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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
Complacent.

"Yes. accidents are bound to happen
with automobiles. l ran over q man
day or two ago. was awfully
sorry about it,
did you stop to see how bad0 he
was hurt?''
"Of course l did"
"What did he say about it."
Not word"
Didn't he say anythingT
swell. not till he came to-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

A Detroit man was fined for laugh
ing at woman's hat. The man who
has no better appreciation of what con-
stitutes a joke deserves such a fate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

The more the people deliberate on
what was done in the matter of the
election of United States senator at
Springfield this week, the more pro-
nounced becomes the unanimity of the
entiment-anyboGy but Hopkins.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
HuIIlOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
D. DVNcIGJvsaf. SAITH

1t may be all right to point out the
virtues and good qualities of your
friend, but when it makes him so ego
tistieal that you can't live alongside
Of him what's to be done about the
law that won't let you STAY him?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

The gold production of the world
has increased rs per cent during the
past 10 years, although great many
of US have not noticed it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

Governor John A. Johnson of Mime
sofa announces that he will not be a
candidate for reelection, and will retire
from the goyernorship January, 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
To XIII Capital Punishment.

The house yesterday afternoon re-
lapsed into soft and soggy sentiment
tai state. and passed, by vote of 81
to 43, the bill abolishing capital pun
ishment in Illinois. The measure was
at its third reading and was sent to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
Peoria Loses Fair.

Peoria's hopes of lifting the state
fair from Springfield were blasted in
the house when Blacks fair removal
bill failed to secure a constitutional
majority and further consideration of
ut was postponed. Out of courtesy to
Peorias' representatives in the lower
house, all three of whom are exceed.
lingly popular among their colleagues,
G2 votes were cast in favor of the bill,
but the number was Is short of the
necessary n to pass it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
To Investigate Roads.

Senator Hurburgh offered a. resolu-
ton providing for a railroad investiga-
ting commission composed of four rail-
road officials, to be named blythe Gen
eral Managers association; four en-
ployes, to be named by the various or
CARNATIONS of employees; two members
each to be nominated by the lieuten-
ant governor and the speaker of the
house. and one lawyer for the purpose
of revising the railroad laws. The com
mission is to be allowed it's expenses,
but no salary, and is to report to the
next general assembly. The resolu-
ton was adopted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

Mr.. Taft is to be the guest of Pitts
burg. He is not afraid to go anywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
WEATHER WAS HANDICAP
Otherwise Business Conditions Haze
Improved

New York, May 2S.-Dispatches to
Dun's Review indicate Irregular
weather has retarded the movement
OF seasonable goods, but all indie l.
lions point to a steady improvement
in business conditions. Marked prog
ress in iron and steel is having a ben
eficial effect on general trade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

saying,
These are the poems of the world:
The grass that whispers to the wind,
The with petals half uncurled,
The mountains in blue haze outlined,
The wondrous ever-changing sea-
In Gains adream, in ternpeSs hurled
In one compelling harmony
These are the poems of the world
These are the poems God has writ
The skies that redden with the dawn,
That with the stars are lantern lit
The stars that journey and on;
The hush that dusk sends to the plain
When twilight falters down the hills,
The sunshine, and the mist and rain,
The flower scent that June distlls.
These are the poems of the word
The shaded forest soitudes
Where ancient trees, broad -imbed and buried
Invite us to upifted moods
The snow-felds stretching white and far,
In moonlight's subtle magic pearled;
The meadows, green and far-these
The song-spread pages of the world.
These poems written clear and true,
Bear impress of the master hand
That made them-Ah, and and you
Look long before understand
They Ivel No fnger-feted pen
Must heap them up of mental sherds-
God writes his poems not as men
Who walk the narrow path of words
~d!! 8
Copyright 1903 b, W c. CHAPMAN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
objectionable.

IL thought they were going to get
married"
"No; he is disguised with her."
"What is the matterY"
"She knew more about the tari6
than he did"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

Sure.
"What is nightmarew
Don't you known
"No."
well, it is the little mare that you
put all your money ON and that failed
to make good"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
Woman Suffrage Lost.

