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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
AMERICANS SPEEDY.


Co Killing Pace Mers Feverishly rhsn
Any Race, Says RSe. Or. Aisski.
It Is the pace tiiht kills. We live
faster than men have ever lived III the
history OF mankind. says Rev. DIR.
Charles F. Aked in Appleton's Maya
zine. We live more than twenty-four
hours in the day, more than seven
days in the week We burn the candle
at both ends and fer fear the other
man should get ahead of US light it IN
the middle too. The world is shrinking
under our enterprise. We shake hands
across the Atlantic; we have nod
ding acquaintance with the antipodes;
we live by nerve and brain; we live in
tensely; we live all the time; we live
with every heart .throb. The very
breezes as they play about us make
music or, it may be-, discord on cur
nerves. OF no people on earth is this
SO true as OF the American people, and
in this respect New York is more
American than America.
/ To the present writer it has some
times seemed that after the process of
SfOluttO1 iIlu ICuCHCu a vi tam
Mother Nature paused awhile to sur
vey her handiwork and. locking ct the
finished product in the old world, said
my Englishman is up to the present
moment the best thing have pro
duced, but / am going to try to i'm
prove ON the work" So she proceeded
to tighten the structure somewhat
whether with loss Of stability remains
yet to be seen. She made 1t little
less top heavy, little less solid and
stolid. She poured into the compost
ton few extra drops of nervou:
fluid and sent the American fortl
| upon his career Of world conques
| with an intellect as sturdy as that o.
| the modern Scot and as supple as tha
of the ancient Greek-a new person
upon the face Of the earth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
aETcHELL HAS NEW MANAGER
NiIlus Britt Succeeds Joe O'connor
in Handling. Middle weights.

Chicago, Jan. STANLEY Ketchei
las acquired a new manager Willis,
6ritt OF San Francisco h wing size
seeded, or. to be more cer:oc., super
Ieded Joe O'Connor. Unde: the new
guidance Ketchefs first m we is to
state he.will fight Jack Johnson and
here is every evidence Britt Is nGt
going to let his charge lose any chance
or action Ketchel in his latest state
nent says he is compelled to give up
lrawing the color line and that he is
more than willing TO fight the cham
oion Ketchel. who is visiting his
home at Grand Rapids, yesterday re-
.eived another offer to fight Johnson
rom Promoter, Coffroth of San Fran
cisco and said i. WIS as good rs ae.
eepted,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
OLSON WRESTLES MAHMOUT
Men viii Clash on the Mat at Chicago
Coliseum Next Monday

mSH WIZ S!dSn OF tf1G mdS SntCdQO
Coliseum Next Monday.
Chicago, Jan. 7.-Charley Olson and
Mahmout, the Turk, have been match
ed to wrestle at the Coliseum next
Monday evening, the match being ar
ranged by Joe Coffey on behalf of the
management The affair will bea the
usual best two in three catch-as-actch-
can style, with Dick Fleming as ref
cree
Antoine Pierre was at first unwilling
10 wrestle Olson as he thinks that the
atter's extraordinary reach gives him
an advantage over men more stock
lily built. The winner of the bout will
)e matched with Frank Gotch, who
will soon return to this city.
AS a semi-wind-up to theWestegaad-
Anderson wrestling match at the EN-
Dire theater tomorrow evening Adolph
Ernst and Jack Osborne will go on.
The profits of this show will be given
o the Italian earthquake fund
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
What the Kidneys Do.
Their Unceasins Work Keeps Us
Strong and Healthy.


All the blood in the body passes
through the kidneys once every three
minutes. The kidneys filter the blood.
They work night and day. When
healthy they remove about 500 grains
of impure matter daily, when un-
healthy some part of this impure mat
ter is left in the blood. This brings
on many diseases and symptoms
pain in the back, headache, nervous
ness, hot, dry skin, rheumatism, govt,
gravel, disorders of the eyesight and
hearing, dizziness, irregular heart,
debility, drowsiness, dropsy, deposits
IN the urine, etc. But If you keep the
filters right you will have no trouble
with your kidneys.
John Taylor Of 743 Fourteenth street.
Rock Island, H., says: "For some
time l. was troubled with dull pains
across the small of my back and across
my loins. 1 felt that they were getting
gradually little more severe. / knew
kidney trouble was the cause and
was anxious to stop the trouble before
Lit became too serious. I was unable
Ito do this, although l tried various
remedies and consulted my physic' an.
Doan's Kidney Pills were recommend
led to me and procured a box at the
Harper House drug store. l only used
lone box in accordance with the direc-
tions, but they cured me completely.
l know Of many others who have been
cured by Doan's Kidney Pills and I
take pleasure in endorsing them to
Others who. are troubled with kidney
complaint of any kind"
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn company, Buffalo. New
York, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's - and
take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
TWO NAY co OUT
Rumors Siiii Circulate Regarding In
tentions Of Rabbits and
Senators.
HILLS ASSOCIATES euf1
kinseIIa Quoted as Declaring That He
Will Never Stand for Salary
Limit Enforcement.

