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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
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church. The ladies of the Aid society
are planning for new paper, paint, var
of the church in the near future. The
ladies met Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. Edward Morton.
Roy Mercer has moved from the
Errett house to the Charles Merryman
tenant house vacated by Harry En-
trikin.
Miss Clara Mercer of Erie was Il
Sunday visitor at her home in Hills
dale.
George and Walter Hill of Rock Is
land were home visitors over Sunday.
Grace David of Moline is visiting
relatives in town and vicinity.
Mrs. Flora Jamison returned to her
home in Colorado last Wednesday
morning
Faye Merlin and Mabel Walker We're
shopping in the tri-cities Friday.
Steve Burton of Florida is visiting
in this vicinity with friends.
Justin Smith and John Rathburn of
Moline are building a barn for Luther
Pearsall
Edward McMurphy visited a few days
last week with friends in Hampton.
Mrs. Chris Suhl entertained her
mother from Davenport over Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Daley are rejoic-
ing over the arrival at their home near
Denver. Col, of a fine baby girl, born
Saturday, April II.
The new officers of Canoe Creek
Creek township elected recently are ::
Eddie McMurphy. town clerk; c. d.
Trowbridge. assessor; r. H. Hill. col
lector; P. A. Johnson, road commits
sioner district No. 2; William Ferkel
commissioner district No. 8; William
Dillon, justice of the peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16

The trouble continued until | was ad
vised to try Hyomei and | procured
treatment | used Hyomei thoroughly
as per directions for a few weeks and
much to my surprise the deafness and
catarrh left me entirely.
Since using this wonderful remedy,
there has been no return of the trou-
BILE whatever, my hearing is good and
there is no catarrhal trouble whatever
and for this reason | know / have
abundant cause for calling Hyomei 4
wonderful remedy aIi endorsing its
use. Earl Howe. 202 Cherry street,
Allegan, Mich. Oct. 9, 1908.
Hyomei has become known the world
lover. as an almost certain cure in any
catarrhal condition of the nose and
throat. 1t is easy and pleasant to use
you simply breathe in the healing, anti
septic air. made from the concentrated
extract of the mighty. eucalyptus trees
of Australia, through hard rubber in
haler. and as this penetrating air pass
les over the diseased and germ ridden
membrane, it promptly kills the germs
of catarrh and allays the Inflammation.
H. o. Rolls will sell you a complete
Hyomei outfit, including a bottle Of
| Hyomei and neat pocket inhaler, for
only 81 and he guarantees it to cure
catarrh, bronchitis, asthma, coughs and
colds or money back. Hyomei is sold
! in every town in America.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
TAYLOR RIDGE

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kell of Davenport
visited at Roy Kell's Wednesday, re-
turning home Thursday.
Sam Heath of Milan was a Taylor
Ridge Caller Thursday
Mrs. Eckh9rt was in Rock Island
Tuesday.
Fay and Dorothy McMeekin of Rock
Island spent the week at Carl Dahn's.
Mrs. S. o. Heath was Rock Island
caller Thursday.
Miss Jennie Mcconnell of Reynolds
will be cashier at Taylor Ridge a few
weeks longer.
Charles Muhlemann of Taylor Ridge
while crossing a 16-foot road bridge
near Aledo, Saturday, running a
traction engine was instantly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
BLOW TO AERIAL WARFARE.
Lewis Nixon Invents Shell to Render
Death Dealing Airships Innccuous,

Lewis Nixon, the shipbuilder. has an
ticipated the aerial warship by invent
ing a gun with q shell that will render
it innocuous. Mr.. Nixon has worked
Il long time on his invention, and, ac-
cording TO person in his office at
New York, the other day, he was not
yet ready TO make it public.
The gun and carriage are not the
principal features of this aeroplane
and balloon destroyer. 1t is the shell
that gives the invention it's impor-
lance. Mr.. Nixon is now trying to OBJ
tain foreign patents on it.
ut will destroy any airship." he said.
Il have devised 1t particularly for the
destruction of dirigible balloons With
the she'll have devised the gas is ex-
ploded in the envelope through igni-
ton, which is caused by the solution
in the shell. This destroys the bag
almost instantly"
Mr.. Nixon expects to give public
demonstration of his invention at his
Staten Island shipyards soon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

killed by the falling of the bridge.
The engine and water tank came to-
gether with a terrible crash, crushing
him through the chest. The two young
men, Howard Westphal and Mr.. Will
kins, had gone ahead to plank the
bridge before crossing, leaving Mr.
Muhlemann to steer the engine across
Mr.. and Mrs. limerick of Rock Is
land and Mrs, Heidemann of Rock Is
land attended the funeral of Charles
Muhlemann in Taylor Ridge Tuesday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
JUMPING CACTUS.
Catcuss Is the Name Mexican Travel
ers Give to Aggressive Plant.

