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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16

my first notes, and in another week
Of ten hours day labor l had results
which astonished myself and satisfied
him. Still there was no trace of praise
in words or manner. He signified that
it would do by placing before me
about half peck of bones, telling
me to see what l could make of them,
with no further directions to guide
me. Two months or more went to
this task, with no other help than an
occasional looking over my grouping
with the stereotyped remark, THAT is
not right" Finally the task was done,
and l was again set upon alcoholic
specimens. - Autobiography Of Pro-
feSSor Shaler" in Atlantic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
China to Take a Census.

China is about TO take census OF
ders. The state department at Wash
ington has received copy of an impe-
rial edict issued in accordance with the
program for constitutional reform di-
recting an enumeration Of individuals
and families within the empire. The
returns for the census for families
must be completed by 1910 and for in
dividuals by 1912. All Chinese living
in foreign lands must be enumerated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
To Raise sionest American Flao.

Flag day. June II. will probably be
marked by the raising of the largest
aag in the United States in Lincoln
park. Chicago, before the statte of
The Inartyred president. The Ameri-
can Flag Day association has issued
81 appea! to the various patriotic as
sociations to raise funds for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
A HARD TAsKMAsTER.
Asassiz Forced His Pupils to Find Out
For Themselves

HSassiz Forced f1i5 SGpiS to find OUT
For Themselves.
When / sat me down before my tin
pan Agassi2 brought me small fish,
placing it before me with the rather
stern requirement that | should study
it, but should on no account talk to
any one concerning it or read any
thing concerning fishes until l had his
permission so to do. To my inquiry,
what shall do:" he said in effect:
Find out what you can without dam
aging the specimen. When l think
that you have done the work l will
hour l thought ! had comprised that
fish. But AgassiZ, though always
within call, concerned himself no fur
Their with me that day nor the next
nor for week. At first this neglect
was distressing But l saw that 1t
was Il game, for he was, as discern
ed rather than saw, cOyertly watching
me. So l set my wits to@work upon
the thing and in the course of hun
dred hours or so thought l had done
much, a hundred times as much as
seemed possible at the start. / felt
full Of the subject and probably ex-
pressed it in my bearing. AS for
words about it then, there were none
from my master, except his CHEEKY
Good morning." At length on the
seventh day came the question,
"Well?" and my disgorge of learning
TO him as he sat on the edge of my
table, putting his cigar. at the end of
the hours telling he swung off and
away. saying, ''That is not right"
/ went mt the task anew, discarded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
a Home Trader.

A surgeon in a town, engaged to per-
form an operation of minor character
upon somewhat unsophisticated pa
tient, asked him if he were willing to
have only loval anaesthetic.
sure" replied the other 81 believe
in patronizing home industry when-
ever you cam
And he meant it.-Lippincott's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
Sydney Smiths Wit.

Sydney Smith was the ministerial
wit par excellence, but unhappily his
jests were so admirable that they are
now twice told tales indeed. However,
most Of them will bear repetition.
Before the first bishop of New Yea
land left England sydney Smith strove
to remind him of the dangers of his
mission. you win find in preaching
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16

er-in-law married the governors
daughter: thus the governor became
his brOther-in-law's father-in-law The
governor therefore dined alone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
Turkey Raisina on an Island.

The Buyers Island farm, located n
the Susquehanna river below Sun
bury, Pa. has been rented and will be
used and conducted as a farm for the
raising of turkeys. The farm has al
ready been stocked with 100 turkeys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
Nest soils Have Potassium.

Potassium is very abundant in ali
normal soils of Illinois, but is very
deficient in most peaty swamp soils
and i'll some very sandy soils. Where
needed. it can be applied most econO-
mically in potassium Chord, contain
ing about ~ per cent of potassium.
Soils very deficient in decaying or
ganic matter. as the worn gray prairie
land of southern Illinois, may have
plenty of potassium but need more
decaying vegetable matter to liDerate
it fast enough for large crops
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
DO not worry over your GRAY
HAIRS. 1li, ls.,s-
HAIKS. p" ''.'''.'-
.x,y2,zlfziis'
~ q Attn

