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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
TcII hv sudn.u Smith

The late Lord Dudley was a most
absemmiEdcd man. One day" says
sydney Smith. he met me in the
street ard invited me 10 meet myself.
Dine with me today: dine with me.
and I viii get sydney Smith to meet
ycu.' l admitted the temptation held
out 10 me. but said ne was engaged TO
meet me elsewhere. Another time in
meeting me he put his arm through
ihine. muttering. I don't mind walking
with him Il little way: I'll walk with
him as far rs the end of the street.
lie very nearly ovcrset my gravity once
in the pulpit. He was sitting imme-
diateiy under me. apparently very at
ientivc. when suddenly he took up his
stick as IL he had been in the house of
commons and. tapping the ground with
1t. cried ont in low but very audible
whisper. Hear, heart"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
Money Comes in Runches-

10 A. A. Chisholm of Treadwell. N. Y,
now. His reason is well worth read
ing: For a long time / suffered from
Indigestion, torpid liver. constipation.
nervousness and general debility" he
writes. Il couldn't sleep, had no aD-
petite, nor ambition, grew weaker ev-
cry day in spite of all medical treat
ment. Then used Electric Bitters.
Twelve bottles restored all my old
time health and vigor. Now can at
end to business every day. lis a won
derful medicine" Infallible for stom-
lch, liver. kidneys blood and nerves.
soc at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
PLAN TO TEACH IMMIGRANTS,
Harvard AIumnus Said to Have Coco
Backing For Solution of Problem

Harvard Alumnus Said to Have Coco
Backing For Solution of Problem"
Karl O. Nelson. young Harvard
university alumnus has worked out /
plan for the education of immigrants
arriving in Boston. which he thinks
will solve the problem of iIiterate;
and Will enable foreigners, ignorant OF
English ana without Il definite trade
to become self supporting and pro
ducers. He is said TO have the back
ing of Harvard university, the Pros
pect union. the Edda club. the Deutsche
verain. the CirculO ItalianO, the Cerclt
Francois and other organizations.
According 20 Mr.. Nelson's plan. if ar
immigrant cannot speak English ne
Will he instructed in the language
and if he has no trade he will be
taught one. ana work will be provided
FOR him. If he cares to advance he
Will receive opportunity for higher
technical education and field found
for his activities. Those already here
will also have these opportunities and
a chance to learn higher branches OF
technical work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08

years trip 10 the frozen north in the
whaler Jeanette. lays no claim TO the
discovery of the north pole. he does
claim to have discovered 4 new tribe
of Eskimos on point at Prince Alberi
Land where. he says. no white man
had ever before reached. These Els
KINDS. who call themselves Nunacotics.
said they had never before seen
white man. Bower says they were
very tall and looked much like the
North American Indian They all,
wore rich furs. They had never seen.
gun and were startled when one was
fired off for their cdification. Men
and women of the tribe carried bows
and arrows and peculiar knives OF
their own manufacture The women
were all heavily tattooed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
Light the
GAS
FurnaceFire
Started
g~TEETTG~g~~.7sa.ssf.ss.

q - TsLLP 2 z ~ soszs |.Ss -. =
tatorS TOOK ii long breath and yelled
not with nice dignity, perhaps. bat
with cxultant excitement. Downtown
New Yorl: had seen its first real aero
plane fight.
Mr. Wright was in the air three
times. First he made complete cir
cult of Governors island. \ few min
utes later he few to the statue Of Lib
erty and around ii, each time wheel
ing around the flied III land near his
shed ON the west shore of Governors
island and settling on the sand in true
bird fashion. After that. late in the
afternoon. he made one long and one
short circuit of the Governors island
new made land. starting off in the
teeth Of fifteen mile wind. which nj
times attained velocity of nearly
twenty miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08

Porcelain eggs that are hollow and
Unscrew make the latest egg boilers
They are Of various sizes. according 9
the brcakfaster wants one. two or three
eggs. In their usage the cook opens
the real egg Crops its contents into
the egg of porcelain. takes it off when
it IS soft. medium or hard. as required.
ard serves it i'm the porcelain that
cooked il. set in Il little silver stand.
The advantage of this novel egg DOiler
is that no bad eggs, but only good
ones. need be boiled. and the service is
achieved in q manner the least trouble
some and the most anretiZlnC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08

taken despite lis authoritative state
ment last evening that he would not
be a candidate. Resolutions were
directing that a committee o.
five be appointed to take steps for the
naming of an entire city, county AMI
borough ticket. which will be placed
in nomination by petition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
HEARST NAMED FOR MAYOR
Despite Announcement He Would Not
Bun. New Workers Nominate Him.