Travellers returning to Torreon. Mex
leo, from the mountains have discoy-
cred, it is said, a new species of cac-
Jus, which they have named "catcdss'
because they say it springs upon trav-
elers like cat and makes them "cuSs.''
The "catcuss." it is alleged, grows
upon stalk and is shaped like a small
ball and covered with spines. Travel
ers claim that it is attracted by the
warmth of human or animal body
and that it springs from its stem on to
the passerby, the spines piercing the
flesh and holding on like a cactus
spine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
Pinks Now Favorites on Hats.

If there's anything in this ephemeral
world that changes more quickly than
fashions in shapes of hats it's the
fashions in flowers ON hats. Without
any apparent cause carnations are hay
ing vogue as torrid crowns for wo-
mems heads. At dinners dances and
receptions great bowls of carnations
Of whites pink or deep red appear
where once American Beauty roses
shed their perfume.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
Women to Clean washinsson's Stree.

The women of the Twentieth Cen
fury club in Washington are going to
help the District commission to keep
the streets of the city clean-for one
day. Testimony was given by several
members that the streets in front of
their homes and in the parkways were
Uttered with waste paper and other
debris. The club passed resolutions
deplorirg the inefficiency of the au-
thorities and declaring that eve, the
women of the Twentieth Century club,
and as many of our friends and neigh
bors as we can enlist will supplement
the efforts of the commissioner by
ourselves personally picking up the
papers on streets and parkings In the
vicinity Of our homes on Thursday,
April Is. at 0 O'Clock in the morning"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
History BY Automobile Route.

John Nicholas Brown of Newport,
r. l., the richest boy in the world. is
to be taught the history of Europe
from an automobile as he passes from
scene to scene Of its greatest events
HIS mother VIII do the teaching, and
she is now completing arrangements
for the tour, which will begin in June
and end in August, when the boy viii
return to. St Georges school, at New.
port. eK
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
LA VELLE, The Clothier e 5 $S
DEAFNESS CURED B.
HY0m !
[AaMsyWD H6W,O,HE)

II you are deaf and the deafness is
due TO catarrh. then read this honest,
straightforward statement of one who
had lost all hope.
Read This Letter:
Il had suffered intensely some two
years from bad case of catarrh which
left me very deaf.
| doctored and used various rene.
dies, said to be good for catarrh.
The disease bothered me for over a
year, when | became deaf Then
commenced to doctor, to get rid of the
deafness. became discouraged at the
outlook and well | nigh be, for there
was nothing | used that helped me.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
The Hardest WORKING River.

The hardest working river. the one
most thoroughly harnessed TO the mill
wheels OF labor In the United States.
probably In the world, is the Black.
stone. II is not a large river. either.
It's drainage area is only about ASS
square miles and in its power-produc.
ing section II is only 4s miles long:
very Tom Thumb OF river as
rivers go In America. Yet the doughty
little stream produces $4,000 horse
power. so for every square mile OF its
drainage area. II you will figure out
this amount of horse power in terms
OF coal you will find that the busy III.
tie stream represents a capitalizatio
OF about s25.OOO.00O. This is twice
the developed horse power of any
other important river. Almost a
hundred mills. catching with their
whirling turbines It's water almost
from the very source in the city OF
Worcester, Mass. line its banks and
grow In size and Importance till In
Woonsocket and Pawtucket. r. l., YOU
have some OF the largest OF their kind
In the country.-Technical World
Magazine.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
FLESH WORTH $1,000 POUND
School Teacher Sues Principal for
Her Thin Condition.