After all, there is something ito"
the stories that Cedar Rapids is likely
to fall down and fail to get a team to-
sether for next season A member of
The old board of directors is quoted by
The Cedar Rapids Republican as saying
that the present packers of the team
are in earnest. They will not again
take IN the burden and unless a new
set of men takes hold there viii be
no baseball. 1t seems that nobody
else is laundering for the honor of pay
ing the deficit, either.
Now comes the Central league with a
move to reduce the individual salary
limit. 1t is given out that the clubs
have agreed among themselves to
limit of $3.50 per month. This will
knock out a good many of the stars
of last season, some of whom drew
800 more than that.
In spite of the apparent agreement
to limit the salaries in the Three Eye
league Springfield newspapers con-
tinue to print declarations that the
capital will not be in the Three-Eye
next season if the limit is 81 ESQ. and
particularly the $3.50 individual limit
is lived UP to. The News of last night
purports to quote Kinsella i'm stating
that he will carry the matter to the
national board and, if he is turned
down, will quit the league and either
have no baseball or place the team in
higher salaried company 1t is de
clared that Springfield will not stand
for the kind of ball that $1,000 will
I, buy Kinsella also says ne cannot be
present at the meeting in Davenport
next week and will not be represented
| Wonder what kind of meat they ca!
at Springfield that makes them feel sc
much bigger than the rest of the
league?
| Here and There.
| Mcnamara, the new manager of the
| Bloomington team, is signing severa
men in the east to fill the weak spot:
in the Bloomer lineup.
| Bloomington has signed Ralph Nor
Henson, southpaw pitcher who has
been working at Charlottesville. Mo.
/ The Decatur Review is talking sense
when it says: The Clinton CORE
spondent of the ST. Louis Sportin:
News continues ia lambast the owner
Of the Three Eye club that was. while
the local Clinton papers show thei
feeling by predicting calamity for Day
l export as a successor ], The impress
ion one might get from the Clinton
Nominations is that the baseball pull
lie there had a feeling that it was ell
1 titled to sport at the expense of somt
body else's purse and that the owner
of the club in selling committed ire;
son to their town. Baseball as an er
ldowed institution, however, is an ide
that is dying OUT
i Walter Most will also be found wit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
IMPROVING THE COUNTRY SCHOOL

or vine with its delicious fruitage, the
farm home and its surroundings, the
ample barns and well filled store
houses, and quiet, shady lawn, the happy
children-all this wealth of picture
focused upon a single thought-the
beauty and joy and grandeur of coun-
try life. Why fly away from such de-
lights to the busy, noisy, smoky, dusty
city?
Strolling thus along the country road
we pass and admire a commodious
farm house, complete in every detail,
and suggestive of every domestic sat
isfaction. We turn corner and an
other view stands before us startling
in its contrast. The country school
house. there it stands in barren lot
without tree or shrub. unsheltered
from the summers heat or the winters
cold, with broken windows and half
hung door, innocent of paint, an ash
heap here, junk pile yonder, every.
thing evidencing utter neglect
Within the prospect is not more in
fviting-a narrow tucked-up room. i'll
ScdtS DcH
ches. a rusty, broken stove. nothing
to please the eye or awaken the fancy
nothing suggestive Of homelikeness OF
hope
| And the children catch the spirit Of
their surroundings. They are listless
tcareless, often quarrelsome. Nothing
appeals to their finer natures. Schoo
to them is little better than a prison.
| Two or three such views are shown
, enough to prove that like the flag ou
country school house SIS still there.
ENo use to shake our heads in timit
denial. The camera tells no lies. Fo
shame that the school house shall b,
!, the most desolate abandoned place il
! all the neighborhood. that our dair.
cattle and our pillow teams have bette
Accommodations!
I But we travel that road again. AM
some magic has been at work. Yo
wouldn't know the place at all. TIL
/ rubbish piles are gone; some flower
are blooming. The broken window
ARE repaired. A little paint has CO,
. cred a multitude of sins. A rusti
arbor supports hardy vine screenin
Nthe outhouses. Some pictures are o.
the walls. A vase of flowers on tn
teachers table. A new light in tn
children's eyes. A new JOY in thei
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