will restore them TO their NAT
URAL COLOR, no matter how
l0nU the hair has been gray.
You will be surprised how
quickly the change is made, how
permanent the result lss how
Iuxuriant q growth and healthy
a head of hair y0u will have.
Thousands arc proving 10 daily.
IS NOT A DYE.
81 AND soc. BOTTLES, AT DRUGGISTS.
Hays HarffnA Soap cures Eczema, red,
Keeps skin fine and soft, 2sc. druggists. Send
&c. for free books, "The Care of the Skin" 1.-THE
Care of the Hair''
PhiIo Hay Spec. Co.. Newark. N. J.
For Sale by T. n. Thomas. and w. T.
Hartz, Druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16
Good Health Demands
the Use of More
Fruit.

Oranges, bananas, lemons, grape
fruit, pineapples and apples are
all necessary to good health.
The more you eat of them the
less you will have to pay the
doctor.
Oranges especially are good as
they aid digestion wonderfully
and are very plentiful right
now, and we have the
best at per dozen, % to 49,. 4oc
Lemons are exceptionally val
liable to keep us from throat
troubles; we have the
best California, the dozen. .25c
Bananas are so common that
perhaps We don't realize how
valuable a food they are.
Try baking them once, they are
delicious that way, the
uOzen ...... 2Uc
Grape fruit for breakfast gives
fine appetite, We have
the large sizes. each ...... ..1oc
Pineapple sliced or grated is
a great stomach tonic and re-
lieves many causes of indiges-
ton.
Fresh Florida pines, each. -. 15c
Fancy box apples, only
lIlS peck OOC
(Some good things for your
Sunday dinner:)
Fine strawberries, fancy crisp
leaf and head lettuce. spinach,
cucumbers, watercress, aspara-
gus, shives, fine fresh onions
and radishes, new beets and tur-
nips, carrots and parsnips, par
sley and celery, pie plant, green
and wax beans, new cabbage,
etc
Remember when you buy
vegetables of us the fresh har-
vest flavor comes to your
table,
Come in or phone your order
to the
S. & S. Grocery
"Store of Quality"
SITTIG- g. STAHMER.
Cor. 7th Ave, and 18th st.
New phone 1864. Old, 80 w.
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16
COPYRIGHT 1909 6Y WA. PAT TIERS SON

mounting q horse he started southeast to tfe
wilderness to look death In the face.
His course took him close to the scene OF
the Custer massacre where less than two
weeks before 5000 Sioux had gathered for the
killing He travelled only at night, and all day
long he lay hidden in the timber or in the
gulches of the foothills.
Two hours after sunset on the second night
he left his days hiding place and set his
course southwark along range OF low hills
lie turned aside to skirt bit OF timber and
as he came to the edge of the trees his mount
showed symptoms of uneasiness.
Bell dropped from his horse and stole for.
ward. He saw not more than 100 yards ahead
of him n war party of fully so Indians making
preparations TO camp for the night They had
come apparently from a direction opposite to
that taken by the courier. for he had not
crossed their trail. He stole back remounted
and made a detour passing the Indian en-.
campment on the right and without awakening
their suspicious.
Notwithstanding the rough nature Of the
country through which he was passing and the
necessity OF sparing his horse. Bell made ~
miles in that second nights ride. When II
was within two hours Of sunrise he struck
small creek with a bottom Of sand and peb-
blcs. He knew that II the war party which
he had passed the night before should find his
trail that II would be followed, and that the
reds would not spare their ponies in the at
tempt to overtake the wilderness messenger
For two miles Bell led his horse down the
bed of the creek, thus completely oblteratins
his trail. but he knew that the hoof marks
showing where he had taken to the water were
telltale witnesses of his subterfuge.
lie reached a part OF the creek where the
banks were heavily overgrown with bushes. He
pushed the green growth aside from right te
left and sent his horse through. Then he GOV
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

