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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-17

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his colored man behind him with enormous basket
The Generals carriage drawn up TO the curbstone.
and the gray horses were dancing little fancy dances
over the asphalt street, when all at Jimmy thrust
bunch of arbuls under the Generals very nose.
Go away. go away said the, General and troted
down the carriage door. which footman held open
fof him $50 $50,
stepped ~
2 How much /? !" be asked
80 Three cents SAID Jimmy in Ioarse voice
he Genefal looked at the little fellow through his
Eyeglasses. ga.
/ /" Got coldar he inquired, gruffy.
YES, SIR croaked Jimmy.
Why don't you stay in the house, them" growled
the General
Can't. sir" said Jimmy. c,eerully; business is bust
nh Ihs General looked the little stand where bust
At ~, was the little rows OF dried stus
Humnh gDasset OF bowers and at the soup lunches
,i,J nus hand went down into his pocket and he
tlsa GUY lot oil charge Alter that he choes ,.,o
punches OF sweet pipky blos SONS nat 'e ei'ose TWO
Two ior iixe, SIR said Jimmy
:" Hum, SAID the Ccncr al Y Gu ,ne,,+ -
parsley and spap bunch sse INC some
Jimmy wrapped up the green stuff carefully ,-d
dropped it into the basket carried by the coored man
Nine cents, SIR he saiti and the General handed
him dime and thea moved to the STALL holding
the flowers close 10 his nose.
You fcrgo. youf change cried jimmy. and rushed
after him with ,.hc
Keep" BIT one look :: the homes, little face and
he changed his sentence --N se....~-
=" Thank yeu, young nsn, he said, and away he drove
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-17

By Temple Bailey

~ HE General did not look at all as would
II expect general to look He short and
thick-set and had red face and white
i tache. and he usually dressed in gray tweed
suit. with funny Norfolt jacket with belt
and wore soft cap pulled down almost to his eye
glasses
And he always did his own marketing.
That is how he 10 know Jimmy.
Jimmy stood at a OF Old Market and sold lit
te bundles OF dried sage and narjoram and
saras and cinnamon. and soup hnches made of bits of
vegetables tied ogethera bit OF parsley and bit of
celery and bit of ard sprig OF savory,
all for cent Then at Christmas time he displayed
wreaths. which lie and lis little mother made home,
and the spring he brought wild flowers that
he picked i'll the woods
And that is how he came to know the General
For morning just before Easter. the General
putting down the outside aisle OF Old Market, with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-17
q Good fairy

They make plain face something fair,
And make fair face fairer.
Before them dark Suspicion flies,
And Envy follows after.
And Jealousy forgets itself,
And Gloom is lost in laughter.
Were there great genius or great power,
Great wealth, great beauty offered,
Let pass these fays, dear heart but keep
All the Good Nature proffered!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-17

OF all good fairies round the house. =.
Good Nature is the sweetest
And where she fans her airy wings
The moments hy the heeteSt
And other fairies. making cheer,
With her are galy present;
They shine like sunbeams in the place,
And make mere living pleasant.
The smiles she gives are rosy light
Shed softly on the wearer;
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11

than he himself had and he was much
pleased. The adage reads Necessity is the
mother of invention : but in his case That tired
feeling was the mother of the scareerow'
Every theatergoer reIcembers the Wizard of o.
since nicknamed the "Gizard of Was" George Stone
an od-tme athlete of marked ability, capered about
as the scarecrow in that musical comedy and his
movements were typcalofthe silent buffer" Stone
is double-jointed and his part resembled scare
crow so much that the rst part of the play in which
he stands immovable and limp for period of Is
minutes, it was often thought that he piece
of scenery, adjusted by the property man"
Stone was the first imitator of the scarecrow
and that show embodied the only character which
ever tried to look like the minion of the cornield.
He was timber that his twice-a-day stunt
to fall down a staircase his face, which he
did regularly, without denting the stairs.
Cal Holland former Chcagoan, but to-day a
prosperous farmer, located three miles from Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, is the one and only first and
original scarecrow expert. His farm is veritable
scarecrow convention. They stare at you from
the front yard, from back of the chicken run from
the back door of the farmhouse and the fields
are dotted with them.
And Mr.. Hollands scarecrows are some scare
crows He has boy scarecrows, men scarecrows,
girl and women scarecrowesses, the latter being
equipped with Photographic apparatus to make
them realistic. He is now working on dog
scarecrow, which, when complete will make the
tails between their legs and trace their steps
thither.
Of local color in Mr.. Hollands scarecrows there
is no end. Imagine one equipped with neatly
ironed pocket handkerchief cigar stub in the
place generally supposed to contain its physiogno-
my hat set rakishly on the left side of its head,
Mr.. Hollands worn-out trousers neatly creased,
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
ONCE WI MET HIS MATCH.
Chinese Diplomat outwitted by Ameri
can Railroad King.