Port Byron, Ill., Jan. 1, 1909. Editor
Argus: 1t is pity, as MIR. Ferguson
said, that every school officer in the
not have heard the illustrated lecture
given before the Farmers institute a.
Port Byron Dec 16, by o. ]. Kern o:
Rockford, county superintendent OF
schools.
The subject of the lecture was the
country school house, as II is and as
lit should be. The lecture was address
to the eyes rather than to the ear the
oral explanations of the views thrown
upon the screen being incidental only,
and soon forgotten. while the pictures
are indelibly impressed upon the tab
lets of the mind.
We shall not attempt to follow the
order in which the pictures were
shown. We shall endeavori to report
ideas rather than to recall words or
phrases to emphasize principles. (By
the way, the camera is a truth-teller).
Mr.. Kern's main contentious were
these: That the country children, the
farmers sons and daughters, deserve
and ought to have as good educational
Opportunities as the children of the
| city; that these opportunities should
tbe furnished at their own homes in
1.-THE townships where they reside; that
this can be done because it has been
and is being done; that these improv.
ed township schools are eenters or a
new civilization that will regenerate
rural society.
I 1t is true, though we may dislike to
confess it, that we farmers have been
so busy pottering around in the straw
and litter, hoping now and then 10 pick
Iup coin, that we hardly realized that
the landscape was glorious, the, sky
blue, the stars wonderful, the flowers
fragrant, that All about us was a world
tof Joy and beauty to which we were
almost entirely strangers. We hat
some excuse we thought, but not very
much.
And, therefore, our artists lecture!
Itoo1 us out for a little stroll along
Ecountry road, showing bits of land
Escape here and there, river bank, !;
Iravine or hillside, monarch OF thu
1 forest, grove or a patch of woodland
la pasture clothed" with the queens o
1.-THE dairy and spangled with wild flow
ters. field Of corn or grain, an orchard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

Henry Lanno TO Julius Joye, asst 25
feet lot 3, block L, Oakwood addition
to Moline. Sl,400.
Isabelle Walker to Lucinda Taven-
ner, lots 10, IA, 10, 1G, block %, Brig
rams addition Cordova. 500.
Clara A. Sites to w. Hoffman. I'M
divided one-half lot Z, Ellen s. Web
ber's subdivision lot %, section 60
1S-2w. $500.
Mary j. Littler to Effie Litter and
Lena Littler, lot 5. block 1, Stewards
second addition Moline 81.
Sarah e. Lawhead, by executors, to
Gustav C. Renner, lot IA, block 2. Sim
nets addition Rock Island $1,000 !.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
Quick Relief for rheumatism.

George w. Rooms, Lawton. Mich,
says: "Dr. Detchon's Relief for
Rheumatism has given my wife won
derful benefit for rheumatism. She
could not lift hand or foot, had to be
lifted for two months She began the
use. of the remedy and improved rapid
ly. On Monday she could not move
and on Wednesday she got up and
dressed herself and walked out for
her breakfast" Sold by Otto Grot-
jan, 1901 Second avenue. Rock Island: =
Gust Schlegel & Son, 220 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

The play is divided into four acts, the
first act is laid at Stebbins farm, near
Haskinsville, Maine, the second act is
laid. in New York, the third is laid at
Haskinsville church on Christmas eve,
and the most realistic snow scene
ever seen on the Stage is produced
The last act is in the sitting room at
the old farm. Each act is as true to
the original as the painters and dra-
matte art can make them and no ex.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
Bad Stomach Trouble Cured.

Having been sick for the past two
years with a bad stomach trouble, q
friend gave iner dose Of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They did me So much good that
bought bottle Of them and have used
az bottles in all. Today am well OF
o bad stomach trouble. Mrs. John
Lowe, Cooper, Maine. These tablets
are for sale by al Druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
lame Shoulder.

