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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-23
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
THE FIELD OF LITERATURE

New 5ooI<s.-On Saturday, Nov. 6,
the following books will be published
by Houghton, Mifflin company: "Old
Harbor," a novel by William J. Hop
kins; Travels in Spain," by Philip S.
Marden, author of Greece and the
Aegean Islands," 'Why American Mar
riages Fail" and other essays, by
Anna A. Rogers; 1.-THE Expansion of
New England" by Lois K. Mathews;
THE Piper" a poetic drama, by Jo-
sephine Preston Peabody; and also u
new, edition of Miss Peabody's For
tune and Mems Eyes"
One of the many attractive features
Of the Riverside Press edition of 1.-THE
Complete Angler" is the fidelity with
which the quaint flavor of the original
edition has been preserved. Not only
has Walton's original spelling been
followed, but the edition, while by no
means a slavish fac-simile, preserves
the distinguishing typographical pecu-
Iiarities of the original issue even to
the extent of using on page 212 the
square black lead which Walton used
to indicate the size of the piece of scar
let to be put upon the hook in fishing
for carp. But perhaps the quaintest
of all the quaint features of the vol
ume is the music for the Anglers
song. Mans Life is But Vain" As
in the original edition, the two parts
of this song are printed upon opposite
pages, with the bass part upside down,
that it may be sung by two men facing
each other, holding the book between
them.
The first of a series of readings
from American dramatists to be given
at the Mcdowell club, New York city,
will take place Nov. 10, when Joseph
inc Preston Peabody will read her
new play, THE Piper" which will be
published by Houghton Miff1in COM
pany Nov. 6. AS this is the first play
from Miss Peabody since the appear
ance of her 'Marlowe, - it is awaited with
considerable interest. 1.-THE Piper" is
none other than the Pied Piper of
Hamelin here boldly recreated.
1.-THE Elements Of Military Hygiene
by Major P. M. Ashburn, just publish
ed by Houghton Mif1in company, has
been prescribed by the war depart
ment as the textbook for officers pre-
pairing for promotion as well as text
in the garrison schools.
At the Collin Armstrong sale in New
York last week the large paper edi-
ton of the works of Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, published by Houghton Milf
fin company, at SAL, was sold for ST..
The large paper edition of Ffske's
''The Discovery of America" publish
ed at SIG, brought 5000, and the au-
| tograpn edition of Bret Harte's works,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
The Next Congress.

81 think we will win the next house
hands down." said Champ Clark, the
democratic leader, to reporter at
Sioux City the other day. President
Taft is helping us by jumping on the
insurgents. It will be a great thing
for the country to have change, even
if it should last for but one congress.
Things get to running too much in
nut If one party is in power too long.
It's long lane that has no turning,
and the turning is in sight at last"
Nobody can be quite certain that the
Missouri congressman is in error when
he says the democrats will have the
congress in 1910. His remark that
Speaker Cannon has made a mistake
in attacking his critics indicates his
belief that the insurgents will support
democrats in preference to members
Of the republican majority in the house.
democratic house would halt legisla-
ton favored by the administration and
preserve the issues of 1910 for the cam
paign of 1912. 1t would reflect upon
the popularity IF the Taft administra-
ton, and is therefore probably desir-
ed by the presidents critics within and
without the par5y. There is littl. doubt
that it would be acceptable to the
friends of Senator Cummins, a candi-
date for the presidency who must make
his fight in 1912 or yield his ambition
in recognition of his growing years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
$1,000, 900 to Fight the Hookworm.