The willy WI Ting Fang, the min.
lister from China whose frank and
penetrating questionings have made
him the joy of newspaper men and the
bane of the diplomat, for once met his
match in a brief encounter with Z. II
Hartman, the railroad magnate. Mr..
WI opened on Mr.. Hartman with this
naive inquiry:
How did you get control of all these
railroads? What did you do?"
Mr.. Hartman smiled and replied:
81 can answer you best by a story
about a prominent capitalist whom l
once met. He was summoned to court
as a witness and was being questioned
as to his personal affairs.
"'What is your salary?' asked the
court.
Nothing was the unexpected an
swer.
Well, what is your income from all
sources, them continued the court.
Nothing maintained the witness.
What, do you mean to say you
have no income whatever
Yes
How much do you spend in
year?'
About 100000 or So.
." If you have no income, yet spend
100000 year, how do you do it?' was
the sharp rejoinder
"'Ah,' was the response, that is my
secret System
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
HWIZoI0Z24E 5CNREC;R0N M2W RHg3EEfNRV M7ACh7ENI

mon the scarecrow the better it scares, We'll let
it go at that
A from Chicago recently visited Mrs.
Holland and commented favorably upon the farm,
except for those rubes in the back yard who are
continually staring at a person
Usually the agriculturist has use for every gar
ment. They made over for the children and
the oldest son, rule. retreats into the father S
discards, at least while doing the work about the
farm. When the clothes have passed the period of
usefulness, they handed to the silent senti-
ne where the elements play with them until there
is little to remind the farmer of his eX-apparel.
That is, the elements play with them if the
knights of the side door Pullman don't happen up
the and divest the scarecrow of its cloth
ing before storm and wind do.
There dozens and dozens of farm stories
about invasons of hoboes and their art of eff
fecting sealthy clothing trades with the guards of
the cornfeids, in which the friends of the
crows always come off second best and far more
tattered.
In such cases it takes the scavengers of the air
some time to make the acquaintance of the re-
vamped sentinel and thus the farmer is aided,
despite the fact that he and his dog hate the DO
But the scarecrow is absolutely and positively
to make his final appearance soon, it is said and
modern methods of saving the crops taking
away of the most picturesque features of the
American farm, the poets murmur.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
Miqht Look for Recovery.

The following was told of the pa
tent of a well-known New York ply
scian:
The patient, an elderly gentleman,
became quite i'll while the doctor was
absent upon vacation, the indisposi-
ton being the result of too frequent
rotations. A female nurse was at once
engaged to care for him in his hotel.
A lady, residing in the same hotel,
became aware of his illness, and In
terested herself to the extent of one
morning inquiring concerning his con-
dition of the chambermaid.
"Shure, ma'am," replied Maggie,
IAN l think he do be getting along
very well. The nurse was sittin' on
his lap this mornin'!"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
Action of the Magnetic Needle.

The magnetic needle comes to rest pointing
north and south because the earth acts if it
a great magnet. A compass needle would
come to rest pointing lengthwise of bar magnet
placed under the compass needle, just it does
under the influence of the earth For this reason
we think of the earth great magnet. The north
pole and the north star have influence over the
compass needle.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11

my friends what it has done for me-"
Mrs E. HANSON, 304 East Long St.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, Vt. II was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored myhealthand
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. For the sake of other
suffering women l am willing you
should publish my letter" . Mrs.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RED, Granite
vile, Vt.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for
female ills. In almost every commu-
nifty you will find women who have
been restored to health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
For Thirty Years

Enclosed find money order for one
dollar for which please send me it's
worth in Simmons Liver Purifier, put
up in tin boxes. l have been using
the medicine for thirty years"
THOS. H. REILLY,
Jonesville, La.
No comments necessary.
Price 25c per box
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11

because of the fact that
his grandson is now
holder of a high office
at Portland, Me, dis
covered that the crows
flew away at the sight
of him and he soon
grew tired of his work.
So he riggedup a crude
imitation of a twentieth
century scarecrow and
put the invention to
work. Then he spent
his days snoozing I'M
der a tree in the apple
orchard, his employer
believing him still on
duty at the feeding
ground of the crows.
Since that time his idei
has been greatly i'm
proved, but then it was
the pinnacle of Yankee
ingenuity.
He tied two sticks
crosswise and simply
rested his tattered coat
over the device. This
scared the crows worse
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
Nautical Error.

Il am sorry to hear, captain, that
your wife left you so unceremoni-
ously."
My mistake, sir; l took her for a
mate and she proved to be skipper"
-Tit-Bits.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
Different Destinations.