empty cartridges at their sides telling mutely
the story of desperately heroic defense The
detachment had Joined Terry and the story OF
the Custer massacre was told
The whole country to the northeast and
the south was swarming with the Sioux not
yet sated with slaughter. To the southeast
200 miles away, near the headquarters OF the
Powder river In the Territory OF Wyoming
lay the command of Gen. Crook. 1t was i'm
peratively necessary that the situation OF az
fairs Just south of the Yellowstone should be
made known to the general commanding the
southeastern forces.
Between Terry and Crook was an unbroken
wilderness inhabited only by wild animals and
wilder men. With Terry's column were six
tried scouts and pansmen. They knew every
inch of the country, every trail, every hiding
place in the mountain spurs and every patch
of timber on the plains To these men were
intrusted the dispatches of the commanding
officer, with instructions to carry them south
eastward to the camp of Crook. The scouts
started on their journey. Inside OF eight hours
all of them were back and the report to Terry
was that no man could attempt the journey to
Powder river and live
In Company OF the Seventh infantry was
a private named James Bell. He had acquired
a knowledge of the country In the campaigns
In which he had served against the Sioux. His
knowledge, however, but tithe of that
held by the plainsmen, and his acquaintance
with the ways of the Indians was as nothing
to theirs, yet Private James Bell went to Gen.
Terry's headquarters and volunteered to carry
the dispatches through the heart of the hos
tile country and to deliver them TO Gen. Crook,
or else If 1t must be, to forfeit his life
Terry asked the man If he knew fully the
danger of the undertaking, Bells answer was;
The scouts came back" In the four words
he expressed the whole thing, for the scouts
never before had turned in their tracks.
Private bell took his rations, full supply
of ammunition. his rife and his revolver, and
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

cred the marks of the passage as well as ne
could, and finally crawled up on the bank HIM
self. covering his own trail.
He found hiding place for the day In
ravine about 500 yards from the bank of tho
creek, and after feeding his horse. and eating
his own breakfast he put all thought of sleep
aside. and climbing to a hilltop he watched the
vicinity of the creek.
Bell believed that the reds could not have
found his trail II they had found IT at ALL un.
til near sunrise and he knew that II they fol.
lowed him il would take them the better part
of the day to reach his hiding place and that
by that time his horse would be fresh and
their horses jaded
At three o'clock in the afternoon he saw
something that set his heart beating, brave
man though he was The war party was
breaking through the underbrusb on the bank
of the creek and Bell knew that his trail had
been followed and that he had but moments
time to save his life and his message.
He ran down the slope. vaulted on to his
horse and shot out into the open around the
base of the hill.
The reds chased the courier for five miles
firing now and again. but he distanced them
and after two more nights OF peril he gave
Terry's message into the hands OF Crook.
James Bell was given medal of honor
and for five years he was messenger In the
headquarters of the department of the lakes
in Chicago Few people realized that the quiet
unassumng "errand man" in the Pullman
building was the courier who had taken on
himself a mission that tried plainsmen had
not dared to attempt to fulfill
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

were told to make the best time possible WIN
out killing their horses. The men were on
their mette. They made the distance. lao niles
20 miles of the way being through loose sahu'
In % hours. the actual marching time being IL
hours and 30 minutes. At Fort Warner they
rested one day, and returned to Harvey on the
same horses at the uniform rate OF 60 miles
day Capt Edward G. Fechet started at mid
night for the relief of the Indian scouts VINO
had been sent out to arrest Sitting Buli, ana
who, after killing that chief were beleaguered
in a small hut by his followers Fechet TOOK
an ambulance wagon and Hotchkiss gun with
him. The gun carriage broke down and he
was compelled to fasten the trail of the piece
to the tailboard of the ambulance and thus
drag It along Notwithstanding this handicap
he made the first As miles in less than seven
hours. He fought and drove off the young
Sioux bucks then secuted the country for ten
miles, gave his troopers some breakfast and
returned to the fort Fourteen hours were
consumed In covering 80 miles OF ground,
The cavalry horses of the American army
have undergone these endurance and speed
tests carrying weights of more than 200 pounds
and without any training other than that re-
ceived in the ordinary course of frontier
scouting and daily drill evolutions. The great
est military ride record as II appears on pa
per- Is that of the Austrian Count Stahrenberg
who rode one horse $50 miles in II hours.
The animal, however, carried only the counts
weight, 1913 pounds; It had been specially
trained for months to undergo the endurance
test, and during the whole time of the ride it
was kept up on stimuants, The horse died
within "a hours after the completion of its
task, Col, Dodge, in his summary of remark
able rides, tells of a professional express rider,
whom he personally knew, who for many
months carried mail from El Paso to Chihau-
hau through hostile Apache country. This
man on one horse, broncho, regularly made
300 miles in 60 hours, and then resting his
mount for four days. made the return trip. AZ
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16
OPENING OF CHEYENNE RIVER
INDIAN RESERVATION.

