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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
PAUL JONES' PROMISE.
Our Great Naval Hero and the Ouch
ese of Chartres.

Our Great Naval Hero and the Dueh-
ess of chartres.
The Duchess of Chartres was an en-
thusiast in the cause Of American lib
erty and a warm friend of its great
naval champion, Paul Jones, whom
she nicknamed the Untitled Knight
Of the Sea-" The duchess was q royal
princess and a very great lady, and
Captain Jones was sailor, self edu-
Gated and the son OF a Scotch garden
er, but in the exchange Of gifts and
compliments which, according to the
custom Of the day in France attended
their friendship, he was not to be out
shone.
At a luncheon which she gave just
before be sailed from France in the
Ranger on that famous cruise Of his
which carried the war to the very
shore of Britain It was the good for
tune Of Paul Jones to share in a con-
versation touching French naval en-
gagement in which the grandfather OF
the duchess had borne q conspicuous
part and to defend and explain his
maneuvers on that occasion, showing
a knowledge Of every ship and every
captain engaged and winning on the
spot the ardent personal adherence of
Nine. de Chartrss.
At the close of the feast she present
ed him valuable watch which had
been her grandfather's. Taken by sur
prise. the American captain neverthe-
less accepted it with a grace that
charmed the courtIy company, promis-
Ing that in return. if fortune favored
him, he would some day lay an Eng
lish friGate at her feet"
1t was a daring boast, but In A, c.
Buell's biography Of Paul Jones It is
related how be kept 1t. Within two
years occurred the marvellous victory
Of the Bonhomme Richard over the
Serapls. concerning which the victor
wrote the duchess a letter, ending.
THE enemy surrendered at thirty-flye
minutes past 10 p. m. by your watch.
which / consult only to tx the moment
Of victory"
That was a phrase to delight a So
eiety that reveled in pretty phrases.
and the duchess was amply satisfied.
When Paul Jones reached Paris she
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
ST. LOUIS GETS POWER
Electricity VIII Be Transmitted 14O
Miles from KeOkuk Plant.

st. Louis, Nov. 2.-That the local
utilities companies are to be furnished
electric power from Keokuk where a
dam is being built in the Mississippi
river, became definitely known when
it was discovered that the Laclede
Gas company has an ironbound con-
tract with the North American COM
pany to furnish it electricity for light
ing purposes. The Keokuk plant is to
be built by the Mississippi River
Power Distributing company whose
stock is owned, it is said, by the North
American company. The plans of the
company, according to the statements
made by various business men here,
is to be completed in 1912, and trans
forming station here to change the
current for the various purposes for
which it will be used
ST. Louis street cars and lights will
be operated by power transmitted over
the conductors OF the new company
Keokuk is $50 miles north Of st. Louis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
FIRST TO sHAWMUT CAR
Is Declared Winner of New YorA-to-
Seattle Race.

New York, Nov. 2.-Based on aft
davtts and statements made by the
Shawmut Motor company Of Stone
ham, Mass, entrance Of the Shawmut
car in the New York to Seattle race
last June, the Ford car, No. 2, which
finished first IN the contest, has been
disqualified, and first place awarded
to the Shawnut car.
The action was taken by the con-
test board Of the Automobile Club Of
America Thursday and yesterday the
cash for first prize, $1,000. was sent
to the eastern firm.
There were several allegations IN
the protest against the Ford car, but
the, one on which the board acted was
that the stamped engine had been
changed at Copley. Ohio
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN WARM
Magnates Prepare Lines for Coming
Election of President.

New York, Nov. 2.-National league
magnates are already busy electioneer-
ing for their annual meeting in De-
cember, and warm fight is expected
over the election Of president.
Garry Hermann Of the Cincinnati
club is said to be opposed to John A
Heydler succeeding himself. and it is
understood that he and Murphy of
Chicago and Ebbetts of Brooklyn have
another candidate in view. Pittsburg,
Boston, Philadelphia and st. Louis are
believed to be firmly back of Heydler.
If the fight becomes too strong, there
is talk that either G. D. White or
James A. Hart, both close friends OF
A. G. spalding, may be named as
compromise candidate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
Navy to Continue Play.

Annapolis, Md, Nov. 2.-Should
West Point persist in its stand it nat
urally follows that this years game
between the two acad emies will be
called off, although it may be said that
the Navy is willing to play. Neither
the death of Cadet Byrne nor the in
Jury to Midshipman Wilson in a game
here two weeks ago will 1t is said,
have any effect upon the continuance
of the game at the Naval academy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
WITH THE ESKIMOS
Rasmussen, Defender of Cook,
Lived for Years in Frozen
North
AUTHOR OF POLAR BOOK
Went to Greenland in 1902 to Study
Racial History of the Green
Ianders.