This is a common form of muscular
rheumatism. No internal treatment is
needed. Apply Chamberlain's Liniment
freely twice a day and a quick cure is
certain. This Liniment has proven es.
pecially valuable for muscular and
chronic rheumatism. and is sure to
give quick relief Chamberlain's Lini
ment is also most excellent for sprains
and bruises. Price, 25 cents; large
size. SO cents. Fer~sale by all drug
Egists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
Tar snreadina Latest vandaiisnn.

"Jack the Tar Spreader" is giving
the detective force of Indianapolis no
end of trouble. and there is not a night
but women's expensive gowns are
ruined at thestheaters In addition to
smearing tar on gowns he drops small
balls of it on the floors, and they IRE
trampled over the carpets by those who
happen to tread on them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
Great Ed Skinner.

Isaac Lockwood, Stratford (Conn.t
fisherman, who claims the title OF
champion eel skinner CT the world"
has announced his retirement with a
fortune. He is sixty years old and has
I cen in pursuit Of the elusive eel for
fast fifty years. He has caught about
0000 and skinned 'em all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
Muscatine Team is Winner.

Muscatine, Iowa, Jan. Company
C defeated the Colorado School of
Mines five last night in a good con-
test by score Of SO to 90
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
The Elite.

eighteenth Street. North Of Second
Avenue.)
Cooper Stock company, I'm two per-
formances daily, matinee at ESQ and
evening mt S;15.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
AMUSEM ENTS
The Illinois,.

QSiXteenth Street and Second Avenue.)
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Jan. 9-"Under the Harvest MOOn,''
matinee.
Jan. 18-"Texas Pals,' matinee and
night.
JAM 17-"loiy City" matinee and
might.
jan. 22-sPaid I'm Full.o
Jan. 23-"Hans and Nix matinee.
Jan. 24-"The Merry wldOw.o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07
The Family.
Second Avenue, East Of Nineteenth
Street)
Vaudeville at s, 8, and 0:15 p. m. One
matinee Sundays and holidays.

"Paid in Full" Again.-"Paid in
Full new play of contemporary
American life, by. Eugene Walter, will
be played at the Illinois theater Jan.
%, in return engagement by com
pany of exceptional merit With the
sixth commandment as it's moral
theme, the play gets very close to life.
1T is written in the everyday speech
of the average American and both dar-
ing and deeply impressive.
Use Own Scenery.-In presentins
Under the Harvest Moon at the
Illinois Saturday matinee and night,
the management of the play promise
that the play will be presented with
its own scenery and will use as little
of the house scenery as possible. The
production is carried complete In
every detail and the local managers
contract calls for complete scenic
production and he promises to see that
!, this part of the contract is fulfilled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

the remnants Of the Dubuque team at
Aberdeen, Wash, having been signed
by Rowland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-07

9ense has been spared to make the
production complete in the minutest
!etail.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-05
The SMITH
CASE is
POSTPONED

Owing to u bulk of other Inn
portant court business taking up
Judge Burnetts time and the intri-
cate nature OF the unal proceedings
of the case of State against A. B..
Smith, there was no decision rem
dered this morning on the motion in
arrest of judgment The Importance
of the motion filed by the counsel
for the defendant rests mainly upon
the applicability of the indictment
and trial of the old law as to its
covering the crime or an amended
statute being applicable. II may be
n few weeks yet before Anal adjudi-
cation win be made OF this matter.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-05
men ARE
HARD To
CLASSIFY
Will Do Some Things Some
times That They viii Ut
terIy Refuse to Con-
slider at Others.

Men are queer. Wouldn't there
be a roar when they went home to
their meals If they had to climb upon
a high stool in front of a table on
which was no cloth and eat their
meals in that fashion? Yet many men
pick out a high stool and cloIlless
feed board In preference to a COM
Portable chair and cloth covered
table. A man will borrow a chew of
tobacco and most of them will set
their teeth into the plug right over
where some other man has gnawed
out a chew. Offer him a piece of pie
at home from which his wife or one
OF the children has bitten out
piece and he will holler his head off.
AZ home he will not drink out of
a cup or glass from which one of
the other members of the family
have been drinking, but call him into
the back stall of a livery barn. pull
out n bottle and he win stick tho
neck of the bottle half way down his
throat To get a swig after a half
dozen other fellows have had the
bottle in their mouths. Man is a
queer duck.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-05
STRENGTH FOR
The STOMACH
Statement OF a California Woman
Who Owes Her Health to
the Modern Tonic
Treatment.
Treatment.