Final fiickers of the campaign Wig
orously prosecuted by the advocates of
equal suffrage went out in the senate
yesterday afternoon, when Senator
Curtis, chairman of the Chicago char
ter committee. called up for passage
senate bill 302, the Carter bill for
equal suffrage in Chicago. 81 call this
up" he remarked, because l might
be subjected to criticism if didn't
Senator Jones suggested that the
bill, if passed. would necessitate spe-
cial election next November, at cost
, of thousands of dollars, and this seem.
ed satisfactory reason for rejecting
the bill, which was lost by a vote of
10 to 16.
/ Church's amendment to the automo
bile law (house bill GID, fixing double
penalties for second and third convic
tons within period of six months
and also for the revocation of licenses
' for period of 60 days, was passed by
, the house by a vote of 80 yeas to l nay
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
Supply Inadequate.

SVYPTy IHdueQUdtSs
"There is variety In women's gar.
ments"
YES"
mems are always the same"
What would you suggestT'
'Well. 1 think some designer might
come along with originality enough to
devise a way to put in about thirteen
more pockets for them"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

When a mal
amounts to much
some woman Is
always worrying
about how much.
Being a widow
Is a foible with
some women.
Don't worry
over split milk;
1t probably was
bot h skinned
and adulterated.
A diplomat is a
man who i never
notices a hint.
but always prof
its by 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
LORIMER HEAD OF
SECRET COMBINE

Continued from Page Tenn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

The man who knows when to be
foolish. and when serious is always
wise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
Liability Bill Dead

house.
Liability Bill Dead.
The bill of widest import in the list
of those killed is the employers liza
bility bill (senate bill 321l, which was
prepared by the State Federation of
Labor and introduced in the senate by
Senator Gardner. The bill provides
that the doctrine of, fellow servants
shall not apply; that contributory neg
ligence shall not be a bar to the re-
icovery of damages, and that indemnity
contracts shall not be binding. Its
disappearance leaves the session bare
of legislation on the subject, although
noticeable number of bills relating to
lit were introduced early in the session
Senator Humphreys bill (senate bill
290), providing for cash payment for
T, trading stamp values was left on third
reading, after he had amended it from
/ it's original form, preventing the use OF
| the stamps altogether
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

measures that have been passed by tn,
house,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
Bad Attack of Dysentery Cured.

Bad Attack OF Dysentery Cured.
'An honored citizen of this town
was suffering from severe attack of
dysentery. He told friend if he
could obtain a bottle of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
he felt confident of being cured, he
having psed this remedy in the west
He was told that kept it in stock
and lost no time in obtaining it. and
was promptly cured" says M. j
Leach. druggist, of Wolcott, VT. Fol
sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

Being kindly and polite to your
neighbor might be listed under the
caption Accident Insurance"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
MAKING GOLD LEAF.
The Metal Is Beaten For Hours by
Men, Then Finished by Girls.

men, then finished by Girls.
In one Of the downtown business
streets may be seen sticking from one
OF the upper windows a massive arm
and hand. the hand grasplng huge
hammer and the whole sign gIlded. 1t
is the sign of the gold beaters' estab-
lishment. where thousands OF tho gold
sheets are turned out after having
been packed by girls.
Gold leaf IL packed more by the aid
OF the breath than by the hands The
operation of transferring a sheet Of
almost transparent gold leaf from one
place to another Is so delicate that It
Is possible to do 1t only by light
puff of the breath. IT takes most girls
six weeks to acquire this knack, and
some girls are never able to acquire 1t.
The gold reaches the beaters first
in wide bars or nuggets and has to be
weighed. melted and made into inch
wide ribbons before anything else is
done. The ribbon is then cut into Inch
squares and beaten with hammer
welded by man. When each leaf
has been beaten thin 1t Is transferred
to mold. where II Is beaten four
hours more The beating is done with
wooden hammer weighing from
seven to eighteen pounds. on sheep
skin cushion, which rests ON granite
block. The gold used for beating is
usually % or % carats fine. A little
alloy Of copper or silver is added to
make 1t spread. 1t would be impos-
sible. the beaters say. to handle per-
fectly pure gold.
After the gold has been beaten 1t
is handed over to the girls. who lift
the unshaped leaf from the mold with
a pair Of wooden pinchers. fiatten II out
on sheepskin cushion by gently blow
ing on 1t. cut 1t to perfect square,
replace It between the leaves of tho
book and fatten 1t out with the breath.
There nre twenty-five leaves In
book, and a skilled girl can pack sew
enty books in n day. for which she
gets from 2H to cents book New
York Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
MOUNTAIN OF BORAx.
A Deposit Of Great Value In Heart Of
Death Valley.