Knud Rasmussen, the Danish ex-
plorer, now at Julianehaab. Greenland,
who defends DR.. Frederick A. Cooks
claim as to the discovery OF the north
pole, was a member OF the Danish lit
erary expedition which left Copenha-
gen early in 1902 and spent two years
among the Eskimos In Greenland.
Rasmussen's assertions OF his belief
in Cooks story after talks with Eski-
mos familiar with Cooks exploits have
materially strengthened the Brooklyn
DOCTORS position IN various circles
which have shown an inclination to
doubt parts of his narrative.
Rasmussen spent the two years he
was in Greenland on the stated occa-
sion in studying the racial history of
the Esk1mos.
The other principals of the e0pedi-
ton were L. Myths Erichsen and
Count Haraid Moltke. Organized orig
inally as q private enterprise, the OBJ
Jects were deemed Of such Importance
from a geographical and chronological
point Of view that the total expenses
Of the expedition were assumed by the
Danish kingdom.
Went 60 Cape York.
The expedition arrived in Greenland
in June, 1902. 1t left Upernavtk for
Cape York in March, 1903, spending
nearly ten months among the polar Es-
kimos, and left for the south again In.
June. 1904, breaking its journey by a
stop in west Greenland and returning
to Copenhagen in September, 1904.
In August, 1906, Rasmussen left Co
penhagen for Greenland, intending to
be gone six years to complete his re-
searches into the chronological and so
cial habits of the Eskimos, the tour, as
originally planned. to cover the entire
north coast of North America as far as
Alaska.
For this work Rasmussen is peculiar
" fitted, as he is part Eskimo himself
His mother is a south Greenland Esk-
mo. His father is Christian Rasmus-
sen, a Danish clergyman, who spent
over twenty years as a missionary
among the natives Of southwest Green
land. At the age Of fourteen Knud
hdSAJubSen WGnI 10 OeQInaTk WIN DIS
parents and entered the University of
Copenhagen. from which be was grad
uated with honors.
Three Branches of Race.
The results Of his early association
with his kinsfolk. supplemented by his
more mature studies of 1902 and 1903.
were published in Danish under the
titles of THE New People, and THE
Lash of the North Wind They were
translated into English in 1908 and
published under the title of people of
the Polar North" The book deals with
three distinct Eskimo branches which
comprise the population Of Greenland
first, the west Greenlanders. being
the civilized and Christianized inhab-
itants Of west and southwest Green
land; second, the east Greenlanders,
being the former inhabitants of the
southeast coast. now practically de-
serted except in one area on the east
coast known as Angmagsslik, and.
third, the polar Eskimos.
In this record of the lives of the most
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
LANGFoRD SEEKS BACKER
Boston Negro Wants $4,000 to Com
ply With Johnson,s Demand.

New York, Nov 2.-Sam Langford,
the Boston negro pugilist, is seeking
hacker with $4,000 to comply with
Jack Johnson's demand that he de-
post that amount before johnson will
consider a fight with him. Although
Johnson demanded only $4,000 for
felt from Jeffries, Langford is not dis
couraged, but declared he will find the
hacker and that he Will whip Johnson
before the date of the Jeffries fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02

mer lightweight champion of the
world, does not think that Jeffries and
johnson are sincere in their talk of
meeting. In an interview Joe said
that he was confident that both are
-four flushing" in order to get few
dollars from the public. He believes
that there will be some plausible
hitch in the near future and that the
fight will be called of some time this
winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
WEST POINT QUITS SEASON
Army Football Team Cancels Sched-
uIe. But Navy Confines.

West Point, N. Y, Nov. 2.-It was
officially announced yesterday at the
academy that West Point will play no
more football games this season. It
is not thought, however, that Colonel
Scott will advocate the complete aban-
dOnment of the sport. A post-mortem
examination showed that Byrne's sec
ond and third cervical vertebra had
been fractured and the respiratory
nerves completely paralyzed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
Jimmy Collins to Manage ProvIdenc,

Providence, R. l., Nov. 2.-When
the Grays take the field next season in
their annual endeavor to draw down
the Eastern league Gonfalon, James ].
Collins, former manager of the Boston
Americans and last year at the helm
in Minneapolis, will have charge of the
team,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
Scott Visitor.