The General Land Office at Wash
ington has designated lie Beau and
Aberdeen, so. Oak, on the Minneapo-
lis & st. Louis II. Il. as registration
points.
There will be about 1000 quarter sec.
tons allotted to settlers.
Who May Secure a Homestead.
Under the homestead laws of the
United States any person. male Of fe-
male, who is not the owner of more
than 100 acres of land In any state
or territory. who is native born
citizen of the United States. or has
been naturallzed, or declared his in
tention to become n naturalized citizen
Of the United States q. O.. one who
has taken out his first papers of citi.
Eenship). who Is over the age of 81
years or the head of family. may
make homestead entry of not exceed.
Ing 160 acres of any of the unoccu-
pied public lands of the United
States.
have lived to know that the secret
Of happiness is never to allow your
energies to stagnate.-Adam Clarke.
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

In the year 1879 when the Utes succeeded
In getting some United States troops into what
was afterward known as Thornburgs rat
hole" several mounted couriers succeeded IN
slipring through the crcling line of savages
All OF them reached Merrtt's column 40 miles
distant, in less than "a hours. The exact time
was not taken, for. as Col. Dodge puts 1t, res.
cue was of more importance than records"
1t must be understood of course, that all
these American rides were made without
changing horses The steed at the start was
the steed at the finish The best rider, accord
ing to cavalry experts, Is not the man who
takes a five-barrcd gate or who can ride stand
ing. but the man who by instinct feels the
condition of his horse, and, though getting the
most out of the animal, knows best how to
conserve his strength.
Gen Lawton in the year 1876, rode from
Red Cloud agency, Nebraska to Sidney in the
same state, a distance of 125 miles, in 26 hours.
lie was carrying important dispatches for Gen,
Crook and though the road was bad his mount
r%as in good condition when Lawton, looking
i've years older than he did the day before
landod over his bundle of papers to the black
bearded general,
Gen Merritt has a forced march record that
bias no American parallel when the conditions
o, h- journey are considered. He was ordered
H. the lall OF 1879 to the relief of Paynes
command, NhlCu was surrounded by nOSLlle In
dian. Mcrr'ts command consisted of four
troops OF cavalry, but at the last moment he
was ordered TO add to his force battalion OF
infantry The dough boys" We're loaded into
army wagons drawn by mules, and with the
cavalry al the hanks the relief column started
The distance TO be traversed was 40 miles,
and il was made Notwithstanding the handi-
cap OF the wagons and trails that were muddy
and sandy by turns, in just GG hours At the
eEd OF the march the troopers went into the
fight, and in the entire command not one horse
showed lame leg or a saddle sore.
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

consumptives Need Not Leave Home,

Consumption can be cured, or ar.
rested, In any section of the United
States, and the percentage of cures In
the east and the west Ia nearly the
same. Any physician, therefore, who
sends a person 20 the southwest with
out sufficient funds, or in an advanced
or dying stage of the disease, is guilty
Of cruelty to his patient. Renewed
efforts are being made to stop this
practice. and to encourage the build.
ing Of small local hospitals in every
city and town In the country. At.
tempts are also being made In South.
srn California and in Texas to ex.
eiude INDECENT consumptives or to
send them back to the cast
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

this was not a cavalry
achievement 1t is not used
for purposes Of compari
son. Touching the per.
formance, however, the
military writer says. that
excepting the ass. there
is perhaps no creature on
earth so stubbornly endur-
ing as the broncho."
Col. Dodge does not
think that IL tests were
made there would be much
difference between the
records which English
and American soldiers
would register. lie says
that a composite picture
made OF 500 British and
Of 500 American troopers
would show that the three
lines which establish the
seat" of the rider are
practically the same. and
that upon this and the
proper care OF the horse
depend largely the mat.
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16
The Home.

