brings a new
phase to Lucy Page CASTOR and Carrie
Nation, who may then continue their
crusade on cigarets and whisk yshops,
and wear trousers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
The Last Day.

What will be the end of the world ?
This is a question which was former
~ asked of soothsayers and prophets
and often answered by them with def
mite statements and dates which were
o those who believed them, to the last
iegree disquieting. Such prophets and
prophecies have all been proved erro
neous, and the Millerites and their
kin have been laughed out of serious
consideration. Science has taught us
better, and yet science. which seeks
always new facts and revised reason
ing. is now teaching us that our faith
in the safety of the solar system is
misplaced.
Instead of the eternally changeless
procession of the planets about the
sun and of the solar system about
some other greater sun, astronomers
find grave evidence of what seems dis
order in what we thought was perpet
ual perfection. disorder which may
indeed probably will. some time wreck
our own planet.
IL is -aStronomically cOnsid
cred it is probable-that unseen with
in the remote confines of space the
vast mass of dead world is hurting
toward our sun with uncomfortable
velocity In time the two will 'come
together and the Unreasonable heat
produced will make gas of granite and
boating clouds of nebulae of us all
for thus worlds die and thus they are
Immediately in process of being born
again for ont of the condensation ol
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
Washinaton's Plaque Spots.

lie in the low, marshy bottoms of
the Potomac, the breeding germ of
malaria germs. These germs cause
chills, fever and ague, biliousness,
jaundice, lassitude, weakness and
general debility and bring suffering
or death to thousands yearly. But
Electric Bitters never fail to destroy
them and cure malaria troubles.
They are the best all-round tonic
and cure for malaria | ever used. y
writes r. NJ. James, of Louellen, S
c. They cure stomach, liver, Kidney
and blood troubles and will prevent
typhoid. Try them, so cents. Guar
anteed by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
you to say?' she asked, in attempted

you to say" she asked, in attempted
lightness.
Reading flushed painfully. Did 1
stare? II is small wonder when yol,
when you wear the very costume an,
other woman wore when she trampled
on my heart-a woman who. for the
fun of making me propose marriage,
made me- believe she loved me. IL
may | ask
II had no means to buy new cos
tune, the girl said simply. 80 pur-
chased it from a clothing bureau"
Il did not know there was woman
in the word SO beautiful" said Read
ing after a moment. Madeline, what
would you say if stranger told you
| he loved you!'
Madeline Looked at him. then laid
| her slim hand on bis trembling one.
Il would say she half whispered,
"'Oh. Leslie. how happy am"
Blessed yellow dress murmured
Reading when they had stroled bacI;
| TO the town ut sunset. You'll wear
it at our wedding, won't you, my
sweet"
| The young singer smiled. "A bride
must wear white" she said softly
but | will put it on at evening when
YOU come home to dinner. Will that
! satisfy you. dearF
And Reading made eloquent answer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
The Postmaster at Chicago. Ky, has

The Postmaster at Chicago Ky, has
been arrested by the postoffice author
tiles because quite number of regis
tered letters addressed 10 Chicago, Ill,
had been sent TO his Office and he had
held them. None of the letters had
been tempered with, as all remittances
were intact. The pOstmaster's excuse
was that he has never heard of anothr
Chicago, and held them to be called
for by the owners. The letters were
addressed to Sears, Roebuck & Co
and Montgomery, Ward & Co. AS a
campaign of education the rural post
master might be sentenced to spend a
few days in Chicago, III. seeing the
sights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

A Hammond, Ind, lawyer marched
40 section men, who caused a riot on
the Panhandle road recently, to Jail
at the point of an old musket used Dy
his forefathers in the revolutionary
war This musket will undoubtedly
command large price from the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution when
'hey are again called upon to arbi.
trate their internal strifes with some
thing more suitable for the occasion
than verbal explosions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
3S6 CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
Superintendent Tells of Closing 1000 Small Schools
diana:-RuraI School That is a Social Center.