Joe Scott, the former Islander
twirler, was in the city yesterday to
see his old friends here of whom he
has many.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
Money Comes in Runehes.

to A. A. Chisholm of Treadwell, N. z.
now. His reason Is well worth read
ing: For a long time l suffered from
indigestion, torpid liver. constipation,
nervousness and general debility" he
writes. 'T couldn't sleep, had no ap-
petite, nor ambition, grew weaker ev.
cry day in spite of all medical treat
ment. Then used Electric Bitters.
Twelve bottles restored all my old
time health and vigor. Now can at.
tend to business every day. It's won
derful medicine" Infalnhle for stom-
ach, liver. kidneys, blood and nerves.
soc at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02
Lake Qults Red sox.

Boston, Mass, Nov. 2-The an
nomcement was made last night that
Fred Lake had resigned his position
as manager of the Boston American
league baseball team and that Presi-
dent John I. Taylor OF the club IS
seeking a new manager. At confer
ence yesterday Manager Lake and
President Taylor failed to agree on
Lakes salary for next season, with
the result that the resignation fol-
lowed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-02

Chamherlainis Cough Remedy has
become famous for it's cures Of coughs.
colds, Group and influenza. Try II
when in need. 1t contains no harmful
substance and always gives prompt
relief. Sold by all druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
New Works Lobster Palaces.

Nobody of distinction of appetite goes to lobster palace to eat One goes there In gaudy mood or when every other place is filled or closed or with the kind of man who thinks gay ety means oyerdressed women, bedla- naoned men, walters rushing with cha mpa gne as if they had the fire buckets and caterwauiing orchestra. At midnight the din and the excite meut incline sedate man to ask him. self whether he Is not in riot. If you have lobster digestion. you don't hear tue din or feel the maelstrom of umnibuses, walters, head walters and patrons swirling about you A man who Is eating lobster has to concen- trate all his faculties. mental, physical, moEai and intellectual, on the ordeal. You have heard DO doubt of the young lady who was asked over her first lob ster how she liked 1t. Il think" she declared. its perfectly delicious If there weren't so many large bones in 1t. They look like celluloid, don't they ?"-ficharl Duffy in Putnam's.
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Heroic Treatment.

Tn Guiana if q child is slow ill it's movements the parents apply un ant to the child instead of whip to make 1t move faster. This little ant bites more cruelty itan q mesquite. aa. i's' bite Is apt to he troub.esomc Fl ''l', ward. As you can imagine. this 5re";- ment does not make the child EI.'. '4' others. and the children of GuittA "".' said to he particularly cruel to ;thl mals. The little boys in Guiana q" ''i reckon their age by years but bs th"it ability to endure pain. CEgjl ht gr1s to the point here he can ie1 he Hu | ant bite him without wiacin@ he i' considered merely q baby.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
\ nMite"

The difficulties experienced by oHt torefathers in trying to reckon moneN in very small proportions anpeat in the various values given to q mite" in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen tury books of commercial aiithlnetie The original mite" seems to nave been a third of Flemish penny. hut the use of the word for the widow $ coin of the New Testament made it's regular English meaning half a far thing, and some old people may re- member applying the name to the short lived nineteenth century coins of that value. In those old arithmetic books mite" stands for various vai- ues not represented by actual coins, but obviously used in reckoning. X work of 17O6 makes it oae-twef'h of q penny. two sixteenth century books one-sixth of a farthing. and in lSl4 Jeake's arithmetic made it as llfi'e as one sixty-fonrth of penny.-Ion- don Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
CievslanFs Greedinsss For Wsrk

President Cleveland was often at his desk in the White House until 5 o'clock In the morning and up again at g. fell into the way of working until about l o'clock In the morning, aud because of the oppressive heat 1 kepe the duor Of ny t1Jm wide open. 0f" ten during the hours around midnighe 1 would step Into the hall in hope of getting d stray breath of air Once It 50 happened that as 1 looked across the hall to the half open door turned toward mine l saw upon it's polished surface the reflection of the hand of a man writing with q patience and an industry that amazed me. l knew that the president was at his desk 1 used to ask the watchman when l went to my task In the morning Ut what hour the president had knocked off work the preceding night. 1 found that 1t was generally about 3 o'clock tn the morning, although Sn7netimes when he had finished some severe task that he had set himself h. would stop at o'clock I usually stopped work at o'clock, but l did once or twice hang on until in the hope that l might, Ii only for once. show an endurance equal to that of the paan next door whose ereediness for work had become proverbial e eorge F. Parker in Me Cures
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SPARED BY THE ENEMY.
A Dramatic incident In the Career of
 General de Ga!iifct.