Home and home life must never become
commonplace. The little surprises. the re-
membranes of the birthday, the unexpected
treat, the pleasure earned for one by the sac
rifice OF another-all these belong under our
head of spiritual exercises Nor is there any
scene of our life which so demands such ex
ercise as this familiar scene of home which
has to be reset every day-Edward Everett
Hale.
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

iE-N tors of distance accomplished and speed
:. maintained
one Of the longest and most perious
rides ever made by an American soldier was that OF
private In + Company of the Seventh infantry.
Early in July the year 1876 the forces OF Gen Terry
were in the field at the junction OF the Big Horn and
Yellowstone rivers in Territory of Montana. Only ten
DAYS before Gen his squadons OF the Seventh
cavalry had pershed at the hands of the Sioux under
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

S. A., collected the Of
hcial records of long dis
tance cavalry rides. and
has made them public In a
book so that they may be
compared with the per.
formanCes of the soldier
horsemen of other nations.
Col. Dodge declares spe.
officially that he has re.
lected all "hearsay rides,
Of which there Is no end"
and has accepted only
those proved by official re.
ports. Col. Dodge says
that Capt, S. f. Fountain,
United States cavalry, In
the year 1891, with a de.
tachment of his troop,
rode 81 miles in eight
hours. This record Is
vouched for. and It is bet.
ter than that once made by
the Natal Mounted Rifles
by about four hours, the
distance being within one
mile of that made in South
Africa. For actual speed
this forced march stands
perhaps at the head OF the
American army record,
though other rides have
h,pp mann wanna ,.IsnI,I.
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16

Sitting Bull. 4 detachment OF
troops pushing forward in search
of the "yellow-haired white chief"
had found the mutilated bodies OF
The Jackson herald., 1909-09-16
Sticky Sweating
Palms

after taking salts or cathartic
waters-did you ever notice that
weary all gone feeling-the palms
OF your hands sweat-and rotten
taste in your mouth - Cathartics
only move by sweating your bowels
DO lot OF hurt--Try "A CASCA-
RET and see how much easier the
Job Is done - how much better
you feel. o
CAScAR..Ts ioc a box for a weeks
treatment. all druggista. biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes a month.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-07-10
Member Beard OF Education of Giyn
County.

As your honorable body well
knows, no person representing him
self as the accredited representative
Of the board of education has ever
appeared before council, making such
request. and the resolution of April
p, introduced by the mayor (although
he is an eX-officio member of the
board. nowhere states or intimates
that 1t was at the boards request
The resolution would have been OPP
posed by us at the time had it not
been expressly stated in the said res
oution that when said bin has been
drawn by the city attorney and sub
mitted to and approved by the said
committee, il shall he advertised as
required by law" We, the committee.
never approved of the bill as pro-
posed, to deed the entire square. and
under the terms of the resolution the
bill was not TO be advertised until it
had our approval.
In our report of June a. adopted
by council, we stated that there was
no reason why a deed to the southern
half of the square should not be made
to the board. if asked for by them,
and recommended that no further ac-
ton be taken until tn > board of edu-
cation took formal action. and. in
view Of councils attitude in that re
spect. ii is the opinion of this COM
mittee that the request to have the
charter amended to that end should
have been addressed by proper reso-
luton TO ,he mayor and council the
holders OF the title. rather than TO
so over its head, direct to the legis-
lators.
We recommend that this report be
published for the information of the
public as TO the actual facts in the
case. spread on the minutes and filed.
Respectfully,
c. T. calnan, Chairman,
J. Il. leo,
chas. II. Taylor.
Committee on Public Works. Build
ines Cemeteries, Parks and
Squares.
The report was adopted en- aye
and nay vote. viz: Ayes. Aldermen
Taylor. Calnan. Cox. Leo and McGar-
yey; nays, Aldermen Ludwig. Baker
and Goldsmith.
Also from same committee on Pc
tition Of Geo. H. Cook. subject being
reduction Of license Of macht,ory
81 'Sers from so TO $40 per yeac. =,
Tie committee on license FOR The
current year has invited ali pa.fios
that so desired to appear before H,oni
Ia make such suggestions in conne'.
zion with Their respective intev' -
IS 'hev may deem necessary. Var
icus citizens have responded 10 this