John d. Rockefeller has given ST.
900, GOO to a commission to be expend-
ed in combating the ravages of the
"hookworm," or lazy bug, the bane OF
the south. 1t has been demonstrated
beyond peradventure of doubt that this
worm, or parasite, is the cause of the
anaemia prevalent in the southern
states, principally among the poor
whites. A writer in a recent magazine
article says concerning it:
Seventy-five cents to one dollars
worth of thymol will cure person suf-
fering from the disease, and as there
are probably 100000 southerners af-
fiicted, 100000 will be necessary to
buy the supply of thymol.
But unless the campaign against the
parasite shall be accompanied by sani-
tary reform, the future spread of the
disease will not be safeguarded against.
For the eggs of the parasite, discharg-
ed through the intestines of the human
being, are bred in oxygen, and liberia
ted in unsanitary places, reinfect men,
women and children. 1t will take only
100000 to cure present sufferers, but
IuOTS Will US nGCSSodIy W Cuu
cate the poor whites in personal clean
illness and to confine human excrement
to vaults.
In announcing his gift of $1,000,000
Mr.. Rockefeller says that, "yhile it
would be a privilege to act in any
movement which offers assurances of
relieving human suffering, it is pecu-
liar pleasure to me to feel that the
principal activities of your board will
be among the people of the southern
stateS.'
Mr.. Rockefeller has supplied substan-
tial proof before this gift that it is a
privilege to act In any movement which
offers assurance of relieving human
suffering. His millions endowed the
institute for meteorological research
which bears his name and which has
in the few years of its existence made
discoveries of the greatest importance
to suffering humanity
It is this humanitarian side of Rookie
Teller which is disposing the people to
Judge more forgfvingly his transgres-
sions upon moral and statutory law in
the upbuilding of his oil monopoly.
That he should assume it a duty to
help those who need assistance indi-
Gates him to be not without love of
mankind. His discovery that money
was made for the masses, by which is
meant for their use and benefit, and
that rich men are simply the custo-
dams of their fortunes, doubtless has
afforded him more happiness than all
the triumphs in the competitive field.
For there is no happiness greater than
that which comes from ability to serve
mankind, not with money alone, but
with ones talents and alphabetically.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

published at STA, was sold for S200.25.
In this day of novels crowded with
feVerish incident and underlined ex-
preston William J. Hopkins "Old
Harbor" stands in strong contrast
The action passes in a New England
seaport town that has seen better
days. The characters of the village
the retired ship owner and his family
the sentimental spinsters, the scape-
grace boy, the incompatible doctor
are all drawn With a whimsical touch,
yet, as it were, lovingly, and with
marvellous hvelikeness. But the story
chiefly centers around the love affairs
of Nancy Hedge, the bright and at
tractive girl from the city who, through
a curious whim, comes to live in Old
Harbor. What happened to her there,
and the effect 1t has upon her charac-
ter, gives Mr.. Hopkins a chance to
tell a long story with all of the charm
that made "The Clammer" one of the
successes OF its year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
The Argus Daily Short Story
Gathering Chestnuts Lawrence Clay.
Copyrighted 1909. by Associated Literary Press.

"Well. upon my soul this is cheeky
of you. Haven't you been TO break
fast? Have you got to lay in store
or starve through the winter? Go to-,
girl. and give us squirrels a show"
Pretty soon she noticed that his
chatter bad changed, but she didn't
look up nor try to interpret it. What
he was saying was:
"a young mani A young man! A
young man is coming this wayr'
OF course Miss Dolly would have
scrambled up TO look for the young
man and make out whether he was tall
or short, light or dark. handsome or
homely Not getting the alarm. she
continued to devour fat chestnuts.
"He's got a gun. He's got a gun!
He's got a gun on his shoulder ex-
claimed the squirrel as he hid behind
a limb and peeped out with one eye.
They ought to have been plain to the
girl as Greek, but she never even
missed a bite. 1t couldn't be charged
that she was thinking of a man, young
or old, and so in an absentminded
state.
"And he's going to pepper MEME
mel" shouted the squirrel as he disap-
peared into a hollow limb.
This time Miss Dolly family compre-
hended and looked up. Flash-bang-
scream. She scrambled up and down
again with a moan and was too over
come to hear the squirrel shrieking
out:
Hes shot a girl! He's shot a girl!
He's missed me and shot q girl!'
what is it? What have / done?
What's happened%' cried the voice of a
man bending over her, and Miss Dolly
shrank away and looked up to see
young man. with gun in his hand, at
her side. Her hand was clasped TO her
chin, and blood was oozing from under
her fingers.
IL have wounded your gasped the
young man as he turned pale.
eyes, you have! You have tried to
kill meV
"Oh, no, no. no! / shot at n squirrel
in the tree. give you my word I shot
at squirrel"
"But I was sitting on the ground
here"
Eyes. but one of the shots must have
struck a knot and been DETECTED. I
am sorry, so sorry. L can't tell you
how sorry 1 am. May 1 see the
wound? Perhaps the shot only glanc-
ed OF"
"And perhaps shall carry a horri-
BILE scar there all my Hfer' she re-
piled, with a stamp of her foot. you
are nice man to be given charge of
gun. How many other folks have
you killed or wounded this morningY'
go for him. Dolly; go for hme'
chartered the squirrel. HE tried to
kill Us, and don't you let him talk
about any detected shot"
$50 sorry. you know; so sorryg the
young man kept stammering. u
wouldn't have shot you for So. Hon
est i wouldn't. Is it bad wound? Is
it painful? Do you think 1t is NOR
taI?"
Il fear it is" replied Miss Dolly as
= ->isi+ - ,--s-..I.s~-e L>--LLI-l - ..yos.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