Ii was on that fatal day. Sept. 1. 1870. that General de Gaiifet diS'in- Guishpd t.mset| t.. coGIaran tin9 the cavalry charges tt.euded to clear tAls elevation at lily, "ith tie >ie% oi opening passage toward fl"ia@. where it was hoped the army might r"- treat Tine first char@e overthrow th@ E.i@h y-third regiment of the ltts$ians and penetrated among the German troops. but the hJtter formed a4ain ra5idly after the retirement nf the French cavalry.
 General DucrV then asked if tiley could renew the charge with what re mainrd of the light cavalry and llus- sar~. and then t;al!ifrt answered in the words hat have bpromr historic. 'As often as you wish. general. as long as man remains" The >ec"nd charge waS not So successful as the first. Oniy q few men. vii their g~n eral at tlieir head, succcet@d i'll rcue lrating the first ranks of thr enemy 1t is known i!.4i :lle king of Prussia. Wllo was wal ling the battle from inc fef, of fh,A illl Of Marfpe exclaimed will admiration. Oh les braves a"ns,'
 Just at his noment an astonishing event u,zsRrtpd ib the midst of he bat, t55.. AS ti;t,.itet was returning with l teW sGIA iroc> their Aat<,~ fer tie .al5st paet Wun0,j,a or foata,;er.sl, he
 ..~:,l set.r, 4he Nassau regiment. 'tzs "@'1s%i.'si -sf'ieer> ef'!ered their
 | !. .e.-e of sh"ir anus Tue French sa- ..al sud @npnted. "Nive l'einpereur," lin ta.;'.44-t!l i3ietrs aehno " lodged = '''i;t. -.,sls, e! '4nln ii .';;!:ldiag.- - !t5s.t'. t,A:ctte
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lie Was a Poor Guesser,

He was new conductor and anx. ious to expedite matters. When he saw woman holding a two dollar bill fla her hand he dispensed with the customary exhortation to pay her fare and began to count out change. There had been drain on his pockets throughout the trip, and he was obliged to interview half the passen- gers in the car before he finally se- cured the desired small coin Finally the transaction was completed. and the conductor returQed to the woman.
 "F'are?" he said.
 The woman fished nickel from her pocketbook. Then she looked at the two dollar bill
 Dear me"' she said. How careless l am. l forgot I had that money in my hand Somebody might have stolen it.
 "Chump" growled the conductor.
 The woman thought he meant her, but he didn't. He was cursing his own stupidity.-N York Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
SC'-,,.TiFIc FEEDING.
'calti, ss a Psi.r:Ey F5ctos In lnteIli
 t,l.x,4 i,.inta

'eali} ss a psi.r-cry Factor In lateIli
 seat living.
 iipHi:i. aui success are SD largely V ,i..p,...u.i:1 upon balauce, upon sym :;astry oa d~TeiupH4tllt. physical ;,;iti uitl..ai ii;3t ..a3AY. t.4ai We SilGttd Ge esel%lht.4e y>ssii''s. to s,,-;iie tha { p..Esica! I~!,.. N;iieli also ilsr'lus men tai and unla3 prise. A .slf4.' par; of our ills ruinn fruln one sided develop ulent caused by oyerst; st;lu,ii:llin@ so..lt' liSsu" cells aud starving others -ove!- irrdin. aiiu u.;tit-rteedin@.. Scieni!iie' feeding, therefore. is of vast imior- tauee.
 bsere1tia4: ata Improper e;tif@ &'' among the curses of the world. Ihii,i> of ,l,e people who put all sorts of ih i.onpati3leS into their stom:iciiS II the san,e time and then Use ali sorts or nostrums tp get rid oi their bud eff feGtS.
 One of the most pathetic sights ip the world is tl3t Of q human being struggling hard to carry out his ann bition. yet handirappins himself hy his ignorance of physical laWS.
 What q pathetic figure Carlyle cut in the world-a one sided giant who might nave been symmetrical power. possessor of colossal brain largely y controlled by ] dyspeptic stomach, He was cross and grabbed atld did just the things that he did not want ts da. things that he knew it would be het- ger not to do. but he was the victim of starved nerves, of exhausted brain cells largely for want of eomln"n sel's' fceling-Orison Swe.. Marden in Sue cess Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
Tho Mennonites.