"Mollie,' he said, Il believe that II
you were in heaven you would ask the
angels if your hat was on straight"
Yes" was the reply. Just about
the time you'd be asking Satan to put
a little more birthstone in the Hot
ScOtchi'"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
Couldn't Explain,

What is a tempest in a teapot
pap
My child, you will have to ask your
mother; l never attend afternoon
teas"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
For Colds and Gripp-Capudine.

The best remedy for Gripp and Colds is
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness Cures the cold-Headaches
also It's Iiquid-Effects immediately-10,
% and soc at Drug Stores.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
HER
PHYSICIAN
ADVISED
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Columbus, Ohio. Il have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Address the Garfield Tea Co. as above
when writing for free samples of Garfield
Tea, the true remedy for constipation.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
Western Canada
MORE BIG CROPS IN 1908

homestead and 100 at $500 per acre.
A vast rich country and contented pros
porous people. "-E-rtTact J1-01H c011esforqeuce
Gf a National Editor. 7uhoSe gTSit to Western
Canada. in AHgHSt, 1905 qoaS INSPIRATION.
Many have paid the entire cost of their
farms and had balance of from $1,000 to
$1,000 per acre as a result of one crop.
Spring wheat, winter wheat, oats, barley,
flax and peas are the principal crops, while
the wild grasses bring to perfection the
best cattle that have ever been sold on
the Chicago market.
Splendid climate, schools and churches
in all localities. Railways touch most of
the settled districts, and prices for produce
are always good. Lands may also be pur-
chased from railway and land companies.
For pamphlets, maps and information re-
garding low railway rates, apply to Superin-
tendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or
the authorized Canadian Government Agent:
J. S. CRAWFORD.
No. LIS ". Ninth Street. Kansas City. Missouri
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11

Fortunate is the woman who remem-
bers that frowns beget more wrinkles
than smiles.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11

pound q u I l II 3
change of life. My
doctor told me it
was good, and since
taking it l feel SO
much better that l
can do all my work
again. / t h in k
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e ge TIA b lie Com
pound a fine remedy
for all woman's
troubles, and I
never forget to tell
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11

No man pretends that his soul finds
its supreme satisfaction in self-sacri-
fee; such an affectation would stamp
him as a coward and a weakling. Wom-
en- who yearn for self-sacrifice are
merely underworked.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11
The 1899 Model.

Mistress-You are sure she was
lady, this caller who didn't leave her
name?
Butler-Oh, yes, madam, a puffick
lady Err fingers was cigarette-stained
and she smelt O gasoline very strong.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11


clinations likewise, is doomed it is declared.
Charged fences, shoguns special prep
arations poson-the modern antdoe for dumb
come being such that scarecrow
has passed the period of use fulness in many sections
jokerS employ electricity
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11

AVE the agriculturisI and
the venerable scarecPow
reached the parting of
the ways?
Men who claim to
know say they have. The
farmers silent bluff
against birds of the air
which prey upon vege-
table life an d hnaStS of fh
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-11

That IHIS sOTI OF gUdTUIdH OF VI0
fields so little resembles the farmer
at work that the crows and
other enemies of the agricul-
turist would perchance pluck the
flower from his buttonhole, but the
expert argues that the more uncom-
-TzW
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-09

"For over so years have always kept
Ayers Cherry Pectoral in tire house. My
father often told me that it saved my life
when | was very young"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-09

ally resented and the lien is the logi-
cal consequence.
George Turner was convicted by a
jury in Judge De Bolt s court ,yester-
day of selling liquor without license
and was sentenced to pay fine of
$500. All Chong was acquitted on the
same charge. The latter is the pro-
prietor of the Boston Restaurant on
Hotel street, and the case against him
seemed to be clear enough in the dis
trict court, from whose decision he APP
pealed. The jury in both eases, while
presumably different, had the same ear
marks, as all Judge De Bolts juries
have, with the perennial Jurors sitting
in all. Both court and counsel are
none too tickled over the law that
makes the continuance of these men
necessary.
The cases of the Remington Type
writer Company against L. G. Kellogg
aud of the Territory against Toyota,
for auctioneering fish without a IL
cense, were argued and submitted yes
terday before the supreme court. The
case of the Territory against Matsu-
bara will come up for argument today.
Tomato Perriera has been granted
divorce from her husband, Manoel Per-
riera, by Judge Robinson. She was
given the custody eff their daughter
and the ex-husband has been ordered
to pay $50 month permanent ali
mony. Suit for divorce has been fled
by Towaguehi Nakatsu against his
wife Kiwa on the grounds of deser-
ton.
An order for sale of real estate was
signed by Judge Robinson yesterday,
permitting William Savidge, admins
TRAITOR of the estate of Clarissa NJ.
Davis, to sell property belonging to
it to pay necessary debts.
Henrietta Keliinulama, administra
trix of the estate of Goo Tai Hing,
has filed final accounts in the circuit
court. She charges herself with $4041S
and asks to be allowed 1852, leaving
a balance of $252.18.
The board of health will hold a
meeting next Thursday to discuss mat
tiers that have come up within its ju-
risdiction since the last meeting.
Among the topics that will receive
consideration will be the Kona santa
ton campaign and the leper question.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-09
A GENERAL
BREAKDOWN
Condition Which DR.. Williams
Pink Pills Will Cure.
The Great Blood and Nerve Tonic Has
Been Making Men and Women Well
and Happy for a Generation.