Run, New Workers Nominate Him.
New York, Oct S.-William Ran
dolph Heart, once defeated for mayor
of this city by George 3. Mcclellan
and later defeated by Charles IL
Hughes for governor of the state,
was nominated for mayor at a
mass meeting of 1000 of his admirers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
Peoples Power Co.
- q a. PURELY
&0e - - VEGETABLE

The absolute vegetable purity of s. aay been one Of the
universally used OF blood
the
baks which in daily in some form IN
Blood
valuable
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
S. Holmes Outdone.

You seem to be deeply interested in
your book
Yes; it's awfuIIy exciting"
The hero is Il college athlete, isn't
he:'
Why. yes. How did you known
Have you read IL -
Il never saw or heard of it before,
He has been temporarily disowned by
his wealthy father. has he not?''
of course. Don't tell me that you
haven't read it,
And when he first meets the heroine
she links she has cause to hate him
tells him he is cad or something OF
that kind-and he. sad ut heart. swears
that if he can't have her he will never
marry"
oh. Jack. What do You mean by
sitting there and pretending you have
not read il? That's exactly the way Il
reads. = Chicago Record Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08

Your cough annoys you. Keep on
hacking and tearing the delicate men,
branes of your throat if you want TO
be annoyed. But if you want relief,
want to be cured, take Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. Sold hy all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08

This photo was taken as he left Govern
ors island. in New York harbor. and
passed over the Staten Island ferryboat
just before ctrcling the statue of Lib
erty.l
craft-of 4 type whose wonders, they
say. will soon be wonders no more
the Lusitania, outward bound.
Then back to Governors island,
back TO the little spot from which he
had risen. whereupou Mr.. Wright got
out just as calmly as he had got in,
put his hands in his pockets and
looked just trifie pleased. The spec
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
Read What They Say
This Man Recommends DR.. sartz's
Treatment.

A L. Gingrich of Duncan. Ill.
says: For the benefit of others af-
flicted with nervous disorder. 1
want to say that I used DR. BartZ's
treatment and / md it the finest [
have ever come in contact with.
NEW LIFE, AMBITION and NIGOR
is in store for anyone who resorts
to his Treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
A Stubborn Case OF Lung and Bron-
chiaI Trouble Mastered.

c. p Brassfield of fremont. Ill.,
says: For years | have been look
ing for relief of a very stubborn
ha dtried many remedies. but they
only relieved me temporarily and
soon as the effects had worn off I
was as bad as ever. Finally l took
treatment from DR. Bartz and soon
after i commenced his treatment
could see n change for che better
My cough gradually disappeared and
became stronger and stronger.
Now l have no distress or uncCm-
Portable sensations of any kind and
have gained some six pounds IN
weight"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
SEEKSSOUTH POLE.
DR.. Henry e. Wetherill, Phila-
delphia, Plans Search of
Wilkes Land.
HOPES TO START NEXT FALL
VIII Ask Congress for an Appropria'
ton to finance the Undertake
ing for America.