The symptoms of stomach trouble
vary. Some victims have ravenous
appetite, some loathe the sight of food.
Often there is feeling as of weight on
khe chest, a full feeling in the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses ON the heart
and leads the sufferer 10 think he has
heart disease.
Some people know that the strength
which the weak stomach needs, and for
khe lack OF which tho whole body is suf-
Sering, can be found surely and quickly
kn DR., Williams Pink Pills In hun
dreds of instances these pills have sue.
eeeded where every other remedy had
failed, aud in every case the cure was
radical
Mrs Ed. Hardrath, a nurse, OF Watts,
GAL, received 40 permanent relief from
stomach trouble until she tried DIR.
Williams Pink Pills She says;
IL was "A sufferer with stomach trouble
for over two years and was under doc
tors care for year or more He said
"a was liberation OF the stomach, but he
gave me little relief. My stomach didn't
seem 20 digest the food ate and gas
3ormed, causing pains, bloating, and
pressure on the heart For nearly a
year i couldn't eat meat There were
pains through my forehead aud down
aho back of my neck. l WAS dizzy a
great deal aud couldn't do my work as
onght TO-
- friend told me about DR.. williams
Pink Pills and advised me to give them
. thorough trial. My improvement was
gradual until was entirely cured 1
have had no trouble from indigestion in
q long time aud reoommend DIR. VIII.
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sicmach trouble
Tho processes OF digestion are con.
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nnedicnl science has produced nO better
digestive tonic than DR. Williams Pink
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opiates. They create no drug habit.
Every dyspeplic should read, ',What 20
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Dr. williams pink Pills are sold by
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~ receipt az price, 90 cents por box six
boxes for $3.50
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-05

of the season. Last Saturday they
showed their class by defeating the
Salem High and should be able to
take Vancouver into camp tomorrow.
Nearly every afternoon they have
lined up against the varsity squad
and have developed a strong offense
and stronger defense.
The lineup follows: WcNees, c;
shaupp-Dougherty, ]. g.; Phaff-Van-
dervort, r. g.; Belknap, |. f.; Marsters
r. t.; McAdams, ]. e.; May r. e.;
O.. Moman, l. h.; Ro-
land, r. h.; Gibson, f.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-05
KNIGHTS
OF PYTHIAS
TO MEET
viii Hold Series of District
Conventions, the First in
the City of Salem
Next Tuesday.

A series of district conventions
is to be held during the coming
four months by the local districts of
the knights of Pythias in Oregon.
The first Of the series will be held
here next Tuesday. Central lodge
Of Salem has invited all of the
lodges of the 18th district, that is
the Pythian district, to meet in it's
hall, and there sure will be some
thing doing. The district includes
Marion and Polk counties, of which
seven are located at Salem, Silver
ton, Hubbard, Aurora, Dallas, Inde-
pendence and Falls City.
Prominent Pythians to Attend.
Among the prominent men of the
order who will attend this convention
and help celebrate the first big
Pythian gathering of the winter are
Judge William M. Cake, of Portland,
supreme representative; Judge w.
L. Bradshaw, of The Dalles, supreme
representative; l.. M. Curl, of AL
bany, past grand chancellor; Gus c.
Moser, Of Portland, past grand chan
cellor; ID. E. Yoran, of Eugene,
grand vice-chancellor; l.. r.. Stinson,
OF Salem, grand keeper of records
and seal; George Schulmerich, of
grand prelate; Judge Rob
ert G. Morrow, of Portland, chair
man of the judiciary committee of
the grand lodge; Frank S. Grant, of
Portland, chairman of the finance
committee of the grand lodge, and
George w. knight, of Hubbard,
grand inner guard.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-05
new DEPOT
OPENS UP
FOR FREIGHT
Road Over to Falls City Is Now
Ready to Take Freight
and Collect the Bills
Either Way.

Yesterday afternoon the freight de-
partment of the new Polk county rail-
road opened up and is now receiving
freight business between the Salem
end and points west. The new depot
near the west end of the big steel
bridge has been completed and the
promoters of the new road are pre-
pared to look after the wants of the
shipping public with their new SER
vice.