With the exception Of the Grand
canyon there is probably no more IA
nous locality in the west than Death
valley, known as the vale below the
sea-" and, although there are num-
Der Of Mount Blancos in the Great
American desert, the Mount Blanco Of
Death valley is the greatest of its
name.
It rises Ike an enormous white
breast against the terra Gotta ridge Of
Funeral range, close to Furnace Creek
canyon, great rent that cleaves the
east rampant Of Death valley. Around
1t Is rolling waste of bald yellow hills,
none of which Is mere knoll. aud 1t
towers good 1000 feet above them.
The lowland of Death valley. sinking
for several miles westward. Is prob
ably $500 feet lower.
No one ledge or series of lodges any
where In the world contains the i'm
mense amount Of borate quartz shown
in the surface of this mountain Of
cOlemanite. 1t is body Of ore meas
uring 1000 feet In width and 5000 feet
In length, pitching into the mountain
range at thirty-three degree angle.
1t is borax quarry whose limitations
cannot be even roughly conjectured,
but 1t must exceed by thousands Of
tons any known borate deposit.-De-
troit News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
DRUG DREAMS.
Queer Visions conjured Up In the
Brains of Daring Experimenters.

Queer Visions Conjured Up In the
Brains of Daring Experinenters.
An experimenter with the Mexican
drug mescal is rewarded by many
and varied visions. Before him fit
myriads Of dainty butterfly forms, glls-
tening, iridescent fbrous wings Of
insects, revolving vessels on whose
highly polished concave surface of
mother-of-pearl many strange and vivid
hues play. There are elaborate sweet
meats In endless and appetizing va
riety and living arabesques of gorgeous
hues and superhuman design.
He may take up pen for the pur-
pose of making notes, but will find
himself unable to use 1t. A pencil,
however. proves easy of manipulation.
As he writes his paper Is covered
with soft golden light, and his hands.
seen indirectly, appear bronzed, scaled.
Enthusiastically augmented and flushed
with red
firing Of the visions. he may light
the gas, which Immediately fills the
room with glorious radiance. while
wonderfully colored shadows of red,
green and violet fit here and there.
Generally. 1t Is said. no feeling of de-
preston or physical discomfort fol.
lows the dream.
A medical experlmenter In Kentucky
soon after taking large dose Of hash
eesh began to feel very excited; feel
Ing Of inner joyousness possessed him;
all fatigue seemed banished forever,
and his mind ran riot, one bizarre idea
after another rapidly passing through
his mind. Later his brain appeared
to split in tive parts. one Of which
urged him to the performance Of comic
gestures, while the other as insistent-
ly limited at impending death and sug-
gested restraint and instant medical
advice.
While waiting for doctor he expert
enced alternate spells Of lucidlty and
periods when all connections between
himself and the outside world seemed
to be severed. when chaos of dlsJoint-
ed ideas and wild reyeries obsessed
him. The duration Of these latter
pCtiouo NuS uCNci lOuStI tuuu tWO
minutes but each seemed an eternity.
1t appeared hopeless task to follow
the minute hand Of his watch during
its Infinite round; long before the sixty
seconds had elapsed he gave up the
stupendous task In deep despair. The
departure Of the doctor synchronlzed
with the return Of tho feeling of i'm
pending death. now most horribly In
tense
He imagined himself surrounded by
grotesque, menacing. cruel visaged
monsters. He felt himself expanding,
dilating. dissolving Into space. as he
assembled steep preeipices, covered
with Brobdignagian creatures some
what like lizards, overhanging enor-
nous abysscs, the while he was over.
whelmed by horrible. rending, un-
utterable despair.-Detroit News-Trib
| une
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
Using . Life Preserver.