In Indiana OIL small schools
have been abandoned and the state
has $50 consolidated schools, 122 of
which have good four-year high
year high school courses. Many aban-
doned schools are transported to
other districts or to town schools,
The number of children transported
is 1900, requiring ,116 wagons at
cost of S207 per wagon per day.
Many pupils are also transported by
private conveyance and by interur-
ban cars.
Fassett A. Cotton, former school
superintendent of that state, told
about this at the MacOmb meeting of
the Country Teachers association of
| Illinois. and from actual contract de-
| cribed the plans of the new central
| lied school in part as follows;
The school must be the center of
township life. The teachers should be
well prepared men and women, thor
oughly in touch with the problems
and interests of the township, and
permanent residents of the commun-
| ity. Do you believe that? Many do
| not They should understand the
relation of education and agriculture
and should be able to create in the
boys and girls love for the land
School, Farm and Cottage.
| The central school should have n
kindergarten, the eight grades and a
high school with four-year course.
1t should have well equipped, mod
ern buildings. Here should be locat-
ed the township library, which should
contain books well suited to meet
the needs of the community. Ii
should have small farm we'll equip
ped for scientific elementary agricul-
ture, and cottage for the principal
and his wife, the latter to be assist
ant principal. He should have charge
of the manual training including
work in wood and iron and agri-
culture; the assistant. cooking and
sewing. On Saturdays and during
lsummer vacations the boys and girls
lcould study scientific farming, cook
ing and sewing on this school farm
and in, this farm home.
Such a school will become the cen.
ter of the social life of the commun
ity. The citizens will have meeting
place to discuss every phase of life
agriculture. education, religion, pol
litics. There provisions may be made
flor good lectures, the best music, etc
1.-THE teachers will use their knowl
edge of rural life in their schoo
work The boy will find himself AM
his farm experience in every lessor
assigned.
Pupils Tell What They See and DO.
In arithmetic, the problems will b.
concrete and tangible appeals t.
common sense and will clinch ever.
principle with their homely, practica
application. In language the chill
dren will talk and write about thing
which they know, things which the
have done and in which they are in
terested, and every lesson will b
alive. The teachers will know tn
nature of the soil and can show tn
practical value to the farmer of
n knowledge of chemistry.
l. Gut of school-and this is a .par
n ticuiarly interesting feature of it
there VIII be opportunity for work 4
d the community. Corn clubs for nh
d boys, cooking and sewing climbs n
l. the girls, agricultural societies r.
n the parents. These will give tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
Exhibition of Clothes.

The clothes show scheduled to open
ut Madison Square Garden. New York.
hibitions, and, according 10 II wearing
apparel association which is back of il,
there will he more fashionable GOWNS
on display than the historic Garden has
ever seen. The exhibit is to run for Il
week, and delegations from every man-
ufacturing city in the United States
Will be present Prizes will be offered
for the most attractive model. the pub
lie to be the judges. Shoe dealers have
also made plans for the show.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
Pleasant Ways for Summer Days.

Grand Trunk-Lehigh Valley double
track route, Chicago to New York via
Niagara Falls: Grand Trunk-Centrll
Vermont-Boston & Main route from
Chicago to Boston and the Grand
Trunk railway system to Montreal,
Quebec and Portland. Double track
from Chicago to Montreal.
For particulars of special low round
trip summer fares. descriptive litera
tube, etc, apply to w. S. Cookson. A
G. p. A, 1876 Adams street. Chicago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

An aged beggar was arrested at
Pittsburg, and when his howell was
ransacked by the police nearly S1OO.
900 was found slowed away in tomato
cans, wash boilers, and in the crevices
in the walls. The old fellow will be
tried for insanity, but it is said that
he does not claim any relationship tC
John D. Rockefeller.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
Hurn0r and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
d. DUNCAN ~. ss1lTH

TT is wise to note that after expert
encing drowning the most enthusi-
astic swimmer no longer enjoys the
sport
Probably the reason why most Of us
don't do better is simple enough. We
don't know how, but don't like to own
it
1t pays TO be honest. but sometimes
the pay is slow.
We are constantly getting pointers
from all sorts of sources. The trouble
with them, however. is that they aren't
sharp enough to stick.
There may be more than one way OF
skinning cat. but there is only one
way after the cat is skinned for 1t to
be dead.
Being able to know more than the
rest of your fellows is often mere
matter of keeping still and listening.
A dollar doesn't care who owns 1t; q
man does.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Court at Waterville, Kan, has de-
cided that the inelegant vocabulary
of street loafers and buns must be
confined TO the rather innocent eX-
preston, by chowder,' when they
wish to voice their disapproval. JudS,
ing from the name of the town, the
new established "cuss' word will ans
wer all practical purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Rock Island stood grandly by their
exposition. 1t is worth working for by
people who appreciate it. The attend
ance was not what was expected, but
it was not the fault either of the ex-
position or the home folk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

I saw some one particularly interest
ing. You must find out who he is.
Mort"
Morton Ellis was one whose scalp
lock hung OH Annals jeweled belt, but
the fact had long since ceased to pam
him.
'Still at your old tricks, Alma. How
was the fellow dressed"
'Oh, Morton. don't ask me about bis
clothes! His hair was curly. just like
The color Of Fanchette's hide. And bis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
Commander Van SAINT.