Pittsbrg.-Yaluing her flesh, rather
the flesh she did have, but has not now,
at $1,000 per pound, Miss Lulu Low.
stetter, a buXOm school teacher of the
fashionable suburb Of Shcraden, entered
court trying TO collect the price of TWEEN
ty-hve lost pounds, $4,000, from Prof
Earl W. Reed, principal of the borough
school. Miss Lowstetter claims that
Prof. Reed Tilted her ia a most shame
full manner after she had agreed 10
marry him and had gotten her wedding
trousseau ready. The claims Of herself
and attorneys in open court were that
she had lost at least nty-fiye pounds
in flesh owing to worry over her being
Tilted, and that the wedding clothes
would not even TT her now. She wants
s25 900 damages, saying that she thinks
that price about right.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
WHEAT JUMPS TO SI.2O
DAYS OF OLD HUTCH, oUDAHv,
PARrRIDGE RECALLED.
Shock Came Out of Clear sky-cor-
ner Was clssnest Cut for
Many Years

Chicago, Ill.-The wheat squeeze
which disturbed the cnnui Of speculative
routine with a ll-cent advance IN the
September option ON the Board Vt Trade
here today lacked none Of the features
Of former years, when odd Hutch. "
Cudahy, Partridge and others were wont
u explode bombshells under the trade.
IL was the cleanest cut Of any corner
in many years.
Cne long with five thousand bushels
TO his credit snatched his profit AZ Si.lO
and then watched what became OF his
sale. In the next thirty minutes Il
changed hands twenty times ON Al.
advanced scale The last man who Sc
cured it paid Si.2O for IL. Before il
rested in his hands brokerage commits
sions alone along the various transfers
aggregated $3.50.
One Of the most influential traders ON
the board waited until the top had beon
reached and then delivered the actual
wheat at Si2O-lOOOO bushels Of IL.
Little wheat came out until Sis was
reached. AT this figure and above
neat profit was garncrcd. Deliveries
amounting TO $4,000 bushels going 10
scattered interests II was necessary 20
extend the delivery period three times
before the last account was squared.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07

"A soft Answer Turns;h Away
Wrath" IL His Text.

Salt Lake city, utAh.--la the pulpit
Of the famous Mormon tabernacle in
this city, where four years ago Theodore
Roosevelt, then president. preached a
long sermon on right living aud the
duties Of good citizenship. President Taft
faced an audience which be- said inspired
him 10 try to follow in the footsteps
OF his predecessor and deliver preach.
ment
Mr.. Taft dill preach sernon--tcNt
and all The immense audience IN the
hagdrapod edidce, the splendid musical
programme Of operate and patriotic Sc
leetions, the enthusiasts cheering a,
President Taft appeared and the quick
response of the audience 90 points which
he endeavorcd to impress upon his hear.
ere, inspired him, the president declared
with higher thoughts Of country and
patriotism.
The presidents sermon was an appeal
for Hmity between the pcopie--for at.
tributing the best rather than the worst
motives 10 the action Of others when
possible 20 do 80 and not TO hArbor
hatred or animosity.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
MILLIONS SEE PARADE
NEW YORK SHOWN ITS PAST.
HISTORY IN PANORAMA.
Many Nations Represented Mayor
Mcclellan and Herman Rider
March Afoot.

New lork.--Through street. ablaze
with bunting and lined with the greatest
crowds ever gathered in New York, 90.
600 men and "a floats paraded Tnesday
before ENJOYS of 81 nations. participating
in the Hudson. Fulton celebration.
From One Hundred and Tenth street
along Central Park, west, Fifty-ninth
street aud down Fifth avenue to Wash.
ington Square in the lower part OF the
city, the route Of the parade and Dis
lance Of several miles, IT Is estimated
that more than 1000, 600 people gatherca
ON the ground, roofs, towers. ON polc..
at windows and in grand stands erected
for almost the entire length Of the
route.
Mayor George u. Mcclellan and Her.
man Ridders, viec.president Of Hudson.
Fulton celebration commission, headed
the parade. They covered the entire dis
lance afoot There was no military
show, no distinguished pcrsonagcs in
vehicles, all except mounted platoons OF
police being afoot.
A number Of patriotic floats wer.
wildly checrcd Among them were "Pull-
ing Down the Statue Of George III"
Publishing the Constitution" storm
ing of Stony Point" Capture OF Andre
and Washington Taking the Oath Of
Office"
II was before a distinguished gather
ing. seated in a court of honor ON the
grounds Of the new public library. at
Forty-sccond street and Fifth avenue,
that the paraders passed. Vice.Presidcnt
sherman was hanked ON either side b,
Admirals l.c Pord and Seymour Of the
French and English squadrons, rcsPec-
lively. Gov. Hughes. Seth Low, Prince
Kuni, of Japan. and the German Grand
Admiral Won Rooster were seated near
by. Tammany, with a thousand stall
wart members in frock coats and high
hats, made picturesque showing.
Squads of school children, students from
New York University, Columbia, City
College and Rutgers College. members
of Irish, Italian, French, Scotch, Swedish
and other cosmopolitan societies follow.
ed, and behind them came Others, seem.
ingly without end
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E..Tsnnessse Minister Dead.