Among those who are planning TO sc
south is DR.. Henry L. Wetherill of
Philadelphia. a surgeon and inspector
of rifle practice in the Pennsylvania
naval reserves once Il companion OF
Commander Pcary in arctic travel and
an inventor OF scientific instruments.
DR.. Wethcrill is preparing to explore
the region surrounding the south pole
known as Wilkes Land. which, he
said recently, was the most fascinat'
ing field for the explorer today. 1T il
a vast territory" he explained, lying
wholly within the antarctic circle auG
in vastness can be said to be ut least
twice the size of the United States
Commander Wilkes of the United
States navy discovered it. approaching
from the south of Australia in 1910
Lieutenant Shackletou crossed q see
ton of this land ON hissreceut dash TO
ward the south pole, entering upon it
as we'll as i. can understand, from q
point somew hat to the southwark OF
South .Anleriea.
= Fertile Field For Explorers.
"This great waste affords = fertile
field for the explorer because it is
land and upon it tEere is Il chance
of discovering interesting conditions.
There is Il comparatively small amount
Of land in the north polar regions,
which makes that territory of less i'm
pcrtancc. to my way of thinking. than
this region surrounding the south
pole"
DR.. Wetherill pointed out the fact
that it had been question in the
minds of some as to whether Com.
marder Wilkes actually discovered this
continent which bears his name, and
he thinks that since the north pole has
been discovered it is he duty of Amer
leans TO send an expedition south to
subStautiate the American claim and
in way to vindicate Wilkes.
such Il plan" said DR. WctheriIl,
has been taking shape in the minds
of certain members of American scien-
tifc societies for years. but now the
matter seems to be taking definite
form. Edwin Swift Balch. member
of the Philadelphia Philosophical so
cietv and leading authority on south
polar conditions. has applied TO the
Philadelphia Geographical society. and
| think. to two other societies as we'll
for support in bringing the question
to the attention of congress during the
coming term. | understand that con-
gross will be asked TO appropriate
money for the expedition, which
should think would require about $500,
600"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
Would Take Three Ships.

DR. Wctherill has made formal APP
plication for the command of the ex-
petition should one be formed. and
in the meantime he is going ahead with
his plans. believing that the funds will
he forthcoming. He would take tire,
small ships. TO be built after the model
of the magnet survey ship Carnegie.
of the auxiliary type. One of these
would be used as Il supply ship, n sec
Ond for cruising at sea out of danger
Of the ice fields, but within call by
wireless in case anything should hap
pen to the third ship. which he would
personally command and which would
be used for the actual work of eX-
ploration.
Dr. WotherilI has been for years in
terestcd in inventinG Instruments for
scientific use. He has recently invent
ed n patent sextant. ialso a table for
taking Greenwich time by what he
calls lunar declination-that is. t.
determine longitude by an observation
of the moon.
He explained that lunar observations
for longitude were made in the past,
but the task was one of such complex.
ity that few naviGators were equal tG
it. He has devised n simplified meth.
cd which he considers to be one of
his most important contributions &c
the science of navigation. BY the us,
of this table, he said. longitude could
be determined by lunar observation
in fifteen minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
The Stellar Sextant.


The new Sextant which Dr. Wetherill
has invented contains, instead of two
refiectors of the old type. only one re-
fiector. which makes it of especial
value in polar work. due to the fact
that star can be much more readily
observed through it. DR.. Wetherill not
only devised this instrument. but he
actually built it. using, he said, the
model of an old quadrant. Because of
its service to navigation by the stars
he has named it the stellar seXtant.
DR.. WetheriIl has Travelled extensive
~ He accompanied DR.. Henry G
Bryant when the latter went to Green
land in 1894 TO try TO find the where
abouts of the naturalists Biorling and
Kalestanius. who were lost in tn,
north. On that trip Peary and party
including DIR. Frederick a. Cook. were
brought out of the arctic.
Rugged Of appearance and enthusi
astic. DIR. Wetberill has the typical OK.
plorer's personality He is loolSr7s' fe-
ward keeuly To the forth mir az
peditfon which he 10 yes he =
command. The pr, - rse start
for Wilkae ~ he fai, would be
next Sep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
Had Given Up All Hopes, But Dr.
Bsrtz's Treatment Was
Success

Jacob Mcclure of wyoming. Ill.
SAYS: For years and years | had
my wife doctOred with medicines
etc, for Il very severe complicated
disease. The doctors all failed; l
gave up all hopes. At last l read in
the papers about DR.. BartzS Won
derful cures, and as Il last resort we
concluded to try him. To my sur
prise my wife rapidly recovered. It's
astonishing to me to see her set
around once more. | also suffered
manX- years with pains in my chest.
back and limbs. I also took his
treatment. and now l am free from
pain and feel like dancing with JOY.
His treatment is certainly the cIev-
crest l have ever seen or heard Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-08
Relieved In a Few Minutes Ate:
Suffering for Years.