When there is a general breakdown
of the bodily health, either the blood is
at fault or the nervous system is de-
ranged, often both.
There is no more perplexing trouble
for physician to treat than debility
cases, especially in women, in which
there is no acute disease but in which
the patient every day sinks lower and
lower despite changes of medicine and
similar experiments.
That Dr. Williams Pink Pills will re-
store health under these conditions is
no speculation, but the fact has been
proved IN hundreds of cases similar to
that of Miss Jessie Johns of Gladstone.
Ore, who was cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills after suffering with general
debility for year and halt. She
says:
About four years ago, while living
IN Wisconsin, l was greatly run down
IN health as result of six weeks of
sickness. | did not seem able to get
back my strength, but was weak all
over. l was thin, pale and nervous l
wasn't able to do much Of anything
and had to give up teaching school.
4 was treated by three or four doc
tors and they said they were afraid l
was going into consumption. They did
not help me, and L finally gave up their
treatment to try DIR. Williams Pink
Pills. The pills helped me from the
start and l kept on with them until
felt entirely we'll l regained my
strength and my health has been quite
good since them
DIR. Williams Pink Pills were origin
ally prescription used in the doctor s
private practice, and their benefit to
mankind has been increased many
thousand-fold by their being placed on
general sale with the doctor IS own di-
rections for use. They are entirely safe,
contain no opiates or other habit-form-
ing drugs. They build up the blood,
strengthen the nerves and have cured
rheumatism in almost every form,
anaemia, troubles of women and grow
ing girls and many forms of weakness.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid,
on receipt of price, 80 cents per box;
six boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-09
RESERVOIR BIDS
WERE TOO HIGH
Consequently Kaimuki Will Get
No Better Water System
at Present.

On moonlight nights nowadays there
might be seen on Kaimuki Hill the
ghostly walls of the 100000 gallon
reservoir that Kaimuki didn't get. 1t
was decided yesterday that Kaimuki
wouldn t get it, the reason therefore
being that the bids received and open
ed yesterday indulge in too much alti-
tude for either the Territory purse
or its inclination. The lowest, which
was made by the Concrete Construction
Company was $25,495, and the time
required to completed the job was men
toned as 225 days, which was incident
ally the longest period required
Other bidders were John Walker, at
figure of $2S,700 (the highest), and
F. E. Richardson at $26,140. Marston
Campbell, superintendent of public
works, yesterday turned down all three
bids. Therefore Kaimuki s hopes of a
reservoir all to its lonesome are still
ghostly dreams.
But the two artesian wells will mate
rialize according to program and Me
Candies Bros, the only bidders, will
probably get the job. Their figure was
Sc per foot and 120 days to complete
the work.
The same department has commenced
advertising for $4,000 lineal feet of
wooden stave pipe for the Kula pipe
line to be opened December Is. The
delivery of this will complete the mate
rial needed for the line, the galvanized
pipe being already on the way here via
Tehuantepec.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-09

The assessor is determined to get in
the taxes. If you have any due, pay
before the 18th, or ten per cent. will
be added.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-07
AN OHIO GRocER's TEMPERANCE
LESSON.

An Observation-Disclosures signed by a
dozen grocery firms of Delaware, Ohio
has been scattered by thousands, read
ing as follows:
ANY one who drinks three drinks
of whisky day per year and pays ten
cents drink for it, can have in ex-
change at any of the firms whose names
appear on this card three barrels of
-four, twenty bushels of potatoes, 200
pounds of graduated sugar, one barrel
of crackers, one pound salt, twenty
pounds rice, fifty pounds butter, ten
pounds cheese, twenty-five pounds cof
fee, ten pounds candy, three dozen cans
tomatoes, ten dozen pickles, ten dozen
oranges, ten dozen bananas, two dozen
cans corn, eighteen boxes matches, one
half bushel beans, 100 bars soap and
twelve packages rolled oats for the
same money, and get thirteen dollars
and Fifty cents premium for making the
change in his expenditures.