Former Governor Samuel r. Van
SAINT. who has been elected command.
er of the Grand Army of the Republic
at the Salt Lake City national en-
campment, one of Rock Islands proud
sons who has received repeated hon
prs, was Minnesota's executive from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

headaches. nervous
and
hemorrhageS.
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compoundmademe
well and strong, so
that / can do all my
homework, and at
tend to the store
and post-ofRce. and
feel muchyounger
than l really am.
oT,vdia f. Pink
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
He Had Evoluted.

81 could tail uufold"- began the
newly fledged frog.
Then he paused and seemed to be
wrapped in meditation.
But" he concluded. that is thing
Of the past. I'm no longer a tadpole.n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

this nebulae will come the beginning
of new solar system which will, in
the countless aeons of astronomical
time, go through the same process of
evolution and decay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Ii is estimated that ten million
words afe on record as having been
used in the tariff debate in Washing
ton Five million are likely Aldrich
and the balance Payne; for they are
all there is to it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
SAVING Trouble.

Ibid he leave will:"
"Yes''
How did he dispose Of his moneyT
Left it all to the lawyers"
"Wbat was his jdea?'
"Thought it would simplify matters"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

When the digestion is all right, the
action of the bowels regular, there is
a natural craving and relish for food.
When this is lacking, you may know
that you need dose of Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They
strengthen the digestive organs, inn
prove the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

When the corporation tax goes into
effect Mr.. Payne expects the Ananias
club to be the largest organization i'll
America.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Have you noted any appreciable re-
duction in the cost of living as a result
of the new tariff bill?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

teachers chance to get into the lives
of the people.
Eatct Parents and Pupils.
Parents will endorse and enlarge
such work. regardless of cost
when they see that the teacher is
better preparing their boys for farm
life. The children when once shown
that it takes brains to farm, and that
the returns are substantial and the
work dignified, would more and more
decide to prepare thoroughly to do
the work of the farm This school
ing ought to tighten the burden of
toll by making intelligent skill its
ally. The essential thing is that the
boy be taught to work and that skill
full work is ennobling. One result
will be to induce the boy to remain
on the farm.
A decade of this work in the
| schools touching the lives of all the
boys and girls would revoIutionize
agriculture and would be the fore
runner of the greatest industrial de-
velopment this country has ever
( known. larger self-respect and larger
| returns Inc dollars and cents.-Re-
ported by Arthur J. Bill for the ILL
nois Farmers institute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
Monday, Aug. 16, 1909.

Did the Exposition do all it prom
ised? The answer in the affirmative
is unanimous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

BEST
REMEDY
For Women-Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable G Compound

Noah, ny. - was passing through
The Change of Life and suffered from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
At the Play.

"The plot thickens here"
"Thats goui. It's been pretty burned
thin up TO now."-Cleveiand Leader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Brave.
Swinging in q hammock
With a lovely maid.
Evening almost chilly.
just to order made.
Who would be SO silly
As to be afraid?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

King Manuel H. Portugal the monarcs
terrible
Immediately
Princess Alexandra Fife granddaugher of King Edward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

May | see the gown
1t WAS the sweetest of voices that
spoke. and the brown eyes that looked
iuquirngly at the SaIeswoman of a
clothing bureau i'll Il large eastern city
matched the voice.
The saleswomau led the way to Il
room filed with clothing and held
upon her fingers truly beautiful
gown. 1t was of yellow satin. of the
heavy kind that stands alone and glis-
tens like cloth &c gold.
The girl reycrentIy touched the shin
ing garment.
1t is magnificent" she cried; lust
the thing for my tour
1T was Donated bsiq wealthy WON
an whose daughter had worn it once
and for some reason took dislike to
it, explained the saleswoman.
How could she:" The girl held one
rich fold to her lace. studying it's eff
feet on her clear brunette complex
ion. How could she!"
Il wonder myself" remarked the
saleswoman as she took from her Gus
toner the So required for the exquisite
creation.
Il thank you a thousand times said
the girl gratefully. for saving it for
me. You have made me perfectly
happy
Leslie Reading was young in years
for the professorship he held in the
college for men in Alma EaurenS'
home city. very handsome. very grave
in demeanor and-afraid of women.
Alma LaurenS. only child OF the
| wealthiest man in the city-Alma. with
her red brown hair and her brilliant
brown eyes had u cluster of ScalpS nj
her belt, the scalpS of those who had
fallen victims to her charms and offer
cd her their hearts and their names.
Moreover, the object of her life was
| to add to this cluster.
IL was out in the Blue Bubble this
| afternoon she said one evening to heI
cousin. land just by the college yard
,IiTi|If7i=
SYM p,
: S \ az
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II aLNA's MIRROR REFLECTED AN ALLURIN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