II r Keys, residing at s22 Fiji
teenth street, Rock Island. says:
For about two years my back both
cred me, due to a strain in Overlift-
ing; besides, my shoulders were
rheumatic: in fact I felt generally
run down. Seeing DIR. Bartz's ana
nouncement in the papers about
treatments free, decided to
try it, Much to my surprise the
pain in my back and shoulders left
me inside of five minutes. | can
heartily recommend DR.. BaTtz's sys-
TEN of treatment, and l may add
that the treatment is not at all I'M
pleasant; if anything, it is soothing
and refreshing"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
The LAST GREAT PRIzE.

As We grow older, and the shadows
begin to lengthen, and the leaves
which seems so thick in youth above
our heads grow thin and show the
sky beyond, and as those in the ranks
in front drop away, and We come in
sight, as We all must, of the eternal
riae-pits, beyond, a man begins to
feel that among the really precious
things of life, more lasting and more
substantial than many of the objects
of ambition here, is the love Ofthose
he loves and the friendship of those
whose friendship he prizes.-Henry
Cabot Lodge.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
Keeping Their Teeth.

EFWould you think" mused the
dentist, ''that any one would want
his teeth after they had been
pulled? It's a fact, though, that
lots of people do. Whether they
keep them to hand down to their
children or whether once carrying
them home they take them out and
look at them occasionally with
great interest I can't imagine; but,
however it is, they do ask for them.
At first l was astonished. Now I
look upon it merely as matter of
course, and l keep little envelopes
to slip the teeth in when people ask
for them. ! must use at least q
hundred of these little envelope. q
month. Men and women alike do
this, the women, I think, to a little
greater extent than the men. OF
course any number of women want
the teeth of their very little chill
dren. I can understand that. but
when a woman or man turned
forty carries of, say, three bad
teeth that have Just been extracted
l simply wonder" = New York
Press.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
The LIFE OF THE HONE.

Homes must be attractive to be
happy homes. This does not nee
essarily imply expenditure of money.
1t is cause for sincere gratitude that
the hut of the peasant can be made
bright and CHEEKY as well as the
home of the king. There is such a
thing, where there is abundance of
wealth, as overriding ornamentation
and making it heavy and uninviting.
We have been in parlOrs that
were ruined by a too lavish dis
play Of wealth. That is not the way
to make home bright.
The first step in that direction is
for the husband and wife to be bright
and light hearted themselves. 1t has
been said more than million times
that if the wife desires to keep her
husband, she must always be cheer
full, good humored, and smiling, and
that her home must be in good order,
never forgetting to have his supper
well cookedand hot. In other words,
every time this is said, the statement
seems to be intended to be mabe,
that the happiness of the husband
depends wholly upon the wife. She
must amuse the husband, and be-
tween amusing him and the children
the poor woman will often have her
hands full, for if she has a husband
that expects to be thus entertained,
she viii likely fnl him the most
petulant child in the circle, and will
often wish that she had strength and
authority enough to spank and put
him to bed. 1t is the duty of the
wife to do her part toward making
the home pleasant and cheerful, and
it is the duty of the husband to do
just as muM as the wife does. He
has no excuse for not doing it. No
plea of WEAKNESS is sufficient. The
wife is weary, too; perhaps more
than he is. 1t is his duty to meet
her smiles with smiles, and her efforts
to make the home one ofcontentment
and cheer with equal effort. His
home is no place for him to play the
drone. His particular business, when
he enters his home is to show that
he is member of the family and not
a mere boarder. Let him relieve
the wife of all the responsibility he
can, play with the children, romp
with them like schoolboy, put them
to bed, and rock the cradle, if such
an unwise thing as rocking the cradle
is done in the home. If both hus-
band and wife will vie with each
other in making the freside happy,
they will do justice to each other and
take very long step toward making
a model home.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