The first frost of the season had
come, and Miss Dolly Meserve was on
her way down to the back lot with a
basket on her arm. A big chestnut
tree had stood there for no one could
remember how long, and this fall it
simply hung loaded with burs. The
frost probably had opened hundreds OF
them.
The back lot was half a mile back
of Farmer Meserve's house, and the
girl with the basket was his daughter,
who had just completed a term at
seminary and was home for good. 1t
was a biting morning, and she had
donned her mothers hood and shawl
and borrowed a pair of yarn mittens
from Brother VIII.
Yes; the frost and the morning
breeze had done their work. A bushel
of chestnuts peppered the earth and
more were falling, and the basket Miss
Dolly had brought held only about
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

William Jay Gaynor, mayor-elect Of
Greater New York, moved to Brooklyn
in 1873 from Whitestown, Oneida
county, N. Y, where he was born IN
1851. While studying law he worked
on a New York newspaper, being adj
m1tted to the bar in 1876. His first
bid for national prominence was In
breaking up political rings and in OBJ
tanning the conviction Of John Y. Nc
Kane for election frauds. He became
a Justice of the supreme court Of New
York in 1893, having been nominated
by republicans and Independent demo-
Gratis. He was one Of the first public
men in the east to denounce favorit-
ism In freight rates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

IT may be fatal. and don't know what
excuse you can urge before coToners
Jury. You will be declared my MUIR
derer"
"He Will. He will. Whoop! He
wiur' chartered the squirrel.
$50 sorry. so sorry" said the con-
fused and upset young man. II can't
call an ambulance here. you know.
and-and don't see any doctors signs
around. Can 1 help you home. and
then-then"-
81 think have the strength to walk
home. but you may run to the village
and tell DR.. Smith that you have shot
me and ask him to come. Tell him it's
probably a mortal wound. Tell him
that it's Miss Dolly Meserve you tried
to kill. Better throw away that gun or
You'll be shooting the doctor"
Eyes, yes; surely 1 will Yes; I'll get
DR.. Smith. So sorry, you know. Do
you think you can reach home without
help? Yes, certainly" And he was
gone.
It was true that some of the bird shot
with which the gun had been loaded
had struck something and been defect
ed. Two of them were buried in the
quilted hood, and two or three others
were found In the folds Of the heavy
shawl. Only one had struck Miss Dol
Iy as she raised her face, and that was
in the center of the chin. 1t had not
penetrated deeply. AS matter Of
fact. she dug it out with her finger
nail on the way home. The doctor
arrived in his gig with his horse on
the gallop. At frst he was inclined to
be angry, but when the story was told
and when a little plan was unfolded
he laughed and offered his services.
Two hours later, when viii Bailey,
son of Lawyer Bailey of the city,
called at the farmhouse to repeat that
he was so sorry and to say that he
was visiting the SCOTS and doing a
little shooting he found a young lady
on the sofa with her head, chin and
neck done up and a strong smell of
drugs in the room. He was told by
Miss Dolly that the doctor had said
that she would probably pull through
If given the best Of care, and he went
away a happy young man. He sent
TO the city for flowers and fruits and
books. He presented Brother Sam
Wild the SuOl9Q0p oh0 liz NOAA bAC a.
Their that he would be only too happy
to pay all expenses.
OF course the patient began to get
better. At about the third call Of the
would be murderer she had dispensed
with most of the bandages. AT about
the fifth there was only a piece Of
plaster covering the wound. After
three weeks he called one afternoon
to find the plaster gone, and after a
look he cried out:
"Why, Miss Dolly. you've got the
prettiest dimpIed chin in all America!
Really, now. butt
No; it was a month later that he
proposed. And he took her down to
the old chestnut tree where the SPUR
rel chartered:
st thought so. 1 thought so! First
you shoot a girl and then you tell her
how much you love her and ask her to
be your wife. Go on, both Of you"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
Holiday Trade.