1.-THE worst trouble about life pre-
server" said an old sailor. sis that few
people know what to do with one
when It's thrown to them. Many a
man would drown In trying to get II
life preserver over his head. The av-
erage person struggling about in the
water would try to lift up the big life
ring and put 1t over his head. That
only causes the man to sink deeper
and take more water into his lungs.
'"The proper way to approach life
preserver In the water is to take hold
Of the side nearest you and press
upon It with all your weight. That
causes the farther side to fly up In
the air and down over your head.
ringing you as neatly as man ring
Ing cane at country fair After
that the drowning man can be res
cued."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
NATURE AS A CHEMIST.
Feats Which the Highest Exactituds
of Science Cannot Rival,

Feats Which the Highest Exactituds
Of Science Cannot Rival.
The bursting leaves of springtime
performs feats which the highest ex-
actitude of science cannot hopo to RI
val. In leaf the living matter is his
chemist, and the cell is his laboratory.
BY daylight the leaf chemist Is alb
sorblng the carbonic acid gas and
is decomposing this gas into its COM
ponent elements-carbon and oxygen.
The carbon It is retaining as part of
the plants food to enter into combina-
ton with water. and the oxygen It
sets free into the atmosphere. By
night this process ceases, for light Is
an essential feature In the operation.
Out of the carbon and the water the
leaf chemist will elaborate tho sugars
and starehes which the plant world
affords. As sugar tho products will
pass from the leaf to be stored UP, as
IN the case Of the potato, for example,
SO as to afford storehouse of food
whereon the plant may draw for It's
susteuauae hHl lVI tuc ueNeiopueut VI
Its leaves and flowers when occasion
comes. All the vegetable essences and
acids, the scents and gums, the juices
which yield india rubber, the flavoring
of fruits and even tho color Of the
flowers are similarly the products Of q
constructive chemistry which beats
mans best efforts to initiate. Man fol-
lows nature, but at distance.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
How tho eurms.. Made Fire.

{ One day Burmese messenger
brought me note. While he was
waiting for the reply observed an
object something like boys pop
gun suspended around his waist On
asking what 1t was he showed me that
1t was an implement for producing
fire. 1t was rude example Of a SCI
entific instrument employed by lee
turers at home to illustrate the pro-
ductlon of heat by suddenly compress
ed air. A piston fitted into the tube
The former was followed at the lower
end and smeared with wax to receive
piece of cotton or finder, which when
pressed into 1t adhered. The tube was
closed at one end. Placing the piston
at the top Of the tube, with a smart
blow he struck It down and imme-
dlately withdrew 1t with the finder on
fire, the sudden compression Of the air
having ignited It. was so much
struck with the scientific ingenuity of
this rude implement that l procured
1t from the Burman and sent 1t to the
Asiatic society Of Bengal, with short
description Of Its Observation-Disclosures
Of My Life" by Surgeon General Sir
John Fayer.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
Some Sayings Of Napoleon.

You know my army. 1t is an ulcer
that would eat me up II l stopped Civ
ing 1t other food.
You have made great use Of algebra
in all your campaigns. seem to reco-
lect that you had strength In 1t and
that you could understand how minus
multiplied by minus gives plus. have
applied this rule fairly well-Germany
minus. Austria minus, Prussia minus.
Italy minus-but you must allow that
l make fine plus.
Our text book told you and me that
mass multiplied by velocity gives force
In action. have what makes mass;
shall not fail in velocity, and all will
be over before the sunset. The days
are long in Russia when the sun
shines. shall fight two or three bat
ties II he will stop to meet me.-"Baron
De CoIneau's Memorials"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
The Victim Said Nothing, but Did .
Heap Of Thinking.