New Nork.-fbe Rev Asa Blackburn,
for the last fifteen years pastor Of the
Church of the Strangers, an undenomi.
national church of this city, died OF
Bright' disease in the New York hos.
pital. DIR. Blackburn was born In Greene.
vile, Tenn, and was educated in south.
ern colleges. 4 brother, Rev. George A.
Blackburn, of Columbia. $. G., was the
only relative in New York at the time
OF the death. Funeral services were
held In the Church Of the Strangers.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
WILSON MAY LEAVE CABINET
Secretary Of Agriculture Has Broken
Office Tenure Record.

Washington.-Mr. James Wilson, who
has been secretary Of agriculture since
March 4, 1901. longer period OF service
than any cabinet officer in history, Is
expected 10 step out about Jan. next.
Whom the president will name in his
place is not made known, even ii Mr..
Taft has made a select ion.
Reports have been frequent hitherto
that Mr.. Wilson was about to go. He
and the secretary of the navy, Mr..
Meyer, were the only hold-oyers from the
Roosevelt administration. MIR Wilson's
greatest claim to retention was She pop
ularty OF his department with the farm.
ers.
The bare suggestion Of his retirement
was sufficient TO bring protest from
the West, but il is now understood that
this portfolio will pass 10 other hands.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
252 BODIES ARE FOUND
MANY STRIPPED OF CLOTHING
AND ARE UNIDENTIFIED.
Relief Expedition Feeds over 900
People Who Were IN starv-
ing Condition.

New Orleans. lathe total death roll
from the hurricane Of last Monday !.
nov a52. And that represents only ths
known dead. Searches nov being mad,
by relief expeditions In the stretches 81
marshes aud lowlands In Tcrre Bonnie
and lafourchc parishes will undoubtedly
reveal more casualties.
A section gang working on the Louis
willie railroad found thirtysis bodies he
tween Dunbar and Claiborne. all of them
being almost stripped of clothing, and
with nothing 10 Identify them.
The islands on the southeast coast OF
Louisiana aud the lowlands nearby were
visited, and while there was great de-
structiou of boats and houses, there was
mo- loss Of life there
A. CardQna. who went on |. relief en-.
petition In the lower stretch Of Hay on
Lafourche, going A. far south as leo
vile, At the mouth u the bayou, reports
an awful condition existing there. lie
says they fed 500 people. who were in a
starving condition, without home. and
without clothing.
lie also reports that at n point on IN.
Ters Bonne eide Of Bsyou Iafomche.
near the mouth, seventeen members Of
family were drowned in one house, and
that the neirhbors surviving had To bun.
the wrecked building and ercmais the
bodies 10 avoid disease.
lie says that the drowned cattle, hogs
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
FARMERS ARE COMMENDED
Secretary Wilson Has Kind Words
for Farmers Unions

Washington, ID. C-Regarding the re-
cent good roads excursion OF the repre-
sentatives of the Farmers Unions Of
Louisiana, Arkansas. Oklahoma aud Tex
as, Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson said !:
There is nothing like the practical
demonstration. The scientist. cannot
theorize forever. He has to get down
TO the practical application Of his tin.
ories. Il is particularly true with re-
gard TO the farmer scientist. lie may
be scientific, but he has 10 be practical
as well.
-'The Farmers Unions OF the South.
west are among the best, if not the very
best, agricultural organizations that this
country has developed. The men at the
head of the general organization of the
Farmers Union idea are among the most
practical men in America"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
LINKING THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Msreoni Has Plan TO Connect lmpor.
tant Points by Means OF
Wireless.

William Marconi Is trying to get the
British government interested in n
scheme by which he would link the
british empire around the globe. a
London dispatch 10 the New York
Times says. He would first establish
communication between England and
Australia by covering a distance OF
about $4,000 miles by II wireless sta.
tons. These sections he sets out as
follows:
England Malta. Cairo. Alden. Bonn.
bay. Colombo. Singapore. Perth, AIDE.
laide, Sidney and Wellington, in New
Zealand.
branching from this chain at Singa.
pore" explained Mr.. Marconi. would
be the link to China--a 1.600.mile serv-
&c between Singapore and Hongkong"
Mr.. Marconi has mapped out two
routes to South Africa, one leading
rom Alden to Mombasa. Durham and
Cape Town. and the other from Eng
land to Bathurst, Sierra Leone. st
Helena and Cape Town. Thus an al.
ternate route to India could be Sc
cured. with Cape Town as a great
central station.
He points out that the wireless
communication with the western hem
sphere is already made by stations
At Clifden. Ireland and Glaze Bay.
Cape Breton, a distance Of $500 miles.
Also in my imperial chain" he
added. lis station at Montreal to
communicate with jamaica. 1900 miles
away. and also with British Guiana,
l,SOO miles from Jamaica. And the
British Guiana station would also offer
a direct link with Bathurst (western
Africa). 200 miles away"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
slOO,O00,OO0 FOR DRAINAGE
Fifteen Million Acres in the Delta to
-- Be Reclaimed.