People are beginning now to look
about for Christmas presents. Some
have already bought some of them.
Customers are now looking about the
stores for suitable presents, and not a
few are making purchases. Some pru-
dent people make 1T a rule to begin
purchasing holiday gifts several months
before the happy season arrives, and
when it does come around they are
blessed with a tranquility Of mind that
is rare among most givers during the
holiday season.
So it is to the advantage of shop
keepers to get their holiday stocks on
display early and to begin their adver-
Using of Christmas and holiday goods
now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
Humorina the.E Eco.


Did you ever chance to notice
When q fellow drives q nail.
Writes a book or paints a picture,
Breaks a horse or trims q sail,
Speaks a piece or carveS q turkey,
On the platform does a dance,
How much better you could do -
II you only had a chance7'
It 70 rather quite annoying -
To observe the clumsy way
That the other fellow does Il
While he calmly draws his pay
II you on the Job were working. -
Holding for awhile his place.
You would do II 30 much DETER
He would have TO hide his face.
-
It is easy. oh, 50 easy,
To observe the class and kind
OF results you see around you
And improve them In your mindl
It's a cinch TO be a critic.
In the work TO ind a flaw.
When you do not hold the. hammer
Or the pencil or the saw.
But In telling how the others
Should make smooth each cranky kinlr
And turn out a better product
Did you ever stop to think
That your comrades and your neighborn
Might feel very free to say
They could do the work you're doing
In a much less bungling way2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
give a single thought to the market

give single thought to the market
house.
THANKSGIVING at the White house,
much the same as at Christmas, is
happy time, indeed. For a family In
which there are young people the great
big colonial house offers the most en-
trancing opportunities for giving vent
to the holiday spirit. It's great wide
halls, immense guest chambers, which
would make at least four good sized
bedrooms if they were partitioned off
as such, the high colonial fireplaces.
blazing with their sparkling logs, and
the big library-the White house liv-
ing room-are ideal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

two quarts. She was girl who dotted
on chestnuts and hadn't had any for
three years, so it was easy to tell what
she would do on finding the ground
covered with them. She sat down and
began to shuck and eat. She turned
her back to the wind, smuggled the
old gray shawl closer and began to
eat and eat and eat. She hunted for
the very biggest and latest and didn't
mind the squirrel chattering and scold-
ing on the limbs above.
She knew he was there to get his
share. and she had half formed idea
that when she got through eating she
would throw clubs and give him a
scare. Had she been familiar with
squirrel lore she would have under
stood him during the first Eve min
$500 10 H. sa-zir1as~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
THE DIFFERENCE.
Coffee Usually Means Sickness but
Postum Always Means Health.

Coffee Usually Means Sickness but
Postum Always Means Health.
Those who have never tried the
experiment of leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum in its place and in
this way regaining health and happi-
ness can learn much from the exper-
fence of Others who have made the
trial.
One who knows says: ''I drank
coffee for breakfast every morning
until 1 had terrible attacks of indi-
gestion producing days of discom-
fort and nights of sleeplessness.
tried to give up the use. of coffee en-
tirely but found it hard to go from
hot coffee to a glass of water. Then
tried Postum.
cit was good and the effect was
SO pleasant that 1 soon learned 70
love it and have used it for several
years. / improved Immediately after
left off coffee and took on Postum
and am now entirely cured of my in
digestion and other troubles all of
which were due to coffee. 1 am now
we'll and contented and all because 1
changed from coffee to Postum.
Postum is much easier to make
right every time than coffee for it
is so even and always reliable. We
never use coffee now in our family.
We use Postum and are always well. I"
Look in packages for copy of
the famous little book, 1.-The Road
to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full of human
interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
Going to college Late i'm Life.