The Victim Said Nothing, but Did
Heap Of Thinking.
At railway station the other day
"a gentleman from the country" yield
ed to the pressing solicitation Of a per-
sistent newsboy and bought a penny
weekly paper.
But here was a difflculty-a shilling,
no change and the engine Of the train
giving unmistakable evidence Of a
speedy departure.
The bargain was about to be can
celed when the boy volunteered to get
the shilling changed Into pence.
But" said the gent, perhaps you
will not return with the II pence"
The boys face wore an injured look.
''If you are afraid to trust me, SIR"
said he. and there was the least trace
of emotion In his voice, .you can have
the other eleven copies as security"
Something suspiciously like moisture
came into the old mans eyes as he
glanced into the bright, open counte-
nance of the boy, and he felt heartily
ashamed of himself as he mechanically
held out his hand for the remaining
eleven copies.
He watched the little fellow as he
trotted down the platform till he sailed
round corner and was lost to sight.
Fifteen seconds later the engine gave
a final shrek. and the train slowly
gllded out of the station.
The man glanced round at his fellow
passengers and handed copy of the
paper to each one from his pile.
He said nothing, but he seemed to be
thinktng.-London Tit Bits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
Callinu Names.

The late Peleg w. Chandler. who
was hard Of hearing, was one Of the
most effective Of war time speakers.
Every occasion illustrated his elo-
quence and demonstrated the quick
ness Of his repartee. At one meeting
he was frequently interrupted by
blackguard at the rear of the hall, who
kept shouting, "Why don't you 60
yourselfT For time Mr.. Chambers
deafness prevented him from catching
the exact nature Of the interruption,
of which he had been for some time
conscious. At last Mr.. Chandler
caught the words Of the dlsturber.
Then. In the mildest accents, which
emphasized the force Of the words, he
said. Young man, If my ears were as
good as yours and as long as yours I
shouldn't be here acknowledgements.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
Troubles Due to Legacy.

We have never known any good to
come Of a legacy. Henry got $500 in
the mail one day, and his troubles be-
gan on the spot. He bought horse.
The horse kicked one Of the children
and ran away. breaking up an eighty
dollar buggy. Henry sold the animal
for half what he had paid for 1t and
bought him an amber stemmed Pipe
and gasoline route with the remains
Of his fortune. The first day out he
bit the stem of his pipe In two, the
falling sparks set the gasoline afire,
and the wagon was entirely consumed
To comfort himself Henry got drunk,
and that night he fell Off the bridge
into the creek, running his best suit
Of clothes When the legacy got
through with him he was 1888 in the
hole.-Newark News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14

Boil until tender one small chicken
or that amount of any tender meat.
The meat from soup bones is fine used
this way, and veal Is as good us chick
en-. In fact. you can use to advantage
any tender leftover meat. Strain off
the broth. remove the bones and break
into small pieces. Put into frying
pan two tablcspoonfuls OF lard or drip
pings and when hot add two table
spoonfuls Of -four and let brown
little. Then add the meat, salted to
taste. with one cupful of broth and two
tablespoonfuls Of chilli powder. Stir
and cook ten minutes. Set of to cool
and add small cupful Of ralsins
(whole) and about the same Of olives.
Now make stiff batter Of three cup
fuls of cornmeal and one of -four, salt
ed. into which is rubbed three-quarters
of cupful Of lard or drippings. mois-
tened with one beaten egg and one cup
full of broth. Line deep pan with the
butter and bake one hour.-Delineator.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-07-14
VERSAILLES.
The Old Royal Palace 10 Now an Art
Gallery and Museum.

The Old Royal Palace 10 Now an Art
Gallery and Museum.
Versailles Is about twelve miles from
Paris. but all the intervening country
Is built up, and 1t seems almost as If
distant part of the city.
Here was one of the great royal pal
aces much frequented by the kings and
especially by Louis XIV. and all those
who came after him. Its gardens and
forests are beautiful, and the old pal
ace is now kept as an art gallery and
museum and filed with pictures and
statues. much of the old furniture for
merry used by the royal occupants re-
manning as when they used 1t. Some
Of the most dramatic events of the
revolution occurred here. The entire
property belongs to and Is cared for
by the government Of France and Ia
open to the public without fees.
Twenty-Five miles north of Paris is
Chantilly. the ancestral home Of the
Prince de Condo, the great Condo,
which in olden times We'd with the
royal palaces In the grandeur of Its
entertainments and the distinguished
character of its guests.
The last owner of the property, the
Due d'Aumale, willed this fine estate
to France. so that its palace, with its
magnificent art treasures, and the great
forest are now for the enjoyment of
all.-Paris Letter to Denver Post