The Mennonites grew out of four sects of Dutch. Flemish and German Baptists. They derive their name from Memo Sinons, Catholic priest who became leader of the anabaptists in about 15337. Simons was born in 1492 and died in 15S7. His ''True Christian Belief" was published three years be fore his death. Following the death of the leading spirit the sect. under went divisions and changes Of creed PittSburg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
French Peasant Women Hard Worker

French Peasant Women Hard Workers, The French peasant woman. Ere tonne or otherwise, works hard as any man. It makes one sad to see the women working in the fields, digging and delving. carrying heavy burdens, driving tue cattle. sometimes attend, ing to the machinery employed on the farms. One wonders whether hus- bands and fathers appreciate 1t all, especially when you hear some of the ballads, for ballads are supposed to revea. the soul of people. l heard one the other day of which the refrain Is as follows:
 Dear is ,sy good wife Jeanne.
 Her deaea 1 should depiore.
 But learec are my beaves.
 Their loss would grieve me more! From Piougastel (Franee) Letter to New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
WAshinaton's Rebuke.

washington" said senator, was not q cynic, yet he sometimes said things 50 wretchedly true that they had cynical note. Thus, rebuking a certain type Of churehgoer. he once wrote:
 ".The church's fcasts and lasts are maryelously well kept up. The rich keep the feasts and the poor the faStS'"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
athy.

ue-lt was a fiiGhtful moment wheF received your letter telling Hr 't the insuperable obstacle 1o our ;.%f riaga. l would have shot mySet. '.l; I had no money to buy a revo!y"S. She-Dearest, if only you had le, hie know.-S -SimplicissiInus.
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A Mean Friend.

"All the dust flies up my ao>e.'
 "Well. Cholly. maybe the city wi! pay you to parade the streets Per haps, instead of sweeping. it would h" better to clean them by q vacuum pror. ess."-Kansas City Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05

LOST T=OCTOBER 2l. ONE SOR
 rel mare. , white stocking feet; blaze face; branded L. B. on right shoulder and X on left shoulder. One colt, dark bay; tlaXen mane and tail: stocking footed behind; star in face. Any ole notify MT. Tom Hill or Mr J. F. Talbot, will receive $lO reward. 1l-2-6t
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THE CAPITAL MEAT MARKET
 SO4 ". Second Ave.

If you want good meat and prompt service come and try us. All kinds ot meat at low prices. Fowls, live and dressed Cleanest place in the city. Call by or telephone us. Old phone 1879. new phone 475.
 o. R. PERRY. Prop.
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\ Candid critio.

Authoe-Have you read my new book?
 Friend-Res.
 What do you think of it?" Well, to bs candid with you. think the covers are too far apart. Chicago News.
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All the Difference.

"My wife is very bad" said d n.a at .he Bloomsbury county court.
 "You mean she is very hI b"" she is not bad." replied the snag.s'rE sympathetically.-London Telegraph
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05
LOST.

WATCH 4I26,96H CASE b. IG3 diamond setting in back. Re turn to L. Denmead at Pine Bluh Plumbing company and receive re- ward
 PAINTED BELT buckle. Oblong, two inches i'll Ien4th Return to Mrs k. R. Staad= ley. at Stuttgart and receive re- ward l-- -'t
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PINE BLUFF PEOPLE

X few claims paid by kimball X Saunders, managers of the Great East ern Casualty Go. Of New York, dur ing the last three weeks.
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W at4Ead

The Pappas Cafe the oaly place serve the best dinner in town for 2oc reserve tables for ladies. Open day and night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05

WANTED-BY A JlWISji MAN CT about middle ase--qoiet iH taste and habits-a place to live, where he might feel a bt at honlf. He is ! tired of boarding houses and hote!s, ,and if some small family, Jewish
 preferred, will give him board aud shelter and the comforts ot home, the expense will not be considered.
 Address ]. ]. this office. f0-3i-6t
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Reclprocity.

Do you expect your constituents to believe all you tell themy'
 ''No." answered Senator Sorghum, and in return they must not expect me to tell them au I believoA"-Wash- iugton Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05

FOR AI.k,-BEATTIFJL CUT chrysanthemums for sale. at $l to g. per dozen. Geo. VI. Wells, old phUne Nos. i2l and 42S.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05

If man smpties Ak p1fss Into n head no - aoA takD C Ao0 8NA teaok0A
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-05

I.0ST-A SCOTCH COLLIE, DOG, SA-
 ble 8rewA color, white co'.a..; an- sWors to the name Of Seh!ttz. Sdit- able reward if returne1 to Harry IIanf. 62O West Second. 1o2S-6t