High minded people don't need bal
loon to prove 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16


He is on his second lap"
"Wbat! Got two girls:"
Nothing Doing.
"She is pretty"
"Yes. but rather vain."
"And that's not all"
'WbyI'
because her prettiness and her van
ity are all In vain.
No, Indeed
''The sun is mighty scorching these
days. but
But what:"
II notice women still hate to be
thrown into the shade"
Lasting Impression.
II haven't any appetite"
ANY ailmeutT'
"Yes."
what is itp"
Last nights banquet"
Hence the Name.
what kind Of trees DO tree toads
grow onT
"They grow on busb."
IS that SOP
"Yes-the hop"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16

Always Flashing Il.

Isn't May the lucky girIW
"Yes. She's got an engagement
ring"
Yes. and. what's more. she's left
handed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-16
THE ARGUS.
xua.. |

~ THE J. W. POTTER CO.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-02
WOMAN SUFFRAGE SCORED
BY CARDINAL GIBBONS,
"A Death Blow to Domestic Life,
He Saws.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.--Cardinal Glib
bons, in. a letter to the secretary of the
National League for the Civic Educa-
tion of Women, which was read at the
first annual meeting of this anti
suffragette organization in the Wal
dorf-Astoria, says:
Mrs. Julian Dewey Heath, Secretary,
222 Madison avenue, New York city:
II regret greatly that I cannot attend
the meeting called for November 1.
Although my many duties will not
allow me to be present at your meet
ing, beg to assure you that am most
heartily in sympathy with the aim OF
your league, and / approve most
strongly the stand it has taken in OPP
posing woman suffrage, which, II
realized, would be the death blow of
domestic life and happiness. Very re-
spectfully, JAMES GIBBONS,
:" Archbishop of BALTIMORE
Senator Elihu Root, also writing a
letter Of regret, says: "I think your as
ISOLATION is doing very valuable and
important work"
At the close of the reading of Cardi-
nal Gibbons's letter the four hundred
women present broke forth in en-
thusiastic applause. Several of the
leaders said the letter would gain thou
sands of supporters for the anti
suffrage movement and would draw
many from the suffragette ranks.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-02
BURNS FATAL TO
WOMAN WHO USED
OIL TO LIGHT FIRE
Mrs. John w. Bischoff, of Belle
vile, Succumbs Unexpected
ly to Scorching.

Fatally burned when her dress caught
fire as she was putting oil on a stove
in the kitchen of her home. Mrs. John
w. Bischoff. 40 years old. of 20 Wash
ington street, Belleville. died at 8 o'clock
this morning in St. Michaers Hospital.
She was terribly burned about the lower
part of the BODY and the limbs
Mrs. Bischoff was preparing supper
about O'Clock last night and in put
ting oil on the fire some Of the fluid
must have dropped on her dress. for
before she knew it the skirt was ablaze.
She was evidently too stunned to make
an outcry, for it was only when neigh
bors noticed flames m the kitchen that
they knew that anything unusual was
occurring. Some of the women ran
around the house and tried to get in the
kitchen door, but found it locked.
Cries Of "Firel" attracted Thomas
McGrath, who lives across the way, at
10 Washington street. He ran over and
burst the door open. Mrs. Bischoff was
found crouched between an inner door
and the wall in semi-conscious condi-
tion and with her clothes ablaze. Nc
Grath half dragged the woman out into
the yard. at the same time tearing off
her clothes. By the time they reached
the yard McGrath had succeeded in ex-
tinguishing the blaze. DIR. John F. Con-
don, who was summoned, saw the
woman was in serious condition and
arranged forsher removal to the hos
pital The Rev. Lalor Mclaughlin, as
sistant rector of St Peters r. c.
Church, administered the last rites Of
the church.
The Second Precinct police of this
city were asked to send an ambulance
for the womans removal to the hos
pital, but there was some difficulty in
getting the ambulance and private
conveyance had to be used at o'clock.
In the meantime an alarm Of fire was
| turned in, but there was no work for
the firemen to do when they arrived. as
| the blaze did not spread from the wom-
ans clothing. Her husband is leather
worker, and when he arrived home she
seemed to brighten up, and after while
was able to laugh and joke. Her condi-
| ton seemed to improve then, and there
was much surprise among the woman's
friends today when they learned shE
/ was dead.
County Physician Mckenzie viewed
the body at the hospital today.
Mrs. Bischoff is survived. besides hel
| husband, by sister. who resides In this
city.