The newspapers announced last week
that Mrs. A. d. Winship has entered
the freshmen class in her 70's. Well,
why should education be monopolized
by the boys and girls? It would be
capital thing if a jaded lawyer, doc
tor or business man who can get a
year off now and then from his work,
could steal off to the academic groves
and refresh his mind by studying
things he has forgotten or which have
been discovered since his college days.
If every one who at 40 laments his
lost opportunities should so back to
school, the lecture rooms would GER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
The Presidents Thanksgiving Turkey.

The Presidents Thanksgiving Turkey.
The president of the United States
is one of the few fortunate individuals
in the country who need not bother
about where the Thanksgiving meal
is going to come from. 1t is sure to
come; in fact, it comes in such great
quantities and in such great variety
that it would take a man of more than
Mr.. Taft's ample build and considerably
more than his capacity for enjoying
good things to eat to get through the
menu his friends would provide.
There is a man up In New England
who prides himself on raising turkeys.
Some years ago he sent a monster
bird to the White house for the presi-
dents dinner The turkey had been
fed up in great style. 1t had been the
pride of the farm, and the neighbor-
hood throughout that part of the coun-
try had watched the turkey grow into
proper state of perfection for the
palate of the president Of the United
States. The turkey made a great hit
at the White house, and since that day
one prize bird and several others, just
for good measure, have been sent
down from the New England farm for
the Thanksgiving dinner at the White
house. Other turkeys, to be sure,
have been laid before the presidents
at this season, but none has seemed
to compare with the New England fowl,
and so each year the gift is repeated.
AS for vegetables, they come by the
barrel, and for this day at least the
housekeeper to the president need not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

tainly have to be enlarged Perhaps
one should go to college or school three
times-once for athletics and sociabil-
ity, once for serious study, and once
in the evening of life for disinterested
enjoyment in learning the things one
has never had time to learn. But prob
ably our colleges will never be over
crowded with 7O-year-old freshmen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

The final quietus was PUT on the s.
cent street car fare proposition in
Cleveland yesterday when Tom l.
Johnson, rightly known as the best
mayor in the country, went down to
defeat, a martyr to his pet projects.
Fortune and political prestige have
been sacrificed by the Cleveland execu-
tive for the sake of a conviction
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

Incidentally it may be suggested that
Sheriff Kittilsen might toss a few
bombs into Rock Island gambling
houses that are again running in full
sway in absolute defiance of every
constituted authority.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

The president OF the United States
has seen for himself not only the i'm
perative advantage but the absolute
necessity OF q deey waterway through
the valley OF the Mississippi. Now the
question is, how viii he act toward the
subject when he gets home?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
Ahead of the Text Books.

Ahead OF INC ext boOk8s
81 hear she is a master Of foreign
languages"
'Yes; she can tear of a few Of them"
French, German, Italian, ETC.. 1 sup
pose"
"Oh. she is way beyond them! Golf.
baseball and grand opera are her spe-
cialties."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
His Conceit.

His Conceit.
ale is the most concelted thing that
ever saw IN my life"
as he indeed?"
you bet. He thinks the whole world
was created the day he was born and
is presuming If it ventures to grow
without asking his opinion and adj
vice"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

Little old New York is content 10
continue to entrust it's fate to the dem
ocraic party-and little old New York
has been getting along very nicely for
some years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
Aid 20 Eleauenee.

Aid 20 Eloquence.
'Tf I had a million tongues could
not appropriately sing your praises
Miss Lovabug."
mot with that much aidi'
"Oh, nor
You could, though, If you had mu-
lion dollars"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03

President zelaya of Nicaragua is
said to be almost bottled up at Man
aqua. That IS, If anything, even more
embarrassing than being tanked up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-03
vo,,. cirIs Are Victims

of headache. as well as older women,
but all get quick relief and prompt
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