Washington.--That during the next
few years perhaps S5O,OOO,OOO or 500.
100000 will be spent for the drainage OF
the alluvial region OF the lower. Mis-
sissippi is the opinion Of Arthur T.. Nor
gan, supervising drainage engineer, who
has submitted to his department a com
prehensive report on the alluyial laids
of the lower Mississippi valley and their
drainage. The report shows that in the
states Of the lower Mississippi valley
there are 100000 TO 15.OOO,O00 acres
Of land awaiting drainage. The investi
cations of recent years have established
the feasibility of this work, the state
legislatures are providing for the neces-
sary legal procedure, and a great public
interest is awakened in the prospect for
reclamation. The outlook is that during
the next few years vast area Of en-
eeedingly fertile land viii be added to
the nations agricultural domain, that
malaria in the alluvial region will pass
away, as il has passed in some OF the
more northerly states where il was once
prevalent, and that a prosperous rural
people viii occupy the entire alluvial
lands Of the lower Mississippi valley
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
Excuse for the PAPERS.

Among a very wide-awake and In
nuential contingent of newspapers
and newspapermen the philosophy pre-
walls that whenever a man Of large
AFFAIRS, about whose doings there
happens to be acute public interest.
surrounds himself with mystery and
nenies TO the press information to
which II feels itself entitled they have
a perfect right TO guess" and TO
speculate as much as they want 10.
There is shade Of excuse for that
attitude. A big man rarely gets into
The iimelight except OF his own free
Will and volition. and having taken
That position he invests himself and
his actions with a degree OF public
interest which he cannot consistently
ignore. There has been lately a con.
spicuous example OF the evils likely to
fellow a mistaken idea that a very
Important parsonage can surround
himself with an atmosphere of secrecy
and not have that attitude miscon.
suued and resented Fortunately. I'm
this case the mistake was recognized
by the principal and corrected by him
In spite of the obstinate objections
OF a coterie Of ill-advised guardians
OF the sacred person.-New York Let.
ter.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
Fire In a Girls HAT

A fire on the roof-garden Of the hat
OF pretty girl traveller at the union
station. Atlanta. Ca. the other after.
noon called out two fire companies. n
hose cart. a score OF willing amateur
fremen. delayed fast train. and de.
stroyed about thirty dollars worth of
fnery. The young woman, on her
way TO New York. rushed into the sta.
tion for something TO eat. In pay.
ing her check she swung the hat too
near the cIgar-lighter. In an instant
the orchard which adorned her hat
was a mass OF flames. A dark-skinned
waiter turned on a fire alarm and
every male guest tried TO rescue the
affair.
The train was held until the victim
recovered from an attack Of Mysteries.
when she graciously permitted II 10
proceed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
Stegsll spurns Offer

Trenton, Ga.-"lf you will say that
George Cureton is making whisky | will
turn you loose" Acting upon instruc-
tons from Judge Fite, Of the superior
court, this message was delivered 10
Charles Stegall government storekeeper
and gauger, at the county jail, wher,
he n being held for contempt of court
for refusal Ia give the grand Jury in
formation regarding The Cureton dis.
tillery II will never testify unit! | am
directed 10 do so by the Unitel States
government replied Stegall and he
went back TO his seat In the cell
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-07
FARMERS HOLDING WHEAT
Nothing Less Than One Dollar Per
Bushel Goes.

Chicago. farmers Of the three
great spring wheat states have made
up their minds that they will not part
with their grain at anything less than a
dollar bushcl
There IL very little wheat standing in
the shocks on the broad prairics Of the
Northwest, and the latest adyice- from
that country say that threshing from the
stack will progress slowly unless prices
show a further and pronounced harden.
ing
A great deal Of the wheat thrcshed
from the shock IL still in the country q
terminal elevators Of the spring wheat
states, but II is still the property Of
the grower.