No talents, no circumstances, no
opportunities, will make "a two-legged
creature man, without energy.
The bright boys, the geniuses, who
take first prizes at school, very often
fall to the rear when they are exposed
to the long and weary competition of
real life. They lack endurance, or
they fail in that energy of purpose
which no native 'smartness" will re-
place. 1t stands to reason that what
may be very brilliant and expert in a
bog is far different when measured
by the standard of manhood. He
who is content with the trivial
'triumphs of school days will have a
poor chance in the rough and tumble
of life, while energy and invincible
determination will carry through the
worst of ounces on to success.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
ROMAN JUSTICE.
How TsehaieaIities Were Avoided In
the Courts

row lecnntGaitGle8 WV
The bar was an open profession
in ancient Rome. The itigant en-
joyed the utmost latitude in the
choice of an advocate, whose night
to represent his client in court was
fully conceded. Slavish imitators
of the Greeks IN literature and art,
the Romans asserted their entire
Independence in the domain Of law.
Their innovations had the stamp Of
originality. But these did not COM
prise any close connection between
bar and bench. It is noteworthy
that during a very long period in
the history Of Roman law there was
no exact counterpart Of our judge.
The magistratus was a public OH
cial charged with the administra-
ton Of law. The Judex was a spe-
cies of referee appointed by the
magistrate to hear and report upon
a particular case. Then there was
an arbiter who acted alone or with
others in arbitration cases (arbi-
trial. Finally there we're recupera-
tors who assisted in international
questions.
The hearing before these various
types Of jude1 was called the judi
cum. as distinguished from jus, the
hearing before the magistrates
properly so called. The names of
citizens qualified for serving as
JUDGES were inscribed in a public
record known as the album. More
over, litigants had the right Of OBJ
lection to particular judex. Not
only so, but this right was extended
during many centuries to criminals,
who were tried before centumvirs
and decemvirs, sitting on the per-
manent tribunals. If the Roman
Bill Skies never thought Of putting
forward the demand of his English
congener that Eve all ought to have
a voice in making the laws as we
suffer BY" yet We may be well as
sured that he would not fail to take
a sporting chance, make prime IA
vorite of the Judge who was most
reversed on appeal and strenuously
object to the others.
The point which calls for our
special attention is that none of the
men who discharged the various ju-
dicial or semijudicial functions de-
scribed was drawn, except in most
exceptional cases, from the advo-
cate class. Nor is it possible to
conceive any arrangement better
calculated than that in force in
Rome to exclude their narrow, pro-
fessional technicality from the set
Element of civil cases. The presid-
ing magistrates of the great Grim
inal tribunals were seldom or never
men who practiced at the bar. Even
in later times. when functions OF
magistratus and judex were merged
in one official, there is evidence
that the bench was recruited from
the bar more frequently than be-
fore.-Exchange.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

We say Of a man who has no Will
mastery, 'He is ruled by his pas
sions." They govern him, not he
them. Centuries ago an Arab wrote,
Passion is a tyrant which slays
those whom it governs" 1t is like
fire. which once thoroughly kin
died can scarcely be quenched, or
like the torrent, which when it is
Iwollen can no longer be restrained
with its banks. Call him not a
prisoner who has been put in fet-
tiers by his enemy, but rather him
whose own passions overpower him
to destruction.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
If we look only for Gro,

FIVE look only for crooked trees
in the timber, we viii find plenty of
them; but We will pass by many
straight, beautiful trees and never
notice them. So, too, if we look
only for blemishes in the characters
of Others, we viii find them, but we
may not notice the many good quail
ties that they may possess.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08

Children should be trained to be-
have at home as you would have
them behave abroad. 1t is the home
life which they act out when away.
In the actions of children strangers
can read ahistory ofhome life. Some
thing is wrong in those homes where
the little courtesies of speech are ig-
norant in the everyday home life.
SeOlding is never allowed; reproOf
and criticism from parents must have
their time and place, but should
never intrude so far upon the social
life of the families to render the
home uncomfortable; serious word
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-08
Olive. In sn,;,

About 100000 acres are given
up to the cultivation of olives in
Spain. Eating olives are delivered
dry to the factories, where they are
soaked in large watts with a solution
Of caustic soda until the solution
has penetrated to the stones. After
a washing in fresh water the olives
are put into hogsheads of brine fo-
two months Of fermentation. When
they are bottled new brine is used.
but the outrut from the factories
IS usually j; gsheads holding 100
gallons. -